Text: Mark 7:1-10

Title: Is "What You Deserve" All That God Has For You?

Luke shows us here, two contrasting understandings of faith. The Jewish Elders of the town place their faith in the "deserving" work of the Roman Centurion. The Centurion places his faith, not in himself, but in Jesus - the One with the ability to meet his need.

Text: Mark 7:1-10

Title: Is "What You Deserve" All That God Has For You?

Luke shows us here, two contrasting understandings of faith. The Jewish Elders of the town place their faith in the "deserving" work of the Roman Centurion. The Centurion places his faith, not in himself, but in Jesus - the One with the ability to meet his need.

Text: Mark 5:32-36

Title: Desperation and Faith

Desperation has a way of focusing the mind. This week we look at the record of two very different people whose lives crash together at the intersection of their consuming desperation. Grace transforms the wreckage into a call to set our faith on the Rescuer Himself.

Text: Mark 5:32-36

Title: Desperation and Faith

Desperation has a way of focusing the mind. This week we look at the record of two very different people whose lives crash together at the intersection of their consuming desperation. Grace transforms the wreckage into a call to set our faith on the Rescuer Himself.

Text: Mark 5:21-43

Title: The Doorway of Desperation

Desperation is often not a space or place we want to be in in our lives, and yet all of us find ourselves there at some point in time. While difficult, painful, and trying, desperation can also be a doorway to a deeper encounter with the life-giving grace of Jesus Christ.

Text: Mark 5:1-20

Title: Grace to the Edges

Jesus pursues a man who stands at the far edge of human experience - isolated, self-destructive and out-of-control. Still, Jesus pursues and rescues him. It is good news for those at the center, that Jesus is a rescuer all the way to the "edges" of human experience.

Text: Mark 5:1-20

Title: Grace to the Edges

Jesus pursues a man who stands at the far edge of human experience - isolated, self-destructive and out-of-control. Still, Jesus pursues and rescues him. It is good news for those at the center, that Jesus is a rescuer all the way to the "edges" of human experience.

Text: Mark 5:1-20

Title: The Walking Dead

This week, Jesus' journeys will put him into contact with a person who has been left to live and walk amongst the dead. What we will see surprises many, disturbing them by things never witnessed before, and causing them to push Jesus away. For others, however, their surprise led to experiencing the life-giving power of God's kingdom that had come on earth as it is in heaven.

Text: Mark 2:13-17 and 3:13-19

Title: A Motley Crew

As we kick off a new series "Surprise, You Belong" we look at the group of friends that Jesus gathered around Himself, and sent out into the world. You might be surprised by the motley crew those people were, and hopefully encouraged as well.

Text: Mark 2:13-17

Title: People Like Me

Church is not a place for perfect people -- if it were, it would be empty! Jesus welcomes us into his arms with all our bumps and bruises; don't hide them away and pretend to be perfect, but bring them to the Healer, who makes all things new.