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Special Feature – Being a Church near the Asbury Awakening – 02/21/23

Special Feature – Being a Church near the Asbury Awakening – 02/21/23

It started small, with a simple chapel message to a smallish handful of students about love.

It grew to one of the biggest spiritual revivals in America in a generation.

As Asbury University in Kentucky makes plans to wind down the revival there, we wondered what it was like to be an established congregation, within walking distance of an event which made national news, as many experienced a powerful awareness of how God’s Spirit was moving. The pastor of the nearby Wilmore United Methodist congregation was at Asbury for the early days as a prayer counselor. That congregation, and others in the neighborhood, became overflow gathering places as people all ages converged on the “Asbury Awakening”.Wilmore UMC

Listen to Greg Gillispie’s conversation this week with the Rev. D. Merricks about his personal experiences, and how the university and the community can use this revival event as a springboard toward connections with a generation with a great spiritual hunger and curiosity.

Kids Corner: Loving the Enemy

Kids Corner: Loving the Enemy

Being bullied is no fun. Our friend Olan would know. But Jesus says we are supposed to love our enemies! That seems impossible!

Bible Verses: Luke 22:36, Nehemiah 4, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 26:52, Proverbs 25:21, Matthew 5:44, Romans 3:10 and 23, Acts 9, 1st Samuel 19, Matthew 2, Genesis 27

Kids Corner: Dealing With Distractions

Kids Corner: Dealing With Distractions

It can be so easy to get distracted! Especially when you are supposed to be paying attention to important instructions. There are all kinds of things in the world that can distract us. But can distractions sometimes be a good thing?

Bible Verses: Colossians 3:2, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Philippians 4, and Romans 12:21

Kids Corner: Justice VS Revenge

Kids Corner: Justice VS Revenge

Sometimes there are people who can make your life pretty difficult and you just want to get back at them! But what is the right thing to do? What does the Bible say about getting revenge?

Bible Verses: Isaiah 1:17, Micah 6:8, 1st Peter 3:9, Leviticus 19:18, Ephesians 4, Matthew 5, and Romans 12:19

Sounds of 2023 – expanded segment 2 – Year in Review

Sounds of 2023 – expanded segment 2 – Year in Review

More of the Sounds of 2023

It’s the annual “Year in Review” from Family Life News.

Segment two of our expanded collection of how newsmakers and reporters described the events and the issues of of the year begins with the cardiac event of Damar Hamlin as radio listeners and television viewers were watching a much-anticipated Monday Night football game.

 

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