April–May 2012 Connection by Blake Estep

Mission: Neighborhood by Mark Kelley, Eugene Friends

April–May 2012

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I have always believed that God calls the church to serve the world and that every disciple is privileged to be part of that call. When in high school, I was convicted by just the title of Rebecca Manley Pippert’s Out of the Saltshaker & into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life. I knew that salt cannot make the world salty when it stays in the shaker (when Christians never associate with any non-Christians). Ever since, I have struggled to get out of the church cocoon and actually get involved with my neighbors. My church friends and church meetings are important to me. I felt almost as though I’d have to clone myself to have enough time to meet people outside of my church circle. That is why I rejoiced when I stumbled onto an article by Tim Chester, “10 Simple Ways to Be Missional… Without Adding Anything to Your Schedule.” For instance, Chester suggests: “Adopt a local café, pub, park, and shops so you regularly visit and become known as a local.” I matched this with my love for morning coffee. For a year, I stopped

by the same espresso shack three times a week on my way to work. The goal was not caffeine addiction, but to befriend the owner of the espresso shack. All it took was alternating between sharing tidbits about me (Oh no, I’m late to work again), and asking simple questions (How is business today?). Within weeks, my new friend began to ask me questions about my life. After a month, my barista buddy confessed, “My grandma is sick again; I don’t think she’s going to make it this time.” I felt honored Continued on page 2

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Mark attends Eugene Friends and is the assistant presiding clerk of NWYM.

to pray from my car into the shack, asking that God would prepare my friend for what faced him. As another missional Christian and I tag-teamed our friend, he started attending a Bible study and eventually surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. A second suggestion the article makes: “Eat with other people.” Eugene Friends members Gene and Naomi Brown have been going to the local pool for exercise three times a week. After a while, they noticed that several of their fellow exercisers met at a nearby McDonald’s for coffee after each session. Gene and Naomi gladly accepted an invitation to join the postswim coffee klatch. After just a few weeks, God gave them their first opening for ministry. One of their friends expressed concern about a family member 90 miles away whose health was failing. She wanted to visit this relative, but had no form of transportation. “Well, let’s pray that God gives you a way to get there,” offered Naomi. “Uh, I don’t believe in God,” replied the friend. “Well, we do, and we believe God wants to show his love to you this way,” Gene and Naomi responded. Can you imagine their joy a couple of weeks later when the friend reported, “I got my ride, and I’m thanking God.” I know several people who practice another one of Chester’s ten ways to “get out of the salt shaker.” They walk around their neighborhoods, praying that God would bless each household in such a way that the inhabitants would know God loves them. Obviously, this combines good physical health with good missional health. When you walk around a neighborhood on a regular basis, several things happen. First, people become comfortable with you. Second, you are out where it is natural to strike up conversations with a wide range of people. Third, you begin to notice changes that give you openings for conversation and ministry. No one knows better than I do how hard it is to make significant contact beyond all my Christian friends. But I’m working at changing bits of my routine to place myself where I can truly become “salt.” It takes concentration, but I’m finding it’s also fun. And I find that when I open just a small window of missional effort, God shows me a whole world of people I already contact who yearn to share their lives with a caring person.

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Daily Gratitude by Amy Watson, Sherwood Friends There are certain buildings at Twin Rocks that have a very distinct smell. When you walk through the door your lungs are filled with camp. Not every building is like this, just the ones that have been around for decades of summers, the buildings that have experienced multiple generations of homesickness and actual sickness, heart-to-heart conversations and hard conversations, whomp ’em and “wrestlemania,” late night giggles and end-of-camp tears. The smell is a combination of cleaning products, unshowered bodies, and legacy. Every time I experience the smell of those buildings I am reminded of the generations of faithful folks who have taken part in camp—who glimpse into the Kingdom of Heaven. They were eating together, worshiping Amy Watson is the youth pastor together, having fun together, maturing together, and at Sherwood Friends and the chalexperiencing community as the Creator intended. lenge course manager for Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor The phrase that gets pulled out at Surfside is, “dude, Ministries. we’re family,” and indeed we are. We’re a family that takes part in the community and also gives time, energy, resources, and prayers in order for future generations to experience the no-strings-attached love of God. This family has been so driven by their love for God and his people that their efforts have made camp one of those “thin places” where the presence of God is evident even to those who don’t know how to identify it. I am grateful for those generations who came before me, laying foundations and pointing out encounters with God. I am grateful for the people I serve with—thank you for letting me troubleshoot my way in ministry and still ask me to come back next summer. I am grateful for the generations that will come after me and will be compelled to continue these legacies because of the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Father God, thank you for placing me in the midst of a faithful community that spans multiple generations. Daily Gratitude is an ongoing column focusing on gratefulness for God ’s involvement in our lives.

