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Preaching Passage: Matthew 21:1-27 Sermon Title: The Once and Future King Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. This week we turn to Jesus entering Jerusalem, showing that He is God's King deserving of our worship. Here are the songs we will sing together, including a new one: "Psalm 100"arr. by Bourgeois *"Jerusalem...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 20:1-34 Sermon Title:How Competition is Wrong (and Right) in the Kingdom of Heaven Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. Have you ever felt yourself begrudging God's grace towards others, or wishing that you might be the one to have a great name among others? This week, come see how the abunda...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 19 Sermon Title: The Joy of Following Jesus Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. This week we will look at how obedience to Christ and following his commands leads us into greater joy in Him. Here are the songs we will sing together: "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" byMatheson Miner (YouTu...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 18 Sermon Title: The Community that Follows Jesus Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. This week we will look at the way a community should follow Jesus in humility, taking sin seriously, and taking forgiveness seriously as well. Here are the songs we will sing together: "Psalm 23" by David...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 17 Sermon Title: The Challenge of Following Jesus Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. Come worship with us as we look at the Transfiguration and other stories in this chapter and think about the challenge of following Jesus. Here are the songs we will sing together, including a new one to u...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 16 Sermon Title: The Grace of Following Jesus Join us this Sunday as we continue in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. Come worship with us as we look at Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God and celebrate the grace that the Lord gives us. Here are the songs we will sing together: "On Jordan's...

Preaching Passage: Matthew 15 This Sunday we will start back in our series on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom. Come celebrate the resurrection of Christ with us as we see the tragic rejection of religious insiders and the joyous reception of outsiders. Here are the songs we will sing together: "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Dykes Heber(YouTube) "All Creatures of Our God a...

"Come, Thou long expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free / From our fears and sins release us / Let us find our rest in Thee" -Come Thou Long Expected Jesus The author of Hebrews encourages all Christians to "lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us" (12:1). The Christian life in this fal...

"Mild He lays His glory by / Born that man no more may die / Born to raise the sons of earth / Born to give them second birth" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing Everything that is born dies. Encouraging, right? But we know that it's the case: every flower born from a seedling, every family dog that we brought home as a puppy, every company that's ever been formed, every cou...

Preaching Passage: Psalm 113 Sermon Title: Who Is Like the Lord? This Sunday we will conclude our Advent series by celebrating Christmas together. Come worship with us as we see and celebrate the Lord's kindness to us in sending Christ. Here are the songs we will sing together: "Joy to the World" by Handel Watts (YouTube) "Angels We Have Heard on High/Nothing but t...