This sermon takes a closer look at the story of Jesus’ Ascension—when He is taken up to Heaven forty days after His resurrection. His disciples are left staring at the sky, not sure what to do next. They are still scared and unsure and probably ashamed of everything they had been through. Yet still, they were called to be witnesses. How too could we hold tensions together of not being who we want to be, but also somehow gifted by God to help others in a special way?

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FUN-Day School Lesson for ages 4 and up

Video of COA Contemporary Worship Team member Kyra singing “I Will Praise You” written by Jonathan Lee, Rebecca St. James, Fred Williams. It was released as the second single on 18 June 2011 in Australia. It has so far peaked at No. 30 on the TRAA Contemporary Top 30 chart. It is from the studio album I Will Praise You and is the ninth studio album by Christian pop singer Rebecca St. James.

This sermon focuses on the cliffhanger Easter story found in the Gospel of Mark. What does it mean that this story of the resurrection ends with the first witnesses running away in fear, planning to tell no one? What does it mean to have an Easter whose hope is unresolved? We need this story these days more than ever!

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Jesus was NOT just God, but also fully human.

That is more important now than ever in these vulnerable, all-too-human times.

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This is part 6 in a sermon series exploring Things Jesus WASN’T—this year more than ever, God longs for us to know the true Jesus and not the one shaped by expectations in our world. On Palm Sunday, we remember Jesus’ “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem. The crowds cheered for Him and worshiped Him, but we know that less than a week later, He would be rejected and given up for execution. How does such a thing happen? It is Jesus’ journey, and He invites us along the road with Him. He is not what He seems, and that is Good News!

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This sermon considers a scripture passage where Jesus is speaking what sounds like a scary prophecy of the end of the world, and consider what it might have to say to us during these strange and scary times. What does hope look like under COVID-19? Is this the end of something or the beginning of something? Jesus does not give us easy answers or promises that everything will always be safe, but He does promise us hope beginning TODAY!

Musical Offering from our Contemporary Worship Team

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