by Blaine Detwiler | Nov 12, 2019 | A Community Rooted in Christ, Towards Sunday
This Sunday we pick up another highlighted word from the opening line of our Vision Statement, ‘We are a community rooted in CHRIST.’ Below are three scripture lessons. All three are excerpts from church letters that Paul wrote, one to a church located in...
by Blaine Detwiler | Nov 5, 2019 | A Community Rooted in Christ, Towards Sunday
Jesus was fond of using artful stories called parables. Below is one of Jesus’ most famous parables. Notice where He is while He is telling it. Matthew 13:1-9 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around...
by Blaine Detwiler | Oct 29, 2019 | A Community Rooted in Christ, Towards Sunday
For the next 4 Sundays we will be working from the first line of our Vision Statement; ‘We are a COMMUNITY rooted in Christ.’ For this Sunday I want to center our focus on the word community. The scripture lesson below uses the word church. Jesus was...
by Dave Strausbaugh | Oct 22, 2019 | Love, Towards Sunday
John 15:9-14 (NRSV) As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy...
by Blaine Detwiler | Oct 16, 2019 | Love, Towards Sunday, Uncategorized
The past two Sundays we have noticed how other languages work define the word love. Greek has 4 separate words that sharpen the meanings. Hebrew has a word that describes love as a new condition that can occur when giving takes place. Neighbor is...
by Blaine Detwiler | Oct 8, 2019 | Love, Towards Sunday
Deuteronomy 7:8-9 It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you—for you were the fewest of all peoples. It was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors, that the...
