“Canyons”Text: Matthew 28:16-20Rev. Kim Richardson, co-founder of the non-profit Vision Partners, is our guest preacher. In the familiar passage known as The Great Commission, Jesus calls us to become people who are to help others come to Him. Rev. Richardson stresses the importance of going out into the community and meeting others where they are…

“Compassionate Service”Text: Acts 4:1-37We continue to go through the Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene’s vision statement as part of the “2020 Vision” sermon series. This week, Pastor Tim focuses on compassionate service as shown in the story of Peter and John healing the lame man by the template gate. When we find and engage…

“Friendship”Text: Colossians 3:1-17We continue to go through the Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene’s vision statement as part of the “2020 Vision” sermon series. This week, Pastor Tim focuses on friendship.

“Hope and Holiness”Text: Romans 4:23-5:11Pastor Tim introduces a new sermon series called “2020 Vision” designed to help us see clearly where we are going and to move with purpose into the new year. Having jointly committed to serving the Cape Elizabeth community through the Installation Service last year, it’s time to state boldly who we…

Text: Matthew 2:1-12In the story following the birth of Jesus, the Magi came from another realm with a completely different worldview then that of the Jews. Nevertheless, God decided to work through their false ideas of staring at the stars to reveal to them a divine truth. God was willing to save them and bring…

“Coming Soon: Relief”Text: Matthew 11:2-11In the third week of Advent and our “Coming Soon” series, John the Baptist is in prison and appears to have doubts about Jesus. Jesus tells John’s disciples to report the healings and proclamations of the good news that they have seen and heard. Just as then, Jesus is in the…

“Coming Soon… Prepare”Text: Matthew 24:36-44Advent is a season of expectation where we remember that just as Christ came once before, Christ will return and the world will be shaped and changed in accordance with God’s will. In the first installment of our “Coming Soon…” sermon series, we look at Jesus’s words from the book of…

“Learning to Love”Text: Genesis 4:1-16This week, Pastor Tim goes through the story of Cain and Abel. Although Cain is cursed and driven away from the land after killing Abel, the Lord still gives him an interesting and maybe even unexpected word of hope. God’s mercy is evident when Cain is marked so that he is…

“It’s All About Priorities – Or Is It?”Text: John 17:1-6, 13-19; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24Guest preacher Rev. Kim Richardson joins us this week with the following question: How do we live with an undivided heart toward God? We tend to think of our relationship with God as being one of the many different priorities in our…

Text: Luke 18:1-8Continuing our study of the parables of Jesus found in the Gospel of Luke, we examine the Parable of the Persistent Widow. This parable is about how we should stay persistent in our faith and prayer even when it seems like no one is listening. Even in the midst of being distracted by…