Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Luke 7: 36 – 8:3.  Focus on the faith of an unnamed woman who shows us how to come to Jesus.  Check out Kelly Crandell and the choir as they sing: You are Holy! Your faith has saved you.” A simple statement, yet extraordinarily complex. This has to be […]

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Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Luke 7: 1 – 10.  Focus on the importance of friends who sustain us and our faith.  Check out Jody Sinkway and the choir as they sing – Precious Lord. When folks hear this story they think of two things: Jesus’ power to heal and the Centurion’s faith – […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Philippians 4: 4 – 13.  Focus on why we should rejoice in all circumstances and why it is good for us.  Also check out Jody Sinkway and the choir following the sermon. The verse in Paul’s letter to the Philippians that I want to focus on is the fourth […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Acts 2: 1 – 21.  Focus – Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday.  Check out Jody Sinkway and the choir following the sermon. To our young Christians – Natalie, Rudy, Adwoa, Madison, and to the church of Jesus Christ in Hackensack. Well today is your last official class lesson. And it […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Matthew 3: 16 – 17.  Focus on what it means to be beloved and why its important for us to bless one another.  Check out Jody Sinkway and the Choir following the sermon. My mother is famous in our family for sending everyone and I mean everyone – love […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Hebrews 11: 29 – 33, 39.  Focus on why the building of God’s Kingdom is never completed but always requires a new generation to work on it.  Check out Jody Sinkway and the choir following the sermon. It took me a long time to realize that the Christian faith […]

Sermon on Mark 1: 40 – 45 by Rev. Steven McClelland.  Focus on why Jesus didn’t heal everyone and what that means for us.  Check out Jody Sinkway and Bill Ucker following the sermon. I know it’s a redundancy to say that the miracle stories in the Bible are amazing – the walking on water, […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on Matthew 4: 12 – 23.  Focus on how human beings come to faith in Christ.  Why Doing and Following are the keys. The fact that you came in here today puts you with millions, in fact billions of other human beings who believe there is something bigger, other than, […]

Sermon by Rev. Steven McClelland on John 20: 19 – 31.  Focus on why Thomas and we need a bodily resurrection.  Check out Jody Sinkway and the choir following the sermon. It’s this simple and this bold. Without the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christianity would never have existed. No gospels, no Christians, no dark ages, […]