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Easter Changes Everything
April 27, 2025- Not Alone, Ever!
May 4, 2025- A Clearing of the Eyes
Forgiving Challenge
Forgiving Challenge is a 40-day journey that will lead you to more freedom than you ever thought possible.
Even though the offer of freedom is available to all, many still live in bondage. The key to unlocking your freedom is the forgiveness that Jesus has already won for you. His forgiveness not only assures you of eternal life with Him but offers you an opportunity to live with purpose today.
Bring all of your sin, your guilt, and your same to Jesus and experience this gift of grace in your life.
A forgiven person is a forgiving person So come. Be free.
Introduction and 5 Phases of Freedom- March 9, 2025
Sin- March 16, 2025
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Confession- March 23, 2025
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Absolution- March 30, 2025
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Restoration- April 6, 2025
Sanctification- April 13, 2025
Follow Jesus
We are all looking for something more. How about you? Jesus said, “Come, follow me.” Here is answer to our quest. Here is where the “something more” is to be found. But what does it mean to become a follower of Jesus? What does it look like? What is my first step?...And the step after that? If Jesus is the One who gives me life the way it was meant to be, if He brings to me what all of humankind is looking for, how can I walk in it with Him? What does it mean to, “Follow Me.” This is the focus of our series beginning February 9th. You won’t want to miss this!
What Must I Do To Be Saved- February 9, 2025
Staying Close- February 16, 2025
Never Walk Alone- February 23, 2025
On Mission Together- March 2, 2025
Exploring Jesus
“Asking Questions Wondering If There Is Something More”
“We Are All Looking” - January 12, 2025
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“The Great Invitation”- January 19, 2025
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“Why Jesus?” - January 26, 2025
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“The Continuing Story” - February 2, 2025
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Christmas, Then, Now and Forever
Christmas is here! Christmas is here! The greatest most wonderful time of the year! And it is, for it is a time when the whole world again awakens to our longing for peace, love, hope, and joy....when we again awaken to our longing that these things are real and can be experienced and that somehow Christmas is the key. In this Christmas series, we embrace and experience anew the hope, peace, love and joy found in Jesus, who is Immanuel, God with us. How about you? Could you use a little more of these in your life?...Christmas Changes Everything! Come and see!
Christmas Hope: Then, Now, and Forever- Sunday, December 1st
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Christmas Peace: Then, Now, and Forever- Sunday, December 8th
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Advent Arrival: Look Who’s Here- Advent Service- Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Christmas Love: Then, Now, and Forever- Sunday, December 15th
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Advent Arrival: He’s Here to Stay- Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Christmas Joy: Then, Now, and Forever- Sunday, December 22nd
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Chrismas Eve: Light Into Darkness-December 24, 2024
The Secret to Being Content
Contentment is a mystery. Seriously. When Paul says in his letter to the Philippians that he has “learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,” the Greek word for “learning the secret” is “memuēmai,” which is commonly used to describe mystery. Learning the secret is being initiated into a divine mystery that is revealed through experience. Does that make you feel like you are in the pages of an epic adventure? You are.
Join us on an eight-week journey where we will:
- dive deeper into Paul's letter to the Philippians,
-learn more about the life of Paul
-study Scripture more deeply
- and discover his secret to contentment which is centered on life with Jesus.
The Journey
Week 1 The Ancient Path September 29, 2024
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Week 2 Pray With Joy October 6, 2024
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Week 3 Proclaim the Gospel- October 13, 2024
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Week 4 Become Pure
Week 5 Participate With Christ
Week 6 Pressing On Toward Jesus
Week 7 Peace That Transcentds Understanding
Week 8 Ponder Such Things
Inside Out
Have you ever struggled with hard things and the emotions that those things can bring? Join us for our series “Inside Out” and discover what makes Riley, Riley and ponder what makes you, you. As we journey through “Inside Out-the movie” and God’s word in this series you will discover how you can survive when your world implodes and even find God’s blessing & joy in the middle of it.
What Makes Riley, Riley- September 8, 2024
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Riley Loses Herself- September 15, 2024
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Riley is Rescued- September 22, 2024
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T-Ball
Life. It sometimes seems to be moving so fast and to be so complicated. Where is this true for you? Enter the T-Ball life, where God sets the ball on the “T” and says,“just hit it”…”and I’ll do the rest.”
