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Iam profoundly grateful that after a difficult year for churches and church participation, our church is growing in joy and hospitality, in giving financially and in receiving new members. Scripture and experience have taught us that we need one another. Keep stirring one another up, keep meeting together, and keep encouraging one another. This is an urgent command and our souls are at stake in keeping it together.

Once you start seeing crowds in the gospel of Mark, you cannot unsee them. And once you see them you start seeing their influence on events. Just consider the calculation the Pharisees had to make once when Jesus asked them for their opinion about John the Baptist:

A second lesson for us here, then, is that it is okay to let our words and our works speak for themselves. That is, after all, what Jesus did. Seeing the unfolding events of his own ministry with spiritual eyes, he knew full well why he was getting in trouble. It was his words and his works that threatened the authorities. The unseemly crowd around him was simply political leverage for his arrest as a supposed troublemaker when the authorities knew he posed no real danger (14:48, 49).

Starting in September 2014 our on-line program is now being transitioned to a new system in conjunction with the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM), and the Maryland Fire and Burn Safety Coalition of Maryland (FABSCOM). This new system now brings our on-line crowd manager program onto a national platform to serve a more wide-spread range of people.

The State of Maryland pledges to provide constituents, businesses, customers, and stakeholders with friendly and courteous, timely and responsive, accurate and consistent, accessible and convenient, and truthful and transparent services.

If the mission of Jesus is simply to draw a big crowd, then the weekend service becomes the main thing. However, if making disciples is the mission, then drawing a crowd on the weekend is simply one part of the mission; it is not the ultimate indicator of mission success.

Jesus demonstrated the principle of moving people from the crowd into community when He invited His disciples to come and follow Him. Jesus was calling potential disciples into a deeper relationship with Him. This relationship meant more than simply being a part of the large group. Jesus was calling people into community and building a small group where Christ-centered community could exist.

The small group became the place where Jesus and His disciples cared for one another and where they grew in Christ-likeness. The small group was where Jesus drove His mission of being and building disciples. The small group was where true Christian community was experienced.

Helping people move from the crowd to a small group community is still an important part of the disciple making process Jesus used. In the church today, we must figure out systems to help people move into community. We must develop ways for people to take next steps in the process of becoming fully trained disciples. We have to help people transition from the crowd to community.

When a person has moved from the crowd to a small group, they have taken another important step in becoming a fully trained disciple. This is not the last step, but it is an important step and hopefully they are now connected relationally and in an environment where they can grow and be cared for.

Being a disciple has always meant being a better manager. At Impact Ministries, we have some great resources to help grow as a manager. Go to impactdisciples.com to ask for more information about being a manager of your money.

You can choose your own schedule with this bread, by proving it for 1 to 1 1/2 hours at room temperature, overnight in fridge, or 10 hours at room temperature. For the last option, you want to make the bread with cold tap water.

To use active dry yeast instead of instant yeast, add it directly to the lukewarm water with a pinch of sugar to proof it for 10 minutes (it will get foamy) and then add it below where you will the water.

Side bar question regarding your sandwich filling options. Saw mint leaves as one of the ingredients in the asparagus & egg salad and the salsa verde. Is that true mint or spearmint ? Baked the focaccia, but hungry family ate it before I could stop them. Good reason to bake a second time.

Pickled carrots with hummus? That is such a great idea! I love the hummus + veggies combo but I do get sick of it sometimes after my five millionth hummus sandwich (especially since all the sandwich places around here seem to think vegans only want hummus, and nothing more exciting). Hummus and carrots are one of my favourite combinations but I never thought of pickled carrots. Definitely going to try this combo soon (whether I find the time to bake my own focaccia or buy some good bread from the bakery!).

The only thing wrong with this recipe is that I want to make ALL the filling options. The focaccia was superb-really easy and delicious. We did the walnut pesto with crispy kale and the zucchini salad, but seriously going to make again this weekend with other fillings. So good!

I couldnt believe this would work, with no kneading at all! Gave it a try anyways, since your recipes almost always work for me, and it was awesome! Thank you for this great recipe! Will definitely make this again.

