Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

"Before anything is said about evil, or pain, or sin we need to first hear this note of excited pleasure. What God made is good! This is the basis for a celebration and enjoyment of God's world." —David Atkinson

"The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof." —Psalm 24:1a

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

Guest Preacher: Mike Osborne

I. The main features of Zechariah's vision

II. The meaning of Zechariah's vision

III. The implications of Zechariah's vision for you and me in 2024

Guest Preacher: Joe White

Main Points:

1. The Word Became Flesh...

2. ...And Dwelt Among Us

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

“The Church provides a context to experience the power and love of God, and the deity and lordship of Jesus. When the Church faithfully follows its Lord, it. . .is the light that shines in dark places. It is the living evidence that Jesus is the crucified and risen King who reigns. The most obvious and powerful example of this is the experience of love. . .Which is why Jesus himself said. . .in John 13:35, ‘all men will know that you are my disciples for the love that you have for one another’.”

– Mario Russo

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

Reflection:

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." – Haldir, The Fellowship of The Ring

"He who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new'.” – Revelation 21:5

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

"A pattern emerges in the story of Scripture: victory comes through suffering, exaltation through humiliation, and ultimately, the kingdom through the cross."

– Jeremy Treat

Guest Preacher: Jason Shiver

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

Text: Genesis 1:26-31

Title: God Made Me in His Image, Therefore I Am

Quote:

“People today are trying to hang on to the dignity of man, but they do not know how to, because they have lost the truth that man is made in the image of God....We are watching our culture put into effect the fact that when you tell men long enough that they are machines, it soon begins to show in their actions. You see it in our whole culture -- in the theater of cruelty, in the violence in the streets, in the death of man in art and life.”

― Francis A. Schaeffer, Escape from Reason, 1968

Preacher: Interim Pastor Jon Storck

Passage: Genesis 1:3-25