Life With God- Sunday, August 4, 2024
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Life Together- Sunday, August 11, 2024
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Life With Purpose- Sunday, August 18, 2024
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Life Synthesized- Sunday, August 25, 2024
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Prisoners of Hope
Prisoners of Hope. Think about these words for a moment. There are so many ways and things that we embrace that put us into unwanted prisons. But in the midst of it all, Jesus comes in His grace to embrace us with the gift of Hope…the gift of making us “prisoners of hope,” breaking the chains of whatever else would bind us. In this Summer series, each week is a stand-alone topic that examines a prison we tend to put ourselves…things like Hustle, Image, Politics, and Pragmatism…and from which Jesus would free us in His grace.
From what do you need to be set free?
Hustle- June 2, 2024
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Individualism- June 9, 2024
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Materialism- June 16, 2024
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Warrior- Jne 23, 2024
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Image- June 30, 2024
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Politics- July 7, 2024
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Instant Gratification- July 14, 2024
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Pragmatism- July 21, 2024
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Cynicism- July 28, 2024
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Celebrating Milestones
Milestones ground us anew in who we are and what we are about. Where do you need this in your life? Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity Sundays are meant to be just such milestones, giving us this gift. So, Come and celebrate - learn and remember- and be blessed!
Ascension- May 12, 2024
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Pentecost- May 19, 2024
Trinity Sunday- May 26, 2024
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Joy
Have you ever noticed that something seems to be missing in our lives. Something that transcends and brings color to an otherwise grey world. Join us for our Series “Joy” and learn how this gift that is waiting for you can change everything!
Joy, It Fills the Soul- April 7, 2024
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Joy, It Enriches Relationship- April 14, 2024
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Joy, It Fills Us With Strength- April 21, 2024
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Joy, It Brings Peace- April 28, 2024
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Joy, it Connects Us With God- May 5, 2024
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Lead Me To The Cross
The time of Lent has been kept by Christians for over a thousand years as they prepare their hearts to celebrate and live in the great Easter triumph of Jesus. Lent is the 40 days before Easter - not counting the Sundays. It has always been a time of repentance - a remembering and turning from our sin; But not to be forgotten is to whom we turn as we remember our sin; we turn to the mercy, grace, and power of God finally seen in the cross of Jesus. On this journey, there are six Psalms which have proven to be a great blessing to God’s people through the ages. They have used these Psalms to lead, guide, and grow them in this time of repentance. They are called the Penitential Psalms. These Psalms will be our focus during our Wednesday Lenten worship as they, finally, “lead us to the cross.”
O Lord Have Mercy- Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Blessed- Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Come Quickly to Help Me- Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Unfailing Love- Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Hear My Prayer, O Lord- Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Silence All My Enemies/Destroy My Foes- Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The Feast- Maundy Thursdy- March 28, 2024
It is Finished A Tenebrae Service Good Friday- March 29, 2024
God is Here
One of my earliest memories of childhood is getting ‘lost’ in a large grocery store with my mother. I’m not sure how it happened - I think I probably just wandered away – but I remember looking up expecting to see ‘mom’ next to the grocery cart, but neither were there! I also remember at first trying to ‘be cool,’ calmly turning first one corner and then another expecting to see her. But gradually the fear started to build. I still remember the lump in my chest as I turned what seemed to me to be corner after corner into aisle after aisle. About this time, still trying to ‘keep my cool,’ I started to calmly - and rather quietly – call our her ‘name.’ “Mom. Mom? Mom…” But still, she wasn’t there…and I couldn’t seem to find her! Finally, the anxiety and fear took full hold of me and a cry – really a quite ‘uncool’ scream – erupted from deep within my soul over and over again. “Mom! MOM!” And wouldn’t you know it, almost immediately she turned a corner and said, “I’m right here. Everything is ok!”
Do you ever feel lost this way toward God? ….especially when you’re struggling with really ‘tough stuff?’ I mean you KNOW He’s there. We all know He’s there! Every single one of us - every single human being – somehow, intuitively KNOW He’s there – right? But where and how exactly, right now, is He there for me – and for you? ….in our failure, guilt, struggle, doubt or pain? Do you ever feel alone even though you KNOW you’re not? Do you ever search for Him and seem to come up empty? How often are we not like me in that grocery store, crying out, “God! GOD!...Help me! Where – and how - are you here for me??
