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Pastor John's Messages
Each week the lastest message will be posted at the top of the page.
Scroll down for older messages. Beginning Oct. 2, 2022, Bulletins are also posted.
Current Worship Series: "Ancestry: Our Spiritual DNA" - Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2024
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Sunday, November 3, 2024 - "Growing to the Edges" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 27, 2024 - "Scattered to the World" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Jesus Stories" - Sept. 8 - Oct. 20, 2024
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Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 - "Jesus Is...Vine, Bread, Gate, Resurrection" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - "Jesus Is...Word, Light, Good, Life" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - "Rejoice! The Lost Is Found!!" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - "Soil Ready to Receive" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - "Right at the Door" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 15, 2024 - "Humble Sheep or... the GOAT?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 8, 2024 - "The New Light of Great Worth" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Faith When It Counts" - August 4 - September 1, 2024
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - "Seeking Holiness in All of Life" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, August 25, 2024 - "Faith in God, Our Only Hope" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 - "Human Struggles, God's Responses" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, August 11, 2024 - "A Life of Integrity or of Unfaithfulness?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - "Dire Prophecies and Good Promises" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Hope for Hard Times" - July 7-28, 2024
Sunday, July 28, 2024 - "Hope in Exile, Hope in Return" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 21, 2024 - "Hope Even Then" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - "Hope Amidst Destruction" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 - "Hope in a Trampled Vineyard" - Sunday Bulletin
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"The Wise Life" - June 9-30, 2024
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 - "Pointless... Or For a Reason?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, June 23,2024 - "The Lord Made All" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, June 16, 2024 - "The Righteous and the Wicked" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - "Wisdom Calls Out" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Gods Favorite Playlist" - May 5 - June 2, 2024
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 - "God Is AMONG Us" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 26, 2026 - "God is ABOVE Us" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - "God Is AROUND Us" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - "God Is BEFORE Us" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - "God Is BESIDE Us" - Sunday Bulletin
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"A Spiritual Makeover" - April 7-28, 2024
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 - "A Singular Moment" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - "A Rebuilding and a Recalibration" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, April 14, 2024 - "A God Re-Alignment" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, April 7, 2024 - "A Worship Reset" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Holy Character" - Part 3 of the Bible Year - March 3-31, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024 - "The Mighty E's" - Sunday Bulletin
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Friday, March 29, 2024 - "It Is Completed" - Good Friday Bulletin
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 - "The 'Why'" - Maundy Thursday Bulletin
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - "Wisdom Turned to Folly" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - "Power - That Which Elevates and Corrupts" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - "Redeeming Grace - Again and Again" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - "The Good and the Bad" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Rules of the Road" - Part 2 of the Bible Year - Feb. 4-25, 2024
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Sunday, February 25, 2024 - "Whom Will You Serve?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, February 18, 2024 - "Living Out Our Faith" - Sunday Bulletin
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - "Today's Anakim" - Ash Wednesday Bulletin
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 - "Who Do You Trust?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, February 4, 2024 - "A Kingdom of Priests" - Sunday Bulletin
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"The Story Begins" - Part 1 of the Bible Year - January 7-28, 2024
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 - "Learning to Live in Community" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - "Liberated from Oppression" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 14, 2024 - "We ARE Family" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 7, 2024 - "Creation and Early Pains" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Coming Soon" - Advent Series - December 3-31, 2023
Sunday, December 31, 2023 - "The Cliffhanger" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, Christmas Eve - "The Foggy Fringe" - 1:30 Bulletin - 4:00 Bulletin
Sunday, 9 AM - December 24, 2023 - "The Subjunctive Space" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, December 17, 2023 - "John the Doppelganger" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, December 10, 2023 - "Baptismal Limitations?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, December 3, 2023 - "Stay Tuned" - Sunday Bulletin
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"The Good News About Death" - November 5-26, 2023
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 - "The Last Word" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 19, 2023 - "How Many Shopping Days?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 12, 2023 - "Grieving with Hope" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 5, 2023 - "The Other Side of the Curtain" - Sunday Bulletin
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"The Enemies of Gratitude" - October 1-29, 2023
Sunday, October 29 - "Disappointment" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 22 - "Greed" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 15 - "Entitlement" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 8 - "Worry" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 1 - "Nostalgia" - Sunday Bulletin
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"No Fair!" - September 10-24, 2023
