Memorial Day - 5/24/2009  Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died serving in our armed forces.  Flags are often placed near the gravestones.  Gravestones remind the living of the dead.  They serve as Remembrance Stones...God often instructed the people to create remembrance stones - not for the dead, but as reminders of what God has done.  In I Samuel 7:3-12, it says  "Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it "Ebenezer" (Rock of Help), saying, Read More »

Blind - 5/17/2009   John 9 talks about the blind man who is healed by Jesus.  But this story is not just about a healing, but a look at how society, religious leaders, and ourselves are often spiritually blind.  Our healing also needs to come from Jesus, but first we need to acknowledge our blindness - not an easy thing for most of us to do. Physical blindness is often easier to heal than spiritual blindness. Jeff Smith from "Salt and Light Ministries" performs a powerful skit based on this scripture and a Forrest Gump character.  If you missed this service and would like to borrow the tape, please contact me.  Powerpoint slides of "Blind"

Is It Okay to Call God "Mother"?  5/10/09 - What are your feelings on this?  Does calling God "Mother" create a different image than "Father"?  Much of this evening's content comes from Rev. Paul Smith's book called "Is It Okay to Call God, Mother?" 



Listen to a powerful song by Karen Drucker called "Oh, Mother God."  You can listen to it for free on Rhapsody (sign up for their preview of 25 free songs per month).& ... Read More »

Going Through the Motions - 5/3/09  This evening, we watched Rob Bell's video on "Sunday."  Here's a clip from the video if you missed it:  "Sunday"  Some of the key questions posed by Bell are:  "When it comes to church, what do you think God has in mind?"   "How much time do you spend worrying about what people think of you?"  "Is it possible to be interested in Christian faith but turned off by Christianity?"  "Does God need us to attend a worship service once or twice a week?"  "How do we know that God has our hearts and that we are not just going through the motions?"  "What issues in our wo ... Read More »

Burdens Part II - 4/26/2009  

We hope that you feel free to worship God in ways that are meaningful to you - to sing if you wish or just to listen, to stand, sit, kneel if the Spirit moves you to worship.  Feel free to interject - if God is speaking to you, there may be others who also need to hear the question, comment, words of hope.  Make this a meaningful worship experience for you. 

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Bear One Another's Burdens - 4/19/2009 

                   Doing Good to All

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Easter Sunset Service - 4/12/2009   Our church has traditionally had a sunrise service on Easter, so it seemed appropriate to hold a sunset service.  We had thought about going to the cemetery for our evening service, but the logistics for our musicians and the uncertainty of the weather kept us inside.  Actually that's probably more appropriate anyway since we know that Christ has risen and it is futile to be searching for him in the grave (Hallelujah!).  Here are some slide excerpts from the service (without the music).  The Crosspoint "Voices from the Edge" skit dealt with the fears and hopes of a child waiting to be born and the fears and hopes of one who knows that death is inevitable. There are some striking similarities between the two situations.  Easter S ... Read More »

Psalm Sunday - 4/5/2009   Given that it was Palm Sunday, we thought we'd play around and make it a Psalm Sunday experience.  Using Timothy Botts beautiful calligraphy art work of the Psalms, we spent time enjoying the words and art of the scriptures.  Here are excerpts of the slides from that evening. 
Psalm Sunday