Well, made it through November. We made it through Turkey Day. Hope yours was amazing. The next Thanksgiving is a little less than a year away, but Thanksgiving is over… but not really. The holiday is definitely over… but that doesn’t mean we have to stop giving thanks. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday despite our peculiar circumstances. Sunday before last, from the pulpit...  Read More

We’re wrapping up the Thanksgiving weekend. It’s my favorite holiday, only Christmas comes close to matching it. One of the things that makes Thanksgiving so special is the time away from work. A lot of us get several days off in a row before going back to normal the following Monday. Another thing that makes Thanksgiving so special is the time with our family. We’re so spread out these days, and ...  Read More

2020 brought simultaneous challenges in ways we’ve never experienced before: grief; a pandemic; societal turmoil; and a new place to worship. Despite this, we have endured. We have grown together.  Read More

Friday First - I'm Thankful for Every DayThanksgiving is coming up as is the final sermon of our Vision Plan for 2020. 2020 has been an interesting year to say the least. We could find countless reasons to complain, but I would put it to you that we could find even more reasons to praise God and give Him thanks. So as we think about the sermon theme for the month of November... "victorious faith e...  Read More

May we move with the type of commitment that will possess the passionate, deep-longing, and yearning for God that is satisfied only in prayer.  Read More

We've had a whirlwind of a 4 months since moving into our new building. For three of those those of us who work in the office worked out of temporary quarters, with the majority of our things hidden away in boxes. Since we've moved into the administrative offices in the parsonage across from the building, Cain, Pat, and & I have had good success in settling in. We're not there completely, but we c...  Read More

Are you “eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace?” The holy pages of scripture show us a picture of Christians living in harmony, forsaking our opinions for the purpose of bringing greater glory to God. The New Testament church was comprised of zealots, government employees, Jews and Gentiles, you name it. Still they sold their possessions, forewent their rights for each oth...  Read More

What does victorious faith look like en everyday life? During November we're talking about how we can invite the Spirit's lead into our life and surrender to his instruction through the word. Our aim is to become more like Jesus. To help facilitate this, we're making our sermon series as practical as possible. We want you to get excited about your spiritual life and know that when you begin and en...  Read More

I once had a hard conversation with someone about a wrong direction they were going in life. I was trying to tell the person what they were doing wasn’t right. This person turned to me and said—“I just think God would want me to be happy.”  We’ve all heard this response at one point or another… and while my knee-jerk reaction was to say that they were dead wrong and become argumentative… I gave so...  Read More

Friday First for October 23, 2020Our goal for our vision in 2020 was to capture the meaning of the victorious faith that brings us to Heaven. Through a year of difficulty, stress and loss we have come to October now in the twilight of this challenging year. October has been all about the one who has given us the faith that allows us to rise to the occasion in times like these. In times of loneline...  Read More

It is on the Mount of Olives, in the garden of Gethsemane, that Jesus triumphs in one of the greatest spiritual battles in history … and the tool he is using is prayer. What is in this text that we can learn so we can inspire our faith?  Read More

Jesus was a master relater. We should understand this on a deep level. He literally came down from the highest height to be with us where we are. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” As such, he could connect extremely high level spiritual concepts to extremely basic ideas. Jesus entire ministry was about laying spiritual truths next to simple earthly truths. His entire ministry is full of ...  Read More