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  • A caring congregation that will gladly welcome you
  • Preaching/teaching that is centered on the Word of God
  • Activities for the whole family

 

We welcome you to worship with us each Sunday morning at 9:00am. Coffee and fellowship follow worship.

 

April 19, 2026  
Dear friends in Christ grace and peace to you. The message for this week comes from
1 Peter 1:17-23 with reference to Acts 2:36-39.

To some, we Christians might seem a bit strange. True followers of Jesus don’t buy into what the world would have us believe. The world we live in would have us believe that more is better. And in some cases that is probably true. But for example, if the world teaches us that more is better we know that having more cavities in our teeth is not better; unless of course you are a dentist who makes his living from your cavities. Peter reminds us in this week’s text that all the silver and gold that we pile up, all the wealth that we could someday inherit from our parents or grandparents won’t save us from death in this life. What does save us is the sacrificial blood of Jesus. 

I had an interesting conversation recently in which the person I was talking to was talking about the issues among some of his family members issues that many of us are familiar with. The person I was talking to said: “you know, in the Lord’s prayer we pray forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” He paused and said: “why do we struggle with doing that?” 

In the reading from Acts Peter is concluding his sermon on the day of Pentecost and has reminded the listeners that their Savior is indeed Jesus the one whom they crucified. Stunned at Peter’s remark they ask “What shall we do?” Peter tells them; first and foremost you must repent; secondly be baptized. How many times have we asked ourselves what shall we do when we are in a predicament? As believers in Christ, we turn to Jesus in prayer and ask him what shall I do? When we have erred and we know it, Peter reminds us that we need to fess up to our mistakes. Not only fess up and own our mistakes but to seek to make a change in our lives so that we don’t go to that place again. But that we as the words of the song says Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. 

When we are right with Jesus, forgiveness comes not only to us but it also allows us to forgive others; perhaps see things from their perspective. As Peter so deftly puts it, Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 

May the peace of God be with all of you as you turn to Jesus with repentant hearts and may you find forgiveness and an inner peace.

Michael Isaacson