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Look here for the message audio and supporting documents (like outlines or activation questions).
For each message, there are 2 links, one to a "stream" of the message, where it will start playing immediately. There is also a link to download the entire mp3 file, in case you want to listen to it offline, or have a slow internet connection.
The most recent 6 months or so of messages are kept on the "Weekend Messages" page.
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October 12 - Live and Love
Today our youth pastor uses the woman at the well to show us how we should show love to those who have not done all the "right" things. It also shows us how God's grace is extended to all of us, no matter what mistakes we may have made.
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October 12, 2008
'Learning to Live the Way I Should, Learning to Love the Way Christ Would' - Youth Pastor Justin Douglas |
Scripture: John 4:1-26 |
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September 7 - October 26: The Life of David
This series is based on the book by Eugene Peterson, Leap Over a Wall: Earthly Spirituality for Everyday Christians
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October 26, 2008
'Searching For Sanctuary in an Unsafe Society' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: 1 Samuel 21:1-9, 22:6-23 |
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October 19, 2008
'Kept From Evil for Good Through Covenant Friendship' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: 1 Samuel 18 |
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October 5, 2007
'Celebrating the Unstoppable Growth of the Kingdom of God!' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: 2nd Samuel 5:1-12, Matthew 13:31-32 |
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September 28, 2008
Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
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September 21, 2008
Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
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September 7, 2008
'Samuel Anoints David: God's Claiming and Naming of the Ordinary Person' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Each and every ordinary person is a unique individual created and called by God to live in loving relationship with their Heavenly Father and discover the meaning of their life as they receive the anointing of God's Spirit.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 |
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July 27 - August 31: You've Got Mail!
This sermon series investigates Paul's letter to the Ephesian church, and all churches both then and now.
Note: There is no sermon for August 31 because we had service in the park that day.
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August 3, 2008
Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
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July 27, 2008
'Special Delivery in Christ: An Adoption Confirmation For You!' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
God the Father uses the Apostle Paul's passion for truth and mission to deliver a very profound and personal adoption confirmation to His chosen children. This blessed message comes to us in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. Also, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, this letter is like a doxological CD. This is Christian Doctrine set to music. This is truth that sings! Join in the chorus "...to the praise of His glorious grace." |
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July 20
We welcome Pastor Wick Hubers who brings us the message today.
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July 20, 2008
'Surely Not I...' - Pastor Wick Hubers |
We want to be able to hear from Christ that we will not be the ones to betray him. However, we are sinful, and it's our sin that betrays Jesus again and again. Yes, it is we who will betray him, and that's why we need God's grace to save us.
Scripture: Matthew 26:17-30 |
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June 1 - July 13: Joshua - Courage, Crossing, Consecration
Life is a journey. All along the way we reach points where we have to decide if we’re going to step out in faith and let God take our lives to a different place, or if we’re going to let fear and insecurity paralyze us and keep us from crossing over. Making a crossing always calls for uncommon courage, faith, and obedience.
As God’s leader, Joshua demonstrated unwavering determination in winning the land God has promised to his people, and in getting all the tribes of Israel and their families settled in the new land. In this series, we’ll take a look at Joshua and the nearly two million Israelites as they cross the Jordan River to a new place – a better place, a place unimaginable based on where they stood before they crossed.
The only way to get to the other side of life’s challenges and changes is to step out in faith and cross over – just as Joshua and the Israelites did. Like any crossing, it’s going to take strength and courage. Are you ready?
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July 13, 2008
'The Courageous Challenge to Commitment: Choose or Lose' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: Joshua 24:1-27, 31 |
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July 6, 2008
'Remembrance and Re-consecration' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: Joshua 4:19-5:12 |
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June 29, 2008
'Crossing: Consecration and Consequences' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
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June 22, 2008
'Crossing: Overcoming Obstacles' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
What is something in your life that you have conquered with some degree of satisfaction?
 Message Activation Questions (46KB)
Scripture: Joshua 5:13-15, 6:1-27 |
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June 15, 2008
'Crossing: Preparation and Provision' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
What monuments or memorials do you have in your life to remind you of God’s blessings in your life?
Message Activation Questions (47KB)
Scripture: Joshua 3:1-11, 4:1-7 |
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June 8, 2008
'Courage to Cross Over in a Crisis' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Life's adventures sometimes leave us feeling as though we need to Instant Message God, saying, "Help! Now!"
Message Activation Questions (47KB)
Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24 |
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June 1, 2008
'Courage to Embrace Change' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
When have you had to embrace change? While change in and of itself is neither good nor bad, it can often be difficult.
Message Activation Questions (35KB)
Scripture: Joshua 1:1-18 |
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May 11 - May 25: Miscellaneous topics
Note - there was no sermon on May 18 due to the HUGS puppet ministry.
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May 25, 2008
'By Courageous Faith They Still Speak' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-16, 12:1-3 |
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May 11, 2008
'Global God, Global Task' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
The Global Power of the Holy Spirit has been poured out to ALL people. ALL authority on heaven and earth has been given to Jesus Christ.
Scripture: Joel 2:28-32, Matthew 24:14, Matthew 28:16-20 |
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April 13 - May 4: Just Walk Across the Room
What if twenty steps across a room could change your friend's forever?
In his newest book, Just Walk Across the Room, Pastor Bill Hybels describes how taking a few steps and an interest in someone standing across the room can wind up impacting eternity.
Join us for a four-week church experience that will refresh your appreciation for the Holy Spirit's mysterious ways, rekindle your passion for people, and revive your belief that the single greatest gift you can give to your friends and family member is an introduction to the God who: created them, loves the, and has a purpose for their lives.