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Book Review: Addiction and Grace

Steve Fawver is pastor of spiritual health and care at Newberg Friends. He has been on the team for more than 20 years and loves to invite people to listen to Jesus and develop deeper lives of prayer. He is married to Diane and they have two children—Janna (17) and Isaac (10). He loves to read, golf, spend time outdoors, and sit by the woodstove with a good cup of coffee.

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My journey to find freedom from some addictions in my life has been long. I agree with Gerald May’s statement in his book Addiction and Grace: “We are all addicts in every sense of the word” (p. 4). This book has been very foundational in my experience and life over a number of years. It has given me some deep insights into my own journey and the lives of those around me by helping me name some truths I see as essential to wholeness and healing. With a powerful mix of spiritual, psychological, and medical expertise Gerald May does an important work of describing what it means to be addicted, why this happens, and how we can move toward freedom. As a youth I seemed to travel on two very divergent streams— a heartfelt desire to follow God and a passion for affection from girlfriends. On one hand I experienced God in powerful places of prayer and worship, while on the other I crossed the line of healthy boundaries by giving in to the temptation of lust. While these two characteristics seem contrary to one another I believe that they both emerged from the same place—a deep desire for love. I was giving in to an addiction that “supplants God’s love as the source and object of our deepest true desire” (p. 13). I began to attach my affection and sense of acceptance to the relationships and interactions with girls rather than with God. Since college, my heart desire has been to allow God to regain the central place in my heart as I become free of this addiction to sexuality and affection. I have had numerous occasions in which I have come face-to-face with the need to name these as addictions and allow God to heal me. I really connect with the concept of consecration that “means dedication to God...claiming our deepest desires for God, beneath, above, and beyond all other things” (p. 149). This has been my desire, and I believe it has allowed Jesus to more fully take the rightful place in my heart. One of my recent breath prayers, “Lord you love me, I give you my life,” has served as a practice of consecration. This has been a risk for me to release my life into God’s hands, and I can truly relate when May writes: “freedom can happen only if we completely trust in God’s ultimate care for us” (p. 32).

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The other area May encourages that has been life changing for me is silence and solitude as a furnace of transformation. This discipline has “enabled me to remain more continually attentive to all that is happening in the present moment” (p. 76). Since college I have regularly gone to the Trappist Abbey for times of quiet and meditation. These hours have helped me notice things that are becoming distractions and addictions in my life. One week at the abbey I began to notice that I was going out of my way to get coffee. In a gentle and yet deeply powerful way God began to invite me into a place of freedom. “Do you really need to have caffeine to get by in life?” came the question. This propelled me into a six-month fast from caffeine that was both challenging and exhilarating at the same time. This calling emerged from silence. While you may not see yourself as an “addict,” I wonder if you might stop and consider if there are things in your life that seem to draw your gaze away from Christ? I know for me the book Addiction and Grace has been a powerful tool to help me find freedom in the saving love of God as I learn to open my hands, heart, and life to release the things I am using to satiate my appetite that only God can fulfill.

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KEEPING CURRENT WITH LOCAL AND GLOBAL OUTRE ACH

Prayer Journey by a prayer journey traveler

Praying Wherever God Takes You! I pray for a lot of things and for people I care about. Prayer is the privilege of talking to God and listening to him, as part of a Spirit-led conversation. During the Outreach Rally at Yearly Meeting sessions, we were challenged to pray boldly—for our global outreach! I accepted that challenge. Recently, my husband and I went on a prayer journey. Prayer journey? It is praying on-site overseas, also known as prayer walking in another country. Praying in-country helps me to pray more specifically for the people I see and for local believers. Prayer became part of daily life as we walked or traveled. We prayed over cities or rural towns from the rooftop of guest houses and other sites. Our prayer journey depended heavily upon the people at home who prayed for us. We had prayer partners at our home church, Silverton Friends, and across the yearly meeting. Prayer partners encouraged our preparation and faithfully kept us in their prayers as we traveled. What a blessing! We are planning more prayer journeys. Would you be willing to be a prayer partner? Do you feel God’s call to pray on-site? Please pray for future prayer journeys. If you are interested in being a prayer partner or participating in a prayer journey, please contact Shawn McConaughey, associate superintendent of global outreach, at shawn@nwfriends.org or 503.538.9419. Keep praying boldly!