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Sunday, Sept. 24 - "Wages, Working, Whatsoever Is Right" (Mike M.) - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 17 - "The Math of Forgiveness" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, September 10 - "How to Fight Like a Christian" - Sunday Bulletin
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Stand-Alone Messages - Aug. 27 and Sept. 3, 2023
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Sunday, September 3 - "Denying Self" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, August 27, 2023 - "The Deliverance of God" - Sunday Bulletin
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"The Path of the Disciple" - June 11 - August 20, 203
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Sunday, August 20, 2023 - "Is It Fair?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, August 13, 2023 - "What Are You Seeking?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, August 6, 2023 - "Wrestling with Our Hunger" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 30, 2023 - "Hidden and Mixed In" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - "Shine Like the Sun" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 16, 2023 - "Seeds in the Dirt" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, July 9, 2023 - "Taking the Yoke" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday - July 2, 2023 - "Quenching a Thirst" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, June 25, 2023 - "Tell in the Light" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, June 18, 2023 - "Is Anything Too Wonderful?" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, June 11, 2023 - "Trusting the Unknown" - Sunday Bulletin
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"When God Came Down Like Fire" - May 28 - June 4, 2023
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Sunday, June 4, 2023 - "Go Therefore" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 28, 2023 - "He Breathed on Them" - Sunday Bulletin
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"A Living Hope" - April 16 - May 21, 2023
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Sunday, May 21, 2023 - "Casting Your Cares" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, May 14, 2023 - "Always Be Ready" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, May 7, 2023 - "Like Living Stones" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 - "Guardian of the Soul" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, April 23, 2023 - "Loosening the Bonds" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, April 16, 2023 - "Fullness of Joy" - Sunday Bulletin
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"In Awe of Grace" - Holy Week 2023
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Sunday, April 9, 2023 - "The End That Wasn't" - Sunrise Bulletin - Sunday Bulletin
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Friday, April 7, 2023 - Good Friday Bulletin
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Thursday, April 6, 2023 - "Commanded to Love" - Maundy Thursday Bulletin
Sunday, April 2, 2023 - "This Is the Day" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Learning to Live Inside-Out" - February 22 - March 26, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023 - "Who Could Stand" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - "In the Presence" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 12, 2023 - "Give Me Water" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, March 5, 2023 - "Go From Your Country" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, February 26, 2023 - "If You Fall Down" - Sunday Bulletin
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - "The Fast We Choose"
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"Glimpses of the Kin-dom" - January 1 - February 19, 2023
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 - "Super Sunday" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, February 12, 2023 - "But I Say" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, February 5, 2023 - "You Are" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 29, 2023 - "Blessed Are" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 22, 2023 - "Have the Same Mind" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - "Not Lacking" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, January 8, 2023 - "The Water's Fine" - Sunday Bulletin
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"God of Light and Dark" - Dec. 24, 2022, to January 1, 2023
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Sunday, January 1, 2023 - "Covenanting Together in 2023" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 - "The Yes/And of Jesus" - Sunday Bulletin
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Saturday, December 24, 2022 - "Keeping Watch" - Christmas Eve Bulletin
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"An Advent Song of Ascents" - Nov. 27 - Dec. 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022 - "Give You a Sign" - Sunday Bulletin
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Sunday, December 11, 2022 - "The Lord's Highway" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, December 4, 2022 - "Stand as a Signal" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - "Up to Restoration" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Face to Face with Jesus" - November 6-20, 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022 - "Scoffers on a Hill" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 13, 2022 - "Open-Mouthed Tourists" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, November 6, 2022 - "Band of Puzzlers" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 30, 2022 - "Hearing Our Call" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Not Ashamed" - October 2-23, 2022
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Sunday, October 23, 2022 - "Poured Out" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 16, 2022 - "Itching Ears" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 9, 2022 - "Present Yourself to God" - Sunday Bulletin
Sunday, October 2, 2022 - "Rekindle the Gift" - Sunday Bulletin
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"Having Words with Jesus"
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 - "Gulf Is Crossed"
Sunday, September 18, 2022 - "Debts Are Tossed"
Sunday, September 11, 2022 - "Finding the Lost"
Sunday, September 4, 2022 - "Counting the Cost"
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"Prophet Margins" - July 3 - August 28, 2022
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Sunday, August 28, 2022 - "Cracked Cisterns"
Sunday, August 21, 2022 - "I Knew You"
Sunday, August 14, 2022 - "Yielding Wild Grapes"
Sunday, August 7, 2022 - "Learn to Do Good"
Sunday, July 31, 2022 - "Cords of Kindness"
Sunday, July 24, 2022 - "Pity on the House" - Guest Preacher Kristin Britt
Sunday, July 17, 2022 - "Living in a Bitter Day"
Sunday, July 10, 2022 - "What Do you See?"
