Romans 15:1-6 Take a minute to picture this: it’s no longer a winter wonderland and you’re in the middle of a lake. It’s a blazing hot summer day and you are with your best friend on a canoe. You’re both rowing perfectly in sync and the boat is seamlessly gliding down the river. But then, a bee starts buzzing near your head and you begin to swat it away. Oh no! Your rowing is out of sync and the c...  Read More

Romans 14 God wants us to consider others before ourselves! Sometimes we make changes in our lives, not because we think we need to because of sin, but we believe it is the best thing to do to help someone else out around us. My dad is a high school teacher. He has been for many years. He was actually my teacher when I was growing up, and he was always everyone's favorite teacher. No one ever had ...  Read More

Romans 13:11-14 As an athlete preparing to enter the playing field, court, rink, or track, you often look towards your coach for that last second pep talk that starts a fire within you! Those last second words can fuel you to attack the competition like it was lunch, and you were starving, because you knew it was GO time! On the flip side, the other team is thinking how in the world do we overcome...  Read More

Romans 13:8-10 “All you need is love” by the Beatles, spent a week at #1 in the billboard chart in the US. This song became the anthem for the summer of love (1967), the hippie movement. This movement of young people was a break against mainstream society. This break was aimed at traditional Christian ethics and beliefs. The hippies, flowerchildren, and counter-culture figures like Tomothy Leary (...  Read More

Romans 12:3-8 I am a big sports fan, as everyone already knows. I love to watch my favorite teams, and at one time, I really enjoyed playing sports. Whether it was baseball in high school or hockey all the time, I enjoyed being a part of a team. In fact, in high school I was able to be a part of two State Championship baseball teams in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools. We were highly ...  Read More

WEEK 7 Main Point and Overview Community is the ultimate key to connection. For that reason, we value people coming to our church and soon after getting involved in service opportunities. We don’t believe that the Sunday gatherings are a performance for you to experience. We believe that the Sunday gatherings and everything that we do is meant to grow your faith to the point of personal action. W...  Read More