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Good morning, church. How are you? Good to see you here on this beautiful morning here in the month of April. Let me introduce myself before we jump in. My name is Chris Groover. I am the student minister here at the Flower Mound Campus, which essentially means I oversee the middle school ministry and the high school ministry. I love what I do. I love the job God has given me here at The Village. In fact, one of the things that is true about my family and me is we came here three and a half years ago.
Part of us coming here has been a true joy and a sense of belonging that has taken place, not just from the staff level and the job we do and the way we serve our students here in the ministry, but also this has been a sweet place for my family to grow and to connect, to heal in some areas of our lives. We don't want to ever stop acknowledging that. The place we come, the body of believers we have here at The Village Church is an amazing people to be a part of. So we just want to thank you from our family, and hopefully you feel the same way here at The Village Church.
This morning, we're going to dive into a little bit of a conversation around the next generation. As you saw earlier, we had two senior students do announcements. They did an amazing job doing that. We're going to talk a little bit more about the next generation, just how important this is for us here at The Village Church. If you have your Bibles, open up to Judges, chapter 2. We're going to spend a little bit of time in verses 6-10.
As you're flipping into your Bibles to the book of Judges, let me set up our time by sharing a story from my family's life that happened this past summer. We made the big move from Carrollton, Texas, 20 minutes down the road, to Flower Mound, Texas, to be more a part of the community of The Village Church and be closer to work and some other reasons as well. For us, we knew that making that move was going to be hard in a couple of areas.
First, moving is extremely difficult. Moving is perhaps one of the worst things I can imagine being a part of on the planet earth, especially when you have three little kiddos at home. That was a chore in and of itself. That was part A that was difficult, but then part B that was really difficult that we knew would be a challenge for our family was that our oldest kid, Lucas, was going to be going into first grade. He had just started kindergarten in the school he was a part of that was actually in our neighborhood in Carrollton.
The school was literally across the street from our house, so you could walk him to school. In fact, there have been a couple of stories that happened where I was off on a Friday and I would see him on the playground and I would walk outside and say "hi" to him on the playground, which caused the whole class of kindergartners to come up to the fence, and then maybe they had to call the authorities…I don't know…because they were like, "Who's this sketchy dude by the fence?"
So there was an email that went out later, like, "Hey, if you're a parent, kind of back off a little bit and don't approach the fence." So we just loved it. The fact that that was outside of our house and in our neighborhood was a beautiful thing to be a part of. We knew that moving over here that would not be the case. In fact, his new elementary school was about 10 minutes away from our house.
So we moved over here. We got settled in. We recognized that fact, that change for our son. Then the question for us and our family became, "Do we want to drive him to school every single day…?" Part of that was selfish…getting up earlier, fighting traffic. If you've ever been in a carpool line at elementary schools, you know that's where sin, for sure, comes out of people in varying ways. So we were like, "Do we want to be a part of that? Not really." Or he could ride the bus.
The tension was we knew that riding the bus meant you're around kids of different ages. I knew that when I rode the bus. When I was younger, I was the kid who was oftentimes getting in trouble on the bus, hearing things I shouldn't hear on the bus, doing things I shouldn't do on the bus. I feel like all bad things in life… Not all, but I can be a little bit dramatic here. A lot of the bad things in life happen on a bus, especially a school bus in the elementary and middle school years.
So we were nervous about that, but we just trusted the Lord and said, "We're just going to let him ride it and see how it goes." I have to report to you he has been riding it. He has done fantastic. It has been a good experience for him. One of the things that came up on one of the bus rides that he experienced about a month into riding it home from school was that there was a kid on his bus, and Lucas and this kid, his friend, began to talk about marriage. No idea how that happened. It for sure did not happen when I was in first grade. I was trying to figure out how to eat food. He's talking about marriage. I'm like, "What do you mean you were talking about marriage?"
I got home one day, and we were talking about his day, and he was like, "Yeah, we were talking about marriage, Dad." He was kind of replaying the conversation. The conversation wasn't just about the idea of marriage or "One day I want to get married" or that kind of typical conversation you think would happen at a first-grade level. Rather, the conversation was just tangible and where our culture is in this time period of our lives.
The one boy began to say to my son, "Hey, I've heard that a man can marry a man and a woman can marry a woman." My son, being a good minister's kid, was like, "No, that's not true. The Bible says that God made men and women for each other and they're supposed to enter into the covenant and bond of marriage and it's for men and women." So they had this discussion, which I'm sure lasted a whole 30 seconds, and then they started to talk about PAW Patrol or something else after that.
But the fact that they had this discussion kind of blew my mind. Lucas is sitting there talking to me about his day and about this conversation, and he looks at me and says, "Dad, what is the answer to this question? Is it true?" So I did what any good dad would do in that moment. I said, "You should go ask your mom." And I ran out. No, I didn't do that. That's what I wanted to do inside, but I kind of leaned in.
I said, "Hey, buddy. This is a tough topic, but what we believe, as Christians who believe in the Bible and believe in the inerrancy of the Word and believe God designed us in a certain way, in a certain form, in a certain fashion, is we believe marriage is made for men and women coming underneath the bond of matrimony underneath our Lord Jesus Christ." It was a quick conversation, and, again, it went to Legos right after that.
I was taken aback by the fact that my first grader was having conversations like that, because back when I grew up, that was not a topic of conversation. When I was growing up or maybe when your generation was growing up, these were not necessarily the things you and I were dealing with, but these are realities the current generation is having to grapple with and deal with and answer.
So, for me, it was one of those moments as a dad where I was blown away by the magnitude of the conversation, but even bigger picture than that, it made me have this defining moment in my mind, in my heart, because I began to think about not just that conversation but the fact that there's a real spiritual battle taking place right now for the hearts and for the minds and for the souls of not just my kids but the entire generation of young people in America.
The Enemy desires to kill, steal, and destroy and to do whatever he can do to confuse them or to get them off track and to captivate their hearts in such a way that they want nothing to do with the one true God. So for us here today, we want to dive into a quick Scripture passage and talk a little bit more about how we, as a body of believers, can do our best and beg the Lord to do the rest so we can see an entire generation of young people in our church grow up to love the Lord with all of their hearts and all of their minds and all of their souls. Judges 2:6:
"When Joshua [the leader of the nation of Israel] dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land [the Promised Land]. And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua…" That's important to remember. "…and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years."
What we see here is a quick summation of Joshua's death, of the fact that even after Joshua died there were these elders who were keeping things going in the nation of Israel, and during that time the generation of Joshua and the generation of his elders were following the Lord, imperfectly doing that, or as best as they could do that, being humans and prone to sin, but they were following the Lord with their hearts and their souls and their minds and all the strength they had, and they were walking with him.
We have this picture of Joshua as he leaves this life, as he leaves this planet, as he dies, almost looking at the nation of Israel and having hope and thinking and probably even assuming that the generation that would follow Joshua and the elders of Joshua would also love the Lord, would also walk with God, would also serve him all of the days of their lives. But the story goes on in verse 9. Here was the reality of the situation:
"And they buried [Joshua] within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel."
