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The Call- Week 13: The Call to Give
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 13) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passage centers on Nehemiah 10:1-39, with emphasis on the Call to Give.
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The Call- Week 12: The Call to Confession
Pastor Judd Nelson continues a sermon series (week 12) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passage centers on Nehemiah 9:1-37; Ezra 9:1-10:1, with emphasis on the Call to Confession.
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The Call- Week 11: The Call to Celebration
Sermon begins at about 17 minutes
Director of Ministry Aubrey Schneider continues a sermon series (week 11) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passage centers on Nehemiah 8:1-18, with emphasis on the Call to Celebration.
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Slide Notes:
Key points to remember:
Be a person who talks to God
Be a person who walks with God
Questions to consider with God this week:
When I read his Word, worship, pray, or come to church on Sunday mornings am I hungry? Expectant?
Do I spend time remembering all the Lord has done in my life? And am I thankful?
Am I burdened by something?
If so, what am I going to do about it?
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The Call- Week 10: The Call to Scripture and Celebration
Sermon begins at about 38 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 10) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passage centers on Nehemiah 8:1-18, with emphasis on the Call to Scripture and Celebration.
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The Call- Week 9: The Call to Persevere
Sermon begins at about 22 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 9) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passage centers on Nehemiah 8:1-18, with emphasis on the Call to Persevere
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The Call- Week 8: The Call to Justice
Sermon begins at about 10 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 8) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Nehemiah 5:1-19 and Zechariah 7-8:23, with emphasis on the Call to Justice.
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The Call- Week 7: The Call to Work and Protect
Sermon begins at about 10 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 7) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Nehemiah 4:1-23, with emphasis on the Call to Work and Protect.
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The Call- Week 6: The Call to Rebuild
Sermon begins at about 25 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a sermon series (week 5) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Nehemiah 2:11-3:32, with emphasis on the Call to Rebuild.
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The Call- Week 5: The Call to Seek God
Sermon begins at about 25 minutes
Worship Ministry Leader Matt Van Sant continues a sermon series (week 5) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Nehemiah 1:1-2, with emphasis on the Call to Seek God.
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The Call- Week 4: The Call to Renewal
Sermon begins at about 30 minutes
Pastor Andrew continues a sermon series (week 4) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Ezra 7:1-8:36, with emphasis on the Call to renewal.
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Sermon Slide Notes:
Ezra lead God’s people into renewal. His example can move us toward renewal today.
Ezra 7:6-10
Ezra knew, obeyed, and taught God’s Word
Ezra relied on God’s gracious hand to be with him
Ezra 7:7-26
Ezra was committed to the worship of God
Ezra 7:27-8:1; 8:15-20
Ezra was committed to the people of God
Ezra gathered, assembled, summoned leaders for God’s purposes
Ezra 8:21-23; 31-32
Ezra fasted & prayed for protection
Ezra proceeded with courage
Ezra 8:24-29; 33-34
Ezra raised funds and stewarded them with integrity
Ezra 9:1-15
Ezra humbles himself and confesses sin
Ezra 10:1-16
Ezra led people to repentance
The Call to God’s people:
God’s Word
Rely on God’s grace
Worship & pray
Commit to community
Assemble for God’s purposes
Fast & pray
Proceed with courage
Steward $ with integrity
Confess sin
Repentance
Ezra 8:35
The Old Covenant required sacrifice of animals for relationship with God
12 bulls, 96 rams, 77 male lambs, 12 male goats
The New Covenant Jesus is the once for all sacrifice for our sins providing the opportunity for relationship with God
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The Call- Week 3: The Call To Prioritize
Sermon begins at about 30 minutes
Pastor Andrew continues a new sermon series (week 3) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Ezra 4:24-5:2; Haggai 1:1-2:9.
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The Call- Week 2: The Call To Prayer
Sermon begins at about 14 minutes
Pastor Andrew continues a new sermon series (week 2) called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Ezra 3:1-13.
