Hello and welcome back to the Living Water newsletter! Why are people going hungry when we are producing more than enough food for everyone (plus 1.5 billion cows)? How can there be both homeless people and billionaire real estate investors? And why are some people suffering and dying from afflictions other people don’t believe exist? These […]
Hello and welcome back to the Living Water newsletter! First, some good news. Thanks to all the people who voiced their opposition to the White House’s decision to deport international students with remote-only classes, the administration has agreed to reverse its ruling and allow students to stay in the U.S. while taking classes online. Please
Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome back to the Living Water weekly newsletter. Before we get into our church announcements, we would like to call attention to some new developments that could have a devastating impact on a group of people who make up a large portion of our congregation: international students. As many of
Hello and welcome back to the Living Water weekly newsletter. Next Sunday we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper together. Don’t forget to connect with your ministry leaders so they can deliver the communion elements to you! Sermon Sneak Peek “Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of
Good evening, dear friends, and welcome back to the Living Water weekly newsletter. There are some new updates concerning the transition to on-location worship this week. We tentatively anticipate that southern Michigan will enter Phase 5 of the pandemic around mid-July. This means that we may be able to worship together in person as early as
“And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: …a time to plant and a time to uproot…, a time to tear down and a time to build…, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God
“I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see
To every one of you who has completed or will complete this year their high school, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degrees we offer joyful and heartfelt congratulations. Graduation is a daunting change under normal circumstances, but the class of 2020 is walking into a world of very unusual uncertainty. There is the disappointment of family
