This fall First-Plymouth will begin a special spiritual focus on COURAGE. The ancients considered it the virtue that undergirded all virtues because it takes courage to act upon ones convictions. Without courage no virtue would ever be manifested. Dr. Jim Keck will launch the years theme with a two-part sermon series on the theological classic "The Courage to Be" by Paul Tillich.

Courage. What is it? What has it looked like? What can it look like? How can it show up in me? The time is ripe to explore these questions. This Sunday, join Pastor Patrick Messer as he kicks off a 3 part sermon series about cultivating the courage needed for our time. In Part 1, we'll look at courageous resistance in the stories of the prophet Daniel and Colin Kaepernick. Yeah, we're going there.

Let me introduce you to a refugee. This beautiful human being is a brilliant visionary and courageous preacher. He is a prophet in exile. Meet Ezekiel. Join me as we look at the human heart through this prophet's eyes. Can the "hearts of Stone" that inflict such damaged soften into hearts of flesh?