Sermon by Markus Watson on September 21, 2008

This is the third sermon in the series titled “Fully Engaged”.

Theme - Human beings were created to be in relationship. And in order for us to get the most out of our relationships we need to be fully engaged in our relationships. We can do that by putting ourselves in a position to connect with others, by being encouragers, by praying specifically for people, and by taking advantage of opportunities to talk with people about our faith.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on September 14, 2008

This is the second sermon in the series titled “Fully Engaged”.

Theme - What does it mean to be fully engaged in your church?  It means:  1)  to be committed to your own spiritual growth, 2) to practice contentment in your life, 3) to serve in your church, 4) to invite people to your church, and 5) to give to God through your church.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on September 7, 2008

This is the first sermon in the series titled “Fully Engaged”.

Theme - For some reason many people tend to think that our faith is kind of a boring aspect of our lives. That may be true if our faith is only half-hearted. But when we get fully engaged in our faith–in our relationship with God–there aren’t enough words to describe how exciting our lives can be!

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 31, 2008

This is the tenth and last sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - Everyone faces struggles and challenges in life. Paul’s encouraging final words in the book of Ephesians tell us that God has given us everything we need in order to stand in the face of life’s struggles because God has given us the “full armor or God.”

The videos below were shown during the sermon

 

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Sermon by Eric Scofield on August 24, 2008

This is the ninth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Eric Scofield is the Regional Director for Young Life in the San Diego County Region. Northminster has a partnership with Young Life.

Theme - “In Ephesians Paul gives us a recipe for how to live in our “crucial relationships.” The crucial relationship of marriage, parent and child, and within the work enviornment. The call is love in those relationships as Christ loved the church.

The video below was shown during the sermon

Lost Canyon: The Eric Scofield Tour from W. Ashley Maddox on Vimeo.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 17, 2008

This is the eighth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - In Ephesians 4:17-5:20, Paul continues to talk about what it looks like to live our lives worthy of our calling to belong to God.  Specifically, Paul shows what our lives look like when we “put off the old self” and “put on the new self.”  When we “put on the new self,” we become a new kind of person–a person who imitates God and whose life is characterized by light, by wisdom, and by being filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 10, 2008

This is the seventh sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - God has called us with an amazing calling–we have been called to belong to God! In response to this, Paul urges us to live our lives worthy of God’s calling. How do we do that? By working hard to maintain unity in the church and by–each of us–doing our part in the ministry of the church.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 3, 2008

This is the sixth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - It’s amazing to think that God is interested in us.  It’s even more amazing to think that God actually makes his power available to us!  In Ephesians 3:14-21, Paul tells us three things about God’s power:  1) God gives us the power to be inwardly strong, 2) God gives us the power to know how much he loves us, and 3) God’s power is at work within us.

The videos below were shown during the worship service which was a celebration of the time spent with “our kids”.  This worship service was our opportunity to provide our congregation and the parents a few of the highlights of our Amazing Week at VBS.

 

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Just a reminder that we will have a special VBS Celebration service this Sunday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.  We’ll have all kinds of good food before and after the service.  We will see some videos from the week and listen to the kids sing!  This Sunday will be all about our VBS kids!

Also, all families whose kids came to VBS this week will receive a free DVD with videos from this past week after the service!

WordPress is the web publishing platform we use at Northminster.  Recently WordPress was upgraded to v2.6.  It is our policy to keep our WordPress installation current with regard to WordPress version releases.

Following our recent upgrade to WordPress v2.6 it was determined that PodPress, one of the WordPress plug-ins that we use, has a glitch that prevents the normal display and posting of pod casts.

A version upgrade to the PodPress plug-in is in the works that will fix this problem.  That version upgrade will, hopefully, be available soon.

We will be adding direct link to the sermon mp3 file in each sermon posting until the bug in PodPress is fixed.

Thank you for your patience.