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MP3 Audio & Sermon Notes

Our recent sermons are available on-line in MP3 format.

• We suggest that you download the MP3 files as you’ll want to play them again or share them.
• Where available, sermon outlines and Home Group notes are provided in PDF format.

This Week’s Sermon

He Proves His Word
(Garth Knapp)

• “…so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
   — Isaiah 55:11 NIV
  • Download the August 29^th Sermon
    (12.0 MB, 42:14)

Recent Sermons

No Sermon

No August 22nd sermon was given. A Divine Appointments (PDF - 20k) session was held instead of a regular church service.

No Sermon

No August 115th sermon was given. A Church Picnic (PDF - 20k) was held instead of a regular church service.

Take This Broken Body…
(Ron Donovan)

• … “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?”
   — 2 Kings 7:2a NIV
  • Download the August 8^th Sermon
    (12.3 MB, 35:51)

No Sermon

No August 1st sermon was given. A Divine Appointments (PDF - 20k) session was held instead of a regular church service.

No Sermon

No July 25th sermon was given. A Telling your Stories (PDF - 20k) session was held instead of a regular church service.

No Sermon

No July 18th sermon was given. A church barbeque (PDF - 20k) was held instead of a regular church service.

Step Up to the Plate
(Kenn Parker)

• “I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
   — Luke 7:28 NIV
  • Download the July 11^th Sermon
    (15.4 MB, 53:59)

Remember
(Doug Newman)

• “Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”
   — Isaiah 44:21–22 NLT
  • Download the July 4^th Sermon
    (9.5 MB, 33:17)

God's Plans
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• This is what the Lord said to me…
   — Jeremiah 13:1a NIV
  • Download the June 27^th Sermon
    (10.0 MB, 35:12)

The Amazing Love of the Father
(Kenn Parker)

• Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
   — James 1:17 NIV
  • Download the June 20^th Sermon
    (15.6 MB, 54:38)

We Grow as We Go
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “even the demons submit to us in your name.”
   — Luke 10:17 NIV
  • Download the June 13^th Sermon
    (11.2 MB, 39:19)

Thirsty for More of the Spirit>
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”
   — John 7:37–38 NIV
  • Download the June 6^th Sermon
    (8.3 MB, 28:52)

God's Word and Your Heart
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they're bursting with health. Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that's where life starts.
   — Proverbs 4:22–23 The Message
  • The May 30^th Sermon will not be available.

Creating Space for God to Work
(Kenn Parker)

• Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied….
   — Mark 6:41–42 NIV
  • The May 23^rd Sermon will not be available.

Moving Mountains
(Ian Amundrud)

• He replied, “Because you have so little faith, I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
   — Matthew 17:20 NIV
  • Download the May 16^th Sermon
    (5.1 MB, 15:17)
• Mike Cormack;s notes from the May 16th Congregational Information Meeting (PDF - 17k).

A Mother's Story
Geraldine Rukin's Testimony

• For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the work of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.
   — Ephesians 2:8–9 NIV
  • Download the May 9^th Sermon
    (5.1 MB, 17:58)

Intensive Prayer
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
   — Matthew 26:12–22 NIV
  • Download the May 2^nd Sermon
    (5.6 MB, 19:44)

Faith
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
   — Matthew 21:12–22 NIV
  • Download the April 25^th Sermon
    (12.1 MB, 42:37)

The Heart
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• “For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
   — Matthew 13: 15–16 NIV
  • Download the April 18^th Sermon
    (9.8 MB, 34:21)

Gems from Matthew 1–10
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• “So in everything do to others that you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”
   — Matthew 7: 12 NIV
  • Download the April 11^th Sermon
    (9.2 MB, 32:16)

Easter: His Resurrection Will Renew & Fill Your Life
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
   — John 20: 19 NIV
  • Download the April 4^th Sermon
    (8.0 MB, 27:59)

Psalm Sunday: The Donkey Wasn't Special
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
   — Luke 19: 35–36 NIV
  • Download the March 28^th Sermon
    (6.3 MB, 22:06)

Introduction to B.E.L.L.S.
(Pastor Stan, Irvin Amundrud, Doug Newman)

• The March 21^st Sermon will not be available.
• B.E.L.L.S. PowerPoint presentation (PDF - 100k).

Big Trials, No Answers
(Kenn Parker)

• Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.
   — Romans 12:1–2 NIV
  • Download the March 14^th Sermon
    (10.1 MB, 35:21)

Meditating
(Pastor Stan Rukin)

• And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll….” And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.”
   — Ezekiel 3:1, 10 NIV
  • Download the March 7^th Sermon
    (8.2 MB, 28:49)

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