Easter 21 photos

Pat Bachman Memorial

Live Stream on Saturday April 10th at 11am
from church website/YouTube
https://youtu.be/M1aS-VeLxng

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Obituary

Patricia Ann Bachman, 79, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, passed away peacefully at her home on March 20, 2021.

Patricia was born on October 8, 1941 in Pottstown, PA, to the late James and Ruth Demas. Pat worked for the Kraft Food Company and owned, operated, and taught at her VP ceramics shop. Pat then retired to help her husband run their copy machine business Advanced Office Systems. In 2003 they both retired to Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

Patricia's hobbies included spending time with family, friends, and loved ones. She loved cooking, baking, watching her soaps, painting, sewing, and watching her Dallas Cowboys beat the Eagles. She was a faithful member of Grace Lutheran Church in Port Saint Lucie.

Patricia was preceded in death, by her beloved husband of 32 years, Valentine A. Bachman, grandchildren Cory Scott, George W. Juno, and Ana Hetherington.

She is survived by her children, Robert Scott III, Jeffrey Scott, Gene Detweiler; stepchildren, Ted Bachman, Gil Bachman, Lori Hetherington, Donald Bachman, Valerie Juno; grandchildren, 26; many loving great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A memorial service to celebrate Pat's life will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 555 SW Cashmere Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

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Info can be found at the grace giving page.

The Doctrine of Grace vs. the Disposition of Grace

read the rest at https://mbird.com/2021/03/the-doctrine-of-grace-vs-the-disposition-of-grace/

The way you hold a position is oftentimes just as important as the position you hold.

My brother John said that to me recently in reference to what he’d learned from 20 years of public ministry. I’ve heard myself repeating it ever since. And not just as it relates to religion.

His words reminded me of a hot July day ten years ago, sitting in stand-still traffic outside New York City and watching in amazement as a church van a few lanes over decided to “redeem the time” by getting out a megaphone and reciting scripture to the rest of us. As you might imagine, there were no sudden conversions or hallelujahs; people were annoyed and, this being New York, they made their feelings known in a colorful way.

read the rest at https://mbird.com/2021/03/the-doctrine-of-grace-vs-the-disposition-of-grace/

[Bible Study] John 20-21 - Zoom to Scripture

[Sunday] Easter - All Nations - 21'

Questions for the Week

1. How does the resurrection of Jesus turn the world upside down?

2. Read Acts 10:1-34.   What does Peter realize from his dream with regards to Cornielius, this outsider?  

3. According to Peter, why does God not show favoritism or partiality?

4. How does the resurrection of Jesus change how you view yourself and your neighbors?

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

Holy Week At Grace Lutheran PSL 2021

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3/28 - Palm Sunday: 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM

4/1 - Maundy Thursday: 7:00 PM with Communion

4/2 - Good Friday: 12:00 (Noon) and 7:00 PM Stream at noon

4/4 -Easter Sunday: 6:45 AM (outside), 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM (10:15 AM will be livestreamed)

Easter Breakfast Fellowship: starts after Sunrise Service (7:45 ish) and will end at 10:15 AM

Worship Links

Good Friday - All Nations - 21'

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

Maundy Thursday - All Nations - 21'

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Palm Bracket - All Nations

Questions for the Week

1. How would you describe victory in life?

2. Read John 12: 9-19.  What victory were the chief priests looking for?  What victory were the crowds who cried out “Hosanna” looking for?

3. What misguided things have you asked Jesus to bless in your life, that haven’t come true?

4. Thinking of the cross, how and to whom does Jesus ultimately bring victory?

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

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---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today March 28 2021 - Palm Sunday

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship 12:00 - noon

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week March 29 - April 3, 2021

Olivet School Tuesday, 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Individual - Small Group Communion Wednesday, 11AM - Noon

Maundy Thursday Service w/ Communion Thursday, 7:00 PM

Good Friday Service Friday, Noon & 7:00 PM

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

HOLY WEEK! (This week) MARCH 28 THROUGH APRIL 4, 2021

4/1 - Maundy Thursday: 7:00 PM with Communion

4/2 - Good Friday: 12:00 (Noon) and 7:00 PM

4/4 -Easter Sunday: 6:45 AM (outside), 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM (10:15 AM will be livestreamed)

Easter Breakfast Fellowship: starts after Sunrise Service (7:45 ish) and will end at 10:15 AM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK: None listed for this week

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK: Jim & Linda Doran - 3/30 (53 yrs) and 

                                                                 Dave & Judy Smith - 4/2 (55 yrs)

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given to the glory of God by members of Grace Lutheran Church and the Korean congregation.

