Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church April 14, 2024 The Pentecost Event Text: Acts 2:1-12 Out of the entire book of Acts of the Apostles, this passage has been and is still given more attention than any other. And the scrutiny is well deserved due to several reasons. This historic event on that Pentecost Day after the resurrection … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 7, 2024 Study in the Book of Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 Starting today, we will begin a study series in the book of Acts of the Apostles. We will be going over a selection of passages through the book to see how the Early Church carried out the ministry Jesus … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 31, 2024 The Evidence of Easter Is How We Live Text: John 20:1-29 In September of last year, I prepared a three-session Bible study on the topic of death and resurrection according to the Bible. In the first session, we saw that in the Old Testament, there is a progressive understanding … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 24, 2024 Why Did Jesus Have to Die Text: 1Corintians 11:23-25 If baptism is the clearest allusion to Jesus’ resurrection and our own to walk in the newness of life, the Lord’s Supper is of his death. The elements of the Lord’s Supper, the bread and wine, are undeniable symbols representing … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church March 17, 2024 See Your King Comes Text: Matthew 21:1-16, Luke 19: 41-44 As we continue to follow Jesus heading into his final days, Matthew 21 gives an account of his last entry into Jerusalem. In the liturgical calendar, Matthew 21 is assigned as the reading for Palm Sunday, the Sunday before … [Read more…]
First Mennonite ChurchMarch 10, 2024Who Do You Say I Am?Sermon Text: Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus had an itinerant ministry. On some occasions, he moved because ofthe resistance he faced in some places. And that was exactly the reason whyJesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi. This city was known forvarious reasons. In earlier times, … [Read more…]
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…]