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Weekly Bulletin - September 22, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Sept. 18, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *Service opportunities *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - September 15, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Sept. 11, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *Service opportunities *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - September 8, 2019

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Hurricane Dorian Relief

Five Converge churches have been impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Learn how you can pray for them and contribute to the relief efforts.

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Sept. 4, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Sunday’s worship gathering *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - September 1, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Aug. 28, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Sunday’s worship gathering *Tell Your Story as a Gospel Story (As We Go Discipleship Workshop) *Service opportunities *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - August 25, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Aug. 21, 2019

This week's FCC News: *NEW! Getting to know FCC’s Leaders: Pat Stream, Pastor for Biblical Counseling *Sunday’s worship gathering *Service opportunities *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - August 18, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Aug. 14, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - August 11, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - Aug. 7, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - August 4, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - July 31, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Looking ahead to August *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *FCC News and Events *Service opportunities

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Weekly Bulletin - July 28, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - July 24, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s worship gathering *Service opportunities *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - July 21, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - July 17, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s sermon *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - July 14, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - July 10, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder: Why is this happening to me? *Sunday’s sermon *Evangelism workshop: The Five Thresholds and Spiritual Conversations *Hymn Sing *SERVE India Appreciation Dinner *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - July 7, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - July 3, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Sunday’s sermon *Evangelism workshop: The Five Thresholds and Spiritual Conversations *Hymn Sing *Vacation Bible School *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - June 30, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - June 26, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s sermon *“Why FaithWorks Might Be My Favorite Week of the Year” *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - June 23, 2019

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FCC offers scrap metal drive in support of FaithWorks

(UPDATED 6.21.19) SORRY, OUR SCRAP METAL COLLECTION IS NOW CLOSED (Friday, June 21)! Thank you for your generous donations! Due to a dumpster shortage, we are not able to receive any more scrap metal donations. THANK YOU!

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - June 19, 2019

This week's FCC News: *FaithWorks is happening this week *Pastor for Biblical Counseling update *Sunday’s sermon *Pray for teams serving in Thailand and Guatemala *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - June 16, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, June 16, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - June 12, 2019

This week's FCC News: *FaithWorks is next week! *Gospel reminder *Sunday’s sermon *FCC News and Events

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Announcements - Sunday, June 9, 2019

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Weekly Bulletin - June 9, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - June 5, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon--NEW series starts on Sunday! *Service opportunities *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - June 2, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - May 29, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - May 26, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, May 26, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - May 22, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon *Updates from Uganda *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - May 19, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, May 19, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - May 15, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Sunday’s sermon *Updates from Uganda *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - May 12, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, May 12, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - May 8, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon *FCC News and Events

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Awana Clubs celebrate 30 years at Faith Community Church

On April 24, 2019, Awana Clubs hosted the annual awards night and also celebrated 30 years at Faith Community Church.

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Weekly Bulletin - May 5, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, May 5, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - May 1, 2019

This week's FCC News: * Gospel Reminder * Sunday’s sermon * Upcoming sabbatical * Covenant Membership Meeting – May 19 *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - April 28, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, April 28, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - April 24, 2019

This week's FCC News: * Gospel Reminder *New series starts this Sunday! * Sabbatical update * FaithWorks 2019 – registration is now open *Hudson Backpack Program – green bags available on Sunday *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - April 21, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, April 21, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - April 17, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon *Holy Week and Easter services *FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - April 14, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, April 14, 2019

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CANCELLATIONS | April 11, 2019

Please check this page for a listing of cancellations, due to weather conditions and school closings. Stay warm and stay safe!

