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December 22, 2024 – Advent IV – “Embodying God’s Spirit, Who Lends a Hand?

by Dustin Dawe | December 17, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our journey through Advent, we find ourselves in Mary’s story. First a visit from an angel and then she makes a visit of her own. To read all about it, you can find the story in Luke 1:26-49ish. As we continue together...

December 15, 2024 – Advent III – “Anointing for Justice, Who Belongs?”

by Dustin Dawe | December 10, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

As we approach the third week of Advent, it has been an unconventional Advent season so far. The scriptures we have been looking at this Advent season are not your typical Advent passages and this Sunday we will be celebrating Christmas at Marion a full ten days...

December 8, 2024 – Advent II, “Opening Hearts, What Do We Ask For?”

by Connie Detwiler | December 3, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Our Advent journey brings us to the little book of Joel, where we read that things are very bad for this group of people who lived in Israel; bad, because they had turned away from God. The scripture for this week is Joel 2:12-13; 28-29....the key phrase: “Return to...

December 1, 2024 – Advent I – “Between a Rock and a Hard Place, How Do We Continue On?”

by Dustin Dawe | November 26, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. For some, Advent is something that has been practiced for as long as they can remember, for others this is something new, so let’s chat a little about Advent. I like the way the Bible Project explains...

November 24, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Celebration”

by Dustin Dawe | November 19, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will conclude our study of the Spiritual Practices. This Sunday we will be looking at the Spiritual Practice of Celebration. The invitation to celebrate to remember what God has done for us modeled for us all throughout the Old...

November 17, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Guidance”

by Dustin Dawe | November 12, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

I asked a question last Sunday during our time together and we looked at the Spiritual Practice of Confession. I asked if you believed that God really desires what is best for you. I think that question applies again this week as we look at the Spiritual...

November 10, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines….Confession”

by Dustin Dawe | November 6, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

What do you think of when you hear the word… confession? Do you get tense and uncomfortable thinking about having to communicate things you have done wrong? Do you feel guilt and shame concerned if others knew about your sin? How do you feel about the word sin?...

November 3, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Service”

by Dustin Dawe | October 29, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week during our time together we will take a peek at the Spiritual Practice of Service. What comes to your mind when you think of service? As I have begun my studying this week, I came across someone who described the spiritual practice of service as…...

October 27, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Simplicity”

by Dustin Dawe | October 22, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

As we continue our series on the Spiritual Practices, this week we will be looking at the practice of Simplicity. What do you think of when you hear the word simplicity? In Richard Foster’s book, The Celebration of Discipline, he talks about how inward...

October 20, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Submission”

by Dustin Dawe | October 15, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our series on Spiritual Practices, and we will be looking at the Spiritual Practice of Submission. It seems like submission can be one of those words that trigger some emotion in us. Is it because we have experienced unhealthy...

October 13, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines….Solitude”

by Dustin Dawe | October 9, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our study of the spiritual practices, we are looking at Solitude. Solitude is often paired with Silence. In a world filled with constant noise and distractions, finding moments of solitude and silence can feel like an impossible...

October 6, 2024 – “World Communion Sunday, Spiritual Disciplines: Worship”

by Dustin Dawe | October 1, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday, October 6 is World Communion Sunday! We will look at the Community Practice of Worship, but our focus will be on observing and celebrating communion with many many churches around the world. I think it is a good fit to combine the practice of...

September 29, 2024 – “Spiritual Discipline…. Study”

by Dustin Dawe | September 24, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

When I was in high school it seemed like most people were categorized into a particular group. There were the athletic folks (jocks), the smarts ones (nerds), The kids who went to Vo-Tech (tech’ers), and the kids who were flannels and boots every day...

September 15, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines….Fasting”

by Dustin Dawe | September 10, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday Marion! This week we will be looking at the Spiritual Practice of Fasting. This is our third week of looking at the Spiritual Practices. These practices build on each other. Meditation is closely linked to prayer, and it is hard to look...

September 8, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Prayer”

by Dustin Dawe | September 3, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

A recent study found that the average “Christian” (I struggle with that word) prays less than five minutes a day. Does that surprise you? As we continue looking at the Spiritual Disciplines (I don’t love this word either) we will be focusing our thoughts...

September 1, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines… Meditation”

by Dustin Dawe | August 27, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will begin a new series. I am often asked how I come up with these different series. It is a combination of things… prayer and discernment, I often teach out of the things I am learning in my own journey, and ideas come to me through...

August 25, 2024 – “Women of the Bible….Anabaptist Women”

by Connie Detwiler | August 20, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Dear Friends, Over the summer we have delved into stories of “Women of the Bible” which, hopefully, have challenged, strengthened and encouraged us in our faith journey. Join me this coming Sunday as I share personal stories of courage, faith,...

August 18, 2024 – “Women of the Bible…Mary & Martha”

by Joyce Lehman | August 13, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

by Lisa & Abby As we continue in our series of Women of the Bible, we invite you to look at the journey of Mary and Martha. Their stories can be found in Luke 10:38-42, (NIV) 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman...

August 4, 2024 – Baptism Sunday

by Dustin Dawe | July 30, 2024 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will be celebrating another baptism! Paul had some words for the church in Galatia for those who are baptized. 23 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed....