Early in life, we're taught the harsh realities of the world: touch a hot stove, get burned; jump from a high ledge, risk injury; and death, sadly, feels final. Life often unfolds with predictable outcomes given how we understand the natural and physics. But then there's God, and we’re taught He can operate outside the predictable and learned outcomes in life. It’s these understandings of the ordinary and extraordinary that often create a faith crisis—when we need God to act supernaturally in the natural realm. Does He see us? Does He care? Why doesn’t He answer our prayers? This Sabbath we delve into the remarkable story of the Shunammite woman and her miracle son’s death in 2 Kings 4. How does she handle her crisis of faith, when the extraordinary and ordinary collide in tragic fashion? Don’t miss the next chapter in our Next | New | Now series entitled: Extraordinary.
Sabbath Worship Service | Next, New, Now: "Extraordinary"
February 10, 2024 • Aivars Ozolins, Assoc. Pastor
Sabbath Worship Experience | "New, Next, Now: Can't Take It With You?"
March 30, 2024 • Pastor Jonathan Henderson
“You can’t take it with you” is a commonly used phrase to encourage people to enjoy life, and not be concerned about what they do or don’t have—especially money—because once they're gone, they can't take it with them. Jesus appears to encourage this sentiment by telling us to “lay [our] treasures in heaven” instead of here on earth where they can be stolen or destroyed. But what if you could take it with you? Elisha seems to have cracked the code because for his greatest miracle, he does something that no living being had ever done before—literally! In fact, he wasn’t even alive to see the miracle. Have I piqued your curiosity? Join us on this special Resurrection Sabbath as we close out the Next | New | Now series with a shockingly unbelievable story that answers our deepest life and death questions.
Sabbath Worship Experience | "Next, New, Now: Redeem Code"
March 23, 2024 • Pastor Jonathan Henderson
There might not be a word more used in Christianity, that is equally used as much in the secular world, as the word “redeem.” True, we may see or hear the word redemptive, redemption, or redeeming more often from the pulpit than it’s root word, but could the meaning be essentially the same as redeeming a gift card or code? As we draw near to the conclusion of our series “Next | New | Now,” we study the science of grace from a technical standpoint. Why does this word “redeem” play center stage of the Gospel? Join us this week as we continue to see the prophet Elisha’s narrative unfold in the most redeeming story yet!
Sabbath Worship Experience | Next, New, Now - "The Best Laid Plan"
March 16, 2024 • Pastor Jonathan Henderson
If you have the gift of seeing the future, how would you use it? Sure you could make some money on future sporting events, but let’s say altruism is your only guide. Would you knowingly walk into bad relationships? Would you allow loved ones to put themselves in harm’s way? The prophet Elisha must grapple with these questions when he’s faced with a God-sized problem that involves evil and knowing the future. What will he ultimately decide? And what does his decision ultimately tell us about how God handles these questions? Join us this week as we face one of the most difficult theological questions, that has even led many to give up on God altogether.