4-26-26 Hoonah-Hadley 1 Peter 2:19-25 Call to Worship Psalm 23 Daily Verse 1 Peter 2:25 Return to the Shepherd and Overseer of Your Souls “For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.” To say that Christ is your Savior is wonderful news. To say that He is Lord of your life is a beautiful thing. To say that He is your Shepherd is more than addition, it is a multiplication of the power and authority God has in your li

4-5-26 Resurrection Sunday Hoonah-Hadley John 20:1-18 Call to Worship Psalm 118:1-2, 18-24 Daily Verse John 20:18 (NIV) I Have Seen The Lord “Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: ‘I have seen the Lord!’ And she told them that He had said these things to her.” We want to begin with the end in mind. Mary Magdalene was tenacious, diligent, determined, single minded, would not be denied until her longing was fulfilled. Indeed, it was fulfilled and then some. She

3-29-26 Hoonah-Hadley Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 Call to Worship Psalm 118:1,2, 19-29 Daily Verse Matthew 21:11 This Is Jesus “So the multitudes said, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.’” Today is Palm Sunday or what is generally known as The Triumphal Entry. It is among other things, the beginning of Holy Week. Some churches have services every day of the week, many have Maundy Thursday (Last Supper) services, some Good Friday (Crucifixion) , most wors

3-22-26 Hoonah-Hadley John 11:1-44 Call to Worship Psalm 130 Daily Verse John 11:9 Walk In The Day To See The Light “Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, they do not stumble, because they see the light of this world.’” Herein the last and greatest of Jesus public miracles as recorded in the gospel of John. Several introductory observations: This, His final demonstration if you will of His mastery of human problems. If we might,

3-15-26 Hoonah-Hadley Ephesians 5:8-14 Call to Worship Psalm 23 Daily Verse: All of them Walk As Children Of Light “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” To walk as children of light is to live and move and have your being in Christ. As the shirt says, “Be The Light”. It is the verses like these that remind us what a blessed, massive, beautiful life salvation lends itself to. The offerings from 1 Samuel, John 9 and Psalm

3-8-26 Hoonah-Hadley Romans 5:1-11 Call to Worship Psalm 95 Daily Verse Romans 5:1 Justified Peace “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” There is a terrible unrest within the human heart and mind, one that is opposed to God, contrary, at odds with Him. Romans 8:5-9 “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Sp

3-1-26 Hoonah-Hadley John 3:1-8 Call to Worship Psalm 121 Daily Verse John 3:7 You Must Be Born Again “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” The New Geneva Study Bible gives verses 1-21 in John 3 the title “New Birth”. We use the word “Regeneration” to describe the act, nature or process of what Jesus is teaching here. “Most assuredly” is used 3 times in the first 11 verses in what we might call a blatantly obvious biblical neon sign. Assurance is fre

2-15-26 Hoonah-Hadley 2 Peter 1:16-21 Call to Worship Psalm 2 Daily Verse 2 Peter 1:19   As A Light That Shines In A Dark Place   “And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”  We often talk about the lectionary which is simply a biblical calendar that follows Christ from the cradle to the grave, a seed time and harvest if you will. We are not boun

2-8-26 Hoonah-Hadley 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Call to Worship Psalm 112:1-9 Daily Verse 1 Corinthians 2:16   But We Have The Mind Of Christ   “But who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.”  The New Geneva Study bible has the first portion of this verse italicized, that is because it is a direct quote from elsewhere in the bible, in this case, Isaiah 40:13, Old Testament. There is also a reference from the New Testament, not a qu