As we come to the end of 2020 and all of the unique challenges and tragedies it brought, many cannot help but look at 2021 with continued fear and anxiety. Jesus, in Luke 12, reminds us that our worry and fear is misplaced because God is in charge and He provides for us in all things. Full Live Stream Video

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Facing the New Year

As we come to the final worship celebration of the season of Advent, we light the white Christ candle. We celebrate the fact that God broke into darkness; He came as light into the world to redeem us. This shattering of darkness took the form of a child, a son. As we gather on Christmas Eve, we celebrate this child is the one who fulfills the words of Isaiah, the promises of God from ages past. This year, the Christmas Eve service will be virtual only.

Christmas Eve

In this final Sunday of Advent, we consider the extreme faith and submission of Mary. Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel and told that her life is about to dramatically change. His news must have been disturbing and filled with uncertainty. May we be challenged to live in the same sort of all-out trust in God’s movement in our lives. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

Mary

The prophet speaks of the coming Messiah as one who will seal the covenant of God with His people. This covenant is rooted in the character of God and provides a permanence that is beyond our performance. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

Beauty for Ashes

In this season of Advent, we celebrate the coming of Jesus. In Isaiah 40, the prophet reminds the people that God deeply desires to rescue them. The prophet declares that God is making a highway to rescue us, we are incapable of our own rescue (we are grass), and God’s promise is good news for us. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

Revealed Glory

Advent is the season of waiting, yearning for God to show up. The Old Testament prophets lived in the tension of two truths. God is able to deliver His people. Yet, His people are in terrible shape. Are they beyond repair? Why would God respond to a people so far gone? It is in this tension that Isaiah calls for God to respond. In Isaiah 64, Isaiah pleads for God to do the impossible, to redeem His people. Full Live Stream Video Pre-K K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

The Potter

As we approach Thanksgiving this week, it might be easy to lament the many trials of 2020. However, as we consider the many blessings, even through the difficulties, we can enter this season with a heart of gratitude. K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

A Thankful Heart: Part 3

As we continue a brief series on gratitude, we consider Mary’s heart of thankfulness expressed in her response to the news of her pregnancy. Mary’s response challenges us toward a similar posture in our uncertain times. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

A Thankful Heart: Part 2

The psalmist in chapter 107 instructs the reader to thank God for his intense love and marvelous deeds. Too often, we go about our days neglecting to give God credit for who He is and what he has done. As we consider this text, we are challenged to live lives with a thankful heart. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

A Thankful Heart: Part 1

As Jesus instructs his followers in Kingdom living, he uses a dramatic illustration. We are walking around attempting to remove specks from the eyes of others while a plank protrudes from our own eye. In turn, we should treat others the way we would want to be treated. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade

Plank Eye

Jesus uses tangible, visible illustrations to remind us of God’s provision in our lives. The birds of the air and the plants in the fields (flowers and grass) have all they need. Our Father cares for them and provides for them. As far more valuable creations, we can trust God to care for us. Jesus instructs us to relinquish our worry and place our faith in God’s supplying our essential needs, focusing our energy instead on the Kingdom of God. Full Live Stream Video

Worry

Jesus instructs us to be careful where we place our stockpiles, our treasures. He instructs us to build them in eternal places. As we do so, our hearts will gravitate toward those places. Full Live Stream Video

Treasure

Jesus continues to challenge the motives of our spiritual practices. In Matthew 6:6-18, he speaks of the fasting of the hypocrites. Through this study, we learn the purpose and manner of fasting. May God challenge our intentions of our spiritual disciplines. Full Live Stream Video K-2nd Grade Sunday School 3rd-5th Grade Sunday School

Fasting 101

In Matthew 6:5-15, Jesus teaches us how to pray. While this seems like an interruption to Jesus' point of humility in righteous acts, it helps up properly address our father who loves us and knows what we need. Full Live Stream Video

The Lord's Prayer

As we continue in our series on the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenges our motivation in giving and praying. Are we doing righteous acts to highlight our spirituality. Are we attempting to impress those around us or are we simply focused on pleasing God. As we study Matthew 6:1-6, we are challenged by Jesus instructions to act in secret. Full Live Stream Video

The Secret Place

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