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Tag: Community

BG’s Year-End Inventory

December 28, 2025 No Comments

BG has been focused on discipleship and community for the last two years. Why are these two areas so crucial? How are we doing so

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Internationals in our Midst for Christmas

December 21, 2025 No Comments

Resting in a White Christmas I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,We sing it every year.But friend, you do not have to dream,The Scripture makes that

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BG’s Egg Scramble: Layers of Engagement

March 23, 2025 No Comments

Kingdom KidsImagine arriving at our church campus as a visitor to the Egg Scramble, and seeing the lawns covered with colorful plastic eggs. A group

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A Plan for BG’s Growth (Part 2)

January 12, 2025 No Comments

Bethel Grove will focus on the role of community in spiritual formation in 2025. In this sermon on Proverbs 2.20-22, Pastor Raley lays out some

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2025 Focus at BG: Community

January 12, 2025 No Comments

In our series on Ephesians in 2023-24, we saw Paul’s strong emphasis on our life together as Christians. The Holy Spirit uses the whole body

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Kindling a Flame

April 29, 2024 No Comments

Imagine a group of children in the woods, gently tending a small fire. Carefully they feed it twigs for fuel, learning the delicate skill of

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BG’s UpcomingNew Members

April 21, 2024 No Comments

Jim Lawson began attending BG in January 2019. He attended membership classes at that time just to learn more about BG’s beliefs. More recently he

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Women Build with Habitat for Humanity

April 7, 2024 No Comments

When my friend David Stipanuk calls me about home improvements and repairs he couches the work in terms of “opportunities.” Our life in Christ is

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Engage with Delight

February 18, 2024 No Comments

During the discipleship mini-series, we were challenged with the idea that discipleship flows through delight—that we are what we love. If we are shaped by

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Little Blue Pantry by Jessica Romero

December 17, 2023 No Comments

Perhaps, you have seen the unassuming Little Blue Pantry off the parking lot of the Family Center andwondered what this small cabinet is doing in

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Paying Attention to the Word

October 30, 2023 No Comments

A small group of children, huddling together, crept slowly through the woods. Theycommunicated only through small chirps, sneaking past a teen who ominously glowered at

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Corporate Prayer

August 13, 2023 No Comments

New Director of Student Ministries Teddy Yesudasan joins Matt to talk about corporate prayer and the meaning of community. This final study in the series

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