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Preach, 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…

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Posted on September 22, 2019 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Hope 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…

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Posted on November 11, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Unimpressive Way

We walk with the disciples today as Jesus takes them aside to teach them the importance of being unimpressive. Only unimpressive disciples…

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Posted on September 23, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Get 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…

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Posted on July 9, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Don’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…

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Posted on June 3, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The 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…

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Posted on February 25, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Healing for Those Who Can’t Straighten Up

From Luke 13.10-21 comes the story of a woman bent over and unable to straighten up for 18 long years. While Jesus…

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Posted on November 5, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The 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….

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Posted on October 15, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Taking a Leap of Faith

Tammy Iskarous comes to preach this morning on Exodus 14, in which God makes a way out of no way. Can we…

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Posted on September 24, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Earth Is the Lord’s and Everyone in It

Jonah is the disobedient prophet who was called beyond the borders of his people, his nation, and his compassion. We catch up…

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Posted on August 27, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Body and Blood

From Matthew 15.21-28 comes a story in which Jesus’ use of a racial insult provides a test of what is in a…

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Posted on August 20, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Teach Them to Obey

Continuing through the Great Commission (Matthew 28.16-20), we come to the phrase, “Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” For…

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Posted on July 23, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Baptizing

Baptism was commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission, but why? What does baptism have to do with the gospel? Today we…

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Posted on July 16, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Make Disciples

Our trek through the Great Commission (Matthew 28.16-20) in our Everyone is a Missionary series continues with Javi Malave preaching on “Make Disciples.”…

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Posted on July 9, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Take Authority

We’re in the Great Commission again (Matthew 28.16-20) and move on to our next key word: Authority. After some instructions on interpretation…

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Posted on June 18, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Mission 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…

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Posted on June 11, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Members in Mission

We close our “We Are a New Creation Community” series with a membership service on Pentecost. Acts 1.1-14 and 2.1-6 recount the…

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Posted on June 4, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Called to Bear Sorrow

Each community bears a little bit of God’s heart in the world. Our community has been called to mourn with those who…

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Posted on May 28, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

We Are a Gifted Church

Today we listen to a whole chapter of scripture: 1 Corinthians 12. St. Paul is explaining the way spiritual gifts work and…

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Posted on May 21, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

A 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…

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Posted on April 23, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized
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