Finding Home
Home is not just a place, it's a state of being
God is Doing a New Thing
January 3, 2021 • Erin Haven
It's a new year filled with new opportunities for us all both personally and as a Christian Community. In this first Sunday sermon of the New Year, Erin Haven, a Grand View church member and leader, encourages all of Grand View to remember how God has been using us in the past and to continue to allow God to use us and direct us this new year.
Don't Go Back
December 27, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
On this Sunday following Christmas and last Sunday of 2020, Rev. Tom Shinkle looks back on the year that has been and looks forward to the year to come. What are those things you've learned in 2020 that God is asking you to hold onto? And what things are you being called to not go back to?
Finding & Losing Home - Christmas Eve 2020
December 24, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
Christmas Eve is finally here. Enjoy two special music pieces from the Grand View Church band featuring Paige Kizer. And then be challenged and encouraged from a message from Rev. Tom about the need and the opportunity to return home and find home in Jesus this year.
The Son Brings Brighter Days
December 20, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
This year it seems like, more than ever, people are searching. People are searching for fulfillment, purpose, security, http://normalcy...the list could go on. Rev. Tom Shinkle in Week 4 of "Finding Home" first asks the question, "What are you searching for this Christmas?" And then reminds us all that there are lights - starting with Emmanuel, God with Us - that guide us home to what we're most needing.
Home as Sacred Space
December 13, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
What if you saw your home as a sacred space, a space where you've connected with God in a unique, powerful way? Rev. Tom's message on this third week of Advent is the reminder that God goes where God is invited. This Advent season, invite God into your house (perhaps by prayer walking) and into your bodily home (through prayer, scripture reading, and being open to the Spirit's moving.)
Feeling Right at Home
December 6, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
John 1:14 says, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." At Christmas we celebrate Jesus finding home amongst us - a celebration we continue each year as we proclaim Emmanuel, "God is with us." This week in our series "Finding Home," Rev. Tom talks about the importance of making room - clearing out some of the negative stuff so we have room for Jesus to make his home in us this year.
Where is Home?
November 29, 2020 • Rev. Tom Shinkle
In week 1 of Grand View's Advent series "Finding Home," Rev. Tom unpacks the concepts of home and waiting. The truth is we're tired of waiting, we have spent lots of time in our houses, but how can this advent season be special by allowing Jesus to find a home in you this year? Let us allow our prayers to begin today for God to abide in us.