The New Year

To begin our new year let us memorize Colossians 3:12 which states: “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”    As we see the fruit of being “God’s chosen people” is that we clothe ourselves with these wonderful qualities.    The...

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Jesus the Good Shepherd John 10

In John 10:3 Jesus says, “To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”  This is an interesting phenomenon in shepherding. The sheep know the voice of their own shepherd. They will not follow another shepherd...

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Thoughts from Pastor Stephen

There are 7 things that you should remind yourself every day. God is my Father – This is an astonishing truth if you think about it. That God calls us His children and gives us the assurance that as His children we are heirs and co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17)....

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A Note From Pastor Lackey

Dear Church Family, Trust this letter finds you well and enjoying the constant presence of the Spirit of Christ, our comforter, teacher and friend.   More than ever we must learn to trust our Lord especially during these times of uncertainty and struggle.    As we see the rise of wickedness in...

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A Thanksgiving Prayer

Father, As we prepare our hearts to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family, I want to thank you for your wonderful blessings to me.  Thank you for providing for all my needs and many of my wants – for food, shelter, clothing, and a million extras that I so easily...

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A note from the Pastor

A few thoughts for you to ponder today.   Joel 1.3 instructs us to “tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.” Have you ever noticed how that some of today’s great baseball players are the children of former baseball legends, that many...

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Note from the Pastor

I trust that this letter finds you full of joy and hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. I’m sure you have been troubled by the images coming across the T.V. screen of the riots across our nation. It feels like our nation is on the verge of collapse, with so...

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Thinking Biblically in a Global Crisis

I wanted to take a few minutes to address the question of how God’s Children should be thinking during this Global Crisis. These past couple of months have been filled with a lot of challenges and opportunities.  We have seen our nation under a lot of distress.   The world is...

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Suffering for the Glory of God

Pastor’s Point: In our study today we discover Mary and Martha struggling with one of the most common issues Christians face.  Martha approaches Jesus and says in John 11: 21 “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died”.  All of us have faced or will face...

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