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                                        As Children of our Father, we have the privilege of intimacy.   “By him we cry, ‘Abba’” (Rom. 8:15b). In the original language, “Abba” was an Aramaic term which is best translated “Daddy”—a term of...

Steve Schantz I’d like to introduce this message by reflecting on the power of a Psalm that many of you may remember hearing, (and singing) as we have gathered for worship together: Psa 133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! 2 It is like the...

Acts 2:1-4   Steve Schantz     When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that...

                                                              Steve Schantz     Great people quite often tend to be controversial people. During the Second World War in England, Winston Churchill was hailed and loved as the “man of the hour”.  His impassioned speeches encouraged the Brits to courageously resist the onslaught of the Nazi war machine.  England’s men,...

   Imagine yourself a deckhand on board ship in 59 A.D. as Paul, a prisoner, begins his transport to Rome.  He and several others are under the guarded care of Julius, a ten year veteran and a Centurion of the Roman Army. A hundred soldiers under his command attend his...

                       Sermon transcript by Steve Schantz John 10:7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I...

John 14:1-14 NRSV    Here we are five Sundays into the Easter season and we find for our text today Jesus addressing his disciples, whose hearts are troubled. Although it’s a season of celebration, we too probably still need encouragement. It doesn’t take long to run into things that leave...

                                                   Steve Schantz- May 3rd, 2020                                                              ———————-                                        Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee;                        Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed,                            Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure.   The first...

                                         Steve Schantz – April 26th, 2020                                                         Psalm 62 1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall,...

Luke 8:26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he...