Stones Hill Community Church

Luke 10:38-42 NIV 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself...

1 Peter 4:1-11 NIV 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness...

Bolivia Mission Sunday 10/1/2023

1 Peter 4:1-11 NIV 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness...

MESSAGE TEXT Luke 15:1-32 *INTRODUCTION In Luke 15, Jesus told three “Parables of Lostness.” In this parabolic trilogy of lostness, something very striking happens. Each underscores the loser’s sense of loss, tells of the thrill of rediscovery, and ends with a scene of jubilation. The refrain of rejoice is heard at the conclusion of all three parables of the lost (see vv. 6, 9, 23, 32).[2]* Jesus...

Luke 15:11-32 NIV 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine i...

Matthew 13:44-46 NIV 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. The disciples felt as if nothing was happe...

Ice Age and Mammoths (with a touch on Climate Change) 8/27/2023

What was the “Tower of Babel” about And where did the human races come from 8/27/23

Guest Speaker Julie Von Vett Session 1 8/27/2023

Galatians 5:19-26 NIV 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy...

Grand Canyon: A Beautiful Scar 8/13/2023

Sunday Service

Mission Sunday 7/30/2023

Sunday Service 7/23/2023

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NIV 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,...

Genesis 1:1-31 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light day, and the darkness he called nig...

Romans 8:28-30 NIV 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he...

Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 NIV 1 Remember your Creatorin the days of your youth,before the days of trouble comeand the years approach when you will say,“I find no pleasure in them”— 2 before the sun and the lightand the moon and the stars grow dark,and the clouds return after the rain; 3 when the keepers of the house tremble,and the strong men stoop,when the grinders cease because they are few,and those...

Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 NIV 1 Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return. 2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. 3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. 4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant;...

Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 NIV 1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. 3 Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are. 4 If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest. 5 Th...

Senior Sunday 6/4/2023

MESSAGE POINTS Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… Why? *Death: You’re only alive so long to get things done. And nobody is guaranteed a tomorrow. So, time is of the essence. (v.1-6) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… * Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…Why? Family: You might be able to make a living at it and create and suppor...

When six-year-old Calvin (of the Calvin and Hobbes comic) protests the injustice that he has to go to bed earlier than his parents, his father comments that the world is unfair. “I know,” says Calvin, “but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?” Not only is life unfair, but we all are born with an authority problem. We don’t like to be told what to do. It doesn’t help that we have a fallen, twisted...

Life is not simple. But it gets a whole lot better when we all give up the notion of a perfect world. Sometimes life doesn’t make sense. Why do bad things happen to good people? I challenge the question: Who says we’re good? Why do good things happen to bad people. So, no easy answers. Even the authors of Scripture struggled with these questions. That’s why we need wisdom in a broken, imperfect wo...