June 18, 2017 - INTERSECTION - For Such a Time as This: Esther and Mordecai
In Week One of our two-week overview of Esther, Erin shares with us the story of Esther and Mordecai. Perhaps we are here for such a time as this.
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In Week One of our two-week overview of Esther, Erin shares with us the story of Esther and Mordecai. Perhaps we are here for such a time as this.
In week one of our two-week overview of Esther, Andy looks at Esther, her courage, and what God had given her to be faithful for such a time as this. We have the same calling today.
In our June 11, 2017 INTERSECTION service, Erin shares with us from Psalm 86. In this Psalm, and in our lives, we called to come before God.
In our Traditional message from June 11, 2017, Andy shares with us from Psalm 86. What does it mean for us to have an undivided heart for God?
In our INTERSECTION message from Pentecost, Erin shares with us from Numbers 11: 24-30. We know that we can all trust in our calling.
On Pentecost Sunday, 2017, Andy preaches from Numbers 11: 24-30. The spirit falls on all of us. And the Lord needs all of us!
In our INTERSECTION message on May 21, Erin shares with us from John 14:15-21, how to be a community inspired by the Holy Spirit.
In our Traditional message on May 21, Andy shares with us from John 14:15-21.
May 14 was both Mother's Day, as well as our Baccalaureate Service here at St. Matthew's. In our Traditional service, Brian shares with us about the great things we will do through trusting in God.
May 14 was both Mother's Day, as well as our Baccalaureate Service here at St. Matthew's. Erin shares from John 14: 1-14 about finding our place!
In our Traditional message on May 7, Andy shares with us from John 10: 1-10. Jesus Christ is the gate, through which we can have abundant, true life.
In our INTERSECTION message from May 7, Erin shares with us from John 10: 1-10. Jesus is the true life that we all seek.
In our Traditional message from April 30, in the midst of some pretty bad storms coming through the area, Andy shares with us about the storm, sometimes God calms it. Sometimes God brings peace to us in the storm.
In our Confirmation Sunday message, our Associate Pastor Brian Johnston shares with us from John 20: 19-31. May Jesus open our eyes to follow and believe Him!
In our Easter message in our traditional service, Andy shares from Matthew 28: 1-10. Sin, death, and the grave do not have the last word, even when it may feel like it does. Life wins.
In our INTERSECTION Easter message, Erin shares with us from Matthew 28: 1-10. Jesus is raised! Life has triumphed. This the #newnormal
In our Good Friday service, Erin shares with us about the great love of our God and about our need to truly live out a life of faith in response to the cross.
In our Maundy Thursday sermon, Andy shares with us about the look that Jesus gave Peter after he denied Him. It was a look of love, but Jesus knew the depth of Peter's sin. And Peter knew that Jesus knew. Jesus loves us. But He also knows our sin.
In our Holy Wednesday Service, Lonny Schraeder shares with us his amazing testimony about the power of forgiveness.
In our traditional service Palm Sunday message, Andy shares with us from Mark 11: 1-11. In this passage we see Jesus walk the path on Palm Sunday, and He invites us to follow Him, on the same path of self-sacrificial love.
In our INTERSECTION message from April 2, 2017, Andy shares with us from John 12.20-36. In this passage we see God speak, and the people heard thunder. God is doing something, and thunder don't lie.
In our March 26, 2017 message, Andy shares with us from John 3: 1-21. In this passage we see Nicodemus come to Jesus by night? As he follows Jesus will he stay in the shadows, or will he come into the light?
In our INTERSECTION message from March 26, 2017, Erin shares with us from John 3: 1-21. In this passage, we meet Nicodemus, and we hear some of Jesus key teaching. What does it look like for him to follow Jesus?
In our Traditional message from March 19, 2017, Andy shares with us from John 2: 13-22. What exactly was happening when Jesus drove out the money changers? What would Jesus do?
In our traditional message from March 12, 2017, Andy looks at Matthew 16: 13-23. In this message we see the highest highs and lowest lows of Peter. What can we learn from Peter's following Jesus?
In our INTERSECTION message from March 12, 2017, Erin shares with us from Matthew 16: 21-23. In this passage, we see even the struggles that Peter had in following Jesus.
In our traditional service from March 5, Andy shares with us from John 3: 25-30. We see what it was like for John the Baptist to understand what it meant to follow Jesus.
In our INTERSECTION message from the first Sunday in Lent, Erin shares with us from John 3: 25-30. We see John the Baptist, and what it meant for him to follow Jesus.