In a moving All Saints presentation, Pastor Ruth, Pastor Gary and Pastor Lois presented the names of all those from our church family we have lost in 2024. Linda Borton shared information about our outreach ministry to Valley View Community Food Bank in Surprise and the overall ministry of the food bank to multiple communities…
Rev. Ruth Blum shares from James 3:13-4:3 exploring the importance of Wisdom in our lives. Following are some highlights. Our world is constantly trying to have MORE of [fill in the blank]. The church’s philosophy is LOVE. Do we as Christians demonstrate LOVE when we are pushing and pulling for MORE? James points out the…
Mark 8:27-38 and Proverbs 1:23 With lessons from various scripture passages and messages from other theologians, Rev. Gary Kennedy share the message from Jesus that as the Messiah, he had to suffer, die and come back to life after three days to redeem His followers for their sins. We as followers, like the early disciples,…
The Church is where God is. The church is a place where we can worship God and present ourselves to Him as He ministers to us. For God the Church is always open, no matter the weather, no matter the busyness of life. We are to keep Christ first in our lives. Honoring God matters.…
Rev. Ruth Blum shares from Mark 4:35-41
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Rev. Gary Kennedy shares a story from the book of Acts about Cornelius who was described by many as a good man. He prayed, he gave gifts to the poor. He was visited by an angel and told to call for Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus, to come give him a message…
Every Christian has received gifts and talents from God. These are to be used in the church to help the church grow. When everyone in the church shares from their gifts the church is complete. This is not only the monetary gifts but our spiritual gifts of faith, mercy, leadership, discernment, evangelism, giving, knowledge, pastoring,…
Rev. Lois Hedden points out that parables are stories. Who doesn’t like a good story? Parables are like onions, they have layers. She first of all read a quote from Eugene Peterson: “Parables are narrative time bombs. These are stealthy stories that steal into people’s hearts, confusing them initially, throwing them off balance for a…