Restoration Is the Goal
Our Lent series on forgiveness jumps to the end goal of forgiveness, which is the restoration of God’s good. We heed St….
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Learning Forgiveness
For Lent this year we’re studying forgiveness: Forgiveness from God, forgiveness with one another, giving and receiving. Today we introduce the series…
Read moreOur Visitation
Luke 19.41-48 is a story about God’s goodness meeting our stubbornness. The peace and belonging we so desperately need are on offer,…
Read moreA Song of Revolution
We’re going back to the earliest Christmas songs for our Advent series. Specifically, the songs and worship from the beginning of Luke’s…
Read moreWho We Become
We were created to be image bearers who become like what we behold. So who we become is determined by who we…
Read moreUnity, 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 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 Apostle in Athens
When St. Paul was suddenly dropped off in Athens unattended, he explored the city and took note of what he saw. He…
Read moreThe Transfiguration
Luke 9.27-36 tells the story of Jesus being transformed in glory on top of a mountain. His disciples see him talking with…
Read moreThe 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 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 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’…
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