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - April 10, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon – ANCHORED series: Whose Likeness, Whose Inscription *This week’s Bible memory verse *SERVE India Kwik Trip cards available this Sunday *Easter Service Schedule

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Weekly Bulletin - April 7, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, April 7, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - April 3, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Sunday’s sermon – ANCHORED series: Technology *21 Days of Prayer *Holy Week and Easter Sunday Services + FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - March 31, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Mar. 31, 2019

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21 Days of Prayer | April 1 through April 21

We will be introducing 21 days of prayer in the worship gathering this Sunday, March 31. Every revival recording in Scripture and throughout history began with God’s people praying. Let’s ask God to do a mighty work in us!‍

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - March 27, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder: Becoming the Friend You Want to Have *Sunday’s sermon – ANCHORED series: Asleep in the Storm + FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - March 24, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Mar. 24, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - March 20, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Gospel Reminder: Bringing Calm to Our Hearts *Sunday’s sermon – ANCHORED series: Friendship + FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - March 17, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - March 13, 2019

This week's FCC News: *Why your work is not your identity *Sunday’s sermon – ANCHORED series: A Calm Heart *This week’s Bible memory verse + FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - March 10, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - March 6, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon -- ANCHORED: Work *Ash Wednesday service - Wed., Mar. 6, 7 p.m. *Family Discipleship Training | Teens and Tech, Sun., Mar.24, 10:15-11:00 a.m. + FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - March 3, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Mar. 3, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - February 27, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday’s sermon: NEW SERIES starts on Sunday! *Ash Wednesday service - Wed., Mar. 6, 7 p.m. *This week’s Bible memory verse *KwikTrip cards available on Sunday in support of SERVE India

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Weekly Bulletin - February 24, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - February 20, 2019

This week's FCC news: The Move from Anger to Delight *Sunday's sermon: Every human heart desires...APPROVAL. + FCC News and Events

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Weekly Bulletin - February 17, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - February 13, 2019

This week's FCC news: *A Place of Rest *Sunday’s sermon: Every human heart desires…LOVE. *This week’s Bible memory verse *We’re hiring!

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Weekly Bulletin - February 10, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - February 6, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Sunday's sermon: Every Human Heart desires...BELONGING. *ServeIndia - Kwik Trip cards available this Sunday *This week’s Bible memory verse *Uganda Trip Updates *Mission Extension Video

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Weekly Bulletin - February 3, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - January 30, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Sunday's sermon: Every Human Heart desires...HAPPINESS *Updates from Uganda *Cancellations at FCC this week *This week’s Bible memory verse

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Weekly Bulletin - January 27, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - January 23, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Gospel Reminder *Sunday's sermon: Every Human Heart desires...SECURITY *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - January 20, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - January 16, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Gospel Reminder *This Sunday’s sermon: Justice *As We Go Discipleship Workshop: Practicing Spiritual Conversations *Register for the Annual Meeting (Sunday, Jan. 27) *This week’s Bible memory verse *FCC news and events

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Weekly Bulletin - January 13, 2019

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Announcements - Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - January 9, 2019

This week's FCC news: *Purpose and Meaning *This Sunday’s sermon: Victory *NEW courses on Thursday nights *As We Go Discipleship workshops planned for Jan. 13 and 20 *Care needs and prayer requests

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What are you hoping for today?

Is your heart set on the happiest of all hopes? You can know a happiness and a joy, even when your fleeting hopes are being dashed. Jesus is coming again. Today is better than yesterday, because today we are one day closer to seeing him.

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Rhythms of Grace: Prayer

Zach McCabe, a member of FCC, shares his experience learning to pray.

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4 Questions to Ask When Reading Scripture

As part of the "Words of Grace" sermon, we talked about the importance of seeing Jesus in all of Scripture (Luke 24:27). Here is a simple exercise that you can add to your daily Bible reading to help you begin to do that.

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Gulu Post #7 | Final Leg Home

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Gulu Post #6 | A Salute to American Naturalization!

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Rhythms of Grace: Bible Reading

Kristen Gray, a member of FCC, shares her experience learning to read the Bible.

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Gulu Post #5 | Elder Dan Fosterling to the Rescue!

