Today, our message from God’s Word will continue to emphasize the importance of Sabbath Rest as a spiritual discipline that allows believers to experience God’s presence and peace—mainly reminding us of where we have been and, in this, how it we put into practice what we have learned regarding Sabbath Rest. We will learn how…
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What Child is This? ~ The Terrible Twos
The second sermon in our series on the childhood of Jesus, “The Terrible Twos,” focuses on the toddler years of Jesus and challenges us to reflect on our response to the King of kings and Lord of lords. First, we will debunk the many myths surrounding Jesus’ birth as recorded by Matthew, and emphasize the…
The Peculiar Kingdom of God & its People ~ Your Kingdom Come
Today as we open the Word of God. We will continue our series over the Sermon on the Mount regarding the peculiar kingdom of god and its people. In particular, we are continuing to dive deeply into what has become known as the Lord’s prayer and learning more about how Jesus teaches His people, a…
What is Worship? What Makes Worship Worship?
Today due to the flu sweeping across our leadership team and worship team alike we have been given a wonderful opportunity to step back. To step back into the basics of what we are doing and why we are doing it. In particular, step back asking what worship is exactly. As we have no musicians…
Worthy of Our Praise Always
Today as we have our time to hear and respond to a message from God’s Word. We are going to make sure we heed what it was the Word of the Lord brought to us last week, and not let the moment we find ourselves together each and every day slip past us. To not…
Spirt and In Truth
What makes a worship service good? What makes a worship service bad? What is the measure of success we give to a successful service? Our family just witnessed today one of the most wonderful things happen during a service of worship in the church. It reminded me a lot of something Francis Chan wrote in…