Change Your Mind!

This Lent season, we prepare for Easter and the resurrection by practicing repentance: a word that simply means to change one’s mind.

Message line-up:

3/10

Giving Thanks For Change

Pastor Scott Austin

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Change can sometimes be difficult, but it is often a sign of growth in the spiritual life. When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, they celebrated their new life with thanks offerings. Things are changing: thanks be to God!

Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13

3/17

Darkness, Guts, and the Goblet of Fire

Kevin Garcia

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Special guest and LQBTQ advocate Kevin Garcia shares about how our evolving understanding of God often begins in the darkest times.

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27

3/24

The Gift of Difference

Pastor Scott Austin

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In a sermon delivered at Baber A.M.E. Church, Pastor Scott speaks of the fact that our differences are not something to be hidden or ignored, but something to be celebrated—because they come from the Spirit of God!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

3/31

The End of an Era

Pastor Scott Austin

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The story of scripture is a story of change: one day God provides manna, and the next day it stops. But the vision of the Father that Jesus gives us is one of steadfast love: the power that changes everything.

Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

4/7

Forget the Past

Pastor Scott Austin

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The prophets and apostles warn us that being stuck in the past will keep us from experiencing God fully in the present and make it impossible to forge a new future.

Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8

4/14

The Meaning of the Cross

Pastor Scott Austin

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One of the most common questions about Christianity is why did Jesus have to die? It may be time to change your mind about how the work of Jesus on the cross saves us, and what that means for us and the world.

Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-20

4/19

Good Friday Tenebrae Service, 11pm

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