December 2023
It’s been a great and busy year for the Mustard Seeds Youth Group, and we want to celebrate. Your leaders and I met last night and decided that we would do something a little special at our upcoming youth meeting, a spahetti meal and evening of games starting at 7:30pm. So please come hungry, and if […]
Backgrounder: December 5, 2023
Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight,’ ” so John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, […]
Backgrounder: November 21, 2023
PART 4 of 4: THE KING WHO JUDGES Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as […]
Backgrounder: November 14, 2023
Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one–to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and […]
Backgrounder: November 7, 2023
Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of […]
Backgrounder: October 31, 2023
Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example.“For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard […]
Backgrounder: October 24, 2023
MATTHEW 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your […]
Backgrounder: October 17, 2023
Matthew 22:15-21 The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for […]
Backgrounder: October 10, 2023
Matthew 22:1-14Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second […]
Backgrounder: October 3, 2023
MATTHEW 21:33-43 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. “When vintage time drew […]