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You're A Piece Of Work

Pastor Chris Sommer

July 22, 2018

Today we begin a new message series titled It’s Work. So the question for the day is: When you hear the phrase “It’s work,” do you assume that to be a good thing or a bad thing? Has work become drudgery for you? If so, can you nonetheless find your work to be “life-giving,” even if you don’t like your job? Let’s talk about it.

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