Journey With Jesus

Saturday July 19, 2025 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude

Jesus Calls Us to Listen Isaiah 43:1 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. How do you describe 30 kids running around the gym, dancing, singing, acting out bible stories? Some might use adjectives like exuberant, joyful, or fun. Others might say noisy, or chaotic.

Jesus is the Treasure

Saturday July 12, 2025 Text: Luke 10:25-37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Luke 10:25-37

Treasure Island, although published in 1883, is still one of the world’s most beloved children’s books. It has been adapted into at least 41 various films and TV shows worldwide, including a Muppets movie and a wishbone episode. It is a tale of adventure and romance that has captive kids and adults for nearly 150

Friend of Sinners

Saturday July 5, 2025 Text: Matthew 9:9-13 Speaker: Luke Bernthal Passages: Matthew 9:9-13

I think we all know the importance and blessing of having a friend. Have you been particularly blessed during your life to have someone that you would consider your “best friend”? Someone you can always count on to “be there.” Someone whose friendship was unconditional. Someone who always made your day better. Someone you just really liked being around. If you’ve

A Real Man Would . . . TEACH

Sunday June 29, 2025 Text: 1 samuel 3:10-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: 1 samuel 3:10-21

Elvis Presly recorded the song, “Hardheaded Woman.” It was written by Claude Demetrius. This song implies that women have been the source troubles for men since creation. It uses the examples of Eve, Delilah and Jezebel. Eve, Delilah and Jezebel all had their problems, but their sins were their sins. Their sins were not an

Funeral of Gary Brown

Sunday June 22, 2025 Text: Revelation 7:9-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Revelation 7:9-17

The Inugguit lived as hunter-gatherers in Greenland’s remote Thule region for centuries. Some say that until they were encountered by Sir John Ross in 1818, they believed that they were the only inhabitants of the world. From <https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/living-with-the-inugguit> Imagine attempting to explain the Caribbean Island to those people. You could tell them it’s like

A Real Man Would . . . Lead

Sunday June 22, 2025 Text: Joshua 15:9-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Joshua 15:9-20

Since we are talking about manly men, we have to talk about probably the manliest man of scripture, Samson. Samson is the ultimate example of what we might consider a real man. He was strong. He was a conqueror. He didn’t let anyone push him around. When he felt that people wronged him, he took

A REAL MAN WOULD . . . HUMBLE HIMSELF

Sunday June 15, 2025 Text: Psalm 8:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Psalm 8:1-9

I ran across this image this week. Here is a man doing a manly job. There is no way I would do that, and if I tried there is no way I would survive. We often associate being manly with feats of strength or courage, to the point of foolishness. “A real man would run

There Is Still Hope

Sunday June 8, 2025 Text: Genesis 11:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Pentecost Passages: Genesis 11:1-9

The account of the building of the tower of Babel takes place about 100 years after the flood. Both Noah and Shem were still living. In fact, Noah was still alive when Abraham was called by God at the age of 75, and Shem lived long enough that he could have seen Isaac and Jacob.

The Lord Has Blessed You

Sunday June 1, 2025 Text: Luke 19:12-27 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Graduation Passages: Luke 19:12-27

As a kid there is nothing better than Christmas morning. You wake up. You eat Christmas bread, and you open your gifts. The only thing more exciting than opening your gifts is using your gifts, getting to play with them. How frustrating it is if you get a gift that you can’t actually use. The

Only Jesus Is Necessary

Thursday May 29, 2025 Text: Luke 24:44-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ascension Passages: Luke 24:44-53

“It was necessary” – Those are words along with other similar phrases that we use way too often. Jesus doesn’t use these words lightly or prodigiously. When Jesus says it was necessary he means it. This is what was necessary for him and for us. When I was a missionary traveling in India and Africa,

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