The pictures from Summer Camp keep coming, and this Sunday will be an opportunity to hear more about what God has done in and through the students and staff at Summer Camp. 
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June 20, 2012
by Beth Shackelford
Posts: 7
June 19, 2012
by Scott Phillips
Posts: 25
RMG Life: Leaving and Cleaving
OK, I wanted to write just once more about marriage – and then we will move on to something else, I promise.
The elders just finished up their RMG marriage series and, if you had the opportunity to catch it, you know it was amazing! But, I am not actually writing about the series today. Instead, I want to approach marriage from a different angle.
June 11 was my wife and I’s 24th wedding anniversary!
As you all know, due to the insanely high divorce rates in America today, we almost count marriage years like dog years. Continue Reading →
June 18, 2012
by Beth Shackelford
Posts: 7
Summer Camp – Day 3
Saturday morning the sun was out early and so were our campers, lined up for another round of the Morning Show broadcast outside on the patio. After a fortifying meal, we headed into the tent to take part in a great worship time and to listen to Kurt preach on Reconciliation. The message revealed how God sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins, and through Christ we are reconciled to God. His illustrations have been so memorable, I am sure you will be hearing about some of them and the Bible truths shared when your kids return home.
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June 17, 2012
by Beth Shackelford
Posts: 7
Summer Camp 2012 – Days 1-2
Our 200+ students awoke refreshed and renewed Saturday morning after enduring a long, rambunctious but safe, bus-ride on Friday afternoon. They will have enjoyed 4 delicious square meals already by the time this post is read, which fueled their participation in a wonderful Saturday of camp.
The day began in their temporary tent cities with the Camp Morning Show, which broadcasts the entertaining ramblings of Jon Stead and Josh Petras and Co. At the end of the show, breakfast is served and then its Bible time, with the kids undoubtedly considering the teaching they had heard the night before by our camp speaker, Kurt Gebhards. Kurt is the pastor of Hickory Harvest Bible Chapel in Hickory, North Carolina. He went from Mark chapter 2 and our desperate need for Christ (as the paralytic man was desperate) on Friday to Saturday morning’s session on the condition of our hearts in Mark 7; 14-21, comparing our hearts to port-a-potties, defiled and in need of the cleansing work of Christ.
Each session begins with corporate worship with Tyson and the band from Rancho Community Church, followed by some fun on-stage games for the students. Kurt has them tuned in during the messages and then the students meet in groups to discuss with a staff leader the implications and applications of the Word.
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June 13, 2012
by Jim Orr
Posts: 35
Book of the Month: The Transforming Power of the Gospel
I admit it: I am a big fan of Jerry Bridges. I have read several of his books, with several more still to read on the shelf. His newest book, The Transforming Power of the Gospel, takes many of his ideas from his earlier books and shows us how the gospel not only provides us with the only way of being saved, but also the only way of being sanctified, which is the Bible word for changing us to be like Christ. Continue Reading →