Open Your Eyes

It’s easy to visualize the scripture from John 4 as it were unfolding like the opening of a movie. Use your imagination and picture the scene. As Jesus walked through Samaria, he got tired from the exertion and the heat and he sat down by Jacob’s well. A Samaritan woman came by herself to draw…

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Living For God and Serving Others

For those of you new or have not been here in a while, we are in a series entitled “You Can Make A Difference!” There are a variety of ways which we, meaning everyone here, can contribute and make a difference to God’s work in the church, the community, and the world. Click to listen:…

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We Need Each Other to Be Whole

Today we’ll be looking at the portion of 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul describes how the members of the church are as inter-connected as the parts and members of our physical body. How does a human body function? What is the relationship of all its parts? How does each part do its role and remain…

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For the Common Good

The foundation for spiritual gifts about which the Apostle Paul doesn’t want us to be ignorant or uninformed is the belief that God gives to every believer certain gifts that, when used properly, allow the body of Christ to fulfill its role and the individual to develop into the person God created him or her…

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What Are You Bringing?

Now we turn to the third aspect of a meaningful life of discipleship which is Share. The importance of learning to share is something we’re hopefully taught and understand when we’re quite young… Click to listen:   Click this link to get a printable version: What Are You Bringing? Since May, we’ve been on a…

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Growing Into the Personality of Jesus

This Sunday, Rev. Dr. Ernest L. Vermont preaches this final message in our series Living By the Spirit. Proposition: Allow the personality of Jesus to be refined & forged into the mold of YOUR life experience! “Untested faith does not qualify as faith.” –Eugene Peterson Click to listen:   Click this link to get a…

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Let Your Gentleness Be Known to Everyone

“Called to imitate the gentleness of Jesus, we’re far more adept at responding in a reactive, angry, harsh, arrogant, condemning, or judgmental fashion. So many of us are guilty of this, including myself, that I could easily name names… but that wouldn’t be gentle. Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, mild mannered; it…

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The Importance of Faithfulness

As we continue our journey through the fruit of the Spirit, we’ve covered love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and goodness—how are you doing? How are you working in partnership with the Holy Spirit to cultivate these in your life? Click to listen:   Click this link to get a printable version: The Importance of Faithfulness…

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Overcoming Evil with Good

It is the 12th chapter of Romans that is in many ways the most important in the entire letter, and unfortunately it is ignored. The 12th chapter of Romans asks us the question of “So what?” It asks the question of, “If all this is true, what are we supposed to do about it.” At…

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