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Read more about the article Church in Panama City rededicated after hurricane

Church in Panama City rededicated after hurricane

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

What a difference a year makes. On Oct. 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael blew through Panama City as a category five hurricane, severely damaging the church and parsonage of Amazing Grace…

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Read more about the article Mission trips provide new perspectives and opportunities

Mission trips provide new perspectives and opportunities

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

For the past five years, teens from St. John, Wauwatosa, Wis., have hit the road each summer to drive across the country. What were they doing? Helping mission churches reach…

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Read more about the article Lutheran leadership conference a success

Lutheran leadership conference a success

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

WELS Congregational Services hosted the first ever WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership in Chicago, Jan. 21–23. Approximately 800 people, representing about 350 WELS congregations, met to hear five plenary…

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Read more about the article Book nook: 5-minute Bible Studies for Teens

Book nook: 5-minute Bible Studies for Teens

  • Post author:Megan Himm
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Bible studies for teens Clark Schultz’s 5-Minute Bible Studies for Teens is a great devotion book for modern teenagers. The short devotions are meaningful, yet they do not take up…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: Should I give something up for Lent?

Parent conversations: Should I give something up for Lent?

  • Post author:David Wietzke and James Aderman
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

Should I or shouldn’t I? It’s a question I ask myself each Lenten season. Should I give something up? I know I don’t need to, but would it help me…

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Read more about the article A Bible story just for me: Depression

A Bible story just for me: Depression

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Longing for the mountaintop, sitting under a shrub: Depression Gregory C. Lyon Loneliness. Hopelessness. A lack of motivation. A lack of purpose. It’s been described as a black cloud that…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: Spencer Beach

My Christian life: Spencer Beach

  • Post author:Julie Wietzke
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A modern-day Job story reminds us of God's grace and love. For most people, it would have been the worst day of their life. Maybe it was for Spencer Beach,…

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Read more about the article Teen talk: You are not alone

Teen talk: You are not alone

  • Post author:Emmilee Hillier
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

When you feel at the bottom with nowhere to go, turn to the Lord. Emmilee S. Hillier Empty. Forgotten. Worthless. Defeated. Hopeless. Alone. I feel all these things when I’m…

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Read more about the article Dust you are

Dust you are

  • Post author:Peter Panitzke
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The smudged ashes announce that our story does not end in the dust of death. Peter A. Panitzke Look hundreds of people in the eye and tell them that they…

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