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Sometimes it feels like God lets us down - leaving us to hold only a broken heart and shattered faith. Luckily God knows a thing or two about being heartbroken and let down.
Palm Sunday - John 12:12-19 Recorded on April 14, 2019 |
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In the midst of all the moral and emotional poverty in our world today, God call upon us to welcome others with arms of kindness. And to invite everyone to come, sit and feast on everlasting life given to all through Jesus Christ.
John 12:1-8 Recorded on April 7, 2019 |
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A lost sheep retrieved. A lost coin recovered. A lost child returned. "Rejoice with me," says Jesus, "This is a time to celebrate."
Luke 15:1-30 Recorded on March 31, 2019 |
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We might say that the moral of this parable is that with Jesus, God gives us a second chance. But that’s not completely accurate. Yes, the gardener intervenes on behalf of the tree. But the deal the includes a dire prospect: if the tree does not flourish in a year, then yes, grind it up, roots and all.
Luke 13:1-9 Recorded on March 24, 2019 |
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St. Patrick. God's Love. The Irish Aren't The Only Lucky Ones.
1 John 3:16-24 Recorded on March 17, 2019 |
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Jesus is drawing us into his inner being, his true self, and inviting us to practice his way that leads us to a true relationship with God. The ego will do anything to stop him from doing that.
Luke 4:1-13 Recorded on March 10. 2019 |
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I have come to realize that wherever I am…God is there too. In Jesus, God opens our eyes to this divine revelation. Once we accept this profound truth, we are able to see God’s Kingdom for the greatness that it is. And we can fully participate and thrive in it.
Luke 9:28-43 Recorded on - Transfiguration Sunday - March 3, 2019 |
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Jesus teaches us to respond to the worst of humankind in the way God responds to the world – with grace and kindness instead of reacting with anger, judgment or harm.
Luke 6:27-38 Recorded on February 24, 2019 |
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Jesus challenges his followers to trust God so completely that we are able to love one another and show God’s grace in all that we do.
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Recorded on February 17, 2019 |
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In Jesus God initiates. And invites. And illuminates, includes, and inspires you to go out in the world and be the good news to the people. That's pretty cool.
Luke 5:1-11 Recorded on February 10, 2019 |
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God wants us to offend the status quo. After all, isn't that what's bound to happen when God gives us words to speak.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Recorded on February 3, 2019 |
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Church is a community that is diverse and dynamic; a place that is welcoming and caring; and it always proclaims the presence of God’s love through Jesus Christ as a sacred act of worship.
Nehemiah 8:1-12 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Luke 4:14-21 Psalm 19 Recorded Live on January 27, 2019 |
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God’s Spirit empowers us with the spiritual gifts we need and Jesus teaches us how to use our gifts in loving ways, to reveal the good news that the Kingdom of God is already among us. And within us.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Recorded live on January 20, 2019 |
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“You are my Child, the Beloved.” This holy and sacred name comes straight from the mouth of our creator. And it tells me that we matter to God, and that we’re worthy of divine love...no matter of who we are, or what we’ve done or how the world might try to name us.
Luke 3:21-22 Recorded on January 13, 2019 |
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Joseph is the Forgotten King - responsible for raising Jesus to be a king of a different kind. We can learn a lot by watching others. But what do others learn when they watch us?
Matthew 1:18-21 Recorded on Epiphany Sunday January 6, 2019 |
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Birth. Death. Resurrection. This is the real Christmas story.
Luke 2:8-16; 24:1-3, 36-37, 44-51 Recorded December 24, 2018 |
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With the glowing light of peace illuminating our way, may we never forget that we are not only carrying Jesus in us, but we are also bearing his hope, his love, his joy and the fullness of God’s shalom that he offers us.
Luke 1:39-55 Recorded on December 23, 2018 |
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True joy comes from God in whose image we are made. It is an unconditional gift that God gives out of deep love for us. And Jesus is proof of the length God is willing go to redeem us and reclaim us back to that Divine love.
Philippians 4:4-7 Recorded on December 16, 2018 |
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John is basically telling us to repent. God’s on the move. Everything’s about to change. No longer was God sitting around waiting for us to visit. God was coming to us. So, we better be prepared. Luke 3:2-6 Recorded on December 9, 2018 |
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If we believe God’s promises are real, then we can wait with joyful expectation...trusting in God and being with God, knowing our future is already secure.
Jeremiah 33:14-16 Recorded on December 2, 2018 |
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The Spirit in us is bigger than the spirit in the world.
1 John 4:4 Recorded on November 25, 2018 Thank you Rev. Dawn Carlson for offering us this message. |
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We can't predict what others will do, including God. But we can prevail by how we respond. Be the church; a living sanctuary for all to find God and rest.
