Song: By Faith Welcome: Call to Worship Song: In Christ Alone Prayer Of Confession Song: The Earth And The Riches Affirming our Faith: New City Catechism 30 Song: Now To The King Of Heaven Bible Reading: Esther 8:1-17 – The king rewards Esther and Mordecai, revokes Haman’s edict of annihilation, and permits the Judean exiles …

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Love Big, Be Well is Winn Collier’s fictional account of rural ministry. Here he puts the question a country church puts to prospective pastors. Do they love a program, or people? At its best the answer is not either/or. Love for pastoring people is the engine, though. We’d like to know if you’re going to …

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Emotional Intelligence can seem a difficult concept to define. This article describes how thirteen facets of emotional intelligence function in the real world. There are explanations for each of the thirteen at the article. Here’s a sample: 1. You think about feelings. 2. You pause. 9. You apologize. 12. You help others. Read the whole …

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