Celebration Sermons

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The Handoff: We Journey Together" 2 Timothy 1:1-14 The Apostle Paul is coming to the end of his career and now writes once more to Timothy, his "son-in-the-faith." They have shared so much to this point and surely both suspect that there is coming an end to that: no longer a sharing, but a transfer from one to the other. How will the Gospel of God’s Grace carry on a...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Prayer-Filled Life: An Invitation to Friendship" Luke 5:12, John 15:13-17 Of the many requests made of Jesus, "Teach us to pray..." stands out as the one born out of close observation of His life and deep desire to "be like Him" from those who spent the most time with Him. For Secure Online Giving: https://harderwyk.elexiochms.com/external/form/6aac393c-8e7c-4ae5-b8...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Workers in the Harvest" Luke 10:1-3, 16; Acts 1:4-8 It's hard to imagine a farm family missing-in-action for harvest time. "We were on vacation! Spent two weeks sight-seeing with friends!" Harvest time is specific and limited with a life-giving purpose. You make the most of it and join in the hard work and adventure, or you miss the moment an...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Must Worship" John 4:13-26 In the midst of even the crushingly mundane, everyday routines of life Jesus respectfully engages a disrespected person with an invitation to reorient her life around authentic worship of Him. For Secure Online Giving: https://harderwyk.elexiochms.com/external/form/6aac393c-8e7c-4ae5-b88c-721ae9847679 Give one time without logging in or cr...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The God Who Gives" John 3:16-17 The God who makes Himself known in the pages of the Bible, is a being of lavish generosity: He gives live. He establishes order. He creates beauty. He upholds justice. All in generous, undeserved proportions. Here’s the deal: People who get close to that God, will increasingly find that the same generosity of character will take root...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Cultivating a Word-Centered Life" John 8:31-38 Journeying with Jesus involves cultivating a Word-centered community and life that fosters a deeper understanding of who one is in Christ, creates space for the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and inspires faithful Christ-following. For Secure Online Giving: https://harderwyk.elexiochms.com/external/form/6aac393c-...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Come, Follow Me: A God Who Invites" Matthew 4:12-20, Isaiah 55:1-3 Every journey starts with a first step and every journey continues as it resupplies with needed provision along the way. This week we begin a series by looking at the first step in a Journey With Jesus. In the next five weeks we will take a look at the 5 essential supplies for sustaining th...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Called to a Full-Throttle Faith" Malachi 3:13-4:6 Malachi begins with six "divine dialogues" between the LORD and His people. ALL of them challenge God's people with the heart-issue of compromise - living a half-speed discipleship. Fortunately, Malachi ends with a visionary promise of One-Who-Is-To-Come that will get to the heart of our need....

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Prisoners of Hope" Zechariah 9:9-12 What do you do when life is not quite working out? You are second choice on the new job. You studied hard, but misunderstood a surprise question on the test that that you need a good grade and ended up with a bad grade? You're working, but it's not "paying off." Haggai tells the citizens of Jerusalem, a...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Take a Look Around" Haggai 1:1-11 What do you do when life is not quite working out? You are second choice on the new job. You studied hard, but misunderstood a surprise question on the test that that you need a good grade and ended up with a bad grade? You're working, but it's not "paying off." Haggai tells the citizens of Jerusalem, and...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The Day of the LORD" Zephaniah 1:1, 14-16; 3:16-17 "There is coming a day!" All of the prophets refer to a coming "Day of the LORD" with a unified voice and vision - but none do it with more focus and energy than Zephaniah. Like a scheduled surgery, there will be a time when the skilled and capable creator will perform an intervention for his patient - all creation...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The Prophet's Prayer Journal" Habakkuk 3:16-19 Habakkuk allows us to look over this shoulder at his Prayer Journal - a very different place than on the receiving end of a blistering sermon like several of the other Minor Prophets! From this place we see the process of prayer - the heartfelt engagement of speaking and listening, lament and answer - lead...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "A God Who is "Both/And" Nahum 1:1-11 It's hard to read Nahum and avoid the question of the LORD and anger. How can the prophet speak like that? Can the Triune God Himself really be that angry? How do you make sense of that sort of anger and "God is love"? When Jesus said He came to fulfill and not abolish the Law and the Prophets, could...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The LORD Will Gather His Flock" Micah Painful consequences are earned, but the LORD freely offers his grace to those who will receive what He offers and trust Him to deliver on His promises. Micah anchors his hope in difficult present circumstances by focusing on a coming Shepherd and surprising new kingdom. Because of where we are on the timeline of the L...

