How To Change Your Heart

If we would like to enter the kingdom of heaven, it is critically important to change our hearts, which are attached to what is of the earth.

05-12-24

Mother’s Day Worship Service May 12, 2024 Prelude: “Bright Morning Stars are Rising”, Traditional Appalachian Greetings Announcements Hymn: “Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth” Opening of … Read more

Gratitude for Mothers

The power that a mother has over her child(ren) is indeed undeniable. In Isaiah 66, even God compares his love toward humans in this way: “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.”

05-05-24

Communion Worship Service May 5, 2024 Prelude: An Improvisation: “Turning” by J. Washington – James Washington, pianist Greetings/Announcements  Hymn: “We Limit Not the Truth of … Read more

What is spiritual victory?

What we should subdue and prevail over is neither other humans nor forces of hell, but the selfish desires arising from our own heart.

04-28-24

Worship Service April 28, 2024 Prelude: “Sheep May Safely Graze” from Cantata No.208 by Johann Sebastian Bach – Kimie Karlton, pianist Greetings Announcements Hymn: “This Is My Song, … Read more

What is God’s Mercy?

Reflecting on the meaning of the Latin word merced, “price paid,” I cannot help but to think of redemptive work accomplished by the life and suffering of Jesus Christ. Jesus, Incarnate Divine, brought back what humanity lost: spiritual freedom.

04-21-24

Prelude: An Improvisation by J. Washington – James Washington, pianist Greetings Announcements Hymn: “O Life That Maketh All Things New” Opening of the Word Responsive Invocation:  Blessed be the name … Read more

Who is God’s family?

Being family with the Creator is neither an automatic status nor purchasable commodity. According to Jesus, we must earn this spiritual state of being by “living the will of God.”

04-14-24

Worship Service April 14, 2024 Prelude: Prelude in F by Flor Peeters  (1903-86) – Charles Calhoun, pianist Greetings Announcements Hymn: “Just As I Am” Opening … Read more