Pastor Ruth assures us that we can stay on the path that Jesus has laid out for us because He is going before us. Reading: John 14:1-14 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 NRSV

Pastor Gary reminds us that Jesus is our shepherd, we hear His voice and he gathers us so that we may be His own. Reading: John 10:1-10 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. John 10:9

Pastor Ruth explains how Jesus brings our world into focus. Reading: Luke 24:13-35 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.Luke:31 (NRSV)

Pastor Gary reminds us the reading for today is our marching orders. Go tell the Good News! Reading: John 20:19-31 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.John 20:29 (NRSV)

He is Risen! He is risen, indeed! Pastor Ruth helps us to understand, as regular human beings, what it means to us that Jesus is no longer in the tomb. Reading: Matthew 28:1-10 Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.Matthew 28:5 (NRSV)

Pastor Gary reminds us; we are all guilty and although Jesus was not, he took the guilt of everyone onto himself. Reading: Matthew 27:27-31 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.Isaiah 53:10 (NASB)

Pastor Phil Yokers tells us, that not only does God have the power help us when we ask, he wants to. Jesus wept when he heard that Lazarus had died, then he raised him to life. Reading: John 11:1-48 Martha said, “Master, if you’d been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. Even now, I know that whatever you ask God he will give you.” Jesus said, “Your brother will be raised up.” Martha replied, “I know that he will be […]

Reading: John 9:1-41 Pastor Ruth reminds us what a privilege it is to be sought out by Jesus and to be given eyes to see the truth. Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.”John 9:39 (NRSV)

Reading: John 4:5-42 Pastor Gary reminds us that we, like the woman at the well, can receive the living water from Jesus and go running to share it with others. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.John 4:14 (NRSV)

Reading: Genesis 12:1-4, Romans 4:1-5,13-17, John 3:1-17 Pastor Ruth explains how Nicodemus straddled the line of holding on to what he understood and stepping over where God would make him a new creature, to be born again from above through Jesus. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.John 3:16 (NRSV)