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Pastoral Answers to Your Questions on Giving
3 great questions I’ve gotten about giving to REACH
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had great conversations with many Resurrection people who wanted to talk about giving and how God is leading them. They asked good and hard questions, ones that led to deeper thinking and wrestling and conversation. Here are the three questions I’ve been asked most:
3 great questions I’ve gotten about giving to REACH Over the past few weeks, I’ve had great conversations with many Resurrection people who wanted to talk about giving and how God is leading them. They asked good and hard questions, ones that led to deeper thinking and wrestling and conversation. Here are the three questions I’ve been asked ...Continue Reading
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Meet Our Sister Churches
Folks newer to Resurrection may not realize that we are not alone; we have “sister churches” throughout Chicagoland, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We love our family and want to introduce them to you.
Folks newer to Resurrection may not realize that we are not alone; we have “sister churches” throughout Chicagoland, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We love our family and want to introduce them to ...Continue Reading
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Letters from Jos
This year, Church of the Resurrection raised an all-time-record amount for our Good Friday Gift—over $71,000. The gift was given to the Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria, led by Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi. Fr. Stewart met Archbishop Ben 11 years ago, while both were studying at Trinity School for Ministry. Since then, Archbishop Ben has visited Resurrection once, and we have sent teams to Jos twice—most recently this spring, when Deacon Keith and I visited.
Then last week we got a letter from Deaconess Susan, which included the following excerpts:
This year, Church of the Resurrection raised an all-time-record amount for our Good Friday Gift—over $71,000. The gift was given to the Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria, led by Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi. Fr. Stewart met Archbishop Ben 11 years ago, while both were studying at Trinity School for Ministry. Since then, Archbishop Ben has visited Resurrection once, and we have sent teams to Jos ...Continue Reading
Thirst 1-1-1
I am so grateful for the way the people of Resurrection responded to our Thirst 1-1-1 campaign. Our goal was that every attender of Resurrection would donate $1, and with an average attendance right now around 840 people each Sunday, I hoped we could raise about $1,000. Instead, we raised...
I am so grateful for the way the people of Resurrection responded to our Thirst 1-1-1 campaign. Our goal was that every attender of Resurrection would donate $1, and with an average attendance right now around 840 people each Sunday, I hoped we could raise about $1,000. Instead, we ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 10
Is there someone you’d like to talk with about happiness or the good life? Pass on the happiness: Is there someone you could serve or encourage this week?Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Introduction
What does it take to really be happy?
In her book The Illumined Heart, writer Frederica Mathewes-Green says that the central question of life is “why none of us feels really at home in this world.” ;
What do we do with that?
What does it take to really be happy? In her book The Illumined Heart, writer Frederica Mathewes-Green says that the central question of life is “why none of us feels really at home in this world.” ;What do we do with ...Continue Reading
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