Georgianna

Sermon By Community Care Pastor Janice Shepard
Christmas can often buzz by us in such a hustle and bustle that if we're not intentional, we can miss it altogether. But the Advent Season is intended to help us take pause, to slow down, be still.
Advent helps us recall the eager anticipation and expected hopefulness of God's people while they waited for God's promise to be fulfilled in the coming Messiah. God had promised from the beginning that He would send a Deliverer, a King who would reign forever from David's throne and break the power of sin and death.
Though God's people continued to immerse themselves in sin, God, through His prophets, continued to give hope to His people by revealing more and more about this promised Messiah.
When God fell silent, the people of Israel prayed and questioned,
"where is this promise", "where is God"?
Some of you may be asking these same questions right now. You've been waiting, you've been praying, and nothing has been changing. But just as God was moving through the silence over 2000 years ago, God is moving through His silence today.

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun

I think it is interesting at how undervalued Hospitality is in the modern church. Quite frankly its something that I think we do really well here, not perfectly, but really pretty darn good. But here is where the church as a whole drops the ball, great hospitality is not a strategy but a lifestyle. We have amazing, and sacrificial Parkers, and Ushers, and Greeters, all who are the first expressers of love on our campus. But the truth is we are all charged with creating a hospitable environment, it is the warmth of all of us that should be attractional. The goal of any Christian should be the fulfillment of the Great Commission, to go and share Jesus. However, if we are not creating a lifestyle of hospitality then we might as well be the "bull-horn" guy standing on the corner shouting spiritual insults at people. Hospitality for the Christian is to happen with every encounter, its an "other" driven emphasis that prioritizes the person in front of us. For sure Jesus is capable of piercing the greatest darkness, but a Gospel that sticks often comes from getting close enough to some one for it to rub off...it's the way Jesus did it most often! This means two things, first we have to have a Gospel heart that is pressing to get love out to others, and second we have to be willing to get close to people in a non-creepy "Christianese" way...to actually share this great love. This is called "relational evangelism" and its what we practice here at Georgianna in everything we do. I believe Hospitality is what makes it possible for us to know who, when and where to give our IT away. In the Christian world, hospitality is not a duty as much as it is a passion...its a heart that says let me serve you! Join us Sunday as we pave the way for giving our IT away!

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun.

This Sunday we begin a 3 week series to usher us into advent. We are going to pick up the theme we declared would guide our year, which was to "Give IT Away". The premise is we would all find our IT (that gift, resource or talent) and get it into play in the Kingdom. How are we doing with that? I think one of the struggles we have as believers and followers of Jesus is fully understanding this concept of Biblical stewardship. I think mastering this divine practice is the secret to never being a slave to our stuff. It also allows us to deflect the onslaught of materialism, and the endless consumer pressure that leaves us feeling like we never have enough. One of the great freedoms that Deedie and I enjoy as it relates to stewardship is that you just learn not to hold on too tightly to anything...after all its not ours! We live in a culture where the majority of people act like 4 year-olds who refuse to let go of the lego, screaming "mine, mine, its all mine". Sometimes it's not even that we need the lego, but we're not sure we want anyone else to have it either. If "Simple" Christmas is truly going to be simple and we are going to have the right attitude about thanksgiving ( which is way more than just what's on the menu) then maybe we should start with God's thoughts on stewardship. See Ya Sunday!

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Sermon By Community Care Pastor Janice Shepherd

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Church Member Craig Carson
Scripture. Gen: 50:19-20