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Gulu Post #4 | Meet Augustine, a church planter training to develop more church leaders in South Sudan 

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Gulu Post #3 | Finished last session, more posts to come

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Gulu Post #2 | Meet Julius, An Incredible Man

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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Trained by Grace

Just as a coach or personal trainer has a vision for what you can do and what you can become, God’s grace is like that.

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Gulu Post #1 | Preparation Over

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train local church leaders.

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You are made for awe.

God calls us, enables us, and frees us to worship him. We are made for awe of God.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | August 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Faith Community Church commissions Pat Stream as Pastor for Biblical Counseling

Biblical Counseling is a means to liberate people, so they know the love of God and live it out by loving others. In this post, FCC's newest pastor shares his story and vision for Biblical Counseling in his own words.

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God is both infinite and intimate.

You are known by God, and you can know him!

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Everlasting

Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses, confronts the reality of death and points us to the source of everlasting legacy for every generation.

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How could a loving God allow us to suffer?

Psalm 77 wrestles with the biggest question we ask as humans—how could a loving God allow us to suffer?

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Why is this happening to me?

When this broken world hurts us, the followers of Jesus are presented with an opportunity to demonstrate to a watching world, rulers and authorities in heavenly places (Ephesians 3:10), and even to ourselves, that God is our refuge, our only truly safe place, and in him we have no lack.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | July 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Trusting the Good Shepherd

If we trust the Good Shepherd, we will be cared for in the most loving and generous way. God will totally satisfy us with his goodness.

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Why FaithWorks Might Be My Favorite Week of the Year

It was just three days ago that the ninth edition of FaithWorks (FW) ended. The people who are Faith Community Church volunteered nearly 2,700 hours to complete 65 projects across the St. Croix Valley. Those numbers are important, but I’d love to share some of the other reasons I love the week of FaithWorks.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | June 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Like a Tree Planted by Streams of Water

Our future can be like a tree planted by streams of water because of another tree. On the cross, the man Jesus, delighted in the law of the Lord, fulfilling it through his life, death and resurrection.

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The Mind of Christ

The gospel gives us courage to face into the most difficult part of living the Christian life—sacrificing ourselves for the good of others.

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The (Dis)content of “If only …” In Our Relationships

Much of our disappointment with others originates in presumption that our relationships should make us content. We express that presumption with our “If only’s!”

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The Presence of Peace and our Presence in the World

The “peace that surpasses all understanding” is much more than “inner peace,” as the world commonly understands it. It is the Presence of an active, powerful God.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #3

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train another cohort of local church leaders. In this post, Pastor Larry highlights the two groups that make up the training cohort.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #2

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train another cohort of local church leaders. In this post, Pastor Larry highlights the two groups that make up the training cohort.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | May 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #1

Read along as Pastor Larry sends updates from the latest trip to Uganda to train another cohort of local church leaders.

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This Day of Grace

May we know that we are not only mothers, but daughters, lavishly loved by you, our Father...May we mother well on this day of grace.

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Jesus is Lord

Jesus is Lord over everything. And you can trust Jesus. No one has ever loved you the way that Jesus has loved you.

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What is your purpose?

How would you complete the statement “For me to live is...”? However you complete that statement is your purpose in life...But there is only one worthy purpose for which we can live, and it is: to live is Christ.

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Reasons That Point To Faith - Workshop Resources

Check out the slides and resources shared at the "Reasons that Point to Faith" workshop for compelling facts, evidence, and rationale that strongly support a justified belief in God and the resurrection of Jesus.

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The Unity of Christ's Inscription

Among a healthy group of Christ followers, we should expect to encounter differences of opinion on political issues...Our aim should be to find unity in Him, as He works his likeness into us and writes His inscription upon us, through the relationship we share as His brothers and sisters.

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A Familiar Face, A Faithful Friend

Tim Sackett is a familiar face around Hudson. For more than 27 years, Tim has called Hudson home and could be observed serving on a number of fronts, including the Transport for Christ ministry.

