Growing in Faith
Rev. Ruth Blum shares her last message on Growing in Faith, prior to announcing her retirement plans.
One More Time
Luke 13:1-9 – Rev. Ruth Blum shares thoughts from this passage in the New Testament. Silence is an important part of our time with the Lord. Jesus reminds the disciples that He will not be with them much longer. They do not totally understand what He tells them. He points our there are signs of…
The Visit of the Wise Men
Rev. Gary Kennedy shares interesting facts and some accepted speculation about the Wise Men who came to Jerusalem and then Bethlehem to find a new-born king. While there were three gifts, the wise men probably had a large entourage of people with supplies and servants for the long journey to follow the star. Even with…
On the Border
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…
Wisdom Seekers
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…
Wisdom Dictates You Are the Christ
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 Head of the Church
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.…
Settled
Rev. Ruth Blum shares from Mark 4:35-41
Really? A King?
1 Samuel 8:4-20