Mark 13:1-8. Daniel 12:1-3 Recorded on November 18, 2018 |
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God calls us to a gospel life: a life of love, grace, forgiveness and peace. A life where we can have it all, and a life we can give it all away for the sake of God’s kingdom.
Mark 12:41-44 Recorded November 11, 2018 |
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Part 1 of the service.
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These two parts make one important message: to Be Christ...not just worship Christ.
Zechariah 7:9-13
Recorded on November 4, 2018
Zechariah 7:9-13
Recorded on November 4, 2018
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Through God’s beloved Son, Jesus Christ, we have become heirs of eternal life. But it’s in this life that our job is to pick-up where he left off, and to ensure that future generations have something to inherit.
Genesis 1:26-31 Recorded on October 28, 2018 |
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The priesthood that Jesus models for us is not set on a throne, or a pulpit. It’s here, and there, and everywhere we’re at.
Hebrews 5:1-10 Recorded on October 21, 2018 |
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Only when we are able to truly love one another, and share all our peace and prosperity with everyone, we will not only gain the world, but all the treasures of heaven.
Mark 10:17-31 Recorded October 14, 2018 |
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It doesn’t matter if you’re a regular old table salt, or some exotic smoky sea salt, or even salt of a different color. You are salt. I am salt. And it’s up to us to season the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Mark 9:49-50 Recorded on Oct. 7, 2018 |
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Cut off your hand...chop off your foot...pluck out your eye it’s better for us to show up lame or blind in the Kingdom of God, than to not show up at all.
Mark 9:38-50 Recorded San Rafael, CA September 30, 2018 |
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Jesus is punching holes in our walls or stealing a part of armor, piece-by-piece so others can get a good look at what God’s love is like, even if it means we will be vulnerable to hurt or rejection.
Luke 6:27-36 Recorded September 23, 2018 |
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Jesus saw every human being as an opportunity to do something kind for that person. We can too.
Mark 1:35-45 Recorded on September 16, 2018 |
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It took great faith to stand up to Jesus and remind him that social conventions should never stand in the way of doing the right thing.
Mark 7:24-30 Recorded on September 9, 2018 |
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True religion and worship mirrors Jesus Christ. Now that you heard it, go out and do it.
James 1:19-27 Recorded live September 2, 2018 |
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What Jesus is offering us is not a ritual or a religious experience, but a new life and a new home in God's everlasting heart.
John 6:56-69 Recorded live on August 28, 2018 |
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I don’t need to be perfect for God to use me. And neither do you. Your story, your scars, and all your imperfections and misdeeds, are all the ways God uses us to tell Jesus’ story of overwhelming love and saving grace.
John 9 Recorded on August 19, 2018 |
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You are worthy. You are enough. And you are blessed. Now pass it on.
Matthew 5:1-12 (The Message) Recorded on August 12, 2018 |
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God disrupts our lives so we might wake up and engage our faith in new and scary ways.
Matthew 1:18-25 Recorded on August 5, 2018 Lake Lanier, GA |
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This story is a reminder that we all have something to share. There’s plenty for everyone. And left overs to boot! This is the abundance of God’s love and grace, poured out for us and for the world until our cup overflows with so much love that we have to share and giveaway in order to merely contain it.
John 6:1-21 Recorded on July 29, 2018 |
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Even in the darkest of places, or in the most hopeless situations, God is there - in plain sight - in the hearts of you and me.
Mark 6:3-34, 53-56 Recorded July 22, 2018 |
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Through Jesus, God took a sledgehammer to our old shelf and began to measure, cut, and reframe our hearts and minds into our new, true self.
Ephesians 2:11-22 Recorded July 15, 2018 |
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God’s healing hands – Our forgiven hearts. Restoration. Salvation. This is the power of God’s grace that flows to us through Jesus Christ.
Mark 5:21-43 Recorded July 1, 2018 |
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God is our Father, a loving parent who sees all children worthy and good. Happy Father's Day.
John 10:22-30 Recorded live in Greenville, MI on June 17, 2018 |
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This story is not about how we’ve messed up, but how we are forgiven, and loved.
Genesis 3:8-15 Recorded on June 10, 2018 |
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One of the great blessings of the gospel is that Jesus invites you into God’s shalom, where you find the peace and rest from the busyness of life. It’s a way to nourish your spirit so you can flourish in God’s love and grace.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Mark 2:23-28 Recorded June 3, 2018 |
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Through the Trinity, we are able to dwell in the gracious love of the God who is for us, the God who is with us, and the God who is in us.
