Bro. Zeke brings the fourth message in our "Fixer Upper" sermon series.
Sermon Notes:
To Know the love of God is to live the love of God
1) God is Agape love
- a love that gives without expectation of reciprocity
2) God's love provokes us to love like God
- the lovelessness of fear is confronted and overcome by the fearlessness of love
Text: 1 John:4:7-21
Date: April 29, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Week three in our "Fixer Upper" sermon series.
Text: 1 John 3:16-24
Date: April 22, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Sermon Notes:
At the heart of Christian faith is a call to love (God and others) through action
Love must take on the work of sacrifice
Brother Zeke brings us the second message in our "Fixer Upper" sermon series. On the front end of the message you will hear an awkward transition where we showed a video clip from the HGTV Show "Fixer Upper" on demolition day.
Text: 1 John 3:1-7
Date: April 15, 2018
Sermon Notes:
1. Ever New Beginning Comes From Some Other Begninngs End
- Jesus loves us too much to leave us the way we are
2. Christianity is More Than Just a Name, It Means We Are Part of a Family
Week One of our new sermon series Fixer Upper. Fixer Upper is a popular HGTV show that walks through a house flip. In this series we will be walking through the renovation God calls us all toward. This week, Brother Ben gets us started with a life inspection
Text: 1 John 1:1-2:2
Date: April 8, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Sermon Notes:
1) We Have to Open the Doors of Our Lives and Be Honest About Our Brokeness
2) We Need Jesus to Show Us a way Out of Sin and Darkness and Into the Light
3) We Must Be Willing to Do the Hard Work to Walk in the Light
Bro. Ben brings a message of hope and insight for this special Easter message.
Text: John 20:1-2, 11-18
Service: 9:00 contemporary
Date: April 1, 2018
This Palm Sunday morning Bro. Zeke brings a message on the phrase from the cross: "Father, into your hand I commend my Spirit".
Sermon Points:
Use Scripture as an Anchor for Life
Faith commands, commits, and commends in the crucible of life
Date: March 25, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Bro. Zeke continues in the Lenten series "Final Words". This week there was a movie clip shown that is not included in the audio of this sermon. If you wish to view the clip click here.
Main Idea: The Humanity of Jesus Reveals God's Heart for US
Text: John 19:28-29
Date: March 18, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Continuing in our Lenten Series "Final words", Bro. Ben brings us a message centered around the words of Jesus "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"
Text Mark 15:29-36
Date: March 11, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
In today's message Bro. Zeke investigates the phrase from the cross: "Today, you will be with me in paradise". This is a continuation in our Lenten Sermon Series entitled "Final Words".
Text: Luke 23:32, 39-43
Date: February 23, 2018
Notes:
Our Christian faith is an invitation into participation
Faith invites us to love the people Jesus loved
Faith calls us to participate in paradise
We begin a new sermon series for this Lenten Season entitled "Final Words". Each Sunday, we will look at one of the seven phrases attributed to Jesus from the cross. This weeks phrase:
"Father, Forgive Them; For They Know Not What They Are Doing"
Text: Luke 23:26, 33-34a
Date: February 18, 2018
Bro. Ben closes out our Defining Moments sermon series with a great message.
Sermon text: Mark 9:2-9
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: February 11, 2018
We invite you to join Bro. Zeke as he shares a message, continuing in our Defining Moments Sermon Series, which invites all people to act on their faith in real, doable ways.
Text: Mark 1:21-28
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: February 4, 2018
UMW Sunday
Special Guest Preacher- Rev. Sam Meadors from the ASU Wesley Foundation. Sam also grew up in FUMC Benton where her parents continue to serve.
Text: Esther 4:5-14
Date: 2/28/2018
This week we begin our "Defining Moments" sermon series. We will be journeying with biblical characters who come face to face with truths which change the trajectories of their lives.
Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: January 14, 2018
In this message, Brother Ben shares words of hope and power to baptism.
Text: Acts 19:1-7 (CEV)
Date: January 7, 2018
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Bro. Ben brings us a special message on New Years Eve.
text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: December 31, 2017
We covenant to remember, to fully engage, and to find strength.
Text: Luke 1:26-33
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: 12/17/17
Note: Recording is not the best due to some difficulties with our sound system. We hope to correct this soon.
Week 1 of our Advent Series called "Not a Silent Night". During this series we will be following Mary- her character, her life, and her experience as the mother of Jesus. Today we begin at the last scripture reference about Mary in the New testament. In weeks to come, we will journey backwards through Mary's life as we prepare for Christmas.
Scripture: Acts 1:8-14 (NRSV Translation)
Service: 11:00 Contemporary
Date: 12/03/2017
Week 1 of our Advent Series called "Not a Silent Night". During this series we will be following Mary- her character, her life, and her experience as the mother of Jesus. Today we begin at the last scripture reference about Mary in the New testament. In weeks to come, we will journey backwards through Mary's life as we prepare for Christmas.
Scripture: Acts 1:8-14 (CEV Translation)
Sermon Notes:
1) We see that Mary experienced deep grief but found hope in the resurrection
2) Mary moves forward to share in the mission of the disciples
3) We are given the same mission as Mary and we should fulfill it like she did.
This week brother Zeke offers a message about how we, as people of faith, are to respond in the wake of acts of violence and terror.
Text: Matthew 5:38-42, 48
Service: 9:00 Contemporary
Date: November 19, 2017
This Sunday we conclude our discipleship/ stewardship sermon series entitled "Tree of Life". Brother Ben looks back the father of Methodism- John Wesley to guide us in how we live out our faith.
Scripture: Luke 16:10-13
Sermon Points:
1) Make all you can
2) Save all you can
11:00 Contemporary Service
Text: Joshua 24:14-15
Sermon Main Idea:
Faith is a Lifetime of Choices
We continue with our "Tree of Life" sermon series. Brother Ben brings us a message of hope and conviction to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
Text: Joshua 25:14-15
Sermon Points:
We continue in the "Well of Life" stewardship/ discipleship series. In today's sermon, Brother Zeke brings a message about the Christian attribute of wisdom.
The key idea is that Faithful Lives and Faithful Churches Seek Wisdom
Some key ideas from the message are:
Wisdom Calls Us to Always Be Students
Wisdom is Unleashed Through Grace
Wisdom Excavates the Will of God