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Join us! Community Cross Walk on Good Friday, starting at noon, across from College View Towers

Join us on Easter Sunday (21st) at 9am for breakfast and 10am for worship service!

Feb. 24th Pride comes at a high price. Don’t pay it. Choose instead to stand on God’s offer of grace. To the degree God hates arrogance, He loves humility. Humility is happy to do what pride will not. The humble heart is quick to acknowledge the need for God, eager to confess sin, willing to kneel before heaven’s mighty hand. God gives grace to the humble because the humble are hungry for grace.

Feb. 17th Your Prayers Have Power If you have taken on the name of Christ, you have clout with the most powerful being in the universe. When you speak, God listens. When you pray, heaven takes note. Your prayers impact the actions of God. God delights in hearing your prayers. But why? Why would your prayers matter? Why would God listen to your ideas? Simple. Your prayers matter to God because you matter to God. You aren’t just anybody . . . you are His child. Will God do what you ask? Perhaps. Or perhaps He will do more than you imagined. He knows what is best. Regardless, stand firm on this promise: “When a believing person prays, great things happen” (James 5:16 NCV). You are never without hope, because you are never without prayer. You may find yourself in an impossible situation. You may feel outnumbered and outmaneuvered. You may want to quit. But for such times, memorize this promise and ask God to bring it to your mind. Prayer is not the last resort—it is the first step. God has power you’ve never seen and strength you’ve never known.

Do you need some Unshakable Hope? Join us! Sunday morning groups 9am & worship service 10am Tuesday evening at 5pm (at Pastor’s house) Wednesday evening at 7pm (at the church)

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Church services have been cancelled this morning! Please stay in, keep off the roads, be safe and keep warm! Love to you all! “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit!” (Romans 15:13)

We're selling Pepperoni Rolls, $2 each, all orders & money due this week!

Join us Tonight! Christmas Eve Service at 6:30pm! (Happy Birthday Jesus!)

Christmas Eve Service on Dec. 24th at 6:30pm, a Birthday Party following the service! (Happy Birthday Jesus!)

Week 4, The Candle of Peace “The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace” (Isaiah 59:8, NIV). People experience turmoil and chaos within and without. We hear of wars and rumors of wars across the globe, political scandals, persistent racial strife, and uncivil discourse, even among Christians. Lord, we yearn for peace within us, but we desire even more for peace among us. God’s peace requires righteousness and justice. There is oppression and injustice in this world. “Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other” (Psalm 85:10, NIV). In this season of Advent, we are called to be peacemakers in a world of violence. In this season of Advent, we look for the coming of Jesus, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (see Isaiah 9:6). Prince of Peace, we pray you forgive our sins, be a light in the darkness, and heal our lands. The Shepherds keeping their sheep on that cold Judean night heard the angelic chorus sing: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14, NIV). As we light the Candle of Peace, may the light of your Spirit inspire us to strive for and pursue peace. With great joy, we desire you to guide us in the path of peace. Amen.

Christmas Eve Service on Dec. 24th at 6:30pm, a Birthday Party following the service! (Happy Birthday Jesus!)

Week 3, The Candle of Joy The closer to Advent we come, the more we experience the joy like that of a mother after just delivering her newborn baby. The Shepherds keeping watch over their flocks heard good news from Heaven. The good news would cause great joy to erupt for all people. The joy of a new born baby. Not just any baby, but “a Savior has been born to us; he is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11, NIV). What inexpressible and glorious joy “Glory to God in the Highest Heaven” (Luke 2:14, NIV). Many people in the world seek desperately to find this joy in things and stuff - things that decay and erode, stuff that diminishes in value. May we put our trust instead on things eternal. Help us to embrace the truth that the joy we seek is only found in a right relationship with the only One who is this world’s Good News. As Mary, pregnant with Jesus, greeted Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist, Elizabeth’s baby leaped for joy (see Luke 1:44). As we light the Candle of Joy, may we too, leap for joy at the coming of Jesus the Christ. In today’s world, where true joy seems scarce, may we, in this season of Advent, experience great joy in our lives and in our relationships. Joy to the world. Our Savior is come! Lord, let it be so! Amen.

Christmas Eve Service on Dec. 24th at 6:30pm, a Birthday Party following the service! (Happy Birthday Jesus!)

Selling "It's a Wrap" Pepperoni Rolls! orders & money due on Jan. 7th, pepperoni rolls will be in on Jan. 14th. please see Miranda, Tapenga, Kathy, or Pastor Amy to order yours today!!

Week 2, The Candle of Love Whenever God speaks, we are called to respond. God is love (1 John 4:16). Let us respond to God’s love in this season of Advent. We are reminded of this great truth: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, NIV). From Genesis to Revelation, the inexhaustible love of God is revealed toward us and toward all creation. Regardless of our state in life, or the depth and magnitude of human sin, Paul prayed that “we may grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpass knowledge” (Ephesians 3:18–19, NIV). Mary, in her song of praise, lifted her voice in response to God’s loving favor on her life, saying, “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” (Luke 1:46-47, NIV). In this season of Advent, we pray that each of us experiences the overflow of God’s love: “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1, NIV). In all areas of life, in all interactions with others, even our enemies, in all decisions we make, may we respond with the same love by which you always love us. As we light the Candle of Love, remind each of us that while faith, hope, and love remain, the greatest of these is love (1 Cor. 13:13). Lord, may we love you with all that we are, and, likewise, may we love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Amen.