Sunday, July 3, 2022 - "Wash and Be Cleaned"
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"Living the Spirit Life" - June 5-26, 2022
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 - "Brought Home in the Spirit"
Sunday, June 19, 2022 - "From Madness to Stillness"
Sunday, June 12, 2022 - "Does Not Wisdom Call?"
Sunday, June 5, 2022 - "Overcoming Babel"
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"We Are Witnesses" - April 17 - May 29, 2022
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 - "Disturbing the City"
Sunday, May 22, 2022 - "Opened the Heart"
Sunday, May15, 2022 - "What God Called Clean"
Sunday, May 8, 2022 - "Get Up!"
Sunday, May 1, 2022 - "Who Are You, Lord?"
Sunday, April 24, 2022 - "We Are Witnesses"
Sunday, April 17, 2022 - "God Raised Him"
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"Gathered Up in Christ" - Lent 2020
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Thursday, April 14, 2022 - "Do You Know What I've Done?"
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Sunday, April 10, 2022 - "The Lord Needs It"
Sunday, April 3, 2022 - "Filled with Fragrance"
Sunday, March 27, 2022 - "Lost and Found"
Sunday, March 20, 2022 - "If It Bears Fruit"
Sunday, March 13, 2022 - "Under the Wings"
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Sunday, March 6, 2022 - "An Opportune Time"
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - "Piety Practice"
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"Love Never Ends: Being the Body of Christ"
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Sunday, February 27, 2022 - "Seeing the Glory"
Sunday, February 20, 2022 - "Raised in Glory"
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 - "The First Fruits"
Sunday, February 6, 2022 - "Hold Firmly"
Sunday, January 30, 2022 - "The Greatest of These"
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - "You Are the Body"
Sunday, January 16, 2022 - "Varieties of Gifts"
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Sunday, January 9, 2022 - "Well Pleased"
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"Come Home for Christmas" - Advent 2021
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Sunday, January 2, 2022 - "The Light of Home"
Sunday, December 26, 2021 - "Lost at Home" - Pastor Michele Slott
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Friday, December 24, 2021 - "Welcome Home"
Sunday, December 19, 2021 - "The Blessing of Home"
Sunday, December 12, 2021 - "The Joy of Home"
Sunday, December 5, 2021 - "The Fear of Home"
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Sunday, November 28, 2021 - "Time to Go Home"
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"A Life That Matters"
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Sunday, November 21, 2021 - "Everyone Who Belongs"
Sunday, November 14, 2021 - "Not One Stone" - Digital Campus Host Kristin Britt
Sunday, November 7, 2021 - "Everything She Had"
Sunday, October 31, 2021 - "Not Far from the Kingdom of God"
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Born to Trouble - a study from Job
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Sunday, October 24, 2021 - "Now My Eye Sees"
Sunday, October 17, 2021 - "Out of the Whirlwind"
Sunday, October 10, 2021 - "Bitter Complaints"
Sunday, October 3, 2021 - "To and Fro on the Earth"
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Doers of the Word - a study from James
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Sunday, September 26, 2021 - "Power of Prayer"
Sunday, September 19, 2021 - "Root of Conflict"
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 - "Taming the Tongue"
Sunday, September 5, 2021 - "Making Distinctions"
Sunday, August 29, 2021 - "Avoiding Anger"
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Geared Up for Life - a study from Ephesians
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Sunday, August 22, 2021 - "Armored"
Sunday, August 15, 2021 - "Giving Thanks"
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Sunday, August 8, 2021 - "Speaking Truth" - Guest Pastor Michele Slott
Sunday, August 1, 2021 - "A Life Worthy"
Sunday, July 25, 2021 - "For This Reason..." - Guest Pastor Doug Diehl
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - "He Is Our Peace"
Sunday, July 11, 2021 - "Setting Our Hope"
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Sunday, July 4, 2021 - "Freedom in Christ" - Guest Speaker Mike Marsland
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More Than Meets the Eye - Summer 1 2021
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 - "The Healer's Touch"
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 - "No Time Like the Present" - Guest Jerry Simmons
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Sunday, June 13, 2021 - "Changing Seasons"
Sunday, June 6, 2021 - "Seeing Beyond Suffering"
Sunday, May 30, 2021 - "Something within Me"
