Dungeness Community Church - VIDEO

This Sunday, Pastor Lance Lewis speaks on "A Church With An Open Door" from Romans 15:7-13 . Sermon Questions 1. Have you struggled with acceptance? How can you live in the knowledge that Jesus accepts you just as you are? 2. How can we seek out lost sinners as Jesus did? 3. Do you know someone that you could invite to church in 2025? 4. How can the hope of Jesus help us navigate an uncertain futu...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards speaks on Luke 2:28 -35, Simeon's Story and the Song or Canticle of Simeon  Sermon Questions: 1. Were you raised by a step parent? What unique challenges did that relationship bring? What unique challenges do you think Joseph faced as a step father to God's incarnate son? What information do you find in the biblical account of Joseph that gives us clues about the k...

Pastor Tim Richards speaks on Luke 1:46-56, Mary's Magnificat. Sermon Questions 1. Have you ever been part of a history-making event? What was it and how did it feel knowing you were part of something of historical significance? 2. If you have time, read the Old Testament story of Hannah (1 Samuel 1:1 – 2:11). What comparisons & contrasts can you find between Hannah, the mother of Samuel, and...

This Sunday, Pastor Lance Lewis speaks on Luke 1:67-69, Zechariah's song.  Sermon Questions 1. Have you been in a position where you wanted something so much, but God seemed silent?  2. How can we rely on the price paid and the power from God to accomplish our salvation?  3. What does victory over our enemies look like? 4. How do you feel knowing the odds that Jesus predicted all Old Testament pro...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 13:1-14:28.     Sermon Questions 1. Christmas has so much wonderful music. What are some of your favorite songs? What makes them special to you? 2. Isaiah's message is stern but hopeful. He warns of times of deep gloom (Isaiah 8:21-22), yet he says a day will come when the gloom will be pierced by light (Isaiah 9:1-2). Have you...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 13:1- 14:28 . Sermon Questions 1. Have you ever gone on a mission trip? If so, what was good and what was challenging? 2. Try putting yourself in the position of Paul and Barnabas--believing God had told you to go but being chased away everywhere you went. How would you process such setbacks? 3. When has your life felt most pur...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 12:1-25.    Sermon Questions : 1. Have you ever had a "close call"--one of those experiences that when you look back you're not sure how you escaped serious injury or even death? What happened? 2. Peter definitely experiences a "close call" in Acts 12. What aspects of his escape do you find most intriguing and why? 3. This stor...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 11:1-30. Sermon Questions: 1.The Jewish practice of circumcision comes up often in the Bible. Why was it so important? 2. Barnabas plays a key role in this passage. What do you like most about this leader? 3. If the predicted famine affected everyone, why do you think the church at Antioch wanted to send help to Jerusalem? Didn...

Pastor Tim continues "The 2nd Scroll", looking at Acts 10:1-48.   Sermon Questions 1. Were there any rituals in your home that happened every year? If so, what were they and how did you feel about them? 2. Peter had a vision where God told him to eat foods that Peter believed were absolutely not allowed for him to eat. If you were in Peter's place and God wanted to ask you in a vision to do someth...

Pastor Lance teaches from the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 9:1-19.   Sermon Questions: 1. What do you find surprising or interesting about the conversion of Paul? 2. How does Paul's conversion provide hope for people in our lives who are rejecting Christ presently? 3. How does freedom come from the understanding that salvation is about God's work and not ours? 4. How does Jesus change the f...

Pastor Lance teaches from the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 8:1-8.   Sermon Questions: 1. How has the character of God worked itself out for you in trial? 2. What two or three characteristics of God do you cling to in trouble? 3. How can we increase our hope in Jesus in these times? 4. How have you moved forward one step at a time in tribulation?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 5:1-14.  Sermon Questions 1. Have you ever encountered a person you initially admired but eventually came to see as a hypocrite? What clued you in? What impact did that have on you? 2. In the case of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), the cost of hypocrisy was severe. Why do you think God dealt with them in such an extreme...

Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 4:32 -37.   Sermon Questions: 1. Have you ever been the recipient of radical generosity? What happened? What effect did it have on you? 2. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit had all sorts of effects on the early church. Why do you think Luke focuses on generosity (Acts 4:32 )? 3. Have you ever known someone personally that deserves the na...

Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 3:1- 4:30 .   Sermon Questions: 1. As a child or a teen, do you recall a time when you were clearly at fault but tried really hard to deny it? What happened? 2. Are all miracles signs? Are signs always miracles? If not, how would you explain the difference? 3. Do you find it easy or hard to admit fault? Why? How does that impact your rel...

Pastor Tim continues a series on Acts, looking at Acts 2:1-47. Sermon Questions 1. What are your earliest memories of attending church? Were there things you found confusing from those experiences? 2. What aspects of the symbolism involved in the Holy Spirit’s coming are most meaningful to you? Why? 3. Have you ever witnessed something that seemed like a genuine supernatural work of the Holy Spiri...

Pastor Tim begins a series on Acts called The 2nd Scroll. 1. Have you ever tried the sport of Curling? How does Pastor Tim think it connects to the book of Acts? Do you agree or disagree? 2. Jesus talked constantly about the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3). The disciples worried about the kingdom of Israel (Acts 1:6). What was the difference? What lessons for our time can you draw from Acts 1:7-8? 3.Why...

Pastor Lance continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22 -23, looking at Self-control. DUNGENESS COMMUNITY CHURCH Sermon Questions  1. Our appetites, ambition, and anger can easily get out of control. Which one of these have impacted your life the most? Are they under control? 2. How does lack of self control lead to ruin? Review the stories of Samson and Absalom. How d...

Pastor Tim Richards continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23, looking at Gentleness.  Sermon Questions: 1. How do you spot a good watermelon? What, according to Pastor Tim, does that have to do with Galatians 5:22-23? 2. Based on what you know about the Apostle Paul, how would you describe his natural temperament? How does yours compare to his? 3. Paul regularly a...

John Edgecomb continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23. This week we look at Faithfulness. Sermon Questions: 1. God is always faithful. But share a time when He really showed you His faithfulness in your life. 2. What is the relationship between faith and faithfulness? Does Hebrews 11:6 help? 3. Why is faithfulness such a key to a healthy family? Why is it an abso...

This Sunday Pastor Britt Hemphill continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23. This week we looK at Goodness.    SERMON QUESTIONS:  1. What has been your experience of goodness? 2. What is one of your favorite accounts of Jesus being good? Why is this account meaningful to you? 3. How would you compare goodness and kindness? 4. Identify some settings in which you wan...

Pastor Lance Lewis continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23. This week we'll be looking at Patience.   Sermon Questions: 1. How would you define patience? 2. Do you agree that it is the ability to handle delay graciously? 3. How has God demonstrated His great patience in your life? 4. How can we demonstrate patience to a microwave culture?

This Sunday Pastor Tim Richards continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23. This week we'll be looking at Kindness.    Sermon Questions: 1. Think of a time when someone showed you true kindness. What did they do? Why is it so outstanding in your mind? 2. How would you define the difference between the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit? 3. Of all the po...

Pastor Josh Deshazerl continues the series, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Galatians 5:22-23. This week we'll be looking at Peace.   Sermon Questions: 1. What does being at peace look like to you? 2. How do we get in our own way of experiencing peace? 3. How can Jesus giving us peace with God change the way we experience peace inside ourselves and with others? 4. What would it look like for yo...

DUNGENESS COMMUNITY CHURCH Sermon Questions 1. What has been your experience of joy as a Fruit of the Spirit? 2. In what ways have you experienced hope and imagination as ‘upstream’ from joy? How do you see these two things informing joy as a gift of the Spirit? 3. CS Lewis wrote: “All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still ‘about t...

Pastor Tim Richards starts a new series on the fruit of the Spirit called, "If Jesus Had a Fruit Stand," from Gallatians 5:22 -23.   Sermon Questions 1. In your own words, how would you define “the works of the flesh”? 2. What is the difference between works and fruit? 3. Read John 12:24 -25. Has God ever taken you through an experience that felt like a death but the end result was good? What happ...