Acts 1:9    After Jesus said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight.  10  While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them.  11  They said, “Galileans, why are you…

Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. To be a witness requires two different actions.  First, you have to see.  You have to experience something.  You have to take…

Acts 1:8  You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… In the past couple of months, I’ve preached a couple of times about a shift we are making as a congregation, using an image presented by author and church leader Joan Gray. We are moving from being a row boat church…

Acts 1:6   So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”  7 He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.” Once the disciples figured out that Jesus was…

Acts 1:2 Before he was taken up, working in the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus instructed the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he showed them that he was alive with many convincing proofs. He appeared to them over a period of forty days, speaking to them about God’s kingdom.  There are forty…

I am asking all of us to commit to a week of very intentional prayer for our congregation and its ministries.  God is about to do a new thing in and through us.  May we be united in prayer in this week as we prepare to step into this next season of our church’s life in and through the Spirit’s power.