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Spring Cleaning to the Site and Stuff in General
2007-04-29 00:00:00
This Mark Keathley print is called Spring Cleaning and I just love it. He has some others, too that remind me of my daughter. From what I understand, they are hard to get a hold of... I can see why! I have been doing a bit of cleaning, straightening, re-organizing and beautify-ing of the site lately. I am having to re-focus my attention on the theme and topic at hand. This is a homeschooling site with a Reformed, Christian, single-WAHM, rural Kansas-y flavor. So, I am going to focus more on Reformed links that have been hard for me to find that other Reformed homeschoolers may really enjoy checking out. I am also trying to make things more organized and interesting to look at. I really would like to do more with this template, like put another column in, but don't want to rock the boat too much and screw the whole thing up. :) At the moment I am going through some growing pains with my daughter and it is because we are having to temporarily live at my sister's house and there a...
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Massive Arrest of Chinese and American Christian Leaders in Xinjiang
2007-04-25 00:00:00
Massive Arrest of Chinese and American Christ ian Leaders in Xinjiang MIDLAND, Texas, April 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- China Aid Association has learned though credible sources that on April 19, 2007 in Akesu city, Xinjiang province, about 30 major house church leaders were arrested when they met with four American Christians. The four Americans were also arrested. Included among the arrested Americans are a senior pastor and an associate pastor of an American church. Sources tell CAA that the four Americans arrived at Akesu airport on April 17 and fellowshipped with the house church leaders on April 18 at a local church family house. At the time of this press release the four Americans are still being held for questioning in an undisclosed hotel. The translator for the Americans, Mr. Jinhong Li from Beijing, is also still being detained. On April 23, the PSB confiscated the luggage of the four Americans from the house of their host, a local church family. Eight Chinese pastors ...

Making a Spider's Web
2007-04-24 00:00:00
Making a Spider 's Web Today, my daughter was outside playing when she spotted a spider web with a spider in it. She watched it for a while, but because it was between her bike and her little chair she had to move it somehow. She relocated the web so that the spider could re-make the web, "out of it's patootie" she said. She then came into the house and got into the old play-yarn I have and had me cut her off a really long piece of yarn so that she could make a web of her own. Realizing that she did not know exactly how to make a web, she wanted to watch the Charlotte's Web movie so she could learn how. At this very moment she is watching the movie while holding a very long piece of pink yarn. I am looking forward to seeing what she creates after all her "research" is done. Update: Here is the web that we made. It's harder than it looks, but it's done!
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I am Going to Covenant with My Church Group
2007-04-21 00:00:00
I am Going to Covenant with My Church Group Recently I asked to "covenant" with my church group. The word was mentioned to be before when I asked about membership things and I backpedaled because it sounded like too much of a commitment for me and it almost made me hyperventilate. My commitment to the whole topic was a definite maybe. I was not exactly sure what it meant to covenant with my church group and its all going to be officially explained to me next week, tentatively, by the elder group. Right now though, I have been given some documents on the subject to read through, ponder and pray about. I do know that to covenant with my church group is just a more descriptive way to describe the commitment between two parties. I think in this scenario I will be accountable to others and that is good even though my flesh is screaming to avoid it. I looked up some things on "covenant" in the bible and this is a summary of what I found. Just reading through this ...
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Coram Deo Fellowship - Lindsborg, Kansas - Elder’s Mission Statement
2007-04-21 00:00:00
Coram Deo Fellowship Elder’s Miss ion State ment For both, growth and peace in the assembly, the saints and especially the elders must make every effort to emulate the Lord Jesus Christ Who is full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) Fullness of truth means that we should be willing to teach and discuss all passages of Scripture and all topics related to life and godliness to which the Scriptures speak, not avoiding even the most controversial, uncomfortable of self-condemning subjects. We must speak, not only of the love of God, but also of His holiness and the holiness He desires in His people. This is a joyful holiness because it is convicted (i.e., convinced in one’s heart) by the Holy Spirit, empowered by the Holy Spirit, motivated out of a growing love for Christ and rooted entirely in Scripture not straying into prideful legalism which goes beyond the Word of God. Full of Grace means we should make every effort to deal humbly, c...
