Connekkt Pics from Higher Ground Summer Camp!
This summer from July 4-10, many of our preteens, teens and leaders spent the week in Townsend, TN for the annual Higher Ground Summer Camp. Here are just a few photos from the week!
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The Greatest Commandment: Part Five – Love Your Neighbor (Love Mercy)
08/29/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Five – Love Your Neighbor (Love Mercy) Luke 10:25-37. For Part Five of our series on The Greatest Commandment, special guest Reverend Chalice Overy brought a powerful word about mercy from Jesus' well-known parable of the...
The Greatest Commandment: Part Four – Strength
08/22/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Four – Strength. Mark 12:28-34. In the Great Commandment, the final pathway by which we are told to love God is with our strength. This word needs to be untangled from some modern (and narrow) uses of the word, and...
The Greatest Commandment: Part Three – Mind
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The Greatest Commandment: Part Two – Soul
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The Greatest Commandment: Part One – The Heart
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Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part Three
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Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part Two
07/18/2021 – Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part Two 1 Corinthians 12; Hebrews 10:23-25; Matthew 6:19-24; Mark 10:21. As we prepare for our full return to indoor worship in August, we are using the month of July as a time to reflect on where we have been, and where we...
Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part One
07/11/2021 – Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part One As we prepare for our full return to indoor worship in August, we are using the month of July as a time to reflect on where we have been, and where we are headed. If the natural stages of growth in faith are...
My Least Favorite Verses – Part Seven – Do Not Love the World
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My Least Favorite Verses – Part Six – When You Pray
06/13/2021 – My Least Favorite Verses – Part Six - When You Pray Matthew 6:1-6. Many of us have a troubled-relationship with spiritual disciplines and practices we learned early in our faith journey, and those practices often become casualties of our "maturing faith."...