**Due to technical difficulties, the first 5 minutes of this sermon got cut off.**

The word "sacraments" seems like a confusing, old, church-word that really has no place in the 'modern Church.' What does it mean anyway, and why do we celebrate these things? Are communion and baptism really that big of a deal? Do they provide any benefit to my life? And what about church membership? Isn't that also something that our parents and grandparents used to do that really has no benefit today? Are these things biblical? These are all really important questions that we will seek to answer from God's Word in this three-week mini-series called "Sacraments."