Titus 2:11-12 Recorded May 27, 2018 |
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Each breath we take in is a reminder of who we are as a church – the bearers of God’s Holy Spirit. And every breath we release must also retain her calling: to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.
Acts 2:1-12 Recorded on May 20, 2018 |
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Mother's Day
God needs mothers of all kinds. If we dare to call ourselves Christians, then we must also be brave enough to bear God’s incarnate love. John 19:25-27 Recorded on May 13, 2018 |
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"Joy is when you’re intoxicated with life... it’s a euphoria that you feel when you are connected to the Christ that lives within you."
J.O.Y. = Jesus. Others. You John 15:9-17 Recorded on May 6, 2018 |
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God is a loving and attentive gardener – pruning and shaping us for unbounded glory.
John 15:1-8 Recorded live on April 29, 2018 |
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Sometimes our life will take us through the darkest valleys and the desolate mountain roads, but God is always with us, to navigate the way.
John 10:11-18 Psalm 23 Recorded on April 22, 2018 |
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Everyone knows what it's like to be a child, but do we know what it's like to be a child of God?
1 John 3:1-7 Recorded on April 15, 2018 |
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Did Thomas doubt the resurrection? Or did he merely desired the blessings that came from the empty tomb?
John 20:19-31 Recorded April 8, 2018 |
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Believe it or not, there is one great practical joke hidden inside each of the four gospels accounts of Jesus’ story: The resurrection.
Mark 16:1-8 Recorded on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 |
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Palm Sunday
While we are busy waving palms and shouting our hallelujahs, we must not forget that this event is not so much about a triumphant entrance as it is a Divine exit. Mark 11:1-11 Recorded on March 25, 2018 Click to view Christopher Slatoff's sculptures |
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“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.”
Psalm 51 Recorded sideways on March 18, 2018 |
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Just as the cure for the snake is a snake, the cure for every human life is the sacrifice of one man's life.
Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-18 Recorded live on March 11, 2018 |
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God’s radical presence is among us; bringing about the changes needed for God’s Kingdom to be complete.
John 2:13-22 Recorded on March 3, 2018 |
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Thank you to Rev. Dawn Carlson, Sr. Minister of The Phoenix Congregational Fellowship, for providing this weeks sermon.
Recorded live on February 25, 2018 Watch her services on Facebook every Sunday morning at 10:30 am (EST) @ThePhoenixFellowship |
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We have to go to the wilderness in alone, experience our own journey and receive our own call from God. But we are never alone.
Mark 1:9-15 Recorded February 18,2018 |
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As it is with any journey, life is bound to be tricky, slippery, filled with life threatening challenges and difficult obstacles. But when you’re in step with Jesus, God’s in step with you.
Mark 9:2-10 Recorded on February 11, 2018 |
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When God gives grace, it’s immediate. When God gives love, it's intimate. By sending Christ to be with us, God initiates the first step in our healing and restoration.
Mark 1:29-34 Recorded February 4, 2018 |
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There is nothing greater in this world than the power and authority of God's love through Jesus Christ. Not people. Not Demons. Not nothing!
Mark 1:21-28 Recorded on January 28, 2018 |
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There's a Jonah story in us all. And yet God persisted, responded and loved us no matter what. That's the good news.
Jonah 3:1-5; 10 Mark 1:14-20 Recorded on January 21, 2018 *tilting will be corrected momentarily |
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If you want to know what God has in store for you, then come and see what God reveals in Jesus for you.
John 1:43-51 Recorded on January 14, 2018 |
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The Epiphany of our Lord
The story of the Magi is a clever testimony to the power of an awesome God who will do anything to get our attention. Matthew 2:1-12 Recorded on January 7, 2018 |
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First Sunday After Christmas
We are all children of God; heirs to the great inheritance and divine DNA. Galatians 4:4-7 Recorded on December 31, 2017 |
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
Christmas Eve Service "For unto us a child is born..." Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-14 |
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Third Sunday in Advent
#MaryToo...how to recognize, reconcile, and renew our life in Christ...through the eyes of Mary and the women of #MeToo. Guest: Kathleen Macdonald Luke 1:46-55 Recorded December 17, 2017 |
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Second Sunday in Advent
Prepare the Way of the Lord. We must straighten the curves and rough places in life so others can walk with God, and find forgiveness and become new again. Mark 1:1-8 Recorded on December 12, 2017 (Due to technical issue on Facebook we were only able to capture the second half of the sermon) |
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First Sunday of Advent
How To Put Christ Back in Christmas? Be in the present and be Christ everyday. Mark 13: 24-37 Recorded on December 3, 2017 |
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This story is a good reminder that the church is not a building, any more than it is a statue. The church is the people. We are called to be the hands of Christ in the world.