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Coram Deo Fellowship - Lindsborg, Kansas - Covenant of Membership
2007-04-21 00:00:00
Covenant of Membership for Coram Deo Fellowship For the purpose of being yoked together in covenant and for the sake of unity and protection, we acknowledge and submit to the Coram Deo Fellowship Vision Statement, Doctrinal Statement of Faith and the Mission Statement for its elders as the parameters in which this body of believers is to function. We further acknowledge that the elders have the jurisdiction of oversight for this local assembly to insure purity of doctrine and practice according to the Word of God. Therefore, we covenant together in the bonds of love to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. Signed    _________________________________________ __________ Date        _________________________________________ __________
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A Trampoline, Socks and Sand... What Can a 7 and a 4-Year-Old Do with These
2007-04-19 00:00:00
Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward. Psalm 127:3 So, there I was, over at my sister's house today enjoying the wonderful Spring weather. It was like 74 degrees outside and the breeze was blowing through all the open windows in the house. Beautiful day. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I could hear the kids outside jabbering on about this and that and having a very... very good time in the backyard. I could tell they were intensely involved in something, but they were out in the backyard and I try to stay out of their way when they are out there because I love it when they play in the yard. You know... find worms, bugs, play with tree branches and get filthy. Kids stuff. Then it happened... Right on queue. Crying from the 7 year old. Turns out he got hit in the face. With what? A sock. I looked out the window at the trampoline they were now jumping on and I saw white bouncing socks, (filled with what I then realized was sand from the s...
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Our Sacrifice for Sin
2007-04-18 00:00:00
Our Sacrifice for Sin We've just got done praying for some sweet friends of mine and my daughter started asking me all kinds of questions about Jesus. "How was He nailed on the cross?" "Where did they put the nails?" "Why did He have to die?" She wanted me to show her exactly where the nails went. Then she said "And He came back to life!" She asked me what the sign said above His head on the cross and why they wrote that. We talked about how from the time when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden to the time Jesus died on the cross, people had to offer animals up to die and be sacrificed for their sin and they had to do it all the time because we sin constantly. We talked about how the animals that were sacrificed had to be without blemish and without broken bones; how Jesus came down from heaven and He never sinned, He was without blemish and never had any bones broken. He gave Himself as a sacrifice, once for all. He never had a sin na...

Milk, Butter, Cheese, Yogurt, Cream, Buttermilk, Eggs, Bread, Flour, Soap w
2007-04-18 00:00:00
Milk, Butter, Cheese , Yogurt , Cream, Buttermilk, Eggs , Soap, Bread, Flour Things we need and use. Ever think about getting them from someone local? Getting to know the actual place and people who would be making and supplying these things for you is a great thing! The warm fuzzy is a bonus. There is a super family farm called Fuller Family Farms located just outside of McPherson, Kansas that is now running full steam ahead and would like you to know about what they supply to the local community and via The Kansas Milkmaid's Online Country Store. Fuller Family Farms provide: Cow's Milk Butter (frozen and salted) Cheese: Cheddar, Gouda, Colby, Romano, Monterey Jack - Aged and must be ordered in advance! - Mozzarella is currently available. Yogurt Cream (heavy or thin) Kefir Milk Buttermilk Whey Eggs Colostrum Farm Fresh 100% Stone Ground Bread: Oatmeal, Whole Wheat, Cinnamon Swirl w/ or w/o...
