Madison Ave. Church of The Brethren

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Browsing Posts published in August, 2006

From the Pastor’s Desk
Sometimes, in our arrogant independence, we can develop some really short-sighted personal problems, especially those of a spiritual nature. Difficulties arise that greatly inhibit our ability to see and comprehend and understand life, not to mention see and comprehend and understand the Bible and Biblical principles. We pass up obvious opportunities to grow in our faith and knowledge; we refuse to participate in a challenging study or discussion that would stretch our faith; we are too busy to attend learning, growing activities and discipleship studies; we refuse to be a part of a new prayer or study group because we are too confident or complacent in our faith. Some of the most obvious and opportunistic activities, we just pass up, with any number of self-saving excuses continue reading…
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Madison Avenue Church of the Brethren
545 Madison Avenue, York, PA 17404
717.845.1884
http://www.madisonavechurch.org
             

TheLamplighter: August 2006

Editor:  Lillian Geltz

From the Pastor’s Desk
Remember the lazy, hazy days of Summer? Perhaps that’s how it used to be. But our schedules now-a-days are anything but lazy. It seems that even in the normal ‘slow down’ time of mid-summer, our pace of living continues to accelerate. We seem far too often to have lost the ability to take a slower pace, to allow the heat and humidity to just slow us, calm us, make us take a bit longer, so as not to rush through the hazy heat. continue reading…