Genesis 1:1-5 ~ You in 5 Years: Evening and Morning

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Text: Genesis 1:1-5
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

We all have goals, plans, hopes, and dreams for our future. Things we want to start—or maybe stop—doing. But how do we get there? In this series to start the new year, we will explore some spiritual and practical steps you can take to become the person you want to be in five years. This week, we consider when we will make the changes, take the small steps, that will help us reach our goals and become more and more a people who bear the fruit of the spirit and act more and more like Jesus.

Ezra 3:12-13 ~ You in 5 Years: Too Small Fail

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Text: Ezra 3:12-13
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

We all have goals, plans, hopes, and dreams for our future. Things we want to start—or maybe stop—doing. But how do we get there? In this series to start the new year, we will explore some spiritual and practical steps you can take to become the person you want to be in five years. This week, we look consider the power of small things,  mustard seed sized acts, when empowered by God to bear fruit in our lives and world.

1 Kings 19:19-21 ~ You in 5 Years Week 2

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Text: 1 Kings 19:19-21
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

We all have goals, plans, hopes, and dreams for our future. Things we want to start—or maybe stop—doing. But how do we get there? In this series to start the new year, we will explore some spiritual and practical steps you can take to become the person you want to be in five years. This week, we look to the story of Elisha to see how God can work in the decisive and the small acts of obedience.

Matthew 4:18-22 ~ You in 5 Years Week 1

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Text: Matthew 4:18-22
Preacher: Mr. Jeremy Zoet

We all have goals, plans, hopes, and dreams for our future. Things we want to start—or maybe stop—doing. But how do we get there? In this series to start the new year, we will explore some spiritual and practical steps you can take to become the person you want to be in five years. We begin by looking at the example set for us by The Disciples in Five Years starting in Matthew 4:18-22.

Psalm 57

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Text: Psalm 57
Preacher: Rev. Rick Vander Wall

Sometimes things just don’t go as planned. This year is a great example of that. Now, we are at the end of this year. Most of us are ok with this change to a new year, but at the same time wondering, maybe quietly, what will next year be like? This morning, as we anticipate a New Year just around the corner, we look to Psalm 57 to remind us God IS still in control.

Christmas Eve

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Seeking Christmas: Everlasting Father

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Text: Isaiah 9:6-7
Title: Seeking Christmas: Everlasting Father
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Most of us are familiar with the events of the first Christmas, The manger, The shepherd watching sheep. The angels singing. The wise men. The little baby wrapped in cloths lying in the manner. But what if this birth is not just any birth, but the one event on which all of history turns and that can transform our lives. Join us this advent season as we meet Jesus who comes to us as the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. This week, we meet Jesus who comes to us as the Everlasting Father.

Isaiah 9:6-7 ~ Seeking Christmas: Mighty God

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Text: Isaiah 9:6-7
Title: Seeking Christmas: Mighty God
Preacher: Mr. Jeremy Zoet

The angels singing. The wise men. The little baby wrapped in cloths lying in the manner. But what if this birth is not just any birth, but the one event on which all of history turns and that can transform our lives. Join us this advent season as we meet Jesus who comes to us as the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. This week, Pastor Jeremy leads us in a reflection on what it means for us that Jesus comes as the Mighty God.

Isaiah 9:1-7 ~ Seeking Christmas: Wonderful Counselor

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Text: Isaiah 9:1-7
Title: Seeking Christmas: Wonderful Counselor
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Most of us are familiar with the events of the first Christmas, The manger, The shepherd watching sheep. The angels singing. The wise men. The little baby wrapped in cloths lying in the manner. But what if this birth is not just any birth, but the one event on which all of history turns and that can transform our lives. Join us this advent season as we meet Jesus who comes to us as the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

Ephesians 2:11-22 ~ Black, White and the Gospel 2

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Text: Ephesians 2:11-22
Title: Black, White, and the Gospel 2
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

In Ephesians 2, Paul says that Jesus has broken down the dividing wall that separated people from God and Jews from Gentiles. Over the next three weeks, we will be thinking about what it means for us today that Jesus has broken down the dividing wall between the races. How do we live out this core gospel truth in a culture of racial tensions and a history of racial oppression? Join us as we consider the importance of lament, confession, and repentance in healing the racial divide in our churches and communities.