Matthew 25:31-46 Recorded on November 26, 2017 |
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Risk always requires an amount of vulnerability. Which is why faith is so risky.
Mathew 25:14-30 Recorded on November 19, 2017 |
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Jesus invites us to attend a very special wedding, but are you prepared and ready to go?
Matthew 25:1-13 Recorded (with all sorts of craziness) on November 12, 2017 |
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When Jesus asks for a drink of water, he is doing more than looking to quench his thirst. He is offering us an opportunity to see the Messiah in the face of a stranger. And to act accordingly.
John 4:5-27 Recorded on November 5, 2017 |
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So, how do we live holy as God is holy? Simple math. Love God + Love One Another = Holiness
Leviticus 19 1-2; 15-18. Matthew 22:34-46 Recorded Live on October 29, 2017 |
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In this simple test, the Pharisees (and us) learn our biggest issue isn't paying taxes but paying attention to the divine image within us all.
Matthew 22:15-22 Recorded (with some technical issues) on October 22, 2017 |
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Paul invites us to put on Christ’s cloak of compassion and to wear out his sandals of servanthood; in doing so we come to know God better.
Colossians 3:12-17. Recorded on October 15, 2017 |
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Jesus is the message. We're the medium. As we imitate Christ, the world receives God's blessings and finds it's purpose.
Philippians 2:1-13 Recorded on October 8, 2017 |
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Jesus reminds us that real power and authority do not come from a particular political party or any one religious institution. All authority comes from God.
Matthew 21:23-32 Recorded on October 1, 2017 |
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"God dispenses gifts and not wages." And "God is a lousy bookkeeper and we're the ones who benefit." All good news.
Matthew 20:1-16 Recorded on September 24, 2017 |
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Peter wants to know how much we should forgive a person who wrongs him. Jesus says, "Forgive, and forgive, and forgive" until forgiveness becomes as natural to us as God's love is for us.
Matthew 18:21-35 Recorded on September 17, 2017 |
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Jesus' parables remind us of our worth as God’s children. Hidden inside them are treasure so valuable they're impossible to buy.
Luke 15:1-10 Recorded on September 10, 2017 |
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Love that takes the initiative has the power to be transformative. It has the power to change the world.
Romans 12:9-21 Recorded on September 3, 2017 |
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We need to see ourselves and others as God sees us. If this could be the case then perhaps we would see each other in better light. While humans look upon the outward appearance, God looks inward upon the heart. Ephesians 5:1-10
Recorded August 27, 2017 |
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God is more concerned about what comes out of your mouth instead of what goes in, "for what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart." Matthew 15:10-28
Recorded August 20, 2018 |
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We need not be ashamed of our brokenness. For there's nothing God can't fix.
Recorded August 13, 2017 |
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Our Guest Preacher Ms. Tamisha Tyler offers a wonderful reminder for Sabbath rest. Her words are inspiring and the message is very much relevant to the tired and overworked.
Recorded on August 6, 2017 |
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What God Will Do For You?...St. Paul provides us some wonderful insight (Romans 8:31-39)
Nothing separates us from the love of God in Christ Jesus...not even a closed door or a stubborn heart. Recorded Sunday July 30, 2017 |
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While the gods we make take from us, The God who made us, gives to us. (Isaiah 44:6-8)
The One True God who takes on our false idols that we have made and allowed to reign over us. Recored Sunday July 23, 2017 |
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Jesus tells the parable of the sower. (Mt. 13:1-23)
God doesn't think so much about the soil that the seed is sown into for God has confidence in the seed itself. Instead, God is more focused on the harvest that we produce from that seed. Recorded Sunday July 16, 2017 |
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Hope and Restoration. A message from the Prophet Zechariah, The Shawshank Redemption, and Jesus.
Recorded Sunday July 9, 2017 |
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Never underestimate the power of small gestures. Through them, God can make great things happen.
Recorded live in Greenville, MI July 2, 2017 |
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Five Ministers geeking out on God and talking about the storms of life.
Recorded Live at Piedmont College at the NACCC Annual Meeting. June 26, 2017 |
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Father's Day Message June 18, 2017
What does it mean when Jesus calls God, "Father?" It means we matter to God more than we know. Sunday June 11, 2017 "Living a Gospel Life" with Simplicity, Hopefulness, and Compassion. Based on the life of St. Francis of Assis.
Pentecost Sunday Sermon: Breathe in God's Spirit. Breathe out God's Spirit.
This weeks sermon is the last in a short series of how we do "church" as defined by the first church described in Acts 2:42-47.
Recorded on Facebook Live on May 28, 2010 |
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Recorded on FaceBook Live on May 14, 2017
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