Sunday, December 11, 2011

Family Gathering Survival Guide: Living As If…

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

What is your reason for celebrating Christmas? Every Christmas special is about the REAL reason for Christmas. Pastor Christy reveals why we have the biggest celebration of the year at the worst time of the year.



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Friday, December 9, 2011

2011 Christmas Letter

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This year's Christmas Letter is in the form of a twitter page. It is being tweeted in December, one line an afternoon, by Bette Lynn's account, @twitwidow

If you want the tweets in one batch, here it is in the format of the old style of a twitter page.

Includes photos on the second page of the PDF file.

God is with us, with you and with all!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

God’s Patience is Our Salvation

2 Peter 3:8-15a

Every had an unanswered prayer? Pastor Christy explores the answer to the uberprayer: “God, When are you going to set everything right?”

The perfect answer to prayer is here this week.

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by Tomasz Tuszko, on Flickr


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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Paterno’s Choice

Joshua 24:1-3, 14-25

Scandal in the Penn State football program provided a illustration about choosing the way of the good old boys or the way of the Lord in this week's message.

Listen for the preacher telling the congregation that he has and will call the police on them. Surely a rare moment in preaching.

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

You’re Holding It Wrong

Matthew 22:34-40

A quote attributed to the late Steve Jobs about the iPhone is the title of a message using Diana Butler Bass's illustration about payphones and cellphones and boxes that love comes it.

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