Month: August 2014

First Mennonite Church July 27, 2014 Samuel: A Gift Received and A Gift Returned 1 Samuel 1: 1-28 (NIV) 1Samuel chapter 1 is a family drama. But beyond the immediate story of Elkanah, his two wives and their yearly trips to Shiloh, this story sets the stage for the larger story of Israel. (I will … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 6, 2014 The Great Deliverance (Exodus Series I) Exodus 12:29-42 (NIV) 29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as … [Read more…]