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A Community Built on the Rock
June 1, 2025
A Community Built on the Rock
June 1, 2025

At the very end of the Sermon, Jesus calls those who have heard his words to not just admire his teaching, but to put everything he has said into practice.

June 1, 2025
A Community of Fruitfulness
May 25, 2025
A Community of Fruitfulness
May 25, 2025

This Sunday we're looking at the second of three paragraphs in Jesus' conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount.

May 25, 2025
A Community of the Narrow Way
May 18, 2025
A Community of the Narrow Way
May 18, 2025

This Sunday we're starting into the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount.

May 18, 2025
A Community of Other-Love
May 11, 2025
A Community of Other-Love
May 11, 2025

This Sunday we are looking at the final bit of teaching in the main body of the Sermon on the Mount.

May 11, 2025
A Community of Child-like Trust
May 4, 2025
A Community of Child-like Trust
May 4, 2025

This Sunday, we are looking at the next section of the Sermon on the Mount which addresses prayer, and our child-like relationship with God as our Father.

May 4, 2025
A Community of Non-Judgmental Love
April 27, 2025
A Community of Non-Judgmental Love
April 27, 2025

We're back into the Sermon on the Mount this Sunday, now starting into Matthew chapter 7. Jesus has a lot to say about how we handle our relationships with one another.

April 27, 2025
Easter Sunday: An Upside-Down Hope
April 20, 2025
Easter Sunday: An Upside-Down Hope
April 20, 2025

This Sunday we gather to celebrate our Risen Lord. The grave cannot hold him, death cannot win. Hallelujah!

April 20, 2025
A Community Without Worry
April 3, 2025
A Community Without Worry
April 3, 2025

This Sunday, we'll look at the next section in Matthew 6 about worry and anxiety. In a culture steeped in anxiety, these words from Jesus remain timely and important.

April 3, 2025
A Community of Clear Priorities
March 30, 2025
A Community of Clear Priorities
March 30, 2025

This Sunday we are moving into the last section of Matthew 6, as Jesus calls us to trust our Father with our money and the way we use it.

March 30, 2025
A Community of Holy Hunger
March 23, 2025
A Community of Holy Hunger
March 23, 2025

This Sunday we turn to fasting! Fasting is misunderstood and not frequently practiced, but Jesus also assumes that his followers will be doing it.

March 23, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 2)
March 16, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 2)
March 16, 2025

This Sunday we are continuing to learn from Jesus about how to practice our life with God- this week our focus is prayer.

March 16, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 1)
March 9, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 1)
March 9, 2025

This Sunday we are continuing to learn from Jesus about how to practice our life with God- this week our focus is prayer.

March 9, 2025
A Community of Generous Giving
March 2, 2025
A Community of Generous Giving
March 2, 2025

This Sunday, we’re heading into chapter 6 of the Sermon on the Mount. This is “part 2” of the main body of teaching in Jesus’ sermon, in which Jesus addresses religious practices and the importance of our motivation in doing them. He begins with giving.

March 2, 2025
A Community of Enemy-Love
February 23, 2025
A Community of Enemy-Love
February 23, 2025

We’re now winding down our study of the second section of the Sermon on the Mount (5:17-48), in which Jesus addresses his relationship to the Torah.

February 23, 2025
A Community of Non-Retaliation
February 16, 2025
A Community of Non-Retaliation
February 16, 2025

This week, we’ll see that Jesus wants to re-order our desire for revenge, the universal thirst to pay back evil with evil.

February 16, 2025
A Community of Truthful Speech
February 9, 2025
A Community of Truthful Speech
February 9, 2025

This Sunday, we’ll continue in our study of the Sermon on the Mount, looking at the next of the series of “case studies” in which Jesus demonstrates his relationship to the Old Testament.

February 9, 2025
A Community of Fidelity
February 2, 2025
A Community of Fidelity
February 2, 2025

As we continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount, this week we come to Jesus’ teaching on marriage and divorce.

February 2, 2025
A Community of Sexual Wholeness
January 19, 2025
A Community of Sexual Wholeness
January 19, 2025

This week, Jesus addresses the issues of lust, sex and adultery.

January 19, 2025
A Heart of Peace
January 12, 2025
A Heart of Peace
January 12, 2025

This Sunday we are continuing in our study of Jesus' teaching in the sermon on the mount, this time on the subject of anger and contempt.

January 12, 2025
A Greater Righteousness
January 5, 2025
A Greater Righteousness
January 5, 2025

This Sunday, we're back to the Sermon on the Mount! After spending this fall in the introduction (Matthew 5:1-16), we'll now get into the main body of Jesus' teaching, beginning in Matthew 5:17-20. This section of verses is actually a wonderful passage to reflect on as we begin a new year. 

January 5, 2025
A Community of Salt and Light 
November 10, 2024
A Community of Salt and Light 
November 10, 2024

This Sunday we’ll be looking again Matthew 5:13-16, which speaks of Jesus' calling on his people to be agents of renewal and restoration in the world- a calling that endures in any and every circumstance we find ourselves in.

November 10, 2024
Keep Open House
November 3, 2024
Keep Open House
November 3, 2024

Next Sunday we will dive more deeply into the two key metaphors Jesus employs in this teaching: salt and light. But this Sunday, we'll focus on verse 15: “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

November 3, 2024
Home Worship: October 27
October 24, 2024
Home Worship: October 27
October 24, 2024

We will not be meeting for corporate worship but have provided a self-guided worship plan for yout to follow with family, neighbors, or friends.

October 24, 2024
Home Worship: October 20
October 20, 2024
Home Worship: October 20
October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
The Good Life of the Kingdom
October 13, 2024
The Good Life of the Kingdom
October 13, 2024

We're going to spend one last week in the beatitudes, but this time we're going to look at them as a complete whole.

October 13, 2024
A Kingdom for the Persecuted
October 6, 2024
A Kingdom for the Persecuted
October 6, 2024

We look at the last of the eight beatitudes this week and explore what persecution meant in Jesus's time and what it could mean today.

October 6, 2024
A Kingdom for the Peacemakers
September 29, 2024
A Kingdom for the Peacemakers
September 29, 2024

This week we'll continue in our study with the 7th beatitude, "Blessed are the peacemakers."

September 29, 2024
A Kingdom for the Merciful and the Pure in Heart
September 22, 2024
A Kingdom for the Merciful and the Pure in Heart
September 22, 2024

This Sunday, we'll look at two beatitudes about being merciful and pure in heart. What do these concepts mean today, and how are they related to each other? Join us as we explore those questions together.

September 22, 2024
A Kingdom for Those Who Hunger for Righteousness
September 15, 2024
A Kingdom for Those Who Hunger for Righteousness
September 15, 2024

This Sunday we'll turn to the next beatitude, “Blessed are the meek…”

September 15, 2024
A Kingdom for the Meek
September 8, 2024
A Kingdom for the Meek
September 8, 2024

This Sunday we'll turn to the next beatitude, “Blessed are the meek…”

September 8, 2024
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