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Living Post-Resurrection - Easter 2021
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 - "A New Temple"
Sunday, May 16, 2021 - "The Ways of the World"
Sunday, May 9, 2021 - "True Friendship"
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Sunday, May 2, 2021 - "Abide in Me"
Sunday, April 25, 2021 - "Truth and Action"
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - "Got Fish?"
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 - "Seeing Is Not Believing"
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 - "He Is Not Here"
"The Power of Sacrifice" - Lent 2021
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 - "Joy Over Sorrow: Discipleship"
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Sunday, March 21, 2021 - "Sacrificial Bravery: Be Sent"
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 - "The Spotlight of Grace: Learn"
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - "Bring Life: Listen"
Sunday, February 28, 2021 - "What Matters Most: Eat Together"
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - "Expand Your Mind: Bless Others"
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"Created Anew" Worship Series:
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Sunday, February 14, 2021 - "Descending to Share the Story"
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 - "Never-Ending Creativity"
Sunday, January 31, 2021 - "Being the Epiphany"
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 - "Creativity in Connection"
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Sunday, January 17, 2021 - "Finding Freedom in Our Faith"
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 - "God Created - Catch a Glimpse"
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"Where We Belong" Worship Series
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Sunday, January 3, 2021 - "Living the Celebration"
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 - "Walking as a Child of God in 2021"
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 - "Home in the Word"
Sunday, December 20, 2020 - "Pitching the Tent"
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 - "Homecoming"
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - "Where the Wild Things Are"
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - "The End of the World as We Know It"
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"Entrusted" Worship Series:
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Sunday, November 22, 2020 - "Entrusted with Each Other" - Guest Speaker Jerry Simones (no link)
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - "Multiplying Our Impact"
Sunday, November 8, 2020 - "Who Is Responsible for My Oil?"
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Sunday, November 1, 2020 - "The Rise of the Servant Leader"
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"Thriving" Sermon Series:
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 - "Committed to the Win-Win"
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Sunday, October 18, 2020 - "God's Imprint on Our Lives"
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - "Building Faithfulness Along the Way"
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Sunday, October 4, 2020 - "Aiming for the Harvest"
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"Learning to Love Our Enemies" Sermon Series:
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Sunday, September 27, 2020 - "Loving the Enemy Within"
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Sunday, September 20, 2020 - "Mercy and God's Higher Calling"
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September 13, 2020 - "When God Transforms Evil to Good"
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Sunday, September 6, 2020 - "Love Through Due Process"
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Sunday, August 30, 2020 - "Do You Stand Out?"
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Sermon Series: God at the Movies
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Sunday, August 23, 2020 - "God's Love Brings Joy"
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Sunday, August 16, 2020 - "God Loves One and All"
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 - "God Gives Love and Life"
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Sunday, August 2, 2020 - "God Guides Our Story"
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 - "God Works with Our Story"
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Sunday, July 19, 2020 - "God Finds and Frees Us"
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 - "God Cleans and Draws Us In"
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Sunday, July 5, 2020 - "God Knows Us Inside-Out"
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Sunday, June 28,2020 - "God Lifts Us Up"
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