Outdoor Combined Worship on the Anchor Lawn "Freedom in Christ" Hebrews 7:22-27; 9:11-15; 10:8-25 In the book of Hebrews, we are reminded of the freedom that we have in the “once for all” work of Jesus. This work of Christ that was accomplished in the past continues to do a work in us, transforming our lives today and offering us a certainty for the future. To learn more about Harderwyk...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "I've Got Good News, Neighbor" Obadiah 1-4, 10-12, 15, 17, 21 It's easy to skim Obadiah's 21-verse vision and take away nothing but a blast of judgement for Israel’s distant kin Edom. After all, they are just getting what they deserve for their bad behavior, aren't they? As it turns out - and this is Good News for Israel, Edom and us! - that thought is only half of t...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Bringing the Fire Now, In Order to Bring the Fruit Then" Amos 1:1-2, 9:11-15 The words of the LORD come like fire through the prophet Amos to all the nations of the earth. Economic injustice, idolatrous worship and sexual immorality have grown up beyond the point of pruning or uprooting. They will be cleared by the fire of the LORD's righteousness in o...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "The Life You're Made to Live" Galatians 5:13-24 Wouldn't our world be a more beautiful place if the Church bloomed with the fruit of the Spirit of God in this way? What would be different about our community if your church took your freedom in Christ as seriously as Paul does and made blooming into a Garden of Grace a top priority? For Secure Online Giving: https://...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Hosea: Idolatry is Adultery" Hosea 1:1-2:1 Join us as we continue a brand-new summer sermon series titled "The Heart of God; through the Minor Prophets." We will spend the entire summer working our way through each of the 12 minor prophets. This week we consider the word of the Lord from the prophet Hosea whose life reminds us of both the serious...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Because Yahweh is Like THIS (And NOT Like That)" Jeremiah 9:23-24 Today, we begin our summer sermon series, "Into the Heart of God Through the Minor Prophets". Before we work through each of the individual books in the weeks to come, we will start with a flyover view of all of the prophets - setting, themes, etc. - so we are equipped to read them in light of their s...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Don't Forget the Burger" John 13:33-35 There is far more going on here than a nice person telling nice people to go and be nice. Jesus promises and invites his apprentices - including us - to receive and then in turn to give more than we could ask or imagine. For Secure Online Giving: https://harderwyk.elexiochms.com/external/form/6aac393c-8e7c-4ae5-b8...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Lessons Learned Along the Way: Both Life-Changing and Painful" John 21:1-19 Like Peter, we often wonder what is next for us when we fail the test. Jesus shows up and asks instead: "What have you learned in your apprenticeship to me?" The Gospel changes everything! For Secure Online Giving: https://harderwyk.elexiochms.com/external/form/6aac393c-8...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Thomas: Witness to the Resurrected Jesus" John 20:24-31 We usually refer to him as "Doubting Thomas." Indeed, Jesus tells Thomas to "Stop being faithless and instead BELIEVE!" But Thomas also has a particular calling and place as an Apostle in the mission of the Resurrected Christ. It was for our sake that Jesus shows his wounds to Thom...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Who Rules Your Heart?"John 20:19-23 Oh, what a day it has been! It is now evening of the day when the body of Jesus was first reported as missing. Word was already spreading through Jerusalem that the disciples had stolen the body, stirring up the city. At this point, with only one eyewitness to the Risen Jesus, the disciples have real reason to fear that...

Sundays at 9:00 am | Sanctuary "Centered" 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 From the very beginning, the World Christian Movement has been centered on the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah of Yahweh. Across the years and cultures that center has brought life and balance to the ministry of the church and disruption when that center was shifted to something else. For Secure Online Giving: ht...