Lent is traditionally a season of self-denial so that the followers of Jesus can repent, reflect and remember Jesus’ death and prepare for the celebration of the Easter resurrection. But when Jesus came, he sent his disciples out to “proclaim this message: The kingdom of heaven has come near” and to serve others (Matthew 10:7-8). In doing this, Jesus was showing us that we can experience God’s kingdom in this life whenever and wherever God’s will is lived out through every follower of Jesus. This Lenten season we invite you to proclaim the Kingdom message by serving our community as we are equipped and mobilized to go beyond the walls of the church.
Whether we realize it or not, we all need rescuing. Not in the physical sense, but spiritually. We are all born into a broken world and make sinful choices. But, in this 3-week message series, we will come to understand that the same God who created this world and made us in His image is rescuing us – not just from harm and danger, but for something greater.
In this four-week message series we will dig into who the Holy Spirit is and how the Holy Spirit, empowers, intercedes and guides us to do even greater things for God’s Kingdom.
As followers of Jesus, we live in the “between time” of Jesus’ birth and His promised return. Advent is a time of anticipation for what is to come, but also a celebration that Jesus is Immanuel, God with us.
The call to follow Jesus is an invitation to wholeness, healing and peace. The Jewish faith of Jesus expressed it as “Shalom.” Shalom however is more than a greeting or even a blessing; it is a state of being found only in Jesus Christ. In this 5-week message series we will examine how to overcome some of the things that prevent us from experience true peace.
