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Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
"Give"
Dr. Gary Singleton - Senior Pastor
Don’t you love it when someone gives you a gift? Birthdays. Christmas. Anniversaries. And especially when you’re given a gift for no particular reason. When we receive a gift from someone it tells us that we mean something to that person. In fact, for those who are familiar with Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages,” one of them is gifts.
And yet in Acts 20:35, Paul quotes Jesus as saying “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” And as awesome as it is to receive a gift from someone, I have to agree with Paul and Jesus. Giving is just so much more rewarding than receiving.
This Sunday we’re continuing our sermon series, “Waking the World Up to Jesus” with a look at giving. Being a disciple of Jesus means giving our time, our talents, and our treasure. Now before you decide that you have no time, not much talent, and certainly no treasure to give, let me suggest that you have more than you think.
The world is not impressed with our beliefs and our doctrine. They are impressed when we give … when we put the needs of others ahead of our own. If we want to wake the world up to Jesus, we can’t be committed to just loving God. We have to love others. Join me Sunday as we see that giving points others to Jesus.
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
"Grow"
Dr. Gary Singleton - Senior Pastor
Have you ever tried to grow tomatoes? First you have to choose the right location so the plants get all the sun they need. Then you have to dig out the grass and weeds and prepare the soil. After all of that is done, you finally get to plant the tomatoes, but then you have to water, and fertilize, and pull weeds, and keep the insects and the birds away.
That’s a lot of work! Wouldn’t it be nice if all you had to do is stick a tomato plant in a bag of potting soil and a few weeks later you had tomatoes?
Well, just like it takes work to grow tomatoes, there is work involved in growing as a follower of Jesus. Being a disciple requires more than just making a decision to become a Christian. We have to take personal responsibility to grow in our faith through practicing the spiritual disciplines.
But what exactly does that look like? Paul describes it for us in Romans 12:1-2. Do you want to be a disciple who is waking the world up to Jesus?
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
"Gather"
Bryan Jones - Teaching Pastor
In this world of social media and virtual relationships, community is becoming less common but more and more important. Communities provide us with much needed support as we navigate the daily stress, struggles, and chaos of modern life. It’s in community that we find a group of people that we can trust … people that we can count on.
That was certainly the case in the early days of the church. Forty years after Jesus died, rose, and ascended into heaven there were about a thousand Christians throughout the Roman Empire. In just over 300 years, that number had multiplied to almost 30 million. How did that happen?
We find the answer in Acts 2. That amazing growth happened as people gathered in faith communities. This Sunday we are continuing our sermon series “Wake the World Up to Jesus” with a look at why it’s so important to “gather.” Why is it important to be in church on Sunday mornings? Why do we need to gather in worship, and be part of a Life Group?
If we want to be people who wake the world up to Jesus, we must be part of a faith community. We gather because we’re better together.
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
"Gospel"
Dr. Gary Singleton - Senior Pastor
What do you do when you wake up in the morning? Some mornings everything goes right. You wake up before your alarm goes off. You jump out of bed rested and ready for whatever the day brings. Other mornings are not like that at all. You wake up late and spend the rest of the day rushed and out of sorts. But good or bad, it seems that your waking-up experience sets the tone for the rest of your day.
This Sunday we’re starting a new sermon series called “Waking the World Up to Jesus.” We’ve talked a lot about what it means to be a disciple. A disciple is one who is committed to walking in the ways of Jesus, and then sharing those ways with others. But what are the distinguishing characteristics of one who is waking the world up to Jesus?
We believe a disciple who is waking the world up to Jesus makes five essential commitments, and the first of those is a commitment to grace. If you want to wake the world up to Jesus, you must first experience God’s grace through faith in Jesus, and then find your identity in God’s grace.
I hope you will join me Sunday as we begin to explore what it means to be a church filled with people who are waking the world up to Jesus. When you wake up to Jesus, you can know that you have set your life on a path of transformation.
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Saturday Jan 11, 2020
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
"Know Your Purpose"
Dr. Gary Singleton - Senior Pastor
This week we turned the page on the calendar and started a brand new year. And with all those blank pages ahead of us, a lot of people are making New Year’s resolutions. What do I want to accomplish? What changes do I need to make? Where do I want to be at the end of 2020?
But as we look ahead and make our resolutions, there are even deeper questions to ask … questions like: “Why am I here?” “What is my purpose?” Our lives are meant to be filled with meaning and we look for that meaning in all kinds of things. A YouTube search on “meaning of life” turns up “must watch” videos by everyone from Jordan Peterson to Anthony Hopkins. Hollywood Producer Adam Leipzig even promises in his TED talk that we can know our life purpose in five minutes.
But as Christ-followers we know that our purpose can only be found in one place – in Jesus. So this Sunday as we kick off 2020, we’re going to take a look at how we can know our purpose. You’ve been created on purpose for a purpose. Jesus spells it out for us. Join me Sunday as we learn that our purpose here on earth is to walk in the ways of Jesus.
Sunday Dec 29, 2019