Luke 4:18-19

The newest box office superhero hit is Avengers: Age of Ultron. While a great movie, it also captures how working together with a constantly changing group of people who come with different backgrounds and different life experiences can be challenging. We can relate to this! Time and time again, however, The Mighty Avengers find a way to work together to save the world. As we strive to live out heroic lives by linking up with others we struggle to understand and agree with, God gives us the grace and wisdom necessary to work together for God’s good in our torn world. Come to find out how you can receive this grace and wisdom, too!

 

Micah 6:8

During the day, Matt Murdock is a lawyer who tirelessly strives as an advocate for justice by taking on cases no one else will. By night, he dons a red devil costume and fights as a vigilante against those who have escaped legal justice. In himself, Matt is torn between his own heroic ideals and his moral failures. People of faith are not always perfect pillars of virtue either. We are called to fight for justice and at the same time to show mercy. How do we authentically do both? Come this Sunday to struggle with this devil, if you dare!

Matthew 5:38-48

This Sunday is Superhero Sunday! We’re starting our new series, Marvelous Myths, where we look at popular Marvel supreheroes to see examples and lessons of how we all can live heroic lives. Our first message uses the Fantastic Four, four ordinary people who are infused with cosmic rays that cause them each to develop unique superpowers. They commit to work for good and to fight crime. Yet their biggest challenges are learning to get along and work together. This is a powerful message we all need to hear! We are ordinary people infused with divine power to work for good. Yet sometimes our biggest challenges are around learning to work together and getting along. You don’t want to miss this exciting issue...er...I mean message. “Fantastic Four: Family, Friends and Foes.”

Joshua 3:8-13

Jeremiah 29:11

Acts 2:42-37

Who knows your nickname? When a church grows, it may be too big for everybody to know everybody. But we should never be too big for everybody to know somebody. Small groups connect people in relationships. Being together in the community of a group can give Christ-followers both roots and wings. Roots keep you connected to Christ. Wings are what release you to serve. Are you in a small group? Everybody has a deep desire to be known, cared for, prayed for and welcomed…and that can happen only in a small group. Are we making room for new people to join groups within our church family? How will we intentionally create at least one more connection point?

Ephesians 4:11-13

Did you know that God has a dream for your life? Are you living into it? What will you do this week to begin to fully realize God’s big dream for your life? Dream, pray, fast and read looking for God’s dream for you. Vital congregations release their people into ministry. How are we equipping and releasing each other into the work of God in the world? In order to release people into world-changing ministry, we first have to invite them in. How are we inviting new people into our church to join us in God’s dream?

Rev Peter Milloy - Through the Storm, through the Night

Ever experience “storms of life”? There are times when everything goes crazy, what’s going on threatens to overwhelm you, and things spiral out of control. Sometimes you go through dark times in your life. It’s hard to see the hope, the purpose, the joy. You can get so defeated and it’s hard to keep going. Yes, you can manage for a while, but the storm, the darkness, doesn’t let up. You grow exhausted, and you want to give up. There’s a story in the Bible about how Jesus came to His followers during the night, during the storm, and commanded all be still. This is an outward sign of how Jesus can do this into each one of us. Come this Sunday and find the hope, find the light, find the peace. Mark 4:35-41

Sharing a Common Life - Luke 24:33-43.

The message this Sunday explores the difference between Christian fellowship and Christian community. Community includes fellowship, but it is much harder. It includes a lot more. Community involves sharing life together.

 

In the Bible we see that community is not a human invention. It is a divine reality, something that God creates. Yet it is something in which we participate. Christian community is not about us. It’s about God. Only when God is at the center of the community, and only when it is about God, can we truly be in meaningful community.

 

If you long for that true community, then participate in what God is creating. Come check out on Sunday what this looks like!