Make Time for Reading- Join Our 2025 Summer Reading Challenge
Join Our Summer Reading Challenge for Spiritual Growth
Join Our Summer Reading Challenge. The summer season allows us to take a break from our typical routine and slow down (even if it’s just a little bit!) Don’t waste your summer by ceasing to pursue God in all you do. Taking the summer off from formal ministry is not a move from the significant to the insignificant, but from formal to informal, from direct to indirect. Join Our Summer Reading Challenge! The summer season is the perfect time to step away from the hustle of our daily routines and take a breath—if only for a moment. Don’t let this precious season pass you by without actively seeking God in every facet of your life. A break from formal ministry does not signify a shift from the significant to the trivial; it represents a powerful transition from structured to spontaneous, from direct engagement to meaningful connection. Embrace this opportunity to deepen your faith and nurture your spirit in a more informal setting. Make this summer transformative!.
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Spend this summer with Hope 1 Ministries as we dive into Scripture to rejuvenate our souls for the busy summer season ahead.
Don’t waste your summer by ceasing to pursue God in all you do. Taking the summer off from formal ministry is not a move from the significant to the insignificant, but from formal to informal, from direct to indirect.
This summer, God plans to flood you with input that requires you to seek wisdom and pursue knowledge. So, how can we leverage our summers for the glory of God? We use our time engaging in the world God designed for his glory to build categories for our direct godwardness. God designed our activities of playing outside to serve our time in the word and prayer together. They keep us from being vague when we read about God in his word.
But what might it look like this summer? My small group has decided for several reasons to take a break this summer. I love my small group; I love meeting with my small group; and I love the reasons we have decided not to meet for the next couple of months. So, here are two examples of how I hope our indirect summer godwardness fuels our direct godwardness.
Don’t waste your summer by ceasing to pursue God in all you do. Taking the summer off from formal ministry is not a move from the significant to the insignificant, but from formal to informal, from direct to indirect. Overnights at cabins and drive-in movies serve our long-term ministry.
Use this summer to seek wisdom, to know God, to love him more, and to live for his glory
.Join us for our 2024 Summer Book Clubs! The purpose of these Book Clubs is twofold: to encourage you in your spiritual growth by introducing you to theologically rich books and to deepen your relationships in Lord our church by connecting you to other women interested in discussing those books in community.We are offering three book clubs in the categories of Theology, Christian Living, and Christian Biography. Be sure to pay close attention to the details of location and time before signing up as each of these clubs will meet at different times and places. Due to space constraints each book club will be capped depending on location, so sign up early!Overview:Author:
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Three hundred years ago, an uneducated lay cook in a French monastery discovered how to enjoy a profound awareness of God moment by moment, even in the midst of busyness and distraction. The Practice of the Presence of God reveals Brother Lawrence’s secrets. Brimming with wisdom and spiritual insight, this classic memoir of the devotional life witnesses to the joy available to all who will seek Him.
He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think. -Brother Lawrence
- Topic: The Practice of the Presence of God. The Practice of the Presence of God in Modern English is modern translation of the timeless spiritual classic. Written over 300 years ago in French, The Practice of the Presence of God is here presented in language understandable to the twenty-first century English reader. Not a paraphrase or an abridgment, this version is a faithful rendering of the text in the spirit of the original work.
- Start Date: Monday, June 10th 2024
Use this summer to seek wisdom, to know God, to love him more, and to live for his glory.
Seats are limited, so be sure to sign up soon to reserve your spot now!
Being honest, a book club really is the least likely activity I thought I’d ever join in with at church. That said, I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed journeying through a book with others. Having the opportunity to read and reflect on a chapter before discussing with others has given me much more confidence to share what God has been speaking to me about myself, and Himself.” V.
“Church life can be really busy. We can have snatched conversations on a Sunday morning, but we often crave that deeper dialogue and relationship and that takes time and investment. Having a book as a structure to discuss our spiritual journey and faith means it is easier to open up and to engage in deep conversations. It provides a framework and allows discussions to take place which might not otherwise. Anonymous
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