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3/25/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 6 – Holy Saturday Luke 23:50-56. Holy Saturday. What are we to do when for all the world it looks as though everything has ended? That hope has abandoned us and left for good?

3/18/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 5 – Good Friday Luke 23:26-49. A powerful look at how suffering and victory become united upon the cross. Suffering is essential to victory, or it isn’t a victory worth winning.

3/11/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 4 – Maundy Thursday (The Last Supper) Luke 22:7-20; John 13:4-17. “Do this in remembrance of me.” Jesus final meal with his disciples recalls the ancient exodus story (liberation from slavery in Egypt) but also adds new meaning...

3/4/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 3 – Spy Wednesday (The story of Judas) Luke 22:1-6. How was it possible for a disciple who walked with Jesus for 3 years and witness His unfathomable goodness to then betray Him to be tried and crucified? How are we similar to...

2/25/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 2 – Jesus Teaches in the Temple Luke 20. Between the Triumphal Entry and his arrest, Jesus spends most of his time teaching and healing in the Temple and finds himself in conflict with different groups of religious leaders. We...

2/18/2018 – Lent 2018 Holy Week – Part 1 – Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-44. Jesus triumphal entry on a donkey into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives is laden with symbolism and meaning, and speaks pointedly to the prevailing power structures of the day.

2/11/2018 – Refresh: The B-sides – Worship (Our brains and music) Colossians 1:15-20; Philippians 2:5-11. An exploration of the potential and power of music and worship in the early church and today.

2/4/2018 – Refresh: The B-sides – Spiritual Growth (Fruit of the Spirit) Galatians 5:22-23. Grand ideas about discipleship are great, but unless we are willing to "trust the process" all will be for naught. This Sunday, we explored the fruit of the spirit to reflect...

1/28/2018 – Refresh 2018 – Part 4 – Kingdom Matthew 4:17; 13:31-33. Jesus main message was that the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived. If this is true, it has profound implications on how we are to live our lives as Christians.

1/21/2018 – Refresh 2018 – Part 3 – Discipleship Matthew 4:18-21; 10:24-25; 28:18-20. Discipleship has always been at the heart of who we wanted to be as a church, but what exactly is it? And what does it have to do with algorithms, banner ads, and Brain Plasticity?...