This weekend we continue our journey towards Christmas as we celebrate the greatest gift ever given to the world. Our Christmas series is called The Gift and in it we are studying the gospel of John chapter 1.

We have learned that the gift given to us, is God in the flesh. That gift came to offer us new birth so that our relationship with God could be restored. The gift also came full of gracious truth. This week we continue in verses 29-34. We see in this passage that the gift who is God, came to take away our sin. The gift of forgiveness and restoration is of the greatest value because it has made it possible for us to be made right and set free from our guilt and shame.

Join us this weekend as we continue in our series in John’s gospel.

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This weekend we continue in our march toward Christmas. We are studying through the first chapter of John's gospel in a series called "THE GIFT". Now we all know It is better to give than receive, that is unless you are receiving a gift that God gives. John the Apostle teaches us that God loved us so much that He gave himself to us. He did this so that we could be transformed into the people God created us to be.

Our journey through this powerful chapter, brings us to verses 14-18. The big idea from this passage is that God gives gracious truth. When God comes to earth in Jesus he comes in a gracious, faithful, loving, and truthful manner. His intent is to connect with us and draw us to himself and restore the relationship by bringing us into His family. This week we will discover that God in Jesus, is a relational God who offers us the greatest of all gifts, the gift of himself.

Join us as we continue to focus on the greatest of all gifts ever given, the gift of Jesus, given by God to save us all.

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This weekend our Christmas series continues in John's gospel, the fist chapter. The evangelist further defines and reveals the identity and ministry of Jesus. We will discover this weekend that Jesus came to offer entrance into God's family through spiritual rebirth. This offer of spiritual rebirth is profound and deep. Our need is that God would renew us and give us new life. Our identity is rooted in the God who created us but our sin has separated us from that identity.

Join us as we continue our journey towards Christmas Eve and the celebration of the New Life God has brought to us in and through the person of Jesus.

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This weekend we start our Christmas series called The GIFT. We will be studying the first chapter of John’s gospel. This time of year, we generally beginning thinking about gift giving and receiving. Our culture has built into Christmas the tradition of giving and receiving gifts.

What is your strongest memory of receiving a gift? What is the most important gift you’ve ever given? Perhaps to gain perspective we should revisit the most important gift ever given or received. In our study of John’s gospel, we will learn more about this gift given to the human race. It is a gift so powerful it can raise the dead, heal any sickness and forgive any sin.

Join us this weekend as we remember how very blessed we are as recipients of the greatest gift ever given.

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Come join us for a study of Biblical thankfulness in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5. We are entering a season where we tend to be reminded to be thankful, but how does Jesus actually give us the power to be thankful in the midst of a broken and chaotic world? Come find out!

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This weekend is the final message in our Fall Campaign which is called MISSION CRITICAL. We look at the third step of our new mission statement. The final part of the third step looks at our mission field. As a Church we want to send missionaries into the mission field.

In Acts we see that the mission field covers the whole world. We will examine the four arenas of the mission field as outlined in Acts 1:8. The different arenas can translate well for us as a church in USAmerica in the year 2022. Our call as a church is to reach all of these arenas and contribute to the gospel expanding, reaching people in our time. The truth is that most of us will work in our local mission field and so we want to gain the perspective that will allow us to live out that calling.

We have an opportunity to live for Jesus and represent him as we live our lives. We will not all go to the ends of the earth but we can all live on mission and work together to reach our mission field. Join us for this last message in our fall Campaign.

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This weekend we continue in our fall campaign called MISSION CRITICAL. In this weekend's message we will learn about the next step in our new mission statement.

The third step in our new mission statement is sharing the gospel. As a group of Disciples who are becoming Disciplemakers we recognize that we have a message to share. We have a hope to carry on to the world around us. That hope is contained in the person of Jesus Christ. In the book of Romans in the 10th chapter, we discover the role we play as Disciplemakers in sharing the message of Jesus with the world around us.

This message is a message of forgiveness and restoration. A message of the hope of eternal life in the presence of the God who made us. You and I have the opportunity, privilege, and responsibility to carry this message to others. Join us as we are reminded of the role we play in transmitting the message of the gospel. The reason we share the gospel is this, how else will people be saved?

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This weekend we continue in our Fall Campaign called MISSION CRITICAL. We continue to work through our new mission statement which is; We are a Church on mission to raise up Disciplemakers who share the gospel where we live, work, and play.

This week we focus on the second step which involves Discipleship. The question we will answer this weekend is, what is a Disciplemaker. We recognize that Jesus was on a mission to raise up Disciples who would make more Disciples. We call these people Disciplemakers. They are Disciples who are following Jesus and are able to teach others to follow Jesus too. This should be the goal of your life as a Christian. You should be working to become a follower of Jesus who can teach someone else to follow Him as well.

If you make it your aim to reach this level of maturity then God will help you get there. You must be willing but if you are willing, God will bring people into your life that you can disciple. I hope you will join us this weekend as we dig deeper into what Jesus modeled in his time here on earth which was making Disciplemakers.

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In this week's sermon we will see how Jesus defines following Him, or being His disciple, throughout the Gospels. There can be so many definitions given for discipleship, however when we look at the Word’s of Christ it becomes fairly simple. Just because it is simple does not mean that it is easy!

Are you following Christ, are you a disciple according to His definition? Jesus lays out what it will cost to be His disciple, ultimately your whole life. This is not a one time surrender, but a surrendered life to His purposes. We can not be a disciple of Christ without denying ourselves and picking up our cross. It is not easy to be a Christian, it cost Jesus His life to pay for your salvation and He is asking you to give up your life of sin and control and embrace His life of peace and righteousness.

I encourage you to identify something in your life that may or not be “sinful” but occupies much of your time. Once you have identified an activity or habit, I encourage you to give up that activity for a week and replace that activity with prayer, Bible study, or investing in your family. This is a spiritual discipline called fasting, that helps us deny ourselves and embrace the Gospel. Fasting is not only concerned with food, but anything that can be a sacrifice towards God concerning our time and effort. After a week, sit down and journal about what you learned during this time of fasting. Hope to see you this weekend!

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This weekend we continue in our series called, MISSION CRITICAL. We continue to unpack our new mission statement which is; We are a church on mission to raise up disciple-makers who share the gospel where we live, work, and play. This week we look at another passage that unpacks a little more of the mission we are on.

In 2 Corinthians 5 the apostle Paul talks about the posture he takes in engaging others with the message of the gospel. He pursues the mission with passion. His enthusiasm to reach others is felt in this passage. He goes after the people he is called to with a deep desire to reach them. He knows they have a deep spiritual need and that they were designed to know God and be reconciled to Him. He knows that the people he encounters need to experience new life in Christ. All this good news motivates him and propels him forward into the lives of the people around the world. This same motivation and passion is available to us.

When we connect to the new life Jesus calls us to, we can gain the motivation to reach others and see them experience new life in Christ. The urgency Paul had, we can have. The desire to see others saved comes as we experience new life and begin to see others the way Jesus does. Join us this weekend as we continue to unpack our new mission statement by focusing on the MISSION God has called us to.

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