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Do You Spank with a Spank Stick, Like I Do? Read Why Bill AB 755 is Out to
2007-04-18 00:00:00
Giving my child a swat on the bare behind with a wooden spoon is NOT child abuse. This bill means a lot to me as I personally deal with the issue of spanking on occasion. I'll be praying and watching with great interest to see how this all pans out. -Denise Bill Targeting Parents Who Spank with a Switch Passes Committee AB 755 biases authorities against good parents who use traditional discipline methods Thomasson: "AB 755 biases police officers, social workers, district attorneys, and juries to regard traditional methods of child discipline as hateful, harmful abuse. This irresponsible committee has passed a very irresponsible bill." SACRAMENTO, April 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The controversial California spanking bill passed its first legislative hurdle Tuesday on a party-line vote, Democrats for, Republicans against. Despite a flood of opposition phone calls and emails from California parents, AB 755 continues to assume that good mothers and good fathers who di...
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Faith2Action to Purchase National Airtime to Combat Hate Crimes Bill (Updat
2007-04-14 00:00:00
Faith2Action to Purchase National Airtime to Combat Hate Crime s Bill Update to Marth 8th Posting MEDIA ADVISORY, April 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Faith2Action is announcing the immediate purchase of national airtime on Fox News Channel and locally in the Washington, D.C. market. "Our freedom is in peril," declares Faith2Action President, Janet Folger, host of a live, daily, nationally syndicated radio program, and writer of a weekly column for WorldNetDaily. On Tuesday, the U.S. House will begin hearings on a bill that would expand the definition of hate crimes to include "thought crimes" against homosexuality (H.R. 1592). The provisions of this bill make it a very serious threat to the freedom of speech for every American. Faith2Action will begin running ads featuring Philadelphia grandmothers who where thrown in jail simply for sharing their faith on a public sidewalk. They were accused of violating Pennsylvania's "hate crimes" law and faced t...
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Have You Ever Heard of The New England Primer? I Am Glad to Have This Littl
2007-04-14 00:00:00
The New England Primer 1777 ISBN 092527917X Have you ever heard of The New England Primer? The New England Primer (prem-er) is a wonderful book to use in instructing a child. It was first introduced in Boston in 1690 by Benjamin Harris. This was the first textbook printed in America and for 100 years after that, it was *the* beginning textbook for students. The Founders as well as most other Americans learned to read from The New England Primer and the Bible. Personally, I have found it to be a great little book that is very helpful in teaching my little one reading and The Westminster Shorter Catechism questions. She also loves going through the A-B-C picture-rhymes. The letter H, "My book and heart must never part" is her favorite one. We also like to ask each other the questions on the next page that say, "Who led Israel into Canaan?" and "Who was the first Christian martyr?" etc. Another section called, An Alphabet of Lessons for Youth is great,...
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Our Blood Typing Experience Yesterday
2007-04-14 00:00:00
Two weeks ago I had the great idea for my daughter and I to go and test our blood because I always like for her to try or experience new and interesting things, and because I got an email, which was sent out to all the members of the SVHE, about a blood typing lab being held by the Biology Lab students. It was an open invitation for anyone to attend who might be interested. I thought to myself, "Interested?! Are you kidding?! Where do I sign up?!" The email said: The Biology Lab students would like to invite anyone who might be interested in finding out what type of blood they have to attend a Blood Typing Lab on Friday, April 13, 11:00 a.m. Lab students will be doing the actual blood typing which will tell if you have Type A, B or O blood and if you are Rh+ or Rh-.  There are  enough reactants for 30 people, first come, first served. So, being like I am, I called right away and left our names and contact info on the voicemail thingy and tried not to sound to...