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God is a Seeker

Just as God sought us, he is seeking others.

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What is on the other side?

One of the most difficult parts of death is that it’s like a roller coaster, that we can see someone enter, but they never come back. This makes death terrifying. What is on the other side?

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I was “Unplanned.”

I can still remember the day in my teens when I heard my mom (she had a way of getting my attention) say “Larry, you know you weren’t planned.”

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | April 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Teens and Tech: Resources for navigating today's technological world

FCC's Student Ministry leaders offered a Family Discipleship Training, called "Teens and Tech" to help offer guidelines and resources to help equip parents with information and resources for navigating today's technological world with their teen. This post summarizes the presentation and resources.

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Becoming the Friend You Want to Have

When our lives are anchored to Christ, we are becoming the friends we want to have.

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Bringing Calm to Your Heart

“She has done what she could...” (Mark 14.8) That little phrase can help give our hearts calm, when we are stressed...That little statement tells us that Jesus doesn’t expect us to do everything. He doesn’t expect us to do things beyond our ability to do them. He expects us to do what we can do.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | March 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Why Your Work Is Not Your Identity

Work is a great thing, but there are some things we can ask work to do for us and some things that it can’t. Our jobs were never meant to help tell us who we are. When who we are is anchored in Christ (Galatians 2:20) rather than in what we do, then we are set free to just enjoy our work and do as much good as we can possibly do.

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What does "with Christ" mean?

As a follower of Jesus, you are united to Jesus in such a dramatic way, that all that is true of Jesus becomes true of you. Jesus got what you deserved, and you get what he deserves...Because of Jesus you are accepted, approved, clean and pure before God. It’s a gift, your possession in relationship with Jesus.

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Exposed in the Light of God's Richness in Grace

There should be no fear whatsoever for the Christian regarding condemnation (John 5:24; Rom. 8:1) for all that is exposed will be exposed in the light of God’s richness in grace toward us who believe. Nevertheless, what we have done and who we really are will be brought to light before God. How is this good news?

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The Move from Anger to Delight

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4.10)...Propitiation is the move from anger to delight. Because of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, all of our sins—past, present, and future—all of them are paid for. What good news!

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A Place of Rest

Part of the good news of the gospel is that it offers a place of rest for a heart in search of acceptance and belonging.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | February 2019

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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Empowering local and missional leaders - 2018 recap video

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #5: Reason for Optimism

In this post, Pastor Larry Szyman outlines the next steps following his due diligence trip to Uganda with the goal of helping establish an African-led, disciple making, church planting movement in northern Uganda.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #4: Thankful

In this post, Pastor Larry Szyman shares his thanks for the contributions of FCC Elder John Blum in the process of helping establish an African-led, disciple making, church planting movement take root in northern Uganda.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #3: Covenant Signing Day!

In this post, Pastor Larry Szyman talks about the conclusion of his Uganda trip, as 40 men commit to a three-year training process with the goal of seeing an African-led, disciple making, church planting movement take root in northern Uganda.

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Reshaped by the gospel

The promise of the gospel—the good news of Jesus—is that when we encounter the love of God and bring it into the core of our hearts, it changes us. The love God has for us begins to reshape our hearts, so that we begin to look more and more like God’s love for us, as we love others.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #2: Alphabet Soup-FCC-SCVLT-TLI-FCM-TGC

In this post, Pastor Larry Szyman talks about how Faith Community is empowering local and global and missionary leaders together with the help of para church organizations.

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Uganda Trip Updates - Post #1

Read updates from Pastor Larry Szyman as he and one of FCC's elders make the final due diligence trip to ensure that FCC's goal of seeing an African-led, disciple making, church planting movement takes root in northern Uganda.

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Let your heart cheer for the Lord.

Are you telling yourself that you have worth and you have what it takes because of what you have accomplished in life? That’s boasting in yourself. Today, turn your heart to boast in Jesus...Let your heart cheer for the Lord, who has already overcome.

