Text: Acts 8:9-25After Jesus’ death and resurrection, His apostles spread the Good News of His kingdom to places such as Samaria where the people needed to hear it. One converted believer, Simon, was known as the “Great Power” for his acts of sorcery and magic. Despite his belief, he wanted the apostles’ ability to give…
Text: Luke 2:41-52Luke provides an account of a 12 year old Jesus spending three days listening and teaching in the Temple in Jerusalem after the Festival of Passover ended. When asked by His concerned parents why He had stayed, He said, “Why were you searching for me? Didn’t you know I had to be about…
Text: Luke 3:7-18This Advent season we will be focusing on prophecy, preparation, joy, and proclaiming the good news of Christ’s birth. This week, we examine John the Baptist’s words to the crowd, where God will “gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” At first these words…
Text: Luke 21:25-36 This Advent season we will be focusing on prophecy, preparation, joy, and proclaiming the good news of Christ’s birth. In this first week, we examine some of Jesus’ prophecy regarding end times. While some of the imagery is frightening, Jesus also reassures us that God’s Word and promises never pass away.
Text: Hebrews 10:15-25 On this Thanksgiving Sunday, we continue our study of the book of Hebrews. Among the many blessings to be thankful for, we can be thankful for the Covenant which God made with us, ensuring that our sins are forgiven.
Text: Hebrews 9:11-15 The ninth chapter of Hebrews depicts Jesus as the High Priest of a Tabernacle, whose one-time sacrifice creates a new covenant of redemption. Pastor Tim walks us through this temple imagery, and shows us that through His sacrifice, Christ invites us to a closer relationship with Him.
Faith Promise This week we celebrated our Faith Promise Sunday by being joined by Herb Blake, Executive Director of Friendship House, a non-profit recovery house in South Portland. Herb shares with us the some of the financial and spiritual miracles in the history of Friendship House.
Text: Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Today we begin a multi-week study of the book of Hebrews. The initial hearers of Hebrews were tired – tired of serving the world, tired of worship, and perhaps even tired of Jesus. The author of Hebrews does a good job of reminding us who Jesus is – the exact representation…
“We Will Rise with Prayer” Text: Mark 9:14-37 Pastor Tim George joins us for his first Sunday as Interim Pastor during our pastoral transition. We are invited to pray to the Lord with sincerity as we learn to follow Him and share in the resurrection.
Calling on the Name of the Lord Text: Romans 10:1-15 Pastor Cheryl Curlew of the South Portland Church of the Nazarene and Life Essentials brings us this week’s message. Paul said, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you…