{"id":12172,"date":"2022-12-13T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:00:59","slug":"duluth-december-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/13\/duluth-december-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Duluth December Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we conclude another year in Duluth, I am once again amazed at how fast the year has gone by! We were fortunate as a church to be able to participate in domestic and foreign missions trips, retreats, service opportunities, and many fellowship events with our church as well as fellowship groups from Menomonie.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past month Pastor Jesse and our campus ministry group has continued to meet at UW-Superior on Mondays for a \u201cmicro\u201d Bible study.\u00a0 They are continuing their studies on the \u201ccrazy things Jesus said\u201d.\u00a0 They also recently had a movie night in one of the dorm halls there too.\u00a0 On Tuesday nights our Campus Church service is held at UMD.\u00a0 They just finished up a series going through John&#8217;s letters talking about what real Christianity looks like. They concluded the semester by braving the cold and walking through Bentlyville (a huge Christmas lights display in Canal Park).\u00a0 During the campus&#8217;s winter break, the church will be having an evangelism class.\u00a0 For three weeks on Tuesday nights, we will continue part two of our study of the book, <em>Evangelism as Exiles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month we will be starting our Bible studies in the Douglas County jail once again.\u00a0 We were very excited to be asked to return to this ministry now that Covid restrictions are lifting.\u00a0 A small group of women and men will participate in this ministry on Sunday afternoons.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sundays we are continuing to go verse by verse through the book of Matthew.\u00a0 On Wednesdays we rotate our services with rewind groups, verse by verse studies through Psalms, and Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s book studies.\u00a0 As always, we try to gather together for times of fellowship whether scheduled or impromptu.\u00a0 This past month a group gathered together for a meal on Thanksgiving and for an impromptu game night at the Moss&#8217;s house on a Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your prayers.\u00a0 We are looking forward to the coming year and all that God has for us up here.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Sara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"12174\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-2-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Blog-4-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12175\" width=\"721\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BLog-1-1157x1536.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we conclude another year in Duluth, I am once again amazed at how fast the year has gone by! We were fortunate as a church to be able to participate in domestic and foreign missions trips, retreats, service opportunities, and many fellowship events with our church as well as fellowship groups from Menomonie.\u00a0 This &#8230; <a title=\"Duluth December Update\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/13\/duluth-december-update\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Duluth December Update\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jfbduluth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}