The Rural Think Tank
…It's Different Out Here.
Does it look like the neighborhood? 1 Peter 2:4-10 4 As you come to him, a living stone [n] rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 [o]you yourselves like living stones are being built up as [p] a spiritual house, to be [q] a holy priesthood, [r] to offer spiritual sacrifices [s] acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:[t] “Behold, …
What does the foundation look like? Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Matthew 28:16-20 16 Now the eleven disciples [f] went to Galilee, to the …
What happens when a generation leaves the rural area to seek education and employment in other parts of the country? The Southern Illinoisian Newspaper did a series looking at the students that leave small communities in that region. The article does a great job of pointing out that we are training our best and brightest …
Bloomingdale Friends 8/19/2018 Listen to the study here… Useless or Useful? You Decide. Philemon 1 Greeting 1 Paul, [a] a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and [b] Timothy our brother,To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and [c] Archippus our [d] fellow soldier, and [e]the church in your house:3 [f] Grace to …
If you work in a rural community, there is something you need to be aware of. For the most part, farmers are hurting. I am not talking about poor harvests, lack of technology. Farmers have a significantly large suicide rate. At the present time, we do not know how large, as the CDC has retracted …
The phrase “Rural Brain Drain” originated from a book called “Hollowing out the Middle“, which is based off a study performed by the authors. It looked at the effect that adults were having in their community by preparing their best and brightest to be shipped off to colleges and universities, sometimes never to return to …