Creation
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…
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The 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 moreThe Spirit of Freedom
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. This Sunday we bring together Pentecost, the Tower of Babel, and Galatians…
Read moreThe Good Shepherd
John 10.11-18 is the famous passage where Jesus says he’s the Good Shepherd, the true ruler of the people of God, the…
Read moreThe Life God Wants for You
From Colossians 1.9-14 we find a good definition of discipleship: to live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in…
Read moreThe Hope of Glory
2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 gives us some of the most hopeful verses in scripture, but they were born out of St. Paul’s reflections…
Read moreThe Overflowing Well and the Broken Cisterns
Kristen Gaither preaches on John 4.1-30, the story of the woman at the well whom Jesus offers a spring of living water….
Read moreI Am with You Always
The Great Commission is a world changing assignment that should be beyond intimidating to us. How on earth are we supposed to…
Read moreBaptizing
Baptism was commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission, but why? What does baptism have to do with the gospel? Today we…
Read moreMission and Worship
We’re starting a new series walking through the Great Commission, which is found in Matthew 28.16-20. Today we zoom in on verse…
Read moreA Community of Love
We’re doing a new sermon series between Easter and Pentecost called We Are a New Creation Community. Our first message today is from…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreHarsh Words in Context
From Mark 8.22-9.1 we get a saying of Jesus that is often unfairly used to motivate agreement and action. Jesus said, “If…
Read moreA Church of Nobodies
Our summer series, Why the Church Needs You, concludes with a look at 1 Corinthians 1.26-31. In a world seeking power and knowledge,…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs Our Elders
This morning Ellen Tanner joins us to explore why the church needs our elders. In a culture that lives in fear and…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs Women in Leadership
The story of Mary and Martha isn’t really about preferring quiet times over kitchen work. It’s about the role of women in…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs Foster Kids
This is the second week in our series Why the Church Needs You. Katie Myette from The Restore Network came to talk about…
Read moreNew Creation Now
This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…
Read moreThreatened with Resurrection
For the sixth Sunday of Easter season a sermon from John 5.1-16 titled “Threatened with Resurrection.” Jesus asks us, “Do you want…
Read moreThe First and Final Word
For the fourth Sunday of Easter season, we listen to John 1.1-18. Resurrection in an ordinary life looks like light shining in…
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