Messages and Media
from Luke 24:13-35
The hope of the resurrection and the call to respond is not relegated to a single day…to a moment of remembrance and celebration once a year. It is a call to realize that an empty tomb means for us a Savior Who is Alive and at work in our midst.
w/ Ben Fitzgerald
from Mark 2:1-12
Combined Worship Gathering-A Healing Service
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/ Ed Glaize
from John 20:24-31
Lent has ended. The Cross stained…the Tomb EMPTY… but still, we are invited to the hopeful reality that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…the invitation to those who bear wounds to encounter the One risen with wounds…to find hope in the invitation of the Wounded Healer.
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 21:1-11
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 20:20-28
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Ed Glaize
from Luke 5:27-32
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 3:13-17
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Eric Heistand
from John 1:14
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Vern Collins
from John 1:1-4
We find ourselves now in the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Vern Collins
from Philippians 2:5b-8
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. This is a season of 40 days in which we are invited to consider the humility of Jesus…that He would allow Himself to be subjected to the powers of this world, to the frailty of humanity, to the evil that is at work in this world. We are invited in this season to consider our own frailty, our own weakness…to come to the end of ourselves and hear the invitation of the One Who overcame our weakness as He calls to Himself all Who are weary and heavy laden…
w/ Vern Collins
from 1 John 4:7-21
John Wesley defined grace as God’s “bounty, or favour: his free, undeserved favour, … man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that ‘formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,’ and stamped on that soul the image of God, and ‘put all things under his feet.’ … For there is nothing we are, or have, or do, which can deserve the least thing at God’s hand.”
For these 5 weeks, we consider Wesley’s deep understanding of God’s grace…His grace that goes before, His grace that saves, His grace that transforms…for the deeper our own understanding of that grace, the more grateful we are to have been offered it and the more willing we are to invite others into the reality of it.
w/ Vern Collins
from 1 Peter 1:13-21
John Wesley defined grace as God’s “bounty, or favour: his free, undeserved favour, … man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that ‘formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,’ and stamped on that soul the image of God, and ‘put all things under his feet.’ … For there is nothing we are, or have, or do, which can deserve the least thing at God’s hand.”
For these 5 weeks, we consider Wesley’s deep understanding of God’s grace…His grace that goes before, His grace that saves, His grace that transforms…for the deeper our own understanding of that grace, the more grateful we are to have been offered it and the more willing we are to invite others into the reality of it.
w/ Vern Collins
from 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
John Wesley defined grace as God’s “bounty, or favour: his free, undeserved favour, … man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that ‘formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,’ and stamped on that soul the image of God, and ‘put all things under his feet.’ … For there is nothing we are, or have, or do, which can deserve the least thing at God’s hand.”
For these 5 weeks, we consider Wesley’s deep understanding of God’s grace…His grace that goes before, His grace that saves, His grace that transforms…for the deeper our own understanding of that grace, the more grateful we are to have been offered it and the more willing we are to invite others into the reality of it.
w/ Vern Collins
from Ephesians 2:12-13
John Wesley defined grace as God’s “bounty, or favour: his free, undeserved favour, … man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that ‘formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,’ and stamped on that soul the image of God, and ‘put all things under his feet.’ … For there is nothing we are, or have, or do, which can deserve the least thing at God’s hand.”
For these 5 weeks, we consider Wesley’s deep understanding of God’s grace…His grace that goes before, His grace that saves, His grace that transforms…for the deeper our own understanding of that grace, the more grateful we are to have been offered it and the more willing we are to invite others into the reality of it.
w/ Vern Collins
from Ephesians 2:4-10
John Wesley defined grace as God’s “bounty, or favour: his free, undeserved favour, … man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that ‘formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,’ and stamped on that soul the image of God, and ‘put all things under his feet.’ … For there is nothing we are, or have, or do, which can deserve the least thing at God’s hand.”
For these 5 weeks, we consider Wesley’s deep understanding of God’s grace…His grace that goes before, His grace that saves, His grace that transforms…for the deeper our own understanding of that grace, the more grateful we are to have been offered it and the more willing we are to invite others into the reality of it.
w/ Ed Glaize
from Matthew 2:1-12
Epiphany Sunday invites us to recognize the coming of Christ…what it means…and what it looks like for us to respond in a way that is reflective of His worthiness.
w/ Vern Collins
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 2:22-40
from Luke 2:1-20
The season of Advent is over. The One for Whom we have been waiting is here. Hope in the midst of despair. Peace in the midst of chaos. Joy in the face of the challenges of life. Love that is redeeming and renewing this world. Jesus. The One Who has come. The One Who is coming. And in His coming is a call…a call to experience the Hope, the Peace, the Joy, and the Love that He offers…it is a call Home.
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 1:18-25
The season of Advent is an invitation to pause. An invitation to wait…with expectation for what is to come. More specifically, it is an invitation to slow down and wait and watch and listen for WHO is to come. It is Hope in despair. It is Peace in the midst of chaos. It is Joy in the face of the challenges of life. And it is Love that is redeeming and renewing this world. And at the center of all of these promises is Jesus. The One Who has come. The One Who is coming. And in His coming is a call…a call to experience the Hope, the Peace, the Joy, and the Love that He offers…it is a call Home.
w/ Vern Collins
from Galatians 4:4-7
Combined Worship Gathering-Christmas Cantata
The season of Advent is an invitation to pause. An invitation to wait…with expectation for what is to come. More specifically, it is an invitation to slow down and wait and watch and listen for WHO is to come. It is Hope in despair. It is Peace in the midst of chaos. It is Joy in the face of the challenges of life. And it is Love that is redeeming and renewing this world. And at the center of all of these promises is Jesus. The One Who has come. The One Who is coming. And in His coming is a call…a call to experience the Hope, the Peace, the Joy, and the Love that He offers…it is a call Home.
w/ Ed Glaize
