Lanterns Church

This is week 2 of our series Time. Communication is so important yet in our days it can be filled with sharp tongues and anger, filled with hurting one another and wanting to be heard but not care about hearing others. There is a call on our lives to be slow to speak, quick to listen and slow to anger.  While we listen and learn in life having knowledge isn't enough, we should then act in res...

This is the first week of our series Time. As  we discuss the book of James it is clear if we  examine our faith over time we can truly see if our faith is genuine or fake. Also through even troubles we can have joy knowing we get the opportunity for our endurance to grow. This is way easier to say then to actually live out but we will endure all situations if our faith is genuinely depending on G...

This is week 4 of the series Love Like Jesus. We passionately discuss how loving like Jesus is a set apart love, a love different than the love our world usually offers. If we learn to depend on God and continually discover His love for us, in response God's Spirit can guide us to truly love others. Remember people should know we are followers of Jesus by the way we love each other. We read s...

This is week 3 of the series Love Like Jesus. In this service we removed our rows of chairs and set up tables in circles for our church family.  We learn about taking the Lord's supper over a meal and discuss the importance of being devoted to a community of people. Our communities should priotize the building of relationships. One important way to do this with each other is to break bread wi...

This is week 2 of the series Love Like Jesus.  We see in scripture Serving should'nt just be something we do once in a while but a servant should be who we are, a lifestyle. God so loved us He took on flesh as Jesus and Jesus came as a servant. Jesus served us even up to the moments on the cross serving up His life. To discover more of the importance of loving like Jesus we look over many scr...

This is week one of the series Love Like Jesus. In response to the unconditional love of Jesus, we are called to be ambassadors while we are here on earth representing the God that offers such a love. The first way we can focus on loving like Jesus is to Forgive, to truly forgive others and to mercifully pray for others, even our enemies.  Doing this will also bring a freedom into our lives. We re...

This is week 2 our the series One Thing. This week we continue to uncover the importance of seeking God first. Not only should we seek God but we should pursue Him with the right motives. Even good things done with the wrong motives can turn situations into bad things. We look at historical accounts of a man named Philip and a man named Simon in the book of Acts. Through a relationship with God we...

This Week our talk uncovers the importance of focussing on the ONE THING over all other things we could get caught up focussing on. Sometimes we build list upon list that are so hard to tackle all at once. Today we see the call on our lives to seek God first and in response to that all other things needed will be met. Also when we spend time with our God and He reveals truth to us, do we prioritiz...

We conclude with week 3 of our series Immanuel. In our lives it is so easy to want an unhealthy amount of control.  The good news is there is Powerful, Loving, Perfect King over all other kings that we can turn to and depend on instead of trying to be the imperfect kings and queens of our own lives. This King, Our God was known by many beautiful names one being Immanuel which means "God Is Wi...

This is week 2 of our series Immanuel. During a season when many gifts are given we discuss how receiving a gift can be so impactful. Knowing how impactful it can be, we focus on how our God is the ultimate giver of gifts. When He offers redemption, reconciliation, and Hope through the gift of salvation how can we respond? We look at how the wise men respond in the way they seek the Newborn King a...

This is week one of our series Immanuel. We take a look at the historical account of the birth of the newborn King! Matthew chapter one and two shows us many of the unexpected travels and situations for Mary and Joseph. When we find ourselves facing unexpected situations in our lives how will we respond. Know we can be encouraged knowing our Lord has a plan for us. We discuss scriptures Luke 2:1-7...

We conclude the series "God Is" with week 7. We discuss how impactful it can be to receive an invitation. We can be encouraged knowing there is a God with a grace filled invitation to each and everyone of us, and it is life-giving. Even in the midst of our mistakes God extends a message of hope. It is promised for Israel in the book of Isaiah and has been offered to us the world through...

This is week 6 of the series God Is. In our world it is common for mankind to desire love, but many times we find ourselves looking for love in all the wrong places or even looking for the wrong types of love. God the Father is love and He has made available an ultimate love for each and everyone of us, a love that is perfect, pure, sacrificial and unconditional. We look at a historical account th...

This is week 5 of our series God Is. Have you ever gave someone a good gift? As people giving good gifts how much more could an all knowing God, an ultimate Father give gifts to us? God is a provider, we see this in the historical account of the prophet Elijah and we can see it throughout our own lives as well. In response to Gods generosity we should be consistently filled with gratitude. As we r...

This is week 4 of the series God Is.  We look at the contrast between the real and the fake, the living and the dead. We are given the opportunity to be in relationship with the one true living God. As we continually discover Him and His love for us, we can in response love God and love others. through the living Spirit the dwells within in us as followers of the living God we should walk and talk...

This is week 3 of the series God Is. When everything is consistently changing around us we can always be anchored to the unchanging God. The God that will always give hope and will always be love. There is an opportunity for us to continually change for the better by spiritually receiving a new heart and a new spirit. through the grace of God we are gifted renewal even over our sin in response to...

This is week two of the series God Is. As humans we find ourselves surprised at times, and sometimes it is with very unfortunate situations. Knowing this we can find confidence in our God that is never surprised. A God that is powerful, that is in control, and is all-knowing. We look over 14 chapters of a historical event of a man named Joseph, son to a father named Jacob. Through his life he face...

This is Week 1 of our series God Is. There is a noticeable difference between good and bad, light and darkness and when we get caught in the midst of bad things we can confidently grab on to a hope offered to us all. That Hope is found through God, The God that is Creator of all, The God that is relational, the God that is hope and offers ultimate hope to us that call on His name. We look at how G...

This week we take another look at the commission giving to us as sons and daughters of God. We take a look at how we are designed for discipleship. To consistently follow Jesus and to teach others how to follow Jesus. Through this time we look at why we should disciple, when we are truly a disciple, and how we are suppose to disciple. This is all in response to learning we are designed to make dis...

This Week we talk about being kingdom minded. As we continue to discover the purpose God has for us, will we respond with a mind and heart focused on His kingdom. there is a love,  a hope,  a trust filled relationship offered to the world, but how will people accept it if they don't truly know about it. We are called to share with our words the good news of Jesus Christ and know through these...

Today we celebrate being a local church for one year! We understand there is darkness that brings confusion, hurt, and the feeling of being lost into our lives but through a relationship with Jesus the light of the world our lives are illuminated! through this relationship with God it brings hope, love, purpose, healing, reconciliation, redemption, freedom, and salvation into our lives as well. In...

We conclude our series Abraham with week 5. We discuss how we can walk with confidence even in times of testing. There is an endurance, a strength that can build within our faith in response to the process of testing. We can find hope and trust remembering what God has done and what He promises still to do. As we walk with God who is alive, active, and present... We also look at how God's pre...

This is week 4 of the series Abraham. A common mistake made is taking control of a situation out of a lack of patience for a plan to be carried out correctly. It is so easy to try to over control and take short cuts to try to achieve the things we want. At times this leaves us falling short or failing in a way that it affects us and others negatively. Knowing this, how do we regain confidence afte...

This is week 3 of the series Abraham. We all face times of uncertainty, but even in the midst of unclear times we can have clarity on the powerful promises of  God. When we pursue God we can walk with confidence knowing He is there alive and active. Through our faith we can be certain about many things in our life that brings peace, comfort, and hope! We look at scriptures Genesis 15:1-6, 15:13-16...

Join us for our week 2 of the series Abraham. We have all been impacted by fear in our lives. Fear is a common thing that can impact the choices of many people in this world. Knowing this what should we then do in these situations? We continue to learn through the perspective of the life of Abraham. We discuss how to have faith over fear. We unpack this talk while going over the scriptures Genesis...