Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church April 30, 2023 Pentecost: Empowered for Witnessing Text: Acts 2:1-13 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 23, 2023 The Great Commission Text: Matthew 28: 16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 16, 2023 Living in the Assurance of Jesus’ Peace Text: John 20:19-29 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 9, 2023 Easter: The News That God Is Always Ahead of Us Text: Matthew 28:1-10 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 2, 2023 A Meal of Holy Communion Text: 1Corinthians 11:17-34 Oftentimes, conflicts originate around the table while families, friends, or co-work are eating together. In the Bible, food is what led the first human being to commit transgression against God. The fruit from the tree at the center of the Garden … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 26, 2023 Jesus, Obedient Unto Death Text: Matthew 26:1-5, 36-46 Christians have long noticed some parallels between the story of Isaac’s sacrifice and Jesus’ atoning death. Their birth came as the fulfillment of God’s promise. And there is even a similarity in the wording when God made the promise of their … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 19, 2023 Jesus Resolved to Face Jerusalem Text: Luke 9:51-62 There is in each of the four Gospels a moment, decisive moment, in which Jesus felt the hour had come in which he must go to Jerusalem for the last time. In Matthew, it appears in chapter 20:17-19, and in Mark, … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 12, 2023 Heaven Touching Earth Revelation 21:1-8 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 5, 2023 Shinning Your Brightest for Christ Text: Philippians 2:14-18 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 29, 2023 Hosting, Who” Text: John 14:23-27 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not … [Read more…]