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09 and July-related you ever wanted to grapHic Designer jen showalter i grew up in a small town in a simple house with one brother.
know! stuDent ministry specialist I didn’t have to share a room with anyone. My brother and I shared a bathroom, but
sherry spillman it was big and had two sinks. If someone in the family was being overly annoying,
31 counselor national stuDent ministry leaDer you could find solace and privacy in your room, in the basement, or somewhere else
devotions: week of july 19 paul turner
by aMy keys send questions or coMMents to: where no one would bother you. That was my idea of perfect community. No one was
you are not alone, no matter how mandy crow, editor really messing up my stuff; I didn’t have to share, at least not all that much; and my
often you feel that way. one lifeWay plaza brother mostly kept his mess contained in his room.
nashville, tn 37234 0174 Then, I went to college. Suddenly, I was sharing the world’s tiniest room with
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37 in your oWn Words a girl I’d never met who was even more shy than me. She was neat and a good
“Forever Friend,” a student poem ManageMent Personnel roommate, but living with her was an experience. I didn’t always get to watch what
by sheryl pang senior Director, I wanted on TV. I couldn’t invite my friends over whenever I wanted. I sometimes
stuDent ministry publisHing jimmy hester had to be a friend when all I wanted to do was curl up on my bed and think about
38 snippets Director, my problems. I had to share a bathroom with girls who weren’t so great at cleaning
& soundbites stuDent ministry scott stevens
goofy information to brighten your Director, publisHing, up after themselves, and the guys down the hall often woke me up in the wee hours
day: doughnuts, the world’s longest liFeWay cHurcH resources gary h. hauk of the morning playing some crazy hallway game they’d dreamed up. It was crazy; it
ear hair, and wedgies used to fight advertising was chaotic; it was community.
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43 campus connection magazineadvertising@lifeway.com three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And if community is such
by Maria nuguid meDia Kits lifeway.com/magazines/media an integral part of who He is, shouldn’t it be a vital part of the way we live? The New
use ec’s weekly devotion themes to Testament is very clear: Jesus called us to be a community of believers who live life
lead a bible study on the trinity with Director, magazine aDvertising & circulation completely differently from everyone else. Christ followers are to be known for their
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aDvertising proDuction scott hancock crazy love, their radical forgiveness, and their desire to live lives that don’t blot out
His light. Jesus has called us to live as a community of believers, broken and needy as
48 finding community printeD in tHe uniteD states oF america
1 contents we are, to display His love and His glory to the world.
in chile You’ll learn more of what that means in Jennifer Denning’s story, “Living in
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