Candlelight Worship, 12/23/12: "The Medium Is the Message"

For the past two Sundays, we’ve read about Mary, mother of Jesus.  We know she was young, we know she was poor, we know she was faithful.  If Mary is the medium, what is the message?  If God works through her—a poor, young, faithful teenager, what does that mean?  What is God saying? 



Merry Christmas! 

Morning Worship, 12/23/12: "Christmastide"

Is it just me, or has Christmas come unexpectedly this year?  It doesn’t feel like Christmas.  Maybe it’s the weather, which has been unseasonably warm until this weekend.  Maybe it’s the Mayan calendar, which had some people thinking Christmas wouldn’t come at all.  Maybe I’m just getting grinchier as I get older.  Maybe it’s Sandy Hook Elementary, which has us all grieving.  Maybe something’s different this year--nervousness over the economy, hot spots across the world in turmoil, people anxious about their jobs and kids.



Merry Christmas!

Morning Worship, 12/9/12: "The Possibility of God's Promises"

Zechariah’s story is in many ways an amusing one, and ultimately it is a human story.  It is the story of our lives.  God sends us a message.  We have reasonable doubts as to whether or not that message will come true.  So we sit with it for a while, usually in silence, to let it simmer and sink in.  Eventually it does, and we give it a name—daughter, purpose, hope, Christmas.  Then, we begin to believe God’s promises on our lives are possible.  We can nurture life, we can find purpose in what we do daily, and we can find joy…even in the ordinary, everyday lives we call our own.  We can…believe.  

Enjoy! 

Morning Worship, 11/25/12: "Found Trustworthy"

Stephen received a most intriguing letter in the mail, which speaks to the importance of trust in the work of stewardship. Listen to this amazing story!



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Morning Worship, 11/18/25: "Ending Is Beginning"

           The Bible is filled with apocalyptic, or end-times, literature.  Mark 13 is a type of apocalyptic literature, as are some of the prophets of the Old Testament and Revelation, for example.  Each of these stories teaches us about the end of the world.  Over the centuries, people have come to believe they provide a step-by-step blueprint for how the end will come.  They see wars and natural disasters and believe they are signs for the end.  It’s no wonder 22% of us think the world is coming to an end! 

            The problem is that apocalyptic literature, like Mark 13, wasn’t written as a blueprint for the end.  It was supposed to be a roadmap to the future.  



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Morning Worship, 11/11/12: "Spirit of Giving"

Stephen shares a story from his visit to the Summersville Food Pantry to deliver canned goods in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.



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Morning Worship, 11/4/12: "Anonymous Saints"

Have you ever loved someone so much you wish they could come back from the dead?  While that may be possible in a children’s movie or for the Son of God, we know it is not possible for us.  As much as we may want to, we cannot bring back the dead.  That’s not the way it works.  In fact, and this is the good news, it’s just the opposite.  They bring us forward!



Enjoy!