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Who do you say I am?

Published on 11 November 2011 | Local Church | Eric

Two Sundays ago at Meeting Point, we started a new sermon series called "Who do you say I am?". We'll be talking for the next several weeks about the "I AM" statements of Jesus... and looking at the book of John for insight into how Jesus actually presented himself to the people around him.

As many of you heard at church, the I AM statements of Jesus (ie: "I am the way"....) are rooted in the I AM statements of God in the Old Testament. In other words, when the historic man called Jesus used that language, He was deliberately identifying himself (a young, unknown Jewish man from a small tribe and an unremarkable family) as the God of the universe. And as offensive or crazy as that claim was to many religious people, the words and actions of Jesus started a spiritual movement that has changed the world. read more »

Celebrating God's Extravagant Grace

Published on 21 July 2011 | Local Church | Julia Pickerill

A common practice in scripture finds the people of God taking time to pause, reflect on God's grace in our lives, and respond with worship to the things He's doing in our midst. Often we read stories in the Old Testiment where God's people build alters of stones to comemerate miracles of God so that they would remind generation after generation of what God had done in the lives of His people. read more »

What is a healthy church?

Published on 19 August 2011 | Local Church | Julia Pickerill

We have a new Connect Group starting this month. We hear encouraging reports from the Alpha Course that is running. Each week more and more people are people are coming to dip their foot in the pool to get a feel of the church. Each week we all look around and ask ourselves, “Who are all these new people?” read more »