2023 Service Videos

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Video: Peace for the Grieving

December 17, 2023 • Matt Holmes • John 11

The attitudes of Christmas--a season of joy and goodwill and happiness--often fall flat for those in a season of grief. Tinsel and holly provide little comfort, and the Christmas Spirit offers little hope of peace or restoration. The birth of Jesus, however, does provide hope for those in the grip of sorrow and grief, as long as we focus on who Jesus is and what he did. In this sermon we will look at how Jesus brought peace to a family wracked by grief at the death of their brother.

Video: Blue Christmas Service

December 17, 2023

Video: Peace for the Hurting

December 10, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Luke 8:41–48

Today we look at the story of a woman who sought out Jesus to heal her from a decade of bleeding. In the end she found more than healing--she found peace. How can we find peace in a world of hurting, sickness and pain? How can we find peace before the healing comes?

Video: Peace for the Guilty

December 3, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Luke 7:36–50

What does it mean for the guilty to find peace? Does it mean forgetting the sins we have committed, pretending that they never happened? Does it mean forgiving yourself? How can we find hope that our sins will really be undone?

Video: The Bread of Life

April 30, 2023 • Matt Holmes • John 6:25–68

In John 6, Jesus talks with a crowd who asks him for bread. Jesus responds by offering them a different kind of bread--himself. What does Jesus mean when he calls himself the Bread of Life? What does it mean to eat that bread? And how can this spiritual bread satisfy people who are looking for something to eat?

Video: Living Water

April 23, 2023 • Matt Holmes • John 4:1–42

In John 4, Jesus speaks with a woman who is working hard to draw water from a well. He promises her that he can maker her into a "spring of living water" that will never be thirsty again/ What does that promise mean? And how does it change the life of a woman who is struggling just to live and be accepted in her community?

Video: What is Eternal Life

April 16, 2023 • Matt Holmes • John 2:23—3:15

In the Gospel of John Jesus promises to give his people "life to the full." What does this eternal life look like? How does it help us to get through our everyday life? How does it help us to love our neighbors?

Video: Atoning With Your Neighbor

March 26, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Genesis 20

As Abraham nears the end of his mission, he makes an old mistake that brings a curse down on his neighbors instead of a blessing. How can Abraham's relationship with his neighbors be restored? The answer has to do with something called atonement: a misunderstood but essential element in loving our neighbors.

Video: Death & Resurrection

April 9, 2023 • Matt Holmes • John 11:21–26

Jesus promises his followers that if we believe in him we will live, even though we die, and if we live by believing in him we will never die. What does that actually mean? What hope the the resurrection of Jesus offer us in the here and now? How does Easter actually change anything?

Video: Overcoming Death for Your Neighbor

April 2, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Genesis 22

In Genesis 22, God gives Abraham a horrifying command: to sacrifice his son as an offering. Why did God make this demand of Abraham? What does it have to do with loving his neighbor? Can this story help us understand why Jesus had to die for us to truly love our neighbors?

Video: Protecting Your Neighbor

March 19, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Genesis 19:1–13

In one of the darkest chapters in the Biblical story, God sends two angels to investigate conditions in the wicked city of Sodom. When a crowd whipped up by hate and fear come to attack the angels, one righteous man must decide whether he will abandon his guests or try to protect them from the mob.

Video: Peace for the Waiting

November 26, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Luke 2:25–33

The Christmas angels declared that, because of the birth of Jesus, there was now "peace on Earth." How could peace have come 2,000 years ago, with all the wars and plagues and suffering that have happened since? Today we talk about how faith in Jesus Christ brings peace to those who are waiting for the final peace to come.

Video: Interceding for Your Neighbor

March 12, 2023 • Matt Holmes • Genesis 18:22–33

In Genesis 18, God invites Abraham to help him decide what to do with Abraham's wicked, oppressive neighbors. Abraham has the chance to punish his enemies, but instead he and God come to a surprising conclusion about how to treat this ungodly neighbors...