May 22, 2016
Finding Your Way
By: Pastor David
Series: Stepping Through the Open Door
Titus 1:10-16
How many doors are there in your life? Is your life a hallway of doors, each leading to a room that is a different part of our lives? Do you feel like you’re trying to juggle so many different parts, all the different compartments, all the different persons you are? This Sunday we begin our reading of the Book of Titus, written to help Jesus-followers see how to live on the other side of God’s open door. God intends for us to live unified, focused, centered lives. Come hear how to get your life together, aligning our behaviors with our beliefs. Time to live on the other side of the door!
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- May 22, 2016Finding Your Way
May 22, 2016Finding Your WayBy: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorTitus 1:10-16How many doors are there in your life? Is your life a hallway of doors, each leading to a room that is a different part of our lives? Do you feel like you’re trying to juggle so many different parts, all the different compartments, all the different persons you are? This Sunday we begin our reading of the Book of Titus, written to help Jesus-followers see how to live on the other side of God’s open door. God intends for us to live unified, focused, centered lives. Come hear how to get your life together, aligning our behaviors with our beliefs. Time to live on the other side of the door!
- May 15, 2016Dry Bones Dancing Through the Door
May 15, 2016Dry Bones Dancing Through the DoorBy: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorEzekiel 37:1-14Ever feel dry and dead? Brittle and lack of life? Stuck, going nowhere? Come this Sunday to hear how God’s power comes down upon us–both individually and as a church–and makes us alive again. We have God’s Spirit, who sends us dancing through the open door!
- May 8, 2016I Could Not, Would Not, Should Not Go
May 8, 2016I Could Not, Would Not, Should Not GoBy: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorKnow what it’s like to run away from something God is calling us to? Sure! We all do. We wrestle with fear and stubbornness. Or, in language like Dr. Seuess, we say, “I could not, would not, should not go! I will not do what I am told. I will not ever be that bold! I will simply stay right here, even though the door is near!” Come this Sunday to hear how self-awareness is key to claiming the boldness to go forward. Oh yeah, and prayer, too!Jonah 1:1-3
- May 1, 2016Crossing the Threshold
May 1, 2016Crossing the ThresholdBy: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorProverbs 8:1-11Choices! Choices! Choices! How do we make decisions? There are so many options. What does God want us to do? Come this Sunday to learn how to seek wisdom from God that leads to discernment. Then we can go boldly through the doors open in front of us!
- Apr 24, 2016But Wait, There’s More!
Apr 24, 2016But Wait, There’s More!By: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorGenesis 3:1-8What color are the lenses of your glasses? I don’t mean your prescription glasses, or your shades, or fashion eyewear. I’m talking about the lenses you use to look at the world. How does the way you look at the world control what you see? The message this Sunday takes up the offer that God gives to each of us to look at the world differently, to see different possibilities, to see open doors that we can’t otherwise see. Come Sunday for a vision exam!
- Apr 17, 2016The Open Door
Apr 17, 2016The Open DoorBy: Pastor DavidSeries: Stepping Through the Open DoorGenesis 12:1-5Our lives are filled with open doors. Our problem is that we don’t know which ones to go through, or how to even work up the courage to give one a try. How do we decide? What if the risk is too great? How do we work up the courage to embrace change? How do we know? Don’t miss this Sunday as we learn how God opens doors in front of us, and our faith removes the paralyzing fear to actually go!
- Apr 10, 2016Feeding the Flock
Apr 10, 2016Feeding the FlockBy: Andrew BuschenaSeries: More Like Falling in LoveJohn 21:1-19Jesus turns to Peter, the one who betrayed and denied him, and asks him, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" Imagine how Peter must have felt, a lump in his throat as he struggled to answer, maybe expecting Jesus to berate him because of his betrayal. "Of course Lord, you know I do." Join us this Sunday and hear that Jesus isn't just offering reinstatement and redemption to Peter, he's offering it to me and to you as well.
- Mar 27, 2016Appearing in a Locked Room
Mar 27, 2016Appearing in a Locked RoomBy: Pastor DavidSeries: More Like Falling in LoveJohn 20:19-23
- Mar 20, 2016Jesus in Gethsemane
Mar 20, 2016Jesus in GethsemaneBy: Andrew BonsellSeries: More Like Falling in LoveLuke 22:39-46Join us on this celebratory Palm Sunday as we spend some time with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. It is not a fun place to be but it is in the garden where growth occurs. We will encounter some hard questions but at the same time we will get in close to the heartbeat of Jesus. We will see what his motives are as well as what ours ought to be. If you have ever experienced struggle with God or felt the pain of loneliness, Jesus has a word for you this week.
- Mar 13, 2016Receiving New Life
Mar 13, 2016Receiving New LifeBy: Amelia BuschenaSeries: More Like Falling in LoveReceiving New LifeJohn 8:1-11
- Mar 6, 2016But Lord, the Smell Will Be Awful!
