from Matthew 11:28-30
Healing Service
With the work of the Cross completed and the Tomb standing empty, we are offered and promised an eternal hope, and yet are very much left to deal with the brokenness in this world. These words by Jospeh M. Martin beautifully express both our longing for healing and the hope we find in the One Who is able:
The Healing Place
“There is a longing in the soul; a search for peace and rest, a wound that longs to be made whole, an aching need, an endless quest. Come to the healing place…Though we have many doubts and fears, our lives are filled with pain. We learn to see through falling tears, and then we dare to dream again…When prayers are met with silence, when hope gives way to grief; when trials and tribulations challenge your belief. reach out and touch His mercy; trust in His Word of hope. Your miracle is waiting. You are not alone. There is a place of full release, near to the heart of God; a place where all is joy and peace, near to the loving heart of God. Come to the house of grace. Jesus is waiting. Jesus is willing. Come, and be restored.”
w/ Vern Collins
Easter Sunday
from Matthew 28:1-10
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 6:9-13
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 11:1-8 and Matthew 6:12
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 11:1-8 and Matthew 6:12
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Eric Heistand
from Luke 11:1-8 and Matthew 6:11
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
*Including Testimonies from some of our students on the ways the have recently seen God’s Kingdom Come in their lives*
from Luke 11:1-8 and Matthew 6:10
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 11:1-8; Matthew 6:9
“By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move, a people moving from their old ways and means, ordinary people who have been given the extraordinary authority to be part of the divine assault on the realm of evil.” This quote from Willimon and Hauerwas speaks of a journey. A journey away from one thing toward another. A journey away from a dead-end reality toward one that has no end.
As we journey through the season of Lent together considering line by line the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray, may it be for us a journey of becoming more like the One Who gave us this great prayer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Philippians 4:4-8
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Vern Collins
from James 1:5-7
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Ed Glaize
from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Vern Collins
from Romans 8:22-27
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Vern Collins
from Hebrews 4:14-16
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Eric Heistand
from John 15:1-17
St. Augustine once asked, “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”
Prayer is a vital element to a life spent following Jesus; it is critical in our connection to the heart of God…and yet, for many, it is one of the most difficult of the spiritual disciplines to feel like we do well. Over the weeks to come we will consider the why behind prayer; we will look at ways we can pray more fruitfully, we will consider the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and much more…all with the purpose of drawing nearer to the Lord and experiencing the fullness of a fruitful life.
w/ Vern Collins
Combined Worship Gathering
from Luke 2:22-38
What is the next faithful step that God is calling you to take? The next faithful thing God is calling you to do? A life spent simply taking that next faithful step and doing the next faithful thing…even though that life may feel ordinary, becomes the grounds in which God not only meets you and encourages you, but also becomes the means by which you become more sensitive to the things of God in order that you may be an encouragement to those around you.
w/ Vern Collins
from John 1:1-18
6:00pm Christmas Eve Worship Gathering
w/ Vern Collins
Advent week 4
John 1:14
“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.
w/ Vern Collins
Advent week 3
from John 1:10-13
“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.
w/ Vern Collins
Advent week 2 (Combined Worship Gathering-Christmas Cantata)
from John 1:4-9
“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.
w/ Vern Collins
Advent week 1
from John 1:1-3
“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.
w/ Vern Collins