There arose a generation after Joshua and after the elders who were walking with Joshua who did not know God. I think the natural question for us here today is…How in the world can that happen? What must have taken place for an entire generation of young people to not know God, to not walk with the Lord, not to serve the Lord all of the days of their lives?
I think maybe a couple of initial responses to that would be things like this: Perhaps we would think in our minds, "Well, maybe it was that typical generational rebellion type of thing we see." Maybe it was like, "Okay. This is what my parents believed, and this is what the generation before me believed and espoused, and this is the God they worshiped, but for me and my generation, maybe we want to kind of push back on that, rebel against that a little bit." So perhaps it was that idea of a second generation not desiring the things their parents' generation desired. That could be the answer to the question.
Or perhaps another response to that question as to why or how in the world a generation could walk away from the Lord is maybe it was the culture of the day. Maybe it was all of the nations that were surrounding Israel, maybe these other false gods that were kind of enticing the people of God. Maybe they got sucked into that and began to worship other gods, as we see does happen in this text here in Joshua, chapter 2. Perhaps that was the ultimate reason as to why this generation walked away from God.
I think both of those are really good reasons. I would say even both of those have a certain level of truth to explain why this happened and why this occurred, but at the end of the day, a lot of theologians agree upon the fact that, yes, it was probably rebellion and, yes, it was the culture of the day, but at the end of the day, the heart of the matter was simply that this generation of young people were apathetic in their understanding and in their faith when it came toward God.
It wasn't necessarily rebellion, it wasn't necessarily the culture of the day, but it was more this heart of apathy. Apathy is defined as simply a lack of interest or a lack of concern toward something or in something. A lack of interest or a lack of concern. We know what apathy is. Right? We've all experienced apathy before in our lives. When I was younger, in seventh grade, I went to a private Christian school called Immanuel Lutheran.
Part of going to this private Christian school, which, by the way, only lasted for one year, and then I had to go back to public school because of many different reasons. I think they were ready for me to go back and to leave the Christian school because of some of the decisions I made. But in seventh grade, I remember that part of going to this school was I had to go to a religion class. To be honest, the last thing I wanted to do as a seventh grader was go to a religion class.
Part of our weekly assignments was that we had to memorize Scripture. To set up the class a little bit, our teacher's name was Mr. Binky, which was gold for a seventh grader because it rhymed with Twinkie. We would use that and be like, "Mr. Binky likes Twinkies." Just really dumb jokes, but we loved it, and we got into a lot of trouble with Mr. Binky because of that.
I remember what would happen is he would give you the Scripture passage and say, "Hey, memorize this." Then when Friday would roll around we'd have to go outside in the hallway and tell him the Scripture memory passage. I remember as the semester began he set this up for us. The Friday came around. I go in the hallway. Mr. Binky who loves Twinkies said, "Hey, Chris, what is the Scripture memory passage?" I looked at him. I remember saying this to him: "I don't know."
He's like, "Did you not get the assignment?" I was like, "No, I got it. I just didn't do it." He was like, "Okay. Next time do the assignment. That's part of being in school." I was like, "Okay. Yeah, maybe." So I went back to class, and then the next week rolled around. I didn't do the assignment again. He's like, "Hey, what's the memory verse?" I was like, "I don't know." He was like, "You know you need to do the assignment. You're going to get an F." I was like, "It'll all work out. I'll be fine."
The entire semester went by, and I did not memorize one passage of Scripture, not even "Jesus wept." I could have tried something. Right? I didn't memorize anything and kind of was like, "I'm good, I'm good, I'm good," not realizing that eventually I was actually going to get an F. The day came around when report cards came out. Back in the day, kids…this is crazy…it wasn't digital. It was an actual paper copy. It was actually handwritten. It wasn't even typed out.
I remember seeing the F, and I remember realizing, "Oh, I'm in trouble. This is not going to be good for me. How can I get out of this situation?" "How can I hide my sin?" was what I was really saying. I had really good handwriting at the time, and I realized I could take the F and use erasable ink and make it into a B. So I took the F and made it into a B. I was like, "Surely I can give this to my mom. She'll sign it and think it's a B."
She looked at it, and I was super nervous. She signed it. I was like, "Yes! My sin has been hidden from my parents." I took it back and erased the ink and gave it back to Mr. Binky. I said, "Here you go." He said to me, "Were your parents upset?" I was like, "No. Actually, they were kind of good with it. It was amazing. The Lord just maybe showed up, and they were fine with the F." He's like, "Really?"
I didn't realize, at a seventh-grade mind level, that next week, after report cards would come out, there was a thing called parent/teacher conferences. So my mom walked into that conference and, long story short, found out that it was not a B; it was an F, so there were a few conversations that happened after that between my parents and me. I remember them pressing me and saying, "Chris, first, why did you not do the assignment? And second, why did you lie?"
I remember my response was simply, "I just didn't want to do it. I didn't have a concern for it. It just didn't interest me." What I was saying in my heart was an apathetic type of response. I was like, "I just didn't want to partake in that so I just decided not to do it." This is the type of response we see happening in this text in the book of Judges. What we see from apathy and just the danger of apathy, because not only can it take a generation and rob a generation of their faith, but the idea of an apathetic heart is like a cancer.
It spreads so quickly that it starts in one person, then it goes to a group of people, and before you know it an entire generation of young people could be walking away from the faith because they just don't have an interest in it and they just don't have a concern in it. Currently right now in the Generation Z culture… If you don't know what that is, Generation Z is anybody who was born between 1995 and 2015, that age demographic. Right now they're finding in research that the number-one thing that is drawing them away from the faith is apathy.
It's fascinating, because in a book called The Great Opportunity it states that every single year… This is just heartbreaking. Every single year, one million young people walk away from the Lord and walk away from the church. These aren't people outside the church; these are our sons and daughters inside the church. Through their research, they've looked at the reasons why. Why are they leaving? Why are they not interested in the faith? Why are they apathetic when it comes to the things of God?
They discovered in this research that young people, by and large, love Jesus or love the idea of Jesus. They don't mind his teachings. They're not antagonistic toward the gospel. They're not even angry toward the gospel, but somewhere along the line the cancer of apathy has taken root in their hearts. In fact, one of the quotes in the book and in the research that's just devastating says young people don't think a life with Jesus is worth their time. Young people don't think a life with Christ is worth their time.
So apathy is the issue that is facing, I think, not only Generation Z but also perhaps Millennials and maybe even some in our generations as well. This is hard news. This is potentially devastating news, but I also do believe we serve a God who's sovereign and who's on the throne and who sees what's happening and is not freaking out. Rather, we have a God who is a God of hope and a God of promise and a God of restoration and a God of revival.
I believe with all my heart that this isn't necessarily bad news but, rather, this is a great opportunity for us to enter into the fray and ask ourselves the question how we, as the body of believers at The Village Church, can lead out toward the next generation in such a way they not only understand who God is mentally but they believe in the God of the universe, the God of Jacob, the God of Isaac with all of their hearts, all of their minds, all of their souls, and all of their strength. So, what I want to do with the rest of our time this morning is to talk about two things that I believe we can do as a body and two things I want to invite you into as well.
