June 21st 2009

Father’s Day 2009

We’re going to be keeping this updated again, so be sure to check in each week for the message in MP3 format. Just click on the underlined text immediately under each new date for the day’s sermon. Thanks!

February 22nd, 2009

February 22nd, 2009 AM

Jessica shared another entitled ‘You’:

You demand my heart to trust in you

In anything and everything

Even when this life sends its fiercest storms

You demand my heart and soul to trust in you

In anything and everything

Even when I go through valleys or desolate lands

You demand that I trust you completely

In anything and everything

And when my heart lays heavy on my

And troubles surround me on every side

And when waves tower over me

And the darkness has its hold on my heart

I have nowhere else to turn but to you

In you alone I will put my trust

For your grace will carry me when I am too weak to carry on

And your mercy will deliver me from any trouble that I face

And when the waves come crashing over me

I will lift up my eyes and call on your name

To raise me above the stormy waves

And your love will set my feet on solid ground

And your faithfulness will blot out the darkness

Lurking in my heart

Your light will shine in me

And I will sing and praise your name

No matter what I face in this life

I will put my trust in you alone

February 15th, 2009

February 15th, 2009 AM

Jessica Sisson blessed us with a ‘modern day Psalm’ she wrote to Jesus:

Desperate Hearts

Desperation has taken hold on my heart

Helplessness has driven my knees

To the ground before you.

Pain strikes at my heart

And the skies above me darken

But still my hands are lifted up to you

In whole surrender

My soul cries out to you from

The depths of this dark, despairing place

My lips still bless your awesome, holy name

even in the midst of this storm

My head is bent under this weight

Depression gnaws at my bones

And sorrow is the only sonnet my heart knows

Yet your are still faithful

Even in this dark and hopeless place

You will pour out your unfailing love

And your faithfulness will shine through

Darkened skies

February 8th, 2009

February 8th, 2009 AM

February 1st, 2009

February 1st, 2009 AM

January 25th, 2009

January 25th, 2009 AM

January 18th, 2009

January 18th, 2009 AM

January 11th, 2009

January 11th, 2009 AM

December 28th, 2008

December 28th, 2008 AM

December 21st, 2008

December 21st, 2008 AM

December 21st, 2008 PM

December 14th, 2008

December 14th, 2008 AM

December 14th, 2008 PM

November 30th, 2008

We continued in our study of 1 Thessalonians as Pastor Deason gave an exhortation to be deliberate in our responses to Satan’s attacks, rather than reactive. The text was 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13.

When Satan Strikes

We enjoyed having Tony and Brianna Boes with us Sunday evening. Pastor Tony brought a message on the dangers of forgetting the gospel, focusing on the parable of the sower.

Forgetting the Gospel

November 23rd, 2008

This morning we went on to the second chapter of 1 Thessalonians and considered the biblical measure of a minister of the gospel.

How to Measure the Minister

In the evening, Pastor Dan Reed brought an exhortation from Hebrews 12 on putting off those things which may not be inherently “bad” but which slow us down in our eternally important pursuit of Christ.

Running the Race

November 16th, 2008

Pastor Dan preached out of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 1 about the characteristics of a model church.

Here’s an excerpt which explains the importance of imitating our Lord:

Our goal is to be like Christ. So if our goal is to be like Christ, there’s nothing more important that we can do than imitate Christ…Now we are taught that imitation is the highest form of flattery. You imitate those people that you love and respect. It’s also the highest form of Christianity. We imitate our Savior who loved us. He lived a perfect life. He lived the life we should have lived. He took the death that you and I deserve. And now He comes back and says, “Just believe in Me and I’ll lift you to a height that you’ve never been to before. I am the way, the truth, and the life.” And you see, when we imitate Christ, then that is the evidence, is it not, that we have welcomed – that we have accepted – the gospel. And the end result then of accepting and being transformed by the gospel is that we become a role model.

Click here for the full message in mp3 format

November 9th, 2008

Pastor Dan Deason was back with us this morning, and led us in a study of the parable of the sower. Click here for the scripture text.

The Soil of Your Soul

November 2nd, 2008

Pastor Carl Gillmore and his wife Lois drove down from Indy to help us out Sunday. We had already met their son Darren, who brought some excellent messages for our mid-week services.

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11-02-08-sunday-pm

Archives

Here’s the only messages I could find that had been saved on the church computer. There were also some by Brother Bob England and Pastor Jack Dillon, but unfortunately they required an additional file to play. The missing file must have been deemed redundant by the recorder, and therefore deleted (easy mistake to make – who would think a simple audio file could need one more file plus an additional folder of related files!) Here are the messages which were in mp3 format:

Message on Faith (Pastor Dan)

Message on Proverbs 31 (Pastor Dan)

Revival 10-29-06 AM (Pastor Mark)

Revival 10-29-06 PM (Pastor Mark)

It’s easy for a small church to lose sight of the fact that so many times, when God wants to do something great, he works through the small. And so the question isn’t whether or not God can use a little bit and bless it and do mighty and powerful things for the kingdom of heaven. The question really is: “Do we have faith to understand that?”