Sunday July 14th 2019 Pastor Galen Zook Colossians 1:1-14 Feeling like a Billion Bucks Imagine with me that all of a sudden you received a call out of nowhere letting you know that some long-lost relative whom you've never met has just died, leaving you with an inheritance of a billion dollars. It sounds crazy,Continue reading "Inheritance"

Sunday July 7th 2019 Pastor Galen Zook Galatians 6:7-10; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Working for the Good of All The apostle Paul says in Galatians 6, “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith” (Galatians 6:10 NRSV). Whenever I thinkContinue reading "Working for the Good of All"

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 30th 2019 2 Kings 2:8-14; 1 Timothy 1:1-10 A Legacy of Faith In 2 Timothy 1:6, Paul exhorts Timothy to “rekindle the gift of God that is within you.”  To “kindle” means to “light up.” It’s this image of fanning a spark to make it grow into a flame, toContinue reading "Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 4: “Rekindle the Flame”"

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 23rd 2019 Psalm 42; Colossians 3:12-17 Dark Night of the Soul 42:8 “By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.” Psalm 42 was written by a poet who was most likely a singer inContinue reading "Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 3: Fannie Crosby “Dark Night”"

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 16th 2019: Trinity Sunday Romans 5:1-5 Triune God Today is Trinity Sunday, the day we celebrate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, our God who is three-in-one. It’s also Father’s Day, and our reading from Romans reminds me a lot of something that a father would say: “Suffering produces endurance,Continue reading "Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 2: John Wesley “Strangely Warmed”"