Plans are underway to begin a “Basic English Service” each week at COS that would serve those who are involved in our ESL classes, families that have been sponsored by the Refugee Task Force, or non-native speakers who live in our immediate area. Given the church’s location and current ministries, this service has great potential. [...]

The ashes are made from burning the palm branches used the previous year on Palm Sunday. They are stored in the worship storage closet in a long box that contains both the old palm branches and a jar of ashes. In the past, the VanBaaks have burned more palm branches as needed.
We traditionally have two [...]

Chapter 14 – “The Dance of God”
Epilogue – “Where do We Go From Here?”
For Discussion on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
1.    Keller describes the relationship of the Trinity as a mutual dance of love and joy. Our sinfulness has interrupted that dance and replaced it with our standing still and insisting that everyone else dance in [...]

The Reason for God
Chapter 13 – “The Reality of the Resurrection”
Discussion Questions for February 11, 2009

1.    Keller claims: “If Jesus rose from the dead, it changes everything” (p. 202).  Do you agree with this claim? Or is this claim a hyperbole?  In your experience, are there clues that give merit to this claim? Or does [...]

Chapter 14 – “The Dance of God”
Epilogue – “Where do We Go From Here?”
For Discussion on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
1.    Keller describes the relationship of the Trinity as a mutual dance of love and joy. Our sinfulness has interrupted that dance and replaced it with our standing still and insisting that everyone else dance in [...]

The results of an autopsy of inmate Raymond Jones, whose illness and death led to the courageous meeting between three inmates and an investigative reporter, have confirmed the cause of death: CHRONIC MENINGO ENCEPHILITIS (which is another way of saying an infection or inflammation of the linings of the brain and the spinal cord – [...]