First, I believe one of the greatest opportunities we have when it comes to the next generation is to rally around this idea of the power of presence. From a survey Barna conducted recently about the next generation, about Generation Z, we know this truth and these facts about the next generation: the influence of adult mentors in the life of young Christian believers carries far more weight than the culture, than media, and even their own friends. The influence of an adult in the life of a young person is still the most influential thing we have going for us.
We all know this to be true, because for many of us in the room today, part of your Christian story, part of your testimony involves God bringing an adult into your life. Maybe it was your mom and dad. Maybe it was a small group leader. Maybe it was multiple adults throughout your faith formation, that God orchestrated and designed and in this providential moment brought them into your life, and you can look back upon your faith and say, "I am who I am and I believe what I believe because of this person."
When you think about it, there have been moments for all of us where there was maybe a tough life circumstance and we had that person who was a little ahead of us in life who could sit us down and help us process what was happening and remind us of the goodness of God. For many of us, we've had seasons of doubt where we've wrestled, like, "Is the Word of God true, and do I really believe Jesus is who he claims to be?" yet we had someone enter into that fray in that time that we were extremely frail, and they listened and pointed us back to the truth of Scripture and sat with us in our days of doubt.
We've all had moments where someone spoke life into us and called us out of a life of sin and into a life of holiness, and that tough conversation they had was a defining moment for many of us in the room today, because we know this to be true: showing up in the life of a young person is extremely powerful and life-changing. A couple of years back, in our high school ministry, we were looking for some new high school volunteers, some new small group leaders.
Every once in a while, we'll shoot out a random email to you guys, saying, "Hey, this is what we're looking for. Is anyone interested in serving with student ministry?" This particular email we sent out to y'all… One of the persons who responded back was a lady named Paige. Paige responded back and said, "I'm really interested. I'm a mom. I have two girls in the ministry, and I think I would be a good small group leader. I'm kind of unsure, but I would love to meet up."
So we met up and we talked and did the whole orientation thing, and then Paige signed on to become part of the ministry and to become a small group leader to a group of junior girls. I remember she got on the team and she was so excited. If you knew Paige, you'd see the excitement very quickly upon meeting her, because she's super extroverted and just loves life and loves students. So we were hopeful that this group that had a ton of turnover would have a consistent leader for a couple of years before they exited the high school ministry.
So she jumped in, and I kid you not. Probably the first five to six months of her serving in the ministry, I would get a text message or a phone call from her, saying, "Hey, Chris, I think I'm done. I don't think I can do it anymore. I think I'm too old. I'm a mom. All they see me as is a mom. They're not really listening to me. They're not opening up to me. They don't trust me at the level I hoped they would trust me at this point. I just don't know that I'm the person who's right for this role."
It was almost like Groundhog Day. Every time I would talk with her I would say back to her, "Hey Paige, I want the best for you and I want what God wants you to do, but I really believe you are making an impact in the lives of these girls. I believe, Paige, that the power of showing up and the power of presence will take place and take root over time. You just have to wait it out. You just have to be faithful to these girls. I think eventually we're going to see God move in their lives in incredible ways."
Fast-forward about a year into her serving as a high school leader, still having frustrating moments. We had a beach camp, Suffering for the Gospel camp in Panama City Beach, and there was this beautiful moment one night during small group where about half of her girls in her group just opened up for the first time in ways she had not yet experienced. They began to share parts of their lives that she had not heard before, and it was powerful because they began to confess sin and even admit things they had gone through.
I remember talking to Paige after the camp, and it was one of those moments where she was like, "I get it now. I see how it took time. I see the power of presence. I see that showing up and showing up time in and time out, even when I don't feel like it, even when I get frustrated, even if I question, 'Am I making a difference, Lord?' I see now what the Lord was doing."
So she came back from beach camp, and the next semester she walked through Steps, one of the incredible ministries we have here, with a handful of the girls from that small group, and these girls found freedom from all the sin they were entangled in. You just look at that. We know this. Right? The power of presence, the power of showing up is incredible when it comes to ministering to the next generation.
Another thing we know is it's not just the power of presence. If you just show up and you're hanging out on the back wall, that's kind of weird, first of all. Just showing up is half the battle, because if you show up and don't actually say something and enter into conversation, then it's just weird. To take it to the next step, it's the power of presence, but it's also this idea of the power of empathy.
For many of us, when we hear that word empathy maybe we cringe a little bit. If you're like me, I'm pretty logical, so when someone comes to get counseling from my office (I'm not the best counselor; I admit this), I'm like, "Okay. There's your issue. Here's step one, step two, step three. Good luck with that." And if they come back and they're like, "I'm still struggling," I'm like, "Why? I told you how to…" So I'm not the best counselor. I understand my weaknesses, and that's okay.
Empathy, for me, is something I'm trying to grow in. What we know about empathy and what we know about the next generation, especially Generation Z and the Millennial generation, is that empathy strikes a chord with them. Here's what empathy means. Brené Brown describes it this way: empathy is the ability to feel what someone feels deep inside of their core. In fact, one of the examples she uses in one of her books is that empathy is kind of this picture:
You're in a field and you're walking. You have a friend, and the friend, for whatever reason, falls into this really deep, dark, scary ditch. Maybe they're hurt and terrified and don't know how to get out. They're freaking out internally and it's dingy and they don't know what to do. Empathy is walking up to that ditch, finding a ladder, getting down into the ditch with the friend, and sitting there with the friend and feeling what they feel, and then when the friend is ready to get out of the ditch you get out of the ditch with them. That is empathy.
It's this idea of putting yourself in the shoes of somebody else. It's this idea of feeling what someone else feels. This is easy. We can see this play out when it comes to next generational ministry. Imagine a 2-year-old in our church, and imagine for many of us here today that we cannot remember what it was like to be 2, but what we can do is empathize with a 2-year-old. If you're a mom and dad and you have a 2-year-old, you know that's an extremely hard stage of life.
If you've ever volunteered in Little Village in the 2-year-old classroom, you might be like, "Man, Lord. Come back quickly, Jesus, because this was really, really hard." It's really, really hard, but it's also really, really a sweet season of life. So for many of us, the idea of empathizing with a 2-year-old can be extremely difficult, but what we know about 2-year-olds just from data and research and science is that 2-year-olds take 70 more steps a minute than adults do.
So when a 2-year-old is like, "My legs hurt; take me up, please," and they throw a tantrum, instead of us saying, "Hey, just get up. In my generation, we used to walk to school…" That kind of thing. Instead of saying, "Just get up and do what I tell you to do," empathy would be to say, "You know what? You've worked a lot harder walking than I did, and what if I just picked you up and carried you to where you need to go? I need to feel what you feel."
When it comes to teenagers in the church, you might be like, "I don't even want to remember my teenage years. I try to block that out. I try to not remember it for a variety of reasons." When you think about teenagers in our church, one of the greatest ways we can empathize with them is to not tell them how easy they have it but rather to feel what they're feeling and to acknowledge and identify that "What you are doing and how you're growing up and all the information you intake and hear and consume is so overwhelming. I can't imagine what it's like to grow up in your generation."
