January- February 2024:
The Gospel B.C.: This six-week series looks at Old Testament passages that foreshadowed Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, and the Old Testament is filled with stories that show how God’s redemptive plan was to be fulfilled in Jesus.
March-April 2024:
The Patterns of Jesus: Spiritual Disciplines. This four-part series challenges us to follow the patterns of Jesus. To do so, we must learn to adopt the spiritual disciplines Jesus practiced. Each week focuses on a different discipline from the life of Jesus.
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024:
Easter Sunday: The Name Above All Names. This Easter Sunday sermon looks at the Christ Hymn in Philippians 2:5–11. It challenges the congregation to recognize that Christ’s incarnation is the model we are called to imitate. If we imitate Christ’s humility, we will make greater progress in building unity in the church.
April-May 2024:
Merciful and Mighty: The Book of Isaiah. God is both merciful and just. The justice of God demands that sin be dealt with in our lives, but mercy calls for God to be compassionate in his judgments. The book of Isaiah called Israel to repentance in many ways and yet also set the stage for both her redemption and the ultimate redemption of the world. This six-week series unpacks a series of key passages that point to the demand for God’s justice and the exercise of mercy on those who don’t deserve it.
May-June 2024:
The Book of Easter: Not a Fairytale. This four-week series explores the story of Esther. Through understanding the book’s backstory and context, we can see that Esther is not a fairy tale, but an understand of how God a work behind the scenes with imperfect people in a hostile environment.
June-July 2024:
In My Eyes: The Book of Judges. This four-week series examines the downward spiral of God’s people in the book of Judges. The book centers around people having a relativism that caused them to do whatever they wanted to do. Through understanding the context, theology, and relevance to the idolatry we commit, we can see that the only hero in Judges is a loving God who will redeem his wayward people.
July-August 2024:
The World of Jesus: Understanding the Context of His Life, Ministry, and Teaching. The work and ministry of Jesus were not done in a vacuum, free from all outside impact or influence. Rather, we can best understand Jesus’s work when we understand the culture in which he lived. This series will look at some of the underlying challenges Jesus faced within his culture. Along the way, we will see the importance of what he accomplished at the cross and how it still applies to us today.
August-September 2024:
The Lord’s Prayer: On Earth as it is in Heaven. This six-week series looks at the Lord’s Prayer as taught by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. Each week will consider the words of Jesus and what it means to pray in the manner he taught his disciples to pray.
October 2024:
Signs of the Times. The end days are a subject people often debate. Though various Scripture passages might suggest multiple meanings, we can find some basic instructions or guidelines to interpret the end days and prepare for them. This four-week series draws timeless truths about the end from Matthew 24-25.
November 2024:
Love Letters: Loving God and Loving Others. This four-part series looks at love as the fundamental characteristic of the Christian faith. The Bible returns repeatedly to the theme of love, calling us to love God with every part of our being. The spillover effect of this will be Christlike love for those around us.
December 2024:
Christmas Light: An Advent Series. This four-week series examines the deeper meaning behind this Advent season, using Isaiah 9 as a foundation for this year’s celebration. Sometimes called the “little Lent,” Advent is the anticipation and celebration of the arrival of Christ. It is a season that is meant to draw our attention once again to Christ and keep him at the fore of our hearts, lest we get lost in the presents, decorations, and festivities without remembering why we’re celebrating in the first place.