| Title | Subject | Delivered By | Central Passage | Date |
THE CHURCH THAT LOST IT’S FIRST LOVE | Teaching Aim: In the text today, one might describe the Church at Ephesus as a perfect church, who appeared to have everything going for it, however, they were neglectful of their love for Christ. Are we guilty of the same neglect? | Pastor Michael Ryan | Revelation 2:1-7 | Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
MISSION STRATEGY OF THE EARLY CHURCH | Teaching Aim: In the Text today, we discover the model and motivation regarding the early churches’ role (function) in almighty God’s purpose and plan of Redemption. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Text: Acts 13:1-4 | Sunday, March 5, 2023 |
CHRISTIANS | Teaching Aim: Today we will consider what happened in the early church, and how they responded, that led them to receiving the name, “Christian”. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Acts 11:19-26 | Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
PHILLIP: THE HITCH-HIKING DEACON | Teaching Aim: The Text today leads us to consider the Divine encounter between two men which led to the conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch and to apply the lessons presented in this encounter. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Acts 8:26-40 | Sunday, February 19, 2023 |
BLURRED VISION | Teaching Aim: In the Text today we will contrast the “Blurred Vision” of the Scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day (and possibly us today) with the clear vision of the Samaritan in the Good Samaritan Parable in Luke 10. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 10:30-37 | Sunday, February 12, 2023 |
Sunday Morning Service 2-5-23 | Pastor Michael Ryan | Sunday, February 5, 2023 | ||
THE GOING, GROWING EARLY CHURCH | THE GOING, GROWING EARLY CHURCH | Pastor Michael Ryan | Teaching Aim: In the message text, today, we will discover three (3) characteristics practiced in the dynamic early Church which would empower and strengthen the church today. | Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
NEEDED: A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH | Teaching Aim: In the Text today, we will study the early beginning of the Church in Acts: what made it dynamic and different, and consider the contrast with our church today. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Acts 2:40-47 | Sunday, January 22, 2023 |
I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH | Teaching Aim: In the Scripture text, today, Jesus provides some foundational truths regarding the church that will aid it (the church) in fulfilling God’s purpose and plan. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Matthew 16:13-20 | Sunday, January 15, 2023 |
REASONS TO PRAISE THE LORD | Teaching Aim: In todays message, we will consider reasons Peter provides to praise God in the midst of difficult circumstances. | Pastor Michael Ryan | 1 Peter 1:1-7 | Sunday, January 8, 2023 |
WARNINGS FROM GOD | Teaching Aim: In the message today we will consider the warnings God gave both to the Wise men and to Joseph and reflect on three possible applications for us today. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Matthew 2:1-15 (11-15) | Sunday, January 1, 2023 |
THE WONDERS OF CHRISTMAS | Teaching Aim: Consider their wonder and response of Christmas (the incarnation of Christ) through the eyes of the angels, shepherds and the wise men and ask almighty God to renew our own sense of Wonder. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 2:1-14 | Sunday, December 18, 2022 |
WISE MEN WHO MISSED THE SAVIOR | Teaching Aim: Today we, will consider the characteristics of some “wise men” who missed Jesus as Savior. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Matthew 2:1-6 | Sunday, December 11, 2022 |
USING GOD’S ARMOR IN BATTLE | Teaching Aim: Utilizing the armor God has provided us in the spiritual battles confronting us in life. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Ephesians 6:10-17 | Sunday, December 4, 2022 |
THE SUPERFICIAL THANKSGIVING | Teaching Aim: Today we will consider the result of the Pharisee’s pretentious thanksgiving. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 18:9-14 | Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
QUALITIES OF A GOOD SOLDIER | Teaching Aim: In consideration for and in honor to our veterans past and present and future, let’s reflect on those qualities which help make a good soldier and apply those qualities as we all seek to be good soldiers of the Lord. | Pastor Michael Ryan | 2 Timothy 2:3-4; 4:7-8 | Sunday, November 13, 2022 |
MIRACLES “OF THE GOSPEL” AT COLOSSAE | Teaching Aim: Paul identifies the first stage which led to the Colossians experiencing the “Spiritual Life Journey” was in hearing the Gospel. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Colossians 1:3-8 | Sunday, November 6, 2022 |
A Letter from Paul | Today we will consider the questions of what motivated the Apostle Paul to write a letter to the Colossian church, a church he had never personally met | Pastor Michael Ryan | Colossians 1:1-2 | Sunday, October 23, 2022 |
WHY COLOSSIANS? | Teaching Aim: Today, we will introduce the study of Colossians by asking the question: Why study Colossians? | Pastor Michael Ryan | Colossians 1:13-17 | Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
Guest Speaker | Bill and Beth Arnold | Sunday, October 9, 2022 | ||
AN INVITATION TO SUPPER | Teaching Aim: In Revelation 3:20 Jesus asked for the Laodiceans to open their heart and let Him in, so they could experience authenic intimacy with Him and true satisfaction which flows from His sufficiency. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Revelation 3:14-21 | Sunday, October 2, 2022 |