In fact, Tim Elmore says the Gen Z generation does not need people to tell them more information but rather they need adult leaders to help them understand and decipher information. They need people to help them translate what is true and what is right and what is good. One of the ways we can empathize with teenagers is to say, "Hey, you know what? I get that you have an iPhone. That's amazing. Okay, cool. I get that you have all this information, which maybe makes life easier," but to acknowledge to them that "Life is extremely hard. I want to walk with you in this. I want to help you process what you're going through."
When it comes to the 20-year-olds in our church, when it comes to the early 30s in our church, the Millennial generation, it can be really easy to have an idea of what Millennials are in your mind. Oftentimes I think what we do with Millennials is we kind of typecast them and say certain things about them, and most of those things tend to be negative. We say things like, "Man, if they could just get a job, if they could just not be so entitled, if they could just do this, if they could just be like us, then that would be better for our culture. It would be better for their generation."
What we do in that moment is we belittle them and we're not being empathetic toward some realities they have in their lives. Perhaps some of the struggles the Millennial generation have are because the previous generation did certain things in a way that caused some of the consequences they're dealing with. For example, the Millennial generation, people have said, are the most over-parented generation of all time.
So maybe some of the fear of stepping out, some of the fear of taking risks is because that's how they grew up. That's all they knew from the house they were raised in. Perhaps when you look at the Millennial generation you think of how they went to college at a time where college was extremely expensive, and they accumulated massive amounts of debt, so they're just trying to pay off debt. Because of that, they can't buy the house. They can't move out. They're trying to get out of this tough situation they're stuck in. Or perhaps there are other factors there.
What we can do to empathize with the Millennial generation is not to push them down and tear them down and say, "Be like us" but to say, "I want to feel what you feel. I want to empathize with you at a level so I can minister to you in a way that you need to be ministered to." When it comes to empathy in the next generation and this idea of presence in the next generation, the obvious question is…Who modeled this for us?
Who could show us how to do what is right? Where could we possibly go to get the direction as to how we should lead the next generation? Well, the good news is the Bible speaks to that. Hebrews, chapter 4, verses 14-16. I'm going to read out of the NIV. The translation is a little bit different than the ESV. I'll explain that in a second. Here's what it says from the words of the author of Hebrews about Jesus Christ himself:
"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin."
What I want to draw your attention to is that word empathize. In the Greek, the word there actually means sympathize or sympathy. The ESV translates it that way, and the NIV translates it this idea of empathize. There are some different views on that, but at the end of the day, one of the ways you could look at empathy and sympathy being the same is that an alternate definition for sympathy is simply this idea of understanding people and having a common feeling or experience with somebody else.
In this case, when you think about Jesus and who he is and how he modeled this for us, Jesus is saying that in a very real and tangible way he left the comforts of heaven, he left him being with the Father, ruling and reigning, and he took on flesh and blood and came and lived a life, and he empathized with us and walked in the shoes we walk in and experienced the temptation, the types of things we experience, yet he did it all without sin.
The beautiful news of the gospel is that Jesus did what you and I could never do. At the same time, the model Jesus gives us is this beautiful understanding of how Jesus empathized with us so we could trust him and so we could know that he knows what we deal with, that he knows how we feel as human beings, and that we can fully give our lives over to him.
In fact, it says in verse 16, "Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." So we can approach the throne of the Father because we have a High Priest who empathized on our behalf, who walked in the shoes we walk in, who felt what we felt, and he did that all without sin.
What better news could we bring in the next generation than to enter into this idea of the power of presence and the power of empathy and how we could go and meet them where they are and show them a Savior, Jesus, who understands what it's like to be human and did it all in perfection and did it all for us so we don't have to strive and earn and do better and make up for the faults of our generation but we can fully, truly rest in Jesus and who he is.
I believe if we did that, as a body of believers here at The Village, we would have powerful impact on the next generation and we would see a generation of young people grow up to love the Lord with all of their minds, their hearts, their souls, and their strength.
I would love to share a story that's a little bit more personal from our church. It's a story about a small group leader named John Ertekin and a kid he met in sixth grade named Aron Hawkins. To fast-forward a little bit, Aron now is on staff here at The Village Church. So we're going to show you this story, and then I'll come back out and close us out in a second.
Aron Hawkins: Hey, my name is Aron Hawkins. I'm 21 years old, and I've been attending The Village since the third grade. My family was always pretty involved in church, so I went to Kids Village every Sunday but was never super involved. I met John Ertekin, who is the most rambunctious human being I've ever met in my entire life.
John Ertekin: My name is John. I've been at The Village since 2008, and I served in the student ministry for seven years.
Aron: It was me, six other students, and John who were meeting up every week just to read Scripture and talk.
John: Basically, it was the idea that we were going to memorize Scripture every week. We were going to get in the Word every week. That's exactly what we did.
Aron: Through that, just formed a really strong bond with John and with those other friends.
John: When they were in eighth grade, I wanted them to do a creative project that was worshipful or that was a way to show their faith.
Aron: Didn't really want to do it, but ended up doing it, and I decided to write a song. I had never done that before.
John: It came time for him to sing his worship song, and, basically, he was really nervous.
Aron: I had never sung in front of anyone before. I made everyone close their eyes. I was so scared.
John: From my perspective, we love Aron; it's going to be great regardless of what happens here, but he was so nervous that, basically, we had to close our eyes.
Aron: And I did it, and I am sure I sounded terrible.
John: And he frickin' killed it. It was amazing. It was really good. I'm sure he does not think it was really good. I know that, but it really was really good. On the back end of it, it's just really cool. It's really cool to have seen that in the very beginning and what the Lord was doing and now to get to see him lead out so faithfully and boldly in the giftings God has given him.
Aron: Looking back on my relationship with John, I think the biggest impact he had is he was just around. He was there. He was just consistent to show up for seven years and really modeled discipleship and how to raise up the next generation really well. Now being on staff in a position where I'm leading students and I'm discipling students, I'm just grateful that the Lord did that and the Lord used him in really profound ways in my life.
John: I would say that in the end of all of this, at the end of seven years of leading, my heart is just full. It's just really, really full, because the Lord did some phenomenal things and I got to just watch as he did some beautiful things that I don't deserve to get to see him do but that I rejoice that I've gotten to see him do.
[End of video]
Chris: Amen. One of the things that probably happened when you came in this morning is that you received a card about the next generation. It talks a little bit on that card about Little Village and Kids Village and middle school ministry and high school ministry. We get that God doesn't necessarily call every single person in here to become a small group leader, but we do want to continue to talk about how we can be a body of believers who loves the next generation so well with the power of presence and that power of empathy and just praying that the Lord does something amazing amongst our young people.
We would love to invite you in to have a conversation with us about that and what that could look like for you on a personal level. It's a simple next step. If you are interested and want to hear more information about what we're doing in the next generational ministries here at The Village, there's going to be a number here on the screen you can text. It's really simple. We won't come to your house today, I promise. We're not going to sign you up with a one-year covenant out of the gate or anything like that.
