Category Archives: From the Pastor’s Desk

Successful Parenting – Part 3

Training is always happening. That can be a very good thing or a very bad thing. We all want our kids to turn out the best; better than us. Unfortunately, what we are is what is being imprinted on them. So in training them, we have to begin with training ourselves to be the people…

The Danger of Ungratefulness

Complain or give thanks: which is more typical for you? There are always things we could wish were better. There are always struggles we will face on this earth. Ignoring them doesn't make them go away, but neither does complaining about them. Unfortunately, complaining can be a bad habit we fall into and it begins…

Shoebox Sunday!

Today is collection and dedication Sunday here at our church. Each year we fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child and have a special Sunday where we pray for them and send them off. We ask God to guide them to just the right places, connecting the right box with the right child. We pray for…

Michael’s Alaska Trip

This week one of our own young men will be sharing about a ministry trip he took with Live 10:27 Ministries. Michael went on a hiking trip to Alaska with a group of other high school and college students. Their plans were very open ended with their main goal being to give God an opportunity…

Successful Parenting – Part 2

Last week we dug into the question, "What is success in parenting?" (watch here if you missed it) and we looked at God's teaching on the matter. This week, with that target in mind , we will discuss strategies for teaching our children's life's most valuable truths. Now if that statement brought and eye roll because…

Successful Parenting – Part 1

What does it mean to be a successful parent? So often we are just caught up in surviving that we forget to consider the end goal. We are so focused on what we are doing that we don't think about why we are doing it. In this message we want to address the question of…

Removing Barriers

What are some barriers that prevent people from hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What are some barriers that prevent us from sharing the Gospel with certain people? Today, we want to discuss some of the answers to these two questions and address them with a third question: "What would Jesus do?" You see, Jesus gave…

Overcoming Fear

What prevents many Christians from sharing the life-giving, world-changing news of the Gospel? What is it that keeps us from sharing God's grace in personal, powerful ways? It is fear. Now sometimes fear is a good, God-given gift for the purpose of preserving our life. More often than not, however, it becomes an excuse to…

The Master Bomber

"We love because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19) or you could say "We Grace Bomb because He first Bombed us" In my last message I introduced the idea of sharing God's grace through Grace Bombs. But why would anyone want to give a surprise, generous gift to someone they might not even know,…

Grace Built

We tend to think of relationships as transactions: we give to get. But if you have put your trust in Jesus Christ alone to deliver you from sin and lead you, you have experienced grace - getting something that we neither paid for nor ever have the capacity to repay. You have experienced what it…