CARENET “ WALK FOR LIFE” Date: April 17, 2021 at 9:00 am, Place: Mid Florida Civic Center.

Those desiring to walk and get pledges and win prizes -pick up your “Pledge sheet” near the front door in Fellowship Hall.    Just sign up with name, email, phone number and amount of pledge, plus how you plan to pay (check, cash, bill me later).

For more information or to contribute cash contact Phil or Judy Fredrich 772-237-2626.

LWML LADIES Will be meeting next week, Monday, April 5th at 1PM.   Bring a friend and share the love, fun and fellowship!   Please pick up a copy of the  Bible Study for the meeting it is on the table by the exit door.  

PLEASE CALL PEOPLE:  The COVID quarantines began a year ago and many of our members have health conditions which have kept them isolated at home.   So that we all don’t descend into madness, let’s call and talk to each other regularly as well as sending cards or notes through the mail.  Phone and address directories are available for your convenience on the counter by the office door. 

COMMUNION ON WEDNESDAY: If you, or someone you know, would like to celebrate Holy Communion but prefer a small group or unable to attend Sunday service, Pastor Cris has set aside Wednesday’s to celebrate the meal in small/family groups.   Please come by on Wednesday at: 11:00, 11:20, 11:40 or 12:00 (noon) and partake of this wonderful meal.   

BIBLE STUDY FOR ALL!  Pastor Cris is conducting a Bible Study on Thursday’s at 11 AM and you are welcome to attend in person!  Seating is with social distancing along with wearing a mask.   The Bible Study is also “live streamed” through ZOOM as well for you to participate from home.  (www.GracelutheranPSL.com) Also, recorded for your future viewing if you would like.
SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM:  Coli, along with Pastor, will be hosting  Zoom to Coffee at NOON, TODAY, for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome!  www.GraceLutheranPSL.com

GIVING: We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community. Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community. We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.

What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Bible Study] Mark Chapter15+16 - Zoom to Scripture

A Short Theology of Busted Brackets

Read it all here at https://mbird.com/2021/03/a-short-theology-of-busted-brackets/

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results, March Madness is a tradition that lives up to its name. Every year, we try to determine the fate of 68 college basketball teams. Despite the odds (1 in 120.2 billion), we daydream of being the first person in history to fill out a perfect bracket. We guess the rise and fall of underdogs and the success of our hometown teams based on a lucky feeling. By the end of the first day of the tournament, our brackets are shadows of their former selves. Like the year before, we are reminded that there are powers at work that are far beyond our control. By the time the next year rolls around, however, we do it all over again in the hopes that the outcome will somehow be different.

There is something irresistible about the NCAA tournament. More brackets were filled out than votes cast for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in 2016. Part of the reason why the tournament is so inviting is because there are no prerequisites. One need not be a super-fan to participate. All it takes is five dollars for the office pool buy-in. Part of what makes the tournament so inviting is the single-elimination factor, so even the heavy favorites can fall unexpectedly. When chaos reigns, it’s really anyone’s guess as to who will win it all. The stats nerd and the coin-flipper have equal footing.

Read it all here at https://mbird.com/2021/03/a-short-theology-of-busted-brackets/

[Wednesday] Pilate’s Judgment Hall - Places of the Passion - 5

Wednesday Lent Week 5 : 2021

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

Why Do Men Cry Watching Sports Movies?

