The Practice of Prayer in Difficult Times… and BeyondWeek 1: Apple of My Eye I call on you, O God, for you will answer me…Keep me as the apple of your eyehide me in the shadow of your wings~Psalm 17: 6, 8 Join Pastors Michelle and Jayde this Sunday at 9:30am on the Front Porch (Bring Your Own Chair!!) for Sunday worship.Read Psalm…
Something God Alone Can See “There’s a dawn in every darkness,bringing hope to you and me.From the past will come the future;what it holds, a mystery,unrevealed until its season,something God alone can see.” Hymn of Promise UMH 707Natalie Sleeth Join Pastors Jayde and Michelle this Sunday at 9:30am on the Front Porch for Sunday worship.Read Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 in preparation for the sermon.You…
What People Really Need Join Michelle and Jayde this Sunday at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall.Read John 1: 1-4 & 14 and consider these questions in preparation for the sermon: John tells us in his Gospel that the Word (that was with God in the beginning) became flesh and dwelt among us. Wonder why that happened? Was it a change of…
Plot Twist Join Pastor Jayde this Sunday at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall for Sunday worship. This week we’ll continue to “dream big” as we learn to take the twists and turns of the road in stride and have the courage to begin our journeys again and again. Read Mark 1: 16-20 in preparation for Sunday’s message, “Plot Twist.” You…
Join Pastor Jayde as she, and one of our church families, light the Advent candle of peace. As we draw closer to Christmas eve, we focus on peace and light. Read Isaiah 9: 2-7 and John 1: 1-14 in preparation for Sunday’s sermon, I Believe in the Light: Illumination Peace. Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #…
Time. There’s never enough of it, is there? Just when we think we’ve beaten the clock, a new project or forgotten appointment pops up and we have to squeeze more time into the day. Are we really in control of our time? Pastor Michelle will use a story about Esther and Mordecai (Esther 4: 1-16) as a jumping off point to…
The book of Lamentations is a hard pill to swallow. What’s behind all the poet’s ranting? Is there any hope? Perhaps we need to look “Beyond the Conjunctions…” Read Lamentations 3: 19-26 in preparation for the sermon. World Communion Sunday offers congregations a distinctive opportunity to experience Holy Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October…
Rooted: How the Disciplines of the Faith Ground Us and Companion Us for a Hope-Filled Future Pastor Michelle and Pastor Jayde wrap up their 6-week series, this week, with a dialogical sermon where they discuss the spiritual disciplines and how they keep us Rooted; how they ground us and companion us for a hope-filled future. Read Jeremiah 17: 7-8, 14…
Introduction and The Discipline of Prayer Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up… ~Luke 18: 1 This Sunday, Pastor Michelle introduces the sermon series Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. She and Pastor Jayde will be preaching over the coming six weeks on assorted disciplines, based…
Pastor Jayde wraps up the discussion of John Wesley’s Three Simple Rules this Sunday. Wesley’s rules remain relavent in our lives even today. Read Colossians 2:6-7 and John 21:17 and consider the questions below as you prepare for Jayde’s sermon, Stay in Love with God. Questions for reflection: When and where do you feel most at peace? When was a…
We welcome our new Associate Pastor, Jayde Rasband, to the pulpit in this worship video! Join her as she discusses how God’s love is manifested in the local church! Read 1 John 4:7-12 in preparation for Sunday’s sermon Church: Love Manifested.
This Sunday we celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion. Pastor Michelle will discuss the importance of ritual and sacrament in our lives; those that we celebrate and those that are missing. How do these celebrations bring us closer to God and to each other? She will serve our virtual communion on the new table commissioned and dedicated to the memory…
