9:00 am - Sanctuary

A Rescue - The Story

How the Gospel of God’s Grace Brought The Beauty of God’s Law Into Focus For Me

Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 119:97

What does it mean – and most of all: what changes? – when we view the Ten Commandments in light of what Jesus did on the cross? How does the Gospel, bring the Law into a new, and beautiful perspective. Can we really love the Law as well as the Gospel?!?

10:30 am - Great Room

A Rescue - The Story

Preparing God's People

Exodus 19: 1-9

This Sunday we continue our sermon series through the grand narrative of scripture using "The Story" in which we will continue to discover the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. This week we continue this new movement in the Story we are calling the Rescue. One that began in Egypt but has now led the people to the foot of Mount Sinai in the desert. On Sunday we will consider the Commands and Tabernacle blueprints God gave to Moses to prepare the people for what was ahead

9:45 am - Anchor Gym

A Rescue - The Story

The Presence of the Spirit

Exodus 40:34-38

Interwoven throughout the story of the covenant promises and the gift of the ten commandments is an awareness of the presence of God among the people of Israel. The commandments are given because the people are to be representatives of that Presence. Throughout the book of Exodus, the people of Israel are responsive to the movement of the presence of God, most notably as represented by the Tabernacle. When we trace out this notion of presence throughout Scripture, we see the presence of God moving from the tabernacle to the temple; the dwelling of the Spirit on Jesus at his baptism, and ultimately the gift of the Spirit on Pentecost, such that Paul says to us "Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit." In short, the invitation interwoven throughout the story of Exodus is an invitation to live as what we are by the gift of grace: the means by which God demonstrates His presence in our world.

9:00 am - Sanctuary

A Rescue - The Story

The LORD Comes To The Rescue Of Israel

Genesis 50:15-21

Don’t miss the point: We call this passage “the Call of Moses,” but in it we learn more about the LORD than we do about Moses. In fact, Moses would have been forgotten in the desert if not for the LORD Being Who He Is, and Doing What He Does.

10:30 am - Great Room

A Rescue - The Story

Salvation

Exodus 6: 1-9

This Sunday we continue our sermon series through the grand narrative of scripture using "The Story" in which we will continue to discover the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. This week we begin a new movement in the Story we are calling the Rescue. This movement begins in the land of Egypt and we will remember how God brought the people out in spectacular fashion. Our focus will be on what does this story; these events teach us about the God we serve, the LORD (YHWH)? We discover the LORD is a God of Compassion and Power who Rescues his people.

9:45 am - Anchor Gym

A Rescue - The Story

Moses is You

Exodus 14:21-31

We know the story of Moses is an incredible one, but how often do we reflect on just how much like Moses we are? Come explore with us the very real human limitations in Moses’ story as well as the same invitation to faith that God extended to Moses. Discover how Moses is you, and how God is inviting you to respond in faith in your life.

9:00 am - Sanctuary

Beginnings - The Story

Gospel Flourishing in the Face of Evil

Genesis 50:15-21

From Abram to Joseph, we see God Himself at work IN the lives of broken people and then THROUGH them for the benefit of others. Abram, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph are all different persons at the end of their life than they were at the beginning because God is good to deliver on His promises.

10:30 am - Great Room

Beginnings - The Story

Broken and Redeemed

Genesis 50: 15-21

This Sunday we continue our new sermon series through the grand narrative of scripture using "The Story" in which we will continue to discover the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. This week we finish the book of Genesis and consider God's continued covenant with the descendants of Abraham and Sarah. We will consider how God worked through the dysfunction and depravity of Jacob's sons to bring about redemption and rescue. What hope this is for all of us broken and dysfunctional people today. Hope that rests squarely in Jesus Christ and the good news of His death and resurrection.

9:45 am - Anchor Gym

Beginnings - The Story

Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh

Genesis 45 and 50

“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” (Genesis 50:20a). What Joseph says to his brothers takes a different way of seeing things and didn’t happen overnight. We will be looking this week at how God reconciled and redeemed Joseph’s story as well as his brothers’ stories.

9:45 am - Anchor Gym

Beginnings - The Story

Creation: The Beginning of Life as We Know It

Genesis 1:1-2:3

One of our key verses this week is the very first verse of the Bible, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Join us as we start our journey through God’s grand story found in the Bible, and how His story can give shape to our lives.