by Jeff Yackley - This message has taken several transformations – at first, I considered giving you a lesson from one of my recent quiet times in Jeremiah 13 – where God says He wants us to cling to Him like underpants. I thought it was great timing – because a new Captain Underpants movie just came out. But Melissa told me I need to save that message for when I am preaching to a group of Jr. High ...

Acts 2 – Pentecost -

Lord, we think of how we have asked You to be present with us – and we expect You to work in our midst – speak to our hearts.  We also want to pray for England right now – all that has been going on there the last few weeks.  You are a God of peace – and we long for the day when we experience the peace of God completely – that day when ...

Marianne: It always amazes me how God uses ordinary people… I don’t always get it right – but here is my story –

A while ago, my son’s mother-in-law asked – Marianne, why don’t you drink – and unthinkingly, I just replied – I used to drink and do drugs, but eventually I just grew up!  There was no backpedaling.  Oops.  At another family gathering – someone asked – about it again – and when I quit ...

Lord, thank You for the opportunity to worship You this morning.  Help us to remove all distractions today – that our hearts may be wholly and fully Yours.

We’ve been going through the life of Jacob – looking at this family. Last week – we looked at how Jacob wanted to marry Rachel, but Laban pulled the switcheroo – and gives him Leah – and this is weird for us because we don’t live this way – and ...

I love preaching on this! It is such a rich story – and it is one of those things that makes me love preaching – this story is GENIUS!

How to deal with a controlling person –

If you have a boss or someone else in your life who is a control freak – how do we respond?

Genesis 29

Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. 2 There he saw ...

We have been looking at the life of Jacob – and how to get ahead – the right ways and wrong ways – and Jacob mostly has the wrong ways.  Jacob had stolen his father’s blessing and birthright – mostly by lying and deceiving his dying father – and Esau, his brother, is not a happy camper.  He threatens to kill Jacob as soon as his father dies. 

Gen. 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and set ...

Early in my Christian life – I really related to Jacob – and I’m sure there are things in his life that we can all relate to.

Let’s pray – Lord, thank You for this opportunity to be before You and to worship You as a congregation and a community of faith.  As we look at Your word, do a work in our own lives – transformed more and more into the image of Christ – to ...

Marianne read this for a friend... 

"I've always thought of myself as a Christian. I was baptized, and confirmed. I sang in the choir and became a deacon. It wasn't until I started at Grace Community that I realized I wasn't  really a Christian. I "talked the talk", but had never "walked the walk". 

I'm very grateful that Pastor Mike and other members of the church have made me ...

Thank You that today we can celebrate the resurrection of the dead!  It is You we celebrate.  It is a day of celebration.  Thank You that it did not end at the cross, but it goes to Easter Sunday – you defeated death and rose again – so touch our hearts that we might experience Your presence this morning.

I am going to look at this from the Gospel of John:

John 20:Early ...

Sue: The question comes up – what happens when what is right for you is not right for me?  I do walking lunges at the Nat – and I have found that in order to not lose my balance, I need to focus on a point on the wall.  So one day, I was walking at the Nat and a guy is walking toward me hanging on to the railing for dear life.  I thought – Here is ...