One Voice // Part 2: A People of God

Listening to the Voice of God When we take a look back at all that happened in 2020, we can see everything from a worldwide pandemic to a presidential election to a bombing on Christmas Day. Throughout all of the change, uncertainty, and unforeseen circumstances that we witnessed, the voices in the media, on the…

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One Voice // Part 1: Why Church is Important in 2021

Walking into a New Year as the Church A new year brings much hope and newness. We’re in a new year now – 2021. After a year like 2020 was, walking into this year may feel like walking into the unknown. We don’t know what 2021 will bring, and, if it’s anything like 2020 was,…

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2020: A Year in Review

2020: A Year in Review Looking back over 2020, we have had challenges that we’ll all share and remember, but we have even more stories of how God has provided, sustained, and blessed His children and His Church. We wanted to spend our final service of 2020 reflecting on the different challenges we faced this…

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Christmas Eve // Part 5

The Coming of Jesus Write down today’s date. Think about how often you write that date throughout the years – reference it historically, presently, and futuristically.  We determine and associate when things happened based on this time reference. That point in history has to have a fixed reference point.  A day or year is not…

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Love Came Down // Part 4: Joy

Joy to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is come! These are lyrics we sing every Christmas season and is a song that people, non-Christians and Christians alike, are likely very familiar with. But, when we sing these lyrics, what are we really singing about? Where does this joy we sing of come…

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Love Came Down // Part 3: Love

When Love Came Down What’s one thing that’s happened in your life that changed everything for you? Do you have something that immediately comes to mind? We all have an event or a situation that has impacted our life in a lot of ways, or impacts many people in our life. There are even events…

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Love Came Down // Part 2: Peace

Peace Found in All Circumstances Most, if not all, of us like to know what’s coming around the corner. We prefer to have a plan for our lives and for every aspect of our lives to go according to that plan. Unfortunately for those of us who do make plans and put our hope in…

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Love Came Down // Part 1: Hope

Expectant for the Messiah As a child, do you remember the feeling of the Christmas season? You have the Christmas tree set up in your home, with presents slowly piling up over the month of December. Every day leading up to Christmas, the hope, the anticipation, the waiting to see what you’re going to receive…

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Finish Strong // Part 7: Legacy

Being Thankful No Matter the Circumstances For many, if not all of us, 2020 has been a very challenging year. It’s been a year of loss, sickness, difficulty, and uncertainty. We’ve had to navigate through a global pandemic, through transition and change, and through division in our nation. Our natural inclination may be to question…

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Finish Strong // Part 6: The Faithfulness of Caleb

Living By Faith “Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.” – William Carey If you look at the news, magazine covers, social media, and most sources of information about what’s going on in our world today, it’s hard not to feel fearful or anxious about today’s circumstances. There are very real threats,…

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