Beginning on Sunday, May 4, our 8:30 AM worship service will be held in the Chapel, while the 10:00 AM service will continue in the Sanctuary. As we transition from Easter into Summer, we will refresh ourselves with a variety of reflections, each shedding a different light on our work here as God’s people for our time.
Hannah’s Prayer, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Sunday, May 4, 2025
After the prophet Samuel’s miraculous birth, his mother, Hannah praises God, rejoicing in His sovereignty and faithfulness. These truths about God will encourage us as we patiently wait for His miraculous work in our lives.
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Mary’s Prayer, Luke 1:46-55, Sunday, May 11, 2025 (Mother’s Day)
About a thousand years after Samuel’s miraculous birth, another, even more remarkable birth occurs. God through His Spirit has chosen the virgin Mary to bear His Son, Jesus. Mary responds with her own song of praise, remembering a Heavenly King who has not forgotten His promises to all of His children. .
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Guest Speaker, Justin Halas – Sunday, May 18 & May 25, 2025
Reflections – Sunday, June 1, 2025
Communion Sunday
Returning from a time of rest and reflection, Pastor Dirk will share some thoughts on what God is teaching him, as we move forward together, as God’s people for our region and our time.
Four Imperfect Power Couples, June 8 – June 29
In our media-saturated world, power couples are often paraded before us, people who are wealthy, talented or famous in their own right, but who are now united as one creative force. We also find power couples in the Bible, but they are not what we might expect. They are flawed human beings just like all of us, and yet, God uses them to change the world.
Week 1: Adam & Eve, Genesis 3:16-20, Sunday, June 8, 2025
This biblical story of the first couple is well known in our culture. It is repeated, reinvented, reinterpreted and even ridiculed. However, we can easily miss the point of the story. Their imperfection only points more clearly to the grace of God who remains committed to His creation.
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Week 2: Abraham & Sarah, Genesis 18:1-15, Sunday, June 15, 2025 (Father’s Day)
With this couple, God begins a new creation, a new people, in a new land. Like the original parents whom God chose, this couple also had their faults. However, God selects them anyway, to share a blessing intended for all people for all times.
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Week 3: Isaac & Rebecca, Genesis 25:19-26, Sunday, June 22, 2025
When God’s first couple had children, things did not work according to His original design. Now, in this new creation, the children of Isaac and Rebekah again threatened His good intentions. However, God will not allow their flaws to overthrow His sovereign decision to extend His blessing to all people and all generations.
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Week 4: Jacob & Rachel, Genesis 29:16-30, Sunday, June 29, 2025
As God reveals His divine plan to the world, He chooses one family line through whom He will work in a very public way, ensuring that their story is diligently recorded for all of us to follow. At the head of this family line, consisting of twelve sons, God places another imperfect couple. God gives their father, Jacob, a new name, “Israel,” because He struggled with God. In many ways, his struggle remains our struggle; and yet, his God also remains our God.
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