Jesus prays and we get to listen in as He prays for his disciples in the room, but also for ALL who will come to believe! That's a prayer for ALL TIME! What does that mean for us today?

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In this week's message, Pastor Paul talks about the LOVE Jesus calls his followers to model for each other and the world, and about how knowing Christ's PEACE makes LOVE more possible for us.

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Jesus commands his disciples to LOVE. In this week's message, Pastor Paul talks about that LOVE, the context, and the challenges of being about LOVE today.

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On Good Shepherd Sunday we hear the reading about Jesus' encounter with religious leaders who want him to tell them plainly that he is or is not the messiah. Jesus tells them that he has been telling them through all of the work he has done in his Father's name, but they missed it. In this message, Pastor Paul challenges us not to miss it and lays out a summer long challenge of God Spotting.

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In this message, Pastor Paul talks about Star Wars (hey, it was May the Fourth!) to help us think about the importance of Saul's encounter with Jesus and his conversion. Saul becomes Paul and is 100% on team Jesus. The rest, as they say, is history. So how do we encounter Jesus in our lives? Why does that matter? Listen to find out!

Memories! We make them all the time. In today's message for Easter, Pastor Paul talks about memories and the importance of them for Jesus' early followers, the women, who came to the tomb to find it empty. Christ is risen indeed!

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Who do you identify with on the roadside leading into Jerusalem? Pastor Paul asks us to think about it, and to consider that there are many reasons we celebrate Palm Sunday today.

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In the final week of our lenten series, Pastor Paul talks about the words Jesus felt were important to share with his closest followers during a Passover meal. The Last Supper was a time when Jesus was pastoral and caring for the ones that would be sent on a mission to declare the kingdom of heaven has come near.

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Jesus says, "I am" and we are invited to ponder who Jesus is for us. Pastor Paul talks about the history of "I AM" in Exodus, then challenges us to get to know the words of Jesus, which will help us with our life of faith.

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Jesus spoke to them in parables. In part three of our Lenten sermon series, Pastor Paul talks about how Jesus taught using parables, that encouraged the hearer to think more deeply about the meaning and identify with one of the characters. These parables reveal the purpose of the Kingdom of God which has drawn near, Jesus' mission. Which character to you identify with in this parable?

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Music ”Ukulele Beach” provided by YouTube with permission. Written by Doug Maxwell.