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“His story includes us, but it is about Him.” Do you ever have the temptation to read yourself into a story? In today’s message Mark Vanderwier talks about the failure of trying to make God in our image. Mark reminds us about who the story is really about while we’re busy thinking about me, me, me, and missing out on the One; the Creator of all!

“The challenge is not to believe there is a resurrection, but to believe in the One who was resurrected.” Today on Easter Sunday we celebrated our Risen Saviour and King Jesus – the greatest story ever told. In this message Mark Vanderwier talks about the aftermath of the resurrection of Christ and the three responses seen in people when they hear of this news.

“All this time God is saying come on, come. Come on son, come on daughter, I’ve set a table for you, come. Come and drink freely of the water of life. I don’t care if you’re nine or ninety-nine – that’s the invitation.” As we celebrate Psalm Sunday Zach Brown reminds us that Jesus never planned to make His home here. He came to live, to die, and to live again, and He invites us to come to His well and drink from the water of life and never be thirsty again.

“There is great comfort to be had in an awestruck wonder of the Lord” In this message Zach Brown looks at the book of Malachi, examining what it means to fear the Lord, and encourages us to examine whether or not we are giving God our best.

“Shake up the ground of all my tradition, break down the walls of all my religion, because Your way is better, Your way is better.” Sometimes we need a shaking up in our temple. In this message Mark Vanderwier talks about continuing the pursuit of His presence, that Jesus might come in a flip tables in our hearts. What tables might need flipping in your life?

“Why is it that every time I am presented with an opportunity to serve, every time I am presented with an opportunity to give, every time I am presented with an opportunity to connect with people who need what I have – I talk myself out of it?” Have ever tried to run away from God? Today’s message is the third and final part of Gary Watson’s Jonah series on the most famous runaway found in the Bible. In this message Gary talks about being concerned about all the wrong things and finally surrendering to God’s personal will for us.

“Whatever it is that you’re going to do for him, give it your all.” In todays message Mark Vanderwier preaches to the choir inviting us to recognize the beauty and purpose in all the unique parts of Christ’s body at work for God’s kingdom.

“If we don’t come to an understand on how to live loving God and loving people, I believe we’ll miss out on our true purpose in this life.” What does love really got to do with it? In todays message Zach Brown invites us to see the purpose in loving God and loving the people he has created in His image.

“If you’re still walking through it, He’s still with you in it.” In this message Mark Vanderwier talks about running our race; the only race we can run. Will you run your race to win?

“Here is a man who did not realize he was ‘blind’ and he becomes blind and in that blindness is where he sees christ.” God the one drawing us, but our responsibility is in our response to that call. The Come and See series is an invitation to come and see Jesus for yourself. In part four Mark Vanderwier looks at the story of the Saul who when the veil was taken away sat in darkness to finally to see the light.

“It’s so important that we don’t just consider the Lord an add on to our life; that we deeply regard Him as so much more. Not just a time slot in our busy schedule, but that we would turn to Him with our whole heart and our mind and our soul and our dreams and hopes and say ‘Lord what would You have me do?’.” Do you remember the last time you climbed a tree? In part three of the Come and See series Zach Brown looks at the story of Zacchaeus leaving the crowd to climb the tree and

“Look at who I once was and look at [Jesus]. Come and see for yourself…my life might have been a mess, but I’ve found the Messiah.” In part two of the Come and See series Mark Vanderwier looks at the story of the woman at the well and the invitation to come and see Jesus for herself. The same invitation is available to you today – come and see for yourself.