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• Spring 2012 Engage Groups!

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  Spring semester Engage Groups are updated and start THIS week!

  This semester Engage Groups meet on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday!  Check out the descriptions under the “VT Campus” tab.

  If you have any questions about getting involved in an …
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• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – 6pm

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  Saturday, December 24th
  Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

  6:00pm, 130 Jackson
  Join us as we gather around singing songs, reading Scriptures, and celebrating the birth of the Messiah!…
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• True Desperation

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  In a letter to the Corinthians, Paul told the church:

   …In order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord …
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• Zacchaeus – Wee Man, Big Message

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  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said (Mark 1:17a).

  When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today” (Luke 19:5).

  As our Engage Groups focus on having a …
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• Prepare the Way

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  This semester in my Engage Group, we have been looking at the life of John the Baptist. I have been challenged by his confidence in his calling and the extreme humility he exudes along with that confidence. John 1:6 says, …
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• Looking Through a Lens of Love

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  I’m not very good at forgiveness. I neither forgive easily nor freely accept forgiveness for myself. While I’m grateful that this flaw of mine requires me to constantly look to God for guidance rather than trying to figure it out …
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• By God’s Grace…

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  My name is Kevin Davis and I am a senior here at Virginia Tech, graduating in December. I have one goal for writing this story, and that is to share how God has helped me in my life, which in …
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• Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven…

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  So what would it look like if Jesus’ will was done on Earth as it is in Heaven? How would our communities be different? How would our world be different?

  These are questions we need to be asking ourselves when …
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• Hearing the Voice of God

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  I often get asked about how someone would grow in hearing the voice of God.

  It’s a good question.

  I usually respond by asking them if they have ever learned to speak a different language. Inevitably, they ask why I …
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• Operation Christmas Child – Change A Life!

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  I recently saw this Nordstrom ad from 2009 posted on Facebook. And I must say I am 99% PRO this ad! I LOVE Christmas. I love the lights, the decorations, candy canes, you name it… but seriously, it’s simply crazy …
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