ROUNDTABLE: Finding your voice

Daniel Watkins, a UF grad student in the history department and dedicated volunteer at the GCW, started off this week’s Roundtable by reading us the passage in scripture about the persistent widow and the judge. For those who don’t remember, the story goes like this: There is a widow who must continually harrass the local [...]

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SCRIPTURE: When we pray as Jesus taught us, do we know what we are asking for?

Matthew 6:9-15
For most Christians, it is the most familiar passage of scripture, the one part that nearly all of us have memorized – Matthew 6:9-15, commonly called “The Lord’s Prayer,” the “Our Father,” or “The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us.” Despite our familiarity, despite the fact that this prayer is said in Churches every Sunday, [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Spring 2008 Newsletter is here!

Dear friends,
We are happy to announce that we have published our first newsletter since September 2006! To read a PDF of the newsletter, please click here. Many of you may have already received the hard copy newsletter by mail, but if you have not and you would like to receive the newsletter and future newsletters [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Tonight’s City Commision Meeting and Rally for Homeless Rights – a Message from Jim Wright

Dear All: 
I encourage everyone to attend the special City Commission Commission meeting this Thursday night at 6:00 pm in the City Hall Auditorium.  Attached is the agenda for the meeting.  As you can see from the agenda, the rezoning petition for the proposed Homeless One Stop Center is the only item of business, so there will be [...]

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