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  • The Word of Salvation

    The Word of Salvation

    Last words – we will all someday speak them. The seven last words of Jesus on the cross were recorded in the four gospels. In the gospel of Luke, Jesus responded with a promise of salvation to the criminal hanging on the cross next to Him, who had called on Jesus to remember him. In…

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  • The Word of Forgiveness

    The Word of Forgiveness

    “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” In the gospel of Luke, we have the record of Christ’s first word on the cross and it was a word of forgiveness. It was a prayer to His Father, that He would forgive those who were crucifying Him. In this prayer, Jesus revealed the…

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  • Be a Disciple-Making Church

    Be a Disciple-Making Church

    Our desire is to be a disciple-making church. Pastor Gary laid out the strategy we have been working on for the past year to be a church full of disciples who are making disciples through our Life On Life Discipleship process. We are following the pattern established by Jesus to pour his life into a…

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  • Be a Disciple Maker

    Be a Disciple Maker

    Disciple making begins simply by telling others about the things that you have seen and experienced in your own relationship with Christ. Despite the barriers many of us feel, we are all called and equipped to make disciples of others. In the book of Matthew, Jesus gave all of his disciples a command to make…

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  • Know Your Financial Condition

    Know Your Financial Condition

    Jesus told a parable that illustrates how our spiritual condition and our finances are linked. We know this story as the parable of the Prodigal Son. This parable is often taught to warn us against rebellious living or illustrate the love of the Heavenly Father and both of those applications are correct and useful. But…

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  • Do Not Worry – A Snow Day Devotional

    Services were cancelled January 8th, 2017 because of inclement weather, so Pastor Gary and Robin took the opportunity to do a Facebook Live service with some songs and a devotion from that morning’s One Year Bible reading in Matthew. Check out the live stream of comments and reactions on the Facebook Live video

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  • The Sign of Christmas

    “This shall be a sign to you”… Why was a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes a sign of Christmas?

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  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    We all know this Christmas classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! This children’s book was written in 1957 by Dr. Seuss. In 1966, an animated Christmas cartoon was released based on the story, and in 2000 a Ron Howard Film, starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch was released. But did you know that there really…

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  • A Christmas Carol

    Several movies and plays have been based on Charles Dickens’ book, which was first published in London in 1843. The most recent movie version was by Disney featuring the voice-over of Jim Carrey. We learn in this movie that Scrooge doesn’t know how to “keep” Christmas until several spirits visit him and bring about a…

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  • Elf

    Elf is a classic because of the redemptive Christmas themes found in its story. Themes like: a baby boy that gets adopted, an otherworldly young man whose love and innocence cause him not to fit it anywhere, and a man named Walter who is on the “naughty list” and rejects his son. In the movie,…

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