Due to the power outage, there is only one service that will be posted today. The Upper Room service did not take place. We begin our look at the Fruit of the Spirit with Love. We are told throughout scripture that the church is the Bride of Christ. Thus, if we are a part of […]
As we celebrate Easter Sunday with a look at the miracle of the Empty Tomb, we must ask ourselves, why did God choose THIS miracle – the resurrection – to occur? In fact, it is the one miracle that affects each one of us. Jesus comes back, and he meets each of us where we are. […]
Good Friday is the day when Christians commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. The service of Tenebrae (the name means ‘darkness’ or ‘shadows’) is a Holy Week devotion which traces its roots back to the seventh century. It is characterized by the gradual darkening of the Sanctuary as candles are extinguished throughout the service. […]
As we approach the end of our series on the miracles of Jesus, we look at the raising of Lazarus from the dead. In “Proof of Life,” Pastor Emily looked at how we approach events where ‘life’ happens. It might be a family tragedy, such as the illness and death of a family member such […]
This Sunday, we’re looking at the third of the 3 healing miracles described in the gospel of John – the healing of the man born blind. In this story, Jesus healed a man with a visual disability, but he didn’t ONLY heal people with disabilities. He healed blindness in many forms, including physical/medical, spiritual and emotional […]
This Sunday, we look at the only miracle to appear in all four gospels – the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5,000. It is interesting that it begins with Jesus pressing his disciples to come up with a solution to feeding 5,000+ people. The solution, 5 small, dinner-roll-sized loaves and 2 small sardine-sized fish, wasn’t a […]
Today we studied the next miracle in our series – the miracle of the healing of the man by the pool. Who do you see when you come to church? Do you see people who look like they have everything together, or do you see people who are hurting? Everyone needs healing, but do we […]
How do we think about the miracles? Do we consider God to be a vending machine, where we put in the right plea and we receive the desired response? Or, since we don’t understand or believe them, we could simply ignore them. The Apostle John tried to explain what the signs and miracles had to do […]
As we close our series on the parables of Jesus, we look at our final parable – the Parable of the Weeds. Pastor Emily talked about the weeds that can spring up “While You Were Sleeping.” Our lives today are changing at an incredible rate of speed. Industry, medicine, technology – all are racing ahead, while human […]
As we continue with our look at the Parables of Jesus, today, we look at the parable of the rich fool. This is a person who, although he has plenty and actually has a surplus because of a bountiful harvest, decides to hoard the excess in barns and relax, rather than using his bounty to help […]