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April 2023
Easter 2023
March & April, 2023
February, 2023
January, 2023
December 24, 2022
December 2022
November, 2022
October, 2022
September, 2022
Aug & Sept, 2022
Summer, 2022
April-May, 2022
April 17, 2022
March & April, 2022
February, 2022
January, 2021
Christmas Services
December, 2021
November, 2021
October, 2021
September, 2021
August 15, 22 & 29, 2021
August, 2021
July, 2021
June, 2021
April, 2021
April 4, 2021
March, 2021
February, 2021
January, 2020
December 24, 2020
December, 2020
November, 2020
October, 2020
Septebmer, 2020
August 30, 2020
August 16 & 23, 2020
June-August, 2020
April & May, 2020
April 12, 2020
March & April, 2020
February & March, 2020
January, 2020
Christmas Eve 2019
December, 2019
November, 2019
October, 2019
September, 2019
September 8, 2019
August 28-September 1, 2019
June-August, 2019
May - June, 2019
April & May, 2019
April 21, 2019
March & April, 2019
February, 2019
January, 2019
December 30, 2018
Christmas Eve, 2018
December, 2018
November, 2018
October, 2018
September, 2018
August 26, 2018
July-August, 2018
June-July, 2018
April-May, 2018
April, 2018
April 1, 2018
February-March, 2018
January, 2018
Christmas Eve, 2017
December, 2017
November, 2017
October, 2017
September, 2017
August 27, 2017
Summer, 2017
April-May, 2017
Easter, 2017
March-April, 2017
February, 2017
January, 2017
Christmas Eve, 2016
November-December, 2016
November, 2016
October, 2016
September, 2016
August 28, 2016
June-August, 2016
April-May, 2016
Easter, 2016
February-March, 2016
February, 2016
January, 2016
Christmas Eve Service
December, 2015
November, 2015
October-November, 2015
September-October, 2015
September, 2015
August 30, 2015
June-August, 2015
April-May, 2015
April 5, 2015
March, 2015
January-February, 2015
January, 2015
December 24, 2014
November-December, 2014
November, 2014
October, 2014
August-October, 2014
September 7, 2014
August, 2014
July-August, 2014
June, 2014
Summer, 2014
April-May, 2014
April 20, 2014
March-April, 2014
February-March, 2014
January, 2014
December 29, 2013
December 24, 2013
December, 2013
November-December, 2013
November, 2013
October, 2013
September 8, 2013
August-September, 2013
August, 2013
June-August, 2013
April-May, 2013
April, 2013
March 31, 2013
March, 2013
February, 2013
January, 2013
December 30, 2012
December, 2012
November-December 2012
October-November, 2012
September 30, 2012
September, 2012
July-August, 2012
June-July, 2012
April, 2012

Teaching Schedule

Zoom Out

In this series, we are zooming out to get a bird’s eye view of the Story of God contained in the Scriptures.

It is so important that we all understand this deep reality we live in.

So as we zoom out, we will also zoom in to pay close attention to what we are calling the “chapters” of God’s story - from the beginning of the world to the picture of the world to come. And the theme of this story - which is a real story, a true story - is that God is a God of redemption and restoration -- a God always calling people back to himself, who makes all things new, and who never, ever gives up on His people.

God is a God who in Creation made everything that exists, out of love. And even though God gave us everything we need, human beings fell into sin because of our own choices at the Fall. And our relationship with God, with each other, and with God’s good creation was ruptured.

But God didn’t give up on us. He called to himself a Chosen People and made of them a great nation. But humans fell into sin again and again and failed to live in God’s good ways, despite kings and prophets and priests whose stories are in the Old Testament.

So God himself came to the rescue. In the fullness of time, God became a man - Jesus, and lived among us as a flesh and blood picture of the Father’s love and grace. And Jesus taught humanity how to live, and then he died in our place, to pay once and for all the price for our sin, our failures, our fallenness. And he defeated death. And he lives now and is the leader of the church.

Today we live in the Church Age in which God’s new community, formed in Jesus, powered by the Spirit and set free from sin and death, is given one mission - to spread the grace and mercy of Jesus throughout the whole broken world, and to love our neighbors in the same way in which God has loved us.

And one day, one great day the New Creation will come … Jesus will come again and call all who follow him to himself and heaven and earth will be one, sin will be finally defeated, and there will be no more war or death or pain or human brokenness. God will restore and renew and repair and redeem all things, for ever and ever. And Jesus will reign.

So we hope you’ll join us over the next 6 weeks as we Zoom Out to gain a greater understanding of how big and wide and good God’s story is, and then Zoom In to gain a better understanding of the beautiful chapters of that story.