"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." (Psalm 119:105)

We offer this tentative listing primarily for our worship leaders and their preparation. However, we also hope it will encourage everyone to read the Scripture passages in advance as you listen for God to speak.

Apr 9 – (Easter Sunday) That you may believe – John 20:1-21, 30-31 (progression of faith; HOPE: longing for, seeking, and looking into the truths of Scripture; HUMILITY: admitting we don’t understand and “don’t know” and confessing our weakness; HEARING PERSONALLY: Mary hears Jesus speak her name and the disciples hear Mary, someone they know, share her personal testimony; RESPONDING IN JOY: Jesus immediately calls us to “go” and tell others, Mary goes to tell the disciples, and the disciples are sent into the world as Jesus was sent by the Father)

Apr 16 – Special speaker: Carol Tolbert

Apr 23 – The Gospel, Gender, and Sexuality – Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 1:18 – 2:1 (God’s design for human sexuality; cultural views of gender and sex; the distortion that sin causes; reconciliation through Jesus Christ; new creation by the power of the Holy Spirit)

Apr 30 – Volunteer Recognition Sunday (one service at 10:00am) – CLASH and Fusion volunteers

May 7 – Hebrews: Jesus is the greater Word (1-2) – Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:1-4, 14-18 (God spoke through angels giving the law, but Jesus is greater because He IS the Word in the flesh come to not only help us by telling us the way, but by being the Way—suffering like us, but conquering where we fail; difference between telling someone what to do and actively helping them through temptation and trials; God speaks through His Son, eyewitnesses of the Son, signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit; Warning – “Pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away [disobedience]…how shall we escape [punishment] if we ignore so great a salvation?”)

May 14 – Hebrews: Jesus is the greater Moses and a better Land of Rest (3-4) – Hebrews 3:1-13; 4:1-2, 8-11 (God used Moses to lead the people to the Promised Land of rest, but Jesus is greater because He is the Promised Land of rest; God works to give His people rest; Warning – “So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did.”; Missing out on the rest that comes by trusting in God’s work rather than our own)

May 21 – Hebrews: Jesus is the greater High Priest (5-7) – Hebrews 4:14 – 5:6; 6:4-12 (God used the high priests to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins, and to deal gently with those who are going astray, but Jesus is greater because He offered himself for sins and empathizes with our weaknesses without being weak himself; Warning – rejecting Jesus means rejecting reconciliation with God; Hope – Jesus is our eternal High Priest who always lives to intercede for us)

May 28 – Hebrews: Jesus is the greater Covenant (8-10) – Hebrews 8:1-13; 9:24-28; 10:10-16, 19-35 (Warning – don’t reject the offer of forgiveness; Hope – Jesus is the Perfect, once-for-all-time sacrifice)

June 4 – Special speaker: Robert Davis

June 11 – Hebrews: Jesus is greater than our losses (11-12) – Hebrews 11:1-2, 13-16, 32 – 12:3; (Warning – don’t abandon God because of hardship and persecution; Hope – God is faithful and will not abandon you)

June 18 – Hebrews: Jesus has a greater kingdom – Hebrews 12:18-29 (Warning – “See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks a better word than Abel”; Hope – We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Our lives can be rock-solid in Christ)

June 25 – One service at 10am (Celebration of Ministry for Dave and Linda Mealiff with meal to follow); “Jesus is our greater confidence” - Hebrews 13:1-17 (Warning – “Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings”; Hope – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever”; “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith”; “Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.”; Philippians 2:29 – ““Honor people like him”; “who will show genuine concern for your welfare…has proved himself…has served with me in the work of the gospel…my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. For he longs for all of you…welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him)

July 2 – CIY Testimony Sunday

July 9 – The Kingdom of Heaven is like…Seed and Soil – Matthew 13:1-23 (living in the Kingdom means receiving the word, growing, and bearing fruit; barriers and obstacles to growth; spiritual warfare; shallowness and persecution; prosperity and entanglement; the miracle of multiplication)

July 16 – The Kingdom of Heaven is like…Weeds and Crops in a Field – Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (living in the Kingdom as new creations in the old; relating to unbelievers; trusting God’s justice to sort it out in the end; not seeking vengeance, but believing God will make it right; knowing we belong to Him changes how we react to evil around us; patience of God and His servants in a broken and sinful world)

July 23 – The Kingdom of Heaven is like…Mustard Seed and Yeast – Matthew 13:31-33 (smallness is not an impediment in the Kingdom; God causes great things from the smallest faith and actions; it’s not how much faith, but genuineness of faith that God uses; the multiplying growth effect of the Holy Spirit)

July 30 – Volunteer Recognition Sunday (one service at 10am) - Nursery, Sunday School Teachers, Kid’s Church, VBS

Aug 6 – The Kingdom of Heaven is like…Treasure & Pearls, Net & Fish – Matthew 13:44-52 (priorities; joy; taking up our cross/sacrifice to follow Jesus because He is our greatest treasure; freedom from fear that attends all other treasures; final judgment; culmination of the kingdom of God; freedom from sin; Gospel in the Old Testament)

Aug 13 – Special speaker: Gary Allen

Aug 20 – Special speaker: Kris Kimple

Aug 27 – Special speaker: Brad Mason

Sep 3 – Special speaker: Max Wehrman