Core Values 2024: Learning


We begin a new sermon series on the parables of Jesus. Today we unpack what we need to be looking for in any parable of Jesus and then we spend time looking at the parable of the vineyard owner in Matthew 20.
Mary Magdalene was a hot mess. Jesus didn’t look the other way — he healed her, included her, and sent her to be the first voice of the resurrection. This sermon is about what that means for the rest of us who are still figuring it out.
We enter into another busy season! Instead of trying to do it all, let us slow down a bit. Maybe instead of buying presents for everyone, we could give a better gift of being fully present in people’s lives this season.
We turn to the book Esther for the next several weeks. In chapter 1 and 2 we discover what not to be like or even aspire to as a leader in King Xerxes.