Read the Whole Article Here https://mbird.com/2021/03/why-do-men-cry-watching-sports-movies/

It’s a cliché, I know. But it’s totally true. Men love sports (or at least 80% of us), and sports movies hit us in ways that rom-coms don’t. Watching two star-crossed lovers on the silver screen might provide its own comfort, but it doesn’t reliably incite waterworks like dramas of athletic glory. “Boy’s Don’t Cry,” as the saying goes. I wish it weren’t so, of course. I don’t get to make the rules. Masculinity is equated with strength — the kind that doesn’t permit public displays of emotion. Call it stoicism or sexism, men don’t often let their guard down to feel so obviously. Sports movies are something of an exception to the rule………………………………

Read the Whole Article Here https://mbird.com/2021/03/why-do-men-cry-watching-sports-movies/

[Sunday] What Who - All Nations

Questions for the Week

1. In culture today, what lesson does the parable of the Good Samaritan teach us?

2. Read Luke 10:25-37.   What question is asked of Jesus that he uses the parable to answer?

3. How does Jesus move the story from “what” you must do in your faith, to “who” you are serving?   

4. Who is your neighbor that God calls you to show mercy to this week?

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

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---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today March 21 2021

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship 12:00 PM

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week March 22 - 27, 2021

Olivet School 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Individual - Small Group Communion Wednesday, 11AM - Noon

Fellowship Brown Bag Meal Wednesday, 5:30- 6:30 PM

Lenten Service (In-person & Livestreamed) Wednesday, 6:30 PM

Bible Study  (also on  Zoom)                                      Thursday, 11 AM

Foster Grandparents Friday. 9 AM - 1 PM  

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

HOLY WEEK! MARCH 28 THROUGH APRIL 4, 2021

3/28 - Palm Sunday: 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM

4/1 - Maundy Thursday: 7:00 PM with Communion

4/2 - Good Friday: 12:00 (Noon) and 7:00 PM

4/4 -Easter Sunday: 6:45 AM (outside), 8:30 AM & 10:15 AM (10:15 AM will be livestreamed)

Easter Breakfast Fellowship: starts after Sunrise Service (7:45 ish) and will end at 10:15 AM (ongoing)

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK: Greg Schultz - 3/25, David Vik & Tim Glish  - 3/27

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given to the glory of God by Sherry Self in memory of Ray.

FELLOWSHIP BROWN BAG MEAL: Our last one this year! Come and join your Grace friends this Wednesday between 5:30 and 6:30 PM for some socially distanced fellowship time.   Bring a meal for yourself and join us.  You don’t need to be right on time at 5:30, however the service will start at 6:30.  This past Wednesday we had 7 for the meal and 20 attended the service.   Come and share in the Fellowship!

FAMILY MEALS! Collection is underway! For a list of needs, please check the bulletin board in the narthex, or place a check in the offering plate marked “Family Meals''. Family Meals, provides the food, families provide the memories. We need your help to provide Easter meal bags to these Saint Lucie families.  Family Meals has set a goal of helping 2300 Treasure Coast families this Easter! This is the last week for the EASTER collection.   

CARENET “ WALK FOR LIFE” Date: April 17, 2021 at 9:00 am, Place: Mid Florida Civic Center.

Those desiring to walk and get pledges and win prizes -pick up your “Pledge sheet” near the front door in Fellowship Hall.    Just sign up with name, email, phone number and amount of pledge, plus how you plan to pay (check, cash, bill me later).

For more information or to contribute cash contact Phil or Judy Fredrich 772-237-2626.

PLEASE CALL PEOPLE:  The COVID quarantines began in March 2020 and many of our members have health conditions which have kept them isolated at home for 9 months.   So that we all don’t descend into madness, let’s call and talk to each other regularly as well as sending cards or notes through the mail.  Phone and address directories are available for your convenience on the counter by the office door. 

COMMUNION ON WEDNESDAY: If you, or someone you know, would like to celebrate Holy Communion but prefer a small group or unable to attend Sunday service, Pastor Cris has set aside Wednesday’s to celebrate the meal in small/family groups.   Please come by on Wednesday at: 11:00, 11:20, 11:40 or 12:00 (noon) and partake of this wonderful meal.   

BIBLE STUDY FOR ALL!  Pastor Cris is conducting a Bible Study on Thursday’s at 11 AM and you are welcome to attend in person!  Seating is with social distancing along with wearing a mask.   The Bible Study is also “live streamed” through ZOOM as well for you to participate from home.  (www.GracelutheranPSL.com) Also, recorded for your future viewing if you would like.

SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM:  Coli, along with Pastor, will be hosting  Zoom to Coffee at NOON, TODAY, for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome!  www.GraceLutheranPSL.com

GIVING: We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community. Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community. We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.

What Had happened at Grace this week. 

