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Immanuel – God With Us

What kind of God do you have?  A distant God?  A detached God?  A God who is mostly confined to Sunday morning church services? The story of Christmas is the factual account of how the Creator God of the universe  became part of His creation by taking on human form.  It is the account of how He humbled Himself to not only rescue us from our slavery to sin and certain damnation, but to give us new life, to give us purpose, and to be with us. Can you comprehend the awesomeness of that last statement? God chose to be …

Sunday Sermons

Christmas Eve

Are you enjoying this Christmas season?  Have you been able to spend much time thinking about the real reason behind it all?  There is a lot that can keep us from enjoying the season or remembering the reason for it, especially in 2020! Take a minute out of all your busyness and join us for an opportunity to reflect on the real Christmas story.  I love the many different performances of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, “The Polar Express” is fun to watch, and “The Grinch” has always been a favorite, but none of those really speak to the reason we …

Sunday Sermons

Delay and Inconvenience at Christmas

How many of you have had packages or mail delayed this last month or two?  Have you noticed how long even a letter can take to get from sender to recipient?  I was talking to someone the other day who was an office manager and they said that it is taking 10-15 days for letters to be received.  How do you feel about that?  Do you like waiting?  Does anybody like delays? How about convenience?  Is that important to you?  How has this year worked out with that?  Been a little bit of an inconvenience?  Nothing wrecks plans like a …

From the Pastor's Desk / Sunday Sermons

The Mystery of the Star

It is possible, that when Christmas time comes and you listen or come to a church service, that you think to yourself “I already know this by heart”  You might even think to yourself that you might get bored today, because you already know this so well. I hope to show you today that there is much, much more to the Christmas story than what first meets the eye in the opening chapters of Matthew and Luke.  Today’s message will get you thinking about one of my favorite features (apart from Jesus Himself) of the Christmas story – the star.  …

Sunday Sermons

Peace on Earth?

What do you think of when you here the word “Peace”? Peace is complex and multi-faceted.  Do you think in  terms of political peace or inner peace? Maybe national peace?  We could go on and on talking about what peace means.  Today, I want  to share with you some things that the Bible says about peace.  I will discuss four categories of peace, talk about which one is the most important, and most of all, how we can achieve peace. Jesus is called the “Prince of Peace” so I think it is fitting we will look at what that means …