It’s kind of a weird statement. God is our living branch? What’s that about anyway? A shoot from a stump will grow into a tree? How does that apply to my life? I don’t even have trees in my lawn? This week we journey closer to the celebration of Christmas. In this journey we find…
This week’s Music Monday is coming a bit late. I guess that’s the problem of being a blogger, pastor during the week before Christmas! But this week’s song is a great one! I’ve been searching for powerful Christmas songs that are different, yet speak the same prominent message of grace and peace at Christmastime. Hearts…
God is with us here, now, today. He’s with us in the good times and in the bad times. He’s with us when we’re on the mountain tops and when we’re stuck in the valleys. This week we focus on the storms of life. God with us in the storms reminds us that even when…
God is with us in all places of our lives but some times he makes himself visible in a specific way to help us through a specific challenge or trial. This week Pastor Derrick shares the presence of Jesus in our lives as our shepherd. As we consider how God is our Shepherd we’ll take…
Glory Let There Be Peace is a wonderful song that reminds us of the wonders of this season. Sing a song of Glory to Christ the King.
When we travel through the wilderness God is with us. When we feel lost and alone God is with us. When no one else is there, God is with us. When life is swirling at a busying pace, God is with us. But he’s not with us the way we might expect. Listen this week…
What does it mean that God is our Potter? To turn a lump of hard clay into something useful and usable there are four key things that need to happen. The potter needs to mould the clay and make it pliable. The clay needs centered on the wheel. The potter presses his hands into the…
It’s here! The official start of the pre-Christmas season that we in church world call Advent. The word basically means preparing for something big. It’s the idea of anticipation and excitement. So as we prepare for Christmas throughout this Advent season, we’re going to look at different Christmas songs and talk about our Christmas traditions….
Throughout the season of Advent we’re discovering where and how God is with us. This week we travel into the valley to see how God is with us when all we can see are the mountains high around us. We’re not meant to stay in the valley. We’re made to move THROUGH the valley. Dig…
What does it mean to be in Christ? Through this series we’ve journeyed to understand how Christ makes a difference in our daily lives. Everything from changing the way we see the world around us to bringing us into something far bigger than our immediate families to saving us from our fears and failures to making…
