We will follow Mary from her first moment of submission to the Lord through her next faithful steps. We'll get a chance to learn from the behavior of someone who is capable of deep and courageous faith.

We continue our series, The Path of Peace," by following the gospel of Luke into the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Just as Zechariah's path of peace began with an angelic visit, we'll see Mary challenged with her own journey by a direct intervention from the Lord.

We will step into a new series called, "The Path of Peace." We'll work through Luke 1 and 2 as it walks us up to and through the gospel account of the birth of Jesus. We'll begin with the account of a Jewish priest named Zechariah, who finds himself face-to-face with an angel. But where we might expect a devout servant of God to respond with humble faith, he actually demonstrates doubt and takes the angel to task. We'll see that familiarity really can breed contempt. But that's not where the story ends.

It’s hard to know how to sufficiently say “Thank you” for the roles ECC people play in the church and community. But anything we do pales in comparison to a day that is coming. I’m calling it Thanksgiving Upside Down. Instead of us expressing our thanks to God, this is a day of reversal in which the Lord has chosen to express thanksgiving to us! Is that surprising to you? How does it work? Join us this weekend as we investigate this upcoming day.

We conclude our conversation about forgiveness in Colossians 2:13-14. It's a short text, but it's packed with meaning and value for us as we seek to get a better handle on such a critical aspect of Christianity. We're called to be people who forgive from the heart, and the best way to get a handle on that is to understand the way that God has forgiven us.

This message will revisit and continue a series we started and stepped away from months ago called, "How to Make Peace." We had unpacked Matthew 18:15-20, and the four stages Jesus gave us for working through reconciliation with someone who has sinned against us. But there's one critical piece to peacemaking that we still need to unpack together. And that's the issue of forgiveness. So, we'll turn our attention to Matthew 18:21-35 and explore how forgiveness works, and why it's fundamental to being a Christian.

This message will conclude our series called “Even If…” In Daniel chapter six we’ll look at a story that is typically called “Daniel and the Lions’ Den.” What we’ll find though, is that it’s not about the lions at all. It’s a story about deliverance that will answer a key question for this series and for the times of adversity that we’re navigating as a culture. And the question is, “What’s it all about?”

This message will lead us into Daniel chapter five and will walk us through the Lord's interaction with another Babylonian king who had a big lesson to learn. We'll see that the lessons the Lord offers us are not for trivia or entertainment. They're for our instruction to help us yield to the Lord and find life in Him.

This message will continue with Daniel chapter 4 and a run-in between King Nebuchadnezzar and the Lord. The question this story will ask and answer is this: “Who holds the power?” It’s an important question for us to ask as it relates to our own influence, but even more so as we relate to the powers we find ourselves under.

This weekend we will look at Daniel 3 together. We'll see Daniel's friends display uncommon calm in the face of certain death at the hands of a raging king. More importantly, we'll get a look at where that courage comes from, and how we can take steps toward experiencing that same calm courage in our own lives.