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Date: July 28, 2024 Scripture: John 21:1-14 Teacher: Lane Fusilier It's hard to say which was the greater miracle: the restoration of Peter (after his betrayal of Jesus on the night of His arrest), or, this miraculous catch of fish. In this message, Pastor Lane Fusilier helps us to reflect on what the Lord has done for us, and thank Him.

Date: July 21, 2028 Scripture: Luke 5:1-11 Teacher: Scott McIntosh Imagine Peter and his brothers' dismay at being instructed by Jesus to put out their nets for one more cast. Imagine Peter's amazement at knowing he's face to face with the world's true Lord and King. In this message, our friend Scott McIntosh reminds us that what Peter and his brothers walked away from in order to...

Date: July 14, 2024 Scripture: John 4 Teacher: Nathan Tomes We don't typically think of this as a miracle story, but when Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well, He showed an impossible, miraculous knowledge of the details of her life. Not only does Jesus NOT use those details to condemn her, He causes her to feel known, seen, and loved - as He means to for all of us.

Date: July 7, 2024 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 Teacher: John Hilber When Jesus calmed the storm, it was more than a flex of His power over nature. Ancient cultures claimed their gods to be the ones who brought order from chaos, but when he calmed the storm, Jesus showed that He is truly Lord over every storm.

Date: June 30, 2024 Scripture: Mark 5:1-20 Teacher: Mike Mileski This story reveals Jesus' heart for personal and societal justice. When He set this poor, forgotten, expendable, demon-possessed man free, it forced all the people in the region to question whether they were part of the problem. Today it forces us face an uncomfortable truth - especially those of us who live in the city - that so...

Date: June 23, 2024 Scripture: John 2:1-12 Teacher: Mike Mileski This is the first of a series of studies into the miracles of Jesus. His miracles had a purpose, and it was NOT to show off His Son-of-God powers. Jesus' miracles show us what God and His Kingdom are like. And at the wedding in Cana (John 2), Jesus performed His very first miracle - turning water into wine and showing us what God...

In this final part of the Life Lessons series, Mike and Heather talk about the subject Jesus said more about than almost any other: money. Is money evil? What baggage do Mike and Heather bring into a conversation about money? How does one keep money from dividing us - as couples, families, churches, etc.? Are Christians responsible to tithe to their churches? What does it look like to be “generous...

In this conversation, Mike and Heather shared about some of the helpful and unhelpful approaches to handling conflict that they witnessed, and how those lessons shaped their approach to conflict later in life. Are all conflicts resolvable? Do we always have to forgive someone who hurts us? What’s the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation? What’s my responsibility if I’ve hurt someone?...

Mike and Heather have experienced their share of sudden, life-altering crises. They’ve also been present for many others who’ve gone through similar crises. What are some ways we can respond helpfully to those in crisis, and not make things worse? What do you have to say to someone who feels they’re not “good” in a crisis? What do people in crisis need from their community? What can we be doing NO...

In this week’s conversation, Heather and Mike spent some time sharing about how they found their way into their vocations as Registered Dietician and Pastor? What does the Bible have to say about work? What’s the difference between a job, and a vocation? Does everyone have a calling? What should distinguish the way one does one’s work who is a follower of Jesus? How can we know if our work has bec...

How did Mike and Heather meet? What baggage did they bring into their relationship, and how did they deal with it? What do they wish they’d known in those days about dating, engagement, and marriage? This message is the first in a series of five conversations meant to help impart some of the wisdom Mike and Heather have accumulated after almost 25 years together. 

Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024 Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8, 22-27 Teacher: Mike Mileski In this final part of our study of Revelation, we reflect on Jesus’ promise that He is making all things new, and allow John to describe what that means. What are we waiting for? In this message we share five answers, and they are mind blowing! The world has never seen anything like it! Scripture challenges us to...

Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024 Scripture: (various) Teacher: Mike Mileski A lot of Revelation is difficult to process: many of its visions show God’s justice and anger toward Satan, and those who destroy the earth. These sometimes draw our focus away from the beautiful promises and visions that Revelation also offers. We need BOTH - we cannot take the difficult and ignore the beautiful. This was a week...

