Passage: Haggai 2:20-23 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection Sermon Summary The pressing question at the close of Haggai is a question of worship: “Is the God of the temple worth worshipping? What kind of power does he have, after all?” Zerubbabel, the Governor of Judah, was likely wondering this. By all appearances, God…
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Build Your Kingdom Here: Rebuilding Paradise
Passage: Haggai 2:1-9 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection Sermon Summary When we look at the brokenness in ourselves, and in the world around us, it’s easy to grow discouraged, and to quit investing in God’s kingdom. We need God to personally strengthen us, and encourage us to keep going, just as he did…
A Little Known Secret…Church Planting Works in New England
The following post is an excerpt from our church planting email list from September 2019. To sign up for our email list for updates and prayer requests, see the bottom of this post. Does Church Planting Work in New England? As we are in the beginning stages of planting a church some questions that many of…
Supporting the Diverse Range of Work for God’s Kingdom
In this post read about how our church, through the Outreach Ministries Fund, has been supporting a variety of projects this year that further the work of God’s Kingdom on the North Shore and around the world The huge extent of God’s Kingdom Have you ever noticed that while Christians share a common faith, the…
Imagining the Kingdom
Today’s post is part of a series to help us take what we learn on Sunday into the rest of the week. These posts summarize the main points from the week’s sermon and include questions for continued reflection and prayer. The posts in this series are written by members of our church’s Adult Christian Formation…