Thanksgiving & Advent Reflection

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s always good to recognize and reflect on what we are thankful for. I believe it is fitting that Thanksgiving falls directly before the Advent season. For what could we be more thankful than the God of all creation leaving Heaven’s splendor to come to earth and live among his people? What’s worth celebrating more than Jesus entering … Read More

Ambassadors for Christ

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on … Read More

The Gospel According to “A Christmas Story”

It’s December, one of my favorite months because it is the Christmas season! All this month we are all pretty much counting down the days until the big 25 – Christmas morning – when people all around the world will share presents with one another. Every year as a child I would, of course, make my Christmas list with all … Read More

Identity in the Gospel (Part 2)

This is the second part of a 2 part blog series on our Identity in the gospel. Identity is one of our core values at King’s Chapel because it is so important to who we are as believers and as a church. A misplaced or false identity rooted in earthly things will leave us burdened and empty. An identity rooted in … Read More

Identity in the Gospel

This past week we had our annual Vacation Bible School program. The theme was Submerged, and it was all about seeing below the surface and viewing ourselves and others the way Jesus sees us. It was a great theme both for the kids and for us adult leaders. Sometimes in life we forget that we are defined by more than … Read More

Keeping Fixed on Hope

Hope. Often times when we talk about hope it’s regarding something that could possibly come to pass. Like how I hope the Mets win the World Series this year, but I actually don’t have a clue if that will happen. People play the lottery with hopes that the numbers they picked will actually be the ones that pop out of the little … Read More

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

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The Bible tells a story. Not just any story but a redemption story – THE redemption story. From Genesis the story unfolds to reveal the need of a savior, the need for one to come and save people from the sin that plagued mankind from Adam’s sin in the garden. Throughout the Old Testament we see God raise people up … Read More

Three Ways to Support The Venture Churches Food Pantry

One of the ways we try to bless our community is by being a part of the Venture Churches Food Pantry which helps to supply food to families in need within the Selkirk-Glenmont area. Here are three great ways to help support the Venture Churches Food Pantry: You can donate a boxed cake mix to be included in their Thanksgiving baskets. … Read More

Living as Branches

Productivity is a top priority within our culture. We want to get as many things done as we can as efficiently as we can. The Apple App store even has a devoted sub category specifically called “Get Stuff Done.” You can find tons of different apps from to-do lists to reminders that can help you organize and complete the tasks … Read More

Questions to Consider in the Midst of Anger

We just completed a study on the topic of Anger in our “Proverbs: God’s Wisdom for Gospel Living” series, you can listen to that sermon HERE. Below are some helpful questions we should ask ourselves in the midst of anger in order to examine our hearts and get down to motive behind our anger. Is my anger really about my selfish … Read More