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Purpose and Meaning

Purpose and Meaning are the sense that who we are and what we’re doing matters and that there is intention behind our existence...only a purpose that lies outside of ourselves and rests in something completely trustworthy and durable is a purpose that will carry us through life’s most difficult storms.

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Already Changed

As we plan out the new year, let’s remember to plan and resolve and seek new things out of our newness.

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SERVE India ePray newsletter | December 2018

Monthly e-newsletter from one of Faith Community Church's global partners, SERVE India.

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More to come

The good news of Jesus gives hope...The grave is not the end. There is more to come.

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To Be Known and Loved

God knows everything about us. He knows all the sin, all the unlovable parts of our character, thoughts, and desires. But he loves us, not because we are so lovable, but to make us lovely.

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Extending the Mission to Many Nations through Uganda

Faith Community Church is entering into an exciting new season of shared ministry with the St. Croix Valley LEAD Team, including partnering to create an African-led, disciple-making church planting movement in northern Uganda.

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Feeling stuck?

I’m not sure if you feel stuck today. Or, if you feel defeated in the struggle against sin. The gospel reminder today is that you can change. Jesus has saved you for change.

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Recommended Reads - Oct. 30, 2018

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Feeling overwhelmed?

In the midst of mounting and sometimes insurmountable pressure, I am reminded that I am not alone. I am reminded that I am not made to live life in my own strength, that I don’t have to, and that it is foolish to try. I am reminded that everything that Jesus supplies me is the strength for everything Jesus wants me to be, to become, and to accomplish.

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God will overcome.

The strong desires we have in our hearts for justice, for a righting of wrongs, for the world to be put to rights, are not fiction. They are real and they will really be satisfied. God promises that one day, he will right the wrongs, death will be no more, evil will be overcome.

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Student-led service event helps provide food to community families at Christmas

HEART FOR THE VALLEY is a student-led service event at FCC that seeks to provide a Christmas meal for community families in need during the holidays, as well as giving extra food to stock their cupboards. A $60 donation helps provide a meal and additional pantry items for one family.

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Though We Wither, Hope Remains

But the hope—the deep and abiding hope—is because of God’s good news, because Jesus died in our place and rose again, we can be born again, even while we are withering.

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The Reality of Sin

Things changed dramatically for me, when I was awakened to the reality that sin is not just breaking God’s rules (though it is breaking his rules), it is breaking his heart.

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The First Step to Wholeness

What do we do after we have failed? How do we start the road back to relational repair with God and others when we have sinned? Whether our sin was a sin of the heart or our sins have us trapped in a web of pain, the first step to wholeness is toward God.

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Resting in the Midst of the Storm

In Mark 4, Jesus shows that he is more than able to calm the storm. The wind and sea obey the voice of Jesus. If the storm is raging, it isn’t because he doesn’t care, but because he is calling out trust from our hearts in the midst of the storm. He is showing us our hearts can rest in his goodness, just as Jesus slept in the boat.

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The Power to Change

Jesus offers us, promises us, eternal life. He died to give us eternal life. Much of our talk of eternal life focuses on the future. We tend to think of eternal life as beginning when we die or at the resurrection in the last day. The Bible talks this way as well. But it also talks about eternal life, or resurrection life, as a power operating in us right here and now.

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Mentoring connects generations of women at Faith Community Church

Faith Community Church’s Women’s Ministry has many ways that it strives to reach all the women within the church, no matter their age. Through Bible studies, outdoor adventures with Thrive, Latte events, and the Titus 2 mentoring program, Women’s Ministry has the potential to touch many different lives in various life stages.

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God's Great Favor

I too often forget God’s gracious disposition toward me. How about your heart? Are you remembering today, that because Jesus lived, died, rose again, and ascended to heaven, God is graciously disposed toward you?

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Where do you find your security?

The gospel reminds us that God is graciously generous. He will provide for us. He will give us what he believes we need. You can trust him.

