Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church March 3, 2024 Waking Up and Living at Our New Address! Texts: John 4:34, 35; 2Cor. 5:17-18; Gal. 2:20 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church February 25, 2024 Let Worship Flow and Justice Roll Down Text: Isaiah 29:13; Amos 5: 18-24 Last Sunday, we saw that the transformation worship effects in us is not for our hoarding, pride, or personal self-refinement. The transforming power of worship lies in the fact that God gives of himself to us … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church February 18, 2024 Sermon Texts: John 4:21-24; Romans 12:1-2 True Worship Is a Life on God’s Altar The Bible commands us to worship God. And, as we remember, the very reason God ordered Pharaoh to let Israel go was so that Israel would worship God. “Let my people go, so that they … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church February 11, 2024 The Effects of Worshipping God Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 Last Sunday, I said that today we will be looking at the effects of worship. We, then, saw that worshipping God flows out from the recognition that our lives and the world find their origin in God. We also realized that … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church February 4, 2024 Why Do We Worship God? Text: Psalm 95:1-7a 1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 28, 2024 God: His Immutability and Eternity We know how it goes with technology. Shortly after we get the latest version of a cell phone or computer, there comes another with longer battery life or faster processors, better security protection, and so on. Regardless of their “groundbreaking” innovation claims, our gadgets … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 21, 2024 Attributes of God: His Omnipresence and Omniscience Text: Psalm 139:1-12 When theologians speak about the attributes of God, they often refer to two kinds of God’s attributes: His communicable attributes and His incommunicable attributes. God’s communicable attributes are those that God shares with his people: his love, compassion, righteousness, … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 14, 2024 Communion: Coming to the Lord’s Table for “Seconds” Text: John 6:35-51 Today, we are celebrating the Lord’s Supper, once again. We celebrate it, on average, every three months. There are congregations where the Lord’s Supper is celebrated every Sunday. For those of us who have attended church all of … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 7, 2024 Keeping Our Eyes on Jesus Text: Hebrews 12: 1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 31, 2023 Life After Christmas Text: Matthew 2:1-23 Last Tuesday morning, as Lilian and I were getting ready to come to Paso Robles for work, she in a child-like voice complained that she did not like it that Christmas was already over. “I want Christmas to last longer than just one … [Read more…]