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Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday when we embark on our journey to the Cross and empty tomb yet again. Lent, the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, can often be made about our individual experiences and commitments solely between “me and God.” But, left to our own solitary...

“I thank my God every time I think of you! I always pray with joy, whenever I pray for you all, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Of this I’m convinced: the one who began a good work in you will thoroughly complete it by the day of King...

“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in...

Now therefore write this song, and teach it to the Israelites; put it in their mouths, in order that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites. - Deuteronomy 31:19  Beginning January 23, on Sunday afternoons, we are offering an online class entitled Conversations on...

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for the orphan and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world - James 1:27  Church Family, On Sunday, November 7, as part of our worship on All Saints’ Sunday, we will read the...

I am confident of this: that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ… And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight, to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of...

Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven...

Friends,We have a saying in my family that comes about whenever we are disappointed with how something turns out: “It’s not what I expected.” It comes from some past moments when my mom declared it about an entrée she ordered at a restaurant – sometimes reality is...

It’s about the journey, not the destination.  Maybe someone has said that to you when you were impatient, frustrated, or at a dead end. This cliché can make our eyes roll into the back of our heads, I know, give me a chance. I think about the past four months, and while I wake...

Church, Christians have a unique story to tell. It is a story large enough to encompass the entirety of history and span the universe, while also being particular enough to uniquely involve the life of every human being. This story is what led the early Church to grow quickly and effectively...