Nelsonville Assembly

Once again we turn to Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and the challenge from this text is to consider our own hearts and our loves. Are we getting God's Word in our hearts and making the most of our time?

Pastor Isaiah starts by discussing the greatest resource practical resource the Lord gives Our church family is part of God's intentional plan for our lives and must be seen as a gift. To conclude, Pastor Isaiah demonstrates some of the hands-on resources that we have available and how to use them.

We began this first week discussing the Foundations of Christian theology with regard to the belief in the Trinity. Pastor Isaiah laid out several key terms that we will explore in this study as we seek to understand who God has revealed Himself to be and how important these things are for our relationship with Him.

In Week 2 of our series, Rev. Melia Jesch speaks about milestones in spiritual lives. This concept provides a way for us to evaluate and to celebrate the major moments of spiritual growth in a person's life. From Deuteronomy 6:4-9, we continue to talk about this important command for parents and churches to invest in the lives of family members of all ages.

Building off the 5th Core Value of our church, Pastor Isaiah begins a new series talking about the importance of our investing our time and energy into those God has placed in our lives.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 is the key passage we will be looking at throughout this series, and in the first message, Pastor Isaiah unpacks the core commands as "Know Who God Is" and "Love God With Everything." To grow in these things takes time, effort and intentionality on our part.

With ice preventing us from gathering physically, Pastor Isaiah shared the final message in our series from his office via a live stream to Facebook. We conclude talking about our commitment to believing that God is sovereign, active, and engaged in this world. We are a part of His plan and His family as Christians!

Week 4 takes us back to the most essential element of Who We Are. The Scriptures tell us that nothing was created outside of Christ and nothing exists now outside of His sustaining power keeping it existence. He is the center of everything, from creation, to our lives, and especially our church. As we reflect on who He is from Colossians 1:15-20 and then take the Lord's Supper together, we commit to being Christ Centered in everything that we do.

As a Bible Believing Church we affirm and we rely upon the Scriptures completely as our ultimate authority in our lives. After discussing this position and defining our terms in it, Pastor Isaiah turns to speak into the cultural moment we are faced with.

In light of the continuing spread of the culture of death and the recent NY State laws, we take a stand upon what the Bible says regarding the death of unborn babies and give a commitment to what our church will and will not do.

Our Mission is to make disciples, so naturally be focused upon equipping our people to be disciple-makers is crucial. In Week 2 of our series, Pastor Isaiah unpacks Ephesians 4:11-16 and discusses the role of the church in equipping the saints to be both growing disciples and disciple-makers personally.

Due to more than a foot of snow and ice on the ground, we couldn't gather as a the church physically. So Pastor Isaiah shared a brief devotional message on the Fruit of Growing from Galatians 5:22-23 from his house and encouraged us to take advantage of the rest of this day to have God-centered conversations and prayer as we make disciples in our own homes!

Pastor Isaiah begins with recapping the progress that has been made by our church leadership over the last couple months and then begins to walk through the Mission & Core Values of Nelsonville Assembly.

We start in the middle of our Core Values and elaborate on the reason that "We Are: Praying" as a church and individuals. Our relationship to God as His sons and daughters makes prayer an infinitely valuable gift.

You can learn more about Who We Are at NelsonvilleAG.org/about