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I Can't Change - Psalm 23
“This is who I AM MOM - you just don’t understand me” - it’s the motto of every teenage generation. As we transition from child to adult...
Apr 16, 2024
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I Lack [John 10]
03.31.2024 - I Am Not Enough [John 10 and Psalm 23:1] To get us started this morning, I want to show you two different headlines. First,...
Apr 1, 2024


Legacy (2 Timothy 1)
Have you ever left an “accidental” legacy? I remember one time, I was a college student doing youth ministry at my home church in the...
Mar 25, 2024
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How Do I... Embrace My Calling? [Ephesians 4]
Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. A long time ago there was a really famous evangelist and speaker named Dwight L Moody, who worked...
Mar 10, 2024
How Do I... Receive His Strength?
Ephesians 3 Click here for the sermon notes.. When I was in college, I had a close friend named Stephanie. Steph had a roommate,...
Mar 4, 2024


An Important Life Update From The Mannschrecks
To all of our beloved friends and family, (and anybody else curious enough to find out more), To be honest, a “roller coaster of emotion”...
Feb 26, 2024


For Thine Is The Kingdom - Mark 4:21-34
Click HERE for the notes.. I know some people think of me as the “young” pastor - but I am old enough to remember the invention of the...
Feb 11, 2024
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Temptation [Hebrews 2:17-18]
Click HERE for the sermon notes.. In the book “Finding Men for Christ” George Dempster tells a story about his ministry from the 1920’s...
Feb 8, 2024
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Our Father In Heaven. [Matthew 6]
Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. When I was a kid, I understood prayer as a bit of a performance. I’ll never forget, my dad's a...
Jan 11, 2024
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Turn On The Light. [Luke 2]
Click HERE for the sermon notes.. For the past year, we have been reading through the entire bible together as a church. It’s been...
Jan 7, 2024


How Now Shall We Live? (Hebrews 11)
Click here for the sermon notes.. I think probably everyone thinks this of their own experience, but I really believe that when I was...
Dec 24, 2023


Letters For Life - 2 Timothy 2
Click HERE for the PDF sermon notes.. Have you ever had a family get together during the holidays that was embarrassing? (Alright, I’m...
Dec 17, 2023


A Letter From Prison - Acts 26:21-29
Click HERE for the sermon notes.. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Well, it might not be true - but it’s a great line for the guy...
Dec 14, 2023


Unstained By The World - Romans 1
Click HERE to get the sermon Notes.. When I was a kid, one of the most common tropes you saw in movies and tv shows was that school is...
Dec 5, 2023


Jesus Plus Nothing Is Enough.
Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. I have a bit of a confession to make this morning. I love social media. It’s absolutely horrifying for...
Nov 20, 2023


It Is Finished - John 19:28-30
Click HERE for the Sermon Notes: Back in 2012 there was a fairly famous story that went viral about two long distance runners. Maybe...
Nov 6, 2023


Citizens Of Heaven - Luke 11:37-54
Click HERE for the Sermon notes.. Citizens Of Heaven - 10.22.2023 [Luke 11:37-54] Once upon a time there was a man visiting Shipshewana -...
Oct 22, 2023


Despised and Rejected - John 6:60-69
Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Despised and Rejected When I was growing up, I was one of those weird church kids. I went to public...
Oct 19, 2023


Wall Builders - Malachi 3
Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Back in 2020, the summer of the pandemic - a lot of people picked up new hobbies. For my wife - her new...
Oct 3, 2023


More Than Meets The Eye - Esther 4
Click here for the sermon notes.. See if this sounds familiar. You live your life, you try to be a good person. You’ve been to church,...
Sep 21, 2023
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