BUT SINCE YOU EXCEL IN EVERYTHING In your Faith -  In your Speech and in your Knowledge, then I encourage you in earnestness and in the Love we have ignited in you, - be sure you also Excel in this grace of giving. 

2 Corinthians 8:7

Ps Aaron continued our EXCEL series as we continue to Reflect, Pray and Respond to the message from last week regarding giving.  In this week’s text from Malachi 3:6-12, God asks us to ‘Return to Me,’- Bring - Test - See. The question of the week was ‘What do you worry about the most?’ God clearly tells us not to worry and shows us that we can overcome worry through His Word.  We hope you will listen to this week’s message and spend some time with God as we prepare to excel in this grace of giving.

If you are in need of prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way! 

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BUT SINCE YOU EXCEL IN EVERYTHING In your Faith -  In your Speech and in your Knowledge, then I encourage you in earnestness and in the Love we have ignited in you, - be sure you also Excel in this grace of giving. 2 Corinthians 8:7

This past Sunday Ps Aaron took some time to speak to us around the subject of finances. In his message, he shared how asking us and speaking to us specifically in the area of money has been a struggle for him. He came to this revelation that he was fearful of asking us to give faithfully and generously and in some way felt as though he was lacking faith and trust in God to provide for the finances of our Church. Yet, what God reminded him and affirmed in him is that He knows Caity and Aaron have been faithful and that they do trust Him with their finances and have done so for the past 24 years. What He has been asking Ps Aaron to do that he has misunderstood is that He has asked him to teach us - His church to trust Him with our finances. And so this message from Sunday is the first step in doing that.  We would humbly ask you, if you missed church yesterday, to take time out this week to go and listen.

If you are in need of prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way! 

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This week’s message wrapped up our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit by discussing Galatians 5:24.  After teaching on the character virtues of the Spirit, Paul stresses that “against such things there is no law.”  Author Christopher Wright explains it like this; “This kind of Christ-like character does not come from submitting to the law, but from submitting to Christ by faith, and living your life under the power and guidance of His Spirit.”

As the Jewish people’s population grew, they attempted to regulate their people through scribal law, often going far beyond what God intended or designed.  Unfortunately, the law can not compel people to act a certain way, but by keeping in step with the Spirit and allowing the closeness to Him to transform us, we can continue to cultivate fruit and truly love one another as Jesus asked us to do.  We hope this message does just that, helps you to KNOW the love of Jesus personally and then DISCOVER who He has called you to be and begin the journey of Loving others as you have been loved. 

If you are in need of prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way! 

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This week’s message explores the significance of self-control in our Christian faith. We discuss the protective role of self-control, and why it is not a characteristic of God, but a vital gift He offers to us. We also dive into its Greek roots, exploring the true meaning of self-control as a dominion from within that proceeds outward, a vital tool in resisting temptation and keeping in step with the Spirit.

Through biblical examples of impulsivity, specifically focusing on the lives of Saul, David, and Peter, we hear of the pitfalls of being driven by worldly desires and the subsequent need for self-control. Finally, we discuss how self-control can be cultivated through the Spirit. This message is a powerful reminder of the role of self-control in our spiritual growth and the vital importance of aligning our will with God's.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way! 

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We continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled, Be Faithful. God's boundless faithfulness and Jesus's unwavering loyalty to his disciples are perfect examples, giving us hope in our most challenging times. The biblical teachings warn us against opportunism and fair-weather friendship, challenging us to be faithful and dependable companions.  We learned how to cultivate faithfulness in our own lives from 1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP; Bearing all things, Believing all things, Hoping all things and Enduring all things. 

The question this week to consider is, “Are you a loyal friend to others”?  We hope this message will assist you in answering this during your time with God and discover ways to work toward being a faithful person who can be relied upon, no matter the circumstances.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]

This Sunday was filled with celebration for many reasons! This week we prayed over all of our students and faculty who have all gone back to school this week.  We also had 10 people who decided to go public with their faith by being water baptized.  As part of this special day, we departed from our Fresh Series and Ps Aaron gave a message titled Made New. Our text today was Matthew 28:18-19 and Mark 16:15-16. In both examples, Jesus was instructing his disciples to make disciples and baptize them. That whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.

We enjoyed watching as 10 disciples were Made New and followed Jesus’ example of water baptism. 

If you are considering baptism, we hope this message will assist you by learning what Jesus did and what he charges each of us to do; Repent, be baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit. 

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]

This Sunday, Ps Aaron continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled DO GOOD.  This week’s text took us to Titus 3:1-8 which discusses being “ready for every good work” and to “be careful to devote themselves to good works, these things are excellent and profitable for people”. By definition, goodness is to do good; to be one with moral virtue and character; having integrity. The opposite of goodness is phoniness and hypocrisy.  We can’t talk about it and not be about it! We also learned four practical ways to cultivate goodness in our lives.

Are you an honest, be-kind, do-good kind of person? Are you an, oh my goodness, you phony and hypocritical kind of person?

If you or someone you know struggles with this attribute of the fruit of the Spirit, we hope you will listen and share this message with others who need to experience His goodness.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]

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This Sunday, our fearless Youth leader, Brandon Gilbert, continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled, Kindness.  By definition, it means taking action with a lot of inner security without thought of anything in return, as in a random act of kindness. We learned that the opposite of kindness is envy, or the inability to rejoice in someone else’s joy.  How do we cultivate kindness? We can show mercy, love when we don’t feel like it, and choose to be kind.  It all comes back to love!

So the questions this week are, How has God shown you kindness? Is there someone who you can show kindness to this week? Is there an area in your life you feel you could better show kindness (love) to yourself?

If you or someone you know struggles with this attribute of the fruit of the Spirit, we hope you will listen and share this message with others who need to experience His kindness.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]

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This Sunday, Ps Aaron Snow continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a challenging message titled BE PATIENT.  Our text is centered around Galatians 5:22-26.  As we continued on the list of 9 attributes of the Fruit of the Spirit, he shared a quote from author Christopher Wright, “The first three items in Paul’s fruit basket sound very spiritual, heavenly almost. Very nice for Sundays at least. But his next one, patience, brings us back down to earth on a Monday. What are we like to live with the rest of the week? How do we cope with all that presses in on us in the hustle and hassle of life?”  

We also learned that the opposite of patience is actually anger, that anger can lead to revenge or indifference, and three ways for us to cultivate patience.

So the big question this week is, are you angry? Anger itself isn’t a sin, but what we do with it can be.

If you or someone you know struggles with this attribute of the fruit of the Spirit, we hope you will listen and share this message with others who need to experience His peace.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]

This past Sunday, Ps Caity Snow continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit. Her beautiful message, Peace, gave us clear definitions of what peace is, what it is not, the enemies of peace, the counterfeits of peace and how we can cultivate peace. In Philippians 4:6, Paul explained that we should not worry about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present our requests to God.  Out of the assurance of our salvation, we need to trust Him, no matter what the outcome.  We were also sent the Holy Spirit to help us cultivate our peace.

The questions this week included; Has anxiety, cynicism and apathy taken the seat in which peace should be sitting? Are you cultivating peace?

If you or someone you know struggles with this aspect of the fruit of the Spirit, we hope you will listen and share this message with others who need to experience His peace.

Our prayer each week is that we would help you to KNOW Jesus personally and begin to trust that He has a Purpose for your life. If you want or need prayer, would you let us know? We would love to pray with you and for you as God continues to reveal His grace and truth to you in a real and powerful way!  You can email us at [email protected]