Easter Sunday: Sharing Resurrection Life!

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Jesus is Risen! Jesus died and rose again for us. He came as a Neighbor to rescue us, to share with us, as we lay beaten and broken by the way side. He heals and binds our wounds and redeems us. He sends us out, just as he was sent […]

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In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays This Good Friday service is in dedication and gratitude to our Lord who set his face like stone in determination to accomplish the Father’s will. It is “Good” Friday because God accomplished a great good through a great sacrifice. At some point, we will turn off the lights and use […]

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Palm Sunday: Reflections on the Passion

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy week tells the story that Jesus is Triumphant, Alive, Loving, Gracious, Sovereign among his infinite other characteristics.  Let’s look at this story and see what we can learn as we continue our spiritual journey, Him being our first love and who is among us. […]

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In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Who is a neighbor? How do we define a neighbor? In our human world we tend to qualify “neighbor” as good or bad, etc. In Jesus’ world there is no need to qualify a neighbor because he himself defines and epitomizes neighbor. In Jesus, a neighbor is one who loves […]

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The Humble God-Why It Matters

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays How does God prefer to be seen? The answer is that God prefers to be seen in ways in which he reveals himself. From his birth in a stable, to his washing of feet, to his return to Jerusalem on the back of a jackass, to his humiliating suffering and […]

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In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays To live out our first love culture sustainably, we participate in Jesus’ love, joy, and identity and share it with others in his individual-in-community life. This includes being intentionally accountable to one another. Accountability in Jesus is not about “fixing” others but speaking truth and grace in love. It is […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Community 2

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays To live out our first love culture and to be effective in a life of ministry/service, we need to understand the nature of our place as individuals-in-community in Jesus. What is that place, what does it mean? In this second part of our look at our communal lives in Jesus, […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Community

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Sustaining our first love culture involves understanding that the good news of God’s love and salvation in Jesus is for all humanity, and that we are not just individuals – we are individuals-in-community. The gospel’s pronoun for us is we, us, “one another.” We share a common identity in Jesus, […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Identity 2

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays If you were asked: who are you? What would be your declarative, assertive response? Each of us is a beloved child of God, made in his image and invited into communion with him in his Son and in his Kingdom through his Spirit. We are kingdom people. Members of his […]

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