In our opening time Tuesday morning, we were privileged to hear the story of one of our young moms, Kaytlin Seeger. Here’s an excerpt of what she had to share about friendship and community. About 4 years ago, shortly after I became a mom, my husband Bob found me crying because I didn’t have any …
Christ is Enough
By Carey Helmink If you are an attender at Lincoln Berean church, you know that we have spent the last couple of weekend services talking about whether Christ is ENOUGH for anything and everything we face in this life. It’s easy to sing or say those words, but if I’m honest, I would have to …
Conversing with an Almighty God
By Shereen Lynn It’s difficult to talk about something like prayer . . . especially when I tell you our vision statement for Equip Her includes a hope that you will become acquainted with ceaseless prayer during your time with us. But prayer is hard to explain – it’s a conversation with an Almighty and …
Equipped for Prayer
Today we’ll examine the final pillar in our Equip Her bible studies, Prayer. Our throwback post is an excerpt from a talk given by Katie Kafka, our Prayer Team coordinator, in February of 2017. I must admit. I am always very humbled by all aspects of prayer. When I speak about prayer, there is always …
Equipped to Worship
Each Equip Her bible study begins with a time of corporate worship. Sometimes that time includes music; often, it does not. Our throwback post today comes from our Equip Her team leader, Shereen Schwaninger, in a post that first ran September of 2014. Listen to her thoughts on true worship. Equipping you to worship is a tenet …
Equipped by the Word
I had someone ask me the other day what our Equip Her bible studies were like, so I thought I’d try to answer that with a series of throwback blog posts that focus on the three pillars in each of our studies: bible study, worship and prayer. Today’s post first ran in February of 2013. …
Fall Classes Start Soon
Registration is now open for our fall semester of Equip Her bible studies. We have classes designed for women of all ages and stages offered several days a week to fit even the busiest schedules. Check out what's available below and register today. We can't wait to re-connect with old friends and meet new ones …
A Portrait of the Father
Today marks the last week in our series on the fruit of the Spirit. Hasn’t it been great having so many guest bloggers join us for the summer? I’ve loved hearing all the unique voices as each individual dove deep into a single characteristic, but this week I want to bring it all together again. …
Fruit of the Spirit: SELF-CONTROL
By Bethany Bettenhausen “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” –Galatians 5:22 “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to …
Fruit of the Spirit: FAITHFULNESS
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23 By Sunshine Metschke It was a season of deep sadness and grief. Our lives had just been turned upside down with a life-changing medical diagnosis. And as we were adjusting to the realities of our …
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