A message from the series “Thankfulness.” There are people in our lives that are truly gifts. They bless us in many ways and we know that they are special. We often are taught to express our gratitude to that person directly (which is great), but how frequently do we remember to thank God for these people? How might our relationship (both with the person and) with God change, when we go to him in prayer of thanksgiving for the people in our lives? God has given us every good thing, including the people we have grown to love. We are thankful for you, our congregation. It is a blessing to serve with and for you in this Church that God has called us all to. Thanks be to God for this amazing place, community, congregation, staff, and support who all pour into God’s vision for this Church to worship him.
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A message from the series “All Saints.” All Saints Sunday is a tradition observed annually in the Church. It is on this first Sunday of November that we celebrate the lives of persons in our lives who have died this year and are now with Christ in eternity. An important part of understanding for us regarding our identity as God’s beloved people includes learning about our place within “the communion of saints”. We, the Church, believe there is a spiritual connection that unites those who have gone before us, ourselves, and those who will come after us. How mysterious and amazing our God is, that he bonds us together in his love in such a community. Today, we pause to honor and reflect on those saints among us whose lives have pointed us to Jesus. As the Apostle Paul writes in-depth about the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, may we be reminded that we belong to Christ and in him we share in the resurrection of glory that is to come.
A message from the series “All Saints.” All Saints Sunday is a tradition observed annually in the Church. It is on this first Sunday of November that we celebrate the lives of persons in our lives who have died this year and are now with Christ in eternity. An important part of understanding for us regarding our identity as God’s beloved people includes learning about our place within “the communion of saints”. We, the Church, believe there is a spiritual connection that unites those who have gone before us, ourselves, and those who will come after us. How mysterious and amazing our God is, that he bonds us together in his love in such a community. Today, we pause to honor and reflect on those saints among us whose lives have pointed us to Jesus. As the Apostle Paul writes in-depth about the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, may we be reminded that we belong to Christ and in him we share in the resurrection of glory that is to come.
A message from the series “All Saints.” All Saints Sunday is a tradition observed annually in the Church. It is on this first Sunday of November that we celebrate the lives of persons in our lives who have died this year and are now with Christ in eternity. An important part of understanding for us regarding our identity as God’s beloved people includes learning about our place within “the communion of saints”. We, the Church, believe there is a spiritual connection that unites those who have gone before us, ourselves, and those who will come after us. How mysterious and amazing our God is, that he bonds us together in his love in such a community. Today, we pause to honor and reflect on those saints among us whose lives have pointed us to Jesus. As the Apostle Paul writes in-depth about the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, may we be reminded that we belong to Christ and in him we share in the resurrection of glory that is to come.
A message from the series “Luke.”
A message from the series “Jesus Preaches.” One of the greatest signals to Jesus’ human relatability is his willingness to “be real” with his disciples in the ministry to which he called them. There are moments in his preaching when Jesus lays out what the hard reality of life following him looks like… and it isn’t always pretty. But there are plenty of worthwhile things in our own life that aren’t always pretty – right? For Christians, “ministry” isn’t limited to being ordained… but rather, it is for each one of us. This is why Jesus prepares his followers, through his preaching, that there will be moments of difficulty. There is a cost that comes with discipleship. There is no sugar-coating way around it. We follow Jesus and practice being truth-tellers about the story of our faith that is founded in the reality that God sent his Son to earth in order to begin the redemption mission of God’s that includes modeling for us a way to live that honors God, then dying on the cross to atone for our sins and was raised on the third day in glory by conquering death. That is the story, the reality, that we tell as Christians. And it is a massive one, that invites all sorts of responses from others. As Jesus preached to his followers, he brought a message of assurance for us all…that in our ministry, we must prepare ourselves to face whatever comes our way. When we rightly focus ourselves on serving God, it may seem to the world that we are “losing ourselves”. We need to focus on the one thing that will always remain: God. In his loving and enduring strength, God will sustain us and calls us to charge forward with unwavering dedication to this story. The story of Jesus. The story of true love.
A message from the series “Jesus Preaches.” One of the greatest signals to Jesus’ human relatability is his willingness to “be real” with his disciples in the ministry to which he called them. There are moments in his preaching when Jesus lays out what the hard reality of life following him looks like… and it isn’t always pretty. But there are plenty of worthwhile things in our own life that aren’t always pretty – right? For Christians, “ministry” isn’t limited to being ordained… but rather, it is for each one of us. This is why Jesus prepares his followers, through his preaching, that there will be moments of difficulty. There is a cost that comes with discipleship. There is no sugar-coating way around it. We follow Jesus and practice being truth-tellers about the story of our faith that is founded in the reality that God sent his Son to earth in order to begin the redemption mission of God’s that includes modeling for us a way to live that honors God, then dying on the cross to atone for our sins and was raised on the third day in glory by conquering death. That is the story, the reality, that we tell as Christians. And it is a massive one, that invites all sorts of responses from others. As Jesus preached to his followers, he brought a message of assurance for us all…that in our ministry, we must prepare ourselves to face whatever comes our way. When we rightly focus ourselves on serving God, it may seem to the world that we are “losing ourselves”. We need to focus on the one thing that will always remain: God. In his loving and enduring strength, God will sustain us and calls us to charge forward with unwavering dedication to this story. The story of Jesus. The story of true love.
A message from the series “Jesus Preaches.” One of the greatest signals to Jesus’ human relatability is his willingness to “be real” with his disciples in the ministry to which he called them. There are moments in his preaching when Jesus lays out what the hard reality of life following him looks like… and it isn’t always pretty. But there are plenty of worthwhile things in our own life that aren’t always pretty – right? For Christians, “ministry” isn’t limited to being ordained… but rather, it is for each one of us. This is why Jesus prepares his followers, through his preaching, that there will be moments of difficulty. There is a cost that comes with discipleship. There is no sugar-coating way around it. We follow Jesus and practice being truth-tellers about the story of our faith that is founded in the reality that God sent his Son to earth in order to begin the redemption mission of God’s that includes modeling for us a way to live that honors God, then dying on the cross to atone for our sins and was raised on the third day in glory by conquering death. That is the story, the reality, that we tell as Christians. And it is a massive one, that invites all sorts of responses from others. As Jesus preached to his followers, he brought a message of assurance for us all…that in our ministry, we must prepare ourselves to face whatever comes our way. When we rightly focus ourselves on serving God, it may seem to the world that we are “losing ourselves”. We need to focus on the one thing that will always remain: God. In his loving and enduring strength, God will sustain us and calls us to charge forward with unwavering dedication to this story. The story of Jesus. The story of true love.
A message from the series “Luke.”
A message from the series “Luke.”