This sermon is based on Luke 2:25-38. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

I bet you know the song, “We Need a Little Christmas.” I know it, but I don’t particularly like it. And yet, I do like the idea. We absolutely need a little Christmas. See, Christmas isn’t for the big and important or the rich and powerful. It is for the little people. It’s for ordinary people, people like us, people who know we don’t measure up and can’t measure up—people who know they need grace. See, Christmas is for us because no matter how you read it, there are no “big” people on that first Christmas, but there are great little people! And that is why we all need a “little” Christmas.

This sermon is based on John 1:9-14. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

I bet you know the song, “We Need a Little Christmas.” I know it, but I don’t particularly like it. And yet, I do like the idea. We absolutely need a little Christmas. See, Christmas isn’t for the big and important or the rich and powerful. It is for the little people. It’s for ordinary people, people like us, people who know we don’t measure up and can’t measure up—people who know they need grace. See, Christmas is for us because no matter how you read it, there are no “big” people on that first Christmas, but there are great little people! And that is why we all need a “little” Christmas.

This sermon begins our Advent series and is based on Luke 1:46-55. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

I bet you know the song, “We Need a Little Christmas.” I know it, but I don’t particularly like it. And yet, I do like the idea. We absolutely need a little Christmas. See, Christmas isn’t for the big and important or the rich and powerful. It is for the little people. It’s for ordinary people, people like us, people who know we don’t measure up and can’t measure up—people who know they need grace. See, Christmas is for us because no matter how you read it, there are no “big” people on that first Christmas, but there are great little people! And that is why we all need a “little” Christmas.

This sermon is based on Romans 13:8-10. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon is based on Galatians 6:1-2. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon is based on Ephesians 6:10-17. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon is based on 1 Corinthians 8:1-9. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon is based on Matthew 11:16-24. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon introduces our new series and is based on Matthew 9:9-13. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Quiz time. There are two questions.

Which one of the following axioms is worded correctly?

Which of those seven axioms are we best at doing? (Unfortunately, this is a “choose all that apply” question)?

We desperately need help here. Maybe this series can provide some guidance: “Yes, . . . But Love”

This sermon is based on Eph. 4:1-6, 14-16. You can also view each week’s sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A

SERIES OVERVIEW:

The old campground rule says it this way: “Please leave things better than you found them.” I like that. I even want to do that. Even if it is impossible and we can’t leave things “better,” we can at least try really hard not to leave them any worse. But for better or worse, for richer or poorer, before you can make things better, you need to be sure what you are doing won’t make them worse. And the only way you can do that is to know what its “best version” would look like. For instance, take the church. If we want to make our church better, we first need to know what a healthy church looks like. And then, with that as our target, we can strive to make that picture our reality. Aye, but there’s the rub. What does a healthy church look like? That’s what this series is all about; ascertaining the marks of a healthy church. It is step one to leave things better than we found them, even if we are not leaving anytime soon.