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Oct 1, 2009

Covenant Stories: The Passion of Steven

Gordon Atkinson

I don’t know how the Kramers found our church. We’re off the beaten path and we don’t advertise. Maybe it was God; I don’t know.

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Sep 24, 2009

Covenant Stories: The Advent of Steven

Gordon Atkinson

So what did you do in the 90s? A couple in our church, Lyle and Cathy, spent the 90s trying to have a baby.

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Sep 17, 2009

Covenant Stories: 911

Gordon Atkinson

There are defining tragedies for every generation, and those who live through them never forget what they were doing when the news broke.

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Aug 27, 2009

Covenant Stories: First Sunday

Gordon Atkinson

Take us outside the camp, Lord, outside holiness, out to where soldiers gamble, and thieves curse, and nations clash at the cross-roads of the world.

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Aug 20, 2009

Covenant Stories: A Place to Be

Gordon Atkinson

If you want to be a part of a community, you must settle down and be there for a significant amount of time.

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Aug 13, 2009

Covenant Stories: Roberto's Mark

Gordon Atkinson

Story #23 in the Covenant series In the summer of 1999 construction began on our church building. A few days before the foundation was poured, on a whim, I retrieved 15 or 20 small rocks from the...

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Aug 6, 2009

Covenant Stories: The Blanket

Gordon Atkinson

Kenny came up with the idea for the blanket years before he and the others started our church. His idea was that each Sunday the children would come up and sit on the blanket with the pastor....

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Jul 30, 2009

Covenant Stories: Main's Folly

Gordon Atkinson

If you go down the road on the right side of our property, past the building and past the storage shed we had to buy because someone kept stealing our lawnmower, all the way to the back and beyond...

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Jul 23, 2009

Covenant Stories: Clearing the Land

Gordon Atkinson

There is something magical and exciting when a church building project moves from the cerebral world of ideas to the physical world of dirt and work and sweat. The marking of that special moment...

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Jul 16, 2009

Covenant Stories: Joe's Napkin

Gordon Atkinson

With Trinity Baptist Church on board to help with financing, we were ready to move forward with the construction of our first building. Before we could build, the property needed a topographical...

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During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +