The Conversion of St. Peter
In Acts 10 we read what is often referred to as the conversion of Cornelius, a Roman centurion who as a Gentile…
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The Wedding at Cana
Early on in John’s Gospel (2.1-11) Jesus and his disciples attend a wedding feast where the wine has run out. The stage…
Read moreThe Feeding of the Five Thousand
Continuing in our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves today we look at the one miracle story that appears in all four Gospels:…
Read moreEsther
Rachel Tyrrell takes us into the story of Esther through Jesus’ famous saying, “The first shall be last, and the last shall…
Read moreThe Binding of Isaac
Years after God promised Abraham a son, Isaac was finally born. Abraham’s journey of faith was just beginning, though. God told Abraham…
Read moreCreation
We jump into the story of creation today from Hebrews 11.3 and Psalm 8. It’s common to wedge the Bible’s creation stories…
Read moreThe Exodus
The Exodus is God’s foundational act of salvation and liberation in the Hebrew scriptures. Starting from Stephen’s retelling of the story in…
Read moreMary and Martha
Jackie Militzer continues our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves with a look at Jesus’ interactions with two of his beloved friends…
Read moreThe Crucifixion
We’re continuing our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves, in which we survey stories from scripture that show us who God is, who…
Read moreThe Ascension
The ascension of Jesus gets overlooked, but it’s a critical story in the drama of salvation and essential to the church’s participation…
Read moreThe Resurrection
This is the beginning of a summer series called The Stories We Tell Ourselves that will take us through some of the foundational stories…
Read moreWorking Together
What does it mean to be the church? Today we consider this question as we read and discuss four passages of scripture:…
Read moreDo You Love Me?
We call it The Unity Mission when Unity Fellowship Church and The Alton Mission gather together for worship. The fruit is a…
Read moreThe First Day of New Creation
Happy Easter! We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus today, paying special attention to the account from the Gospel of John 20.1-31. Jesus’…
Read moreKing of Everyone
Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on what we now call Palm Sunday signaled that the promised Messiah had come to do exactly…
Read moreCome As You Are
Mark Barigye, our intern this semester from Greenville University, preaches from Mark 5 on the story of Jesus healing Jairus’s daughter and…
Read moreBear Each Other’s Burdens
Concluding our Build Each Other Up series, we talk today about being a community of people who help one another responsibly. We read…
Read moreForgive Each Other
Today we consider one of the most basic–as well as one of the hardest–disciplines to practice in community: forgiveness. We look at…
Read morePray for One Another
We’re finally back after getting snowed out a couple weeks! We pick back up with our Build One Another Up series focusing on the…
Read moreBear with One Another
Creating a healthy community often comes down to graciously helping others with their burdens. Bearing with one another isn’t smiling and pretending…
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