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His Loving Service

Sunday May 10, 2026 Text: John 14:15-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 14:15-21

Verse 15 — 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.  Love is revealed in service. This isn’t so much a command from Jesus as it is a simple statement of fact. If you love me, the result will be that you will keep my commandments. Love is revealed in service. A mother’s love is

The Good Shepherd Opens the Way Through the Wall of Our Sin

Saturday April 25, 2026 Text: John 10:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 10:1-10

I had a first as a father this week. My daughter Kaylee and I were playing IN the parking lot. She loves to play a very slow version of tag. I walk away and she pushes her wheelchair to come get me. We have been playing it for a couple years without any problems. Last

Jesus Did Not Leave Us

Saturday April 4, 2026 Text: John 14:18-24 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 14:18-24

Witnessing the Impossible

Saturday January 17, 2026 Text: John 1:29-42 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 1:29-42

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. (1Ti 3:16 ESV) What is a mystery? A mystery is not merely something which happened and nobody knows who did it, but

HUMBLE

Wednesday December 24, 2025 Text: John 1:1-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Christmas Passages: John 1:1-14

“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy If the Milky Way were shrunk to the size of the

A Shepherd to Hold Your Hand

Sunday May 11, 2025 Text: John 10:22-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 10:22-30

If a child is starving on the streets and one day you give them one loaf of bread, he is often truly grateful. If you give a child plenty of bread every day of their life, they may take it for granted and believe that they deserve it. We have a tendency to take for

The Hand of the Lord Who Serves

Wednesday April 16, 2025 Text: John 13:1-17,31-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday Passages: John 13:1-17,31-35

If you trip or about to be hit by a bus, what do you do with your hands? The natural reaction is to throw them up to protect your face, or to stop what is coming. Jesus knows what is about to happen, but he doesn’t throw up his hands to protect himself. He doesn’t

The Power of the King Comes

Sunday April 13, 2025 Text: John 12:12-19 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Palm Sunday Passages: John 12:12-19

A few weeks ago I saw a YouTube video where some professionals reset the epigenome in the eye of an old blind mouse. The result was that the eye grew young again and was able to see again. Think how the world would rejoice if they were able to do this not just for an

THE HAND OF THE LORD WHO HOLDS ALL THINGS

Wednesday April 9, 2025 Text: John 3:11-18,22-36 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 3:11-18,22-36

Reports suggest that in NYC only 1 out of every 10 pedestrian crosswalk buttons actually work. The city has little incentive to fix them either. They do a good job of giving people the illusion of control even if they don’t work. What about that close door button in an elevator? Does that actually do

Jesus Manifests His Glory

Sunday January 26, 2025 Text: John 2:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 2:1-11

Today we have the first of miracle, where Jesus changes water into wine. The evangelist John gives us a statement at the end of the account which summarizes the importance of this miracle. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. Jesus gives