Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

Together for Christ

What are you willing to sacrifice and suffer for? The truth is, we generally try to avoid suffering and sacrifice, but I think all of us have something, or maybe several somethings, that we are willing to sacrifice for. Maybe if you are parents or grandparents and you are willing to give all for your…

The Amazing Power of a Life Lived on Mission

Every big business has a mission statement. McDonald's is "to make delicious feel-good moments easy for everyone." Burger Kings is " “to offer reasonably priced quality food, served quickly, in attractive, clean surroundings.” "Chick-fil-a's mission statement is "To be American's best quick-service restaurant at winning and keeping customers". But Chick-fil-a goes even further. They also give…

Rethinking Our Prayers

It is a wonderful thing that we can pray for each other in difficult times. We hold a weekly prayer meeting here every Wednesday night and it is so encouraging to hear people praying for each other and to share in subsequent weeks how God has answered. Sometimes, however, God doesn't always do what we…

Finding Your Joy in the Work of God

What brings you joy? The Cambridge Dictionary defines joy as “great happiness or pleasure”. I think we intuitively see joy as something deeper, more significant than happiness, hence the definition says, “great happiness”. The Lexham Bible Dictionary on the Logos Bible software platform says that “joy is more a state of being than an emotion” …

Hope for Weary Souls Part 5

This is the last message in the series "Hope for Weary Souls" and speaks on how to move forward in a sustainable way. If you haven't heard the first 4 messages, I encourage you to do so, you can begin here. In this message we want to talk about living from the fulness of God. …

Hope for Weary Souls Part 4 – Developing a Healthy Lifestyle

A lot of the stress and anxiety in our lives can be eliminated! Isn’t that good news? Now I am not talking about getting rid of your kids or your spouse. I’m not talking about quitting your job or getting a total home makeover. I’m talking about steps that we all can make in our…

Hope for Weary Souls Part 3

In 1855 Joseph Scriven wrote the Hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". In the first verse we find these words: "Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needles pain we bear, all because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer." Today I want to talk about just that, I want…

Special Speaker – Paul Connor

Today we have a guest speaker, Paul Connor of the Pennsylvania Association of Regular Baptist Churches. Paul is just the fourth State Rep of the Association, having served in this position for 25 years, longer than anyone before him. Paul loves the church and loves to preach, having served as a pastor in multiple PA…

Hope for Weary Souls Part 2 – Confronting the Struggle

Are you weary? We began this series to help address the pain, sorrow, stress, and worry that have many people down. Life is doubtless going to be hard at times, the question is, can you rise above? While times of sorrow and mourning are to be expected, and stress will come no matter what we…

Hope for Weary Souls Part 1: What Gets Us Down?

What gets you down? What wears on you, makes you feel that life is more than you can bear? We all feel stress at times, we all experience loss, but sometimes, the severity of these and other difficult life events begin to take their toll. Sometimes the sheer number of adverse experiences that we are…