All you have to do is text "Serve" to that number on the screen, and what's going to happen is you will receive a text message back. You can click on the link, and you can scroll down and click the ministry area that you're interested in, and all that's going to do is it's going to send an email to us and our staff, and it's going to allow us to enter into a conversation with you about serving. We would love to include as many of you as possible in helping disciple the next generation.
In fact, one of the things all of the different department heads talked about this past week is we need about 250 more of you to begin to serve in next generational ministries from Little Village, Kids Village, all the way up through the high school ministry before the fall semester hits. We're just praying that the Lord has provoked your heart this morning and that you're like, "Yes. I just want to lay down an aspect of my life and begin to engage the next generation for the sake of the gospel." If you're interested, text that number. Somebody on our staff will get ahold of you, and we'll go from there. Thank you guys so much.


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Free Press Action Welcomes House Hearing on Disastrous T-Mobile/Sprint Deal, Slams False Claims in Eshoo/Long Letter
WASHINGTON — On Monday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler announced a joint hearing on the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint deal, tentatively scheduled for Wed., Feb. 13. The hearing will be co-chaired by Rep. Mike Doyle of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and Rep. David Cicilline of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
As the chairmen said in the statement announcing the hearing, "A merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would combine two of the four largest wireless carriers and the carriers with the largest numbers of low-income customers. As the Committees with oversight of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice, we must hold this hearing to examine the effects on important issues like jobs, costs to consumers, innovation and competition."
Politico also reported Monday that a handful of representatives sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and DoJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim supporting the merger. That letter, led by Reps. Anna Eshoo and Billy Long, makes the implausible and entirely unsupported claim that this horizontal merger would "provide consumers with lower costs." The letter argues that the deal should be approved in light of alleged competition for mobile broadband customers by cable and satellite companies.
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Earlier this month, California's Public Advocate's Office agreed with that assessment, stating that the deal was not in the public interest since it lacks "specific, measurable, and verifiable … benefits and would cause irreparable damage to competition in the wireless market and the low-income consumer market."
Free Press Action Policy Director Matt Wood made the following statement:
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6 Blouse Designs for Your Saree
A saree is just a piece of fabric if not accompanied by the right blouse design. Draping a saree in style is not enough to create the appeal. You need to pick the right designer blouse to go with the fabric. We have always been impressed by the unique blouse choices of Maya Sarabhai in the popular soap Sarabha Vs Sarabhai. Here are some more equally enigmatic picks for your wardrobe:
Cape Style Blouse Design
Taapsee Pannu wore a black cape style blouse designed by Jayanti Reddy to go with her cream coloured saree. The cape style blouse with high neck and bat wing style sleeves looked classy. The cape styled blouses are a good pick for women with smaller bust line and a shapely figure.
V-Neck Style Halter Blouse
When it comes to refined choices, you can never ignore Sonam Kapoor. Her choice of blouse with refined V-neck and sagging hem lace blouse was stunning. It went well with the plain saree she chose to wear. When you pick an elaborately designed blouse to go against a plain saree, the ensemble looks magnificent.
Printed Blouse with Flap Hands
If you wish to look stylish even in your traditional ethnic attire, pick something funky like a printed blouse with flap sleeves. These go well against plain or contrasting sarees. The printed blouses with elaborate floral or paisley print draw instant attention.
Rhinestone Bodice Halter Strap Style Blouse
The strap style halter neck is in itself distinctive. It gives you the look of an aspiring model. The blouse is heavily embellished to give it the perfect rich look. The hater neckline is joined to the bosom with embroidered straps. The blouse gives you the perfect spring season finish. You appear to have just blossomed as you wear something so distinctive and beautiful.
Pelpum Shirt Full Sleeves Kutch Blouse
Sonam Kapoor is known for her classy tastes when it comes to ethnic attires. If you wish to look different while you wear the traditional saree, pick a blouse as colourful and fresh-looking as this one. The full-sleeves Kutch Blouse has a base material of white cotton cloth on which a lot of colourful embroidery work is done.
Corset Style Satin Blouse with Net Sleeves
You may use a silk-satin embroidered fabric to stitch yourself a corset style blouse. While the fashion of corsets is long gone, even today these outfits can make you look shapely and appealing. Go for georgette sarees or lightweight net sarees to go with these blouses and just observe the magical effect it has.
It does not matter what attire you choose to wear for a certain occasion. What matters really is how you drape it and how you carry it. If you plan to wear a saree, pick a blouse pattern that goes with your body shape. Select the right accessories to match with the ensemble. It does not matter whether you choose flat footwear or heels, you must wear it to suit your get-up.
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It's not hard not to recognize a good fit when you see one. When the folks at TwinStar Credit Union see talent, personal drive and a true sense of community, they go for it. These qualities are exactly why they knew Leif Hatlen, TwinStar's newest Commercial Relationship Manager, would be a terrific asset to the team. After all, "Realizing financial dreams together" is not just their mission statement – it's just how they do things.
Originally a Livermore, California resident, Leif came to the Pacific Northwest to attend Pacific Lutheran University where he earned a degree in Business Administration and Financial Resource Management. After working as a business lender for a competing institution for 10 years, Leif knew it was time for a better fit.
"TwinStar was appealing to me for a variety of reasons," says Leif. "They are aggressively expanding into the Pierce County market. The depth and breadth of services they offer allows me to look at most deals, and if it makes sense for the credit union and the client, we'll do it. And when it comes to treating their employees the right way, they walk the walk. This stems from great leadership from top to bottom."
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Chris Heck, Director of Business Lending and Leif's supervisor, was pleased Leif made the switch. "Leif's personality and the manner in which he conducts business aligns very well with the culture here at TwinStar Credit Union," Heck says. "Leif has developed a very strong commercial banking background and a reputation for making responsiveness a priority in his day-to-day operations. In the short time that Leif has been with us, I have heard numerous times of Leif providing a prompt reply, whether the communicated outcome was favorable or not."
It wasn't long before Leif's background, experience and personal drive made an impact on the business. "Leif joined the TwinStar team and immediately impacted our Pierce County branches by closing over $3 million in business/commercial loans over the past 60 days," says Heck. "These loans helped business owners in Pierce County reach their financial goals by either expanding into their own building or freeing-up cash flows through a reduced monthly payment, which allows the owner to utilize those funds for other growth opportunities. Leif's actions speak for themselves and as a result he has worked hard at developing a strong rapport with the staff in our Spanaway/Lakewood branches, as well as, his business services partners."
Yet it's not all business with Leif. When he's not closing million-dollar deals or making that monthly payment a little easier for a small business owner, Leif never falls short of extracurricular activities to keep him busy. Having played basketball for four years at PLU under the leadership of Coach Bruce Haroldson, Leif has become a coach himself at Tumwater High School, both as head JV coach and assistant varsity coach. "It's been an amazing experience and such a great opportunity to give back the youth in our area," he says.
Leif is also a board member for the South Sound ROOTS Sports Academy, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing elite-level training, camps and sports teams for children of all ages. "These services always come with an expensive price tag," explains Leif, "and we make sure that our services are available to everyone regardless of their economic background. At Roots, we believe financial means shouldn't prevent kids from chasing their dreams."
