Welcome to Brooks CRC. We are a local church that makes a key focus on community. We hope you can take something away from this Sermon led by Pastor George Koopmans.

Thank you for watching, if you live in the Brooks area, please feel free to join us Sunday morning at 10am for our weekly service.

Today we welcome Pastor Gary VanLeeuween as he delivers a message from Revelation 5 and leads us in a service to commemorate Ascension Day.

Today we welcome Pastor Kevin DeBree as he delivers a message from Genesis 26:12-22 and John 4:7-29 explaining how Jesus is the only source of nourishment through the living water he offers us. He uses the Samaritan at the well to emphasize how Jesus tells the woman that he is the source of living water. Pastor Kevin talks about how each of us tries to dig our own wells, but none can provide lasting nourishment. He talks about how people will try to oppose you when you try to dig wells but we have to keep trying. The key lesson from the sermon is to pursue God and dig your wells in Him.

Today we welcome Pastor Harry Valstar as he delivers a message from Isaiah 40:6-8, 25-31 explaining how God promises us strength. The scripture passage comes from when Israel was in captivity under the Babylonians after they refused to turn from their sinful ways. Pastor Harry makes a point that nothing is easy about living in our world but when we put our trust and faith in God he will give us the strength to persevere.

Today we welcome Pastor Layne Kilbreath as he delivers a message from Psalm 130 explaining how with God there is suffering. He describes how with worldly systems some have a lot and some have little and how in God's kingdom everyone has enough. He places an emphasis on love and how love combats suffering and helps the growth of the church. He also makes a point that worship is worthless when we have no justice in the land. He also highlights that it is important to have people in your life that you can learn more from than they could ever learn from you. He concludes that there is no pyramid of believers and that the church should be a round table of relationships.

Today we welcome Pastor Henry Veldboom as he delivers a message from Romans 5:20-6:10 discussing the idea of grace. He talks about how humans have progressively sinned more since the beginning of our creation, but God had a plan to defeat sin. This was why Jesus died and rose again conquering sin and death. He denounces that more sin means we receive more grace and makes known that grace is a blanket that does not change no matter what we do and will always be enough. He warns against trying to cultivate sin and how on our own we can never earn righteousness which is why Jesus had to pay our debts.

Today we welcome George Koopmans as he delivers a message from Luke 24:13-35 explaining how we need to look at Jesus differently to combat our unbelief. Pastor Geoge talks about even the earliest Christians after Jesus had told them on many accounts how he would be killed to be raised three days later, the disciples were still defeated after Jesus' death. He rejects the wealth and health gospel, discussing how God can bless us, but it is not guaranteed and often we will suffer on our journey of pursuing God.

Today we welcome Pastor Dirk Miedema as he delivers a message from John 20:1-10, 24-29 explaining how each of us is a bit like Thomas and Eeyore and the impact God's love has on us. He highlights how before meeting Jesus after Jesus appeared to Thomas after his death, Thomas had lost ideals, had a weak view of eternity, was focused on facts and the five senses, and was isolated. After meeting Jesus he joined the fellowship of believers, was transformed by Jesus' love which gave him high ideals, was given a sense of eternity, and was open to more than just the five senses. Pastor Dirk also emphasizes the importance of community for Christians to be strong in their faith.

Today we welcome Rev. Martin Boardman as he delivers a message from John 12:12-15 explaining how our actions are much stronger than our words. He focuses on the first Palm Sunday when people gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. The word that Jesus was coming had spread and people were expecting a triumphant entrance. Rev. Marting Boardman highlights how Jesus was a king who came to bring peace instead of war against the Romans, instead of riding in on a war horse he came on a donkey. This legacy still applies today as Jesus breaks traditional ideas and spreads peace throughout the war against sin.