Your life is your story, and both were meant to be shared.

President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with saying, "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."  We might add to that another quote, "caring is sharing."  If you agree those are true then the first step for us in any relationship, any project, any life is sharing.  In sharing we give ourselves to one another, we let others see how we see the world and we open ourselves up to seeing life through the eyes of our neighbors.  In sharing, we are brought together, and where we are brought together, God is seen more clearly.  Your story, God's story, THE Story always begins with sharing.
2019-2020 is a Year of Sharing at Advent as we explore lots of ways God can use the things that fill our own life-stories day-by-day to make life better together.  And we'll be using a bucket throughout the year in every home to remind us to Share...by the Bucketful!
How to use your Bucket this month
This month we're all about sharing AFFIRMATION
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In many places today, we attempt to control the truth, to bend it to our advantage, or to share only the truth that we feel will reflect well on us.

What if we trusted God's unconditional love enough to risk sharing our whole truth.  What if we looked at our day truthfully and simply asked God to help us hold on to the truth of His unconditional love for us in all things.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola suggested a discipline similar to this centuries ago.  It is called the Daily Examen.  Take a moment to download a version of the Daily Examen below, or choose the version we distributed in our worship recently.  Our own version includes a simple prayer asking God to help us see our lives as God sees them and trust God to use all of our experiences for His glory.  Whichever you choose, use them daily, or as often as you are able, and let us know how it goes for you using the form below. 

    Share TRUTH by the Bucketful!
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that can be known and named. 
The good people at Younique develop resources
to help you discover and claim
your story of life with God. 
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downloading the Life Discovery Grid. 
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​share your story with us using the form below.

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