Message Pastor Juan Martinez will preach “A Call To Holy Living & Spiritual Growth” from 1 Peter 1:13-2:1-3 Worship with us at 9am In-person OR on Facebook Live, HERE Worship Music Holy, Holy Holy, Lord God Almighty Holiness (Take My Life) Lord I Need You Offertory Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Closing Hymn Spirit of...

The Church Council, at its meeting on July 16th, approved a proposal to grant me two consecutive days off each week. Many may not be aware that pastors are typically only given one day off a week. Contrary to the popular “belief” that pastors only work one day a week!...

Last week was a really busy week with a lot of press coverage of our disaffiliation plight and follow-up contacts. This week, I’m hoping things will quiet down somewhat. It is good to have publicity and perhaps add some pressure to our annual conference to negotiate an exit route that...

This past Sunday, June 25th, I mentioned in the sermon that as many as 2/3 of Christians have had or are having problems with an addiction to pornography. That is a startling number! But I also shared that as many as 50% of pastors suffer from the same addiction! This...

In our culture today, we are encouraged to work on ourselves. We use language like, “self-love, me time, and self-care”. We are told to make sure we are okay and good before helping others. There is a saying that goes, “you cannot pour from an empty cup”. Well, that is...

Last week, I outlined what I believe to be the lessons learned during the pandemic and what our focus should be going forward. You can read that post here (click on “here” to be taken to the post). This week I want to dig deeper into the first two points...