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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.

Repeat or Redo

After the joy of Christmas, we tend to notice an elephant in the room… our new year resolution. So, today let's see together how we can do a better job of following God's directions in 2026 https://youtu.be/p5krCPQ1NtQ Subscribe to our Podcast Each week we offer our sermons as Podcasts allowing you to listen at your

Christmas Eve, Candlelight Service

Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 The truth that we celebrate in Christmas is that the light of the world has come. Jesus Christ, our messiah, our savior is born. This is why candle light is so important at Christmas. These lights proclaim the THE light has come. https://youtu.be/eCXVjO5bT_U Subscribe to our Podcast Each week we offer

Advent, We Wait in Love

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 For most of us, love has become whatever makes us happy in the moment, whatever we enjoy most, whatever we want more of in our lives. But, the love that entered the world in Bethlehem bears little resemblance to our casual affections or our Hallmark expectations. The love of God is

Christmas Pageant

Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:1-2:39 Join us for an experience of cheer and wonder as retell the story of Jesus, Immanuel's birth. This will be a crowdsourced, interactive experience for young and old alike. It is a highlight of our year as we remember the greatest story ever told. https://youtu.be/FmxbIMjC6_g Subscribe to our Podcast Each week

Advent, We Wait in Peace

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12 When we think of peace, or keeping the peace, we think of maintaining civility, not rocking the boat. But if we're honest, this peace feels less like shalom and more like a ceasefire, a fragile truce held together by what we're all agreeing not to say. This week, as we light

Advent, We Wait in Hope

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44, Isaiah 2:2-5 When the early church began shaping how this season of Advent is observed, they weren't preparing for opening presents in a few weeks, they were reorienting themselves to welcome the long anticipated kingdom the Messiah had demonstrated and promised was coming again soon! We are people of memory and

Glorify, That Peace May Return

Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 In 1956, C.S. Lewis wrote one of the most vivid, joyful, achingly beautiful descriptions of heaven ever put to paper. In post-war England it immediately resonated  with so many readers eager for a new prophetic imagination.  We see similar visionary work throughout scripture, perhaps nowhere more clearly than in the book

Glorify, That All May Live

Sermon Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 In today's scripture, a group of religious elites approached Jesus with what seemed like a theological puzzle, but everyone could tell the question was a trap. They weren't seekers of wisdom. They weren't students eager to learn. They were hunters, and Jesus was the prey. But Jesus took their carefully constructed