Greetings to all from Duluth, this last month has been full of opportunities and things happening in and through our church. It seems common in our area that people stay “in” and wait for the weather to get nicer before getting out and doing things so this could end up being a boring time of year. We are thankful that Gods mission and His church don’t wait around for better weather to get out and do stuff. Here’s what we have been up to,
Street Level
Street Level has been continuing to meet for Bible study on Monday nights and have been enjoying plenty of time to hang out together including some Friday night movie nights at the Street Level House. For spring break this year a group of Street Levelers from Duluth joined up with Street Levelers from Menomonie to go on a mission’s trip to Waverly Tennessee, a small town about an hour from Nashville that was devastated with a flood last fall. They teamed up with a disaster relief organization there to help homeowners in need of many home repairs including flooring, painting, sheetrocking, and hanging doors. They were also able to meet some of the homeowners, talk with them, and listen to some of their stories about what had happened in their small town. It sounds like the people there have really had to rally together to support each other through this difficult time.
UMD Campus Church
UMD Campus Church has been continuing to meet together on Wednesdays to go through the book of Exodus. The people involved in this have been diligently trying to meet students and spread the word about the Wednesday service. They took a break from the normal schedule to welcome Annemieke Roering from the Cleft Ministry in Amsterdam to speak. She spoke about her almost 2 decades of ministry to the women in the red-light district. It was very powerful and inspiring, she seemed to be clearly answering her call from God to minister to and help these women. A number of people from the public and campus were able to join us to hear her speak.
Church
At Church this past month Pastor Justin finished up our trek through the book of Romans and Paul’s wonderful description of the gospel. We have moved on to the Gospel of Matthew on Sunday’s and started out with the genealogy of Christ which helped us look at our own past and what Christ has done and is doing in our lives. On Wednesday’s we have been continuing to do small group recaps of Sundays sermon which has been very helpful to dig in a little more to what we are hearing on Sundays with the hope that God would be speaking to us through it and that we would be responding. We did take a 2 week break from this on Wednesdays to watch a video on the American Gospel which explained what many churches throughout America are teaching. It was very eye opening to be aware of what people are believing out there.
Community Group
Community Group is gearing up for a busy spring/summer season starting with an outreach at the Zoo on Easter weekend and planning to set up at a number of local events to get out in the community and meet people. We have been continuing to go into an assisted living home every other week to study through the gospel of John with all who can attend.
We are very grateful for all of Gods work in our church and are excited to continue to see new visitors at church on Sundays somewhat regularly. Please pray for us to have love for these visitors and each other along with the wisdom to be able to minister. You can also pray for the upcoming months as we have many things planned for the spring/summer and that we would be having the right heart behind all that we are doing.
Adam
