The Community MinistryWeekly Message: The Power of GodNovember 4, 2025 We live in a world where power is sought after and then used to influence things in both good and bad ways. Human history has many examples of power being used to hurt one or a group of people, placing the rights and freedoms of Continue Reading…
Category: Weekly Message
Influencing Our Decisions
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Influencing Our DecisionsOctober 28, 2025 We have lots of external things that try to influence the decisions we make. Our family, friends, boss, colleagues and our social network all have certain expectations of us and are not shy about sharing what they think. Sometimes our decisions are based on rational thinking and Continue Reading…
Distance from God
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Distance from GodOctober 21, 2025 Have you ever felt distant from a friend or family member? Distance in relationships is not uncommon, especially in a time where people move for school and jobs and many times, we are physically distant from those we care about. Emotional distance in relationships can happen Continue Reading…
The Challenge of Sin
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: The Challenge of SinOctober 14, 2025 What do you think of when you hear the word sin? Outside of the church or organized religion, we don’t really hear or see that word much. When I talk with others about the concept of sin, many define it by extreme examples like killing Continue Reading…
In God we Trust
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: In God we TrustOctober 7, 2025 Have you ever heard the phrase “In God we Trust”? This phrase was written by Francis Scott Key when he wrote the poem “Defense of Fort Henry” back in 1814. The phrase “In God is our Trust” was included in the fourth stanza of the Continue Reading…
Who/What do we Follow?
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Who/What do we Follow?September 30, 2025 As humans, God has given us the free will to choose to follow whoever or whatever we want. Some choose to follow sports teams; others follow political parties or political leaders and still others choose to follow a religion or a religious leader. In recent Continue Reading…
What is the Truth?
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: What is the Truth?September 23, 2025 There were many conversations this week in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk. Yesterday there were more than 100,000 people who attended Charlie Kirk’s funeral at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale Arizona. In addition to Erika Kirk, Charlie’s wife, many of our Continue Reading…
Our Hope in Dark Times
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Our Hope in Dark TimesSeptember 16, 2025 This last week has been difficult. Just as we were approaching the anniversary of the 911 attack, we were shocked again by the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Regardless of the political party you associate with, the killing of a human being for sharing their Continue Reading…
Transforming from Good to Great
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Transforming from Good to GreatSeptember 9, 2025 Every consider what it means to be great? When you hear the term great, you may think of a sports athlete or an actor/actress or someone in politics. Many times, wealth and greatness get tied together in some way. Sometimes the thinking can be: Continue Reading…
Can we Trust the Bible?
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Can we Trust the Bible?September 2, 2025 We live in a world where it is getting increasingly difficult to know what the truth is. In a recent Gallop poll, 73% of Americans feel that there is bias in news reports and is a major problem. Those surveyed also didn’t believe in Continue Reading…