Please read Exodus 20: 1-17 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Covenant Keeping: Contracts and Covenants Key Verse: “…showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20: 6. Reflection Questions: Covenants include agreements between parties to live in certain ways together, such as vows ... [Read more...]

Please read Genesis 17:1-7&15-16 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Covenant Keeping – Promises, Promises. Key Verse:  “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you ... [Read more...]

Please read Genesis 9:8-17 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Covenant Keeping – Global Guarantee Key Verse: “I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” Genesis 9:13 Reflection Questions: The rainbow has been a symbol of covenant for generations. ... [Read more...]

Please read Mark 1: 40-45 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “Secrets, Secrets, Secrets” After sternly warning him he sent him away at once, saying to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ... [Read more...]

Please read Mark 1: 21-28 Sermon Focus: “What is this?” Key Verse: “They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” (Mark 1: 21-22) What do you think the Gospel ... [Read more...]

Please read Mark 1:14-20 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “An Urgent Mission” Key Verse:  “And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.”  And immediately they left their nets and followed him.” How are you being called to ‘leave your nets behind?’ What new life might ... [Read more...]

Please read John 1:43-51 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “Come and See” Key Verse:  “Nathaniel replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than ... [Read more...]

Please read Deuteronomy 15:7-11 & Matthew 2:1-18 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “The Life of Christmas Present: Look Upon Me” Reflection Questions: Deuteronomy is a book of instructions to the Israelites as they entered the Promised Land. These short verses remind them and us to open our hand wide to the poor.  ... [Read more...]

Please read Isaiah 9:2,6 & Luke 2:8-14 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “The Remembrance of Christmas Past: Hope from Heartbreak” Reflection Questions: The Prophet Isaiah speaks of people who have walked in a land of deep darkness.  Are there ways that you feel this deep darkness in our world today? In the Gospel ... [Read more...]

Please read Psalm 138, Micah 6: 6-8, and Luke 17:11-19  and use these notes to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “Giving Thanks” Key Verse:  “On the day I called, you answered me, you strengthen my life.” Psalm 138:3 Have you ever found yourself calling out to God? If so why? How does God ... [Read more...]