Oct 5, 2014
Food For the Journey
Series: (All)
World Communion Sunday offers us a distinctive opportunity to experience Holy Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians in every culture break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm Christ as the Head of the Church. Today we remember that we are part of the whole body of believers. Today Christians celebrate the communion liturgy in as many ways as there are congregations.
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- Oct 5, 2014Food For the Journey
Oct 5, 2014Food For the JourneySeries: (All)World Communion Sunday offers us a distinctive opportunity to experience Holy Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians in every culture break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm Christ as the Head of the Church. Today we remember that we are part of the whole body of believers. Today Christians celebrate the communion liturgy in as many ways as there are congregations.
- Sep 28, 2014God Will Get in Your Face
Sep 28, 2014God Will Get in Your FaceSeries: The Book of JonahToday we celebrate the end of Jonah. For those of you that have been here the last three weeks, after this morning we will have worked our way through the entire book of Jonah. The first chapter taught how we could not escape the presence of God and how God wanted to be with us no matter what we had done. The second chapter of Jonah taught how God hears our prayers, even when it doesn’t feel like it. Last week we studied how no matter what we have done, God wants to use us and our gifts to further the Kingdom. This week we see how God reacts to our tendency to feel sorry for ourselves.
- Sep 21, 2014God Will Use Us No Matter What We May Have Done
Sep 21, 2014God Will Use Us No Matter What We May Have DoneSeries: The Book of JonahThis is the third Sunday in our series on Jonah. In the first chapter of Jonah we learned that we could not escape the presence of God and God wanted to be with us no matter what. In the second chapter of Jonah we learned that God hears our prayers, even when it doesn't feel like they are heard. Today we will see that no matter what we have done, God wants to use us and our gifts to further the Kingdom.
- Sep 14, 2014God Hears our Prayers
Sep 14, 2014God Hears our PrayersSeries: The Book of JonahLast week we started a series on Jonah. In the first chapter of Jonah we learned that we could not escape the presence of God and God wanted to be with us no matter what. Today as we continue learning about Jonah, we will look at prayer and how God hears our prayer. Jonah’s prayers where heard from the depths of the sea. Our prayers are heard from where ever we are, from the mountain tops to the depths of our souls. May God enrich us through this worship.
- Sep 7, 2014You Can Run . . . But You Can’t Hide!
Sep 7, 2014You Can Run . . . But You Can’t Hide!Series: The Book of JonahIn the original Hebrew, the Book of Jonah begins with a word that can be translated "and it happened…" many times, including the King James Version, where it was translated "Now it came to pass." And so begins the story of Jonah. It is unique among the prophetic books in that it is entirely narrative in nature. Other books of the prophets include sections of narrative but only Jonah is exclusively about the prophet. This week we begin a four part series on this short but very interesting book.
- Aug 31, 2014Experiencing God
Aug 31, 2014Experiencing GodLiving life as a follower of Christ is not easy. That may be as Richard Foster writes because, "Often the present moment is not a sacrament, but a burden to be endured." There are many pains and tribulations that intersect our lives, but Thomas Kelly notes that "Within the Now is the dwelling place of God Himself." In the noise, commotion, distraction, disruption, and interruption of our lives, grace gives the Now more room. A sacrament is an action in and through which God's grace is conveyed to people. The "church" has long used the concept of sacraments - outward signs of inward grace - to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way.
- Aug 24, 2014Reading The Bible
Aug 24, 2014Reading The BibleJohn Wesley's sermons are saturated with Scripture. His summary sermon on salvation is titled "The Scripture Way of Salvation." Wesley was "a man of one book", meaning that for doctrine, devotion, and especially preaching, the Bible played an indispensable role. The Bible offers a faithful revelation of God in Christ. For John Wesley, the scriptural way was the only way to experience the saving faith we can have in Christ. This meant a number of things, including his understanding of justification by faith, assurance, and sanctification, but what it reveals primarily is that the Bible was the book by which he measured his life.
- Aug 17, 2014Service Isn’t What It Used To Be
Aug 17, 2014Service Isn’t What It Used To BeMost simply defined, "works of mercy" are "doing good." John Wesley preached that Christians must do both works of piety and works of mercy in order to move on toward Christian perfection. Wesley taught that people must be Christians in both works and deed, which were to express the love of God. He believed that Christians must grow in God's grace, which first prepares us for belief, then accepts us when we respond to God in faith, and sustains us as we do good works and participate in God's mission. Today we will look at how "works of mercy" may look in our lives.
- Aug 10, 2014Do We Have a Prayer?
Aug 10, 2014Do We Have a Prayer?Today we look at a Spiritual Discipline we may know pretty well - prayer. What is prayer and what can prayer be? Do we pray as we "should" or can we pray better?
- Aug 3, 2014How Does ‘Church’ Look?
Aug 3, 2014How Does ‘Church’ Look?Series: (All)In the book of Act, we find the story of the church's beginning that traces its dramatic growth from sacred Jerusalem to imperial Rome. Christian formation and mission are at the core of this growth. Those can be seen in no better way than in Acts 2, where our lesson comes from today.
