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Worth the Wait

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Clark Bunch

December 27th     |     text: Lamentations 3:21-26 Even though Christmas is two days past the sanctuary is still decorate for Christmastide, the Advent wreath is still front and center, and we are getting one more Christmas message. … Continue reading →

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Advent Peace

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Clark Bunch

December 20     |     text: Luke 2:8-14 This is the fourth and final Sunday in the Advent season. The theme is Peace and we light the Angels candle. The angels called for  peace on earth. It’s easy for … Continue reading →

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Advent Joy

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Clark Bunch

December 13, 2015     |     text: Luke 2:8-20 I had a high school biology teacher that believed science was all about vocabulary. If you could define the terms you were most of the way to understanding the … Continue reading →

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Advent Faith

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Clark Bunch

December 6, 2015 text: Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-25 The theme of last week was Hope and we lit the Prophet’s candle in our Advent wreath. This week our theme is Faith and we light the Bethlehem candle. It took great … Continue reading →

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Lessons in the Waiting

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Clark Bunch

November 22, 2015     |     text: Genesis 12:1-3, 15:12-16 When I was in the seventh grade I read The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. The main character in that story, Jody Tiflin, was 12 years old when … Continue reading →

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We Should Be All About Thanksgiving

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Clark Bunch

November 8, 2015     |     text: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22  Please and thank you are magic words. Did we all learn that rule as children? My wife often says “You attract more flies with honey than vinegar.” The … Continue reading →

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Salt of the Earth, Light of the World

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Clark Bunch

November 1, 2015     |     text: Matthew 5:13-16 Salt and light. I thought to myself “Surely I’ve preached on this before.” I looked back through the archives of the church website. I mentioned it in a newspaper … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Promise

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Clark Bunch

October 25, 2015     |     text: Galatians 3:1-14 Paul wrote his letter to the Galatain churches to address a crisis; after he had been there and preached the Gospel, which many received, a group of Jewish Christians … Continue reading →

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Encouragement and Instruction to the Faithful Christian Church

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Clark Bunch

What do we do with the Word of God? Hide it in our heart. What’s in your heart? We read the written Word and hide it in our hearts. Jesus is the incarnate Word, and dwells in our hearts. The written Word and Word made flesh are both light that shines in darkness and both in the heart of every believer! The world is going dark, SHINE YOUR LIGHT! ” Continue reading →

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Heaven, Hell and the Gospel

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Clark Bunch

October 4, 2015     |     text: Isaiah 11:1-10 Billy Graham once sat down to write a sermon on angels but found his library offered very few resources on that topic. He set out to look up every … Continue reading →

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