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Let Us Come Boldly by Tresa Redford, Meridian Friends

I’ve sat through many hours of baseball games. Watching my son play brings great pleasure. Still, after so many games, there are more components to the game than I probably understand and can imagine. Baseball is not for weaklings, let me tell you. One thing I have learned, though, is that it’s always important to pay attention to the third base coach. If you didn’t know better, you’d think the guy had a nervous tick, a persistent itch on his nose, or some kind of obsessive compulsive disorder causing him to constantly adjust his hat and touch his ear. What I’ve learned is that these signals are vital to the game. Missed signals put a team in jeopardy of making critical, game-changing mistakes. In some ways the Church is very similar to baseball. There are many players. Every player has a different role and purpose, and each one is being led by the same coach. The NWYM Prayer Emphasis, “Let Us Come Boldly,” is a chance for our team to become more intimately aligned with the one giving the signals, discern his game plan, and support our teammates. Here are some ways our team is playing (or praying) together… Church Prayer Partners: Currently we have 20 churches paired up to pray for one another. For example, Meridian Friends Church is a partner with West Chehalem Friends Church. What a delight it has been for us to get to know Paul and Nancy Almquist and their church through pictures and prayer requests in our bulletin. It’s a blessing to pray for them and to know that they are praying for us in return. If your church is interested in being a partner with another church, please contact me at tresa89@msn.com. 50 Days of Prayer: To kick off our 2012 Yearly Meeting sessions, where the theme will be “Let Us Come Boldly,” we will be encouraging participation in “50 Days of Prayer” beginning Sunday, June 3. A devotional will be made available that includes daily exercises and prayer suggestions for NWYM. We encourage you to look for ways to promote praying for our Yearly Meeting in your church and home during this time! Let’s go TEAM NWYM!

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Between being a stayat-home mom to two teenagers, and the wife of a pastor, I never lack for excitement and things to be praying for. I wouldn't trade this life for anything in the world and I thank God every day! Ken and I are looking forward to celebrating 18 years at Meridian Friends Church this summer.

Seeking the Mind of Christ

Tom Stave is the clerk of NWYM and attends Eugene Friends.

Because we are a community that calls Christ our head, to seek his mind should be a central passion. In our Quaker decisionmaking process we assume this, but for our process to be vital and responsive it must be enlivened by people who believe with all their hearts that the mind of Christ—our “present teacher”— can be known and lived. Let’s ponder the Bible’s guidance about seeking his mind: Pray. Jesus spent much time in communion with his father, and Luke tells us that before he called his key disciples he spent all night in prayer (Luke 6). Empty ourselves. Jesus is our model: “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who…emptied himself…[and] humbled himself…” (Philippians 2:5-8 NRSV). This emptying usually means giving up to him our own ideas, agendas, and opinions—all of which seem very good to us, and hard to release. He may return them, but not without first transforming them. Let him transform our minds. “Be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2 NRSV). Our minds are not meant to be static or conforming, but always attentive and responsive and challenged and refreshed. Give freedom to the Holy Spirit. Jesus told a seeker (Nicodemus) what the transforming new birth entails: “The wind blows where it chooses…but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8 NRSV). Seek him together. Paul prayed for the church: “May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 15:5-6). Listen to all voices. Jesus astonished everyone by affirming faith and truth from the mouths of a woman called sinful, a Roman soldier, a Gentile woman, a Samaritan, a tax collector, and even a Pharisee.

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A Poem Reflecting on MidWinter 2012 by Kaija Magee, Tigard Friends there’s a feeling i get when i close my eyes and feel adequately perfect (or perfectly adequate?) when i feel that i fit like my oddly-shaped puzzle piece has found a home i slept fitting on church floors i ate fitting in bread pudding i danced fitting in the snow i sang fitting through worship i sweated fitting while helping a woman prepare for the cremation of her horse i laughed fitting with dozens of chuckling friends i heard fitting in everyone’s voices i breathed fitting, in the middle of it all i fit, my voicealong with every voice at midwinter, fit. it was like every metaphor ever spoken rolled into one, and placed in my lap. metaphors are just words, Kaija (right) is a 16-year-old adventurer who may be found at the top of a tree, on a trapeze, or in words are just letters, the middle of a crowd at an outdoor concert. letters are just ink on a page. there is something we all have that helps us understand, something we can’t describe, something so complex and beautiful and intricate in each of us. that whispers meaning and explains truth it just fits. mine fits with yours fits with hers fits with his fits with theirs it just fits. the divine forms us molds us like clay creates every part of us like it is, intentionally and puts us together, in extraordinary designs and in wondrous patterns what can i say? we just fit. Connection • April–May December 2012 2011

