Those are familiar words. I suspect most of have begun a prayer with that or asked a friend for prayer. It is common in Christian circles.
We see it with adults...but not often with our kids. Sure, we'll get the mass e-mail titled "What kids ask God for..." with darling misspellings and "cute" requests to give a brother or sister to another family. I may be wrong, but suspect that that most of us don’t take kids that seriously.
Our Kids need you. We need you. Come serve with us, won't you?
In two weeks the Elementary Children's Program will be switching back to our school year schedule. This will mean that we will once again return to our spaces inside the Maple Street Building and welcome back the community of shepherds that serves with our kids during the school year. Our Shepherds are wonderful, dedicated, enthusiastic people but there is a bit of a problem... We simply don't have enough Shepherds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1cwjcE4Dk
“They took down the bodies…and went to Jabesh, where they burned them” 1 Samuel 31:12 
Christians disagree about whether cremation is an appropriate way to deal with a body after death. The Bible, however, nowhere answers the question specifically as to the method of disposal. Some people have raised moral and religious questions about whether Christians should “destroy” a body through cremation of the remains. Occasionally, even the procedure of autopsy has been challenged on religious bases when the cause of death required further investigation. These questions, ultimately, can only be answered in an individual’s or family’s conscience. The Bible does not require one technique over others.
Welcome
Lake Avenue Church is committed to helping men understand and experience what it means to be an empowered Christian man in our post-modern society. The ministry is designed to train and encourage men to actively live out their faith in all circumstances of their lives.
Most importantly, it is a ministry that encourages men to travel this journey together as “interdependence” far exceeds “independence.” Come join the journey and see what exciting path God will open up to you.
When Things Aren't as They Ought to Be...
Tom Little is one of the ten who died in Afganistan last weekend. Shot by gunmen in a remote area of Afganistan where Dr. Little (30 year resident of Afganistan) and the team were providing medical and dental services in a village so remote, they had to carry there gear in over an 8 hour haul. Less than two years ago, he wrote an article in the midst of a spike of violence in Kabul and Afganistan generally. It seems more poignant a call today than it did even then. The article is found here where you can first read a remberance of a life and then read his own thoughts on a world with a great deal of senseless pain and suffering.
