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Learning From the Early Church

Learning From the Early Church

In our first message in this series on the local church, we looked at the fact that the church was God's idea, it is not manmade.  While man has produced many forms of church that may be very different than what God intended, make no mistake, God is the one who created and established the…
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The Origin of the Local Church

The Origin of the Local Church

How important is the church? I have been a pastor for over 25 years and I have been a follower of Jesus for 45.  If I have not learned anything else in all my experience, I have learned that the most important elements of the Christian life are time with God in prayer, time with…
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Services Cancelled Today (1/7/2024), but…

Services Cancelled Today (1/7/2024), but…

Due to the weather, we have decided it was best to cancel our Sunday Services. Let me encourage you, however, to do one or both of the following: If you were not able to be part of last week's service, take the time to watch that here.  Our guest speaker Trevor Route gave a great…
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Ministry Trip Presentation

Ministry Trip Presentation

Today Abigail is going to be sharing with us about a recent ministry trip she took to Ethiopia with her college professor and a classmate. They were part of the team helping out with an international children's ministry conference. She will be telling about her experiences, the people, and how God impacted her heart for…
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Ministry Trip Presentation

Ministry Trip Presentation

Today we have one of the young men who grew up in our church sharing about a ministry trip he was on.  He has had the desire for a long time to go on such a trip and God worked out the perfect timing so that desire could be fulfilled last month. Curtis has come…
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Becoming Humbly Grateful

Becoming Humbly Grateful

Pride and thankfulness don't mix.  Thankfulness acknowledges that you have been given something, something that someone chose to give you.  Thankfulness acknowledges some form of exchange that you came out ahead on.  On the other hand, pride tends toward the attitude that someone owes you something.  Pride is demanding, it says people owe me. The…
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Shoebox Sunday!

Shoebox Sunday!

Today is a special day on our church calendar and one of our favorites.  For the past several weeks we have been collection shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.  Today we will be praying over them and dedicating them to the Lord's use.  These shoeboxes have been known to literally change the life of a child…
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Remembering Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We are Going

Remembering Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We are Going

The night before His crucifixion, Jesus gave His disciples a very important command. It was not the "Go" command that He gave before leaving earth, but it was an equally important perpetual command that calls us to come together in the midst of our going and doing. It was the command to regularly and perpetually…
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Working to be Conspicuous

Working to be Conspicuous

Standing out can be a good thing...or a bad thing.  It all depends what you stand out for.  I remember a classmate in college that would often walk into class late with his thick hair sporting a serious case of pillow head.  He stood out! It is much better to stand out for a good…
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