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As a mission statement, "Realizing financial dreams together" aligns exactly with how Leif is fitting into his new role. "At other institutions, I've always had to fight hard to get my client what's fair," he recalls. "Here at TwinStar, they work with me to make sure the client gets what they deserve."
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Here are some child custody and parenting time myths most family lawyers hear about and have to dispel.
Myth: The kids get to choose who they live with as soon as they are 12 (or 14, or whatever).
Truth: I've always wondered where this myth started, because I'm not aware of any state that has an automatic "child decides" provision once they hit a certain age. Massachusetts definitely does not have this.
Yes, the wishes of the child is one factor the court is supposed to consider, IF the child is "of suitable age and maturity." That factor is one of numerous factors that the court must consider in awarding joint legal decision-making or parenting time. And the child's wishes aren't more important than the other factors; they're all weighted equally until the judge decides otherwise.
Myth: Since we have joint legal decision-making, everything in both our houses should be the same and we have to agree on bedtimes, suitable food, activities, and babysitters.
Truth: No, that's not correct. Joint legal decision-making means that the parents will make MAJOR decisions about the children together regarding their health, education and welfare. This doesn't mean that you have to agree on day-to-day things for the children, like homework, bedtimes and food. Each parent is responsible for those day-to-day decisions during his and her own parenting time, without interference from the other parent.
Myth: If the other parent is ever not there during his parenting time, he has to ask me first to take care of the children, before he hires a babysitter or lets his girlfriend watch them.
Truth: This is not correct, unless there's a specific clause in your Parenting Plan requiring this. In general, if a parent can't be there every minute to care for the children, he is responsible for providing suitable child care of his own choice.
Myth: Children should be with one parent during the school week and see the other parent on weekends and maybe more during the summer. Stability during the school week means staying at one house.
Truth: In general, if a parent wants equal time with the children, the court is going to lean in favor of equal, 50-50 timesharing, including during the school week. This is sometimes done by an alternating week schedule (the children change households every Friday or every Monday), and sometimes is done through a 5/2/2/5 schedule (where the children are always with Parent A on Monday morning to Wednesday morning; with Parent B from Wednesday morning to Friday morning; and weekends are alternated). These schedules give each parent the chance to be a school day parent and take responsibility for homework, picking up and dropping off at school, and being involved with school things.
Myth: The other parent can't take the children out of state without my permission.
Truth: After the divorce is over, either parent is presumptively allowed to travel out of state with the children during his/ her parenting time, or for vacations or break time. So unless you have a clause in your Parenting Plan that prohibits a parent from traveling at all, he can travel during his own parenting time. Although he doesn't need your permission, most court orders do require that the non-traveling parent gets notice of where the child is staying at night while traveling, and notice about all travel arrangements, including flight times.
Myth: Since we argue a lot, sending messages through the children is the best way to communicate.
Truth: Using your children as a messengers is always a bad idea. It's harmful to then and puts the children squarely in the middle of your conflict with the other parent.
Myth: A child should never be asked to negotiate a change in the parenting schedule or notify the other parent of something like a doctor's appointment or a school function.
Truth: Your goal as a parent should be to ensure that your kids don't have to worry about things like that. The parents need to find some method of communicating that doesn't involve the children, and email is often a great way when the parents can't talk in person or on the phone.
Myth: When I have bills, receipts, medical invoices, and requests for him to pay me back for something, it's okay to put those things in an envelope and send them with the kids. The envelope is sealed, so the kids can't see what's in there.
Truth: Your kids know exactly what's in that envelope, and they shouldn't have to witness the other parent opening it, reading what's inside, and reacting to it. Reimbursement requests can be mailed, hand-delivered or emailed if such a clause is incorporated in your separation agreement.
Myth: If we're having a problem at exchanges, or with telephone calls, I'll just call the police.
Truth: Almost always a bad idea. Police officers are not enforcers of parenting time orders. Calling the police during an exchange of children shows the children that one of their parents or, actually both is a bad person. While most police officers are very well trained at dealing with domestic situations, all they can do is speak with both parents and try to get them to be reasonable in front of the kids. Unless there's a specific court order telling them to take a child, they can't physically remove a child from one parent and hand him over to the other.
Myth: The other parent isn't paying child support, so she doesn't get to see the kids.
Truth: In Massachusetts, the obligation of child support and the right to parenting time are completely separate issues. A parent cannot deny parenting time because a payment for child support is late or in the arrears for child support payments.
Myth: I have the kids more than half the time, so I can move out of state whenever I want.
Truth: This is almost never the case. When the parents have joint legal custody and essentially equal parenting time, a request to move out of state must be carefully considered by a judge before it happens, and the judge may decide that your child's best interests require that he remain in Massachusetts. Even if a parent has sole legal custody, if the move will interfere with the other parent's parenting time, the parent who wants to move still needs permission from the court.
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Molly graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Since then Molly has enjoyed working in private practice physiotherapy in Brisbane and the United Kingdom treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions and sports injuries and teaching Pilates.
Molly also has experience working in Indigenous Health centres around South- East Queensland and treating onsite in several workplaces to help manage a variety of acute and complex cases.
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Following the life and death of Moses, Israel lived for generations without a king. Joshua brought them into the promised land, and for a time, they lived up to their end of the covenant. But, in a cycle that would repeat itself a dozen times, Israel would fall into sin and God would allow them to be conquered and sent into slavery. Israel would turn back to God, begging for Him to rescue them – which He would do, by sending one of the Judges (Samson is likely the most famous of these).
Israel grew tired of this, and began to beg for a king. In spite of Samuel's protestations that a king is subject to corruption – God promised to do precisely this for them (1 Samuel 8:22). [Read more…] about Unfolding Scripture: God's Covenant with David


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Science has been the beacon of light for human civilization throughout history. If we would simply ignore science as a whole and turn our ways to religious teachings, we would be nowhere near where we are. technology Many great people have guided mankind and have aided us through history and through the ages into what is now the information era.
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Tips on How To Stimulate Ideas And Inventions
It doesn't take a genius to come up with an invention that will benefit someone somehow. However, coming up with ideas that lead to inventions takes a lot of time brainstorming, observing, and researching.
Invention ideas don't simply pop up on your doorstep, and it's harder to come up with an idea then to execute it. InventHelp Blog In this article, we are going to tell you a few tips on how to stimulate ideas and inventions.
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When you have a lightbulb moment and come up with a fantastic idea. It can be truly exciting. These fantastic ideas sometimes pop into your head without any notice and totally out of the blue. However, there are far too many people who are excited for a short time and then forget all about the idea or invention because they don't think it will lead anywhere.
The truth is that if all inventors had thought this way, the world would be a very different place and for all the wrong reasons. If you come up with a great idea for an invention, you should run with it rather than forgetting about it, as it could make a huge difference to you and to the world. The good news is that you don't have to go it alone, as there are experts on hand that can help such as those at
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Getting Help with Your Invention from InventHelp
Anyone that comes up with a great idea for an inventions is naturally keen to see it comes to fruition. However, all too often the idea remains just an idea and the person never takes things any further.
This is often because they have no idea what they need to do or who they need to speak to in order to get things moving along.
