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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
Apr 27, 2025
A Community of Non-Judgmental Love
Apr 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.

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

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

Apr 20, 2025
A Community Without Worry
Apr 3, 2025
A Community Without Worry
Apr 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.

Apr 3, 2025
A Community of Clear Priorities
Mar 30, 2025
A Community of Clear Priorities
Mar 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.

Mar 30, 2025
A Community of Holy Hunger
Mar 23, 2025
A Community of Holy Hunger
Mar 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.

Mar 23, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 2)
Mar 16, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 2)
Mar 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.

Mar 16, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 1)
Mar 9, 2025
A Praying Community (Part 1)
Mar 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.

Mar 9, 2025
A Community of Generous Giving
Mar 2, 2025
A Community of Generous Giving
Mar 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.

Mar 2, 2025
A Community of Enemy-Love
Feb 23, 2025
A Community of Enemy-Love
Feb 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.

Feb 23, 2025
A Community of Non-Retaliation
Feb 16, 2025
A Community of Non-Retaliation
Feb 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.

Feb 16, 2025
A Community of Truthful Speech
Feb 9, 2025
A Community of Truthful Speech
Feb 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.

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

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

Feb 2, 2025
A Community of Sexual Wholeness
Jan 19, 2025
A Community of Sexual Wholeness
Jan 19, 2025

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

Jan 19, 2025
A Heart of Peace
Jan 12, 2025
A Heart of Peace
Jan 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.

Jan 12, 2025
A Greater Righteousness
Jan 5, 2025
A Greater Righteousness
Jan 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. 

Jan 5, 2025
A Community of Salt and Light 
Nov 10, 2024
A Community of Salt and Light 
Nov 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.

Nov 10, 2024
Keep Open House
Nov 3, 2024
Keep Open House
Nov 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.”

Nov 3, 2024
Home Worship: October 27
Oct 24, 2024
Home Worship: October 27
Oct 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.

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

Oct 13, 2024
A Kingdom for the Persecuted
Oct 6, 2024
A Kingdom for the Persecuted
Oct 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.

Oct 6, 2024
A Kingdom for the Peacemakers
Sep 29, 2024
A Kingdom for the Peacemakers
Sep 29, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 8, 2024
A Kingdom for the Brokenhearted
Sep 1, 2024
A Kingdom for the Brokenhearted
Sep 1, 2024

This week we'll continue to explore the upside-down Kingdom of Jesus through the lens of the beatitudes. This Sunday we'll look at the second beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

Sep 1, 2024
A Kingdom for the Poor in Spirit
Aug 25, 2024
A Kingdom for the Poor in Spirit
Aug 25, 2024

This week we’ll learn about what it means to be “poor in spirit” and why Jesus promises that the Kingdom belongs to such people.

Aug 25, 2024
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