“Making and Maturing Disciples of Jesus Christ”
After our season in the Gospel of Matthew, primarily spending time with Jesus in His Passion, His Crucifixion, His Resurrection, we will spend October and the first week of November considering how then we shall respond to our world. How then shall we live? We shall live by following in the footsteps of our Savior.
Read MoreThe first Sunday of August was supposed to celebrate the return of our mission team from Guatemala. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the trip was canceled though our project was completed and funds still remain for future projects. Now, the first Sunday of August will remind us of how Jesus calls us into mission. After that,
Read MoreHopefully, June will bring us back together in worship. Here are the scriptures and sermon titles for June. May we listen attentively to Jesus as He challenges us to love radically. He understood that serving His heavenly Father meant standing at odds with the ways of this world—even those/especially those who called themselves religious. May
Read MoreThe Nature of Faith in a Broken World will be the theme for the sermons in January. Look around, and you can readily see the signs. As Christians, we should live differently, but faith is hard. Too often, one cannot tell someone who lives for the world apart from someone who pro- fesses to follow
Read MoreFor December, we are going to stay with the classic themes given to us in the Ad- vent wreath: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love, which will lead us to the Light of Christ- mas, Jesus Christ our Lord. No matter how many times I hear the story and think about it, I stand in awe
Read MoreNovember shall be a month of rejoicing and cel- ebrating around the songs of the faithful. The Bible is filled with many songs. The first Sun- day we will turn to a song in the Revelation of St. John, and the other three weeks we will turn to the Bible’s hymnal, the book of Psalms. 03 November Remembrance
Read More01 September Scripture: Amos 7:10-17 Matthew 8:28-34 Sermon: With These Two Hands See also Matthew 10:5-15 What do we do with our hands, our labor, our vocation? Are we a blessing? The sermon title comes from the song With These Two Hands by Jon Bon Jovi. 08 September Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-11 I Thessalonians 4:3-7 Sermon: Human Worth The value of a life/soul
Read More03 March Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-38 Sermon: Do You Really Really Know? 06 March Ash Wednesday Scripture: John 13:21-30 Meditation: One of You Will Betray Me Imposition of Ashes Scripture: John 13:1-20 Meditation: A Free Gift Holy Communion Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12 Meditation: Take Off Your Shoes: A Journey Into Service Anointing 10 March Scripture:
Read MoreGod has laid it on my heart to preach on the book of Jonah in January. For the four Sundays of this month, we will walk through the book chapter by chapter. The sermon series is entitled We Respondwith ?, …, !, or *%$# which reflects Jonah’s responses to God’s calling on his life. We
Read MoreWe have a lot to look forward to in worship in the weeks ahead. December will bring Advent and Christmas Eve. 02 December Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Luke 21:25-36 Sermon: Still…Waiting… 09 December Scripture: Malachi 3:1-12 Luke 3:1-6 Sermon: Still…Preparing… 16 December Scripture: Isaiah 12:2-6 Luke 3:7-18 Sermon: Still…Repenting… 23
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