Sermons from March 2026
PUT ON…Compassionate hearts
Colossians 3:12-14 – Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our elders’ vision through improved communication and collaboration. Part of their efforts involves choosing an annual theme to direct their activities. They selectedthe following theme for this year: Equipped for the mission: every disciple, every place Their theme motivates our current sermon series, which explores the question, “What does it look like to be equipped for the mission?”…
PUT ON THE NEW SELF – The new self that comes from sharing in Jesus
Colossians 3:1-11 – Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our elders’ vision through improved communication and collaboration. Part of their efforts involves choosing an annual theme to direct their activities. They selected the following theme for this year:Equipped for the mission: every disciple, every placeTheir theme motivates our current sermon series, which explores the question, “What does it look like to be equipped for the mission?” We…
PUT ON THE NEW SELF – Remaining Rooted in Christ
Colossians 2:6-15 – In Colossians 1:24–2:23, Paul reminds the Christians at Colossae that the mission of the gospel centers on Jesus and flows from what God has accomplished through Him. As Paul describes his own ministry, he shows that proclaiming Christ often brings hardship, yet that work reveals the mystery of God’s plan now made known among the nations: ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ Christians must remain rooted in Him, drawing their life and stability from the one…
PUT ON THE NEW SELF – An inheritance in Jesus’ kingdom
Colossians 1:9-20 – Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our elders’ vision through improved communication and collaboration. Part of their effort involves choosing an annual theme around which to organize their activities. They selected the following theme for this year: Equipped for the mission: every disciple, every place Their theme motivates this lesson, which introduces a series considering the question, “What does it look like to be equipped…
LESSONS LEARNED IN MINISTRY
Exodus 18:13-23 — After arranging the handful of books I owned and the few supplies I had, I sat down at my desk on a Monday morning for my first day as a minister. Sitting in the chair, looking at my (almost empty) desk, I realized something – I did not know what to do. I was embarrassed and frustrated; I had walked away from the beginning of a career in academia to enter ministry, only to realize I had…