Who We Become
We were created to be image bearers who become like what we behold. So who we become is determined by who we…
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Unity, Action and Rejoicing
Picking back up in our Philippians sermon series, we’re into chapter 2! Paul begins with a call to unity, extolling virtues like…
Read moreGrace, Peace and Affection
The beginning of our new fall sermon series on Philippians. Today we focus on Paul’s greeting and opening prayer (1.1-11). While grace…
Read moreOur Common Work
In this new season we read together 1 Corinthians 12.4-7, 1 Thessalonians 4.9-12, and 2 Thessalonians 3.6-13. What is our common work…
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 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 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…
Read moreBuilding Up and Tearing Down
First week in our new series on Christian community called Build Each Other Up. After a demonstration with the kids on how…
Read moreThe Measure of a Church
What’s the measure of a church? How do you know if a church is healthy, fruitful, and making progress in their calling?…
Read moreOn Spiritual Gifts
What were you made for? 1 Corinthians 12.4-11 contains a prominent list of spiritual gifts, which we look at along with lists…
Read moreAppointed
Acts 14.21-28 gives us a window into how St. Paul established the earliest churches so that they would be healthy and effective….
Read moreA Good Church
What are the qualities of a good church? If you only had time to mention a few, what would make your list?…
Read moreHealing Friendships
John 5.1-15 tells the story of Jesus going where people who are disabled, forgotten, and facing poverty gather for healing. There he…
Read moreWe Were Family All Along
1 Peter 5.5-11 begins by affirming our struggles, our cares and anxieties, our suffering, and even our sense that there’s an enemy…
Read moreNo Fear in Love
This morning we hosted Unity Fellowship Church for a joint worship service, the second combined service we’ve done together. Pastor Charles from…
Read moreSee the Good
Chris Malave’s sermon on Philippians 4.4-8, with help from the kids teaching us how to apply St. Paul’s words, “If anything is…
Read moreSelf-Emptying Community
In Philippians 2.1-16 Paul puts the cross shaped life of Jesus right at the center of what it means to be the…
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