Sr. Pastor Mark Stafford The Church is Vital to You We love to have things personalized. Take a cell phone for example: People personalize their phone cases, wallpaper, and ring tones. They download apps to make the phone best suited for their personal needs. A cell phone really [...]
What you do for the people at church, you do as unto Jesus Himself. Jesus makes this point abundantly clear in Matthew 25. In the parable of the sheep and the goats, He describes two groups of people: One group is righteous. The other is not. He describes the actions of the righteous people [...]
Psalm 23 is often used at funeral services. Many of you know that I am personally working part-time as a graphic designer to support the work of this church. A while back, I was asked to create a program for a funeral. An older lady had died and the family asked for a funeral program [...]
God intended for His people to worship together, not just individually! God’s purpose in gathering a people is not only to have them relate to Him on an individual level, but to form those individuals into a people, a race, a nation, and a priesthood dedicated to His purposes. Holy-nation-building was God’s purpose for [...]
Introduction When the Bible speaks of the role of an elder, it often speaks in agricultural terms. If we are to understand the role of Biblical elders and the purpose of their work, we must understand the Biblical image of a shepherd tending to the needs of his flock. The Bible often [...]
Introduction Psalm 23 is often used at funeral services. Many of you know that I am personally working part-time as a graphic designer to support the work of this church. A while back, I was asked to create a program for a funeral. An older lady had died and the family asked for a [...]
