Preparation Period: Containment
“This is totally outrageous!” Have you ever heard something that made you feel that way? Many people’s reaction to the news lately is: “This is totally out of order!” That’s exactly how people reacted to Jesus’ death and resurrection. When Jesus came into Jerusalem, He already had the eyes of the religious leaders on Him. Read More…
Treasured Moments: Easter – A Sunday Walk
Easter Sunday is the one day of the year we cannot live without. Now, if you stay in bed all day or decide not to take part in any celebrations, nothing will drastically change in your life. Still, Easter is the most important day that anyone could ever choose to observe. Do you fully understand Read More…
Treasured Moments: Cheers Today
It’s been said that everyone will experience 15 minutes of fame in their lifetime. Now, this may not be world-renowned fame, but perhaps recognition within your local community. Some of you may have already had an experience in which you received some notoriety. Fame can be great, but it is usually fleeting. When I was Read More…
Treasured Moments – Facing Life’s Storms
Dealing with a storm in your life, going through a rough patch, facing a crisis… however you say it, we have all dealt with tough times in our lives. It may be a financial situation, a sickness or even a loss of a loved one, just to name a few, but we have all been Read More…
Jesus Loves Them Too – Loving Those God Loves
We all can point to someone who has done something we would never consider doing. We all know others who live their lives in a manner vastly different from ours. It is so difficult for us to understand why they do this, especially when they are hurting themselves and others in the process. We know Read More…
Jesus Loves Them Too – They Don’t Like Me
Have you ever been in a situation where someone simply didn’t like you? Now if you are like me, you must find it hard to believe that someone could not like you. What reason could they possibly have for not liking you? What have you ever done to them? These are the thoughts that run Read More…
Jesus Loves Them Too – I Don’t Like Them
We all have people that, for one reason or another, we just don’t like. It could be someone we work with, someone that we go to school with, or someone in our neighborhood. It could even be someone that we don’t know personally, someone in the public eye. It may not be an individual person, Read More…
A New Year – Part 2 – Sacrifice
Do you desire success? Do you want to see changes in your life? Do you want a few things to be different next year? Now the big question: Are you willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish this? Making changes, keeping the resolutions we made for the New Year is what our current series Read More…
A New Year – Part 1 – Patience
As we begin a new year, it brings to mind the things we accomplished and had hoped to accomplish in the past year. Making a New Year’s resolution is the result of reflecting on the past year and looking at the areas in our lives we’d like to change. But… change never comes easy. In Read More…
Something’s Happening – Part 2
As we approach Christmas, we have been looking at the events that surrounded the conceptions of both Jesus and John the Baptist. At our Christmas Eve service, we will be looking at the birth of Jesus (appropriate for this time of year). You most likely know about the appearance of angels that came to announce Read More…