Fortunately, there are experts you can speak to if you have a great idea or invention that you want to get off the ground. The professionals at InventHelp are able to provide assistance every step of the way from patent referrals through to prototype design, which means you can get things moving when it comes to your invention.
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As we all know, there are many inventors who have helped to change the world for the better. Thanks to these geniuses, the world is a much better place than it otherwise would have been. It has provided us with all sorts of wonders and conveniences, including a range of tech inventions that have helped to change our lives in many ways.
For those who come up with these tech ideas and creations, it can be difficult to turn the idea into reality without some help. InventHelp If you are new to inventing and have no idea where to take your idea, you could end up doing what a lot of other people do – giving up and forgetting all about an idea that could have potentially made a big difference to the world and helped to further boost the digital revolution. Fortunately, with the help of the experts from…
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5 Simple Steps to Patent Your Invention Idea
Eventually, when you have an invention idea in your mind, then the most common question that occasionally arises in your mind is how do I get a patent. How can I register my idea to secure copyrights?
First of all, you should be much familiar with what is meant by patent or in simply what is patent.
Have some search for a InventHelp Patent on the internet and gather knowledge about legalities in your country. After that, It's time to turn your idea into a business, so let's get started. You should follow simple 5 steps to get patent your invention idea successfully.
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Working day after day in the same company with the group people you don't necessarily like is something that can definitely influence your decision whether to stay or look for a better job. With months and years passing by, this feeling can lead to increased stress levels and an unpleasant atmosphere every time you walk into the office.
Your performance and the results will surely decrease bit by bit with each month that passes. After some time, when you have had it enough and when you have gathered certain knowledge, invention ideas you might be inclined to start your own business and for that, you need a great invention idea. Entering entrepreneurship is not an easy thing to do and it is uncharted territory for you. However, there is much to be gained if you start going in the right direction.


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World War II veteran and former longtime leader of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Allen D. Stephenson has died.
Stephenson, 90, passed away Sunday at St. Mary's Hospice.
Stephenson came to Athens in 1960 to become executive officer of the then-Athens Chamber of Commerce and is remembered for his advocacy of regional development, including successfully lobbying to rename the local chamber the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, and bringing surrounding counties into the chamber's economic development efforts along with Clarke County.
Stephenson, working with other leaders of his era, advocated economic development steps that seem visionary decades later, such as a limited-access highway around Athens — the Athens Perimeter — and a four-lane, limited-access highway to Atlanta, which was partially realized with the creation of Georgia Highway 316.
"He was a pioneer in getting things off the ground. He was there to lay a lot of groundwork," said former Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis.
Stephenson was also one of the people who created the Northeast Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, now the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. Stephenson was secretary and treasurer for the 12-county, 54-city organization up until the time he retired from the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce in 1985.
"He was vital to what this organization did in the very beginning," said RDC director Jim Dove. "He was huge on regionalism."
During his time at the Chamber of Commerce, Athens and the surrounding area saw unprecedented growth, including such milestones as the opening of the Georgia Square Mall on Atlanta Highway in 1981 and Reliance Electric Company manufacturing plants (now Baldor) in 1969.
He also was an advocate for bringing research facilities to the area.
Following his retirement from the Chamber of Commerce, he worked with Coldwell Banker Commercial Upchurch Realty for more than three decades, specializing in industry and commercial properties.
Stephenson was an active member of First Baptist Church of Athens, and served terms as president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives Association and the Georgia Economic Development Association. Under two governors, he also served on the Georgia Film and Video Commission, on the Advisory Board of Athens Technical College and was a member of the Athens Rotary Club.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church of Athens. The family will receive visitors 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Bernstein Funeral Home on Atlanta Highway. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the First Baptist Church Building Fund or to St. Mary's Hospice.
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MIDDLEBORO — Ah, nothing like having the family for dinner during the holidays to create many memorable moments. Just make sure along with everything else that can happen the maid doesn't burn the roast.
A.R. Gurney's semi-biographic play, "The Cocktail Hour," is a heartfelt comedy of manners that pits artistic pursuit against family loyalty on the Alley Theatre stage opening Nov. 10 and running for two weekends.
Produced by Theatre One Productions, under Artistic Director Peg Holzemer's steady hand, the show features Paul Hayden of Taunton, Bob Duquette of Somerset, Linda Merritt of Middleboro and Elizabeth Goulart of Fall River.
Mature audiences. Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 2pm. Tickets sold at the door, cash only. Theatre One accepts food donations for the Middleboro COA Senior Pantry at all performances.


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By http://www.ravelry.com/designers/cheryl-burke">Cheryl Burke
Dutchess is a worsted-weight pullover knit with generous decorative ribbing and waist shaping for a more flattering fit. The herringbone colourwork yoke is simple to remember, fun to knit, and uses only two colours. With minimal finishing, you'll be off to Rhinebeck in warmth and style!
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You will also be able to add this pattern to your Ravelry library after checkout.
A worsted weight yarn with crisp stitch definition that will show off the strong yoke design is ideal, wool or wool blends with a bit of elasticity will work best.
20 sts and 28 rnds = 4" / 10cm in st st in the rnd.
US 7 - 4.5 mm
Finished chest circumference: 32[34, 37, 39, 42] (44, 47, 49, 52) [54, 57, 59, 62]" / 81.5[86.5, 94, 99, 106.5] (112, 119.5, 124.5, 132) [137, 145, 150, 157.5]cm.
Dutchess has a simple construction to show off the bold colourwork design. The body and sleeves are worked in the round to the armholes, then joined for the circular yoke. Short rows are used to raise the back of the neck after the sleeves and body are joined. The yoke and neckband are worked in the round.
If you have the printed book click here for errata information.
A worsted weight yarn with crisp stitch definition that will show off the strong yoke design is ideal, wool or wool blends with a bit of elasticity will work best. While the pullover is shown in a superwash wool, any smooth yarn, such as a worsted spun untreated wool should work for the crisply geometric colourwork. I recommend swatching the yoke pattern to see how your colours will work together, the results can often be surprising.
Shown in Shelridge Farm W4 (100% wool, 220yds/201m, 3.5oz/100g) in MC: Bordeaux and CC: Spanish Moss.
MC: 1025[1100, 1210, 1255, 1350] (1470, 1545, 1595, 1675) [1775, 1875, 1950, 2015]yds / 935[1000, 1100, 1145, 1230] (1340, 1405, 1450, 1525) [1615, 1705, 1775, 1835]m.
CC: 90[95, 100, 110, 120] (120, 125, 140, 165) [165, 195, 205, 220]yds / 80[85, 90, 100, 110] (110, 114, 130, 150) [150, 175, 185, 200]m.
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Cleaning with Colors
early all industries benefit from using colors to clean, including medical centers, hotels, restaurants, schools, daycares and nursing homes. A color-coded cleaning program is intended to help you identify different colored cleaning products such as rags, towels and cloths and mops for specific tasks or areas at the facility you clean and/or manage. Read More Here >


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Virgo is in the stars this month! This earth sign is characterised by their kindness and careful nature. They pay meticulous attention to detail and have a methodical approach to life, leaving nothing to chance. Their kind and dependable nature means that they are incredibly reliable friends- they will have the back of anyone who needs them. They are selfless and hard-working, and do their best to make those around them happy.
