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 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
from Revelation 7:9-17
All Saints Sunday is an opportunity for us to remember and give thanks for those in the Faith who have gone before us. It is also an opportunity to examine our lives and consider the degree to which we are living into the hope they lived to pass along. In this Sunday’s passage we consider both the hope of the promise of God’s enduring presence and the end of mourning and suffering, but we also allow ourselves to hear the challenge of whether or not our lives are a reflection of that enduring hope.
w/ Vern Collins
from John 20:19-22
The wrap up of our Mission Celebration Weekend. What next? How do we live out this call to be Jesus in the world around us?
w/ Laura Byrch
from John 1:35-42
The journey of following Jesus begins with a step…and that first step often begins with an invitation…Come and See.
Who have been your “Andrews?” Who is God calling you to be an Andrew for?
w/ Ed Glaize and Vern Collins
from Acts 2:1-21
The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is one of the most powerful displays of the presence of God recorded for us in the New Testament. And yet, for many the work of the Holy Spirit remains a mystery. Is the Holy Spirit still present today? If so, what are the ways the Spirit of God is at work? Should one expect tongues of fire, the sound of wind, and the speaking in other languages?
Perhaps more difficult and dangerous than an overemphasis on the phenomena of the Spirit is to ignore the Holy Spirit altogether. There are key moments in Luke’s account of the Holy Spirit’s coming at Pentecost that might just help us see the ways in which the Spirit is still at work and how critical that is for a life spent following Jesus.
w/ Vern Collins
from Matthew 3:13-17
In the waters of our baptism we step into our identity and our purpose in the Kingdom of God. As you remember your baptism, may you hear that you are called Beloved, and may you live into making the beauty of God’s Kingdom known and present in this world.
w/ Vern Collins
from 2 Kings 23:1-3
As we begin this new year, let us consider what it might mean to renew our commitment to relationship with God…or let us consider what it might mean to be open to a relationship with God for the fist time.
Wesley Covenant Prayer:
I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you, Praised for you or criticized for you. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and fully surrender all things to your glory and service. And now, O wonderful and holy God, Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, you are mine, and I am yours. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, Let it also be made in heaven. Amen.
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 5:12-16
Healing Service
We are all in some way, desperate for the healing touch of Jesus. Do you recognize the areas in which you need to be made whole? Are you willing to humble yourself before the Lord and receive the wholeness that He offers? Imagine what shape your life might begin to take if you sought Him for all He can offer…and imagine the way you might begin to reach into the brokenness of others and offer them Jesus.
w/ Vern Collins
from Luke 3:21-22
When Jesus, the sinless One stepped into the waters of baptism, He stepped into so much more. Our understanding of this shapes our understanding of who we are and the life that is possible in life with Jesus.
w/ Vern Collins
from Hebrews 4:15-16 and John 1:1-14
w/ Ed Glaize
from Luke 17:11-19
We live in a world that is beset with an attitude of entitlement. What if instead of focusing on what is owed us, we chose to be grateful for all we have been given? What if gratitude and thanksgiving became our native tongue in this Kingdom which we are invited into through Christ?
w/ Vern Collins
from Philippians 4:4-7
Anxiety and worry have become so deeply woven into the fabric of our culture and our daily lives, and we often try to do little more than keep those feelings at bay in order to be able to function…yet, there is a promise in Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi that invites us to live and operate, not from a place of trying to stay of anxiety in order to function, rather to live in the promise of God’s peace and presence with us regardless our circumstances.
w/ Vern Collins
from Psalm 139
Perhaps deeper than our need to be loved is our need to be known…in fact, wrapped up in our need to be loved is the longing to be loved for who we truly are…and to be loved for who we truly are is the reality that we are KNOWN!
There is One Who not only knows you…TRULY knows you, but One Who is present with you…always.
Imagine how your view of life might begin to change if you lived in the reality of the truth of God’s love for you and presence with you.
w/ Vern Collins
