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Here you will find our Sunday Worship videos. A summary of each Sunday Message will give you an idea of what is being taught. Enjoy our praise music and prayer time. Please note the point at when each sermon begins.

To Obey is to Love

(the video begins with the sermon) Scripture shared: John 15:15-17, Psalm 103, 136, Colossians 3:1-17. We are growing together to know what it means to follow Jesus. If we are following Him we are following the Father. Jesus’ desire is for each one of us to KNOW the Father and to be drawn into a…

Jesus’ Last Two Promises

We are not seeing our role in the causation of what happens when we pray. Do we speak believing something is actually happening? Jesus’ last teaching to His disciples gave us two promises: Ask for anything in my name. Anything. You can directly ask the Father who want to give you joy. Your Father wants…

Prayer: The Power of the Words

Sometimes God’s will is not done because we don’t partner with Him. We do it our way. We don’t listen so we don’t obey. God’s goal is always to find the lost and bring them to Him in true love and fellowship. He invites us to partner with Him to do His work. Prayer is…

Our Words

(message begins at 36:00) The Holy Spirit is working to move us forward rather than focusing on how we have failed. We can be distracted with life and forget to focus on the Spirit’s calling to love, to accept grace, to participate in God’s plans for us Remember the Lord’s coaching. Participate and obey. Know…

Cooperate

How do we, as Christians, look at others? How does the Lord want us to see those who haven’t found the glorious freedom in Christ? We are focused often on their sin. Love will help us see them as lost. In need of being found. We must reframe how we look out at people. See…

Advent 3: To Love Like Him

(this video shares the full worship time; Pastor Doug’s message begins at 33:15) God’s pre-Creation plan was to create people who would be like Him, love like Him. Our role is to choose to imitate Him. When we choose to act on His promptings to love. We choose to declare, display, and act on this…

Advent 2: Truth ~ Correct and Complete

The truth of the Gospel needs to both correct and complete for understanding to mature and to grow. In the early Ephesus church Paul discovers that the Holy Spirit was unknown to some of those who were baptized in Christ. They hadn’t discovered all that was possible in their salvation story. Have we been too…

Advent 1: God’s Plan for Christmas

God began His plan for His Son in the manger before Creation. What a concept! The very nature of God is love. His plan was to create creatures, the crown of His creation, to be like Him, whose paramount characteristic would be LOVE. How can we know what God’s love is like unless we experience…

Gratitude for God’s People

Philippians 4:6-7 Have you considered the word “thanks” and the word “gratitude”? There are proven benefits for each of us when we choose gratitude. God tells us in HIs Word the power of gratitude. Our Lord God promises His Peace when we walk in a spirit of gratitude. A failure to give thanks to God,…

Restoration is All About Grace

(Luke 15:11-32; message begins at 32:00) The Prodigal Son story revisited. What can it teach us about restoration and God’s grace? And the grace we can offer to others? We all experience broken-ness and a need to be reconciled, just as the younger son discovered. The older son’s belief that his duty and works gave…