Today we are going to conclude our look at fellowship through Acts 2:40-47 by talking about the outcome of fellowship. A few weeks ago we discussed that the purpose of fellowship, the purpose of these intimate, not casual community spirit relationships is to build our character and to glorify Jesus. What does that look like?...
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Youth Group Movie Night, Saturday, May 16th, 6:00
This Saturday will be our next Youth Group Movie Night. This month the movie will be “The Grace Card”. Movie night begins at 6:00 and is open to anyone from grades 7-12. For directions or more information please email [email protected]
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 10:46-52 “The Sight of A Blind Man”
Tonight we move from Jesus’ teaching of greatness in the Kingdom of God being about servanthood to the final miraculous healing of His earthly ministry. Jesus’ apostles had been following Him for several years now. They had heard all of His teaching, witnessed all of His miracles and watched His life both in public and...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 10:32-45 “The Wrong Question”
Our text tonight very clearly begins Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem. For the first time He will give very clear details of His death and resurrection and then He will teach, for the third time in the last two chapters the posture of greatness in the Kingdom of God. We see a very interesting connection between...
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Acts 2:40-47 Devotion To Fellowship: “Prayers of Fellowship”
Today we are going to talk about the role of prayer in fellowship. When Luke described the first community of believers in Acts 2 he noted that they devoted themselves to the Scriptures through the apostles teaching and to fellowship through the breaking of bread and prayers. Devotion means to exert great effort to persist...
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Building Work Day, Saturday, May 30th, 9:00 AM
Thank you to everyone that was able to come out to your last workday! We were able to get a lot done including removing the tree and wheelchair ramp from the front of the building and getting about 2/3 of the overgrowth in the back parking lot removed. Our next workday at 35 West Broad...
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Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, April 29th, Mark 10:32-45 “The Humble Character of the King”
Our book of Mark Bible Study will continue Wednesday night, April 29th at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 10:32-45 a passage in which Jesus begins His journey to Jerusalem, the cross and resurrection by sharing in great detail what He will suffer and then teaching His apostles again that the character...
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Acts 2:40-47 Devotion to Fellowship: “What Does Food Have to Do With Fellowship?”
Today we will continue in our study of what it means to be devoted to fellowship. So far in this series we have learned that a devotion to fellowship is a necessary requirement in our obedience to God. God created us from His unity for unity with Him and with each other. Fellowship is actually...
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Acts 2:40-47 Devotion to Fellowship: “The Purpose of Fellowship”
Below is our second message in the Devotion to Fellowship series titled “The Purpose of Fellowship”. Last week we began our discussion about fellowship by trying to establish that a devotion to fellowship with each other is a necessary requirement in our obedience to God. God created man in His own image for fellowship with...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 10:23-31 “Impossible Salvation”
Jesus taught the disciples that the one necessity of salvation was “childlike faith”. He said “whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” Childlike faith is about trust and dependence, it is about relationship, seeing God as our Father and ourselves as His children, realizing...