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That the Word of the Lord May Progress God is doing a work, not just in our generation, but in all of creation and time. That work is to show himself as the God of love, of life, of goodness and mercy. People in the world are lost and without hope. Left only to the joy or sorrow of the moment. 12 that…

Introduction Good morning Connect Community. I so look forward to the future where we can worship again all of our church family; a complete church family in one space. But as we gather today from our couch or our easy chairs I ask you to embrace this time, remember it, seek to keep some of what we have…

Introduction Good morning.... Thank you Courtney for leading us today. It sort of feels a little more normal today at Connect Community and I thankful for that. Again thank you all for joining in with us this morning…we hope you are enduring well. I again long for a time when the church can gather. This…

Introduction Good morning church…I pray that you have gathered this morning as families to learn what the Scriptures have to tell us today. I once heard that in life there are at least two things that are impossible: #1; To make a crab walk straight. I’m not real sure of this, but I do know that crabs…

Introduction Good morning to all of you and I pray that you are making the best of this situation we are all under stay at home order. Today Palm Sunday and the beginning of Passion week; where we look at the last week of the life of Jesus. At Christmas we celebrated Advent…the coming of Jesus Christ.…

What is modesty? Websters definition of modesty 1: the quality of not being too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities. 2: propriety in dress, speech, or conduct 1 Timothy 2:9–10 (ESV) 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,…

Introduction It has been a crazy week... It was an emotional week for the Disciples and for Jesus... Jesus started the week by entering Jerusalem and was welcomed as a King... He went to the temple and cleaned house of money changers and He has given, on Tuesday He looked across the city and wept. Wednesday…

Introduction Good morning church. Thankful that we can still gather together today and worship our God. Announcements: VBS Meeting will be done over Zoom; we will send invites out for that via email so make sure that you check you email for that. This meeting will be for anyone who wants to serve at…

In the bitter winter of 1944, during the height of World War II, the Ardennes region of Belgium, served as the stage for one of the most crucial battles of the conflict: The Battle of the Bulge. For it was here that Allied forces found themselves facing a massive German offensive, who were intent on…

I Each spring in our backyard, our camellia blooms. I have no green thumb and don’t ask me to name other plants in our yard but this one is special. If you can’t picture a camellia, ours is in the back left corner of your yard as you look out our sliding glass door. It stands out with it’s rich deep…

Today we find ourselves in the book of Hebrews. I did a message a while back that talked about why we were at church, the fact that we are not here to get but to give. Well today we are going to find out a little bit more about what should motivate us to be sitting here this morning. What is important…

10:8-20 Living wisely is something that All Followers of Jesus should strive to do. Why? B/c Living a wise life is emulating Jesus’ life. He walked in wisdom b/c he is the creator of wisdom. So as we follow after him we should also be walking in wisdom. Growing in the understanding of how life works…

Key Quote : The resurrection is God’s dramatic way of saying to us: ‘This is what I’m like. This is what I’ve done. And this is what I’m going to do.’ —N.T. Wright Prayer: “Lord thank you for Easter Sunday. Thank you for giving your Son so that we may have eternal life and salvation. Revive us O Lord,…

Welcome to our series on the book of 1 Peter, titled Living Hope: How to Endure Suffering and Rejoice in Salvation. In this series, we are exploring the main themes and messages of this letter, written by the apostle Peter to Christians who were facing persecution and suffering for their faith. We are…

Luke 24:1-12 v.5 Why do you seek the living among the dead? An interesting question. Why would you go to an area of death, and expect to find the living? You wouldn’t! Clearly, they didn’t believe that he would be living. They approached the area, expecting to find someone dead. After all the time they…

*** Image: Wind John 3:8 (NRSV) The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. *** NS: Behind it all, an unseen power. Strong, unpredictable. *** Image: Fire Divided tongues, as…

FCF: We want to give God everything except what He wants from us. LO: We need to understand that the best indicator of our hearts is our everyday lives. AO: We need to commit to following God in the details of everyday life. Christ link: Jesus Intro: John the Baptist announced that Jesus was coming with…

Intro: Last week we talked about how our redemption should motivate us to live our lives in a way that honors and brings glory to Our Redeemer, Our Living Hope, Jesus Christ. Today we are going to dig a little deeper and focus on what “Redeemed Living” looks like… The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans…

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the…

Thanksgiving Living We are not only in our season of thanksgiving, for many of us the feasts of thanksgiving are beginning. Feast—When I say that word I remember a family in British Colombia that used to say they were going to feast on roast beast if there was a beef roast in the oven. Feasts are community…

1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ…

A tough old cowboy from Texas counseled his granddaughter that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on her oatmeal every morning. The granddaughter did this religiously until the age of 103, when she died. She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45…

Living Water Introduction 1 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 3 he left Judea and went again to Galilee. 4 He had to travel through Samaria; 5 so he came to a town of…

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road? A: To prove it wasn’t a chicken. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To show the squirrel it could be done. Chickens are always funny- right? Well, they are always funny until you try and answer a particular question about them. Which came first- the chicken…

Introduction But Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see…