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I Shall Not Want

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Today we step into the wilderness and the temptation of Jesus. The place where our appetites are met with the often untended parts of our lives and of the many voices attempting to define us, the only voice that matters is the one we are often too busy to hear. https://youtu.be/ZLRt1omCXTI

Ash Wednesday

We have gathered together tonight to observe Ash Wednesday. This day marks the beginning of a season in the Christian calendar known as Lent. The purpose of Lent is to help prepare our hearts for the celebration of resurrection and new life at Easter. It is also a season in which we acknowledge our own

The Mountain and the Valley

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9 (14-20) We love mountaintop experiences, but you have to come off the mountain at some point and the process of descent is hard, both physically and emotionally. You have to learn how to let that mountaintop experience integrate into your daily life, where it will be truly put to use for

You Are Light

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:13-20 We live in an over saturated age that somehow provides little actual clarity; screens, notifications, feeds, tags, breaking news. We are surrounded by many artificial lights and yet so many of us feel like we are stumbling in the dark. And we just might be tempted to think that the darkness

The Blessed Ones

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12, Micah 6:1-8 Often, we have a hard time knowing what to do, how to act, how to pray, or remain faithful when our world seems to be falling apart. We throw up our hands as if to say this is too big, too hard, too scary. Those things may all be

Follow Me

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23 Last week we heard the story of the encounter between Andrew, Simon Peter, and John with Jesus (John 1:29-42). Their whole lives, these men have dreamed of following God and serving a Rabbi in the middle of the action of the Kingdom of Heaven, yet now, their prospects seem to have

Come and See

Sermon Scripture: John 1:29-42 Today, as our journey with Jesus continues, we move from identity into living. We are given an invitation to step fully into one of those turning point moments in our lives. We are invited to answer the question, “What do you want?” If we engage with that question deeply, everything just

Beloved

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Before the teaching and the miracles, before the crowds and the conflict, Jesus receives something from the Father. He receives a name.  He receives an identity.  He receives a word of love spoken over him before he has done anything to earn it. Today we are gifted that very same as

The Star We Follow

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 2:1–12 We don’t know if the Magi who visited Christ debated for weeks before packing their treasures, or if they set out the very next morning after seeing the star, driven by a divine sense of urgency. What we do know is this: they saw a great light and they followed it.