This Sunday’s service was special: we witnessed the graduation of six Boy Scouts from a class entitled “God and Church” led by Pastor David. Two of these six helped Pastor David with the sermon this week, which is based on 1 Kings 11:1-13, the story of King Solomon’s demise. Click below to hear this entertaining yet illuminating message!
Extreme Love
We begin this year’s “Focus 40” season (the Church of God version of Lent) by examining John 15:9-17, a passage in which Jesus gives his disciples one command: to love each other as he has loved them. In our culture of over-the-top expressions of emotional love, how can we as Christians reclaim an understanding of God’s extreme love for us? Click below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on this passage.
Serving in Obedience
Pastor David, Pastor Jerry, and twelve other people recently returned from a week-long mission trip to Guatemala. While there, our two-church team helped to build a house for a local family and built relationships with children and adults in the community. Click below to hear Pastor David reflect on Luke 5:1-11 and its relationship to a theme that was on his mind during the Guatemala trip: the meaning of making space.
Empowered for Kingdom Service
This Sunday, Pastor David preached on Luke 4:14-21, the story of Jesus’s first sermon in his hometown, Nazareth. What do Jesus’s choice of sermon text and Luke’s presentation of the story have to do with the walk of discipleship today? And how does this connect to our church’s Guatemala mission trip which departs this Friday? Click below to hear this week’s sermon and the accompanying commissioning prayer for our team.
Our Global Journey
What happens when three churches in different locations have pastors who are good friends with each other? What happens when a call goes out for churches to join forces to support the upcoming Global Gathering this June in Anderson? And how does our work together spring up from the example found in Philippians 4:10-20? Click below to hear this joint sermon from Pastor David, Pastor Jonathan, and Pastor Shannon:
Starting a Journey
The life of faith is a journey… When Jesus began his ministry around age 30, a couple of strange things happened: John the Baptist preached an unusual message, and Jesus had a unique post-baptism experience. What sense can we make of these events, and what do they have to do with life today? Click below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on Luke 3:15-23a.
A New Resolution
Pastor David offers one resolution for us to consider as we enter a new year. What do the story of the Wise Men visiting Jesus and the story of the Israelites following God’s cloud / pillar of fire have in common? Click below to hear Pastor David’s message on Matthew 2:1-12 and Numbers 9:15-23.
Christmas Eve: Praise God for the Apple
At this year’s Christmas Eve service, Pastor David shared reflections on the season by drawing on two centuries-old English poems. Why do we celebrate Christ’s birth? Why do we give thanks for the Incarnation? Can we praise God for the full story of redemption? Click below to hear this seasonal message.
A Party for Jesus: It’s Life Changing
Elizabeth and Mary, two pregnant women in very different yet similarly miraculous circumstances, meet each other in Luke 1:39-45. Their yet unborn children, John the Baptist and Jesus, meet each other in this story as well. What can this story tell us today about the transformative, life-changing power of an encounter with Jesus Christ? Click below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on this fourth Sunday of Advent:
Enjoy the Moment
How can we, as the people of God, process the terrible events that occurred in Newtown, CT last Friday? What words of comfort come from Zephaniah 3:14-20, the final verses of a challenging Old Testament prophet? Listen here to Pastor David’s sermon on a difficult weekend – and reflect on the difference between joy and happiness.