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August-September Newsletter
August-September Newsletter
August-September 2015
VBS 2015Camp Discovery!
difference in a childs life. We do not have a date for Sunday school just yet
because we need teachers before we can start! If we dont have the volunteers we
need by September 13th we will move to the family school model which will start on
September 20th.
We look forward to this upcoming year as we serve God, join you in fellowship, and
guide our youth to our living God and true Savior! Please contact me with any
questions you have!
Blessing and love,
Rachel Goodell
Director of Family Ministry
907-538-5958
rachel@anchorgelutheran.org
Weighing Anchor
Jim Scriven, School
Administrator
522-3636
By Bill Woolsey
When talking with pre-believers, some of
the theological understandings we take for
granted often leave them glassy-eyed. We
should expect no less since in Mark 9, once
after the transfiguration and once during a
discipleship class, Mark records the
disciples did not understand what Jesus
meant by rising from the dead (Mark
9:10,32). Add in todays reincarnation
influences and the importance of explaining
the resurrection succinctly is even more
necessary. Try this
Your current body will only last for so
long. Most people get this. Im one half of a
century plus change old and I certainly get
it. Things deteriorate and the best first-hand
epic fail is my body. Most of your neighbors
will nod at this point.
Your soul, however, will last
forever. Most of your neighbors will also
agree that theres more than meets the eye
when it comes to you being you. (Those who
dont, well, ask them how theyd like being
treated like the tree in your backyard.) This
means Im more than just a body; theres
something inside that truly makes me me.
The Bible calls that uniquely spiritual you
your soul. Everyones got one. And it will
never die. Timeless. Epic eternal.
After your body dies, your soul hangs
out with God. Your neighbor hopes this
ones true its a core ingredient in all of the
feel-good religions. While the
Bible doesnt go into detail about what
happens during this post-body-death time,
Jesus does tell the befriending thief on the
cross Today you will be with me in
paradise. So Jesus makes it where the soul
goes to a happy place right away when the