WHAT GOD WANTS TO GIVE

What do you long for in 2024?

Health? Abundant finances? A better job? A better relationship? Stress-free living?

When I am honest with myself, I often long for things which could be described as my own self-centered plans: to have health to do what I want; to have money so I can have freedom; to have work that always makes me happy; to have zero problems so that I escape stress.

And sometimes I pray, asking God for just these very things.

But are these selfish plans really what we need? Is it possible that when we pray, that God desires to give us something else?

Join us this Sunday as we begin a sermon series about the life of Jesus. Find out who Jesus is, why he came to be with us, and what God most wants to give you through him.

9 AM, In-Person or Online

New Year’s Eve Worship Service with special guest Dr. Michael Bradley

THE REAL JOY OF CHRISTMAS

The other night there was a Christmas movie in which jolly carolers were belting out Christmas cheer while just to the side there were homeless people begging for food and shelter. The disparity between those two scenes revealed very different pictures of our world, and I wanted to protest that the movie maker had dared to put the two together.

Sometimes we celebrate Christmas as if it is all joy, hope and good will, and we ignore the troubles, injustice, and personal sadness many experience at this time of year.

But the Bible always holds both images together. The Bible is brutally honest about the suffering and pain in our world and also about God coming near to help, save, heal and repair. God sees at us in our sickness, sin and suffering and does not walk away, but chooses to be with us - even in the darkest circumstances.

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the real JOY of Christmas!

9 AM, In-Person or Online

PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS

How do you prepare for Christmas? No, I'm not talking about family Christmas celebrations or the Candlelight Service at church. I'm not talking about parties or presents or gatherings - all which we speak of as "Christmas."

I'm talking about the very first Christmas - the unique, one-of-a-kind moment in history when God came to be with us in the person of Jesus….The most incredible moment in history that has ever been.

How do we prepare to remember, celebrate and live into the power of a moment like that???

That's what we'll talk about this Sunday: PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS! What we discover may change your life!

Join us@ 9AM, In-Person or Online

A LONG TIME

Biblical scholars tell us that Jesus' return at the end of time is deeply entrenched in the Bible. In fact, one scholar says there are more than 300 references to this event. It is sometimes called, “His Coming," or "The Day of the Lord," or “The Day of Judgment."

But believers have had to practice patience, waiting and waiting and waaaaaaaaiting. Sometimes we even wonder if God is anywhere around!

When there is so much wrong with this world, why would God make us wait? What's the purpose of this delay in God's plan?

Join us this second Sunday in Advent as we discover, “The Purpose of Patience."

9 AM, In-Person or Online.

A NOTE ABOUT ADVENT FROM PASTOR TOM

This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, the time when we prepare for the birth of our Savior. Normally, we preach on Scripture passages from the Gospel story of Jesus' birth or sometimes from passages in the Old Testament.

Rarely -- if ever-- do we preach about Advent passages from the Letters of Peter and Paul or the other apostles.

But this year, that is my plan. What do the writings of the Apostles have to say about the coming of the Messiah? What do they have to teach us about how to prepare for a true celebration of Christmas?

Join us this Sunday and all the Sundays in December. Help us explore: ADVENT WITH THE APOSTLES

Worship with us @ 9 AM In-person or Online

IN ALL THINGS, GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE

One of the most challenging commands in the Bible is the Apostle Paul's instruction to "give thanks in all circumstances." We can understand how to give thanks when things are going well, but to give thanks in every situation is quite another thing. HOW do you do it? and WHY do you do it?

Join us this Sunday @ 9 AM for worship as we discover the power of unrestricted thanks and praise. In-Person or Online

IN ALL THINGS, GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE

One of the most challenging commands in the Bible is the Apostle Paul's instruction to "give thanks in all circumstances." We can understand how to give thanks when things are going well, but to give thanks in every situation is quite another thing. HOW do you do it? and WHY do you do it?

Join us this Sunday @ 9 AM for worship as we discover the power of unrestricted thanks and praise. In-Person or Online

GOD CAN DO MORE

For the last several weeks we have talked about how God can do more in our lives and in the church than we have ever asked or imagined.

Now we discover that the power for MORE comes through prayer.

Join us this Sunday for this last in a series of sermons from the prophet Isaiah.

9 AM, In-person or Online

Living Well; Dying Well

What if you discovered that you had only one month to live? Where would you go? With whom would you connect? Just what would you do?

Most of us would try to live well....and to love well. But how do we do it?

This All Saints' Sunday, we will look at the lives of some faithful people who have lived before us, and we will learn with God's help and by their examples how we can live faithful lives, too.

Join us @ 9 Am this Sunday.

In-person or Online