Sermons
A Life Pleasing to God
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares that if you lead “A Life Pleasing to God” by trusting, loving, enjoying, obeying and serving God, you will also find that your life will be more pleasing to you. He shares three ways that Paul tells us we should do that from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. If you…
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Finding Joy During Hardship
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares that to find Joy even in hardship we need to remember that we get to choose where we place our focus. He gives us four things he sees in today’s passage from 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 that help us in focusing on faith and love in our relationship with…
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Leading a Life Worthy of God
Pastor Doug continues his series from 1 Thessalonians, sharing that the greatest invitation that we receive is to be called into God’s own Kingdom and encourages us to pursue that with all our heart, soul, strength and mind by “Leading a Life Worthy of God”. If you would like to give toward the work we…
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How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
Pastor Doug begins a new sermon series “Leading A Life Worthy of God” from 1 Thessalonians. First Thessalonians is about faith, love, and hope as gifts that come from God and these gifts can be used to help us with the anxiety, loneliness, and grief that we are feeling in these days. The first video…
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Worship Series: Leading a Life Worthy of God
Pastor Doug’s nine-week series titled, “Leading a Life Worthy of God,” is based on 1 Thessalonians. First Thessalonians was written around the year 50-51 A.D. It is the earliest evidence for the existence of Christianity. In this letter we hear the first notes of key themes that Paul will develop and write about repeatedly and…
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Where is God When We are In Pain?
Pastor Barbara shares a very timely and relevant message about pain and how we cope with it as followers of Christ. Pain is a part of life, so rather than being surprised by it, we can be prepared to face it with faith, hope, and resilience. The first video below is JUST THE SERMON. If…
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Faith, Fear, and Following
This Easter Sunday, Pastor Doug shares about how both in Jesus’ birth and death, those who were with him had fear because they didn’t know the rest of the story, but the angels and Jesus reminded them and us that we need not be afraid, Jesus has been raised. Christ is alive and near. Happy…
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Maundy Thursday
Pastor Doug shares three stories this Maundy Thursday, about people in the Bible going through difficult times, followed by a time of prayer and communion.
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Is God with Us in Suffering?
On Palm Sunday, Jesus came humbly and courageously into Jerusalem willing to suffer, trusting in and relying upon the Lord God, offering to those who would receive him: Love stronger than death, Forgiveness greater than our sin, and Peace in our pain and suffering. The first video below is just the sermon. If you would…
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