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Eyes of Gratitude
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. Luke 11:34 One story tells of a mother and...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Seeds of Faith
In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Keep the Faith
Dear friends, now we are God’s children, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when he appears we will be like him...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Legacy of Faith
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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The Light of Hope
We heard on the news this week that there is a trailer park in Valrico that is still flooded. The waters from Helene and Milton have...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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A Worthwhile Ambition
"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Love's Light
Friday Connection October 9, 2024 The Friday Connection is coming out early today in anticipation that many of us may not have power for...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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Love In the Storm
Then the king will reply to them, ‘I assure you that when you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
" God is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of great trouble. That’s why we won’t be afraid when the world falls apart,...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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Connection Through Community
"I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy." 1 Timothy 1:4 These are the words that the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy at...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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soft fascination
During September, we are using Rev. Tony Portell’s book, "No Longer Stuck" to understand the way science and Scripture can help us find...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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transFORMation.
Don’t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God’s...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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Separation of Church & Hate
Don’t let any foul words come out of your mouth. Only say what is helpful when it is needed for building up the community so that it...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 29, 20242 min read
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Hearing in Stillness
For the month of September, we are going to preach out of a book called, "No Longer Stuck," by Tony Portell. Tony is the Lead Pastor at...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 22, 20242 min read
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beComing the Lesser
“…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Timing.
This past week, Gary and I decided to take a few days away before the fall begins. We decided to head to Jacksonville where Gary’s sister...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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be Content
I’m not saying this because I need anything, for I have learned how to be content in any circumstance. Philippians 4:11 Have you been...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 1, 20242 min read
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Zipporah: Faithful, Wise and Courageous
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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Sheerah: The City Builder
Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he named him Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house. His...
Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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Priscilla: A Beacon of Kingdom Leadership
In ancient times, the meaning of your name mattered. The name Priscilla means "old or ancient." Not a name most of us would embrace....
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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