Participants will need additional money for food while we travel. We will be making stops at “typical” fast food restaurants each day while traveling. Two meals while traveling are included (Saturday June 15 dinner and Sunday June 16 breakfast). There will be a total of 10 meals that participants will need money for. There is…
We are getting closer and closer to our trip. Last night, the adults leaders got together to start planning for our trip. We have an awesome group of adults going on the trip this year. They are looking forward to getting to know all of the youth better. This email is intended to start prepping you for our meeting on June 9th…
Do you remember when you could go to the airport to say goodbye to a friend as they walked down the ramp to the plane? Or when you could enter a court house without walking through a metal detector? Or you could take your children to school without any hesitation or thought about their safety? Or…the list could go on and on.…
Remember the Parable of the Talents? It’s the one where the man, before going on a journey gives talents to three of his servants to take care of. They all get different amounts to take care of – one servant gets five talents, one gets two, and one servant gets one talent. The first two use the talents they are given to…
Easter Day Matthew 27:57-66 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his…
Matthew 27: 57-66 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own…
Morning: John 13: 36-38 Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus answered, ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterwards.’ Peter said to him, ‘Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’ Jesus answered, ‘Will you lay down your life for me? Very truly,…
John 17 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only…
John 12: 27-36 ‘Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—“Father, save me from this hour”? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.’ Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.’ The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was…
John 12: 20-26 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man…
John 12: 9-19 When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were…
Matthew 21: 12-17 Sermon: “One Last Ride” Matthew 21: 1-11 11am service Palm Sunday Cantata “He Shall Arise” at 8 and 9:30 services Today is a wonderful day to worship the Lord! We will celebrate together as we see Jesus riding into Jerusalem with palm branches that create a red carpet entry. It is also our commitment day for the Circle of…
John 11: 28-44 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, ‘The Teacher is here and is calling for you.’ And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.…
John 11: 1-27 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it,…
John 10:19-42 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. Many of them were saying, ‘He has a demon and is out of his mind. Why listen to him?’ Others were saying, ‘These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?’ At that time the festival of the Dedication took…