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Announcements Loose Change Offerings: Over the next several weeks, we will be taking loose change offerings to be a Christmas blessing to Mrs. Kelsey (Tanzania) and the Catalan Family (Philippines) as they are sent out of our own church. Thanksgiving Praise Service: We will have our mid-week service…

The Holidays can be hard. Lets stop for a moment and just recognize this truth with empathy and grace. Families are not always safe places for people. Sometimes gatherings become a reminder of what or who is not sitting at the table. Joy and thanksgiving are not natural. Yes every person can experience…

Introduction: What would life be like without family? What would life be like without church family? We need both and it is a major blessing to help us get through the difficulties of this life. {Insert Illustration} We are going to take a short journey through the Book of 2 Thessalonians as we worship…

What do you know about Thanksgiving? Take a few seconds or so to write down what you know about thanksgiving and how it began. 1621 for the Pilgrims and after the Civil Way when Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday a national holiday in 1863. Goal-To help us grow in thanksgiving year round. As we start…

Well, It is finally time. The holiday season is upon us. I know Christmas decorations have been in stores since before Halloween and it feels like Thanksgiving is so easily overlooked, but it is still such a very important holiday. It really kicks off the holiday season for me even though Hallmark started…

Always Giving Thanks Means that our lives should reflect that we are grateful for all things. Always giving thanks means that we know that what we have, what we experience, what we see, how we live, what we have, our time, talents and testimony, etcetera and etcetera, is a mindset based on a heart-set…

Text: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer…

Thanksgiving Living We are not only in our season of thanksgiving, for many of us the feasts of thanksgiving are beginning. Feast—When I say that word I remember a family in British Colombia that used to say they were going to feast on roast beast if there was a beef roast in the oven. Feasts are community…

Introduction In light of the upcoming Holiday, I wanted to preach a message encompassing the topic of thanksgiving. In the first few verses of Psalm 103 , David presents what I see as two ‘calls to action’. Mind you, we’re reading this Psalm as it’s given unto us, but recognize that David is essentially…

Community Thanksgiving Service 2021

Intro: Before we get into our passage today, I want to set the stage of what we will be talking about, by backtracking a few verses to set some context for us. Take a look at Ephesians 5:15-17 with me for a moment. It's the set up for the focal point of our passage today. Read: Eph 5:15-17 Look carefully…

We have a lot to be thankful for in our lives. God has blessed us in so many ways and it is important to learn to be thankful for His faithfulness to us in the past as we also look to his continued faithfulness in the future. Join us as we look at Psalm 92 to discover how we can be thankful for the past.

Me: I want my life to matter Now this is very true. In our age of social media - We post our best picture. Many will use a “filter” to change how they look I confess that I used to have an IG account when I could workout and would flex. In my defense it was like minded home-gym-ers that was doing the…

"From Fallen to Fellowship". Based on 1 Corinthians 1:4-9. Paul is an expert on being a fallen soul who finds fellowship in and with Jesus. This is a window into what it means to change from a sin-centered life to a Jesus-centered life.

In the book of Proverbs we read: A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. and just a couple of verses later: All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast. We’re entering the Holiday season, and for some people this is…

Introduction: 1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord ; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the…

Reasons for Thanksgiving In the Greek city of Corinth, where Paul has been for several months, Paul is winding down his long letter written to the Church in Rome. This is city with an active Christian community that he had a big part in starting, with his mission team, on his second mission trip. A few…

What is a key ingredient of Thanksgiving? Go ahead and let me know you think. Is it the mashed potatoes, turkey, ham, gravy, green bean casserole, etc? Maybe it is the spices one uses, or doesn’t use. Relationships are key to life. We were created for relationships. From the very beginning of Thanksgiving…

*Boudreaux Joke In Everything Thanksgiving season Talking about Series title comes from these verses: Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. · “In everything” – quite a task · “Rejoice always” – might be even harder · Go together…

What do you want more of? (Assembly picture) Today we start a new series on getting more. More sounds good doesn’t it? So let’s see what we can do together to get more in this life and from this life so to have a better life. I think you can agree that the Christian assembly can vary greatly. From the…

Why do lights go dim? In this world there are things that want to turn your light down (dim your lights). In the midst of this crooked and perverse generation we need to be watchful that our lights do not grow dim. (expand on each of these below) Current lights today can be dimmed by hand We can be dimmed…

Colossians 1:3 . 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, Who is God? He is our father ( Col. 1:2 ). Paul is building off of the OT foundation of God being Israel’s Father, as first seen in Exodus 4:22-23 . 22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord…

About 14 years ago, one of the largest and most successful churches in the world was forced to issue a public apology. What was the church? And what did they do that was so wrong? Well, the church was Willow Creek Community Church. You may have heard of Willow Creek. If not, you may have heard of their…