Mar 6, 2016But Lord, the Smell Will Be Awful!By: Pastor DavidSeries: More Like Falling in LoveJohn 11:38-44Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead. He did it not to help Lazarus (although it certainly did help him!), but to help His followers believe in Him. Jesus proves He’s worthy of following. In what ways do you need Jesus to come and bring new life to you? What in your life is dead and needs raising? Come this Sunday to hear how the Jesus who raised Lazarus will also raise you. Your faith will be strengthened and you will be lifted up!
- Feb 28, 2016Do You Want to Get Well?
Feb 28, 2016Do You Want to Get Well?By: Pastor DavidSeries: More Like Falling in LoveJohn 5:1-15Do you want to get well?” This Sunday, we’ll hear Jesus ask this question to a man who was sick for 38 years! Seems like kind of a dumb question, right? But Jesus was asking the man if he still had his inner longing for a better life, and, even after all the hardships and barriers constantly in his life, if he still had his dreams. It’s a question Jesus asks of us, too. Don’t miss this Sunday when we will hear Jesus ask us, “Do you want to get well?”
- Feb 21, 2016Stretcher-Bearers
Feb 21, 2016Stretcher-BearersBy: Pastor DavidSeries: More Like Falling in LoveMark 2:1-12Who are your stretcher-bearers?This Sunday we’re taking a look at a story when a paralyzed man is brought to Jesus for healing by friends who carried him on a stretcher. Who helps you when you are in need of help? Who helps you get to where you need to go? Who carries you to God when you need healing? We can’t go it alone, you know. Jesus intended us to have friends who will be our “stretcher-bearers.” Come this Sundayto her how Jesus cares about us enough to put people around us to help us. We’re not alone! It’s more like falling in love!
- Feb 14, 2016Jesus in the Wilderness
Feb 14, 2016Jesus in the WildernessBy: Andrew BonsellSeries: More Like Falling in LoveMatthew 4:1-11Trials and testings are a regular part of our lives and it is easy to forget that Jesus walked a mile in our shoes. This Sunday we will take a close look at how Jesus dealt with Satan in the midst of his own temptations and how we too can prove our identity. Come and learn how to pass any test that might come your way!
- Feb 10, 2016The Call of the First Disciples
Feb 10, 2016The Call of the First DisciplesBy: Pastor DavidSeries: More Like Falling in LoveMatt 4:18-22, Mar 1:16-20
- Jan 31, 2016The Extra Room
Jan 31, 2016The Extra RoomBy: Guest2 Kings 4:8-37This Sunday we celebrate the ministry of women!Our guest preacher is the Rev. Susan Richey Nienaber, the District Superintendent of our Big Water's District. She will engage the story in 2 Kings 4:8-37 in which a woman in a town called Shunem added a room on to her house for the prophet Elisha to use whenever he came to town. Her message is, "The Extra Room." Come and hear about how to make room for being able to foster God's ministry in your life.
- Jan 24, 2016Putting on the New Self
Jan 24, 2016Putting on the New SelfBy: Pastor DavidEphesians 4:20-24God has created you for a purpose. God’s plan for you is more than it is right now.
Following Jesus means changing and growing and becoming more like Him, and more the
way God designed you to be. This Sunday we’ll continue in our series of spiritual growth.Come and hear about the future and plan God has for you! - Jan 17, 2016Being and Becoming: The Life of a Disciple
Jan 17, 2016Being and Becoming: The Life of a DiscipleBy: Amelia BuschenaColossians 3:1-17Ever wonder what it means to be a disciple of Jesus? Or, how we work with Jesus to put on his characteristics and carry him throughout the world? This Sunday Amelia Buschena will be preaching on these very questions. She will be discussing what it means to be a disciple and to put on the characteristics of Jesus.
- Jan 10, 2016Herod: Voice of Deception and Magi: Voice of Adoration
Jan 10, 2016Herod: Voice of Deception and Magi: Voice of AdorationBy: Pastor DavidSeries: The Voices of ChristmasMatthew 2:1-8 and Matthew 2:9-12There are still two more voices of Christmas echoing in the air. Come hear King Herod's voice of deception as he fears the new kingdom that Jesus establishes. Yet he does not understand that Jesus is not an earthly king. His kingdom is not of this world. We also struggle to understand how Jesus is our king. The magi bring the voice of adoration, as they bow down to worship the new king. This is our response to Christmas. We come to worship Him, too.
- Jan 3, 2016MN Teen Challenge
Jan 3, 2016MN Teen ChallengeBy: GuestThis Sunday we host Teen Challenge choir. Come hear testimonies of how Jesus has brought transformation to lives in real ways. Give prayers and financial gifts to this ministry. Stay afterwards to eat brunch with Teen Challenge members and get to visit with them individually. What a way to bring in the new year!