You can be a part of Christmas in many ways at Church at The Mill. Each Sunday in December, we will celebrate the birth of Jesus and the extraordinary truth that He is With Us!
There are several opportunities for your entire family to experience God With Us and engage in Christmas-themed activities together. Check out our Christmas page for information about our Christmas Celebration Worship Experience, Christmas Eve candlelight services, Advent devotions, and Bible reading plan.
Intentionally seeking and granting forgiveness is first and foremost about the glory of God. As we humble ourselves to His will and seek to imitate Him in our relationships with others, forgiveness serves as the foundation upon which relational and emotional healing may take place. “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, […]
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“Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” (Colossians 3:13) Relationships are difficult. Interaction with others is essential-which means that someone will offend you. You may have experienced at least one of these statements in your lifetime: You
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We often think about grief and adults, but what about when our children struggle with loss and grief? When they face life’s losses, how do they find hope when they’re hurting? In Grief and Your Child, I apply biblical principles of loss and hope to the grief experience of children and teens. The book focuses
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You’ve heard it said before… There are no perfect marriages. It’s true, all marriages go through hard times! The difference that exists in marriages is how the husband and wife decide to get through the hard. It’s not about how many differences there are between two spouses, it’s about how you handle those differences. The
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I get it. Anxiety is real. Life gets tough, trials hit, pressure mounts, and our flesh takes over. Before we know it, we’re overwhelmed with worry. In fact, that is exactly how the dictionary would define anxiety. Thankfully, for those of us who trust in Jesus, we don’t have to wander aimlessly when it comes
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When Scripture indicates that Christians should be able to rejoice in their suffering (Rom. 5:3-5) because of the hope we have in the gospel, it can be difficult to accept. Some try to make the teaching more palatable by offering a variant definition of “joy;” others try to promise that the outcomes of how God
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My daughter was the only one without goggles. It was the first day of swim lessons, and, out of the group of children, she was the only one missing this essential piece of gear. We actually own goggles, but we hadn’t been able to find them before we left. My thoughts spiraled. “I should have
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Dean’s Story The first time Dean (not his real name) came to see me it was pretty obvious that he had a temper. The cast cover his right hand was part of the evidence. He had tried to break a car window and found it rather resistant. Over the course of five months, we worked
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*This blog was originally posted by ACBC, view the original post here. Recently I heard a song that took me back to my childhood and beyond—the Statler Brother’s, “Do You Remember These?” Maybe you remember the song, or some of the allusions in the song: Saturday morning serialsChapters one through fifteenFly paper, penny loafers, and lucky strike
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By Jarrett McNeely, Connections Pastor As a pastor, I hear this question often: “My child is starting to ask questions about their salvation and I’m not sure what to say. Can you help?”While it may seem daunting at first, having gospel conversations with your child does not have to be intimidating or overwhelming. It is
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