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Scripture:  1 Peter 1:17-23 For the past few years this weekend, the last weekend of April has been when the summer blockbuster movie season kicked off.  For instance last year it was this weekend when Avengers: Endgame premiered.  Obviously things are different this year, and all of the movies that were slated to be big … [Read more…]

Virtual Worship April 26th, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community.   Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. Announcements  We have gotten some additional guidance from the conference, and we are to continue worshiping in a virtual setting until … [Read more…]

Scripture:  John 20:24-31 My entrance into vocational ministry was youth ministry.  To this day I still have a passion for teaching young people about the love of Jesus.   One of the major approaches I took in doing youth ministry is that we learn best when we are having fun, so it was very common … [Read more…]

Virtual Worship April 19th, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community.   Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. Greeting and Worship Through Giving Here is the link Clyde mentioned if you want to learn more. There is not a plate … [Read more…]

Virtual Worship April 12th, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community.   Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. We are here to accomplish our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We are … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Matthew 28:1-10 In the process of doing youth ministry it would often come out fairly early that my original career plan was to be a history teacher.   When young people learned this, I could anticipate that there would always be the same response.  Inevitably, one of the teens rolls their eyes and expresses their … [Read more…]

 Good Friday Tenebrae Service The word “Tenebrae” comes from Latin and means darkness.   In Christian tradition a Tenebrae service has long been used to remember the dark days before the glorious resurrection.  The increasing darkness is meant to signify the approaching darkness of Jesus’ death and the hopelessness in a world without God’s love or … [Read more…]

Background:  The final station of the cross marks Jesus being placed in the tomb.  The pictured structure is the the fourteenth station and tradition states it is built over the very tomb of Jesus. Read:  Luke 23:53-54 Reflection:   It is finished.   The Jewish leaders thought that Jesus being a pain in their side was finished.  … [Read more…]

Background:   The 13th station marks Jesus being taken off the cross and prepared for burial.  A mural on the wall in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher depicts this station. Read:  Matthew 27:59-60 Reflection:   Jesus had died, but this was not the end.  For his followers they still had burial preparations, because little did they … [Read more…]

Background:   The twelfth station marks and remembers the death of Jesus on the cross.  This station is found beneath a beautiful altar.  Worshipers can kneel below it where there is a hole in the floor.   It is possible to reach through the hole and touch a rock that tradition states is the very place where … [Read more…]