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Bible Based Messages
“Before the Cheering Stopped.” – Church 04.02.23
The crowd cheered as Jesus rode into Jerusalem fulfilling prophecy and giving people the hope they were watching for. It was the day Jesus was honored as a King. The people cried out, “Hosanna to…
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“Biblical Peacemaking Toolbox for Conflict Resolution” – Church 03.26.23
Whenever people get together, there is bound to be conflict. The Bible is full of characters with relationship problems. Biblical conflict resolution tools can help us honor Christ in our lives and help restore relationships…
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“How to Thrive Sealed by the Holy Spirit” – Church 03.19.23
We receive the Holy Spirit the moment we place our faith in Jesus and are saved. In the book of Ephesians we are taught that believers are sealed in Holy Spirit, a secure guarantee promising…
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Good Friday 6pm Service 04.07.23
We pause to remember Jesus sacrifice as He purposefully suffered on the cross to pay for our sins. We will have communion and focus on Jesus own words recorded in John chapter 12. In verse…
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“How to Share your Faith in Jesus with Assuring Confidence” – Church 03.12.23
Have you ever been so pleased with a service or product that you want to tell everyone about it that will listen? We know we are supposed to tell others about Jesus but sometimes we…
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“How you can Experience Victory over Sin” – Church 03.05.23
Faith in Jesus brings forgiveness of sin but not immediate perfection. The deeper we grow in our faith, the more we become aware of our shortcomings and desire to experience victory over sin. No matter…
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“How Jesus the Good Shepherd keeps you Secure” – Church 02.26.23
When we accept that we are like sheep and Jesus is the Good Shepherd who was willing to sacrifice His life to protect the flock we start to understand how much our loving Savior cares…
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“How the Bible can Transform Your Life” – Church 02.19.23
The Bible is one of the easiest books to acquire and there is at least one in almost every home. While it is easy for many to take God’s Word for granted, it can totally…
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“How God’s Love can Change your Life” – Church 02.12.23
Be encouraged with a message about God’s love that brings peace, develops character and transforms us with hope. We read these assuring words, “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to…
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“A New Song: How God uses Music in Your Life” – Church 02.05.23
This Sunday Pastor Chris is sharing an encouraging message about the importance of music in the Christ-followers life and Kelly from Life 97.3FM will be here sharing information about their Christian Radio Station (Rockwell Church…
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“Imperfect Family Life” – Church 01.29.23
Recently we’ve been hearing about Prince Harry’s controversial book “Spare” where he published how he feels about his imperfect royal family. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David are a few Bible characters that had dysfunctional…
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“Sanctity of Life – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” – Church 01.22.23
God is the creator of life and also the one who decides when it ends. While abortion may seem like a convenient way to take care of an unplanned pregnancy it can have terrible, life…
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“5 Easy Ways to Wreck Your Life” – Church 01.15.23
Last Sunday we talked about planting seeds for a life of significance. This week we share 5 easy ways to wreck your life. There’s a lot more than five, but the five we are sharing…
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“Planting for a Life of Significance” – Church 01.08.23
Many gardeners like to look at seed catalogs in January to see what they can plant in the spring, enjoy during the summer and harvest in the fall. God designed our world with seasons, seedtime,…
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“More of Jesus > Less of Me in 2023” – Church 01.01.23
John the Baptist was a humble servant who said “I must decrease, and He (Jesus) must increase (John 3:30) and James reminded us that we don’t know what life will be like tomorrow (James 4:14-17)…
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Watch “Changed by His Birth” – Church 12.25.22
This Christmas Sunday we share a message from Simeon’s perspective found at the end of Luke chapter 2. We will look into what Simeon saw and what he shared with Mary and Joseph about Jesus…
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Watch “Experience the Wonder” Christmas Eve – Church 12.24.22
You are invited to our 4:30pm Christmas Eve service for music, story-telling media and a short encouraging message: “Experience the Wonder of Christmas” from the Magi’s (Wisemen) perspective written about in Matthew chapter 2. We…
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“When God Sends in His Angels” – Church 12.18.22
This Sunday the first part of our service is the Kids Christmas Program. The remaining time we share an encouraging message: “When God Sends in His Angels” from Luke 2:13-15 and Psalm 91. The Bible…
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“Experience & Share God’s Gift of Joy even when you feel Unwelcome” Church 12.11.22
One of our favorite parts of the Christmas story is when Angels appear to the social- outcast shepherds and invite them to go see the newborn Savior of the world. What they heard and what…
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“Experience and Share God’s Gift of Peace even when your Future is Unclear” Church 12.04.22
Jesus stepfather Joseph was given the great opportunity and the sometimes worrisome task of protecting and providing for Jesus and his mother Mary. Repeatedly an Angel would show up in Joseph’s dreams and tell him…
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“Experience & Share God’s Gift of Hope even when you feel Unworthy” Church 11.27.22