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TPA Homeschool Convention 2007 in Wichita - Early Registration Discount Unt
2007-04-11 00:00:00
 TPA Home school Convention 2007 in Wichita I am so excited! This will be my first TPA Homes chool Convention...actually; it's my first homeschool convention EVER! I have been waiting for years to finally get to go to one of these and this is my year baby! It is a no-brainer to register early and get a nice fat discount off the admission price. The early registration discount is offered until May 19th. Here's the breakdown of the registration prices: · Full Convention (Keynotes+Workshops+Exhibitor Hall • Friday+Saturday): Advance $35, Onsite $50. · Shopping Only (Exhibitor Hall • Friday+Saturday): Advance $15, Onsite $20. Originally, I wanted to just go for the shopping, but now I am thinking that I might just go for the whole shebang and get myself a Full Convention admission...since this is my first convention and all. :) Oh, curriculum and homeschoolers as far as the eye can see. Oh, just imagine it... Okay. Facts and fig...
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Millfest for Kids in Lindsborg - One Day Only - May 4th
2007-04-11 00:00:00
Millfest for Kids - One Day Only May 4th, 2007 Every year, during Spring, out here in Lindsborg, they have this event called Millfest for Kids. I still have yet to go to it since my daughter is not in 1st grade yet (but will be next year!) Millfest for kids is just for school kids and is right up a home schooler's alley. It is a living history event celebrating the history of the mill and the pioneer heritage of the region. Contact them to register your class (must register by April 13th) or if you have any questions at: Email: info@oldmillmuseum.org or Phone: (785) 227-3595 This is for: Grades 1 thru 6 Length is 6 hours, from 9am to 3pm Cost is $2.50 per student/teacher/adult sponsor plus bus driver and 1 teach free w/ group Other Educational Programs: Millfest for Kids Pioneer Heritage Program Scavenger Hunt School House Program Hoglund Dugout Traveling Trunks To Schedule a School Tour for your class - Call the Old Mill Museum at 785-227-3595 or email at: info@oldmillmuse...
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Week of the Young Child - Free Activities During April in Salina Kansas
2007-04-08 00:00:00
Salina is going to have a whole bunch of free things for kids to do during a special week in the month of April . It is called the "Week of the Young Child" and since I have a young child, I am all over this one. Some of these events I found out more info on and added it in, but others I found out nothing more. Anyway, here it goes... Friday, April 20th 5:30pm - 7:30pm Salina Art Center 242 S Santa Fe Salina, KS 67401 (785) 827-1431 www.salinaartcenter.org Spring Open House at Salina Art Center celebrates The Week of the Young Child - The entire family is invited to attend the annual Spring Open House at the Salina Art Center. Participants can partake of a variety of creative activities with a spring theme, and enjoy refreshments, too. The event is the culmination of area-wide events celebrating The Week of the Young Child. The Art Center's Spring Open House is free and open to the public. Sunday, April 22nd 1:00pm - 4:30pm YMCA 570 YMCA...
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BJU Press Adds One Year of Old Schoolhouse Magazine Along with Complete Gra
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos Well, if you had been considering purchasing a Comp lete Grade Kit from BJU Press , now there is something else they are throwing in to sweeten the pot (so to speak). BJU Press is offering (from 1/JAN/07 to 31/JAN/08) a free subscription to The Old School house magazine with the purchase of a Complete Grade Kit from grade 1 through 12. A card arrives inside the kit and you are to just fill it out and mail it in to claim your one-year free subscription to the magazine. The Old Schoolhouse magazine says it "is for homeschooling families everywhere" and that their magazine is "like a convention in a journal!" Well, the magazine sounds like it's pretty handy to have, and free to boot...not too shabby!
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Maryland Home School Robotics Team Grabs Open Slot for FIRST's Interna
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos Maryland Home School Robot ics Team Grabs Open Slot for FIRST's Inter national Robotic s Competition in Atlanta, April 11-15 Award winning team has what it takes to win it all at international level ABINGDON, Maryland, Mar. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- TechBrick is a home school robotics club that has fielded seven robotics competition teams over the past three years through the FIRST Robotics program. On Wednesday at noon five wild-card slots opened for high-school-level teams (VEX) to attend the International Competition in Atlanta in April. "They have less than 48 hours to raise $6000 to attend this event. But this team has what it takes to win at this level and I'm confident they will raise the support they need to get there." Says Marco Ciavolino, Director of TechBrick Robotics. TechBrick VEX is ready. They won the Innovate Award in the NJ state championship and ran the first ‘ball stealing’ r...

