This year in Followers I’ve been teaching through the stories in 1 Samuel. I’ve already discussed my experiment with this particular year, but I’ve since let the cat out of the bag: the students know explicitly that these ancient stories are from the Bible! What’s been fun this year has been teaching 1 Samuel’s stories through […]
This year (2015-2016) in Followers, we are storying our way through the book of 1 Samuel. It’s a little experimental (you can read about that here). 1 Samuel 3:1 – 4:1 “The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD at Shiloh under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare…” The LORD calls to Samuel […]
This year (2015-2016) in Followers, we are storying our way through the book of 1 Samuel. It’s a little experimental (you can read about that here). 1 Samuel 1:21 – 2:36 Hannah weans Samuel and presents him to the LORD at Shiloh. Samuel continues to grow in the LORD in the house of Eli (priest at […]
This year (2015-2016) in Followers, we are storying our way through the book of 1 Samuel. It’s a little experimental (you can read about that here). 1 Samuel 1:1-20 This is the story of Elkanah and his beloved wife, Hannah, and their attempt to have a child. I use these slides to walk the students through […]
Good Friday service Friday, April 18, 2014 Because of the cross, I am not my own. Jesus often asks people to do things that, in reality, most of us would never do… or we think that Jesus really isn’t saying to do that. He just means it metaphorically. But what if He really means these […]
When we did the story God Creates the World in Main Street, I walked the students through the creation passage in Genesis 1. We charted what happened on what day, and what filled what day. We also tracked how many times the text said “good” as well as “God said.”
Open the Eyes of My Heart: The Story of Lazarus Date Sunday, March 1, 2009 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference John 11 Audio Download mp3 [6.33mb] Manuscript Download PDF [77.5kb] Media Elements Ray Stevens “Sittin’ Up with the Dead” YouTube Description John is written not to give an accounting of the […]
CARE for Heaven’s Sake: Love One Another Date Sunday, January 20, 2008 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference 1 John 3:11; John 13:34-35 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [84kb] Description I can still hear my Mom saying this one phrase to us all the time, it is etched in my memory. My […]
Worship With The Mind Date Sunday, September 16, 2007 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference Mark 12:29-31 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [87kb] Description Are you serious God?! Really?! You want me to love and worship you with a: decrepit heart a malnourished soul a warped mind and a weak will? […]
Don’t Miss The Point of it All Date Sunday, July 30, 2006 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference Hebrews 4:12-13; Genesis – Revelation Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [72kb] Media Elements The Pirate Who Tried to Capture the Moon Amazon Description The Bible actually has a very simple story line, doesn’t […]
Who’s Your Lord? Date Saturday, December 24, 2005 Location The River Church, Minong, WI Series Christmas Eve Service Scripture Reference Luke 2, 4; Philippians 2:9-11 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [89kb] Description My friends and family in Nazareth dismissed me right away because I was one of their own. “No. He couldn’t possibly be the Savior […]
Can I Help You With That? Date Sunday, October 15, 2005 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series The Book of John Series Scripture Reference John 13 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [80kb] Description A message about service and self-sacrifice. Will we serve even if we were to get nothing in return? Photo courtesy of: Freeimages.com/Ross Brown
Seeing What is Not Yet Seen Date Sunday, September 18, 2005 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference 2 Corinthians 4:18; Revelation Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [79kb] Description Psychologists say dreams are critical—metaphors that help us work through realities. But dreams are not real…are they? Of course not… Reality is only […]
Stuff: Sacrifice or Sanctify? Date Sunday, May 15, 2005 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Making Room for Life Series Scripture Reference Mark 8:34-36 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [92kb] Description We want more, more, more…the whole world. What we have is not enough. As soon as we have something we want more. But you know what I […]
Making Room to Dance Date Sunday, May 1, 2005 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Making Room for Life Series Scripture Reference Gen 1; 2 Sam 6; Heb 12:1-2; Dan 3 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [158kb] Description It was our wedding day… …and I was so excited! There was something I was really looking forward to on […]
Blessed Are You? The Be-attitudes Date Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series The Be-attitudes Lenten Series Scripture Reference Matthew 5:3-12 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [54kb] Description The list of “blesseds” is especially unique. They refer to those who are written off by society… lost causes… unworthy. Jesus is driving home a theme: […]
Is It In You? Date Sunday, September 26, 2004 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series The Book of Acts Scripture Reference Acts 17 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [76kb] Description “Idolatry, whether ancient or modern, is the futile attempt to look to anyone or anything other than the one true Creator and Provider” (Scott Hafemann in 2001). […]
A Wild Man Date Sunday, September 7, 2003 Location Hayward Wesleyan Church Series Stand Alone Message Scripture Reference Mark 1:1-8 Audio None available Manuscript Download PDF [476kb] Description John the Baptist was a wild man. The wilderness was his home. Camel’s hair and leather were his clothing. And locust and wild honey was his dinner. He was […]