We are starting a new message series to celebrate the Hope found through Christ and help deal with the things that may hinder people from experiencing the true meaning of Christmas. The first message from…
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“Thankful, Grateful, Blessed” Church 11.20.22
On this Sunday before Thanksgiving we will take time to look at what the Bible says in Psalm 107 about being thankful, grateful and blessed even when life is difficult and you don’t know what’s…
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“The Biblical Significance of the Modern State of Israel” Guest Trevor Rubenstein Church 11.13.22
Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The…
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“Take Time to be Holy” Church 11.06.22
This is the weekend we adjust our clocks back one hour to “make time” for more daylight. We seem to make time for the things we value and desire. There’s an old hymn with a…
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“Surrender to God and Live in Love” Church 10.30.22
We have been looking at the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Here’s a guy from a really dysfunctional family who stayed faithful to God all the way from the pit to the…
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“Be Confident in your Identity – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 10.23.22
We have been looking at the life of Joseph and his troubled family in the book of Genesis. In this week’s episode, while Joseph’s family struggles with their guilt from the past, Joseph finally reveals…
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“Sharing Hope in Latin America” – Dan and MeLinda Nelson Church 10.16.22
Come to Rockwell Church Sunday Oct 16th to be encouraged to participate in what God is doing in Latin America. Dan and MeLinda Nelson will be with us. They both grew up in missionary families…
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“Finding Closure from your Past – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 10.09.22
We are looking at the life of Joseph and his troubled family in the book of Genesis. Joseph stayed faithful to God during the most difficult times of his life. His brothers kept their wicked…
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“How to Trust in the Lord – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 10.05.22
We are looking at the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis. A guy who kept his faith in God even when it seemed everything was against him. Today we see how Joseph finally…
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“Time for Endurance – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 09.25.22
We are looking at how God worked in the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis. Joseph had big dreams and high expectations that were shattered by brothers who hated him so much they…
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“Loyalty – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 09.18.22
We had a Believer’s Baptisms at the beginning of the service. See https://rockwell.church/baptism for more info. We are looking at how God worked in the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis. Even though…
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“Destiny and Consistency – Secrets to Happy Life” Church 09.11.22
We are looking at how God worked in the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis. As a teenager he had big dreams of a great destiny, yet everything seemed to be going in…
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“Letting Go – Secrets to a Happy Life” Church 09.04.22
We started a new series this Sunday on Joseph from the book of Genesis. How could one person go through so much trouble be so faithful and blessed? The first secret is he knew how to…
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“God’s Divine Design for Work and Time” Church 08.28.22
Here comes another change of seasons, as we will soon shift from summer to fall. God created the world and us with a divine design for work and time. The Bible gives us a strategy…
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“God gives us Church to Help us Grow and Serve Well” Church 08.21.22
God gives us church as a gift and a resource. Jesus loves the church His bride and sacrificed His life for her. Church is not a building. Church is a group of called people who…
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“Learning and Teaching is the delight of a WELL Life” Church 08.14.22
We are privileged to have God’s revealed Word readily available in print, video, audio and online. There is so much to learn, discover and share with others. “Learning” is one of the purposes of our…
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“Loving God and Others is the Key to a WELL Life” Church 08.07.22
Jesus was asked to summarize all that God desires from us and He said it’s to love God and love others. Many people are confused about what love really is and what God truly want…
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“How to Live a WELL Life through Encouraging One Another” Church 07.31.22
Rockwell Church exists to help people of all ages connect to Christ the ROCK and live WELL Lives through Worshiping, Encouraging, Learning and Loving. This week we are looking at why we need to give…
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“A Daily Lifestyle of Worship” Church 07.24.22
When we talk about worship as part of living a well life in Christ, we aren’t just talking about sitting in a church worship service, singing worship songs or praying worshipful prayers. Scripture makes it…
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“Satisfied and Secure in Christ the Rock” Church 07.17.22
What does it really mean when we say, “Rockwell Church exists to connect people of all ages to Christ the Rock” as we are sharing what our church is all about? We know Jesus taught…
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“God is at Work – Be Present!” Guests Tony and Raeni Roos Church 07.10.22
Tony and Raeni Roos are native to the Iron Range and have spent many years swatting mosquitoes, eating porketta and wondering how the mines will do next year. Tony served in Minnesota and Wisconsin as…
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“Proclaim Your Declaration of In-Dependence” Church 07.03.22
As our country pauses to remember how this nation prayed and fought for our independence, Pastor Chris takes Romans chapter 3 to encourage us to proclaim our in-dependence on Jesus to live effectively today and…
