Current Sermon Series

The winds of change are blowing in our world.  In fact, change seems to be coming from every direction….and at warp speed.  How do we become strong enough to weather the storms that are raging around us?  How do we keep hope when so much seems hopeless?

• Unemployment is holding steady at nearly 10% (13% in Peoria) / Under-employment hovers near 18%
  • Personal debt and bankruptcy is sky-rocketing
    • Marriages and families are falling apart
      • Loneliness and depression is rampant
        • People and institutions we thought we could count on have let us down

It is truly overwhelming.  What do you do to maintain a sense of courage and hope in such an environment?  We suggest that the smartest thing any of us can do is to turn to God and learn from him and learn his ways.  Nothing in this world can stabilize us like the truth and the peace of God.   But there is one little sticking point… how can you have  confidence in what you don’t know or don’t understand?  Roots is a journey of discovery.  We will explore the deep truths of our well-worn faith that gives us strength for today and hope for the future.  Here’s the lineup:

• April 4 -  Jesus Christ; Act 1 (The First Coming)
• April 11 – Jesus Christ; Act 2 (The Second Coming..Rapture?)
• April 18 – The Afterlife (What REALLY happens?)
• April 25 – God (Who is he and where did he come from?)
• May 3 – The Holy Spirit (Sounds a little spooky… is it?)
• May 9 – The Bible (Why should we believe it?)
• May 16 – Creation (Where did we come from?)
• May 23 – Good and Evil (Does it exist?  Who decides?)
• May 30—Salvation (Signed, Sealed, Delivered….Or Not?)
• June 6 – Sanctification (What?… We’ll explain)
• June 13 – The Church (What’s the big deal?)