Sermon Series: Check Yourself
Life Lessons from the Grocery Store
July 10, 2022 – Stop Yelling at the Cashier!
Have you noticed that everyone seems angry these days? Maybe you’ve seen it in yourself that your quicker to snap at someone when something doesn’t go right. It’s easy to take out our anger on the person in front of us, even if they don’t deserve it. What if I told you that the Bible says it’s ok to be angry…but withing limits.
Ephesians 4:26-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 Be angry but do not sin;[a] do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil.
Traditions Service
Connections Service
July 17, 2022 – Return your Shopping Cart
Have you ever been in a hurry and left the shopping cart just randomly in the parking lot. It’s not a big deal right? Unless you’re having to navigate all those carts to find a space, or the employee having to hunt them all down. What if, instead, you went out of your way to make things easier for others? I mean, there’s no law making you do it, but what if the Bible called you to simple acts of selflessness?
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do All to the Glory of God
23 “All things are permitted,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted,” but not all things build up. 24 Do not seek your own advantage but that of the other.
Traditions Service
Connections Service
July 24, 2022 – You Don’t have to Buy it all!
Have you ever noticed that any time really bad weather is predicted suddenly everyone goes to the store to buy bread and milk? Or maybe you still have toilet paper left over from those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. We can all fall into the temptation of buying more than we really need- either out of fear, worry, or the sneaking thought that it will be gone when you really need it. What if the Bible told us that our life was more than just the stuff we buy?
Luke 12:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”
Traditions Service
Connections Service
July 31, 2022 – Youth Panel
The world is changing at an increasingly fast rate. If you graduated high school five years ago, your experiences in school and with technology are all but obsolete. On this Sunday, as our youth lead us in worship in both Traditions and Connections, five youth, between 7th and 12th grade, will join Katie and Ricky for a conversation. Let’s learn together what this generation is experiencing and how much things have changed since we were in youth ministry.
Luke 12:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”