Scripture: Revelation 19:11-20:15 Date: April 28, 2024 Teacher: Michael Mileski The Early Christians used to bid farewell to one another by saying “Come, Lord Jesus”. The truth of Christ’s return gave them strength and encouragement to persevere even through persecution, oppression, and other forms of mistreatment. If the Return of Christ feels to some of us like just one more abstract theological...

Scripture: Revelation 15:5-19:10 Date: April 21, 2024 Teacher: Michael Mileski The narrative of Revelation has a lot in common with the classic sci-fi film The Matrix: a futuristic world in which a majority of the population are blind, asleep, and feeding their power to a corrupt system. Like the world we live in, which John has symbolized by Babylon, a lot of people don’t seem to know (or care) t...

Scripture: Revelation 11:15-15:4 Date: April 14, 2024 Teacher: Michael Mileski Depending on one’s point of view as we read Revelation, its visions will either cause us to worship God, or to judge and criticize Him. There are, in this book, visions of judgment so serious that if we forget what God is doing, we’ll assume He is over-reacting, as though the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Not only w...

Scripture: Revelation 8:1-11:14 Date: April 7, 2024 Teacher: Michael Mileski What could persuade you that YOU have a story that’s worth hearing? What would have to happen to make you believe that YOUR story is worth sharing with others? In this message, John shares vision after vision of wrath and judgment; and it doesn’t have the effect some might expect it to. Instead of scaring people into fait...

Date: Sunday March 31, 2024  (Easter Sunday) Scripture: Revelation 6+7 Teacher:  Mike Mileski Judgment images like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and others, are often the stuff of prophecies and predictions of woe and terror. Not here. These judgment images belong with Easter! In this message, there is good news both for those with an unhealthy obsession with God’s judgment, and those who c...

Date: Sunday March 24, 2024 Scripture: Revelation 5 Teacher:  Mike Mileski On this side of eternity, we wonder “Why?” Why did that person have to die? Why can’t I feel at home in my body? Why did I have to say or do that awful thing? Why can’t I experience God’s pleasure? There are answers to our questions - they’re in the scroll, which is held safe and secure by Jesus the Lamb. He rules - not by...

Date: Sunday March 17, 2024 Scripture: Revelation 4 Teacher:  Dr. John Hilber Imagine getting a peek inside the throne room of heaven, and to see who’s there, and what goes on. That’s what happens in Ch.4 of the book of Revelation. For those who’ve forgotten - or never imagined it - there’s a good, sovereign, holy, God on the throne! Let this message - from our friend Dr. John Hilber - bring you c...

Date: Sunday March 10, 2024 Scripture: All of Revelation! Teacher: Dr. John Hilber and Jordan Moss More than perhaps any other, it seems that bad interpretations of the book of Revelation have been the cause of many divisions, and the basis of much false teaching. Why is that? What makes Revelation unique? Why is Revelation so hard to understand? What should we make of “Left Behind” teaching? This...

Date: Sunday March 3, 2024 Scripture: Revelation 2-3 Teacher: Mike Mileski For the last couple of weeks we’ve heard Jesus’ messages to the seven churches of Asia. He has rebuked some, and encouraged others. Each church received a promise of blessing if they hold on, and "hear what the Spirit says to the Churches". This week we used our teaching time for guided listening prayer. We read a...

Date: February 25, 2024 Scripture: Letters to the churches of Ephesus, Thyatira, Sardis, Laodicea Teacher: Mike Mileski The wrong kind of tolerance is deadly to a community. Jesus’ tolerance is radical, costly, and includes those whom others consider “the wrong kind of Christian”. In this study, we hear Jesus’ words to four churches who have a tolerance problem. What happens to a church that says...

Date: February 18, 2024 Scripture: The letters to the churches in Smyrna, Pergamum, and Philadelphia Teacher: Mike Mileski Revelation was written to seven real congregations in Asia. For some of them, the challenges they faced were internal, but for these three congregations, the problems came from OUTSIDE. What external dangers threaten us and our ability to follow the way of Jesus in this cultur...

Date: February 11, 2024 Scripture: Revelation 1:9-20 Teacher: Mike Mileski John meets Jesus after being exiled by Caesar, and, abandoned by the Church. Can you imagine what that feels like? Can you relate? In this message, we see how John was comforted by what he hears, sees, feels, and receives from Christ. No matter how bleak things looked for the Church then (and now), Jesus has not abandoned h...