Season Epiphany

It’s Not About Me: Centering Ministry on Christ and His Kingdom

Saturday January 24, 2026 Text: Matthew 4:17-25 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 4:17-25

Witnessing the Impossible

Saturday January 17, 2026 Text: John 1:29-42 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 1:29-42

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. (1Ti 3:16 ESV) What is a mystery? A mystery is not merely something which happened and nobody knows who did it, but

Open Your Heart to God!

Tuesday January 6, 2026 Text: 2 corinthians 6:11-18; 2 corinthians 7:1 Speaker: Paul Nolting Festival: Epiphany Passages: 2 corinthians 6:11-18; 2 corinthians 7:1

An Impossible Love Made Real

Sunday February 23, 2025 Text: Luke 6:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:27-38

When I was around 12 or 13 years old, we went for a few days to help weed at a flower farm. I remember spending what I thought was a good long time weeding. I stopped and looked at how much farther I had to go just to finish one row, and after that rows

You Are Blessed

Sunday February 16, 2025 Text: Luke 6:17-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:17-26

The beatitudes when understood correctly are some of the greatest expressions of God’s gifts and blessings to sinful humans. When understood incorrectly they become weights chained to our souls dragging us down to depression. The key to understanding them correctly is to recognize them as God’s gifts in Christ not as something we earn or

Cast Your Nets

Sunday February 9, 2025 Text: Luke 5:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 5:1-11

The first rule of fishing is that you can’t catch anything if your line isn’t in the water. That is why my brother Aaron always brought his fishing pole even when we were supposed to be canoeing. He never caught anything, but he always had the line trailing behind the canoe just in case. Similarly,

Jesus Heals Through the Ears

Sunday February 2, 2025 Text: Luke 4:16-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 4:16-30

In Australia this last week 14 people were convicted of manslaughter. These people stood around a young diabetic girl, praying for days as she slowly died. They had the insulin she needed but didn’t give it to her because they wanted to see a miracle. They thought they were proving their faith, but faith in

Jesus Manifests His Glory

Sunday January 26, 2025 Text: John 2:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 2:1-11

Today we have the first of miracle, where Jesus changes water into wine. The evangelist John gives us a statement at the end of the account which summarizes the importance of this miracle. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. Jesus gives

Jesus Was Baptized for Our Righteousness

Sunday January 19, 2025 Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 3:13-17

Our sinful nature is such that we often take God’s wonderful blessings and turn them into a commandment. God’s intention is to give us a blessing. We, however, respond with an attitude of, “Do I have to?” This is something that happens often with Genesis 9:1. Here the word of God says that he blessed

God Leads Us To Bethlehem

Sunday January 12, 2025 Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 2:1-12

Who are these men from the east? We often refer to them as wisemen or as the three kings, but the truth is they were neither. They were gentiles. They were probably astrologers and practitioners of other occult superstitions. Most importantly they were people whom God in grace and through his word lead out of