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Tutapona at 10: God’s Faithful Healing for the Brokenhearted

Guest contributor, Sarah Holsteen, reflects on her time spent in Uganda this summer with Faith Community's global partner, Tutapona.

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Our Ultimate and Unchanging Security

Our hearts are made to ultimately rest securely in the character of God. He is our ultimate and unchanging security. He is the one security that will not fail, when all other temporary securities will.

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Never Cast Out

Jesus' words are the same, “come to me, and I will never cast you out.” Come to Jesus. Come with your whole heart. Come to him, and he will never cast you out.

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Courage in the Face of Mortality

What Jesus has done speaks deeply into the core of our hearts. He gives us courage in the face of our mortality.

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God Helps Us in our Weakness

Do you feel weak today? Walk your heart through Romans 8.26-32. Remind your heart of all the ways God helps us in our weakness.

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True Freedom

As we celebrate our independence as a nation, it is important to remember that God has set us free in a way no human nor nation has been able to secure. By his Spirit, God has set us free from the law of sin and death.

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God Will Not Forget You

Whatever your circumstances today, whatever your feelings today, take a look into your heart and view your circumstances through this great faith-building truth: God will not forget you.

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Real Righteousness

We can take anything and make it our attempt to establish a righteousness on our own. It can be athletics, our career, our children’s successes, our beauty—all kinds of things. But this isn’t real righteousness.

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Resting our Hearts in God's Care

When we worry, there is a sense in which we think we know how things should go, and we hope that God comes through for us. Jesus teaches us something different. He tells us to consider the lilies—to see that God cares about the details of our lives, and that he will not miss anything. He teaches us to rest our hearts in God's care.

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A True Friend

We not only need family, but we also need to become true friends with others.

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Delighting in the Rich Generosity of God

When we delight in the grace of God's generosity toward us, it creates in our hearts the driving desire to be generous with our resources, as well.

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Power for Endurance

How do we get the power to keep following Jesus, when following Jesus is difficult?

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What do you fear?

We all have to live by some kind of fear. The goal is not to try to be fearless, but to replace our destructive fears with the one true and life giving fear: The Fear of the Lord.

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God's Joy In Creation

Solomon says that Wisdom rejoiced before God, rejoiced in God's inhabited world, and was delighting in the children of man (Prov 8.30-31). What jumped out at me is the joy, the great joy that God had in creating the world. And the joy was a delight in humanity. God delighted in making us. God delighted in wisely, beautifully, strategically, creatively shaping and giving life to a world that we could enjoy.

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A Glorious Exchange

Baptism reminds us that we go into the water guilty with our sin, and because of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension to God, our guilt is washed away. We go into the water guilty and we come out of the water innocent. Baptism reminds us of the great exchange.

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We Are Made to Hope

We're made to hope, and our hearts are made for a hope that death can't take away...In Jesus, you and I have a hope that death can't take away.

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Our greatest hope cannot be taken away.

Our greatest enemy has been swallowed up in victory. Our greatest hope cannot be taken away.

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TheUpDate Weekly Newsletter - March 28, 2018

READ about this week's FCC news and events. *You are God's Workmanship *Sunday's Sermon + More!

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You are God's workmanship.

In Christ Jesus, you are God's workmanship, his masterpiece. You belong to him and he has a vision of what you will be like. And today, God is at work. He is taking away the pieces that aren't you, so one day you will look like Jesus.

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Training In Grace

Because of God's love for us, and the costly grace of God in Jesus, we are trained to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions. Grace transforms us. Grace trains us.

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The Secret Is Out

The secret is out. What secret? The secret is that we are flawed, deeply flawed. But in coming to Jesus, we acknowledge that we are flawed. We are sinners saved by grace.

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Our Spiritual DNA

Just like so much of who we are is determined by our physical DNA, so much of who we are and what we will become is determined by our spiritual DNA.