by Erica Palmisano | Nov 7, 2015
Our discipleship series is called “Does Prayer Make a Difference?” In follow-up to “The Big Picture, ” we’ll now look more specifically at our personal relationship and interaction with God. We will wrestle with the foundational issues of whether God hears and acts on our behalf, and why prayer is important. Our hope is that through this series, we will gain a deeper understanding of what God is like and how God interacts with the world—and that this understanding will motivate us to pray. We will explore different ways of praying that followers of Jesus have found meaningful down through the ages. In addition, we will acknowledge and support one another’s struggles with prayers that seem to go unanswered.
by Erica Palmisano | Nov 1, 2015
During Commitment Sunday, we celebrate child dedications, baptisms, and new members.
by Erica Palmisano | Oct 18, 2015
We began our Community of Hope series today with several guests, including the mayor of Ipala, Guatemala, Tinica Mather, Derek Harwerth and Eric S.
by Erica Palmisano | Oct 11, 2015
Matthew is a wonderful book in which Jesus is revealed in his Jewish context as a great teacher, rabbi and ultimately as the promised messiah. The book is focused around five of Jesus’ sermons (discourses), and we will look at one of these each week as well as some of the accompanying material. We’ll begin with an introduction and overview and end with the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection, followed by his commission to his followers to continue the work of the messiah. Despite its setting in and clear relevance to first century Judaism, we will see how dramatically applicable the message of Matthew is today to anyone daring to dream and struggle for a world of love, peace and hope.
by Erica Palmisano | Oct 4, 2015
Matthew is a wonderful book in which Jesus is revealed in his Jewish context as a great teacher, rabbi and ultimately as the promised messiah. The book is focused around five of Jesus’ sermons (discourses), and we will look at one of these each week as well as some of the accompanying material. We’ll begin with an introduction and overview and end with the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection, followed by his commission to his followers to continue the work of the messiah. Despite its setting in and clear relevance to first century Judaism, we will see how dramatically applicable the message of Matthew is today to anyone daring to dream and struggle for a world of love, peace and hope.
