From November 30, 2025 Sermon - Luke 1:5-23 - First Sunday of Advent (Hope)1) How does doubt show up in your life? Consider the kinds of circumstances where you see it demonstrated most. Consider also how you tend to display it most frequently.2) Why is...
23From November 23, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 25:1-111) Does your life reflect that you are living in light of the promises of God? Why or why not? Or perhaps some areas of your life do and some don't. Which are which, and why do you...
From November 16, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 23:1-201) The sermon mentions that God's promise to his people includes a return to our creational vocation of reigning with Christ over the cosmos (cf. Genesis 1:28ff, 2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 5:10). What do you think about this...
From November 9, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 22:1-191) How do you respond to the idea of God being mysterious? Are you comfortable with not having all of the answers to your questions? Why or why not?2) Have you seen examples of God using hard circumstances...
Community The Community Committee has not been too busy (Sounds bad, right?). We have had our regular potluck meals on a monthly basis. Other than that, not much has been planned. Over the summer, we had a few extra events, but since the fall semester started,...
November's Outreach partner is The Manna Center. It was established over 30 years ago by churches (including First Pres) that wanted to coordinate efforts and improve assistance to those in need in our community. Perhaps you might know them best through their food assistance programs...
From November 2, 2025 Sermon - Luke 19:1-101) Why is it so easy for us to make assumptions about other people's righteousness? What does that say about our view of ourselves and what we think God requires?2) What are some examples of ways we set...
From October 26, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 21:22-341) What are areas of your life that feel either at risk or just tedious? Why is remembering God's faithfulness so important in these times?2) Share with someone a story of God's faithfulness in a particular season of...
From October 19, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 21:8-211) When you hear the word "outcast" what image comes to mind? Think about things like what does the person look like, what they have done, how do they sound when they speak, and where do they come...
From October 12, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 21:1-71) Why is it so easy to be biased towards our own culture and biased against anything different? How do those biases create or perpetuate idols?2) How do "gospel honesty" and "gospel delight" work against our idols and...