Christian Education Corner by Hernan Diaz, Iglesia Amigos en Vancouver

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:1-2 NIV). Lately I have thought a lot about these verses. Hernan is the pastor at Iglesia The will of God for you has to be good, pleasing, and perfect. It is not Amigos en Vanoppressive, not uncomfortable; it is something that you do and live with couver. joy and in freedom. It doesn’t matter that other people see your situation as uncomfortable. For you it is comfortable because you are happy doing his will. God can give you happiness and freedom when you, through prayer, look for his face to make important decisions. In his presence you can feel completely sure that what you have in your heart is the right decision. God will speak to you. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that peace can be ours as we continue to live a life of prayer, of approaching God and being near his heart. We know this, but we don’t do it enough. But I’m encouraging you to do it! Just pray and you will see and find the will of God opening in front of you in an amazing way. God waits for you to look for him. He wants to bless you! The books and articles I have read about prayer sometimes offer rules to follow in order to pray. While I respect that, I think God just wants us to talk to him. He simply wants us to want him. He isn’t concerned about how we’re dressed or where we are or that we pick the right words to approach him. He just wants to be with us. Confessing our sins, praising him, and coming before him with faith come later, after we have spent time with him. Then when we feel comfortable in his presence, those “requirements” will follow. Even if you don’t have faith, just offer yourself to him, and faith will show up. Faith comes, and we grow as we continuously look for his presence. I have recently been required to make sudden decisions. But I have confidence that when I look for the will of God and keep on praying for his guidance, everything falls into place perfectly. Praise God! Prayer for guidance keeps me from being conformed to the pattern of this world. The pattern of this world is deceiving and sometimes can be found in our family, friends, and inside the church. We need awareness; we need to not fall into that trap. If a proposition or idea is attractive or convenient, but you have doubts and feel oppressed, then it is not the will of God. The will of God is pleasing and perfect. “And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV).

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Updates, News & Announcements Looking back... •• Don Millage—a longtime Friend, father, grandfather and husband—passed away on February 17 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland. Don was very active in Northwest Yearly Meeting, the Newberg community, and George Fox University. •• Anna Nixon passed away on February 28. Anna was a missionary in India and in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, as well as an author of six books. A member of West Chehalem Friends, she lived at Friendsview Retirement Community. •• Linda Thornburg passed away on March 21 at OHSU in Portland. She attended Sherwood Community Friends Church and served on the social committee for many years. She is survived by her husband, Ken Thornburg; daughters, Aubrianne and Katelynn; father, Paul Stanfield; sister, Debbie Dingman (Ron); and brothers, Steve Stanfield and Jeff Stanfield (Christine). •• At our last Bible Quiz Tournament, Sherwood Friends took first for the high school division and Greenleaf Friends took first in middle school. The two individual high scores went to Gregory Vanderbeek (middle school) of Greenleaf Friends, and Brynn Akins (high school) of Newberg Friends.

Looking ahead... •• Samuel School II, a retreat designed to develop spiritual sensitivity and leadership for high school students, will be held at Tilikum, May 25–28. •• Reedwood Bible Quiz tournament is coming up quick! Join us in Portland for a weekend of worship, competition, and community, on April 21. •• Young Adult Friends (YAF) will retreat together at Eugene Friends May 18–20 for community and fellowship. More information will be coming soon—be watching Facebook and your e-mail inbox. •• Youth Challenged to Expand their Worldview (YCEW) is currently working to raise funds to support their trip to Haiti. Please visit the NWYM website (nwfriends.org) and look them up under the youth section for more information on their trip and how to support them.

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Updates, News & Announcements Looking ahead CONT... •• Youth Challenged through Local Service (YCLS) is now taking applications for students interested in an amazing experience in serving others and growing as a disciple of Christ. Applications can be found on the NWYM website (nwfriends. org) under the youth section. •• Save the date for Yearly Meeting Sessions 2012: July 22–26. Together we will explore our theme: Let Us Come Boldly. See the article written by Tresa Redford (p. 7) to see how you can join in prayerfully preparing for our time together. •• NWYM is sponsoring a GFU student trip to China. The 10 member team will travel to five cities in China to learn about the country, meet Chinese people, and explore service opportunities. Please consider sponsoring a student financially by contacting Shawn McConaughey (smconaughey@nwfriends. org). A fund raising car wash will take place on April 21 at the yearly meeting office, from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.. Come join in!

Pastoral Transitions Include: •• Sherwood Community Friends Church has called Rich Miller (Nadine) as pastor effective July 1, 2012. They have one son in high school (Gerik), one in college (Kenton), and a recentlymarried daughter (Bethany). •• Hayden Lake Friends Church (HLFC) called Chris Lauri (Heather) to be the lead pastor and is beginning the process for joining Anthem and HLFC together as one congregation. They will worship together on Easter Sunday for the first time. Chris and Heather have two boys, Judah and Jonah.

