Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church January 4, 2015 The Trouble with Distractions Text: Hebrews 12: 1-3; Proverbs 17:24 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 … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 21, 2014 Luke 2:1-20 (NKJV) Receiving Peace and Sharing Goodwill Today is Christmas Sunday for us as a congregation. Let us therefore listen to the Christmas story as told by Luke. (Read Luke 2:1-20) Every Christmas season we Christians focus our attention on Jesus and his birth. Jesus’ parents were of … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 14, 2014 Longing for a Day of Consolation Text: Luke 2: 22-35 This passage presents a beautiful picture of how human lives intersect. This passage is a portrait in which heaven and earth meet and more specifically it is a picture in which God meets mankind. In this picture we see … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 7, 2014 A Time To Be Silent Text: Luke 1: 5-25 There are various aspects about the lives of Zechariah and Elizabeth that are exemplary and worthy to imitate. Imagine a couple who had grown old together and who had worshipped in their local synagogue. Both of them came from a … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 30, 2014 “Joseph: His Practice of Righteousness” Text: Matthew 1:18-25 In the following Sundays leading to our Christmas Sunday, December 21, I want us to reflect on the special traits of those persons mentioned in the story of the birth of Jesus. We will be looking at the lives of certain … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 23, 2014 Sacrifice of Thanksgiving Text: Psalm 107: 1-22 Thanksgiving Day is coming once again. This national holiday typically is the occasion for family gatherings, relaxation, enjoyment of delicious meals, shopping, and maybe some actual time for thanks giving. Christians celebrate this day by adding a religious touch or biblical grounding … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 16, 2014 The Gospel Text: 1Corinthians 1: 18-25, 30-31 The message of the “cross” stands for or means the decisive action of God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ according to the Gospels. The cross, in essence is the gospel message in which God had intervened bringing … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 9, 2014 God’s Power of Regeneration Text: Titus 3: 3-8 3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 2, 2014 For All Have Sinned Text: Romans 3:21-26 21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church October 26, 2014 Texts: Exodus 32: 1-4; James 1:17 The Attributes of God: His Immutability Something that changes so very faster is technology. But not only technology changes; people change too. Oh, how we change! People change not only in their physical features, looks, but also spiritually, intellectually, and in their worldview. … [Read more…]