Virgo strengths:
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- Hard-working
- Practical
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Hi! My name is Michelle Sheaffer. I grew up in the neighboring county of Pamlico, where I currently reside. In the fall of 1993, I attended East Carolina University as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. I graduated in the spring of 1997 with a bachelors of science degree in Elementary Education. I began my teaching career at Grover C. Fields Middle School, teaching 6th grade language arts and social studies for my first 3 years. From there, I transferred to Brinson Memorial Elementary School to teach one year of 4th grade, before moving to 2nd grade, where I stayed for 10 years. I then moved to 3rd grade, where I taught for 7 years. This year I am teaching first grade for the first time and am super excited for this new adventure! Brinson is like a second home to me!
I am married to my husband of 20 years, Matt Sheaffer. We have three awesome children, Jamison, Jackson, and Johnson, that keep us on the go! When not at school, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, whether on an adventure of some sort, or just hanging out.
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One of the basic tenets of a good slide show is that there is a minimum number of words on each slide. Think of your words as thought generators rather than information. You are there to share the information.
There is a cool visual that you can use to splash one sentence or heading on a slide and have each piece of text appear individually, and with a bit of pizazz.
To have information appear and disappear on a slide use these steps.
Select the slide you want to use. It helps to use one with predetermined elements such as the placement of central information as demonstrated below. It will also contain recommended font size and color that work well with the background. After you get comfortable with this method you can experiment with placement, font, etc.
Enter the text you want featured into the text box. If there is too much text to fit nicely in the suggested box, double click on the box lines and make it bigger by dragging on the corners. Remember though that your text is a thought generator, not a complete description.
Once you start rearranging the sizes of text boxes you can center them once again by right-clicking in the center of the box. Guide lines will appear when your text box is once again centered.
When your text is entered to your satisfaction, you can start the animation process. Click on the Animate option in the top right corner of your Keynote screen. You will see options for "Build in", "Action", and "Build Out".
Highlight the text box in question. If you want the text to appear when you open the slide, simply click on Build Out" and then click on "Add an Effect". Choose your effect. Don't get so flamboyant that you distract from your message.
When I choose Disappear the app will show me that this is my first action and that it will happen all at once.
Now I have two choices. I can enter my second line of text right on top of the first which makes for a smooth transition, or I can place it elsewhere on the page. Start by copying your existing text box and pasting it somewhere on the page. Delete the old text and enter the new text. To place it on top of the existing text just drag the text box to the appropriate point. This animation activity will take two steps. The text box should still be highlighted.
First choose "Build in" and select your action. Then choose "Build out" and select that action. In this sample I choose appear and confetti. Continue this process as many times as needed. The latest version of Keynote will assume you want to continue the pattern so you don't have to make the same choices over and over.
My finished slide looks like this before I tell the slide show to play.
And when viewed by an audience, the slide show will look like this. Although this movie moves through the slides automatically, in real life you get to talk as much as you want and then manually click for the next topic.


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OKALOOSA ISLAND — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is working to track down two men who tried to use a blowtorch to get into an ATM machine on the second floor of the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island.
A worker who came to service the machine the next morning found burn marks on the hinges and locks. In fact, the hinges were actually welded shut, according to a press release from the OCSO.
Video surveillance shows two white male suspects with their faces covered entering the upstairs around 3:15 a.m. Friday. One had on a black mask with black sunglasses, a black leather style jacket, camo pants, desert tan military-style boots and black gloves. The other wore a tan toboggan style hat, scarf around his face, a black long-sleeve Under Armour shirt, black gloves, black shorts and white tube socks with multiple colored stripes. He was seen with a crowbar and appeared to serve as the lookout.
Instead of cutting the ATM with the blowtorch, the would-be thief welded the metal parts shut and the pair left with nothing.
Anyone with information on the bungled blowtorch burglary is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS, EmeraldCoastCrimeStoppers.com, or by using the P3 Tips Mobile application.


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Franklin Tonkumor was born in Rivers, Nigeria. He is from Agbere in Sagbama, local government area in Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria. He was inspired by Minister Adeyemi Abiodun of Chapel of Victory Int'l Church Port Harcourt. A music consultant after a movie sound track Rehearsal in his Office.


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Did you know there is a condition in which individuals are afraid to visit their dentist or the dentist office? This condition is known as dental anxiety, and it's most common in younger individuals. However, it can strike at any age and make individuals less likely to visit their dentist. Fortunately, it can be treated, so you can receive the oral health care you need. Listed below are a few of your treatment options:
– Often times, dental anxiety is linked to fears of uncomfortable pain during a dental procedure. However, numerous forms of sedation and anesthetics can be used to provide you with a calming and relaxing treatment as needed. In the case of complex surgeries that may be needed for your oral health, your dentist can provide you with the anesthetics to put you into a deep sleep from which you will not awake until the anesthesia wears off.
– Consider the use of a stress-relieving toy to take your mind off of any procedures. Calming and relaxing music can help as well. Also, try picturing yourself at a place that brings you joy. This includes a calming beach, garden, or anywhere else that can help you relax.
– The fear of the unknown is often associated with dental anxiety, so speak up to your dentist about any concerns you may have.
– Breathing slowly and deeply can help reduce stress-related anxieties.
To learn more about dental anxiety, or to schedule an appointment with your dentist at Phillips Ranch - Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, call Dr. Howard Glassman and our entire team at our dentist office in Diamond Bar, California at 909-860-0321.


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After 55 years after the Supreme Court last decided that privacy is not a basic right for citizens, a nine-judge constitution bench will return to the question as it begins hearing today a case related to petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
A five-judge bench including Chief Justice of India JS Khehar yesterday said, "It is essential to decide whether there is right to privacy under the Indian constitution. We are of the view it has to be decided by a 9-judge bench.
" The centre said in court that the right to privacy is not in the constitution and is not a part of the right to life. But petitions say the right to privacy is inherent in the constitution. One of the judges remarked,
"Even freedom of press is not explicit in the constitution but courts have interpreted right to free speech includes freedom of expression of press." The government's stand on privacy was criticized by opposition leaders like CPM's Sitaram Yechury, who tweeted this morning: "We have a government which believes in the right to privacy for top loan defaulters from being named, but not in Privacy for ordinary citizens.
Right to Privacy of the ordinary Indian cannot be invaded by any government. Every Indian's dignity is important." An eight-judge bench in 1954 and six-judge bench in 1962 had both ruled that there is no right to privacy. Whether they were correct should be decided by a larger bench of nine judges, the top court said.
The petitioners say data like iris scans and fingerprints taken by the state violates citizens' privacy. In 2015, then Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, representing the government, told the Supreme Court that Indian citizens don't have a fundamental right to privacy under the constitution - an argument he repeated subsequently.
In past orders, the Supreme Court has expanded the right to life to include the right to clean air and even sleep. If it does rule that privacy is a fundamental right, then all cases relating to the Aadhaar scheme will go back to the original three-judge bench or five-judge bench.


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