Guest Preacher Josh Matthews Numbers 13:26-33, Proverbs 29:18, John 16:33 _____________________________

Romans 16:16, Colossians 4:10, Matthew 5:43-48We are called to greet one another as a sign of welcoming and belonging and also as an act of love and care.______________________________

Ephesians 5:21, 25, Matthew 26:39, 42, 45, Philippians 2:8Submission is a biblical principle. We are called to submit not only to God, those in...

Bear with One Another and Bear One Another's Burdens”Ephesians 4:2,

Be Magnified By God- Guest Preacher Kristy LaBarge Exodus 3:1-4When we say yes to God's call, even when it seems mundane or insignificant, God can do great things with our lives.________________________________

Romans 15:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14, 1 Cor. 4:14, Acts 20:31 We are called to instruct/admonish one another when we see another believer getting off track in their life or faith.  This is incredibly hard to do well and very h...

Romans 15:5, Romans 12:16, Philippians 2:5, Romans 8:5, Romans 12:3, 1 Corinthians 13:11, Philippians 3:15We are called to be of the same mind an...

Galatians 5:13 and Mark 10:35-45We are called to serve one another in love.  Serving others is a way to put our love for one another into practice in concrete ways in this world. Serving others is also the model that Jesus set for u...

Surrender, Sacrifice, Service - Guest Preacher Nita Hanson Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 10:37-39 ________________________________________________________

"Honor and be Humble with One Another"Romans 12:10, I Peter 5:5 and Philippines 2:1-11, Matthew 23:12.Scripture calls to honor one another, which means to put others above ourselves, and to humble ourselves means to put our...

"Encourage and Build Up One Another" 2 Corinthians 13:11, Romans 14:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, 1 Timothy 5:1-2, Hebrews 10:23-25  Life and faith are hard; for these reasons, scri...

"Members of One Another" Romans 12:3-8 and Matthew 12:46-50Christianity is not a solo quest, nor is it something we do together with no responsibility to one another.  Scripture says that we are "members of one an...

"Love and Forgive One Another"John 13:34-35 and Colossians 3:13To begin this series, we'll look at the two "one another" statements that are most fundamental to our life together in community, the call to love and forgive o...

“Worship vs Ritual” Matthew 15:8, Isaiah 29:13, Psalm 29:1-2, John 9:39When we’re just going through the motion spiritually, our worship degenerates into an empty ritual because our desire is not for God, so our hearts are...

“Conformed vs Transformed”            Romans 12:2 Mark 1:16-20, Romans 8:29When we’re just going through the motions spiritually, we inevitably begin to conform to the patterns of this world ...

Today Jimmy Mac, Orchard's Worship Director, shares his faith story. 

“Living for Self vs. Living for Jesus” James 4:13-15, Psalm 24:1-2, Romans 12:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:4 When we’re just going through the motions spiritually, we begin to believe we belong to ourselves and live for ourse...

Religion vs. FaithMatthew 13:15, 15:8, Hebrews 11:1-3, 6, John 6:68-69When we’re just going through the motions spiritually, we can easily slip into religion in the worst sense of the word, which simply means doing religio...

One Crazy FarmerMark 4:1-9 and Ephesians 17-18In this parable from Mark, Jesus tells about a farmer who sows seed in some strange places where it’s unlikely to grow, but the seed that does grow produces an amazing yield.  The...

RememberEsther 9:20 - 10:3As God's people are saved, they respond with a celebration, the Jewish festival of Purim. It's a celebration of looking backward and remembering but also moving forward. All the stories of deliverance...

"Saved" Esther 9:1-19 In another stunning reversal, the decree of life is carried out. People marked for death are spared and given a new lease of life. This reversal feels harsh to us, but it would have be...

"A Decree of Life" Esther 8:1-17            God's providence leads to another reversal. An irrevocable decree that brought death to the Jews had been given, but now a counter d...

"Justice of a Sort"Esther 7:1-10                                     God provides another amazing reversal; justice is se...

"The Man the King Delights to Honor" Esther 6:1-14            God's providence leads to a great reversal; Mordecai is honored instead of Hamman. This is really no surprise sinc...

"The Prequel" John 14:15-31At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out with power on all believers, and the church was formed.  With this passage for today, Jesus helps us understand that the Holy Spirit c...