Category Archives: Connection Group

New Testament Challenge Begins!

So today kicks off The Bridge’s New Testament Challenge!  Today’s reading is Matthew 1-2 and Acts 1-3. Matthew starts out with the genealogy of Jesus – his family tree. You might remember that we did a brief message series on … Continue reading

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New Testament Challenge

So this Sunday we kick off our New Testament Challenge! The challenge largely consists of reading through the New Testament portion of the Bible over a period of 63 days.  Many of us have tried to read through the Bible … Continue reading

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Things We Say – The Heartbeat

Last post I talked about “the pulse” – our Connection Cards.  But what gives the pulse life?  The heartbeat.  And the heartbeat of the Bridge is the Connection Group.  Connection Groups are otherwise known as small groups or Bible studies.  … Continue reading

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Answers to questions websites and the New Living Translation

We’ve been studying the Bible book of 2nd Peter in my “connection group” so far in 2009.  A lot of the content has been about truth and error, discerning truth, avoiding false teachers, how do we know the Bible is … Continue reading

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Hitting the Wall…

It seems I may be “hitting the wall” in terms of blogging.  I apologize for my lack of faithfulness.  Sometimes, I just don’t feel like writing anything. Anyway…here’s what is going on these days: Connection Group – we just finished … Continue reading

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Where I’ve Been…

Being away at camp can really put you behind.  It feels like I “hit the ground running” upon arriving home at camp and haven’t stopped since.  Surprisingly, I’ve spent precious little time blogging or tweeting in the last two weeks.  Let … Continue reading

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I have no bread…

We had a great Connection Group last night.  We are currently doing a study on the life of Jesus through the book of Luke in the New Testament.  We are also using a study guide by Max Lucado to help … Continue reading

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I Was Hoping…

I was hoping to have a nice blog entry from my Wednesday lunch invite, but no luck.  Russ had invited me to attend a fundraising luncheon by the Durham Convention and Visitor Bureau for which Russ’s company Maestro Productions was working.  The drawing … Continue reading

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Cyber Hymnal

Our church is such a mixture of people with varied spiritual backgrounds!  As a rule, most of what we do at our church is consider “contemporary.”  By contemporary, I mean that we have a worship band instead of a piano, … Continue reading

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Connection Group Fun

I really enjoy being a part of a “Connection” group.  Our Wednesday night group, creatively named the “Lewis Group”, has been such a great mix of people over the last two years.  As a part of our study each week, … Continue reading

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