Joy Tuveson

Community Church Richfield Worship Gathering 03/20/16.

A quick Google search can provide thousands of pictures of Jesus. But what if Jesus looks more like the marginalized than he does the dominant culture? How would that change our experience of Holy Week?

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Jeremy PetersCommunity Church Richfield Worship Gathering 03/13/16. 

Predicting and fearing the end of the world is nothing new, but it continues to make us uncomfortable. What if Jesus’ strong language was meant to comfort us rather than scare us?

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Jeremy Peters

Community Church Richfield Worship Gathering 03/06/16. 

A religious leader approached Jesus hoping to hear something he agreed with. While he couldn’t disagree with Jesus’ response, he also couldn’t live it out.

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Jeremy PetersCommunity Church Richfield Worship Gathering 02/28/16

As Jesus nears the end of his journey to Jerusalem and his mission becomes extremely clear, the disciples again prove their blindness. The real hero, however, is the one who cannot see.

Jeremy PetersCommunity Church Richfield Worship Gathering 02/07/16

For the disciples, following Jesus was becoming difficult. While acknowledging him as the Messiah, they weren’t fully comfortable with his platform. So Jesus gave them another opportunity to engage or bow out.

Jeremy PetersCommunity Church Richfield Worship Gathering 02/07/16

Jesus’ message of the kingdom of God was confrontational. Not everyone is excited about confrontation, meaning many will do what’s necessary to silence both the message and the messenger.

Jeremy Peters

Mark 5.21-43

Community Church, 01/24/16

Jesus was an important man on an important mission. Even so, he was faced with interruptions to his work and his social obligations. How would he respond?

Jeremy Peters

Mark 4.1-20

Community Church, 01/17/16

Series: "Jesus Ruined My Life"

For the first time, Jesus begins describing his “gospel” — the good news of the kingdom. Though it was truly good news for everyone, Jesus knew many would not receive it as such.

Jeremy Peters

Mark 2.1-17

Community Church, 01/10/16

Series: "Jesus Ruined My Life"

As Jesus’ ministry continues to unfold, it becomes clear that he is not the Messiah the religious leaders were expecting. Yet he was everything they didn’t acknowledge they needed.

Jeremy Peters

Mark 1.21-34

Community Church, 01/03/16

Series: "Jesus Ruined My Life"

As Mark began his Gospel account, he was faced with the task of explaining what on earth happened through the life of Jesus. What he found was a messiah who was both celebrated and unexpected.