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“Being Bold Christians in America” Church 06.26.22
Pastor Chris shares six motivating reasons of why we need to keep being salt and light in America. Come to Rockwell Church this Sunday to be encouraged to share the reasons for the hope within…
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“HELP! How Can I Overcome Temptation?” Church 06.19.22
We are continuing our series on prayer using the pattern Jesus gave his disciples and us. This time we look at the opportunity to ask the Lord to help us experience victory over temptation and…
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“HELP! How can I Experience Forgiveness?” Church 06.12.22
We are continuing our series on prayer using the pattern Jesus gave his disciples and us. This time we look at our need to pray for forgiveness as we have forgiven others. Come to Rockwell…
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“HELP! How can I Trust God for my Daily Provisions?” Church 06.05.22
We are continuing our series on prayer using the pattern Jesus gave his disciples and us. This time we look at the opportunity to ask the Lord to provide for our daily needs, “Give us…
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“HELP! I need God’s will more than my own” Church 05.29.22
How would you feel if you found out at the end of your life that you missed out on the greatest adventures and the biggest opportunities because you did not seek out and prayerfully pursue…
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“Help! I Need my Holy Heavenly Father” Church 05.22.22
We are continuing our series on prayer using the pattern Jesus gave his disciples and us. This time we look at trusting in and praying to our Holy Heavenly Father who loves and cares about…
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“Help! Love Must Communicate” Church 05.15.22
This week we are starting a new series on prayer using the model Jesus gave his disciples and us. We are going to look at the Lord’s Prayer and be encouraged by the area of…
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“Yes I Can!” Guest Mark Bjorlo Church 05.08.22
Mark Bjorlo is the current Converge North Central President. Before that he was a successful church planter and lead pastor of the Journey North Church in Brainerd MN. He will be talking about the importance…
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“Plant Seeds or Get Weeds” Church 05.01.22
Winter is over, spring has sprung and hopefully this current swampy-mud season will lead to a quick green up. Jesus taught about seeds and how they grow and then are harvested – it’s interesting to…
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“How God Works to Supply our Needs Church 04.24.22
What do we need to do to experience confidence and assurance that the Lord will provide our needs? Are Philippians 4:13 (“I can do all things through Christ”) and 4:19 (“And my God will meet…
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“The Best News Ever!” Church 04.17.22
This Resurrection Sunday (Easter) is the day we celebrate the best news ever. Pastor Chris will share a top ten countdown of what this great news is all about. Obviously it’s all about Jesus and…
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“Christ’s Crown” Good Friday 04.15.22
Our Good Friday Service is a time to worship and reflect on Jesus suffering and being crucified. He shed His blood to make the perfect sacrifice for our sin. He was forced to wear a…
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“Seeking to Spread Awesome Joy” Church 04.10.22
It’s Palm Sunday and we are going to focus on how Jesus, motivated by awesome joy, purposefully went to the cross to rescue us from our sins. Pastor Chris will share seven things that will…
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“Gods Guide to a Life Well Lived” Church 04.03.22
It’s Communion Sunday at Emmanuel and a perfect time to reflect on how you have been spending your life and choose to recommit to pursuing the Lord’s plans for us. When you were in school…
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“When You Don’t Think You Can Do It” Church 03.27.22
Did you miss church today? Want to share it with someone else? Here is a link to the video. Show your support by subscribing to our YouTube Channel God is all powerful and able to…
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“How to Spread the Word of God” Church 03.20.22
We have easy access to the Word of God and currently enjoy the freedom to read and hand out Bibles. This Sunday Greg from the Gideons will be sharing with us about their Bible distribution…
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“How to Handle Your Anxiety” Church 03.13.22
Many people, maybe even you or someone you know, are feeling anxious about life and the future. The Apostle Paul shared with the Philippians (and us) some ways God can help us handle our anxiety.…
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“How to Keep Pressing On” Church 03.06.22
Our lives are filled with distractions, difficulties and duties that can keep us from pursuing God’s best plan for our lives. The Apostle Paul was held captive, surrounded by conflict and even had health issues,…
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“How to Be More Confident in Your Faith” Church 02.27.22
If you want to fully experience the Christ-life, be effective at encouraging people around you and stand strong in times of difficulty you need to be confident in your faith. In the beginning of Philippians…
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“Life is Meant for Good Friends and Great Adventures” Church 02.20.22
I have made a lot of friends through church connections over the years. Often when people visit our church they are looking to see if there are people they can become friends with. Serving Jesus…
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“Your Attitude Determines Your Direction” Church 02.13.22
Your attitude can determine your direction. impact the choices you make, and affect the way people respond to you. In championship sports (today is Superbowl Sunday) or in love (tomorrow is Valentine’s Day) your attitude…
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Visiting Pastor John Cowan explores Acts 4:1-31. When life suddenly involves you in a confrontation, how do you choose to respond?
