“Stories That Shape Us: Lead Towards Heaven”Text: 2 Kings 2Today, we look at the story where Elijah is taken up by God in a whirlwind and Elisha takes his place as a prophet to God’s people. In many ways it is similar to the transition from Moses to Joshua. During transitions in our lives, we…

“Stories That Shape Us: Healed for Glory”Text: Leviticus 13:1-8, 40-46Today we study a passage from Leviticus which discusses how the Israelites declared a person “unclean.” This was a time before medical advancements had been made, and separating one from the rest of the community was necessary to ensure the entire community did not become infected.…

“Stories that Shape Us: Voice of the Lord for Generations”Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-9What we listen to often makes an impact on us and future generations to come. Today, we study the passage known in Hebrew as the “Shema” – where we affirm that there is one God, we belong to God, and that we should love…

“Stories that Shape Us: A People of Hope”Text: Genesis 13 This week we begin a new sermon series focusing on the Old Testament, “Stories that Shape Us.” These stories just didn’t shape the scripture of the New Testament – they also shape who we are although we live in a far different culture and time.…

Text: Galatians 6:1-18This week, we finish reading the book of Galatians. During the last few weeks, we have seen how Paul lays the foundation for the Gospel to the church in Galatia as being a gospel of love and non-judgment. In the last chapter, Paul talks about how living out the Gospel might look like,…

Text: Galatians 3:23-29One of the questions facing the early Christians, being Jewish and familiar with Jewish law and traditions, was “what does it mean that Jesus, who was reduced to nothing by being crucified on the cross, was raised from the dead?” The dead were considered unclean and cursed – and if God worked through…

“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: Valley of Praise”Text: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30On this Pentecost Sunday, we study a passage of scripture from the book of 2 Chronicles. The call to prayer is a call to pray during the ordinary moments and times of our lives, including through all of the struggles that go with it. While…

“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: Jericho Walls”Text: Joshua 6:1-20Today, we study a story familiar to most of us – the Israelites marching around and ultimately conquering the city of Jericho. However, this event in many ways seems less like a military march and more like a worship procession. Just like Jericho’s walls, which were a…

Text: Luke 10:1-12Today we welcome back Pastor Kim Richardson as our guest preacher. We continue our series on prayer – we have a tendency to think of prayer as asking God for something. A better understanding of prayer is having a conversation with God; we both talk and listen, looking to discern what we should…

“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: Our Call to Prayer”Text: Acts 5:27-32The next few weeks we are going to look at prayer and how prayer affects our life. This passage of scripture isn’t explicitly about prayer, but it is about how hold we are to trust what the Holy Spirit is able to do. We recognize…