{"id":955,"date":"2024-01-14T02:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-01-27T02:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T08:47:21","slug":"the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/2024\/01\/14\/the-meaning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We started 2024 with a two-day summit in Cebu City! The group from Toledo all came across the island to join the Cebu group at our headquarters for a Friday night and Saturday. Friday night was spent getting to know each other, playing games, having snacks, and even some impromptu singing! We talked about the mission trip to Bohol, with a Q&amp;A from the members who went too. The main event of the night was watching a video that was put together by the Street Level Menomonie group showing what it looks like for them to be involved in Street Level in the U.S.<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240112_201513-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240112_201513-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240112_201513-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240112_220129_exported_3501.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday started with a lot of coffee since many stayed awake most of the night chatting&#8230; but after that and breakfast, we jumped into the teaching and discussions. The main idea of the day centered on finding purpose in knowing God, and serving Him. We discussed what that might look like, the challenges involved, and how to complete our life purpose well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_122621_exported_32543.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_124143_exported_5602.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The time spent together was wonderful and passed by too quickly, but we are looking forward to the next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_121938_exported_54653-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_121938_exported_54653-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_121938_exported_54653-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_121938_exported_54653-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/streetlevelnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/20240113_121938_exported_54653.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started 2024 with a two-day summit in Cebu City! 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