Pastor Taylor Shippy - Exodus 19:1-8, 16-19; 20:1-21; Matt 5:17-20 This morning we are beginning our new summer sermon series entitled - "The Big Ten: A Survey of the Ten Commandments" - where we are going to strive to figure out the function

"Easter Morning Breath"

19 days ago 34m 29s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 2:4-8; John 20:19-23Today is ‘Pentecost Sunday.' ‘Pentecost’ is a transliteration of the Greek word pentēkostē (πεντηκοστή) which simply means ‘fiftieth.’ For Christians is the fiftieth day after Easter when re

"The Room Where It Happens"

26 days ago 40m 10s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Acts 1:3-9; Hebrews 4:14-16For many of us, when we retell the story of Jesus, we’re really good at talking about when He was born. We’re eager to share about the Cross. And we're pretty good at talking about the resurre

"Jailbreak"

May 5th, 2024 32m 34s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Acts 16:16-34While ‘a magician may never reveal his secrets’... A preacher does. It dawned on me this week that this whole episode wasn’t an escape; it was a rescue. A rescue of not only this single jailer but also his

"Add Verbs"

Apr 28th, 2024 33m 13s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Acts 8:26-40I think Philip demonstrates or exemplifies what I’m growing convinced all followers of Jesus ought to strive to be: Verbal Disciples. And when I say ‘verbal’ I don’t mean in the sense of making a lot of nois

"Journey with Easter"

Mar 31st, 2024 31m 32s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 24:1-34 - Easter Sunday 2024So often we have this tendency to rush Easter, to get to the ‘good’ part, the ‘happily ever after;' however, the Gospels are not so quick to jump ahead. They linger. Stubbornly. Content

"Torn Apart"

Mar 30th, 2024 19m 48s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; Colossians 1:19-22; Hebrews 10:19-23Good Friday 2024

"The Lord Has Need of It"

Mar 24th, 2024 26m 41s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 19:28-40On the precipice of Jesus ushering in the new Creation in a one week’s time… On this Palm Sunday morning... Consider Church that God has been partnering with humans, not as slaves but as friends, to work wi

"Can't Wait For Jesus To Be King"

Mar 17th, 2024 34m 7s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 19:11-27There’s a great deal of excitement in the air this morning. You could practically also taste it. Everyone. On the edge of their seat. Eagerly anticipating what’s gonna happen when they reach where they’re g

"Narrow Minded"

Feb 25th, 2024 26m 9s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 13:18-30Jesus was known to also use object lessons. We often call them parables. These earthly stories with heavenly meanings. They’d often incorporate common household items Jesus’ listeners were familiar with. Th

"I Have Decided"

Feb 18th, 2024 26m 50s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 9:51-62“The world behind me, the cross before me; no turning back…” That’s Jesus’ mentality going into our reading this morning, along with the reminder of Luke’s Gospel. The momentum has taken a cosmic shift. The

"Smells Like Lent"

Feb 11th, 2024 37m 30s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 12:1-8I think Mary washing Jesus' feet exemplifies or symbolizes a spiritual practice we can do during the upcoming season of Lent. Traditionally, the season of Lent has been marked by incorporating fasting (or the

"When Jesus Takes Your Lunch"

Jan 28th, 2024 30m 48s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 6:1-14Whenever we hand over whatever it is we got, Jesus is capable of taking that, blessing it, and multiplying it to nourish and sustain and help people greater than we could ever imagine… Whether that be multipl

"Simon Who Became Peter"

Jan 23rd, 2024 38m 43s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 1:35-42Beauty was in the eye of a different sorta Beholder in our text. He takes one look at a different kind of ‘rock,’ and He sees a masterpiece! Jesus isn’t simply giving one of the friends He’ll pal around with

"God's Not Enough"

Jan 7th, 2024 33m 47s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 2:4-9, 15-25I believe in the opening chapters of Genesis we are given the ingredients, clues and hints, to what it means to be fully alive as God intended. We’re told the story of how the Creator God originally

"The Grandmothers of Christmas: Bathsheba"

Dec 24th, 2023 34m 22s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - 2 Samuel 11:1-27; Matthew 1:1-6We’ve been talking the last few Sundays about Matthew’s genealogy, or his family tree of Jesus. Matthew has curated his genealogy to stress one major thing about Jesus: His messianic ident

"Grandmothers of Christmas: Ruth”

Dec 17th, 2023 34m 20s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Ruth 1:22-2:23; Matthew 1:1-5Ruth possessed something that kept her from giving up. From ‘throwing in the towel.’ From taking the easy, wide, even safer path of staying in Moab, with Moab’s gods, but instead she opted f

"The Grandmothers of Christmas: Rahab"

Dec 10th, 2023 35m 4s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Joshua 2:1-21; Matthew 1:1-5In the Bible, Rahab is always identified as a ‘prostitute’ except in one place. Wanna take a guess as to where? Matthew’s genealogy! When she is spoken about in the same breath as Jesus… the

"Grandmothers of Christmas: Tamar"

Dec 3rd, 2023 37m 32s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 38:1-30; Matthew 1:1-3Before he gets into the actual story of Jesus, before he even gets to Christmas, Matthew begins His gospel a list of names of the ancestors of Jesus' family tree. Not totally unusual for so

"Where Is Your God?"

Nov 26th, 2023 29m 15s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Psalm 115:1-3; Daniel 7; Acts 1:4-11Our earliest Christian ancestors did not see the Ascension as an anticlimactic, lackluster finale to the gospel or an awkward, clumsy send-off of Jesus after Easter; rather, they saw

"The Second Blessing"

Nov 25th, 2023 36m

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 17:11-19As I was reflecting on this story this week, I couldn’t help but wonder if the majority of people, 9 out of 10 people, who have somehow been blessed by God, take for granted what God has just done for them?

"Our Silent Partner"

Nov 12th, 2023 40m 43s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Esther 4:1-17Did you know that the book of Esther holds the distinction of being the only book of the Bible to not mention God once? This has caused many throughout the centuries, Jewish and Christian, to ask why should

"Going Out on a Limb"

Nov 5th, 2023 29m 34s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 19:1-10I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you all are familiar with this story... We've all sung the song haven't we? 'Zacchaeus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he.' But I think there's more to it t

"The Monster at the End of the Bible?"

Oct 29th, 2023 26m 14s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18In my experience… for a lot of good and faithful Christians that I know… they’ve been conditioned to read the Bible believing there's something scary at the end of the book… And because of that… a

"Can You Hear Me Now?"

Oct 22nd, 2023 36m 30s

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Proverbs 17:27-28, 18:2, 6-7, 13, 17; James 1:19We live in a time when being heard is almost an anomaly... despite how much of our time is spent talking to one another… Yet despite the surplus of talking, listening, it