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The Call- Week 1
Sermon begins at about 30 minutes
Pastor Andrew begins a new sermon series called, “The Call”. The Big Theme of this series centers on the call of committing to be a covenant community when the surrounding culture seeks to eliminate your identity as the people of God. This week’s passages center on Ezra 1:1-6 and Ezra 2:67-70. As we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary as a church, In this sermon Pastor Andrew also talks with founding Pastor Gary Roozeboom about God’s call on his life and the beginning of Celebrate Church.
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The Lord’s Servant: Week 5
Sermon begins at about 16 minutes
Pastor Judd Nelson concludes our Advent series “The Lord’s Servant”, which is part of our “Year of the Lord” focus for 2024. In this sermon series, we will hear about people like Mary who chose to be the Lord’s servant. We’ll ask ourselves, “Am I the Lord’s Servant”? These week we focus on Simeon and Anna as well.
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Christmas Eve 2024
Sermon begins at about 21 minutes
Pastor Andrew shares a Christmas Eve message with us. He touches on historical descriptions of Caesar Agustus, and compares them with the account of Jesus’ birth recorded in Luke. He encourages us to see that Jesus’ birth was truly good news for all people.
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The Lord’s Servant: Week 4
Sermon begins at about 29 minutes
Pastor Andrew continues our Advent series “The Lord’s Servant”, which is part of our “Year of the Lord” focus for 2024. In this sermon series, we will hear about people like Mary who chose to be the Lord’s servant. We’ll ask ourselves, “Am I the Lord’s Servant”? These week we focus on Joseph as well.
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Sermon Slide Notes:
Review of series
Being the Lord’s servant starts with God’s grace
“Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you”
Being the Lord’s servant includes our response
“May your word to me be fulfilled”
Mary is the Lord’s servant
Elizabeth is the Lord’s servant
Gabriel is the Lord’s servant
Matthew 1:18-25
Joseph is the Lord’s servant
Joseph lived according to God’s Word by being faithful to God’s law (Matthew 1:19)
Joseph lived according to God’s Word by doing what the angel said in taking Mary to be his wife and in naming the baby Jesus. (Matthew 1:24-25)
Joseph did not consummate the marriage until after the baby was born.
It is easy to do the opposite and choose inconvenient commitment over immediate gratification.
Joseph, though seemingly betrayed by Mary, did not want to expose her but rather do things quietly.
It is easy to do the opposite and build a case against someone who has hurt us rather than put energy into doing what’s best for them.
Joseph sought to avoid publicly disgracing Mary and ended up show grace by sharing her disgrace.
It is easy to put other people down (disgrace them) as a way of making ourselves look better.
Are you the Lord’s servant?
When considering that we often live opposite than Joseph, we need to embrace the good news that Jesus saves his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).
To be the Lord’s servant we need to embrace the grace Jesus offers us again and again.
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The Lord’s Servant: Week 3
Sermon begins at about 17 minutes
Aubrey Schneider continues our Advent series “The Lord’s Servant”, which is part of our “Year of the Lord” focus for 2024. In this sermon series, we will hear about people like Mary who chose to be the Lord’s servant. We’ll ask ourselves, “Am I the Lord’s Servant”?
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Slide Notes:
Overall passage: Luke 1:46-55
How do I respond to God? How do I respond to others? How do I respond when I'm facing something difficult in my life?
To be a faithful servant is to be a devoted and helpful follower, to be humble before God, to be ready to act as God nudges and inspires us, to help meet the needs of other people, and to remember that it is not about money or reward.
(Application Questions)
Am I the Lord's Servant?:
How well do I know the Word?
Am I humble before the Lord?
Am I ready to act how God prompts me?
Is worship my first response?
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The Lord’s Servant: Week 2
Sermon begins at about 20 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues our Advent series “The Lord’s Servant”, which is part of our “Year of the Lord” focus for 2024. In this sermon series, we will hear about people like Mary who chose to be the Lord’s servant. We’ll ask ourselves, “Am I the Lord’s Servant”?
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Slide Notes:
Luke 1:39-45, 56
Review from December 1
Being the Lord’s servant starts with God’s grace
“Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you”
Being the Lord’s servant includes our response
“May your word to me be fulfilled”
Luke 1:28
“Greetings”: Rejoice, joy, good news
“Highly favored”: full of grace, blessed, favored
Luke 1:39-41 [note: greeted, greeting, leaped]
Luke 1:44 [note: greeting, leaped for joy]
God filled greeting: there is potential power in our greetings if we are intentional and if God is involved.
Luke 1:42-45 [note Blessed (3x), and favored]
Spirit inspired blessing Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit which allows her to see and bless Mary and the Lord within her womb.
Luke 1:38
Luke 1:24-25
One who was disgraced is able to recognize grace in another thought to be disgraced and to bless her.
Mary is the Lord’s servant
Elizabeth is the Lord’s servant
Are you the Lord’s servant?
Are you the Lord’s servant?
Receive God’s grace for you
Spend time with God & with godly people
Give God filled greetings & Spirit inspired blessings
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The Lord’s Servant: Week 1
Sermon begins at about 20 minutes
Pastor Andrew Schmidt begins our Advent series “The Lord’s Servant”, which is part of our “Year of the Lord” focus for 2024. In this sermon series, we will hear about people like Mary who chose to be the Lord’s servant. We’ll ask ourselves, “Am I the Lord’s Servant”? See notes from this Sunday’s message below.
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Slide Notes:
Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:28 - key words “Greetings” & “Highly Favored”
“Greetings”: Rejoice
“highly favored”: full of grace
Joy = chara
Grace - charis
“Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you”
Being the Lord’s servant starts with God’s grace
Luke 1:29 - 37
Mary is to rejoice:
She has found favor, has been blessed, is full of grace
The Lord is with her, she need not be afraid
God is going to conceive and birth greatness in her, establishing God’s kingdom on the earth in her time
The Holy Spirit will rest on her, the power of the Most High will overshadow her
God’s Word for her will not fail, nothing is too hard for Him
Being the Lord’s servant includes Mary’s response
Luke 1:29, 34, 38
Mary is the Lord’s servant
Gabriel is the Lord’s servant
Are you the Lord’s servant?
What if God has favor for you?
What if God has a word for You?
What if God wants to birth something significant through you?
Zephaniah 3:14-17 “Rejoice, Daughter of Zion…be glad and rejoice..The Lord, the King is with you.” [The Lord is in your midst…literally in your womb]
“...his glorious grace, which he has freely given us” (Ephesians 1:6)
“Bestowed” = drenched
“Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you”
Are you the Lord’s servant?
Ready to receive His Word of grace for you?
Pondering over what His Word means to you?
Willing to have His Word be fulfilled through you?
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Lord of the Nations: Week 4
Sermon begins at about 27 minutes
Tim Brands, Founder and CEO of Many Hands for Haiti, shares with us about the work the organization is doing in Haiti even as unrest and violence are prevalent in the country. Building on Pastor Samuel’s message from the previous week, Tim continues teaching from Nehemiah. He asks us to “stay on the wall”, no matter what distractions, interruptions, or accusations come our way. During this service, we also encouraged people to give toward our Thanksgiving Offering which will be split between Uganda and Haiti. You can still donate to that cause through the end of the year here. Audio: (will be posted Tuesdays)
You can listen to the sermon below, or you can subscribe to our Celebrators Podcast wherever you listen.
Sermon Resources:
Learn more about Many Hand’s for Haiti here.
Series Notes:
The Lord of the nations:
Rules over the nations
Brings salvation to the nations
Receives worship from the nations
Rules over the nations
Psalm 22:28
Romans 15:12
Brings salvation to the nations
Isaiah 49:6
Luke 24:46-47
Receives worship from the nations
Isaiah 66:18-21
Revelation 7:9-10