February 23, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Worship
I love to wake up early on Saturday mornings and read with a great cup of coffee. I am often walking around my apartment sifting through which book I want to dive into the next morning. Last night I was convicted that I just don’t dive enough into the right book... the Bible....
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February 15, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Worship
A few Sundays ago, I asked the music team if they would be up for staying late after church to share a meal and learn some new songs. The team accepted the offer! We made our meal into the typical church potluck. After the meal we went back down into the sanctuary for the practice. ...
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January 28, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Missional Life
This past Saturday, men and women from Missio Dei Church gathered together to hear from Pastor Paul Vroom and Elder Nathan Phillips about what it means to lead a Missional Community. ...
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January 18, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Worship
Introducing new songs is never easy. As a person who leads music for Missio Dei week in and week out, trying to teach people a new song is just simply awkward and often times scary. Introducing new songs to your church family would be like reading your term papers in college before your immediate friends and family. A lot of time and labor has gone into working on this pro...
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January 12, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Missional Life
Megan McDonald was called to go to Cuba along with some other students from Trinity Christian College. During their time there, they will be doing some street evangelism, working with a nursing home, and working with a baseball ministry that serves kids. THis is a place where we will receive updates and prayer requests. ...
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January 2, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Stewardship
There was a proposed increase from 2012 to 2013. Some of those increases came from having a permanent place where we can now do ministry out of on a full time basis as well as rebuilding our savings account. We are also working harder at having fifty percent of what comes in goes right back out into the community. Those in attendance at the meeting unanimously affirmed the...
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December 7, 2012
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Missional Life
Over the past nine weeks I have had the pleasure to walk with nine other men, as a part of our men’s ministry, on Tuesday nights through the book of Colossians. This truly has been a great study and has really opened my eyes to a new way of reading Scripture. I am learning that as I read I need to do more than just the “so what is he really saying here†...
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September 18, 2012
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Music
Perhaps one of my favorite versions of 'Be Thou My Vision' - done by some dear friends Greg Hartnett and Vinnie Adams. ...
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September 11, 2012
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Worship
The next installment in our "Liturgy Explanation" series. Here we will be taking a look at the Passing of the Peace, the Ministry of the Word, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and the Benediction.. These pieces are powerful pieces with our time of gathered worship. ...
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September 7, 2012
by Todd Paben
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Category:
Worship
The next installment in our "Liturgy Explanation" series. Here we will be taking a look at the Confession of Sin and the Assurance of Pardon. These pieces are powerful pieces with our time of gathered worship. For it is here that the church acknowledges their depravity, and is re-assured of the Gospel of Jesus Christ - who took alway all our sins. ...
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