Our aim each week is to reflect the story of God’s grace in the gospel as we worship together.
Psalm 138:2 reminds us of this importance: “I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.”
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ACTS
We’re going to walk through the book of Acts and see that nothing can stop the spread of the gospel. Not then. Not now. Not ever! Every obstacle will be overcome! It is Unhindered!
March 9, 2025 / Pastor James / Acts 8:1b-40: Scattered and Faithful!
Christmas 2024
This December we’re going to look at God’s Gift to humanity in the person and work of His Son, Jesus Christ!
MISSIONS
This year’s Missions theme is: “Told to Tell!” It is taken from Psalm 96:3, “Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!“ It is a command, so in essence, we’ve been Told to tell others. At the same time, all of us know the gospel because someone in the past, in joyful obedience to God’s command, shared it with us, so we’ve been told in order to Tell others! It’s both, and!
GENESIS
Genesis can be neatly divided in thirds, with chapters 1-11 focusing on Creation through the Tower of Babel, chapters 12-36 focusing on Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and chapters 37-50 focusing on the story of Joesph. Amidst it all is a story of God’s Single Minded Faithfulness as He remains committed to His purposes and promises!
ephesians
In the book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul wants his readers to know that in Christ, God has reconciled all things to Himself so that He may display His manifold wisdom through the Church to the cosmic powers and authorities as we walk worthy in every arena of our lives. It’s a remarkable letter, which is divided equally between chapters 1-3 and 4-6. The first three chapters focus on theology and doctrine; the last three on application and behavior. We’ll spend some time walking through all that God has done for us in Christ before looking at the call to Walk Worthy in light of it!
judges
The book of Judges is a rather dark book, written after the death of Joshua. The Jewish people have made their way into the Promised Land and now there’s a crisis of leadership and covenant faithfulness to God!
They are called to be altogether different from the nations they were supposed to expel, but by the time we reach the end of the book, we’ll see that they’re actually worse! Every stop along our journey will become darker as we see the downward descent into darkness with the cycle of idolatry, oppression, outcry, (repeat), and the desire for deliverance each time!
May 12, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 17:1-18:31: Selfish Deliverance!
May 5, 2024 / Pastor Colton / Judges 16:1-31: Broken Deliverance!
April 28, 2024 / Cooper Martens / Judges 13:1-15:20: Shocking Deliverance!
April 21, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 10:6-12:15: Desperate Deliverance!
April 14, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 9:1-10:5: Treacherous Deliverance!
April 7, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 8:4-35: Forgotten Deliverance!
March 31, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 6:1-8:3: Reluctant Deliverance (Easter)!
March 29, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 5:31: Enemies Made Friends (Good Friday)!
March 24, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 5:1-31: A Song of Deliverance!
March 17, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 4:1-24: Unexpected Deliverance!
March 10, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 3:7-31: Surprising Deliverance!
March 3, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 2:6-3:6: Cheap Deliverance!
February 25, 2024 / Pastor James / Judges 1:1-2:5: Squandered Deliverance!
Follow Me: The Markers of Discipleship!
The mission given to us by Jesus Himself is to both be and make disciples! It is the task for every disciple and we can’t be separated from it! Being a disciple necessitates making disciples. In this series we’ll unpack the Markers of Discipleship: 1. Our Mission: Make Disciples, 2. Our Model: Jesus Himself, 3. Our Motive: Love and Obedience, 4-7. Our Method: Engage Everyone, Evangelize the Non-Believer, Establish New Believers, Equip Growing Believers, and 8. Our Mechanism: The Church! May we all grow in our affections and obedience to what Christ calls us to!
February 18, 2024 / Pastor Colton / Follow Me: 5. Our Mechanism: The Church!
February 11, 2024 / Pastor Colton / Follow Me: 4d. Our Method, part 4: Equip Growing Believers!
February 4, 2024 / Pastor Colton / Follow Me: 4c. Our Method, part 3: Establish New Believers!
January 28, 2024 / Pastor James / Follow Me: 4b. Our Method, part 2: Evangelize the Non-Believer!
January 21, 2024 / Pastor James / Follow Me: 4a. Our Method, part 1: Engage Everyone!
January 14, 2024 / Pastor James / Follow Me: 3. Our Motivation: Obedience and Love!
January 7, 2024 / Pastor James / Follow Me: 2. Our Model: Christ Himself!
December 31, 2023 / Pastor James / Follow Me: 1. Our Mission: Make Disciples!
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