Risk and Value
Pastor Jim Fikkert
At the very beginning of the COVID spread, we addressed a few of the issues that were at play in our decision-making process, with regard to the importance of church and our responsibility toward our neighbors. We have also addressed the options that we have in regards to following the health department regulations and recommendations. […]
The heavens declare
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours out speech,and night to night reveals knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words,whose voice is not heard.Their voice goes out through all the earth,and their words to the end of the world. | Psalm 19:1-4 This blog post […]
Grace and Joy
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer. The above comes from the book, Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In the sermon Sunday, I quoted Bonhoeffer from one of his other books: The Cost of Discipleship. The quote I used was his differentiation between Cheap Grace […]
Advent 2020 // December 25
Debbie Schwab
Worship By Wondering | MERRY CHRISTMAS!! And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2.18-19 The gift of Jesus is the gift that keeps giving. We are used to presents that are given in fullness, only to break […]
Advent 2020 // December 24
Debbie Schwab
Worship by Being THANKFUL | Happy Christmas Eve! I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning […]
Advent 2020 // December 23
Debbie Schwab
Worship By Delighting in His Ways Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37.4 David, the man after God’s own heart (Acts 13.22), is continually talking about his delight in the Lord. To him, God is not a dictator laying out the rules or a weak […]
Advent 2020 // December 22
Debbie Schwab
Jesus Gives You a New PURPOSE How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Hebrews 9.14 Jesus does not give you a new identity so that you can take joy in your salvation […]
Advent 2020 // December 21
Debbie Schwab
Jesus Gives You a New Identity But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once […]
JOY
Pastor Jim Fikkert
A LIGHT bright enough to shine today [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. [15] (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who […]
A pageant to remember
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Yesterday, a group from the church gathered online to attempt a no-rehearsal Zoom pageant. It ended up being everything a pageant should be: with lost sheep, sound complications, and plenty of cute kids. Here it is in its fullness: Thanks for all who participated and made this enjoyable.
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