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About Us

This is the blog page for Church of the Cross in Mahomet, IL.  This page is intended to generate helpful and intentional discussion among members of our church throughout the week, continue our conversations between gatherings, and provide helpful resources to our members.  

All who stumble upon this discussion are invited to join in.

 

2008 Soccer Fun Festival

By Derrick | July 27, 2008

Thank you to all of our volunteers, door prize sponsors, tournament participants, referees, and all those who donated time or equipment to make the event happen.  We had great weather (though with all the excitement of getting stuff together in the morning I forgot my hat, and now have a nice sunburn to show for it).  If you were at the soccer festival this year we invite your feedback and comments.  You can leave your coments or questions about this festival here.  Thanks!   

Topics: Community Information, Soccer | 1 Comment »

Exodus 6:14-30 Discussion

By Derrick | June 23, 2008

Post any questions or comments here on Sunday’s Bible study from Exodus 6.

Topics: Exodus | No Comments »

Exodus 6:1-13 Comments

By Derrick | June 17, 2008

I apologize for not starting a thread for the sermons the last couple weeks.  But here is where you can leave comments or questions regarding last Sunday’s sermon on Exodus 6:1-13.  Or, leave questions or comments from Exodus 5 since I didn’t give you a chance to do that earlier. 

Topics: Exodus, Sermons | No Comments »

What Difference Does Praying Make?

By Derrick | June 17, 2008

This is the topic for our community group discussion tomorrow night.  Come prepared with related questions and some Scriptures that help answer the question. 

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Why do bad things happen to good people?

By Derrick | June 5, 2008

This was the question for our community group discussion last night.  As we saw, it is a complex question with a complex answer, though it is a question that leads very directly into the gospel.  There are several ways to approach this question, but I don’t want to rehash our entire conversation.  Feel free to post your answer to this question or any questions or comments you had from last night’s discussion.

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Soccer Fun Festival 2008

By Derrick | May 31, 2008

The 2008 Soccer Fun Festival and 3v3 Tournament will be on July 26 at Barber Park.  The webpage has been updated to include registration information and official tournament rules.  Go here for more information.  Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or questions regarding the festival. 

Topics: Announcements, Community Information | No Comments »

Time…

By Derrick | May 28, 2008

Tonight in our community group we discussed the question, “What does God require of our calendar?”  We talked about what the Bible says about balancing work, family, and rest.  Ironically we ran out of time before we could discuss the question of time commitments related to the church.  It was an interesting discussion and we surveyed a vast amount of biblical teaching in a short time.  I thought it would be helpful to crystallize a couple of key ideas and then to provide some specific principles regarding time management from Scripture.  Keep reading, then feel free to leave your comments or questions. 

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Topics: Community Groups, Time, Work | No Comments »

Exodus 4 questions

By Derrick | May 21, 2008

Post questions on Exodus 4 here.  Thanks to my lovely bride for reminding me to put this up, sorry it’s late.

Topics: Exodus | 2 Comments »

Money

By Derrick | May 20, 2008

The community group topic this week is “Money.” Yes, that is rather general and vague. Here’s how it will work:

The floor will be open for anyone to bring up any Scripture you have found relating to money/wealth/poverty. I will have my own list just in case, and make sure we hit certain topics, but I want to know what you all can come up with. We’ll take the conversation where it leads us, using Scripture as our basis of truth when we bump into difficult questions.

 

          

Topics: Announcements, Community Groups, Money | 1 Comment »

Burning Questions, Pt. 2

By Derrick | May 20, 2008

UPDATE: New question added.

Nobody submitted any questions to be voted on before Sunday, so we will do something else this week in community group. However, some questions were submitted Sunday and yesterday, so I will include those here for you to vote on. The questions that get the most votes will determine the next several topics we address in our community group. I will add other questions to this list as people give them to me.

A) What difference does praying make?
B) Why do bad things happen to good people?
C) How do we live a holy life?
D) How do we overcome sin in our life?

E) What does God require of our calendar?  (Or, what is a biblical perspective of time management)? 

Topics: Announcements, Community Groups | 3 Comments »


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