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Announcements 4th through High School - Hearts with Hands Giving Statements Teen Activity Yard Sale Give & Go Missions Current Events Are you ready to vote in the primaries? North Carolina In-person early voting for the 2024 primary election begins Thursday, Feb. 15, and ends at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March…

Text: Genesis 4:16-26 High-Tech Rebellion Many of us have a hard time remembering life pre-smartphone and most of us have mindlessly accepted this technology into our lives. Smartphones empower us to do many amazing and wonderful things, but has this empowerment come at a cost? The great danger that…

Announcements Teen Activity Master Club Pine Car Derby Kindergarten & High School Graduations Concert in the Park, Saturday, June 1, 5 PM 2024 Neighborhood Bible Time Scripture Memorization Church Announcements The Conley Family informed me last Friday, via email, that they were leaving the church. They…

How to Avoid Distractions to Service and Ministry 9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. 10 Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.…

Announcements 2024 Give & Go Faith Promise Missions Teen Activity Kindergarten & High School Graduations Concert in the Park, Saturday, June 1, 5 PM 2024 Neighborhood Bible Time Experience Israel Scripture Memorization Message: Exposing the Dangers of Media (Part 2) Why Kids Need Boredom Boredom is the…

You can ruin your life if you're irresponsible with your phone!

Many years ago I began a sales career. I needed few things: appropriate attire, a respectable looking automobile, and a good map. Thomas Brothers’ Maps, were in my opinion, the best. Nowadays many of use the GPS Maps App on our smartphones. The other day I had an occasion to use mine. I was meeting a…

This lesson was develop (heavily) from written and digital materials from Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life"

In Ecclesiastes, Solomon adopts an "under the sun" perspective on life. He recognises that life in this world is inherently unfair--rewards don't match effort. How can we handle this? Solomon suggests several responses, but none of them are satisfying. But what if we take an "above the sun" perspective? Does that make a difference?

I want to remind you of five greatest gifts that we must claim this Christmas. All these five gifts are packaged to gather in one precious gift wrapping known as Emmanuel. You must claim these five gifts because it is what makes life meaningful and worth living. Let's unpack what's in Emanuel.

Turn to and read 1 John 4:1-6 . Everyone goes through life submitting either to the voices of the world or the voice of God. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Jesus spoke those words on many occasions. We all have ears. We must decide who or what we are going to listen to; the spirit of truth…

As a faith practice, listening involves training ourselves to recognize Gods voice (John 10:1-6) in the midst of all the other voices calling for our attention. It involves learning to be fully present in the moment, setting aside distractions that keep us from attending to and responding to Gods presence around us.

Consecrate yourself to God, deal with your heart, surrender to God. It is painful and vulnerable dealing with the heart but it opens us up to victory.

Introduction: Describe the tabernacle and its furnishings. 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange…

Let us pray…Gracious, holy, and loving God, as we come before you on this second Sunday in Advent, our hearts and minds are focused upon what needs to yet be done before Christmas and we hope that we can get it all done. In this time and in this space, we ask you to calm our hearts and minds so that…

Pyramids -So I hope everyone has had a great Christmas -I’m excited for the new year, and I’m excited for us to Jump back into the book of Exodus in our series called “Pyramids”: -And if you remember we’re calling it pyramids because we’re trying to look at the Bible in levels like a pyramid -Where we…

Introduction Last week we started to explore the idea of journeying through the wilderness with Jesus for Lent. We looked at how wilderness worship might be different from other kinds of worship we may have experienced. Some worship involves singing songs or hymns, using guitars or choirs or organs.…

God is the one who brings peace; and he calls us not only to receive his peace, but to participate in sharing peace.

What is our Life Shaped By? Our schedules, like doctor’s appointments or our kid’s or grand-kids schedule?How about our work schedules or other commitments? It may not be a schedule but a to-do list that shapes our days. How about influences? What or even who influences your lifestyle or worldview? It…

Today's sermon discusses the greatest commandment given to us by God - love.

Do you ever find it difficult to pray? Don’t you wish that coming to faith in Christ would come with an automatic download of how to pray effectively? Have you ever felt like praying was a waste of time? Have you ever been asked to pray and didn’t know what to say? Have you ever looked at someone else’s…

--- Title Slide Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died…

What is our Life Shaped By? Our schedules, like doctor’s appointments or our kid’s or grand-kids schedule?How about our work schedules or other commitments? It may not be a schedule but a to-do list that shapes our days. How about influences? What or even who influences your lifestyle or worldview? It…

You and I are living in chaos and uncertainty, and the chaos demands your attention. On average, Americans receive up to 80 notifications on their smartphones every day, not counting actual phone calls. And they pick up and check their phones 150 times per day. We are being conditioned to live in constant…

Intro: We are going to take a little break today from our study through Daniel. We are leaving shortly after the service to bring kids to camp and we will be gone all of this week and I didn’t want to open up Chapter 3 of Daniel and then leave you hanging for a couple of weeks. So I thought it would…