Do you have a lefty in your life? My daughter is a lefty, and I found this
2007-04-05 00:00:00
I came across this place in my Internet travels called Anything Left -Handed, which says it has been around since 1968, and it immediately got my attention because my daughter is left-handed. It has been quite interesting when I am showing her how to write her letters because my hand is in the way when I am showing her (as compared to when she then picks up the pencil and tries to write). I have found that sometimes it's easier for me to sit across from her and write, because then my hand is on the same side of the pencil that her's is. Anyway...she does just great, has always held the pencil correctly and all that. She's a real sharp cookie. I do need to get her some left-handed scissors and I like the idea of a left-handed pencil sharpener. I never realized all the things that I use that could be made for left-handers. Besides the obvious, scissors, there are even techniques that I can show her to help her to not smudge her paper when she writes. Who knew? Certainly not ...
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Have I Said Lately How Much I Love My Daughter?
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos Today she rode her bike, rode the scooter, wore some funny glasses and said she looked like an "office lady", drew a picture of my sister's family and wrote everyone's name on it, scoured both our and the neighbor's yard looking for a rabbit that looked like the one in the rabbit book she carried around with her, she swept the driveway off with a tree branch, stomped around in my winter snow boots, hopped around like a rabbit and ran around with a towel tied around her neck like a cape. Just a typical 4-year-old's day. Sigh. There's nothing that beats being at home with her...NOTHING.
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Proper Behavior in a Bathroom
2007-04-05 00:00:00
My sister used to get herself into some interesting situations growing up. We were not home schooled. We were government-schooled. Now, I was tutored once, after I got hit by a car while I was crossing the street on my way home from school. But, that's another story for another time. This little bathroom ditty was written by my sister as part of the punishment she received for getting in trouble for being part of a bathroom ruckus. She wrote this while in the 4th Grade and my mom kept it for years and finally gave it back to her as a gift just a few years ago. My mom framed it in a frame and tole painted all around the matting of the page to make it a nice gift for my sister. It now hangs in my sister's bathroom for all to learn from. Here is her writing, and I have copied everything as she wrote it. It's a riot. Who knew there were so many things to do in the bathroom? Enjoy! Prop er behavior in a bathroom You shouldn’t scream or holler in a bathroom, if you make a mess...
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Mud Covered Child 'O Mine
2007-04-05 00:00:00
I came across this account I wrote back on January 3rd. It never got posted for some reason or another, but here it is: Yesterday, I heard my sister gasping over my daughter. I came to the back door where she was standing in her brand-spankin’ new winter coat, snow bibs, snow boots and gloves covered from face to toe with mud. Earlier, she was sent outside to play in the snow before it melted away. Well, she did that for a while, but then found some really cool mud. And, being like any normal, curious, fun-loving 4 year-old she played in it. My sister thought it was the end of the world. I thought it was adorable. Yes, I would rather she was wearing something other than her new clothes, but at that very moment in time, my task was to deal with the situation the best way possible. So, I turned into the mommy-fix-it machine (you know the one, where there are no emotions or drama, just efficient action). So, I grabbed two empty plastic shopping bags and put one over e...
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I Saw the Amazing Grace Movie...Finally. And it was Wonderful! Here is my r
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos Yesterday, I finally got to see the movie called Amazing Grace . Hooray! A dear friend of mine and I drove 65 miles down to Wichita to see it. (I read on Yahoo! movies that the movie is only playing in only 791 theaters nationwide, so if you would like to see it, you may have to drive a little bit.) I was prepared, brought tissues and used them.There were many reasons why I wanted to drive and see this movie: I wanted to show support for a high-quality, God-honoring film by seeing it in a theater to "cast my vote for it" so-to-speak. I wanted to see the movie in a theater as opposed to waiting to rent it on DVD and watch it on my little TV at home. I wanted to see if it was going to be bloody and graphic, which would have ruled it out as non-viewable for my daughter. I wanted to see how historical and educational it was in order to possibly use this as part of a history lesson on various subject...
