Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church May 18, 2014 Jesus Said: You Will Be Persecuted Text: Matthew 5:1-12 (NIV) 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church May 11, 2014 An Interrupted Plan Text: Luke 12: 13-21 In a way, our passage for today will pick up some of the topics we have talked about in the last two presentations. Let us read Luke 12:13-21. 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 20, 2014 Easter: God’s Power for Today and Promise for Tomorrow Text: Matthew 28:1-10 1 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 down … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 13, 2014 Living and Dying in Light of Easter Hope (II) Text: 2Corinthians 5:1-10 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 6, 2014 Living and Dying in Light of the Easter Hope Text: Matthew 16: 21-24 For us Christians, the church, that is the fellowship of believers, with its practices, rituals, and its sacred Scriptures, plays a special role in our lives. Week in and week out, from birth to old age … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 23, 2014 Profile of Wholehearted Devotion: Caleb Texts: Numbers 13: 26-33; 14:20-24 Numbers 13: 26-33 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 16, 2014 Profile of a Needy of God’s Redeeming Grace: Naomi Text: Ruth 1: 19-22 19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?” 20 “Don’t call me Naomi” … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 9, 2014 Text: Genesis 50: 15-21 God With Us: The Profile of Joseph 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 2, 2014 Profile of a Checkered Character in the Hands of a Faithful God: Jacob Text: Genesis 32:22-32 The same night he (Jacob) got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 32:23 He took them and sent them … [Read more…]
Easter Sunday Letter As Easter Sunday approaches we are reminded of the world-changing event that took place on that first Easter morning some 2000 years ago. Jesus was raised from the dead. This reversal on the grip of death manifested in the resurrection of Jesus opened the door of hope for all humanity and especially … [Read more…]