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"Our Story is His Story" When we quietly sit an write our story, the story of how Jesus was present in our lives, at a point when we first thought He was not there, we start to see that "our story" that was being written truly points us to His story, living in us!   Happy Easter! God bless and have a very blessed week! Pastor Greg

Our True Hope! Human leaders give people hope, but often they are gone before we know it!  The true hope for us made his triumphant entry to Jerusalem and our lives on this Palm Sunday that we celebrate!   Thank you for listening and have a blessed week! Pastor Greg  

NURTURE This week, as we consider the story of Jesus restoring sight to the man born blind, we will reflect on the role of the community of faith in the life of a disciple of Jesus Christ. In the baptismal covenant the community of faith plays a critical role. The gathered worshiping community is asked: Will you nurture these persons in Christ's holy Church, that by your teaching and example, they may be guided to accept God's grace for themselves, to profess their faith openly, and to lead a Christian life?   Thank you for listening, have a blessed week! Pastor Greg

"Spiritual Wisdom" Today we will look into Paul's message to the Ephesians about our heavenly inheretance and his prayer for all for spiritual wisdom. Thank you for listening and have a blessed week! Pastor Greg

FORWARD IN CHRIST Readings for this Sunday: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Matthew 6:19-21 Matthew 25:14-30 Sometimes God directs us on a path that stretches us and frightens us.  Thank you for listening and have a blessed week! Pastor Greg

"Surrender All" In preparation for our healing service this morning, Elaine brought us the message on surrendering everything to Jesus. Thank you for listening and have a God filled week! Pastor Greg

“SIN? We don’t talk about that!  That’s about BAD people." Where have we lost our way?  We've marginalized sin! Today we look at the bibilical definition and why it is so extremely important! Thank you for listening. May you have a blessed week. Pastor Greg

"Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed" This Sunday we celebrate the harvest with our Harvest Home Celebration! We see how the Lord tells us about faith, faith as small as a mustard seed. We saw the fruit of faithfulness as we were blessed with 8 new members today! May you be blessed with a bountiful week! Pastor Greg

"ONE" "This is what happens, when God shows up!" A preview message on the power of "The Way" and the incredible things that are possible,  "when God shows up! God bless and have a wonderful week Pastor Greg 

       EMPTY Lord, why me?  Why am I here?  Why did you give me this?   I'm not qualified to do this! Thank you for listening, may God bless your week! Pastor Greg

BLINDSIDE!!! Today's message from Elaine Hafer, gives us the biblical example of dealing with those situations in life where we are blindsided! Prepare Ye the Way!!! If you're not sure about being blindsided, watch this video - Blindside Thank you for listening and may God bless your week! Pastor Greg Hafer

"Seeing the Fruits of Faith" - Part 2 Sunday August 14, 2016 This week we continue our message on the call to be faithful and the rewards of being faithful. Thank you for listening, and have a good week! God Bless, Pastor Greg 

“Seeing the Fruits of Faith” Sunday August 7, 2016 We are called to be faithful, this week we will look at how the Lord has promised us a reward for our faithfulness!" Thank you for listening and have a great week! God bless you! Pastor Greg

 " Hate !!! " Where has all this hatred come from?   All this violence really pains me, really bothers me... What's the answer?  How do we stop it?   I'm only one person, what can I do to make a difference? Listen to today's message (7/31/16) and hear what we can do. God bless you and have a wonderful week! Pastor Greg

“Independence Day” Tomorrow we celebrate the Independence Day of our great country, but there was an even greater Independence Day over 2000 years ago.  Listen in and you'll hear the Good News! Have a great week! Pastor Greg

“ABBA-Father ” Happy Father's Day!!! A day to honor our fathers, also a day to honor our Father in heaven! Sorry about the delay in post's, had vacation time in between and fell a little behind. Have a great week! Pastor Greg

“A Strand of 3” A message of unity and love! May the Lord bless your week! Pastor Greg

“A New Season coming...” In this season, a season of change, there is a grand thing happening....... Won't you join us on this journey? God Bless and have a wonderful week! Pastor Greg

"Never forget..." As we remember those who sacrificed for our freedom, let us "Never Forget..." And let us never forget the one who gave all for our  ETERNAL FREEDOM,  Jesus Christ!

"God Makes Us A Super Hero!" Today we see how God using the Power of Pentecost,  transforms us into His Super Heros! God Bless and have a wonderful week! Pastor Greg

"A Mother's Sacrifice" Today we look at some of the biblical mothers, from the Old Testament to the New Testament and the sacrifices they have made. Then we look at how this mother's trait continues today. Happy Mother's Day may this be a blessed day for you and may God continue to bless your faithfulness.

Help Everyone Believe In Christ Join Elaine this week as she gives the message on reaching those we love with the joy we find in Jesus Christ. May you have a blessed week! Pastor Greg

Gideon Many times we see God using the unexpected to fulfill His mighty deeds.  You could be the next Gideon!  Let go and let God!  He has mighty plans for each and every one of us! Gideon Sunday

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:14 We as disciples are to follow the path of the first disciples, spread the good news and heal the sick.... God bless and have a great week.

“How Great Is Our God” This Sunday we will look at our Great and wonderful God! The message began with this video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16RWK936Re8 Stop once in awhile to thing about How Great our God is! Thank you for listening and God bless your week!

Sunday April 3, 2016 "Are We Like Thomas?" Thomas wasn't the only doubter on the third day!  We'll look at all the doubt around these happenings and we'll look at how even today we still have our doubts. Then we will see how our faith walk helps us erase all of these doubts. God bless you and have a great week! Pastor Greg

Hallelujah!!!  He is risen!  Our savior lives!  Death is defeated! Hear the message from our greatest day of our church year! God bless you all!   

2 Thieves, Two Crosses, Two Choices A view from the two who were on their crosses with Jesus. A Good Friday Message.

Join us for our Palm Sunday message where we will look at Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem.  We will see how Jesus was showing us one last time how to follow him and we will look at how similar we are at times to the people in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago.     

Join us for today's message "Jehovah Jireh" presented by Elaine Hafer.  Hear how from the beginning in Genesis we can find the Lord "providing" for all our needs and preparing us for the way He provided for us a pathway to eternal life with Him.

“Lent - Repent, Fast, Prepare” Today we look at "preparation" as it pertains to our Christian lives and especially our personal preparation during Lent.

This week, Elaine Hafer & I continue our discussion on prayer and developing methods of praying strategically.  We discuss both structured prayer and spontaneous prayer and the importance and value of each.

For too long we've been fighting the wrong enemy!  It's time for you to put the armor on and be that Prayer Warrior!

This week we tackle another tough topic -- "Real Accountability"  If Paul could confront Peter in Galatians 6:11-21and hold him accountable, we need to be able to do this with each other in our Christian walk.

This week we continue our journey to a better prayer life and a closer walk with the Lord.  We begin by looking honestly at ourselves.

Join us on our journey to grow closer to God and to strengthen our prayer life in 2016 !