Our theme is a reminder, for each one of us that when we choose to be grateful, it is not just a feeling but a direct choice that comes from understanding of what God has done for us, each day. A sense of gratefulness through the little things in our lives that we often overlook.
First fruits was a concept God introduced to the Israelites upon their arrival in the Promised Land. The first portion of their harvest would become a sacrifice of thanksgiving and celebration to God for His constant provision and protection.
“The citizens of this Kingdom would seek to do God’s will. They would love God with all their hearts, souls, minds, and strength, and they would love their neighbors as they love themselves.” Will I live my life as a citizen of that Kingdom?
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost and Consecration Sunday, Rev. Dan F. Bogre will be preaching the sermon “This is the Perfect Time to Dream!” based on Jeremiah 29:1-14.
With everything we have endured in what has been a difficult few years, what are we to make of the experience? Believe it or not, Scripture has a lot to say about how we are, and are not, to remember things.
In Leviticus we find out that it is blood that washes clean all the stains of the Israelite people. What do we need the blood to wash away in our lives?
How have you experienced a living Jesus Christ in the midst of these last 19 months and how is he using them to prepare you for the new community on the other side?
Where have God’s challenges and hard truths caused us to turn away, or even just stall out in our faith? Has our experience of the pandemic distanced us from Jesus and the church in the same manner?
Jesus calls us to witness to our faith. We are to share our faith and our faith experience of Jesus Christ and how he is, was, and will move in our lives.
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Paul Bennett continues the sermon series “Big Church Words” with a sermon about righteousness based on 2 Corinthians 5:11-21.
With so many church traditions and rituals that have grown extinct over the course of the church’s 2000 year history, why are sacraments still a part of regular church practice? What can they continue to teach us about ourselves and our relationship with God?
What you do with the invitation now will decide if you receive the invitation for the party that lasts for all eternity. You have been invited. What have you done with the invitation?