When Weakness Is What Saves You

Read original Article here https://mbird.com/2021/03/when-weakness-is-what-saves-you/

In the very early days of health policy decisions, there was a not-so-straightforward debate. Should the vaccines be used to prevent deaths or slow the spread? Do you first give it to senior citizens who are far more likely to die from Covid, or do you give it to younger people and more urban residents who are far more likely to spread the disease? If you aim to slow the spread, “normal life” might return more quickly, but at the expense of higher mortality rates among the elderly.

The answer to this quandary might sound obvious now, but it’s a small window into a broader landscape of untraveled possibilities for how the vaccine might have been distributed. When former NBA player Charles Barkley suggested that higher taxpayers (like professional athletes) should get “preferential treatment” for the Covid vaccine — even if it meant that people would die — his comments were immediately dismissed, but such a possibility isn’t unimaginable. Drug companies could have been permitted to sell their drugs to corporations or individuals willing to pay a premium. The vaccine could have been first given to U.S. citizens, to those without criminal records, to Democratic-voting states over Republican- ones, or to people with longer life expectancies.

It’s been far from the dystopian future of apocalyptic movies. Going back to last fall, policy makers essentially chose to save lives, to value human life above all else. As much as it’s true that the country is divided across partisan, social, and economic lines, the unified approach to distribution thus far has been nothing short of astonishing. If the fear of death divided the nation, the hope promised by the vaccine seems to have largely united it. 

Which isn’t to say that mistakes haven’t been made. Or that there hasn’t been a debate about the rollout. A lot of people are justifiably upset about a myriad of policy details. But the tenor of the conversation has more to do with charity in ways that are worth appreciating. People have clearly disagreed about how to save lives, but the ideal is largely agreed upon: those at most risk should get their doses first. The outrage over line-jumpers reflects a belief that the existing guidelines are correct. The debate over whose occupation might be deemed essential has more to do with the risk of exposure than social stratification. 

There may be vaccine envy, but not to the point of demanding preferred treatment. There has been frustration at not getting an appointment, but not to the point of arguing that one life matters more than others. I know that many are still on waitlists, but my elderly neighbor got the vaccine before Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks, the Duke of Sussex, and Dolly Parton. 

Those who are most worthy to receive a dose have been deemed so by a genuinely paradoxical measure. The vulnerable and at risk go first. The rollout has been a far from perfect system, but its ideals aimed to place the needy at the front of the line. Like grace itself, weakness is the only qualification.

It’s easy to miss just how profoundly Christian this approach has at least tried to be. It could have been otherwise. In ancient Rome there was little regard for the weak. As Tom Holland wrote in his book Dominion:

The heroes of the Iliad, favorites of the gods, golden and predatory, had scorned the weak and downtrodden. So too […] had the philosophers. The starving deserved no sympathy. Beggars were best rounded up and deported. Pity risked undermining a wise man’s self-control.

When a particularly terrible plague hit the empire in 250 AD, those who began to show symptoms were thrown out into the street for dead, and it was the Christians who gave them water, baths, and food. It was Jesus who compared his ministry to that of a physician, providing blessing for the poor and health to the sick. The Christian care for those who could not afford doctors inspired a 4th-century bishop to found what is likely the first major hospital, with free treatment, bed, shelter, and food.

Taking our cue from our inheritance of the Christian virtue of charity, it’s been decided that the collective good is accomplished when the defenseless and at-risk are protected from the plague. Meritocracy, deserving, and survival-of-the-fittest this is not. Instead, there is a line that places the aged and endangered at the front.

When it was rumored in December that Bill Gates hadn’t been vaccinated, the conspiracy theory rumor mill suggested he thought the vaccine wasn’t safe. He had funded vaccine research with hundreds of millions of dollars. Surely, if he wanted the two jabs he would have gotten it. But it turns out the real answer was far more inspiring. He was waiting for his place in line — just like everyone else.

Read original Article here https://mbird.com/2021/03/when-weakness-is-what-saves-you/

[Wednesday] Courtyard- Places of the Passion - 4

Wednesday Lent Week 4 : 2021

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Who Carried - All Nations

Questions for the Week

1. Have you ever given up something in lent to help follow Jesus?  What did that experience teach you?

2. Read Matthew 16:21-28.  What does it look like to pick up your cross, denying yourself and following Jesus?  How successful were the disciples at doing this?