THE HIGH COST OF LOSTNESS! | Teaching Aim: In Luke 12:13-21, Jesus shares a parable where He denounces covetousness. In the parable three inter-related lessons are provided which speak of the temporal and shortsighted nature of the “rich fool’s” vision. Ultimately his shorts | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 12:13-21 | Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
NEW THINGS FOR NATANAEL | Teaching Aim: Today we will reflect on and seek to apply Jesus’ example when He sought out Phillip, and the lesson Phillip learned and applied, reaching out to Nathanael. | Pastor Michael Ryan | John 1:43-51 | Sunday, September 18, 2022 |
WALKING WORTHY | Teaching Aim: Today we will consider what it means to “walk worthy of that calling with which we have been called” walking in unity. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Ephesians 4:1-6 | Sunday, September 11, 2022 |
Sept 4 2022 | Steve Adams | Sunday, September 4, 2022 | ||
BE AN OVERCOMER | Teaching Aim: The story of David and Goliath is a factual account from biblical history that demonstrates how the Lord intercedes for His people and leads them to become victorious overcomers. | Pastor Michael Ryan | 1 Samuel 17 | Sunday, August 28, 2022 |
Aug 21 2022 | Ethan Wallis | Sunday, August 21, 2022 | ||
THE PURPOSE OF ENDURANCE | Teaching Aim: Understanding the goal or purpose of endurance in our lives, encourages us to pursue endurance, receiving its gifts/ benefits. | Pastor Mike Ryan | James 1:1-4, 12 | Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY | Teaching Aim: Today we will consider, what is needed to pursue the of “becoming conformed to the image of Christ.” | Pastor Michael Ryan | Matthew 22:36-40 | Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
The Spiritual-Life Journey | Spiritual transformation . . . Is God’s work of changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by creating a new identity in Christ and by empowering a lifelong relationship of love, trust, and obedience to glorify God. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Sunday, July 31, 2022 | |
PREPARING FOR HOLINESS | Teaching Aim: The text today, seeks to answer the question, “What is involved in the process of growing in holiness?” | Pastor Michael Ryan | 1 Peter 1:13-16 | Sunday, July 24, 2022 |
MARKS OF MATURITY | Teaching Aim: Today we will the questions: 1) How does one recognize Christian maturity? and 2) How does one achieve Christian maturity? | Pastor Michael Ryan | Ephesians 4:7-16 | Sunday, July 17, 2022 |
WE ARE “NOT SAVED!” | Teaching Aim: This Scripture text today, blends three voices: God’s voice of judgment; the people’s voice of despair; and the prophet’s voice of anguish as he contemplated the ruin of the once great nation. Lessons for us today! | Pastor Michael Ryan | Jeremiah 8:19-21 | Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
LESSONS FROM THE FAILURE OF A NATION | Teaching Aim: In the message, we will reflect upon the failure of Israel to possess the promised land, given them by God, and consider the lessons provided for the Christian church in America today. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Joshua 23:1-10 (Judges 1-2) | Sunday, July 3, 2022 |
GROWING IN HIS GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE | Teaching Aim: From his early days, the Apostle Peter learned to think and listen for Almighty God before he spoke and acted. As Peter learned his lesson, he seeks now to help others learn to walk in God’s grace and knowledge | Pastor Michael Ryan | 2 Peter 3:17-18 | Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
THE FAITH OF A FATHER: JAIRUS | Teaching Aim: In the Text today, consider the important role faith has in what a father does and in the example he provides in the tests of life, for his family. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 8:40-56 | Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
TEACHING: HEARING GOD’S WORD | Teaching Aim: In the Text today, Jesus is exhorting us to hear (to listen with spiritual understanding) for God’s Word and respond to it be receiving, sharing and obeying! | Pastor Michael Ryan | Luke 8:1-21 | Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
THE MASTER SOUL-WINNER | Teaching Aim: In the Text today, Jesus, as the Master Soul-winner, models to us an outreach and potentially evangelistic opportunity as well as the motivation for doing so. | Pastor Michael Ryan | John 4:1-42 | Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
THE NEED OF NATIONS | Teaching Aim: Today we will consider the parallel needs to remember “from where we have come and how we began” that we in America have with Almighty God’s chosen people of Israel based on Exodus 32. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Exodus 32:1-8 | Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
GOD’S LOVE SEEKS US IN OUR LOSSES | Teaching Aim: The Text today, reminds us (through the example of Mary, Martha and Lazarus) that God pursues us in our losses as we are confronted with and seek to cope with the grief that loss brings about. | Pastor Michael Ryan | John 11:1-45 | Sunday, May 22, 2022 |
TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED | Teaching Aim: In the Bible text, today, Jesus outlines three tests which, if applied, will reveal the source of one’s righteousness—whether it is from Almighty God or not. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Matthew 7:13—23 | Sunday, May 15, 2022 |
A MOTHER’S CONTAGIOUS FAITH! | Teaching Aim: In the Scripture texts, today, we not only discover life lessons to aid us in imparting our faith to the next generation, but also an inspiring model, to follow, in how to do so. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Acts 16:1-5; 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15 | Sunday, May 8, 2022 |
LEARNING TO SING A CAPELLA | Teaching Aim: In the Scripture texts, today, we discover lessons which exhort us to seek after Almighty God and embrace His divine plan and sovereign power in difficult life circumstances. | Pastor Michael Ryan | Psalm 137:1-4; Habakkuk 3:16-18 | Sunday, May 1, 2022 |