Weekly Sermons

Guest Speaker Paula Perry with Jews for Jesus speaks to the congregation.

Date: Jun 28, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Meeting Ourselves: A Study of the Parables Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Luke 10:25-37 Parable: The Good Samaritan You cannot separate your relationship with God from you relationship with your fellow man. There are five attitudes demonstrated about the man who traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho: 1. The attitude of the Lawyer 2. The attitude of the thi...

Date: Jun 21, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Meeting Ourselves: A Study of the Parables Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Luke 5:27-39 Three Questions:1. What is your attitude toward change?2. Do you have a “Newness-of-life” experience with Jesus Christ?3. Is your fellowship with Jesus a feast or a funeral?

Date: Jun 14, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Meeting Ourselves: A Study of the Parables Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Matthew 13:10-17 , Matthew 13:34-35 , Matthew 13:51-52 , Isaiah 6:9-10 The first study in an eight study series on Jesus' parables given in the new testament. Why did he teach in parables? Why study the parables? How should we best use these parables? They are effective in learnin...

On Joy, Peace and Humility Date: Jun 07, 2026 Category: Sermon Speaker: Gary Taylor Passages: Romans 15:13 , Luke 1:30-33 , Luke 1:46-56

Date: May 31, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: John 12:24 , Hebrews 4:15-16 , Hebrews 10:19-22 , Hebrews 7:24-25 , Acts 20:32 , Romans 15:4-5 , Ephesians 6:17 God has provided four means of taking possession of grace; Prayer, His Word, Submission, and Ministry.

Date: May 24, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Ephesians 3:8 , Romans 12:6 , 2 Corinthians 4:1 , 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 , Isaiah 41:14-15 , 1 Thessalonians 2:8 , 2 Corinthians 8:1-14 , 2 Corinthians 5:10 , Romans 11:35 I am a Christian by grace; I have ministry by grace. 1. God (1) saves us by His grace and (2) transforms us more and more into the liken...

Date: May 17, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 , Deuteronomy 8:2-3 , Exodus 16:16-21 , 2 Timothy 2:1 We are familiar with the aspect of grace that is "unmerited favor." We sometimes forget that it is also God's divine assistance through the Holy Spirit. We need a thorn in the flesh of our own; need to beware of the pride of self-su...

Date: May 10, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Galatians 5:1 , Galatians 5:13 , Romans 14:5 , Romans 14:3 , Mark 2:27 , Galatians 1:10 Today's form of legalism could be defined as anything we do (or don't do) in order to earn favor with God. It insists on conformity to man-made religious rules and requirements. Points of focus include the building of "...

Date: May 03, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Hebrews 10:9-10 Christ is our holiness; we died to the ceremonial law but have the law of God written on our hearts; we are to be growing in Christ-likeness.

Date: Apr 26, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: John 14:15-23 , Galatians 5:1 , Galatians 2:14-16 , Romans 7:22-25 It was not the law that Jesus abolished, but our emnity with the law.

Date: Apr 19, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 , Jude 1:4 , Romans 12:1-2 , Romans 4:7-8 , Genesis 39:9 , 2 Corinthians 7:1 The Grace of God can be misunderstood and abused; we need to refrain from adding legalism to Grace, and need to be gripped by the generosity of God's grace, and to respond out of a spirit of gratitude rather...

Date: Apr 12, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Matthew 20:15 Entitlement runs afoul of God's Grace. We can never obligate God to bless us through works. We cannot give anything to God that he has not first given us. God dispenses blessings and He chooses. God is gracious and generous.

Date: Apr 05, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Easter's Renewing, Resourcing and Reshaping the Church for Mission Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 1 Peter 1:3 , John 14:1-3 , John 20:17 , 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 , 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 , 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 Easter is about living what we profess; so is the Church. The Resurrection brings renewing and reshaping to six aspects of our lives; new Birth and...

Date: Mar 29, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Easter's Renewing, Resourcing and Reshaping the Church for Mission Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Matthew 28:16-17 , Matthew 28:18-20 , Luke 24:13 , Luke 24:30-39 , Luke 24:45-49 , Acts 1:8 , Colossians 2:12 We are to be an "Easter" people - people of the Resurrection.

Date: Mar 22, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Romans 8:32 , Matthew 20:1-16

Date: Mar 15, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender The contrast of our sin versus God's Grace.

Date: Mar 08, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender God's offer of Grace; are we going our own way; grace provides a remedy, a cleansing, satisfaction of God's justice, cancels a debt we cannot pay. It can't be earned by our merits anymore than it can be forfeited by our demerits. To the extent that you are clinging to any vestige of self-righteousness, to that degre...

Date: Mar 01, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: A Study on Grace Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Galatians 3:3 , Romans 3:10-12 , Isaiah 64:6 , Ephesians 2:1-9 The first in a series of study on the matter of God's Grace, when contrasted against our performance and works. Special Music: Rod and Paula Carlson "Wonderful, Merciful Savior"

Date: Feb 22, 2026 Category: Sermon Series: Fellowship with the Word of Life: A Study of I John Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 1 John 5:13-20

Date: Feb 15, 2026 Series: Fellowship with the Word of Life: A Study of I John Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 1 John 5:6-12

Date: Feb 01, 2026 Category: Resurrection Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: Mark 14:22-26

Date: Jan 25, 2026 Category: Christian Living Series: Fellowship with the Word of Life: A Study of I John Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 1 John 4:13-21

Congregational Meeting 01/18/26. Elders Myles Jensen, Jay Kernan, Gary Taylor presiding.

Date: Jan 18, 2026 Category: Christian Living Series: Fellowship with the Word of Life: A Study of I John Speaker: Ed Niswender Passages: 1 John 4:7-12