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Let us pray…Gracious and always loving God, as we enter this season of Lent, we come before you this day/night asking that you would join our hearts with yours, help us to remember that your love for us knows no boundaries, and that this season, a season that has lasted for over a year now, will come…

This morning is our third Sunday of Missions Emphasis and the 1st Sunday of Lent Saturday morning, everyone on our email list received from me a message with the subject line: How can Lent deepen our experience of giving? I am going to answer that question, but before I do. Let’s reorient ourselves .…

Looking back and grounding in scripture When we had our AGM last year Rebecca and I were fresh into things and didn’t have a lot to report. It feels like we’ve been really active as a parish since then, punching well above our weight. But before we pat ourselves on the back, let’s draw back to scripture.…

Since we all are beneficiaries of God's grace, secondary issues must not divide us.

Today we begin a new sermon series that will support our annual missions emphasis and take us into the first two weeks of Lent. Investing in the Kingdom: A Biblical View of Stewardship, Money, and Giving Sometimes when pastors preach on these topics, the effect, if not the intent, is to shame the congregation…

For Freedom: Living in God’s Forgiveness Please open your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 15. The past few weeks we’ve been looking at more specific laws for Israel - Food laws, Tithing … and we’ve seen how they are actions which a person can do to bring worship and honor to the Lord. And I think there’s…

Today we hear one of the most well worn passages of scripture. When I saw this passage it almost felt like putting on a pair of slippers, cozy, known, reassuring. I also believe we have a history of what we think this passage means. Please suspend that. The parable of the prodigal son actually comes…

Introduction As we begin this new series on “House Cleaning: Preparing the Heart to Celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus,” we begin by examining idols of the heart. This morning we want to learn why idols of the heart are such a pernicious threat to our walk with the Lord and we want to learn how to identify…

Good Morning Living Word. It is a good day to be in the house fo the Lord,and I’d like to say that we are still celebrating the fact that our Savior lives, amen! We certainly celebrated it last week, but we remember that He is alive all the time, not just on Easter,and we are here to celebrate a risen…

The Christian and The Cross SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT MARK 8:31-38 Being a Christian is fantastic! As you embrace Christ, your problems become opportunities, heartaches turn into joys, bad times fade into the past. Your career succeeds as it never has. Your relationship with those around you is enhanced.…

Upside down. That was my position in high school gym class, as I hung from a thick rope attached to the rafters at least thirty-feet high on one end, while my foot was attached to rope several feet below. I had to, somehow, get myself right-side up and climb the rope to the top. Once at the top, the…

Intro This week marks the final week of Lent. It is the height of suffering we remember our Lord going through. As you will recall and are reminded each week, a significant event that marks Lent is when our Lord and Savior, Jesus, is in the wilderness. When he is tempted by Satan, after having fasted…

Scripture Reading 15 I put my hope in You, Lord ; You will answer, Lord my God. 16 For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me— those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.” 17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me. 18 So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin. 19…

Choose faithfulness to Christ over perceived fairness in the world

(S1) — The Judean Wilderness ( erēmos) Desolate, uninhabited, rough terrain; deserted, barren, dry parched land as far as the eye could see. Few would journey there, let alone live there! The Judean Wilderness, home for nomadic shepherds, bandits and fugitives! A place where most would choose not to…

What Kind of Christian are You? There should be only one kind of Christian, at least in our regular thinking. We are either a Christian because we are Saved, and indeed we are saved by God’s grace, OR we are not saved and so not a Christian. And yet, the people who know us see that many who won’t call…

Scripture Reading 10 Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand: 11 It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then the disciples came up and told Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this…

He is the hope of all nations! Learn 4 ways to truly celebrate the HOPE of Jesus this Christmas.

Opening • Welcome • Hope you had a wonderful TG • Christmas Banquet - 12-17 AT 7 PM • The Louisiana State Police had gotten wind that illegal cock fights were becoming big in the rural areas around Lafayette. They decided to send in Boudreaux, their best undercover detective. Boudreaux spent several…

I am indebted in no small part to Rev. Dr. Paul Smith for the descriptions and story line I used here in this sermon from his book, on which this Sermon Series title comes from and is based: Jesus - Meet Him Again for the First Time. One of the ways that you know about someone is the types of people…

Today we’re beginning a new series. We’re going to be studying the books of 1 & 2 Samuel. Now for those of you who have read through your Bibles, or are familiar with 1 & 2 Samuel, you will note that much of the story is repeated in 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles. But for us, we’re going to be looking…

Even from the time of Christ’s birth, there are those who anticipate resurrection; we can be people today who also live as those anticipating resurrection.

We catch up to Jesus at the moment of his death sentence by crucifixion and begin working backward through the story to discover the reason for the cross.

(S1)—SERIES Experiencing Lent; a wilderness journey; 40 days, we are to reflect on our own faith journey. How is your wilderness journey going? Seeing blessing: give God praise. Struggling; find mercy and forgiveness—Give thanks. We began by looking at Jesus' baptism...sent into the wilderness— A place…

If there was one thing God could give you to help you follow him better, what would that one thing be? (He’s already given it to you.)