Midweek Connection for February 10, 2016

The Study Guide which will be used on February 14 is available here. You can find other True Story study guides, lectures and sermons here.

Redemption Initiated (Scene 1, Abraham and Sarah) is Lesson 5 of the True Story Series.  The Study Guide is available at here.  The Lecture by Joe Culpepper is available here.  The entire series up to February 7 is available here.

God’s restoration project is underway, and the next great act will be to form, and enlist the assistance of, a chosen people to testify about God, and bless the entire world.  This is a summary of Lesson 4, the upcoming lesson of  the True Story of the Whole World series.  The Study Guide is available at http://www.normalmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/truestorystudyguidelesson4.docx The lecture by Joe Culpepper is available at http://www.normalmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/200206_001.mp3

Culture Misdirected (Lesson 3 of the True Story Series)  lecture by Joe Culpepper and study guide are available at http://www.normalmennonite.org/true-story-of-the-whole-world/

Midweek Connection for January 20, 2016

Rebellion in the Kingdom!  “A catastrophe has occurred. We are no longer in continuity with our good beginning.We have been separated from it by a disaster. We are also, of course, separated from our good end.   We are,in other words, in the middle of a mess” Click here for more from the Study Guide.  Click here to listen to the Rebellion in the Kingdom lecture by Joe Culpepper. These audio recordings and Study Guide are part of the series True Story of the Whole World.  Mennonite Church of Normal is engaged in an exciting and ambitious undertaking, from January –May. […]

God Establishes the Kingdom  “Genesis offers an unforgettable snapshot of what a “normal” world looks like. Though you and I have never seen it just like this, we somehow know that this is the way our world was meant to be. The biblical story describes this world as a marvelous home prepared for humankind, a place in which men and women and children may live and thrive and enjoy the intimate presence and companionship of the Creator himself. Click here for the Study Guide to Lesson 1:  God Establishes the Kingdom Click here to listen to the Almighty God, Immanuel […]

2015 Annual Report The current version is not yet approved. The final, approved version will be posted after the congregational meeting on January 31, 2016.

Midweek Connection for January 13, 2016