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An Altogether Love

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Almost Christmas Advent Sermon Series: Week 3 We began in Hope. We prayed for God’s Shalom, and now we journey towards greater Love. On the third Sunday in Advent, we light the candle of Love! Pastor Michelle continues her Advent sermon series Almost Christmas with ” An Altogether Love: An Irrational Choice; a Cultivated Forgiveness; a Steadfast Commitment.” Read Luke…

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08 Dec 0Comments 1Like

An Altogether Peace: Doing Good, Redeeming Time and Shalom

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Week 2 of An Almost Christmas We began with Hope and we continue in a quest for Peace.This Sunday we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent!We light the candle of Peace and Pastor Michelle continues her sermon series, Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience. Read John 14: 1-4,15-21 and 25-27 and consider the questions below in preparation for the message. Questions for…

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01 Dec 0Comments 0Likes

An Altogether Hope

Posted by Pam Pearson Categories: Advent, Hope, Rev. Michelle McKinnon-Young, Worship Services

Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience Week 1 On the First Sunday of Advent, we lit the first candle in the Advent wreath and Pastor Michelle began her sermon series, Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience. Read Isaiah 40: 1-5 and John 1: 1-8 and consider the questions below in preparation for the sermon ” Week 1: An Altogether Hope.”…

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24 Nov 0Comments 0Likes

When You Run Out of Room… (in your heart and more)

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Bounty: A Stewardship Series: Week 3 Pastor Michelle continues her stewarship series with a partner, Cecil Denney, in a dialogical sermon. Read Matthew 6: 19-21 and Malachi 3:10 and consider the questions below in preparation for the sermon, “When You Run out of Room… (in your heart and more!)” Questions for Reflection (in the sermon and beyond) Talk about the…

17 Nov 0Comments 0Likes

Got Grace?

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Bounty: A Stewardship Series Week 2 This Sunday Peter Jurney took to the pulpit for a continuation of Bounty: A Stewardship Series. Peter’s sermon, “Got Grace?” focused on the readings Ephesians 2:8-9 and I Timothy 6:17-19. Please read the scriptures in preparation for Peter’s message.

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11 Nov 0Comments 0Likes

When You Come Upon a Giant(s)…

Posted by admin Categories: Mission, Rev. Michelle McKinnon-Young, Stewardship, Worship Services

Bounty: A Stewardship Series Week 1 Pastor Michelle kicked off her sermon series “Bounty: A Stewardship Series” with “Week 1: When You Come Upon a Giant(s)…” Be sure to read Numbers 13 and consider the questions below in preparation for the message. Questions for Reflection: What/who are the giants in your life (not the welcome kind). What makes them so?…

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04 Nov 0Comments 0Likes

Inheritance Day

Posted by Pam Pearson Categories: Rev. Michelle McKinnon-Young, Special Sundays, Worship Services

All Saints Sunday Enjoy our All Saints Day worship. We “call the roll” of those from our church family who have gone on before us, light a candle for each of them and toll a bell as we remember them. Read Ephesians 1: 11-12, 15-23 in preparation for Pastor Michelle’s sermon, Inheritance Day. Resource Referenced: Hometown Tales, Recollections of Kindness, Peace and Joy , by Philip Gulley, Harper…

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20 Oct 0Comments 0Likes

Relationships: Boundaries and Healthy Relationships

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Pastor Michelle McKinnon-Young continues her sermon series: Building Intimate, Enduring, and Healthy Relationships Across Life with Boundaries and Healthy Relationships. Read Luke 2: 39-52 (The Boy Jesus in the Temple), Ephesians 4: 1, 14-15 (Speaking the Truth in Love) and consider the questions below in preparation for worship. Questions for Reflection (for this sermon and beyond) How good are you with setting boundaries in your own life and relationships? …

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13 Oct 0Comments 0Likes

Relationships: Truth Telling, Trust and Forgiveness

Posted by admin Categories: Love, Relationships, Rev. Danna Drum, Worship Services

Rev. Danna Drum continues the sermon series: Social Media, Intimacy, and Healthy Relationships: What it Takes to Build Deep and Enduring Relationships Across Life. Whether you are looking to deepen, repair, form, choose better, enhance relationships, there will be something in this series for ALL of us! What does it take to build intimate, healthy deep and enduring relationships across life? Each teaching will be…

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06 Oct 0Comments 0Likes

Relationships: Understanding Love Languages

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Pastor Michelle begins a new sermon series: Social Media, Intimacy, and Healthy Relationships:What it Takes to Build Deep and Enduring Relationships Across Life. Whether you are looking to deepen, repair, form, choose better, enhance relationships, there will be something in this series for ALL of us! What does it take to build intimate, healthy deep and enduring relationships across life? Each teaching will be…

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29 Sep 0Comments 0Likes

Transitions: It’s a (Scary) Wonderful New Life

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Pastor Michelle will finish her Transitions Sermon Series this Sunday with “It’s a (Scary) Wonderful New Life.” Read John 11: 1-6, 11-17 and 33-44 and consider the questions below in preparation for worship. Questions for Reflection According to William Bridges (Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes), the neutral zone is only meant to be temporary state. “It is, as they say, a…

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22 Sep 1Comment 0Likes

Transitions: Good Death – Good Grief

Posted by Pam Pearson Categories: Change, Grief, Rev. Michelle McKinnon-Young, Transitions, Worship Services

The loss of a loved one is certainly one of the most life altering experiences each of us goes through. It puts us in a “neutral zone,” or place of uncertainty. Good ‘Death,’ Good Grief will touch on life, death and loss. You might like to read Acts 9: 10-19 and Psalm 107: 13-14 and consider the questions below in preparation for worship.…

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