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 as Pastor Derrick helps us sharpen our focus on how to listen for God.
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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 clay. But it’s not done until the clay is placed into the kiln and fired and hardened. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the ways the Potter has his hands all over you!
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. In an effort to do this we’ll start this week with a Music Monday titled Little Merry Christmas that shows how our traditions should all point to one important truth. Continue reading
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 a well. Let God bring the rain. Then watch as he guides you through the Valley.
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 us whole – Christ makes a difference not just for our eternity but also for our todays. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick wraps up this series with a message titled In Christ I Am Blameless.
This Thanksgiving what will just make your day? Is it the best turkey in town? How about a table with no disagreements at dinner time? As you finish your Thanksgiving Day celebrations today remember the three step to having a perfect Thanksgiving as found in Psalm 131. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares this powerful message on what Charles Spurgeon calls “The shortest psalm to read but the longest to learn.”
This week in our what we believe series we’re taking a look at All you have to do is walk into a church just about anywhere across America and you’ll see it. What used to be row upon row of chairs or pews filled with families worshipping together has become more of a barren wilderness of empty seats. The trends are startling! Fewer and fewer people are seeing the importance and necessity of attending a weekly worship service. An individual’s average attendance has shifted from weekly to maybe once every five to six weeks. But why? What’s the reason for this trend? Continue reading
Have you ever considered all of the things that you have in life? Ever thought of the blessings that surround you everyday? How many of them pass you by on a regular basis? Do you take in the sunrise or marvel at the wonder of how the moon revolves around the sun? Do you consider the talents and abilities you have that make you successful at your job? Or the family and friends who love you and care for you? Continue reading
Jesus had one prayer when he came to his Father. He wanted his people to live as one. But what does it look like to live together? This week Pastor Derrick shares what it means to live as one. Being together means we:
- walk together
- worship together
- work together
- love together
Listen to see how each of these connect with your daily life!
We’re now three weeks into a series on what it means to be In Christ. We’ve covered topics like In Christ I am a Child of God where we discussed our identity isn’t wrapped up in what we do but who’s we are. We moved on to In Christ I am Saved and looked at things from which we’re saved and those for which we’re saved. This week we’ll look at this whole idea of being In Christ from yet another angle as we discover what it means to be Together In Christ. Continue reading
