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Examining how fantastically blessed we are as Americans!

Brenton Balvin aptly fills in for Pastor Chris and shares with us some meaning in the suffering we experience.

As Christians we need to learn to encourage one another.

Continuing to learn from Paul and Christ what it means to be wealthy and how we as rich Americans need to live with that blessing.

Introduction to our sermon series on How to Be Rich

Preparing our hearts to worship the Christ!

First Sunday of Advent, 2013, and we are examining the story of Mary and Elizabeth and their discovery of their God ordained pregnancies and our need to see in that a call to be ready for the coming of Jesus.

Learning from Jesus and His interaction with the woman at the well and how to have compassion on people. Love God, love people.

God makes it clear that He loves EVERYONE and wants to be in relationship with all people. We as Christ followers must facilitate that by reaching out to our neighbor, family, friend and even strangers.

There are uncertainties in everyone's life. Unexpected, unintended and unwanted many times. It brings fear, concern, worry. But God is greater than that. The one who is the Creator is in control and as Christians we have a way of communicating with Him - through prayer. When life is uncertain, God is still in control.

Esther is growing into her faith as well as into her leadership role as queen. Will she be able to save her people? How will she do it?

Today we see Esther step out in faith and put her trust in God. She has a chance to save her people, will she do it?

This week we get to one of the high points in the drama of the story of Esther.

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This week we return to the story of Esther and see her become queen of Persia!

Segments from our four confirmation student's statements of faith papers.

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Learning a bit more about Xerxes, and seeing how his kingdom is not the greatest Kingdom.

Learning from Jesus' mother Mary about being a mother

Today, we start Esther: God’s Perfect Work through Imperfect People.

Each time we memorize, pray, sing, review, or study the gospel, we must ask the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and bring the gospel alive to us again. He’s quick to hear and faithful to answer. But His help must be actively sought.

We are called to love as Christ loved, serve as Christ served and to have compassion as Christ had compassion. Do this and the world around us will begin to change for God’s glory.

The cross of Christ is not only the basis of our peace and hope—but it is the means of our eternal salvation. The goal of the cross is not only a full and free pardon, but a changed life lived in fellowship with God.

Following Easter we don't want to take our eyes off the cross. In some of the Apostle Paul's last recorded words we find him reaffirming this priority in our faith.

Easter sermon digging into the depth of God's love for us. All of us.

Many people start humbly, find success, but flame out in the end. Was that the story of Jesus' life?

Learning from the interaction Jesus has with a man named Zaccheus on His way through Jericho heading towards Jerusalem.

What if you woke up today with only what you thanked God for yesterday? As Christ followers we are called to a life lived in gratitude to God our Father, the Giver of all good gifts!

Life is filled with peaks and valleys. While Jesus never promises to take our pain away, He does promise to be there with us. We see that today as he leads His core disciples to a mountain top experience before they see their darkest days as His followers.

Amy Swanson shares with us her passion and experiences in missions and challenges us to go ourselves.

As Christians we are called to live with ridiculous love and to give with joy and great generosity.

No matter our circumstances in life, no matter how out of control things feel, God is in control.

In the uncertain world we live in, and in the midst of the chaos of life, we can know that our God is certain!

No matter what we think of God and how we explain God, we come up short. He is greater. Greater than we can imagine!

Too often we sell God short. We try to do it on our own and fail, or worse, make things things worse. Trust God in all things!

Week 2 in our sermon series looking at the attributes of God. Mercy and grace are something everyone needs, and thankfully we have a God to excels at giving it to us!

Our God is big! Our God is strong! There's NOTHING our God cannot do!

Brenton Balvin fills in for Pastor Chris Meirose, helping us kick our 2013 off on the right foot spiritually!

Does Christmas change your world? What difference does it make in your life? What difference SHOULD it make in your life?

Week two looking at anger in our lives and how to address it - and be freed from it - in biblical ways. Wisdom from both the apostle Paul and Jesus.

This week we move to Anger as the thing that is attacking our hearts and messing up our relationship with God and with others. We diagnose the problem today, and will give the solution next week! (hint: It's Jesus!)

Our final sermon in our series from Colossians and our series looking at our faith at work.

Jesus says that He will build His church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it. 2000+ years later and 2+ billion people later and the church is still doing His work. Where do we fit into that?

Looking at some pictures of baptism from the New Testament that draw largely on Old Testament stories and how it ties into baptism today. Following worship we baptized four people to cap the day off!

Week 3 of our series on "Finding the Gospel".

Week 2 in our series where we are finding the Gospel in the Bible.

Week one of a four week adventure of finding the Gospel throughout the Bible.

God is patient in His love for us, so we must learn to be patient with others in our life, even when it is difficult to love them.

Christmas Eve 2011

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

A scriptural biography of the Apostle John, author of the book of Revelation.