EXACTLY as written except used fennel in place of the rosemary and stuffed to the gills with leftover pulled pork, pickled red onions, and some browned butter sauted chanterelles because I was feeling fancy. This might be the best smitten kitchen recipe to date and that is saying a lot since they are all 11/10.

I made this focaccia for a picnic we took to a friend on her lunch break today and it did not disappoint. I did hummus, cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta. Ham, cheddar, pickle, spinach for the kids. They were amazing! I cannot wait to make this versatile bread again and again!

Hi Deb! I actually have a couple questions about the stuffed focaccia sandwich from the cookbook:

1) How do you store the leftovers and how long do you think they would keep (if the filling was just the roasted tomatoes and cheese, no meat)

2) Do you think this would reheat well on a grill?

Just made this, looks great, 11 x 16 pan, I will be making sandwiches. Question, should top be firm/crisp or soft? Mine is firm, thought focaccia was always soft on top or maybe that was just a bad restaurant versions?!

Fabulous recipe! I doubled it, and split dough between 1117 and 139 pans. (The 1117 pan got about 1 1/3 of the doubled recipe.) Perfect thickness for slicing horizontally, and it is absolutely delicious. Made at high altitude with no issues or adjustments.

I made this today and it was super easy. It came out great and I am so proud I was able to cut it to make sandwiches. I read through the comments but am wondering how best to store it if not freezing. Just wrap it up tightly, I assume. Thank you so much for this recipe!

I plan on making a flatbread-type pizza with this!

This recipe is so easy and so forgiving. I decided I wanted to make a veggie topped focaccia to have with a huge salad for an easy dinner so I started the regular 1.5-2 method. Then I had to run an errand so popped it in the fridge and asked my husband to take it out in an hour so it could continue rising. Got distracted while out, came home late to it already doubled but still had things to finish up. Popped it back in the fridge.

For a thick focaccia, you can put this whole recipe into a well-oiled 913 cake or lasagna pan. For a less thick focaccia with clear sides, more like the thickness of two sandwich slices, you can divide it between two 9x13s.

I made this tonight and loved it. I subbed in bread flour for about half of the flour. I think I overproofed my dough a little, because it looked a bit deflated when I came back to it and it ended up a little flat (about 3/4 inch after baking). But I could still slice it horizontally, and it made delicious sandwiches. I used some gorgeous fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and Batavia lettuce, and a couple slices of Havarti. I also have some yuzu mayo in the fridge right now, which was just perfect: bright without being distracting. I loved this recipe and will definitely be making it again soon.

A few years ago I started using focaccia dough to make something like a calzone where I put meat, cheese and other fillings in the raw dough and then baking. I have never managed to make them pretty but they are great lunch or picnic fare.

Holy macaroni this was the easiest and the best focaccia recipe I have ever tried. What a knock out. I halved the recipe for the two of us but will be making a full one next time so we can freeze more.

I made this today and can say that this recipe is apparently foolproof. I made it with the exact ingredients listed in the recipe, using the quickest rise method. But then, I forgot it was rising till my husband mentioned it, so it rose for an extra hour. I used a smaller pan than recommended because I wanted it be thicker. I had no problem getting it spread in the pan, but realised I was supposed to let it sit for 20 minutes before spreading. Oh, well. I waited the 20 minutes after spreading, while the oven heated up.

At his plea hearing on March 27, Fields admitted under oath that he drove into the crowd of counter-protestors because of the actual and perceived race, color, national origin, and religion of its members. He further admitted that his actions killed Heather Heyer, and that he intended to kill the other victims he struck and injured with his car in the crowd.

Fields also admitted that, prior to Aug. 12, 2017, he used social media accounts to express and promote white supremacist views; to express support for the social and racial policies of Adolf Hitler and Nazi-era Germany, including the Holocaust; and to espouse violence against African Americans, Jewish people, and members of other racial, ethnic, and religious groups he perceived to be non-white.

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