with special guest Rev. Gary Kelley

UNCERTAIN TIMES

What do you do when you are not sure what tomorrow is going to bring? When you face challenging circumstances and you can't see the way ahead?

Do you give in to doubts and fears? Conclude that God doesn't care…or that God is not even there?

The prophet Isaiah would remind us that even in the most difficult circumstances there is hope:

“Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings like eagles. They shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not faint."

Join us this Sunday for worship as we discover God's help for uncertain times (and Pastor Tom’s final sermon before retirement)

9 AM In-Person or Online

FULLY ALIVE IN THE NEW YEAR

The early Christian leader, Irenaeus, famously said, “The glory of God is a human being fully alive."

But many of us live our day to day lives on auto-pilot. We slog our way through ups and downs and joys and sorrow as if somehow they are all the same. We run the treadmill of the day to day without realizing that God has a greater purpose for our lives.

Jesus says it like this: “I have come that they might have life and life more abundantly." John 10.10

What would it take for you to experience abundant life? What would it take for you to come "fully alive"?

Join us this Sunday and find out as we dig into the New Year stories of Jesus. 9 AM, In-person and Online

with special guest Rev. Donna Bowers

CHRISTMAS: NICE THOUGHT? or LIFE-CHANGING TRUTH?

We say that God is with us, but how do we know for sure? We say that God loves us, but what is the basis of that confidence? When we face hard times, how do we really know if these words are just platitudes or if they are truth?

Join us this First Sunday after Christmas as we dig into the biblical message of Incarnation. Find out the implications of Christmas for our daily lives, the difference it makes through the birth of Jesus, that God came into this world to be with us.

We worship this Sunday @ 9 AM

In-person or Online

It's a Wonderful Life...Or is it?

Do you ever feel like George Bailey in the movie," It's a Wonderful LIfe?" Do you ever wonder if you have made good choices or if your life really matters?

All during the season of Advent, we have looked at the relevance of the Christmas story for us today. We've heard the good news of God's love for ordinary people and ordinary lives.

Join us for worship this one last Sunday in Advent as we complete the story, discovering God's love for us through the Shepherds.

9 AM, In-person and Online

JOSEPH

Most church hymnals (for those congregations that still use them) have a large section of Christmas carols.

Ours has 40 - I counted them!

But as I flipped through the section, I did not see a single Christmas carol about Joseph.

Why?

He's of the biblical line of David. He's the father of Jesus. Surely there ought to be more.

Join us this Sunday as we continue to explore the Christmas story. Find who Joseph was, and why his life and example are vitally important.

9 AM In-Person or Online

WHEN MARY SINGS

In every single nativity play I have ever seen, Mary is silent. The narrator reads from Luke 2 that "Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart," but she never says a thing.

How surprising, then, to find in the earlier story of the angel announcing Mary's pregnancy that she sings. “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..." (Luke 1.47)

The gospel of Luke is the only gospel where Mary sings. Why does Luke tell us about it? And for that matter, why does Mary sing?

Join us for worship this Sunday and find out!

9 am, In-person or Online

ADVENT: A Season of Silence

Many of us today are strangers to silence. We assume that silence is something awkward, something to avoid. Something to fear.

And yet, silence as described by the Bible is often transformative. Silence invites us deeper within ourselves and deeper in our connection with God. Silence offers new perspectives and renewed hopes.

Advent, the time when we prepare for Christmas, is designed to be a season of silence, a time when we slow down, return to things that matter, open ourselves to others and to God. It is a time when we get ready for God's new way in this world which comes in the birth of Jesus.

Join us this Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, as we re-discover the power of silence.

9 AM, In-Person or Online

COUNTING BLESSINGS FOR MYSELF

...AND FOR YOU

One favorite song of the Thanksgiving season is the hymn, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. “Count your blessings, name them one by one. Count your blessings, see what God hath done."

And it is true: in times of hardship and difficulty, it helps to count our blessings and to remember that God's goodness is still at work for us. Counting our blessings strengthens faith, giving us the courage to go on.

But did you know that there is another reason to count our blessings? Not only to strengthen our own faith, but the faith of others.

That's the thing about being a follower of Jesus: We're not just living for ourselves: we are always living for others, too.

Join us for worship this Sunday as we talk about it. 9 am, In-person or Online.