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Hey Mercy Vineyard! I just wanted to update you all on the clean water project we initiated during the 2011 Advent season. The good news is that we were able to give the church in Manyetta, Kenya enough money to drill down until they reached water. They are not able to install a pump yet, but villagers are able to lower buckets down with a rope to gather clean, drinkable water! One amaz...
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Hey Mercy Vineyard! It has been such a joy to share Advent with you all! Excitement rises up inside me as we anticipate the presence of Jesus in our lives and look forward to His awesome return. It's so freeing to know that it's OK to get our hopes up. He is faithful! Last Sunday we talked about hope and how God uses us to bring hope to others. Isn't it great that God sends US when H...
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Yesterday, Wendy and I had the privilege of going to Augustana College to hear a lecture by Shane Claiborne. We were deeply challenged to be the change we desire to see in our community. One question Shane asked was, "How can your giftings intersect with the needs in your community?" What a great question! I posted a short video by Shane below. I would love it if you took a minute or t...
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I admit it! Since I was a kid I was a do-it-yourselfer. I remember engineering a TV stand out of a chair and an old breadbox. I also taped up an old busted up boombox and got it running when I needed some music. If there was a stereo or VCR that needed hooking up, I was there with tools, knowledge, and an abundance of electrical tape. OK, so maybe I wasn't Bob V...
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Hey Mercy Vineyard Church of the Quad Cities! When I was just a grade school kid, there were these commercials on television for Heinz Ketchup. You'd see this bottle on its side and ketchup would very slowly be coming out of the opening to make it's way onto the juicy burger below, all while Carley Simon's "Anticipation" was sung in the background. The commercial did a terrific job of conve...
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