Faith Formation

Beatitudes Series: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart - Psalm 73, Matthew 5, Luke 19

A service plan focused on the Beatitudes which are the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. This is the blessing on the pure in heart in a series on the Beatitudes.

June 1, 2005 | 1 min read
The Honor of Contentment - Luke 12, 1 Timothy 6, HCLD 44

A service plan focused on the need for us to find contentment with what we have as the antidote to greed, envy, and coveting in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

June 1, 2005 | 12 min read

Dying for Good Health - Ephesians 4, HCLD 33

A service plan focused on on the key parts of the life of sanctification, the "dying away" of the old self and the "coming-to-life" of the new in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read
Designed for Work

A service plan based on Genesis 1-3 and Matthew 25 recognizing our need to work--that is, we were created for productive creation-caring efforts that provide for our needs and the needs of others. Part of a series focused on vocation and how faith and work are integrated.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read

Shaping a Generation - Psalm 78, Ephesians 6

The third service plan in a series entitled "Chapters of Life." This service reinforces the significance of parenthood in the plan of God and the importance of Christian parenting for the sake of well-trained children.

June 1, 2005 | 8 min read
Learning His Will - Matthew 7, HCLD 49

A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on greater obedience and discipleship in the Christian life in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

June 1, 2005 | 10 min read

The Church Team - Commissioning of Education Ministry Staff - Ephesians 4

A service plan focusing on the importance of the ministry of education, its goals, and the proper commissioning of those who serve.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read
For Us - John 5, 1 Thessalonians 4

A service plan for Eastertide focused on our personal resurrection from the dead on the day in which Christ returns in an Eastertide series focusing on Bible stories that occurred before Christ's resurrection but which shed light on how we should live after his resurrection.

June 1, 2005 | 8 min read