Small Things Big Difference: Your One Word

In Small Things Big Difference we will look at a specific area of our lives God is calling to us to work with Him on transforming. We're not trying to make a major overhaul, just taking one step forward at time toward lasting changes.

"Fire by Night" Advent 4 2014

In this message we will discover the connection between the Israelite's wanderings in the wilderness, the Magi who visit Jesus, and our very own story and adventure. "Fire by Night"

Fear Not Advent 3

In this third message "Fear Not" we will be looking at the account of the shepherds in the field, this we learn that we do not have to fear where we stand with God.

Fear Not Advent 2

Fear Not Advent Week 2 looks at the Angel's call to Joseph to "Fear Not" what people think. This message calls us to put what God thinks over and above what people think.

Fear Not Advent 1

Fear Not Advent 1 explores the reasons we fear what God may ask of us and encourages us toward an obedience that leaves the outcomes to God.

Know Thyself

In this message we will talk about the biblical call not to pass judgment on others, why we so often do, and how we ought to tend to our own lives and transformation more than that of others.

Ecclesiastes 7 1-14 “Good, Bad and the Ugly”

In this message we will explore how God uses the good, bad and the ugly of our lives to help shape our character. We always long for the good and peaceful times, but we undergo priceless spiritual transformation in the difficult times.

Ecclesiastes 6 “Be Known”

This message continues last week’s theme of finding contentment in the present moment, but moves on to add another dimension of being known by God. God knows us and much of this journey has to do with knowing him in such a way that we also begin to know ourselves.

Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 "Be Filled"

This message will look at what we ‘fill’ our lives with. We come into this life naked and we cannot take any material possession with us. What will we choose to leave with?

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 "Be Still"

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 "Be Still"

Ecclesiastes 4 "In it Together"

In Ecclesiastes 4 Qoheleth looks at the empty things humanity often pursues and compares them to those meaningful things we often neglect. What are you pursuing and why?

Ecclesiastes 3 "A Time for Everything"

Ecclesiastes 3 A Time for Everything

Ecclesiastes 2 "Empty"

Ecclesiastes 2  "Empty"

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 "Quest"

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 "Quest"

Guest Speaker: Pastor Lawrence Doorn

Today Pastor Doorn discusses God's forgiveness and our need to be forgiven and to forgive others. "Learning to Forgive"

Guest Speaker: Pastor Vern Powers

Today Pastor Vern discusses "Guilt & Grace".

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 “Lost in Repetition”

This message opens our series on Ecclesiastes.We will gaze into the problem of our mortality and our search for meaning and significance.

Guest Speaker: Pastor Joe Washington

Today we learned of God's Divine Deliverance of Hezekiah.

Standing on the Promises Part 2

Today's message discusses how God uses the image of the Cross to give us a Word about ourselves. The Word reveals to us what God thinks about us.

Standing on the Promises Part 1

This weeks message, Standing on the Promises of God Part 1, focuses on what we can trust God for. We see God most clearly and fully revealed through Christ, and especially through Christ pouring out his love for us on the Cross. This week we'll look at what the Cross tells us we can trust about God.

Thru the Lens of Christ

Today's message focuses on discovering the true nature and character of God in Jesus. It is in Jesus that we see most clearly what God is like. When we read Scripture, we should read it through the lens of Jesus.

Faith's Foundation

This week the theme is that our Faith is in a Person, not a belief structure. We begin with relationship with God, and out of that relationship flows our beliefs. The Bible and Doctrine are to lead us to the foundation, which is Christ.

Embodied Faith

This week will focus on the difference between placing our security in a pledge we once made to God and actually living out that pledge faithfully in the present. Faith is always active and present tense.

Contract vs Covenant

Today's message continue the Faith/Doubt series. This message emphasizes the difference between contract and covenant, showing that a ‘contract’ based faith lacks relationship. Genuine faith is always Covenantal, which means it calls for us to a commitment to trust and be trustworthy to another. We’ll look at how the Bible uses ‘marriage’ language to describe the relationship we have with God.

Wrestling With God

This is message 3 of the Faith, Doubt and the Problem of Certainty series. This series looks at the account of Jacob wrestling with God and dives into the example of Job as one who wrestled with God. The faith we are called to is one of authenticity and honesty. Heroes of the faith were people who authentically and honestly wrestled with God.

