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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 thinkContinueContinue 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, toContinueContinue 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 inContinueContinue 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,ContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 2: John Wesley “Strangely Warmed””

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 9th 2019: Pentecost Sunday Romans 8:14-17; Acts 2:1-21 Waiting for the Holy Spirit Once again Jesus’s disciples were gathered together in the upper room. The same place where, 50 deays earlier, they had celebrated Passover with Jesus, the same place where he’d washed their feet, the same place where heContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 1: Phoebe Palmer “The Fire Within””