Sermons from November 2025
I am Thankful the Church is my Family
Ephesians 4:11-16 — Considering this month’s celebration of Thanksgiving, we have been using our Sunday mornings to explore what we should be thankful for. However, more than mere opportunism motivates this series; we are using the holiday as an occasion to focus on thankfulness because it occupies an essential place in our Christian identity (cf. Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Therefore, this lesson explores a final reason motivating our thankfulness: I am thankful for the church, my family.
I am Thankful that the Spirit is my Helper
Romans 8:26-30– Considering our celebration of Thanksgiving later this week, we are using our Sunday morningsthis month to explore things for which we should be thankful. However, more than mereopportunism motivates this series; we are using the holiday as an occasion to focus onthankfulness because it occupies an essential place in our Christian identity (cf. Philippians 4:6;Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Therefore, this lesson explores another reason motivatingour thankfulness: I am thankful for the Spirit, my helper.
I am Thankful for Creation
Colossians 1:15-20 — When we say we are thankful for creation, we’re saying more than “I love sunsets and mountains.” We’re declaring faith in a God who made all things good, who entered His own creation through Christ to redeem it, and who even now sustains it by His power. Creation is not random or disposable; it’s sacred and filled with God’s presence. Thankfulness opens our eyes to see the world through new eyes: to live humbly, to care deeply,…
I am Thankful that Jesus is my brother
Romans 8:18-29 — Considering our upcoming celebration of Thanksgiving, we are using some of our Sunday mornings this month to explore things for which we should be thankful. However, more than mere opportunism motivates this series; we are using the holiday as an occasion to focus on thankfulness because it occupies an essential place in our Christian identity (cf.Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Therefore, this lesson explores another reason motivating our thankfulness: I am thankful for Jesus, our brother.
I am Thankful that God is my Father
Luke 15:11-31 — Our Thanksgiving holiday possesses a complicated history that moves backward to our nation’s original colonies before retracing the colonists’ path across the ocean and disappearing in England’s long history. George Washington, our nation’s first president, drew on that history when he proclaimed an annual nationwide Thanksgiving celebration in America, beginning on November 26, 1789. He called the celebration “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours…