Sermons
The Value of Community
We’ll be hearing about five ways to be engaged that will help you grow spiritually and feel more connected to other people and to Christ and the church. In addition to worship and serving, The third form of engagement is sharing in community such as a small group, a Bible study, or a ministry team.…
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Once You’re Touched By Jesus, You Begin Serving
This week, we continue our five-week series with an invitation to “Be Engaged: Share Your Heart, Do Your Part” with Pastor Doug sharing that “Once You’re Touched By Jesus, You Begin Serving.” God has equipped all His people to serve uniquely, and that service leads to changed hearts and dynamically changed lives, both for the…
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Our Heart’s Steadfast Focus on God
This week, we begin a five-week series with an invitation to “Be Engaged: Share Your Heart, Do Your Part.” We begin with living a life of “Worship: Our Heart’s Steadfast Focus on God.” As we focus on God, loving God and loving others, we engage in worship in our everyday activities. We gather weekly to…
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Revelation! The Crescendo of the Bible: The End and the Beginning
This week in worship we conclude our series “The Bible – A Story of Love, Belonging, Redemption, and Hope.” with “Revelation! The Crescendo of the Bible: The End and The Beginning.” The book of Revelation has been misunderstood and misinterpreted ever since it was written. It is a series of visions for the church in…
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Contending for the Faith
This week in worship we conclude Part 10: Letters to Jesus’ Followers: Encouraging Faithfulness with the letter of Jude. The letter of Jude was written to warn Christians against persons who cause divisions and tells Christ followers of the critical need and vital importance of contending for the faith. While Jude was concerned about contending…
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Whoever Does Good Is from God
The brief letter of 3 John, our book of the Bible for this week, touches on the theme of doing good. The key verse Pastor Doug will focus on is verse 11, “Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not…
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Walking in the Truth
As we near the end of our series through the Bible, this week in worship Pastor David will be looking at Second John; one of the smallest books of the Bible yet it has an important message for us today. During the early church, believers were growing in their faith but unfortunately over time false…
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You Were Made for God’s Family
People often say, “I’m going to church” as if church is a place you go to. That’s not correct. Church isn’t a place you go to. Church is a family you belong to. There’s a significant difference. This week we’re going to talk about three levels of fellowship in God’s family. We’re not made to…
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While We’re Waiting for the Return of Christ
Early first, second and third generation Christians found themselves waiting for the second coming of Christ and began wondering, “Why hasn’t Jesus returned as he promised? What are we supposed to do while we’re waiting?” For Christians like us almost 2,000 years later, those questions are still relevant. Why hasn’t Jesus returned as he promised?…
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