Spiritual Warfare Part 3 - Breastplate of Righteousness, May 5, 2024Before Sermon:There’s Hope for the HungryMother’s Day and Parent/Child Dedication next Sunday Sermon Intro: 9/11Ephesians 6:14 (NIV2011)14  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place…What is righteousness?What is righteousness?The quality of conforming to God’s...  Read More

Spiritual Warfare Part 3 - Breastplate of Righteousness, May 5, 2024Before Sermon:There’s Hope for the HungryMother’s Day and Parent/Child Dedication next Sunday Sermon Intro: 9/11Ephesians 6:14 (NIV2011)14  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place…What is righteousness?What is righteousness?The quality of conforming to God’s...  Read More

Spiritual Warfare Part 2 – Belt of Truth – April 28, 2024 Ephesians 6:11-14 (NIV2011)11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13  Therefore pu...  Read More

Spiritual Warfare, Part 1 – April 21, 2024Intro: Israel’s defenseEphesians 6:10-13 (NIV2011)10  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the...  Read More

Pictures from the Love and Laughter Date Night featuring guest speakers Jeff & Debby McElroy!   Read More

Pillars of a Biblical Worldview, Part 5 – February 11, 2024Biblical Worldview Pillars:God created all thingsEvery person has a sinful natureEvery Christian has a responsibility to share God’s message of reconciliationEveryone lives foreverEphesians 2:1-10 (NIV2011)1  As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2  in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and...  Read More

Pillars of a Biblical Worldview Part 4 – 2/4/24Sermon Intro: Manufacturing Plant RepairYour worldview is the framework from which you perceive reality and make sense of life and the worldBiblical Worldview Pillars:God created all thingsEvery person has a sinful natureEvery Christian has a responsibility to share God’s message of reconciliationHebrews 9:27-28 (NIV2011)27  Just as people are destine...  Read More

Pillars of a Biblical Worldview, Part 3 – January 28, 2024Sermon Intro: TelescopeYour worldview is the framework from which you perceive reality and make sense of life and the worldBiblical Worldview Pillars:God created all thingsBiblical Worldview Pillars:Every person has a sinful nature2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NIV2011)17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gon...  Read More

Pillars of a Biblical Worldview, Part 2 – Mankind’s Sinfulness, 1/21/24Your worldview is the framework from which you perceive reality and make sense of life and the worldExample: 3D MoviesBiblical Worldview Pillars:God Created All ThingsRomans 3:23 (NIV2011)23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Biblical Worldview Pillars:Every person has a sinful natureExample: Children1 John...  Read More

https://youtu.be/alvMLWCIsAs Pillars of a Biblical Worldview, Part 1 - CreationIntro: Lone Ranger and TontoYour worldview is the framework from which you perceive reality and make sense of life and the worldGenesis 1:1 (NIV2011)1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Biblical Worldview Pillar #1:God Created All ThingsCreation means that we are accountable to our CreatorPsalm 24:1-...  Read More

Heaven on Earth, Part 2 - DiscipleshipIntro: CastawayThe church gathers to worship GodEphesians 4:11-16 (NIV2011)11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, att...  Read More

Heaven on Earth, Part 1 – September 10, 2023Intro: American EmbassiesEphesians 2:19-20 (NIV2011)19  Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV2011)We are therefore Christ’s ambas...  Read More

Heaven, Part 5 – September 3, 2023Revelation 22:3 (NIV2011)3  No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.Citizens of heaven will work Genesis 2:15 (NIV2011) 
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 
Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV2011)9  After this I looked, and there before me...  Read More

He Keeps Me Singing August 27, 2023  Orchestra Opener “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” Congregational Hymn Medley “He Keeps Me Singing“I Am Thine O Lord”“Nothing But the Blood”“Grace Greater Than Our Sin” Choir and Orchestra “This Is My Song” Hymn Story – KATY COOK reads   Fanny Crosby. In 1873, two close friends, Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp gathered together and unexpectedly developed what we wou...  Read More

Heaven, Part 4 – August 27, 2023Revelation 21:1 (NIV2011)1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.The current world will be destroyed and replacedApplication: This world’s temporarinessExample: Ancient ruinsRevelation 21:2-5 (NIV2011)2  I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven fro...  Read More

Heaven is the place where believers dwell with Jesus foreverZechariah 14:5 (NIV2011)Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.Key events of Jesus’ 2nd Coming:He returns to the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:3-4, Acts 1:9-12)He defeats the Antichrist and his allies at Armageddon (Rev. 16:16, 19:19-21)He binds Satan for 1000 years (Rev. 20:1-4)Revelation 20:1-4 (NIV2011) 
1 And I saw...  Read More

Heaven is the place where believers dwell with Jesus foreverBelievers are reunited with believers2 Samuel 12:23 (NIV2011)I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” 
1 Thessalonians 4:17 (NIV2011)…And so we will be with the Lord forever.Believers have more time left together than they’ve spent togetherBelievers are rewarded for their works 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 (NIV2011)9  For we are co-worker...  Read More

Heaven, Part 1 – August 6, 2023Heaven is the place where believers dwell with Jesus foreverThis dwelling place is different at different timesWe live in the church ageBelievers go to the present heaven as soon as they die2 Corinthians 5:6-8 (NIV2011)6  Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7  For we live by faith, not by si...  Read More

Life's challenges may knock us down, but they will never define us.   Read More

Zero to Hero, Part 1: Joseph – June 4, 2023 Intro: Sailboats Intro Joseph  Crisis #1:Genesis 37:13-14 (NIV2011)13 Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied. 14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Genesis 37:25-28 ...  Read More

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Satisfaction Guaranteed, Part 4 – Security; May 28, 2023Only God can fully satisfy your need for securityExample: Shaky laddersEphesians 1:13-14 (NIV2011)13  And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14  who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until t...  Read More

In the book of 1 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 27, it is written: "You are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."   Read More

Satisfaction Guaranteed, Part 3: Identity – May 21, 2023Only God can fully satisfy your need for identityExample: High School ReunionEphesians 1:3-6 (NIV2011)3  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ...  Read More