Series Archives:Fall sermon series “Taking Jesus Seriously”

Reign of Christ Sunday ~ Sunday, November 24th, 2019 Over the next several months she asked herself  “What difference does my faith make in my life? What impact does my faith have on my finances, my job, my family and my relationships?” Here’s a question for all of us to ask, “What difference would it make… Continue Reading

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, November 17th, 2019 Those who take Jesus seriously must, in the words of our epistle lesson, “Get to work doing what is right”, namely, working toward that day when the wolf and the lamb, the lion and the ox, when all of God’s children are secure, fed, housed, cared… Continue Reading

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, November 10th, 2019 I believe that he knew that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living and in God all are alive. I believe that he knew the truth of the Brief Statement of Faith, “In life and in death we belong to God.”… Continue Reading

All Saints Sunday ~ Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 Once Jesus calls your name, once Jesus comes into your life, once you decide to take Jesus seriously and make him more than a Sunday thing, but an everyday thing; some every day things change everything.        (A link to the YouTube video of this… Continue Reading

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, October 27th, 2019 The proper attitude for those who take Jesus seriously is to be humble, realizing that we are not perfect. And with our own short-comings in mind, we realize that we are in no position to judge another. That does not mean that people are not accountable, including… Continue Reading

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, October 20th, 2019 I believe that there are times when each one of us wrestles with God. We think that we have everything all figured out and then something happens that makes us question what we believed; it may even shake our faith to its very core. Often times… Continue Reading

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, October 13th, 2019 Be fully invested in the “job-at-hand”, be All-In.  We invest ourselves in the world around us. Despite its imperfections people who take Jesus seriously live fully right where they are.    To view this week’s 10 am worship service:      Sermon Notes Bible Passage:  Jeremiah 29:1,… Continue Reading

World Communion Sunday Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, October 6th, 2019 Faith is like taking one step at a time. You take the first step of faith and then the next, and the next; one moment, one day, one month, one year at a time. And, here’s the thing. You aren’t taking those steps… Continue Reading

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, September 29th, 2019 Abundant life is found in community when we join others in sharing what we have.   Sermon Notes Bible Passage: I Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Special Music Anthem       On Eagle’s Wings     Performed by the FFC Chancel Choir   Offertory     For The Beauty of the Earth    … Continue Reading

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 Serious followers of Jesus need to constantly ask themselves if they are being good stewards of those things that God entrusted to them.    Sermon Notes Bible Passage:  Luke 16:1-13 Special Music Introit     There Is A Balm in Gilead     Performed by the First Federated Church Chancel Choir… Continue Reading