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Thirty-Four Chinese House Church Leaders and Three Church Leaders from Sout
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos  Photo: Arrested Pastor Dong Quanyu NOTE: UPDATED INFORMATION ADDED Thirty-Four Chine se House Church Leaders and Three Church Leaders from South Korea Arrested in Henan MIDLAND, Texas,  Mar. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- China Aid Association has learned local police raided a house church Bible study in Wancheng District, Nanyang city, Henan province on March 6, 2007. Thirty-four Chinese Christian leaders and three church leaders from South Korea were taken to the police station for interrogation. According to eyewitnesses, the raid happened around 2:00 pm (local time) when these Christian leaders from Chinese House Church Alliance were having their Bible study with three pastors from South Korea. Policemen from the Public Security Bureau (PSB) of Nanyang city broke into the house of worship which is the home of pastor Dong Quanyu who is the vice- President of Chinese House Church Alliance. "We urge the...

Does Your Grandma Tell People About Jesus? Learn About How These Were Arres
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos There is a Federal 'Anti-Hate' bill that has been introduced in the House by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League). It ends up being an Anti-Free Speech bill. There is a web site setup that shows what happens with the loss of free speech. Two grandmothers talk about how they were arrested for sharing the gospel. These two videos are commercials that are trying to be put onto Fox. There is a matching grant donor to pay for these videos and donations are being taken for the rest of the amount via Janet Folger'sFaith2Action web site: www.stophatecrimesnow.com By clicking on this link: www.stophatecrimesnow.com you'll be able to: Watch two quick videos of the grandmothers who were arrested Read more about the bill introduced into the House of Representatives Participate in protecting free speech by sending in a donation via the web site More people need to know that free-speech is taken aw...
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What Exactly is a Unit Study? Here's a Wonderful 5-Day Easter Unit Stu
2007-04-05 00:00:00
Some of you may have asked yourself, "What is a Unit Study ?" Well, I have a wonderful example for you! The Teaching Home sent out this email newsletter containing a 5-day East er Unit Study. If you would like to sign up to receive these sisters and home-school veterans Cindy Short and Sue Welch's email newsletter, this is where you can do so: www.teachinghome.com/SignUp. Personally, I am looking forward to checking into doing some of these things with my girl this week and this unit study is another wonderful way to help us focus on what our Lord Jesus did for us through His death, burial and resurrection. The below posted article is by Cindy Short and Sue Welch. Copyright 2007 by www.TeachingHome.com. Reprinted by permission. May all of you have a wonderful Resurrection Sunday in the Lord Jesus Christ! Thanks be to God! -Denise Information, Inspiration, and Encouragement from a Distinctively Christian Perspective of Home Education Cindy Short and Sue We...
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Coram Deo Fellowship - Lindsborg, Kansas - Mission Statement and Statement
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Here is the Miss ion State ment and the Statement of Faith from the little fellowship that we go to in Lindsborg. There are about, oh, I'd say five families or 25-ish of us (including kids) that meet together on Sunday mornings. I decided to share with you this information in case any of you are looking for a place to fellowship. We'd love to have you and our door is always open! Blessings! -Denise :) Coram Deo Fellowship (Before the Face of God) A church whose vision is to practice family-integrated fellowship under the headship of Christ. Therefore, our purpose is to honor, protect and defend the family as God created and intended and to equip and affirm men to reclaim their God appointed roles as heads of their families and participants in the church. This church is identified by three distinguishing marks: 1.    Family-Integrated Worship: Whole families, as covenant units, stay together during the meetings of the church. 2.    Two Weekly Meet...
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