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Calendar of Events

April

16-19 Pastors Conference – Twin Rocks Friends Camp 21 Bible Quizzing – Reedwood Friends 1-25 GFU Trip to China 18 Portland Area Gathering – Tigard Friends 18-20 YAF Retreat – Eugene Friends 20 Yearly Meeting Sunday 21-24 Leadership Institute for Group Discernment –

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Tilikum Retreat Center

25-28 Samuel School II – Tilikum Retreat Center

June

June 25-July 1 Youth Challenged through Local Service

28 YCEW (Youth Challenged to Expand their Worldview) leaves for Haiti (returns July 17)

June 30-July 4 Kids Camp – Quaker Hill Camp

July

4-9 Jr. & Sr. High Camps – Quaker Hill Camp 1-6 Girls Camp – Twin Rocks Friends Camp 8-14 Tween Camp – Twin Rocks Friends Camp 15-20 Boys Camp – Twin Rocks Friends Camp 22-26 2012 Yearly Meeting Sessions – George Fox University 5-11 Surfside – Twin Rocks Friends Camp Connection • •April–May July/August 2010 Connection 2012

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On Our Way Rejoicing by Becky Ankeny, NWYM superintendent

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The name of our slice of the Christian movement came right out of the Bible: “You are my friends,” said Jesus, “if you do what I tell you to do” (John 15:14). This verse is so challenging to us right now. How do we know what Jesus is telling us to do? Paul wrote that scripture encourages us to be steadfast and hopeful in our faith, and instructs us in righteousness and good works (Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-16). Jesus told his listeners, “Don’t think I have come to subvert or dissolve or remove the law or the prophets; I have come instead to fill up, complete, make perfect, perform, bring them to realization” (Matt. 5:17). In other words, Jesus shows us how to keep the law, rather than ignore it. The meaning of Jesus’ word for “remove” is to unpack a beast of burden, like an ox. Instead of removing the law, Jesus offers to help us understand how to carry it: “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for you souls” (Matt. 11:28-29). One of the main ways we can understand what Jesus is telling us to do is to look at what he said and did during the time he was physically on earth. Jesus himself said that he did only what he saw his Father doing and what he heard his Father tell him to do. (We are to do the same kinds of things.) Another way we can understand the actions and character of God is by reading and knowing the whole Bible well. This will help us see the whole arc of the story of God’s interactions with people. We can see how God, from the moment of creation, understood that people would run from him and set up their own gods, and that they would need his intervention in order to turn around and look him in the eyes (the root meaning of “reconcile”). All the biblical stories fit into this arc. On the road to Emmaus, the two mourners heard Jesus himself open to them the whole of scripture, which was the law and prophets, and show how they all spoke of Jesus. This helps us see what we are to look for as well: how the Old Testament points to, prefigures, exemplifies the character of God that is made visible in human interaction in Jesus. George Fox’s Journal resounds with echoes of the Bible. He knew it so well it permeated his writing. However, his hunger for the real presence of God was not satisfied by Scripture reading alone.

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Scripture and Friends

The turning point for him came when Jesus met him personally and he began to live in a daily relationship with God. From that experience George Fox drew the conclusion (or had the insight) that Jesus is present to teach us, that we understand the Scripture as the Holy Spirit of Jesus enlightens us (a spiritual application of the Emmaus road story), and that the insights gained from the Holy Spirit answer each other and answer the Scripture—they are in accordance with each other. The Holy Spirit, who inspired the Scripture, also inspires the reader, and the scripture works indeed to reprove, correct, train, teach, and equip for good works. I hope Friends will read the whole Bible frequently, asking for the illumination of God’s Spirit. Then when we gather to discern the Spirit’s instructions to us as a denomination, we will have an intimate acquaintance with the character of God as revealed through the Old Testament and through the Incarnation. I hope we will gather ready to allow Jesus to help us bear his yoke: the commandment to lay down our lives for each other, to love our neighbor, and to love God wholeheartedly.

NWYM 2012 Youth Interns This coming summer Lauren Dodge (North Valley) and Ben Shelton (Newberg Friends) will be our NWYM youth interns! We are excited for them to work alongside our youth this summer, and for the ministry they will bring to our yearly meeting.

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On Our Way Rejoicing.......................... 14–15

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Updates, News & Announcements..... 11–12

Christian Education Corner....................... 10

Reflecting on Midwinter..............................9

Seeking the Mind of Christ.........................8

Let Us Come Boldly..................................... 7

Prayer Journey..............................................6

Book Review: Addiction and Grace..........4–5

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