For a thousand years and more, Christians have been taking the 40 days before Easter – a time called ‘Lent” – to reflect on the fact that we feel alone….and why we feel alone. But also reflect on the fact that the message of the cross is that we are NEVER ALONE; that God is always with us, especially in our failures, guilt, struggles, doubts, fears, and pain! In a sense, we take these 40 days to once again cry out to our loving Heavenly Father and to hear His voice in the cross of Jesus as He says, “I’m right here, Everything is ok!
My God, That is Who You Are- Sunday, February 11, 2024
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When I Struggle Against Evil- Sunday, February 18, 2024
In Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, when a person speaks he says “hi,” gives his first name and then says, “I’m an alcoholic.” No pretense. No lying. No ‘holier than thou’ attitude. No ‘candy coating’ where someone denies reality. No, each one says right out front, “I’m an alcoholic.” So, here goes. I’m a sinner. I daily am tempted to do evil, evil that will ruin my life, destroy my relationships, and leave me feeling far from God…How about you? Where in your life can you relate? Where do you especially struggle with evil?..with sin? Today, we see that God is right there with us in the midst of our struggle against evil. He does not desert us. We are not alone. Need help?
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When I am Wrestling with Doubts and Questions- Sunday, February 25, 2024
As my children have gotten older, once in a while they have wanted to talk about doubts and questions that they have had concerning a variety of things. When they have done this, I have had two emotions. The first was great joy and honor that they wanted to talk to me about these things. The second was great fear because I knew I didn’t have all the ‘answers.’…What doubts and fears do you wrestle with? Which ones are you wrestling with right now? Life is so full of mystery! And walking ‘by faith’ can be so difficult! But, like a loving and concerned father or mother, God never runs away from us in our doubts and questions. Rather, He is honored that we would come to Him!....and He always understands because Jesus was tempted in every way that we are. He knows. He feels for us. He is there for us. And unlike me, He does have all the answers in His perfect wisdom. Today, we come to Him with our doubts and questions. Interested?
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When I am Lost and Confused- Sunday, March 3, 2024
The first dog our family had was a little dachshund. One day he got out and I went to look for him but couldn’t find him. I was almost home when I saw him get ‘run over’ by a car right in front of our house. Luckily, he was not killed, but was ‘rolled’ and badly shaken up, to the point of turning around and around biting at the air until I got him calmed down….Have you ever been blindsided by life? Have you ever been ‘rolled,’ so to speak, so that you feel lost and confused, left to just kind of ‘bite at the air?’ Do you perhaps feel this way right now? Today, we remember – and see that God is there for us, especially at such a time. Interested?
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When I am Blind and Alone- Sunday, March 10, 2024
There is an exercise that I believe every college ‘Psychology 101’ class has done and maybe most High School Psychology classes as well. It is really simple. The class is paired off into groups of two. One of the two is securely blindfolded while the other leads the first by the hand (and sometimes just by their voice) all over campus for maybe 30 minutes. The two then switch places and it is repeated again. What is expected to be experienced/learned? Two things. 1. Each person learns how to trust. 2. By listening and being guided by the other, each person learns that they can ‘see’ even when blindfolded.
Where do you feel blind, alone, hopeless? Today we are shown that Jesus is there and in Him we can really see! Interested?
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When I am Touched By Death- Sunday, March 17, 2024
“Dad, I don’t want to die.” These words were spoken to me by my son in the second grade after a friend of his in his class died from cancer. It honestly cut me to the heart. Where has death – or the fear of death – touched your life? God does not leave us alone in our fear and sorrow. In fact, He too is ‘cut to the heart” for us. He hurts with us. He weeps with and for us. In Jesus, He is there for us.
Where do you need to hear and to know this anew?
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When Life Overwelms Me- Sunday, March 24, 2024
Does life- and it’s mindless, frantic, pace – ever overwhelm you? Work commitments, responsibilities, children’s activities, and more. And they never seem to stop: “I am busier now than I ever was when I was working.” Where do you feel overwhelmed? Isn’t it interesting that Jesus, on Palm Sunday, chose not to enter a small village but rather the bustling, mindless, frantic pace of the capital city of Jerusalem to plant His peace right in the middle of it? Do you think He was maybe trying to tell us something?
