Arbor Heights Community Church

This is the first week of our emphasis on Missions month here at the Arbor Heights Community Church of the Christian Missionary Alliance.
Dave Skarr starts it off sharing the Great Commison. 2-26-2012

Our church body received and confirmed “God’s assignment to us as a congregation” in the fall of 2011. That being the Mission Statement of our church; To receive and participate in the Mission of Jesus; to reconcile, heal, and transform to the glory of God. In the fall of 2011, Pastor Ken Ross’ started a sharing messages expanding and explaining the statement on Sunday mornings. After each phrase is the message pertaining to it.

Introduction…

To Receive… 11-20-11

And to Participate… 1-08-2012

In the Mission of Jesus… 1-15-2012

To Reconcile…1-21-2012 , 1-28-2012

To Heal… (Part 1) (1 Peter 2:24-25). 2-05-12

To Heal… (Part 2) (John 9:1-7). 4-15-2012

To Transform… (Part 1) (2 Corinthians 3:18).4-22-2012

A break in the middle of the Faith series. Sunday school coordinator, Leah Barham, shares teaching strategies for youth ministry of all ages. Teaching that is grounded in God’s Word with an understanding of building relationship and unity from the church body. 8-21-11

A break in the middle of the Faith series. Remembering September 11, 2001 Ken Ross shares his response and some parallels in scripture concerning modelling repentance to an unbelieving world. 9-11-11

A break in the middle of the Hebrews 11 Faith series. The Cost of Faith, Dave Skaar shares examples of counting the cost and putting God’s blessings on the table giving everything back to him; personally and as a church. 9-18-11

The Cost of Faith part 2, Dave Skaar continues the subject of counting the cost. Sharing insights from John 12:42-43. 9-25-11

Getting out of the boat. Christian faith that trusts Jesus completely. Insights from Matthew 14 by John Lindow. 10-2-11

The Fragerence of Christ. Sharing in Jesus’ Mission. Insights from John Lindow. 2-19-2012<

January 3 – GLORY
This sermon is the first in a three part series of sermons on God’s “Intentions” for 2010.  In contrast to resolutions we make (those things we hope to change) that often do not get realized, these are what God intends to accomplish in our lives.  In fact, these three things have been His ongoing intentions for the church since its inception.  This message considers God intention to bring us our full glory, what Ken calls the “best version of ourselves”.  The key text is Ephesians 5:25-27 1-03-2010

January 10 – WORKS
This message is the second in a 3 part series on the intentions of God.  In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus revealed to His disciples His intent to have His light and life shine through them to accomplish a divine work in the lives of others.  Employing “light” and “lamp” as metaphors, Jesus speaks of placing the “church” in strategic places so as to maximize the effectiveness of that light to a dark world.   As such, His second intention for the church is to infuse it with His life and place it in a dark place so that the light of God will bring life to others. 1-10-2010

January 17 – UNITY
The third and final message from the intentions of God series touches upon unity.  In this message, Ken presents a New Testament church paradigm that understands the church in the context of the larger community.  He considers Paul’s view which saw the church in Corinth, Thessalonica, etc.  as one church in that city, even though it was made up of possibly hundreds of house churches.  In Ephesians 4:1-3 the Apostle Paul calls for unity among the churches of Ephesus.  From this foundation, Ken presents a fresh understanding of what it means to be the church in West Seattle. 1-17-2010