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How People of Faith Respond to Bitter Defeat

Life is crazy, constantly knocking us around, full of melt down moments.  Have you ever known somebody who seemed to float above it all?  No matter what happened, their serenity was unperturbed.  How did they do it?  Because their life is anchored in certain great spiritual truths.  What are those truths?  And how can we internalize […]

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Speaking Life To Dry Places

In this fall season, everywhere we look we see dried up leaves fallen to the ground.  Are there places in your personal life that feel like dried up leaves.  The Biblical term for that feeling is “dry bones.”  This Sunday we’ll study a passage of scripture that tells us how to stir up those dry-bone […]

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Your Brain on Gratitude

You’ve heard it all before – in the Bible, in articles, and in news stories: an attitude of gratitude is critical to our wellbeing even when we think there’s not much to be grateful for.  But why?  Why is gratitude so important, and how can we get better at it?  We’ll explore those questions this […]

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Hold Me Together

This Sunday we continue our new sermon series “From the Cradle to the Grave: Lessons from the Life of Mary.”  In this second installment, we’ll explore a POWERFULLY UPLIFTING LESSON we can learn from the incredibly difficult circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus.

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Never Enough

As we move through life, we often find ourselves feeling like we don’t have enough of what we need to meet the challenges before us.  Maybe it’s a death or divorce or illness or financial stress or tension at work or conflict with family, etc., etc.  How should we respond when it  feels like there […]

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When Disaster Strikes

Life is chalked full of disasters – moral failure, job loss, divorce, injustice, bankruptcy, serious illness, death of a dream, death of a loved one.  Nothing can be harder on us – or our faith – than when disaster strikes.  So this Sunday we will consider what happens with faith meets disaster.  How can/should faith […]

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Dream Weaver

This Sunday, as we continue our new sermon series on the Old Testament book of Daniel, we’ll explore an intriguing story about a strange dream King Nebuchadnezzar had and, in the process, learn something really important about how to access God’s guidance in our lives.  Do you have questions?  Do you face important decisions?  Then […]

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When Trouble Comes

On Sunday we launch a new sermon series on the New Testament book of Second Corinthians.  Second Corinthians is all about everyday challenges we face in life and faith, starting with the challenge posed by all of life’s hardship.  When it feels like life is crushing us, how should we respond?  That’s our subject this […]

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Surprise!

Do you like surprises?  If not, you won’t much like life because life is full of them.  This Sunday we’ll look at someone who had a surprising encounter with Jesus and, in the process, learned a critical life lesson.

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What a Life of Faith Looks Like

This Sunday Pastor Jeff will share an amazing story about two lizards – yes, lizards! – who will show us what a life of deep faith looks like. Are you facing any big challenges in life right now? Do you have loved ones who are facing big challenges? If so, this sermon’s for you.

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