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…
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The Way of Peace
Everyone wants peace, but how can we actually secure peace? A famous line from an ancient Roman writer says, “If you want…
Read morePreach, Be Bold and Rejoice
Our second sermon in the Philippians series, this one comes from Philippians 1.12-26. Paul gives a confident interpretation of his circumstances, though…
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 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 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…
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Epiphany comes after the twelve days of Christmas, on which we celebrate the shining forth of the glory of God in Jesus….
Read moreA Beggar’s Prayer
Luke gives us a chapter full of stories, parables, and interactions with Jesus that culminate in the healing of a blind man…
Read moreHope for Our Community
Paul Militzer shares about his work as Executive Director of the Community Hope Center, and preaches a message of hope from what…
Read moreShameless
We find the familiar story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10.38-42. What was so significant about Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet?…
Read morePray for Rain
“Everything is meaningless” doesn’t sound like good news. In Ecclesiastes 1.2-11 we get a sense of the tiresome, circular nature of the…
Read moreWorking on the Other Half
When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus said there were actually two: love God and love your neighbor. While many neglect the…
Read moreGet Moving
The next sermon in our series A Story Worth Living comes from Mark 10.35-52. We have contrasting stories of disciples who brought their…
Read moreWhat’s Your Character?
We’re working with a definition of story from Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: “A character who wants something…
Read moreDon’t Give Up
Jesus sat and thought of what he could say to encourage his disciples to pray and never give up. The parable he…
Read moreWhy Did You Wait?
From John 2.1-11 comes the famous story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding party. When the new wine comes…
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 moreSin and Confession
Today we focus on Psalm 38, a confession of sin and prayer for mercy. Jesus is our Great Physician who not only…
Read moreThe Kingdom of Life
Kristen Gaither preaches on Luke 8.40-56, the story of Jesus raising Jairus’s daughter after an interruption to heal an ailing woman. As…
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