Season Easter 
Go in the Peace of Forgiveness
Tuesday April 10, 2018 Text: John 20:19-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 20:19-31
If I asked you what was written in large letters on a hill overlooking Hollywood California, I think most of you could answer without hesitation. But how many could answer if I asked the same of a hill overlooking Chennai, India. It’s not as big or as obvious, but it’s definitely there, the
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Welcome Home – Easter Sunday
Sunday April 1, 2018 Text: Mark 16:1-8 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
We have been on a journey throughout lent and now we come to the end. But the end of our journey is not our end, but only the beginning. The end of the journey is life forever with our risen Lord. We did not journey away from home, but to it.
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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Sunday May 14, 2017 Text: John 14:1-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 14:1-14
It’s still the Easter season but we are moving from the wonderful news of Easter morning – to the sad good bye of Ascension Day – Our texts are also then moving for this wonderful joyful news “He is risen” to the more sobering “HE is leaving” Surely it must have been a roller coaster
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The Shepherd’s Voice Gives Life
Sunday May 7, 2017 Text: John 10:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 10:1-10
The Shepherd’s Voice Gives Life
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The Word of God Opens the Heart
Sunday April 30, 2017 Text: Luke 24:13-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
Why does Jesus say that “blessed is he who does not see but believes” One of the things I didn’t get a chance to talk about last week was the final thing Jesus said to Thomas, “Because you have seen you have believed, blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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The Risen Lord Sends Us to Announce Forgiveness
Sunday April 23, 2017 Text: John 20:19-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
So here it is the Sunday after Easter, and you’ve probably eaten all the candy. For Vanessa and I we didn’t have any candy, but we had so many leftovers we didn’t have to cook all week. The leftovers are gone now, so we have to start cooking again. But what is the bigger
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Jesus Prepares All Things that We May Have Life
Sunday April 16, 2017 Text: John 11:17-27,38-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
This text is all about preparation. The Lord brings the Jewish leaders to the final decision to crucify him. The Lord prepares the crowds for Palm Sunday. Most importantly the Lord prepares his disciples for death and life. He prepares them for His coming death and resurrection with a threefold lesson about faith. 1. The Glory of God is found in the cross. 2. Faith will wait on the word of God. 3. The end result of the faith that waits is life.
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