06/18/2017 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Joe Longarino “In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.” –Pope John Paul II “Coitus without coexistence is demonic.” –Karl Barth Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13 Psalm 84:1-2 Psalm 63:1 Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Hands and Feet by Gungor/Arndt He Knows My […]

06/11/2017 Matthew 28:16-20 Matt Hoffman Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Take to the World by Tate/Webb I Saw the Light by Williams Be Thou My Vision by Forgaill Let Them Praise the Name of the Lord by Harris/Crawford How Can I Keep from Singing? by Lowry Wake Up by Jordan/Chaffer/Leonard Doxology Go further: Lottie Moon’s Death Story a Myth, New […]

05/28/2017 John 17:1-11 Chris Breslin “The glory of God is humanity fully alive.” –Irenaeus “To embrace the ascension is to heave a sigh of relief, to give up the struggle to be God (and with it the inevitable despair at our constant failure), and to enjoy our status as creatures: image bearing creatures, but creatures nonetheless.” –N.T. Wright Scripture: John […]

5/21/17 John 14:1-21 Chris Breslin “These chapters have often rightly been seen as among the most precious and intimate in the New Testament. They are full of comfort, challenge and hope, full of the deep and strange personal relationship that Jesus longs to have with each of his followers. We shouldn’t be surprised that they are also full of some […]

05/14/2017 Sermon John 4:1-30, 39-43 Stephanie Holmer Scripture: 2 Kings 17 Ezra 4 Luke 9:51-56 John 1:32 Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Want by Green Flourishing (Psalm 119) by McCracken He Leadeth Me by Gilmore/Bradbury Glory Be to God the Father by Bonar/Mundell Rest by Maher/Cockrell I Boast No More by Watts/McCracken Doxology Go further: Dr. Christena Cleveland’s Oak Church […]

Rachel Breslin, Stephanie Holmer, Sarah Neff, & Nate Hood reflect about their week in Alexandria, VA at the Ecclesia Network National Gathering & Missio Alliance.

05/07/2017 John 10:1-15 Chris Breslin Scripture: Ezekiel 34 John 1:4 John 3:16 John 11:25 John 17:3 John 20:31 Psalm 23 (The Message) Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: You Are A Good Shepherd by Smith I Am Thine O Lord (Draw Me Nearer) by Crosby/Doane All Creatures of Our God and King by St. Francis Heal Us by Cowper/Twit/Morgan Good Good […]

04/30/2017 Sermon Luke 24:13-35 Jeremiah Dodson   “We do not gain a grasp of Scripture’s significance solely through lectures on the text, we come to understand the death and resurrection of Jesus as we participate in the shared life of the community, enacted in meals shared at the table.” –Richard Hays   “Christian understanding is inseperable from a certain kind […]

04/23/2017 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin   “The church exists for mission as a fire exists by burning.” –Emil Bruner   “Jesus has a very special love for you, as for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see; I listen and do not hear.” –Mother Teresa   “When in doubt, do it.” –Oliver […]

John 20:1-18 Chris Breslin “The Word through whom all things were made is now the Word through whom all things are remade…Jesus’ resurrection is to be seen as the beginning of the new world, the first day of the new week, the unveiling of the prototype of what God is now going to accomplish in the rest of the world.” […]