SERIES: GIFTED TOPIC: For the Common Good TEXT: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “You may think that being called by God is something only missionaries, pastors, and other full-time church workers experience, but the Bible says every Christian is called to service… Everything in society says, ‘It’s all about me.’ Yet nothing could be … Continued

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Series:  ALIGNED Topic: Our Mission to GO Text: Acts 13:1-5 and Revelation 5:9-10 SCRIPTURE:  ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “If you know of everlasting life, and you know of everlasting death, how much do you have to hate somebody to not tell them about it?” Penn Jillette (b.1955, American Magician)

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Series:  ALIGNED Topic: Pathway to GROW and GIVE Text: 2 Peter 3:14-18 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “It is in giving that we receive.” St. Francis of Assisi   

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Series:  ALIGNED Topic: GATHER Together Text: Psalm 67 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: By our ten thousand days of work. Harvest will fill the barn; for that the hand must ache, the face must sweat. And yet no leaf or grain is filled by work of ours; the field is tilled and left to grace. That we … Continued

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Series:  ALIGNED Topic: GATHER Together Text: Psalm 67 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “By our ten thousand days of work. Harvest will fill the barn; for that the hand must ache, the face must sweat. And yet no leaf or grain is filled by work of ours; the field is tilled and left to grace. That we … Continued

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Series:  ALIGNED Topic: Our Future Text: Psalm 78:1-8 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Memory is not only a privilege; it’s a powerful spiritual practice.” Proverbs 31 Ministries 

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Labor Day Weekend TOPIC: New Life & Hope TEXT: Ezekiel 37:1-14 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism.” Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892, 19th century British preacher)

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Series: REBOOT Topic: Pray and Move Text: Nehemiah 2:1-6 SCRIPTURE ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSFORMATION “Prayer is the antidote for the disease of self-confidence that opposes God’s goal of getting glory by working for those who wait for Him.” John Piper (b.1946, Theologian, retired pastor, teacher)

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Series: REBOOT Series: REBOOT Topic: From Head to Heart Text:  Ezra 7:8-10 Scripture: Accountability: Transformation: “When He gives you a directive, you are not just to observe it, discuss it, or debate it. You are to obey it.” Henry Blackaby  (1935-2024, Canadian Pastor)

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Series: REBOOT Topic: First Things First Text: Haggai 1:7-9 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: Haggai made it clear that putting self first is always self-defeating.” Michael P.V. Barrett  (b. 1949, Research Professor of the Old Testament )

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Lost Son – CELEBRATION WEEKEND Text: Luke 15:11-32 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “When we break our attachment with God, you will end up attached to another, and that attachment will be slavery, not sonship. It may be drugs or alcohol or illicit sex or an employer or a … Continued

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Topic: The Pharisee and Tax Collector Text: Luke 18:9-14 SCRIPTURE: ACOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Spiritual pride is a lot like that carnival mirror, distorting our perception of ourselves, of others, and of God. Spiritual pride bends the glass to make us look far better than we do, others look worse than they do… Spiritual pride curves the … Continued

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Persistent Widow Text: Luke 18:1-8 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives.” Richard Foster (b. 1942. Theologian and author)

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Dishonest Manager Text: Luke 16:1-9 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “This parable challenges us to make a difference for Christ through our relationships, using our gifts and abilities in ways that benefit His kingdom rather than just focusing on the endgame of earthly wealth.” Alistair Begg (b.1952 Pastor and … Continued

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: Parable of The Lost Text: Luke 15:3-10  SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal Man; the parable about the Good Shepherd looking for and finding the lost … Continued

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Great Banquet Text: Luke 14:15-24 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSFORMATION: “… The master announces to the guests that he is adopting you into his very own family. When seen from this perspective, the story becomes a beautiful metaphor of our relationship with God. In a spiritual sense, we are … Continued

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Series: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Mustard Seed Text: Luke 13:18-21 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Remarkably small beginnings produce amazingly large results.” Craig Blomberg, b. 1955, American New Testament scholar

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Series:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Rich Fool Text: Luke 12:13-21 Scripture: Transformation: Accountability: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever … Continued

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Series:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Friend Text: Luke 11:5-13 Scripture: Accountability: Transformation: “God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.” A.W. Tozer, pastor writer, 1897-1963

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Series:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Topic: The Friend Text: Luke 11:5-13 Scripture: Accountability: Transformation: “God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.” A.W. Tozer, pastor writer, 1897-1963

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