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BRIDGING IDEAS AND BUILDING FUTURES

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Last month I was appointed as the Secretary of the Friends of Beals Memorial Library, during their annual business meeting.

One of the projects I am working on, as part of a library team, is a set of four community conversations, to be held throughout the winter months. The title of these conversations will be, “Bridging Ideas and Building Futures”. The discussions will be based around four questions about discovering our community identity.

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The library sponsored something like this a few years ago in a program called “the town wide read”. As a community we read the Book, HEY KIDDO

That book sparked some powerful discussion back then. This new town wide discussion forum is going to be connected to other reading and viewing opportunities. I am hoping we will see not only interesting discussion but affirmative action towards becoming something new.

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I will keep you updated. Is your community doing anything exciting this winter?

GOING DEEPER

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On Sunday I preached a message to our congregation about going deeper in our relationship with God.

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Only as we go deeper, only as we grow in relationship with God can we truly find ourselves and our true identity.

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Only as we find our true identity can we accomplish what we were made to do.

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The way to success is the narrow road that leads to God.

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There are so many distractions. Even living life itself seems to get in the way of this road.

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It’s easy to get off the path. It’s easy to get lost in the forest of life.

If it was just up to me I think I would feel hopeless, BUT this is a realtionship and I am not the only one working on it.

When I wander, I have a partner who comes after me.

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Jesus is always faithful to reorient me. When I get going in the wrong direction he calls me back. So we… He and I…are going deeper. Nothing’s going to stop us now!

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