In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | We all are people of words – whether verbally or in writing or by signs – we use words to communicate in the various languages common to us. Words are incredibly important – they can be hurtful, harmful or life-giving. Words are invariably relational. How are your words? How […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | There is a lot of favoritism in our world, a lot of being concerned and taking care of only those who are like us or in our circle of family and friends. But that is not how Jesus lived and taught. Christians are called to participate in the life […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | It is fashionable for some to criticize Christians and Christianity as judgmental, shallow or of no transformative power. There may be some truth to these criticisms, in part. How are we to live as Christians in today’s confused, deceptive, and cruel world? How are Christians to live in the […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | We are called as disciples of Jesus to walk in his love, to join him in his love-driven life. What does that mean? What it means is also the answer to how we are to treat ourselves, treat our neighbor and engage the culture around us. What it means […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | Young people are precious to God and are invited and included in a love relationship with him in Jesus through his Spirit just as adults are. We value them and we join Jesus in cherishing and educating them as our present and future. We seek opportunities to help them […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | Prayer is a gift of grace. A relational gift to help us anchor our lives and those of others in God through Jesus and by his Spirit. There are important aspects to prayer that we need to accept as we live out our prayer lives. Let’s look at three […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | We are called, as the Body of Christ and the collective reflector of his light, to participate with him in sharing his grace with our neighbors and in our neighborhood. God’s grace and truth is available to our neighborhood through us as we engage them and their children. We […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | Why do we have youth and children’s ministries? Why do we organize a neighborhood skills camp? Why do we desire and enjoy spending time with, and sharing the love of God not just with our neighborhood adults but also with the children? Because children are precious to God and […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | Have you ever faced a storm or two in your life? Are you in life’s boat in the middle of a storm right now? Are you alone in that boat or someone is with you? Is that someone the One you really need to be in that boat with […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays | What was the nature and purpose of Jesus’ parables? The common assumption is that Jesus taught the people using parables to make things clear. That is not the case. A lot of the times the people, including his disciples, didn’t understand. So why Jesus’ parables? Let’s look at a […]