Ecclesiastes – Finding Meaning in a World of Dirt & Smoke
Finding Meaning in a World of Dirt & Smoke This week we were challenged by guest speaker, Pastor Parker, through the book of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes has a deep and powerful truth to share with all of us. Circumstances, money and time all slip through our fingers. Only the things God touches last. There is hope of lasting meaning if we fear God, keep His commandments and enjoy what God has given us and not let them be the things to…
Ruth: Love Expressed: Kindness, Faith, Patience – week 2
6 She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the territory of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to his people’s need by providing them food. 7 She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah. 8 Naomi said to them, “Each of you go back to your mother’s home. May the Lord show kindness to you as you have shown to the dead…
Ruth: Love Expressed: Kindness, Faith, Patience – week 1
This Sunday, Pastor Peter digs into the powerful story of Ruth. He asks the question: What is true love? We all desire love. Through this series we are going to unearth God’s heart and ground ourselves in the type of love God has lived out for us by sending his son, Jesus. We are also going to allow His love to shape us as we love those in our lives. 1 During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the…
The Lord’s Supper – week 2
This week Pastor Peter returned to The Lord’s Supper Series. He asked the question: Why do our lives need to be shaped by our faith? He referenced Exodus 12:1-13. When we understand all Christ did for us, we want to flood our lives with more of our faith. If you missed The Lord’s Supper – week 1 and would like to view it, here is a link. 12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month is to…
Praying Together – securing our hearts to God
This week we continue learning about prayer. Pastor Peter asks the question, if prayer is personal do we need to pray in groups? He unpacks Matthew 6:9-13 to tell us God’s answer. 9 “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven,your name be honored as holy.10 Your kingdom come.Your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us today our daily bread.12 And forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And do not bring us into temptation,but deliver us…
Prayer and Fasting – securing our hearts to God
This week Pastor Peter continued our series on prayer and taught from Matthew 6:16-18. These verses teach us that prayer and fasting are our way to declare our dependence on God. 16 “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but…
Whenever You Pray
This week Pastor Peter asks the question: How do we maintain a personal and intimate connection to God where we recognize our deep dependence on Him regardless of our circumstances? 5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your…
The Lord’s Supper
Remembering & Proclaiming Christ Pastor Peter started a new series this week about The Lord’s Supper. Since Jesus gave His body, shed His blood, and rose from the grave to save us from our sins, we should worship by remembering and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ both in sharing communion and throughout our lives. 26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.” 27 Then he took…
A Savior Was Born For You
This Christmas Eve, Pastor Peter reads from Luke 2:8-14 (CSB). God’s heart is for everyone from the shepherds to the wise men. 8 In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will…
The Lord is Preparing for Christmas – week 4
Righteous and Just This week Pastor Peter continues to unpack Exodus 34:6-7. Pastor Peter shares how God is Righteous and Just. 6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth, 7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation. Exodus…