Renewal Church

Sunday, March 20 John 9:1-41 Jesus was and is unceasingly remarkable! In John 9, he healed a blind man. This man who was once confined to darkness now had sight – something we all take for granted. He could now make his way around in the world on his own. But Jesus is always up to more than we realize because he also gave this man spiritual sight. Where God was once a shadow to this man, he was no...

Sunday, March 13 John 2:13-25 This Sunday we’re going to talk about the time Jesus cleansed the temple. You know, that time Jesus made a whip and angrily drove out the people who had turned the temple into a market. Easily one of the more provocative stories about Jesus. How in the world does this reveal the glory and the grace of God?

Sunday, March 6 Matthew 28:16

This Sunday, we reach Jesus’ next sign in the Gospel of John: the feeding of the 5,000 (John 6). In this story, Jesus says some strange things about himself — that he is bread, that his followers are to eat his flesh and drink his blood. What did he mean? The clue may be in the middle of the story when Jesus emphasized the one thing his would-be followers must do. They must believe in him. One thi...

Sunday, Feb 20 John 5:1-17 Video Clip: "The Perfect Opportunity." The Chosen, season 2, episode 4, Loves & Fishes Production, May 2021. Angel Studios, www.angelstudios.com/thechosen

Sunday, Feb 13 John 4:43-54 Jesus’ ministry was quite paradoxical at times. He performed many signs and wonders, but was frustrated by people who followed him only to see miracles. At the end of John 4, we meet an official whose son was gravely ill. This man, in desperation, sought Jesus, requesting that he come to his house to see his son. Jesus’ response seems abrupt. “Go; your son will live.” C...

Sunday, Feb 6 Matthew 28:16-20 If you've spent any time at all in the church, you've no doubt heard of the "Great Commission" that Jesus gives in Matthew chapter 28. There, the resurrected Jesus meets with his disciples to give them some parting words. To show them that in his defeat of death, he is truly the one with all authority in heaven and on earth. The Nazarene peasant that they had been fo...

Sunday, January 30 John 2:1-11

Sunday, January 23 John 1:1-18

“Rest means putting yourself near God with God, in a time of quietness every day. You put yourself with God just as you are, empty perhaps, but hungry and thirsty for Him. You can be very near to Him in your naked sincerity; and He will do the rest. drawing out from you the longings deeper than you ever knew were there, and pouring into you trust and love.” –Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbur...

Sunday, Jan 2, 2022 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Release The Past Embrace The Present Anticipate The Future

Instead of gathering in person on the final Sunday of each year, we rest in order to give a much-needed break to all of our wonderful volunteers, leaders, and staff. But that doesn’t mean we don’t worship on the Lord’s Day! We hope you will join us online for a brief worship service this Sunday. Merry Christmas and may you all have a happy and grace-filled New Year!

Sunday, Dec 19 1 John 3:11-18 It’s Christmas Sunday, the fourth and final Sunday of Advent! Over the last few weeks, we have journeyed from hope to preparation to joy and, now, to love. For 2000 years, Jesus has been offering people the incredible invitation of abundant life, if only we would abide in him. And nothing reveals more clearly whether we are abiding in God than our love. Do we increasi...

If you observe the tradition of the Advent wreath, you’ve noticed that there’s one candle – the pink one – that stands out among the rest. It represents joy, or rejoicing, and it marks a shift from waiting and preparation to a joyous anticipation of the coming of the Lord. Christmas Day is near! But joy didn’t end the day after Christmas. The Apostle Paul encouraged believers with these words in 1...

The season of Advent is a time of preparation, first for Christmas as we enter into the ancient Israelite yearning for the Messiah. It’s also preparation for his second and final advent, when he will make all things new. Between that first Christmas and his Second Coming, the church (that’s us!) is sent into our chaotic, hurting, and rebellious world, equipped with an invitation – an invitation to...