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Announcements Estates @ Sugar Creek As of today, 4 homes have been “officially” sold. (All of them to Indian families.) We are working on ordering a gift that we can give to the families and a postcard that can be sent announcing the delivery of the gift. Soul Winning Monday mornings at 11:30. Monday…

Introduction In a world that often blurs the lines between gender roles, the concept of biblical complementarity becomes more critical than ever. Especially with so many Christians having grown up in a family environment that is completely alien to what the Bible prescribes. And as someone who grew up…

Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

Introduction Living in the Bible times meant a life centered around the land and the fruitfulness thereof. While there are many trades mentioned in Scripture, farming is chief among them. The people of both the OT and NT periods were essentially agrarian. Even those who lived in towns were close to the…

We mentioned earlier that Christians don’t so much join churches as they do submit to them. The word submit scares people today. Wives submitting to husbands. Husbands have abused this. Christians submitting to spiritual leaders. Church leaders have abused their power. Yet throughout scripture God tells…

Fathers Day – We tend to minimize fathers in todays society. But 1/3 of children live in a fatherless home. These kids make up: 63% of all youth suicides. 70% of juveniles in state treatment facilities 71% of HS drop outs 75% of chemical abuse patients 80% of drug users 80% of anger driven rapist 85%…

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, Tychicus I…

Intro We are in this series that we are doing because of the toxic culture we are in and that we are in an election season. People are going around with bad attitudes and tempers flare up. We seem to have los the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. so during this emotionally charged season,…

Not long ago I was watching a video online about how to survive stampeding crowd. Let’s say you’re on the riverfront for thunder over Louisville, and something goes down that causes everyone to run or press in one direction. These can be very dangerous scenarios. if you fall down, you are likely to trampled.…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

Romans 12.1-5 Last week we began a short four week series entitled the Truth about Change. We saw last week that Change is inevitable. For everything there is a season, the Bible tells us, and change must happen in order for those seasons to come. Many are resistant to change, but we just need to accept…

We are living in un-precedented times right now. I believe that we are living in the last of the last days. The Last Days began when Israel became a nation. People can believe what they want to believe, but Israel is the key to every thing about the end times. Hamas, Hezbollah, and others all supported…

Let’s open in prayer before we begin. Heavenly Father, We come before you with hearts full of gratitude for the gift of friendship. You, who are the ultimate Friend, have shown us the way to connect with one another in deep and meaningful ways. As we gather today to explore the beauty of spiritual friendship,…

We are in week 5 of Life’s Healing choices. So far we have looked at 4 choices we can make with God’s help to move towards victory in our lives. 1st choice: Reality Choice where we realize that we are not God and admit that we are powerless to control our tendency to to the wrong thing and my life is…

The Presentation of Children and the Dedication of Parents An Order of Service for Presentation of Children and Dedication of Parents Daniel & Kira Glasgow Introductory Remarks to the Congregation At this point in our worship of God, we give particular attention to God’s gift of children. Daniel & Kira…

We are finishing our Back to School Series today as we discuss Team Spirit. I don’t know about you but our school had horrible team spirit even though we were awesome in football, so in our senior year, a group of us Seniors decided to take matters into our own hands. Each week we would introduce a new…

16 “I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.” 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

Pride and Envy I told Janice, after Nate came to work on the car. We had spent thirty minutes doing a task that I thought would take three hours. My son said, “I could’ve done that in my driveway.” Yes, it was quick, and yes he could’ve done it in his driveway. But actually, he couldn’t. Not to brag,…

Main Idea Discipleship is the collective pursuit of growth toward Christlikeness. Have you ever heard of Companion Planting? I haven’t either. According to Madison Fields (an agricultural resource center): “Planting a garden that utilizes the strengths of each plant to form a healthy plant community…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Scripture Reading: Eccl 4:7-12 Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. I’m glad that God has given us friends. Can you imagine life without friends. Now, I know what it is like to have no friends, and I know what it is like to have a few friends, but never an…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

What do we know about sheep ? Sheep are dumb. Sheep can’t defend themselves. Sheep are easily lost and have no sense of direction. If they are separated from the flock they can’t find their way back. Sheep are easily scared and scattered. Sheep will follow whoever or whatever is leading them. Sheep will…