I believe that one of the most important things that any of us will ever know is that God desires to be in a love relationship with each of us and that He builds that love relationship by communication. The Scriptures are filled with stories of God speaking to people. Throughout Genesis alone there is...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:37-52 “Watch!”
Tonight we are going to talk about all that was happening around Jesus both during and after his time of prayer in Gethsemane. As He prayed, as He wrestled with His own desires and yielded to His Father’s heart the three friends He took with Him, that He asked to support Him, to watch and...
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Seek God for the City 40 Day Prayer Focus
For 40 days, from Ash Wednesday, February 10th, to Palm Sunday, March 20th, we will be taking part in a concentrated season of prayer. Seek God for the City was created to help mobilize many to pray with united, sustained vision for the people in their community and around the world. The prayers in this...
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Special Saturday Night Service, February 20th at Refuge Ministries Center, Edgewater Park
We will be having a combined worship service with Refuge Ministries Center on Saturday, February 20th. The service will be held at their location, 4313 Rt. 130 South, Unit A6-A7 in Edgewater Park. The service will begin at 7:00, dress is casual. Pastors Kevin and Sharon Flowers are the owners of Rose of Sharon bookstore...
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, February 17th
Our book of Mark Bible study will continue on Wednesday, February 17th at 7:00 PM. We will pick up at Mark 14:39-52 and discuss the sleeping apostles and Jesus’ arrest in Gethsemane. The Bible study is held at the Kulynych’s home, 945 Bordentown Rd. in Burlington and is open to anyone. We apologize but there...
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Titus 3:1-7 “When Kindness Appears”
There are words that we use so often that we lose the depth of their meaning. I tease my wife that her favorite adjective is “amazing” and so whether it’s a hamburger, the last episode of Downton Abbey or last week’s sermon, if she liked it you can almost guarantee that it was “amazing”. The...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:32-42 “Nevertheless”
We have arrived at Jesus’ night of travailing prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Rather than just teaching through these verses I hope that we can come together and discuss them. This prayer of Jesus, repeated word for word three times according to Mark is our clearest glimpse of Jesus’ humanity in the entire Bible....
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Matthew 18:21-35 “A King of Justice”
What do you think of when you hear the word justice? For some of us justice is immediately about judgment, about someone getting what they deserve. For others of us justice may be a cause of fear, being afraid of getting what we deserve. Some of us think of justice in terms of our society...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, February 8th
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, February 8th at 7:00. This is a time to pray with and for each other, to share needs that we would like to have have prayerful support in and to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us to pray both in the Spirit and with understanding as Romans...
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Concert of Prayer, First Baptist Church, Wednesday, February 10th
On Wednesday, February 10th at 7:00 PM we will continue our monthly Concert of Prayer with First Baptist Church in Burlington. As this is also “Ash Wednesday” we will also have a special lenten focus as we begin this season of contemplation, setting our hearts toward Jesus’ march to Jerusalem, the cross and resurrection. A concert...