Discovering My Good Father 11AM

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Discovering My Good Father 11AM

May 5, 2024 • Curt McFarland, Kathy Zeigler • John 9

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Every Christian has a story to tell. If you are a Christian …, do you know your faith story? Do you know how to share your story in a way that doesn’t sound preachy, or judgmental? Is your faith story easy, natural, genuine, inviting, compelling?

Some faith stories are dramatic, like in the passage below. We reach a point of desperation, self-destruction, our decisions causing harm to others, and then the next moment we’re face to face with God and our new story begins. For others, it is a quiet, slow, process. One day they wake up and realize they believe in Jesus and He has been there all along. However, it happens your story is a beautiful story.

This morning we have the privilege of hearing how God revealed Himself to one of our dear friends, Kathy Zeigler. I’ve known her for many years. I appreciate her compassion, her gifts, her faith. And now, because she is willing to take a risk, we will all know her God-given story. He is our good Father! Are you ready to tell your story?

The Holy Spirit Working Through Barnabas & Saul pt,2 11AM

June 23, 2024 • Curt McFarland • Acts 14

I grew up inundated with TV commercials, radio pitches, slick magazine promotions. As a kid I selected toys based on incredible claims of endless fun … promises broken. I’m bombarded with ads for restaurants, detergent, sodas, clothes that look great on a perfect body, bottled water ($3 for 16oz of water, what?). Kathaleen and I once got hoodwinked into test driving a car because of the dealership’s marketing campaign. They offered two roundtrip tickets to Las Vegas if we took a test drive … they were bus tickets. In our passage this morning Paul and Barnabas continue their first missionary journey. As they visit cities and towns they talk about Jesus. What they don’t do is try to “sell” or “market” Jesus. Quite the opposite, they talk about how difficult it will be to follow Jesus. No sugar added, no celebrity endorsement, no promise of ease and comfort. They were honest, no bait and switch. How refreshing!

The Holy Spirit Working Through Barnabas & Saul pt.2 9AM

June 23, 2024 • Curt McFarland • Acts 14

The Holy Spirit Working Through Barnabas & Saul pt. 1, 11AM

June 16, 2024 • Curt McFarland • Acts 13

This morning, not only in our church but across the country, father’s, grandfather’s, uncles, men of all shapes and sizes, are celebrated. I am thankful for those who stepped into my life and helped me understand what it meant to be a man; particularly a Christian man, husband and father (now grandfather). Many of those who influenced and guided me were not related by blood, but by a shared faith. In our long passage today (even though only a portion is included below, please read the entire passage) the Holy Spirit is present, the church listens, obeys, and sends. Three men set out. Their message of Jesus infects and inspires as it crosses national borders, religious prejudices and persecutions and reshapes human history, our history.