June 16, 2024 Today is Father’s Day! So, we’re talking about a man in the Scripture, Mordecai, who’s not a father. He’s a cousin. But his cousin, Esther’s, parents die, and he becomes her adopted father. Mordecai turns out to be a great dad! He raises Esther. When she is grown, the king of Persia, kingContinue reading “Father’s Day: Mordecai believes in Esther “
Author Archives: Maureen Duffy-Guy
A City on a Hill
June 2, 2024 It seems strange, but Jesus never referred to his followers as Christians. That name came later, from people who didn’t like Jesus’ followers. They insulted them, calling them, “little Christs”. Today, we pretty much go by Christian. We’ve settled for Christian. It sounds good. But the thing is, you can define aContinue reading “A City on a Hill “
What He has Done!
May 26, 2024 There are heroes who look like heroes! I think of the superhero, Thor, with his big muscles and a big hammer. He looks like a hero! Then there are other heroes that surprise you: spiderman seems a little scrawny. Antman seems like an unlikely hero: he can shrink down to ant size.Continue reading “What He has Done!”
Who do you follow?
May 19, 2024 Today is Pentecost, the birthday of the church! We’re talking about the first day of the Christian church which happened after Jesus went back to heaven, close to 2000 years ago! What is the church? You might say it’s a building, or the people who make up the church. We’re going toContinue reading “Who do you follow?”
Abigail: a positive influencer
5/12/24 Mother’s Day Today we celebrate mothers and all women! Mothers have a tremendous influence on us! They have a wonderful job. It can also be stressful and difficult. There are so many challenges to being a mother today. We give love to women, to all who nurture, teach us, and help us to grow.Continue reading “Abigail: a positive influencer”
Chasing Carrots: Comfort
5/5/24 It’s great to be with you today as we wrap up our message series, “Chasing Carrots,” about how we chase after things that don’t satisfy. Today we are talking about comfort! I love comfort. Sometimes we need comfort. It can be a good thing, but other times chasing comfort doesn’t give you the bestContinue reading “Chasing Carrots: Comfort”
Chasing Carrots, Approval
April 28, 2024 We’re in a message series called Chasing Carrots, about how we always chase more in life, but it doesn’t satisfy. We talked about chasing fame, money and stuff, perfectionism, and next week we’ll talk about pursuing comfort. If comfort is our main goal, it interferes with living by faith. Today we’re talkingContinue reading “Chasing Carrots, Approval”
Chasing Carrots: Perfectionism
April 21, 2024 We’re in our sermon series talking about the endless pursuit of more! Today we’re talking about perfectionism. I don’t know who this will speak to, but I know it will speak to me, because I have an unhealthy need to live up to your expectations, to my own unrealistic expectations, and toContinue reading “Chasing Carrots: Perfectionism “
Chasing Carrots: Money and Stuff
April 14, 2024 We’re in the second week of our sermon series, “Chasing Carrots,” about chasing things we can’t quite get enough of. Last week we talked about chasing fame. We want to be noticed, for people to see us, to get credit for all we do. But chasing fame leaves us feeling empty andContinue reading “Chasing Carrots: Money and Stuff “
Chasing Carrots: Fame
April 7, 2024 We are starting a brand-new sermon series called Chasing Carrots. Are you chasing things you can’t quite get enough of? We always want more. Maybe you find yourself believing the lie, if I can just get that, and I’m not sure what “that” is for you, if I can just get that, that’s allContinue reading “Chasing Carrots: Fame “
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