Granite Springs has enjoyed being a part of many military families lives over the last 10 years here in Lincoln. Many young families from the Beale Air Force base become part of our GS family before getting transferred to a new location. The Sikkema family have been transferred to WA. We found a sweet […]
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On a recent Thursday in November, aboard a missionary supply airplane service in the Caribbean, provided by Agape Flights, based in Venice Florida, five boxes, containing 183 pillowcase dresses, sewn and sent by Granite Springs Church, arrived in Cap Haitien, Haiti. The arrival of the dresses coincided with our recent visit to the Children of
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国庆节 National Holiday One of the coolest feelings is finishing a class that went well. It’s even better if you weren’t so sure that class was going to go very well. And it’s still even better when you walk out of that class knowing you have a week off!!!!This past week was 国庆节， or National Holiday. I
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This fall we are exploring “All Things” – looking at the ways that Jesus’ death on the cross impacts everything from music and movies to football and medicine. As we talked about music last week, Aaron Antoon reflected on his vocation as a song-writer and shared insights about art and music. For more information on
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Flour Wars 2013!, a set on Flickr. Have you ever seen a human being covered from head to toe in flour? This past Sunday evening the air was white as Junior High and High School students battled it out with bags of flour. Check out the pictures on flickr!
Through a Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship we have spent the past year exploring Psalm-based baptismal identity. Our goal has been to let a sense of “I am baptized!” sink deeply into our bones, giving us a sense of identity which impacts the way we work, the way we parent,
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For Mother’s Day we asked everyone from kids in nursery to high school students why they loved their moms or grandmas. Watch the video to hear what they said!
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“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:4-6 Reading the baptism stories we’ve collected over the past few months has been a reminder
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Last Month, we hosted the following Seminar. Audio is now available… Working Under Water – Living Baptism in the Workplace [An Exploration of Faith & Work] – by John Van Sloten. (John Van Sloten is Pastor of New Hope Church in Calgary Alberta. He is also author of the book “The Day Metallica Came to Church”.
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This week is the last week of Lent, the forty days leading up to Easter. Each week we’ve been blessed with a prayer written by our friend Marc Holland from City Life Church in Sacramento. These prayers have given us words to pray throughout the week. We have also been memorizing Psalm 100. By memorizing
