In this sermon, we delve deeper into grace—if God has the ability to wipe out our sin, then what matters to God? What can we do to please God? What does it mean to have true faith?
Youth Group experiencing a Passover Seder
A Passover Seder is the traditional Jewish feast commemorating when the plagues against Egypt “passed over” their people Israel and allowed them to be freed from slavery. The feast is celebrated each year, and Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover celebration on the same week that he was arrested and executed on the cross.
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Mission Trip To Louisiana
MARCH 5, 2017: Lent Sermon Series Part 1
This week begins a sermon series on “The Reformation for 2017” Did you know that 2017 marks 500 years since the beginning of the Protestant Reformation??? Something that took place that long ago can so often end up seeming irrelevant to today’s issues, but I intend to show us how some of the revolutionary ideas about faith and God and grace apply more to us today than ever before.
This week we unpacked the question of “WHAT DOES SIN LOOK LIKE?” Our world understands the problem of sin one way, but God understands it another way, and it all hinges on how we understand grace.
ASH WEDNESDAY (3/1/2017)
Ash Wednesday is a special service marking the beginning of the season of Lent, and one which we observe each year at COA with communion and the imposition of ashes.