In our culture, we applaud those who lean in, dig deep, and find the strength and drive to overcome. We encourage them to hang in there and never give up! We use that language in our faith as well; however, there are many things in our faith that we are called to give up. In our new sermon series, Giving Up, we are talking about the things Jesus either calls us to give up or models for us things that we need to give up.

The number of books, movies, and music that we enjoy shows our love for a good story. Stories communicate truths that can often be missed when presented as straightforward facts. Jesus understood this and frequently used stories to share who he was and what his mission entailed during his time on Earth. The Series, “Stories Jesus Told” will examine these stories and the meaning intended fr the hearer of these parables.

What doe it take to please God? Most think that if we show up to church on a regular basis, give ten percent of our income, and proclaim God in our social media that we are surley pleasing God. However, that may not be what God really desires. In today’s sermon the prophet Micah helps us understand what it really takes to please God.

How did we get here and what is our purpose? Many may confuse their purpose and their calling. Our calling is something that we feel well suited for in that we are drawn to do something and are given gifts to help in that calling. Our purpose, on the other hand, has to do with why God created us. Today’s sermon will help us understand how our calling, our giftedness, actually helps us fulfill our purpose.

This holiday season you may receive the exact gift you wished for. However, there is always the gift that is the wrong color, size, or style. Fortunately for us, we can exchange the gift to get exactly what we need. This Advent season our series is called Gift Exchange and we will look at the gift we received through Jesus and our ability to exchange the negative things of this world for Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

Keeping our fuel tank full is important for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that we don’t try to run our car on empty, but there are problems that cause the engine to not run as it is designed if we are constantly running low on fuel. The same is true for our spiritual fuel tank. If we allow our faith to run low because we are not aware of the things we should be thankful for, the Enemy can use that emptiness to cause our faith to not function as it should. During the month of November we are going to be talking about being “ThankFull” in our faith and in our lives.

November 2024

Turning Points are situations or times when a significant change in a situation occurs. In these moments there is usually clarity and a move toward something better. In this new series, we will look at five people in the Bible whose turning point was the result of an encounter with Jesus.

September 2024

There are times in our lives when things have gone wrong or at least off course and we wonder why. Sometimes we may step off the perfect path we thought we were on and wonder if God is still there and if He could ever use us again, only to find that it’s that situation, that struggle that God will use to bring about glory to Himself. For four weeks we will be going through the book of Philippians and we will discover that God is God no matter what.

July 2024

There are times in our lives when things have gone wrong or at least off course and we wonder why. Sometimes we may step off the perfect path we thought we were on and wonder if God is still there and if He could ever use us again, only to find that it’s that situation, that struggle that God will use to bring about glory to Himself. For four weeks we will be going through the book of Philippians and we will discover that God is God no matter what.

July 2024

We have been told our whole lives that true living is the ability to do whatever we wish and to find success in that. What if that is not the secret to true living? The Apostle Pere writes that true living comes from something else. He tells us about true living that is possible because we have a hope that is living and provided through Jesus and protected by God for us.

June 2024

Sometimes we may miss our own shortcomings because we are so focused on others' wrongs. Jesus reminds us that we should be slow to judge others and quick to work out our own issues. This Sunday “Stop Signs, Turn Signals, and Splinters” will help us the understand the problem, the fix, and the purpose for judgment refocused.

June 2024

Would we be able to say to God, ‘I’m Here, I’m yours, do with me what you will.’ That, in essence, was Isaiah’s response after having a vision where God asked who He would send to the people of Israel who needed a word from God. The question is still open now as many need to hear God’s Word today. Will we respond to God’s call with”Here I am, send me.”

May 2024

As Jesus addresses the disciples in what is known as the ‘Upper Room Discourse,’ he reminds them about the ability they found and ministry in which they engaged because they abided in Jesus. Soon things would change and the disciples could no longer count on Jesus being with them, but he insisted that if they were to abide in his love, they would bear much fruit and prove to be Jesus’ disciples.

April 2024

We all long for a life where we feel looked after and protected. This is especially true when life gets messy and feel out of control. Jesus, in the Gospel of John, gives us the image of himself as the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep and lays down his life for them. He is our Good Shepherd and longs for us to follow him.

April 2024

Rest. we all desire and need it. The author of Hebrews speaks about entering into God’s rest and how that is possible though many have forfeited the right to enter into that rest.

April 2024

After Jesus’ resurrection, he appears among the disciples and proclaims, “Peace be with you!’ In essence, Jesus was announcing wholeness over the disciples and was about to commission them to go and proclaim the reconciliation of peace to others.

Scripture: John 20:19-31; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

April 2024

This series focuses on four distinct stories in the Bible that use the statement “I Am.” Through these four weeks we will discover God character and nature and how that is expressed in the His desire to save us from ourselves and redeem us for Himself.

March 2024

If you ask someone about the church, what kind of a reaction would you get from them. Unfortunately, it might not be the positive reaction you had hoped for. This five-week series looks at the beginning of the church and the four Great Cs that Jesus gave the church to make it the community he designed it to be.

After Jesus' resurrection, the disciples were sure that the Kingdom of Heaven would be established here on Earth very soon. "What now," would have likely been the thing that was on their minds. Despite the disciples' desire to become warriors for the Kingdom, Jesus gave them a different purpose. Before his ascension into Heaven, Jesus told them that they would soon be his witnesses to all the world.

Emptiness is usually not considered a good thing. If something is empty, it usually means it is void of anything valuable; however, for the Christian, the empty tomb means EVERYTHING! It’s the empty tomb that is the foundation of the Christian faith. If the tomb were not empty, then Jesus would merely be another religious martyr and not the Messiah.