Scripture Notes

 Mark 6:7-13 and Matthew 9:35-10:8

“Empowered to Preach and Teach”

Jesus sends out his twelve closest students to preach the good news and heal. He sends his students into the world, asking them to just bring themselves and the good news. They have everything they need to do the work at hand.

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Matthew 9:9-13,18-26

“Unlikely Disciple”

Jesus asks Matt the Tax Collector to be his disciple. The hemorrhaging woman touches Jesus’ cloak and is healed. Jesus raises the young daughter from the dead. Whew! There is a lot going on in this passage. Again and again, we see Jesus in the world seeking, teaching, and healing those burdened and cast aside without qualification.

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Acts 2:1-21

“Pentecost”

During Pentecost, the Holy Spirit falls on the disciples. But the breath of the Spirit was given to the disciples even as they hid in fear in the upper room. Sometimes the Spirit helps us to survive tragedy. If we continue in our faith, we will find that Spirit also calls us out into the world.

If we are serious about walking the path of Christ, we will be stretched.

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John 14:15-21

“With Us”

Jesus assures his followers He will be with them and will be alive even if He is no longer of this world.

“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”

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Luke 24:13-35

“Keep Going”

Jesus walks with his followers on the road to Emmaus as they lament his death, but they do not even recognize him. How often do we fail to see that Jesus is walking with us even now?

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John 20:19-31

“Prove It”

Thomas asks for proof that Jesus has returned on the other side of death.

Jesus provides exactly the proof that Thomas needs, without shame and without hesitation.

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Matthew 28:1-10 

“He Is Risen”

Palm and Passion Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday remind us to not mistake the feeling or situation of any one moment for the meaning and impact of a life in its entirety. In this short sermon series, we explore the idea of “How It Started, How It’s Going.”

 
Easter Sunday, we begin the season of Easter with rejoicing. The end is not the end, but the beginning. All are welcome regardless of religious background, belief, Christian experience, or church affiliation.

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John 3:1-17

“Alone At Night”

In the weeks between Jesus’s challenge alone in the wilderness and the triumph and tragedy of Jesus’s walks alone through the crowds on days of palms and passion, we find Jesus interacting with others who are alone in some way.

He fully engages outsiders: those who seek God, those at the edges of social acceptability, and those able to hear and heal.
 
This second Sunday of Lent, we follow along with Nicodemus as he visits Jesus at night.

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Matthew 4:12-23

"Fish"

We continue our first sermon series of the year, First Fruits, as we read about the fulfillment of Isaiah. Jesus proclaims, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Peter and Andrew are recruited to start gathering people, instead of fish.

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Matt 3:13-17,  John 1:29-42

“Lamb and Dove”

We begin our first sermon series of the year, First Fruits, we read about John the Baptist calling Jesus the Lamb of God and consider the meaning of the dove. 

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