Christmas Carol - Ghost of Christmas Future
Derrick Hurst
Dec 22 2016
Each of Scrooge's visitors brought him a new message of warning. From repentance to an eye opening of view of what could be, Scrooge finally saw the whole picture. While we don't receive these images from visitors past or future we do have warnings and...
The Gift of Life
Derrick Hurst
Dec 19 2016
Throughout the season of Advent we prepare for the coming of Jesus. We make ourselves ready for Christmas morning. Each week we unwrap another gift of Christmas. This week Pastor Derrick shares the importance of light and life. We hope you enjoy this g...
Christmas Carol - Ghost of Christmas Present
Derrick Hurst
Dec 15 2016
In the middle of the night, Scrooge is visited by three characters. We know them as the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. But what can we learn from the Ghost of Christmas Present? What message did this Ghost bring to Scrooge? And what does...
The Gift of Peace
Derrick Hurst
Dec 12 2016
Christmas often birngs extra things to our schedules. We travel to be with family. We buy extra items for loved ones and thereby stretch our budget a little thinner than we probably should. With all of this extra that comes at Christmas time it's often...
The Gift of Love
Derrick Hurst
Dec 04 2016
Throughout the season of Advent we'll be unwrapping another gift. This week it's the gift of love. But don't assume you know what love looks like. It's not exactly what you think. When we discover the reality of God's love we'll be surprised how vast a...
The Gift of Hope
Derrick Hurst
Dec 04 2016
Thought the season of advent we wait. We wait with anticipation for the things that will soon be here. We wait for Christmas but we, as followers of Jesus, also wait for Jesus. But we wait with hope. And hope is the certainty of things yet unseen. It's...
Christmas Carol - Marley's Ghost
Derrick Hurst
Dec 01 2016
The famous story by Charles Dickens will guide us through our midweek Advent journey this year. Tonight we sit with Scrooge as he's met by Marley's ghost. We hear the words of caution for a life missed. Listen as Pastor Derrick shows how Scrooge and Ma...
Urgent and Important
Derrick Hurst
Nov 14 2016
When you hear a clock ticking incessantly in the background, you get the impression that there's a sense of urgency. You can feel the time slipping away with each tick of the second hand. The book of Malachi teaches us a message that is both urgent and...
What was does not dictate what is
Derrick Hurst
Nov 07 2016
This week we celebrated a day marked as All Saints Sunday. This Sunday is a time for us to reflect on the lives of those who have gone before us in the faith. For some this can be a contemplative event filled with sadness and loss. But for those who ar...
Reformation
Derrick Hurst
Oct 30 2016
The message of the Reformation was actually a lot more simple than we make it out to be. We think it was about indulgences and popes. We think it was about Martin Luther and a host of other reformers. But in actuality the emphasis was Jesus. This week ...
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