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THIS WEEK’S SERVICES:
Sunday, September 8, 2019
10:00 a.m. – Worship Service
LATEST SERMON AUDIO:
Should We Expect to Suffer?
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Words We Use Reveal Priorities
Ever thought about what you say? What
do you choose to talk about and how do
you talk about it? In our data driven
world, researchers are pointing out that
certain words and their usage coincide
with what is happening in our world at the
time. “Culturomics” primary method is to
track changes in word use through time.
Here’s how it works: The words “ice
cream” took off in the 1910s—right when
General Electric introduced the powered
home icebox, while the word ‘pasta’
nosedived in the late 1990s when the
Adkins diet became popular.
Culturomics also reveals what’s deeply
important to us. Author Christian Rudder
says, “The data shows that with each
passing year, we’re getting more
wrapped up in the present.”
How about the word “God?” Rudder
says that word “has been in steady
decline for decades and is now used only
about a third as much in American writing
as it was in the early 1800s.” (Christian
Rudder, Dataclysm: Who We Are When
We Think No One's Looking, pp. 63-64)
I can’t confirm this, but I suspect there is
a connection between our decreased use
of “God” and our increased use of
“anxiety,” “depression,” “mass shooting,”
“suicide” all of which have been called
”epidemics.”
Jesus was right on target when he said,
“Out of the abundance of the heart (or
lack of it), the mouth speaks.”
Have a great week!
Todd
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 Church Schedule:
9/9 – Women’s Fellowship – 11:00 a.m.

9/10 – Women’s Circle – 10:00 a.m.

9/11 – Trustees Meeting – 5:15 p.m.

9/15 – Strategic Planning Team Meeting – 11:00 a.m.

Thanks to
August Coffee
SEPTEMBER COFFEE HOSTS Hosts: Mary
9/1 *Hosts Needed Thomas, Becky
9/8 *Hosts Needed
Costantino, and
9/15 *Hosts Needed
9/22 *Hosts Needed
Vicki Tillard
9/29 *Hosts Needed
(Sign-up Sheet on Bulletin Board)

Anniversaries:

Birthdays:
We appreciate our August
Cleaners: Becky Costantino,
Connie Glenn, and Aurora
Venteicher

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Coming Cleaning
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