Over the next four weekends, you'll learn to: Develop friendships with people far from God, Discover the stories behind their life's journey, and Discern what "next steps" will help point them to faith. Pointing people to faith is something all of us can do--and it shows up on the heels of a simple walk across the room.
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May 4, 2008
'Grander Vision Living' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
What is Grander Vision Living? It's allowing other pursuits to fall away in order to focus on the priority that is nearest to the heart of God: people. When you choose to pursue the Grander Vision, you will be partnering with God in the most magnificent mission imaginable: finding what's lost, restoring what's broken, and reclaiming what's His.
Scripture: Mark 2:13-17, Colossians 4:5-6 |
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April 27, 2008
'The Power of Story' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Regardless if they are formally "gifted" in evangelism or not, all Christ-followers can be prepared to engage people in spiritual conversations and do what they can to point people toward faith in God. When conversations do take a spiritual turn, it is critical to know how to convey two stories with humility, clarity, and brevity: your own story, and God's Good News story.
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16, Luke 19:1-10 |
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April 20, 2008
'Living in 3D' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Effective, relationally based evangelism can only happen when Christ-followers are truly engaged in the lives of people around them. This means they choose to Develop friendships, Discover life stories, and Discern appropriate next steps on the Holy Spirit's promptings--in other words, living in "3D"
Handout (102KB)
Scripture: John 1:35-42, Mark 3:1-12 |
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April 13, 2008
'The Single Greatest Gift' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
The single greatest gift Christ-followers can give to the people in their lives is an introduction to the God who created them, who loves them, and who has a purpose for their days. This is what evangelism is: seizing opportunities to have eternal impact in someones life--opportunities that originate with a simple walk across the room
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16, Philippians 2:5-11 |
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April 6: Is God Dead?
We welcome guest pastor Dave Cupery as he brings us the message today
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April 6, 2008
'Is God Dead?' - Pastor Dave Cupery |
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 |
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February 24 - March 30: Seven Deadly Sins...And Seven Lively Alternatives
This is a series looking at each of the seven deadly sins of Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. With each sin, we will look at its effect on our lives, and how we can deal with them.
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March 30, 2008
'Envy - Envy That Kills and Kindness That Builds' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Have you ever been Green with envy, wanting to do and experience and enjoy everything that everyone else is? We can have victory over our envious desires through the power of the blood of Christ. God's great act ov kindness can empower us to express kindness as the holy alternative to envy.
Message Activation Questions (56KB)
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-12, James 1:27 |
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March 23, 2008
'Lust - Dying to Lust and Rising to Holiness' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Lust is an excessive love for that which God created to be good. It is not a sin of the flesh so much as a sin against it. Lust is always in pursuit and ends as empty-handed as it began. Let Holiness be what we long for.
Message Activation Questions (57KB)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Peter 1:13-16 |
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March 21, 2008
'Gluttony - Crossing Out Gluttony to Gain the Glory of Contentment' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Our appetites, desires, longing for fulfillment are answered at the cross. All of our bodily urges and things that seek to master us need to be "Crossed" out, need to be brought under the control of Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Message Activation Questions (70KB)
Scripture: Phillipians 3:12-4:1, 4:12-13 |
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March 16, 2008
'Greed - Greedy Grouches and Generous Givers' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
Yellow, the color of gold, reminds us of the desire for material wealth. Greed today does not seem to be shut away. Rather, our love of possessing is often flaunted in others faces. Lord, help us to make an honest assessment of our heart. may we make an honest re-commitment to generosity, the holy alternative to greed.
Message Activation Questions (59KB)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-15, 2 Timothy 6:17-19 |
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March 9, 2008
'Sloth - Slothful Spectators & Diligent Doers' - Pastor Verlan Van Ee |
The color blue is the color of slothfulness. When we say, "I'm blue" it is often an excuse to do nothing. But God calls us to the alternative - diligence - a trait that should more and more consume the Christian.
Message Activation Questions (58KB)
Scripture: Proverbs 26:13-16, Hebrews 6:9-12 |
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March 2, 2008
'Anger - Getting Angry; Practicing Patience' - Pastor Wick Hubers |
The color red is the color of anger. When we burn with anger we "see red." Anger as a deadly sin is a disorderly outburst of emotion connected with the unrestrained desire for revenge either in regard to the object on which it is vented, or in the degree in which it is expressed. The color red also reminds us of the blood of the Lamb that cleanses us from all our sins.
Handout (49KB)
Scripture: Numbers 22:21-35 |
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February 24
'Pride - The Pitfall of Pride / The Hollow of Humility' |
The color purple is the color of royalty. Our pride makes us want to be king of our own lives. Pride is the excessive belief in our own abilities, that interferes with our recognition of the grace of God. Pride is a sin of selfishness, self-centeredness, self-satisfaction, and self-exaltation.
Message Activation Questions (59KB)
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7, James 4:6-10 |
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January 13 - February 3 - Micellaneous topics
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February 3
"Faith Matters: Four Foundational Questions" - Pastor Verlan VanEe |
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-2, 23-28 |
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January 27, 2008
"No Greater Love" - Pastor Verlan VanEe |
Scripture: John 15:9-17 |
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January 20, 2008
"A Surprise Judgement." - Pastor Wick Hubers |
Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 |
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January 13, 2008
"The Freedom of a Faith Based Finance Plan" - Pastor Verlan VanEe |
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21, 32-34; 1 Timothy 6:6-10 |
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