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The Feast- March 28, 2024 Maundy Thursday
It Is Finished- A Tenebrae Service- March 29, 2024- Good Friday
He is Risen- March 31, 2024 Eastern Sunday
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That Is Who You Are
Ever wondered why this Jesus we celebrate at Christmas is so important? Join us for our new series “That is who You are” and discover who Jesus is in the gospel of Mark & the words of the song Way Maker and why you should follow Him.
Way Maker- Sunday, January 14, 2024
Promise Keeper- Sunday, January 21, 2024
Light In The Darkness- Sunday, January 28, 2024
Miracle Worker- Sunday, Febuary 4, 2024
My God, That is Who You Are- Sunday, February 11, 2024
Christmas- A Time for Telling Our Family Stories
Have you ever struggled to find your place in the world? Don’t miss our series, “Family Stories” and hear the familiar stories that have been passed from one generation to the next giving us identity, meaning and connecting us to something bigger than ourselves. As we look at the stories leading up to Christmas, you’ll rediscover the amazing love of the Father and His care for our family.
Identity- Sunday, December 3, 2023
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Waiting- Advent Worship- Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Connection- Sunday, December 10, 2023
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Preparing- Advent Worship- Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Family- Sunday, December 17, 2023
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Joy of Every Longing Heart- Christmas Eve- December 24, 2023
Serving Challenge
You were made for more than just believing and existing until you die. You were made to serve.
If Jesus offers a full and abundant life, then why does it feel as if words like burnout, exhaustion, anger, loneliness, unhappiness, and anxiety are winning the day? Something feels very off.
A full and abundant life results in purpose, meaning, fulfillment, joy, and happiness. What are we missing?
Five Aspects of Serving Like Jesus- October 1, 2023
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Attitude- October 8. 2023
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Availability- October 15, 2023
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Action- October 22, 2023
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Ability- October 29, 2023
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Ambition- November 5, 2023
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The Final Challenge- November 12, 2023
Winning on Purpose
How are you doing in the“game of life?” Did you know that God wants you to win? Join us for our series,“Winning on Purpose” beginning Sunday, September 10th to learn how to win ON PURPOSE! After all, it was Jesus who said, “I have come that they might have life to the FULL.”
Get Your Heart Right- September 10, 2023
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Dress for Success- September 17, 2023
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Be Thankful- September 24, 2023
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Life Animated
The stories that we read, watch and hear resonate deeply within us, why is that? Don’t miss our series Life Animated and learn how all the classic stories, the ones that are told over and over again (and are even animated for kids!) are connected to the greatest story ever told. As you explore these stories as retold in Beauty and the Beast, Up, Moana and Tangled you’ll uncover deepest longings of your heart and discover how they are met in Jesus. If you get the opportunity, check out the movie before you come to service.
Beauty and the Beast- August 13, 2023
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Up- August 20, 2023
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Moana- August 27, 2023
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Tangled- September 3, 2023
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When Your World is Upside Down
Do you ever feel disoriented, like your world is turned upside down? Confused? Bewildered? Afraid? Unsure? Lost? Where do you go to find stability? What do you do? And how is it working for you?
Enter the story of Daniel. His world was torn apart, it was turned upside down with ferocious and frightening speed from the time of his youth and stretching into his old age and beyond. All he knew was destroyed, upended, changed….and constantly changed again. He was seemingly powerless with horrible, dark forces in charge of all around him. The book he wrote in the Old Testament - we call it “Daniel,” after him – is really a story of how God gave him stability, insight, and understanding throughout His life in the upside down, disorienting, frightening world in which he lived… And how He can do the same for you…and for me.
Each Sunday this Summer we will look at a stand-alone episode in the life of Daniel which together paint an amazing tapestry. Each Sunday God would work to bring us stability, insight, and understanding in our upside-down world and lives.
Where do you need this in your life?
Sunday, June 11th “Remember Your Foundation”
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Sunday, June 18th “Know the Hands That Hold You”
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Sunday, June 25th “In Catstrophy, Trust!
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Sunday, July 2nd “Mind Your Heart”
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Sunday, July 9th “Remember Whose in Charge”
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Sunday, July 16th “Do What is Right…No Matter What”
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Sunday, July 23rd “Face The Future...in Peace”
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