Sermons from Community Church of East Gloucester

Pastor Tim opens our winter teaching series on Jesus' farewell discourse to the disciples in the upper room before he was crucified.  And it begins with a redefinition of power, as Jesus takes off his outer clothes, wraps a towel around his waist, and washes his disciples' feet.

Pastor Tim leads off with a brief introduction and orientation to the Advent season at Community Church, and introduces the theme for the stories he's writing as we remember the coming and anticipate the second coming of Jesus!

Adam and Eve were the very first people to have to wait for Jesus.  What was it like for them to experience brokenness and loss, knowing that they'd lost everything at the fall?  What hope did they have?

Pastor Tim continues preaching through story by exploring the life of Abraham, and the promise of God's future blessing.  What must it have been like to leave their land, country, their people to follow the Lord into... the unknown? 

Pastor Tim continues storytelling through Advent and invites us to imagine the life of Moses -- but not during the great miracles and wondrous demonstration of God's power at the Exodus.  No, this is a story from the end of Moses' life, as he is prevented from entering the promised land.  What is it like to wait for God's promises when God's timeline is bigger than our own lifetime?

Pastor Tim concludes our Advent storytelling series with four snapshots of King David's life -- snapshots that remind us that while David was truly a man after God's own heart, God had promised an even greater King who would come; a king whose reign would last forever!

Pastor Tim begins our fall teaching series by celebrating the unity, coherence and beauty of the Bible as a single storyline -- a story written by God across generations of human history -- that has a clear thread and plot that leads to our redemption and God's own glory!

Pastor Tim begins our fall teaching series by celebrating the unity, coherence and beauty of the Bible as a single storyline -- a story written by God across generations of human history -- that has a clear thread and plot that leads to our redemption and God's own glory!

Pastor Tim continues our fall teaching series this week focusing on the cataclysmic crisis of the whole Bible:  the fall of Adam and Eve as sin enters the world.