Matthew 1:18-25 ~ Like a Child: God is with U

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Title: Like a Child: God is with Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or over scheduled, this Christmas season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. On Christmas Sunday, we remember what happened when God came to us, not simply like a child, but as a child. What might it mean for us this year that 2,000 years ago, God came to be with us in the person of a helpless baby called Jesus, Emmanuel?

Mark 9:14-27 ~ Like a Child: Our God is Able

Text: Mark 9:14-27

Title: Like a Child: Our God is Able

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Luke 7:36-50 ~ Like a Child: God Forgives Us

Text: Luke 7:36-50

Title: Like a Child: God Forgives Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or over scheduled, this Christmas season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. During this second week of Advent, we follow Jesus as goes to a party and meets a woman of ill repute. He offers grace and forgiveness and his religious host struggles with the truth that God forgives us, even those other people. Let’s re-discover what it means to live and believe Like a Child.

Luke 19:1-10 ~ Like a Child: God is for Us

Text: Luke 19:1-10

Title: Like a Child: God is for Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or overscheduled, this season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. During this first week of Advent, we follow Jesus as he meets Zacchaeus and he discovers God isn not against us, but for us. Let’s re-discover what it means to live and believe Like a Child.

Ephesians 6:10-24 ~ Ready for Battle

Text: Ephesians 6:10-24

Title: Ready for Battle

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

As we conclude our study of the book of Ephesians, Paul issues a rousing pep talk to his churches. They are in a great battle, not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual powers arrayed against them, so they have to get geared up in God’s armor, and get on their knees in prayer so the gospel can be preached, the good news heard, and lives transformed. Two thousand years have past, but we find ourselves in the same situation, facing the same spiritual battles, with the same victorious God on our side. It’s time to get fired up and ready to go!

Ephesians 5:21-6:9 ~ Submit to Each Other

Text: Ephesians 5:21-6:9

Title: Submit to Each Other

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

As we seek to follow Jesus in all areas of our, Paul urges us to submit to one another out of reverence for Jesus. Then he offers some examples of what that can look like in our marriages, homes, and even in his time between slaves and masters. Today, we consider how we can model God’s kingdom as we serve one another in love.

Ephesians 4:17-5:20 ~ Get Your Head in the Game

Text: Ephesians 4:175:20

Title: Get Your Head in the Game

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Ephesians 4:1-16 ~ So, Now What?

Text: Ephesians 4:1-16

Title: So, Now What?

Preacher: Mrs. Chelsea Reynhout

After hearing the good new of Jesus, there is a point that we all stop and ask, “Ok, so now what?” That’s where chapter 4 of Ephesians brings us: “Now what?” This week we will explore our calling to peace and what it might mean as a community.

Ephesians 3:1-21 ~ What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Text: Ephesians 3:1-21

Title: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

After a brief digression, Paul offers the Ephesians his prayer for them. He prays for them to be transformed by Christ and to finally comprehend the love of our God. Have you taken time to consider the width, length, height, and depth of our God’s love. Today we consider this vast love and how understanding it can change out lives and our world.

Ephesians 2:1-22 ~ It’s All Grace

Text: Ephesians 2:1-22

Title: It’s All Grace

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever received a difficult diagnosis from a doctor? Maybe it was cancer or heart disease, diabetes or lupus, or some other chronic disease. For many people, our first response in the face of difficult news is to deny, reject, or ignore the diagnosis. We can get scared and even angry with the bearer of this difficult news. This morning, Paul delivers some difficult news to us. We are dead in our sins. We are deserving of punishment. Will we stay to listen to the treatment plan or reject the truth and look for a more comfortable lie to live? This is the question before the Ephesians and us as we read together Ephesians 2:1-22.