It sounds backwards: but you don’t find joyful life by focusing on yourself. Jesus warned “if all you seek is your life you will lose it..” (Mark 8:35). Real life is a by-product of focusing on the right things. We find joy by focusing on so

Getting Past Friday- A Message from Grace UMC 4/1/18

Apr 9th, 2018 12m 4s

Pastor Tal speaks about how the disciples of Jesus focused on the death of Christ before realizing what was to come on Sunday.

God's Strange Kingdom: The Price of Admission

Mar 19th, 2018 19m 42s

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God's Strange Kingdom: Hold Fast Your Confession

Mar 12th, 2018 10m 42s

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God's Strange Kingdom: Sent in New Directions

Feb 26th, 2018 17m 14s

God's Strange Kingdom: Sent in New Directions by Grace United Methodist Church

God's Strange Kingdom: Not Like This World

Feb 20th, 2018 19m 3s

"The rules that work on Earth don't work in God's kingdom, and the rules that work in God's kingdom don't work here on Earth.""Jesus's goal was not to win by the standards of this world. He wanted to win by the rules of a kingdom we can't see

Is God in This?

Feb 12th, 2018 13m 48s

Pastor Tal completes the second half of his sermon: Is God in This?

The Gift: Unkept Promises

Feb 5th, 2018 22m 20s

“What we sacrifice for, defines us.”“Jesus Christ gives us our righteousness.”“When we place ‘practical’ things before God, we do not fare well.”“Putting God first is not easy.”These are just a few snippets of Pastor Tal’s sermon, “The

The Gift: Giving as Gratitude

Feb 5th, 2018 18m 33s

“When my connection with God is not what it should be, I am not the only one who suffers for that.”“I will not offer a sacrifice to God that costs me nothing.”“Salvation is free. Jesus bought that for us. But following Jesus after salvation

A Baby Changes Everything

Feb 5th, 2018 16m 23s

This Christmas, we must remember what this holiday is all about: the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Wrapped in Wonder: Who is It That Draws Near?

Feb 5th, 2018 19m 54s

Pastor Tal continues his sermon series with a sermon entitled, “Wrapped in Wonder: Who Is It That Draws Near”, and the reading is 1 Chronicles 13:7-14.

Wrapped in Wonder: What God Did For Us

Feb 5th, 2018 12m 47s

In the Old Testament you could be right with God if you kept all the rules. We have proven across time that we aren’t very good at that. Jesus’ birth was God being born as a real baby, and later dying on a cross to pay the price for all the tim