It's the New Year, and we have a clean slate. We all make resolutions (some of them more healhty than others), but don't always follow through. Or when we do follow through, they don't always satisfy the way we think they might. That's where God comes in. We are loved & cherished by God simply because of who God is (and not what we do). That's grace. Let's begin the new year marinating in God's amazing grace. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 is our text for today.

The story of Jesus' birth didn't end in the manger in Bethlehem. Magi from the East came searching. King Herod got jealous... then vengeful. Mary & Joseph fled as refugees to Egypt before eventually coming back to Nazareth to raise Jesus. What might Mary have learned through all of this? How do we handle the presence of Evil in this world? Join us for the final installment of Through Mary's Eyes. Our text is Matthew 2:1-23

We've heard the Christmas story so many times, we almost forget what a life-altering tale it truly is. Listen again as we follow Mary & Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem on that very first Christmas day! Luke 2:1-20 is our text tonight.

There's only one story about Jesus' adolescence recorded in all of Scripture. Luke tells us about a time when Jesus and his family went to Jerusalem for Passover, and he got "left behind." We'll look at this moment from his life and the impact it may have had on his mother's understanding of the Christmas story. Luke 2:41-51 is our text.

What might it have been like for 14-year old Mary, recently engaged to Joseph, to be told she would soon be "with child'? What was it like for women of childbearing years back in the Ancient Near East? Join us in our 2nd week of THROUGH MARY'S EYES as we examine how the Christmas story would have impacted the mother of Jesus.

This Advent we'll be looking at the Christmas story through the eyes of Jesus' mother, Mary. We begin the series by looking at THE END - the end of Mary's life. Acts 1:12-14 records the final verse with Mary in scripture. We'll examine how that verse has a word to say to us today in our Advent preparations, as well as look at some of the traditions our Roman Catholic and Orthodox brothers & sisters share about Mary.

We've all heard the passage "God loves a cheerful giver." Join Pastor Angela as she unpacks this powerful part of scripture from 2 Corinthians 9:6-15. She looks at studies on the benefits of generosity, as well as lifts up portions of the original Greek passage to help us better understand this important teaching.

As we conclude THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE series, we look at bringing our stories to a resolution... an ending... and discover that once one story ends, another one begins. We continue to follow Moses and his "story" in Exodus 12:29-36.

Life is hard. We all know that. Drama, stuggle & conflict abound. Most of us tend to run away from conflict. And yet, conflict is a necessary part of a good story. Join Moses as we how to leverage conflict to help us be changed more and more into the men & women God created us to be. Exodus 5:1-9 is our text.

What does the Bible say about Hell? Pastor Angela looks at Jesus' story of the Rich Man and Lazarus, and examines our understanding of heaven & hell.