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“When Conflict Comes Crashing In” Church 01.30.22
Like a bad winter storm, conflict can blow in when we least expect it. The Apostle Paul’s life was full of trouble as he was misunderstood by those inside and outside of the church and…
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“When Life Gets Stuck on Pause” Church 01.22.22
Wondering what comes next and having no idea how much longer you have to wait to find out can be very stressful. In Philippians 1:20-26 the Apostle Paul’s life is stuck on pause as he…
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“When Life Gets Difficult” Church 01.16.22
Some of the most stressful times come when life doesn’t go as planned. When you get trapped in circumstances you can’t control or you don’t know how you are going to be able to move…
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“When Your Relationships Get Messy” Church 01.09.22
Life can be really stressful when relationships get messy. Sometimes we experience trouble with family, friends, coworkers or even church people. In Philippians 1:3-11 the Apostle Paul models how to have great relationships and we…
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“Why You Need Realistic Expectations” Church 01.02.22
This Sunday is the beginning of a new year and a great opportunity for us to recommit our lives to following Jesus. As you think about your new plans and consider your future options, it’s…
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“Starting Over – God’s Wisdom for 2022” Church 12.26.21
Many people turn to consultants and coaches to get expert advice to help them achieve their goals and become more successful. Wouldn’t it be great to get some godly advice before you start filling up…
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“Jesus Light of the World” Christmas Eve 12.24.21
Emmanuel Church December 24, 2021 Pastor Chris Teien Jesus the Light of the World John 1:1–12 #1 A Light String to be Connect to (John 5:24) #2 A Traffic Control Light #3 A Warning Light…
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“When Grace Appeared” Church 12.19.21
Titus 2:11-14. Christmas is more than a historical story, a cultural tradition, or just a church remembrance. Christmas is the time of year we celebrate Jesus, our Emmanuel, who came to earth to teach us…
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Kids Christmas Program and “Faithful Like a Shepherd” Church 12.12.21
This Sunday is the Children’s Christmas program followed by this encouraging message by Pastor Chris to be faithful like a shepherd.
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“Mary’s Awesome Faith” Church 12.05.21
Dictionary.com defines “awesome” as an adjective. causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight. exhibiting or marked by awe. Mary in the Christmas story had awesome faith and…
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“God Sent an Angel” Church 11.28.21
Let’s start the Christmas season by looking at the role of Angels working out God’s plans and working in our lives. The greatest story ever told begins with an angel appearing to Mary and delivering…
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“A Time for Thanks” Church 11.21.21
It’s been a hard year and you might not be that excited about Thanksgiving. When we take our eyes off ourselves and focus on the Lord are hearts are encouraged and we are inspired to…
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“God’s Rewards for You” Church 11.14.21
It’s absolutely amazing that the God who created us and can save us from sin also offers us rewards in this life and the life to come. Come to Emmanuel Baptist Church this Sunday to…
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“Too Little? Too Much? I Need Enough Rest!” Church 11.14.21
This Sunday our topic is about sleep, rest and recreation. This is the weekend we adjust our clocks “Fall Back” and can actually get an extra hour of sleep. God who created us knows that…
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“Overcoming the Power of Fear” Church 10.31.21
This weekend many people in our culture pursue glorifying evil and fearful experiences like haunted houses and scary movies. Others just want to enjoy dressing up in costumes and collecting candy. Fear is real and…
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“The Essence of the Gospel” Missionsfest Church 10.24.21
Aviation Missionary Bob Schwartz shares a message with us.
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“Too Little? Too Much? I Need Enough Stuff!” Church 10.17.21
In this life we are surrounded by a million opportunities to buy stuff but are often frustrated that we can’t have much of it because we don’t have the millions of dollars needed to get…
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“Too Little? Too Much? I Need Enough Exercise!” Church 10.10.21
Does God care about your health and fitness? Is there a right balance between too much and too little exercise? In the Bible we see that Paul instructed Timothy: “Physical training is good, but training…
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“Take a Selfie before Communion” Church 10.03.21
Once a month we celebrate Communion during our Sunday morning worship service. This Sunday we are going to look at ways to examine ourselves before we take communion as God’s Word instructs us: “… you…
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“Let the Struggle Make you Stronger” Church 09.19.21
Candidate Sunday 9-19-21Meet Pastor Chris Teien Our Pastor Candidate Chris Teien is sharing a message God has put on His heart using Psalm 71 to inspire you amid all hardships and uncertainties we all face.…
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