Category Archives: Markus and Jen News

The Shofar, Worship and Jericho

Today we are talking about worship and how it changes things. Be encouraged! Also a correction the game was called journey to Jerusalem not Jericho!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

Doing things as a community is wonderful. Jen and I are doing a parenting class right now with our church. In the class are parents from our church with young kids. There is a time of teaching but there is a big time of sharing and encouraging each other in moments of success as well as moments of challenge and everything in between. Doing that together helps everyone to not feel alone but supported by each other. This is also true for loving your neighbor. When you build community where you live, people including you are having others in their life they can share with and feel supported by. We want to encourage you to think about what steps you want to take today to deepen or build the community around you.

A call to action at the end of the video: Make worship an important part in your life and set time aside for it!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

A true guide you can trust

Find out more about this guide in todays video!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

We talked about this before but a wonderful way to connect and get to know your neighbors is through hosting a brunch. Its such a fun thing to do and doesn’t just connect neighbors to you but also to each other. We just had another one on Saturday and had so much fun with everyone. We want to encourage you to set a goal to invite your neighbors for one brunch in the next 2 months!!

Alos take this action from the video: Spend time to meditate on Psalm 23 and ask God to show you the areas where you had your trust in the wrong leader or thing.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Gospel Carriers: John Newton

This weeks Gospel Carrier is a man who wrote a very famous hym but there is so much more to his story then this. Be inspired by John Newtons story.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

We are out on a vacation that’s why there is no update this week. But enjoy the video!!

We hope you got inspired by John Newton. Take this Action Step: Ask God for the “John newtons” in your life that walked away from God and help them to come back to him. Also who are the “William Wilberforces” in your life that need a mentor to encourage them to do what God called them to do?

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Be the Answer

Find out in todays video how you can be part of Gods answer to a big problem in the world

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

Celebrations are important even if they are delayed. This week we celebrated with a friend from the neighborhood his 90s birthday. It already happened a month ago but Jen and Caleb were sick at the time so we couldn’t celebrate on the day. So we delayed it but didn’t forget it. It was a wonderful time eating dinner together with him and celebrating 90 years of life. When you think of the Israelites you notice that they celebrate many different festivals. The festivals are reminders of Gods faithfulness in a specific instance. Since they celebrate them regularly, they get reminded over and over again. Lets start celebrating the faithfulness of God in our life by celebrating milestones and special moments and maybe some of the old Jewish festivals!

Also dont forget the call to action at the end of the video: Put the second greatest commandment into practice in your life and be part of seeing loneliness and isolation go down and see people being part of your family!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Goal reached

Todays video is all about Goals. Be inspired!

Hi our friend

First of all we want to wish you a blessed and happy New Year. We wish you a new year where you will draw closer to the One who loves you the most, or where you will get to know Him for the first time or reconnect with him.

Our week here was full of people between a family new years day celebration, meeting with families in park, brunch and church. What a great way to start into the new year and start it with wonderful deep conversations. Make it one of your goals to regularly connect with your neighbors around you this year.

 

A question at the end related to the video: Pray and ask God what resolution you should set for this year. After you know, set measurable goals to achieve it.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb