The King has Come! Dear Church Family and Friends,  Have you ever met someone the world considers to be really important? How did you feel? Have you ever met someone that God considers to be really important? What impression did that encounter have on you?  God prepared people to recognize the coming of His Son, Jesus, the ultimate Savior and King. Through the prophecies in Isaiah and elsewhere, G...  Read More

Celebrating God with Us Dear Church Family and Friends,  Can you remember a time when a special person really wanted to be with you? Maybe it was a grandparent or parent, an older sibling or a special friend. When you realized that they WANTED to be with you in a time of need or for some special occasion, how did you feel?  God wants to be with us!! From the beginning of time God's desire was to b...  Read More

Being Made New! Dear Church Family and Friends,  Have you ever wished you could just start over? We become painfully aware of our need for new beginnings on the heels of our failures--after beginning an argument that wasn't necessary; after losing it around one of our kids; or after failing to take action to protect or help someone in need. God is the initiator of new beginnings! God comes to us a...  Read More

Preparing for a New Day- Song of the Vineyard Dear Church Family and Friends,  A modern-day vineyard is a beautiful and impressive sight to see. Row after row of healthy vines planted on hundreds of acres of prime real estate. State of the art production facilities strategically located along with picturesque buildings and gardens. Stately courtyards are arranged so visitors can savor the taste of...  Read More

Judgment and Future Glory Dear Church Family and Friends,    At any point in your life journey has there been a time that felt like a golden age? Was there a season that just felt like everything was starting to come together? Such a time had just passed for the people in Judah and Jerusalem as Isaiah began to speak God's message to them regarding their future going forward. (Isaiah 3-4) In it, Go...  Read More

The Day of the LORD, Preparing for a New Day, part 2, the message of Isaiah.Dear Church Family and Friends,    Have you ever faced a season of time that was going to be really, really difficult and demanding, but as you looked to the other side of that season you were filled with hope for the restoration of good things in your life and/or family?    "The Day of the LORD" generally refers to a seas...  Read More

The Need to Come Back to God, the first message in the new series, "Preparing for a New Day," the message of Isaiah.Dear Church Family and Friends,    Have you ever had a pet turn on you? You cared for it, you fed it, you sheltered it, you freely gave it your love, but it intentionally turned away from you and treated you badly in the process? Hopefully this hasn't been your experience, and that t...  Read More

Loving Ourselves Dear Church Family and Friends,  We are called by Jesus to love God, love others and to love ourselves. Scripture reveals to us in Matthew 25 that we love God by loving others and connects loving others to how we love ourselves. The apostle John in John 15, uses a garden analogy to describe our relationship with God the gardener. Our head gardener is God but we do most of the gard...  Read More

Kings, Courts and Judgments, (More Proverbs of Solomon and others).  Final message in the "Wisdom for your Walk" message series.Dear Church Family and Friends,  We have a very critical national election coming this next Tuesday. The different worldviews, values and preferences in our culture will be competing at the ballot box. God's message of wisdom through Solomon and others encourages us to wa...  Read More

Thirty Sayings of the Wise, from the message series, "Wisdom for your Walk," 31 Days in Proverbs.Dear Church Family and Friends,  How many important instructions can you quote that your parents or some significant influencer in your life passed on to you? What would be the most common sayings that were held out to you as reference points for a successful life? God has preserved 30 sayings of the w...  Read More

Wisdom's Advice, Part 2 of Wisdom for your walk 31 Days in ProverbsDear Church Family and Friends,  There are few things that matter more to people in this life than our relationships, our finances, and our career. So much of Western civilization's identity is rooted in these three faulty foundations. In the wisdom that God gave Solomon we find that while relationships, money and work are importan...  Read More

Wisdom's Advice, part 1.  This is the 2nd message in the "Wisdom for your Walk" series.Dear Church Family and Friends,  The highest keynote speakers this year will make several hundred thousand dollars per speech. Most will only offer earthly wisdom rather than the wisdom that is from above (James 3:13-18). This Sunday, we get to hear timeless wisdom inspired by God, and written by the wisest pers...  Read More