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Aunt Doris is 93 today! Lori and Bill Hardy moving to Ohio. Intro A few weeks ago we looked at a conversation that Jesus had with social insider — a member of the societal elite, Nicodemus. He was a Pharisee, educated, respected, and highly religious and moral. Jesus says to this man, none of that matters…

Intro Last week we looked began a new series in John’s Gospel. We saw that God is the eternal Word from the beginning and creator of all. We saw that it is in His nature to make himself known — He is not hiding! And we saw that he has made himself known in the most spectacular way by coming to us as…

Intro Today we begin a journey together through the Gospel of John. A Gospel is a narrative account of the good news about Jesus — His life, death, and resurrection to reconcile sinners to a holy God. John, the author, is one of Jesus’ closest disciples. And he makes his purpose for writing very clear.…

I pulled in to a gas station recently and my son made the comment that THIS IS GOING TO TAKE FOREVER! It’s hard to wait when you’re a kid. As a kid, I remember my mom telling my brothers and I to wait in the car while she ran into a store to return an item. And so, we waited, and waited, and waited!…

Intro Waiting is not something we like to do... 2 day shipping is why Amazon is crushing it today. I can click buy and in many cases, it will be on my doorstep the next day! We don’t like to wait in lines. If I see a long line at a drive through, I may not even stop or I will go inside to order. As adults,…

Thanksgiving Service Next Sunday the 21st I’m going to be preaching on mission today. And so far this morning, we’ve heard from our missionaries the Manda’s and we’ve prayed for a number of shoebox gifts that will be carrying the gospel to who knows where in the world! Let me add now, that our Library…

Intro We’ve been in a series this fall exploring what it means to be a church member. We’ve seen from 1 Tim 3:15 , how significant the church is and how worthy it is to give our lives to, because... The church is the dwelling place and household of the LIVING God — charged with upholding and displaying…

Intro To this point in this sermon series we’ve been talking about the church — the dwelling place and family of the Living God whose responsibility it is to uphold and display the truth of the Gospel in every generation for ever and ever. We saw how essential it is for the church to gather physically…

Intro I’ve heard this axiom before maybe you have too, that... The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will. This of course sounds nice and it really feels like it should be true. It just makes sense to us that if we do all that God asks of us then we should therefore experience safety and protection.…

Intro We all want to be happy don’t we? We see these words in the Declaration of Independence... We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.…

Camping at Word of Life all next week. Tim Strait from Harmony Baptist in Middletown will be preaching for me the next Sunday the 8th and the following Sunday the 15th. I will be back on the 15th though…just not preaching. So, I’ll see you then. Intro Have you ever felt like God was distant or maybe…

Intro One fundamental aspect of relationships is communication. When we communicate we draw near to another. The God of the Bible wants us to know Him in a relationship. He is not a God who is distant and waits for us to get our act together before He will draw near. He is a God who speaks - who draws…

Intro Today is Refugee Sunday and the 2nd week in our Summer Playlist sermon series in the Psalms. So, in a moment we are going to look at Psalm 142 together and discover the heart of God for the weak and vulnerable in our world. But first, some sobering statistics. We’ve already seen a video this morning…

REVIEW: Be watchful to guard against gospel drift Fight the flesh by walking in the Spirit and bearing spiritual fruit Persevere under pressure in: Faith Hope Love Because Jesus is worth it! Then we looked at Jesus’ prayer for Unity for his followers. Our ability to reach our community will always be…

Review: Kingdom Building Our desire is to seek God advance His Kingdom in our community in us and through us. Be watchful to guard against gospel drift Fight the flesh by walking in the Spirit and bearing spiritual fruit Persevere under pressure in: Faith Hope Love Because Jesus is worth it! Then we…

You may have noticed on your way in this morning that some of our health policies have changed. In light of the new CDC recommendations and the State of New York’s updated health guidelines. The elders have decided that masks will now be optional for all fully vaccinated individuals. If you are not vaccinated…

Intro We have a prayer sheet that goes into the bulletin each week. It’s a list of ways that you can be praying for each other. Sharing prayer requests is something many of us are familiar with. Some of us keep our own list of things that we pray for — things that we ask God for. One of the things we’ve…

Main Idea Building well requires perseverance under pressure because Jesus is worth it! Intro The author of Hebrews is writing to what is likely a group of persecuted Jewish followers of Jesus. They face daily the threat of death or imprisonment. And because of this some have decided that life would…

Intro Last week we saw in revelation 3 a caution to be watchful as we seek to advance the kingdom of God here in the Hudson valley lest we make the same mistake as the church in Sardis and drift from the gospel. This week we’ll be in Paul’s letter to the Galatian church and we’ll see why we must be a…

Intro We’re entering a new chapter together as a church. It’s not accurate any longer to say that we are a church in transition. A few years ago, we were in a place where we had only a one elder who also happened to the the youth pastor. We had a health assessment done by our association to help get…