Mark 10 ends with Jesus leaving the city of Jericho on His way to Jerusalem. Mark 11 begins with Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem for the final time as a man. The last six chapters of Mark’s letters cover the final week of Jesus’ life. The least detailed account of Jesus’ life gives great detail to...
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Acts 2:1-13 & John 14:15-18 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit: “He is a Person”
Today is Pentecost Sunday. It was on Pentecost, more than 2,000 years ago that the Holy Spirit was poured out, that He came to dwell in and baptize the first 120 followers of Jesus and birth the church. I did not believe there was a better time to begin a sermon series to study the...
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New Sermon Series This Week, “The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit”
Join us tomorrow as we begin a new seven week series called “The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit”. Our hope and prayer is that through sermons, conversation, daily readings and directed prayer that will will journey together into a relationship of deeper intimacy and fellowship with the person of the Godhead whom...
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Acts 2:40-47 Devotion to Fellowship: Conclusion: “The Outcome of Fellowship”
Today we are going to conclude our look at fellowship through Acts 2:40-47 by talking about the outcome of fellowship. A few weeks ago we discussed that the purpose of fellowship, the purpose of these intimate, not casual community spirit relationships is to build our character and to glorify Jesus. What does that look like?...
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Youth Group Movie Night, Saturday, May 16th, 6:00
This Saturday will be our next Youth Group Movie Night. This month the movie will be “The Grace Card”. Movie night begins at 6:00 and is open to anyone from grades 7-12. For directions or more information please email [email protected]
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 10:46-52 “The Sight of A Blind Man”
Tonight we move from Jesus’ teaching of greatness in the Kingdom of God being about servanthood to the final miraculous healing of His earthly ministry. Jesus’ apostles had been following Him for several years now. They had heard all of His teaching, witnessed all of His miracles and watched His life both in public and...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 10:32-45 “The Wrong Question”
Our text tonight very clearly begins Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem. For the first time He will give very clear details of His death and resurrection and then He will teach, for the third time in the last two chapters the posture of greatness in the Kingdom of God. We see a very interesting connection between...
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Acts 2:40-47 Devotion To Fellowship: “Prayers of Fellowship”
Today we are going to talk about the role of prayer in fellowship. When Luke described the first community of believers in Acts 2 he noted that they devoted themselves to the Scriptures through the apostles teaching and to fellowship through the breaking of bread and prayers. Devotion means to exert great effort to persist...
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Building Work Day, Saturday, May 30th, 9:00 AM
Thank you to everyone that was able to come out to your last workday! We were able to get a lot done including removing the tree and wheelchair ramp from the front of the building and getting about 2/3 of the overgrowth in the back parking lot removed. Our next workday at 35 West Broad...
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Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, April 29th, Mark 10:32-45 “The Humble Character of the King”
Our book of Mark Bible Study will continue Wednesday night, April 29th at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 10:32-45 a passage in which Jesus begins His journey to Jerusalem, the cross and resurrection by sharing in great detail what He will suffer and then teaching His apostles again that the character...