By Pastor Glenn Pease It was 1847, and St. Paul, Minnesota was a town filled with ignorance and drunkenness. Liquor was sold in every store. Half the parents could not read, and so drinking was about their only form of entertainment. It was typical of frontier towns, and no one even dreamed of trying…

Introduction (list 5 attributes of God - doesn’t matter how you say it - only you will see it) Did anyone write... omniscient - knows everything omnipotent - all powerful omnipresent - he’s everywhere loving wise holy == Those are all good and true. Did anyone write... joyful? (no problem - there are…

A second look at Luke 18:18-30 that extols the power and blessing of God for salvation.

Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there. Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended…

Homework for next week: read Ephesians and circle or write down everything that God says about you! New series titled: This is Me? We will look at what God sees when He looks at us today, then who God says we are, what He has called us to do, how He has equipped us to do it, and if we are doing it! This…

(*) Virtual Service for the First Baptist Church of Kewanee, Illinois (*) Music: Jim Blucker (Keyboard), Brock Tumbleson (Organ/Piano), Steve Martin (Guitar), and Chris Cinnamon (Drums) (*) Sermon: Pastor Jon Vincent begins around the 20 min mark (*) Service video available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/1o2KxZMEFeY

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. I apologize for not being with you today in person, but know I am with you in Spirit. And before I forget, I wanted to give you a warm and love filled Happy Thanksgiving!…

I want to welcome everyone to this Easter morning service... Clearly this isn’t your typical Easter Sunday... Where we might see people wearing their Sunday best... And where colorful bonnets would fill the room... INSTEAD - the room is empty and you’re watching from home... NONETHELESS - the truth we…

We’ve entered into the last week of Jesus’ ministry in our chronological reading through the NT. Jesus is focused and warns us about things that can get in the way of us following Him.

1 Praise the Lord ! Praise the Lord , O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans…

Luke 15:11-24 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time, one book at a time. Whether you are here with us or watching via the live stream, We are glad that you have joined us today and have prayed that you will walk away encouraged…

Religion is meaningless if we do not watch our step with God

A message on extending forgiveness to those who have offended us based on the forgiveness Christ has extended to us.

“We live in our ACTIONS, what we BELIEVE in our HEARTS.” — Dr. Fili Chambo This week I had the privilege of hearing one of our General Superintendents speak… This is what He said: (above) (repeat) We live our lives according to what we “Believe” in our hearts. That sounds an awful lot like the definition…

Psalm 5 : Healthy Tension 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord ; consider my groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. 3 O Lord , in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. 4 For you are not a God who delights…