Sermons
Approved and Entrusted with the Gospel
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love Wemmicks are little wooden people who live in the town below the woodcarver’s house. Each Wemmick was different. Some were tall, others were short, some had big noses others had big eyes, some wore [...]
Resonating with Christ
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love I want to open with this question: what would be the very best thing someone could say about us as a community? Take a moment to think about that question. Now turn to your [...]
Church 201: Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love By a nod of the head, how many of you, when you were younger, would at this time of summer begin to get anxious about school? How many of you would get excited for [...]
An Amateur Spirit
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath Dave Boyd, or “Davo,” understands the power of the Word. Dave was the husband of the site coordinator from our West Virginia Mission Trip, Stephanie. For many years, Davo served in community development and short-term mission work [...]
The Fresh Air of Freedom
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath This weekend, our nation is celebrating its freedom and independence. But for many right now, life doesn’t feel very free. In the last month alone, we were confronted with questions of monumental significance. Questions like what does [...]
Gentle Strength
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath The Oregon Ducks Football program is known for more than their arsenal of artistically inspired uniforms and their training facility, aptly named “the Death Star.” A Wall Street Journal article written earlier this year sent ripples through [...]
Love More Powerful Than Hate
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath This morning, we are continuing our series of messages on the activity and evidence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. In the Old Testament, the Spirit is described as the ruach, the breath of God, blowing [...]
Peace: Our Inheritance
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ Peace: Our Inheritance Many of you don’t know this, but from birth, I have not been able to sleep. My parents often tell the story that I did not sleep through the night for the first two-and-a-half years I was born. [...]
A Wind to Carry
Download sermon audio Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath David and Kim Laufenburger are the Directors of Camp Ojibway in Siren, Wisconsin, and were enjoying a bit of down time following dinner. The dishes were being washed, the staff was preparing for evening vespers, and 54 [...]
Deep Breath
[No sermon audio available] Download sermon transcript ______________________________ SERMON SERIES: Deep Breath I want to begin this morning by asking all of you a question. How many of you, with where things are in your life, need to take a deep breath? For how many of you was [...]