This week's giveaway is a double feature with a twist. First, “Reading God’s Story” is a chronological Bible divided into daily readings (six readings a week for 52 weeks). The accompanying study guide, “Reader’s Guide to the Bible,” is designed to help readers see how individual stories in the Bible fit into the grand story woven through its pages. Both resources can be used for individual or small group study.
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The North Central States Rally brought hundreds of leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin to Indianapolis for two days of worship and specialized training. 
I’ve had a couple of months now to reflect on the only substantially divided vote I’ve seen at an IBSA Annual Meeting in the past six years. I won’t recount the specifics that led perhaps a third of the messengers to vote “no” and two thirds to vote “yes” last November, because there were multiple issues shaping people’s opinions that evening. However the center of that particular disagreement was what a church’s position should be on the use of alcohol. 
Pastors and church staff, please take a few minutes to help your church and all other churches with the same size membership by taking the confidential 2012 SBC Compensation Survey. GuideStone customizes the data into useable reports and makes them available to church administrators, personnel/finance committees and minister search teams to determine adequate compensation for ministers and staff. 