3. Read Matthew 27:31-33.  This is the first and only time Simon the Cyrene is mentioned in Matthew.   Where do you think the disciples were at this time?

4. If you would have been a disciple how would you have felt to see someone else carrying the cross for Jesus?

5. How does Jesus ultimately carry the cross for the disciples and for you?  What does this mean for your faith?

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

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---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today March 14. 2021

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship Resume Next Week

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week March 15 - 20, 2021

Olivet School Spring Break - not meeting

Saint Patrick’s Day Wednesday

Individual - Small Group Communion Wednesday, 11AM - Noon

Fellowship Brown Bag Meal Wednesday, 5:30- 6:30 PM

Lenten Service (In-person & Livestreamed) Wednesday, 6:30 PM

Bible Study Thursday, 11 AM

          also on  Zoom  

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK: Barbara Scheer and Sabian Sukhai - 3/18

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given to the Glory of God by Kevin and Gary Garbers in memory of their mother Arlene.

FELLOWSHIP BROWN BAG MEAL: Come and join your Grace friends this Wednesday between 5:30 and 6:30 PM for some socially distanced fellowship time.   Bring a meal for yourself and join us.  You don’t need to be right on time at 5:30, however the service will start at 6:30.  This past Wednesday we had 11 for the meal and 24 attend the service.   Come and share in the Fellowship!

FAMILY MEALS! Collection is underway! For a list of needs, please check the bulletin board in the narthex, or place a check in the offering plate marked “Family Meals''. Family Meals, provides the food, families provide the memories. We need your help to provide Easter meal bags to these Saint Lucie families.  Family Meals has set a goal of helping 2300 Treasure Coast families this Easter!

PLEASE CALL PEOPLE:  The COVID quarantines began in March 2020 and many of our members have health conditions which have kept them isolated at home for 9 months.   So that we all don’t descend into madness, let’s call and talk to each other regularly as well as sending cards or notes through the mail.  Phone and address directories are available for your convenience on the counter by the office door. 

COMMUNION ON WEDNESDAY: If you, or someone you know, would like to celebrate Holy Communion but prefer a small group or unable to attend Sunday service, Pastor Cris has set aside Wednesday’s to celebrate the meal in small/family groups.   Please come by on Wednesday at: 11:00, 11:20, 11:40 or 12:00 (noon) and partake of this wonderful meal.   

BIBLE STUDY FOR ALL!  Pastor Cris is conducting a Bible Study on Thursday’s at 11 AM and you are welcome to attend in person!  Seating is with social distancing along with wearing a mask.   The Bible Study is also “live streamed” through ZOOM as well for you to participate from home.  (www.GracelutheranPSL.com) Also, recorded for your future viewing if you would like.

SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM:  Coli, along with Pastor, will be hosting  Zoom to Coffee at NOON, TODAY, for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome!  www.GraceLutheranPSL.com
GIVING: We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community. Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community. We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.

What Had happened at Grace this week. 

The Narrow Door of the Cross

Read the Whole Article here https://mbird.com/2021/03/the-narrow-door-of-the-cross/

Leigh Stein is the author of the new novel Self-Care. It’s a satire of the wellness industry and social media influencer culture. In a recent op-ed for the New York Times, “The Empty Religions of Instagram,” Stein confesses that she too fell for the accessible combination of self-care, social justice activism, and tongue-in-cheek Christianity proclaimed by the charismatic “preachers” on platforms like Instagram. Acknowledging that almost a quarter of all millennials in America claim no religious affiliation at all, Stein nonetheless questions if such statistics reveal a reduced rate of religiosity or if instead “our belief systems [are] too bespoke to appear on a list of major religions in a Pew phone survey.” Stein suspects the latter is the case. She writes,

Our new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization, therapy, wellness, astrology and Dolly Parton. And we’ve found a different kind of clergy: personal growth influencers. Women like Glennon Doyle, who offer nones like us permission, validation and community on demand at a time when it’s nearly impossible to share communion in person. We don’t even have to put down our phones………………………………………………….

Read the Whole Article here https://mbird.com/2021/03/the-narrow-door-of-the-cross/

[Bible Study] Mark Chapter13 - Zoom to Scripture

[Wednesday] Gethsemane - Places of the Passion - 3

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What Had happened at Grace this week.