Nelsonville Assembly

Dr. Ray Brewer (the Northern Missouri District Superintendent) preached from Matthew 25 to demonstrate how we should all strive to be "good & faithful" servants of God in our lives.

Because of the impact of COVID-19 and the postponement of the 2020 District Council, at the conclusion of the service we had the unique opportunity to celebrate and praise God as Pastor Isaiah & Melia received their ordination (the highest level of credentialing in our denomination).

In the final week of this series, Pastor Isaiah reminds us of the powerful truth: God is always working - in everything - that takes place in this life.

From I Peter 1 & James 1 to Hebrews 12, we see how God is working in all trials, difficulties, and even sufferings to refine His people out of His great love for His children. We conclude by hearing again from Revelation 7 about the great eternity we are headed toward and seek to reflect here and now in our assemblies.

In Week 6, Pastor Isaiah talked about how God has wired and gifted each of us to reflect and act like Jesus Christ in living as a servant to those around us to the glory of God!

Music and song are incredible gifts from God to humanity. The main purpose for which God created humanity was to worship and glorify Him. Pastor Isaiah challenges us today to understand that how we leverage the gift of music and how we approach singing to God can be powerful expressions of our worship to Him.

The Church Gathers. When we assemble together as the people of God, we have the distinct privilege of hearing from God through the preaching of Word. In response, we also speak to God through prayer. Pastor Isaiah explains the foundation for Christian prayer from the promises of Jesus to hear us and work in this world. Building on that foundation, we consider one very important truth that we must be praying for in our society today.

The people of God must assemble (gather together) in order to be a Biblical church. But what does the church do when it assembles? What makes a church assembly different than other gatherings we have?

In this second week of the series, Pastor Isaiah answers that question with the awesome and humbling truth: the Church Hears From God.

In the first week of our new series, Pastor Isaiah answers the question "Why do we feel the need to physically gather as a church?" Looking at the promise of Jesus in Matthew 16:18 and the meaning of the word "Ekklesia" (Assembly) we set a firm foundation for understanding why we must gather as a local church to reflect to our world the Universal Church and what will happen in eternity.

In our first worship service back together physically after our COVID-19 response, Pastor Isaiah explained from Ephesians 2 the foundational message of the Gospel. It is this message which is the very basis of why we gather, why we worship, and why we exist as a church.

Isaiah 53 is a powerful prophetic text that speaks to the main point of the Atonement - God meets our greatest need of salvation from sin by the work of Jesus Christ on behalf of His people.

In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, Pastor Isaiah clarifies what our Christian response should be, including a right view of healing that rejects the false teachings of the "word of faith" and "prosperity gospel" as non-Christian views.

Atonement is a word which sits at the very heart of the Christian faith, yet it is one we might not be as familiar with as we should. In this first sermon of a series leading up to Easter, we will focus upon the atonement made by Christ in His death and resurrection. Pastor Isaiah begins with first week explaining what atonement is and why we believe in a Penal Substitutionary Atonement specifically.