The Importance of Remembering   “If we have no memory, we are adrift – because memory anchors us to the past, interprets the present, and charts a course for the future.”  (Jeffrey Arthurs)   This Sunday Pastor Ray concludes his sermon series called “Walk This Way.”  We’re going to look...

Do You Not See It?   “For I am about to do something new.  See, I have already begun!  Do you not see it?”  These words are found in the 43rd chapter of the book of Isaiah, and we’ll be looking closely at these words this Sunday as Pastor Ray...

A Good Way to Walk   Throughout this year Pastor Ray has been bringing messages that fall under the theme of “Walk This Way”.  Ray has shown us the importance of walking with God, and he’ll be picking up on this theme over the next three weeks with this week’s message...

A Diverse Group   Pastors Bill, Ray, and Shaun will join each other on the stage this Sunday morning and together bring the morning message.  They’ll be taking us to Mark’s gospel, chapter 15 which is an account of the death of Jesus.  We’ll see that gathered at the Cross...

The Story About a Father   For the past several weeks we’ve been looking at a story told by Jesus about two sons and a father.  We’ve focused our attention on the sons, but this week Pastor Shaun will have us take a close look at the father in this...

The (Older) Lost Son   Our Sermon Series is called “Tell Me A Story”, and the story Pastor Shaun is having us look at is one that Jesus told of the lost son.  There are actually two sons in this story, and when we think about which son was lost,...

The (Younger) Lost Son   Our Sermon Series is called “Tell Me A Story”, and last week we talked about how stories help us gain not just head knowledge, but heart knowledge as well.  This week we begin looking at one of the most profound stories that Jesus ever told. ...

Your Favorite Stories?   All of us have our favorite stories.  Some of them are stories that have been told to us, or stories we have read.  Some are stories that we tell, sharing what we have experienced with others.  And some of these stories  – for various reasons – never get...

I Want to Join the Praise!  Have you ever stopped to think that as we go about our day, praise to the Lord is taking place all around us?  I say this because in Psalm 148 there is a lengthy list of different inhabitants of God’s creation being invited to praise...

The Thing About Sunday…   This coming Sunday we welcome guest speaker Dr. Harvey Payne!  Many of you know Harvey, as he and his wife Heidi are a part of our church family, attending the 9:45 service.  Harvey is also a member of our Church Board and spoke here most...