The Idolatry of Certainty

Today we talk about “Certainty” as a form of idolatry. It is not our certainty about what we believe that assures us of our salvation, but solely what Christ did on the Cross.

Guest Speaker: Devon Scott: "The Race of Faith"

Today we discussed Hebrews 12:1-2. How is living in faith like running a race and restful?

Father's Day 2014: Fight!

This Father’s Day message inspires all to Fight for what matters to God and to do it in His way, not our own.

The Problem of Certainty

This first in a series, "Fear, Doubt & the Problem", we discuss that most of us have doubts and that God meets us where those doubts begin.

The Master Counselor: " Why Do You Doubt?"

Today we discuss how we, as Thomas did, doubt and how God meets us where we are.

The Master Counselor: "Do You Want To Get Well?"

Today we continue our discussion of Jesus as the Master Counselor.

The Master Counselor: "Why Are You Afraid"

Today we learn what Jesus taught the disciples while they were on a boat in the midst of a storm. The Master Counselor gets to the root of our fear by asking us questions. In the questions, we often discover the presence of God. The storms of life certainly do come, and thankfully the Master Counselor never leaves!

Mother's Day 2014: "Mary, Mary, Mary"

In today's message will look at the life of Mary Magdalene and what we can learn from her example.

Genesis 13 "Free of Attachments"

Abram has returned to the Promise Land. His 'detour' to Egypt was not a complete waste. In fact, we often learn more from our failures than we do our successes. Abram has learned to let go of "Attachments". Learn more about what attachments are and the liberty that comes from being free of them in this weeks message "Free of Attachments"

Genesis 12:10-20 "Abandon Yourself to God"

Sometimes in life we take detours on the spiritual journey. We find ourselves seeking the Promised Land in places outside of the Promise. We choose Fear over Faith. Thankfully God is incredibly gracious. He is patient and willing to redirect us, often turning our "leaving" into "learning". Find out more in this weeks message "Abandon Yourself to God"

Easter Sunday: "I Am the Resurrection!"

This resurrection Sunday we look at a very overlooked aspect of the Resurrection. Has a radical change occurred in the life of God? Find out, in "I Am the Resurrection!"

Guest Speaker: Western Michigan Teen Challenge

Today members of the Western Michigan praise team shared their testimonies.

Guest Speaker: Pastor Vern Powers

The message this week is “Mortal, Can these Bones Live?” based on the scripture passage Ezekiel 37:1-14.

I AM the Vine

In this message we talk about how we remain in Jesus and the fruit that begins to burst forth when we are truly abiding in him.

Guest Speaker: Alyssa Vanderwall

This week Alyssa shares her testimony about YWAM and her trip to Thailand.

I AM the Light of the World

In this message we talk about the condemnation that the Law declares on sin and how Jesus brings grace and hope as “the Light that shines to lighten our dark world”.

Genesis 12:4-9 "The Sacred Journey:Part II"

This week we continue our look at Abraham’s call to leave all he knew in order to begin a pilgrimage toward God.

Genesis 12:4-9 "The Sacred Journey"

This week we look at Abraham’s call to leave all he knew in order to begin a pilgrimage toward God.

Why Have You Abandoned Me?

Guest Speaker, George Goodrich, discusses how Jesus felt abandoned on the cross and how we bring feelings of abandonment on ourselves through our own actions.

Genesis 12:1-3 “Blessed to be a Blessing”

This message will focus on the concept that we are ‘blessed to be a blessing’.

Genesis 11:1-9 “What Language do you Speak?”

This message critiques the ‘language of the culture’, whether it be political, national, or religious and challenges us to ask whether the ‘language’ we’re speaking is leading us to know God or distancing us from God.

A Worshiping People

This is the last message in the “Communion Series” begun two years ago. We discuss the meaning of and finding meaning in worship.

Inner Struggles: Control

This week we discuss how fear leads to an attempt to control outcomes and the need to surrender the details to God.

Inner Struggles: Anger

In this message we discuss how to surrender our anger to God.

Genesis 6:9-22 “Violence”

Today we contrast Noah and the world of his time, emphasizing a call to cultivate inward/outward disposition of peace as we let go of control actively trust God.

2014 Installation Service: Purposeful Servanthood

Today we discuss our calling to serve one another and the Church’s commission to declare the Good News and Make Disciples.