Bay City Wesleyan Church

Sermon in a Sentence: Fill us now, fill us now, Jesus, come and fill us now.

Series Big Idea and Invitation: Sometimes we ask, “Why doesn't God do something?” Tragedies, accidents, and bullies go unanswered. Why does God seem so silent? So distant and detached? Jesus's parables don’t give direct answers to our questions. But these narratives bring everyday events alongside eternal truth to help us understand those spiritual principles. Several of these parables show that God’s kingdom has arrived. The end of all evil is on the way.

Series Big Idea and Invitation: Sometimes we ask, “Why doesn't God do something?” Tragedies, accidents, and bullies go unanswered. Why does God seem so silent? So distant and detached? Jesus's parables don’t give direct answers to our questions. But these narratives bring everyday events alongside eternal truth to help us understand those spiritual principles. Several of these parables show that God’s kingdom has arrived. The end of all evil is on the way. Sermon in a Sentence: When Jesus tells a story put your thinking caps on.

Sermon in a Sentence: To fight the good fight, you must believe right then you must do right.

Sermon in a Sentence- Because of God’s grace, we can be gracious to all.

Series Big Idea: Jesus invites everyone to his party and welcomes everyone who accepts the invitation. The people following Jesus often surprise the proper rule-keeping religious people. Sermon in a Sentence: Keeping rules cannot change us - only the Ruler can change us.

Series Big Idea: Jesus invites everyone to his party and welcomes everyone who accepts the invitation. The people following Jesus often surprise the proper rule-keeping religious people. Sermon in a Sentence: Tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a believer!

Series Big Idea and Invitation: Jesus invites everyone to his party and welcomes everyone who accepts the invitation. The people following Jesus often surprise the proper rule keeping religious people. Sermon in a Sentence: Frequently the most surprising faith comes from the most surprising people.

Series Big Idea: Jesus invites everyone to his party and welcomes everyone who accepts the invitation. The people following Jesus often surprise the proper rule-keeping religious people. Sermon in a Sentence: Your mission, should you choose to follow Jesus, is to invite the outsiders, not to indulge the Insiders.

Series Big Idea and Invitation: Jesus invites everyone to his party and welcomes everyone who accepts the invitation. The people following Jesus often surprise the proper rule keeping people. Sermon in a Sentence: Jesus authorizes the least anticipated.

Series Big Idea and Invitation: The world has changed in the last 2100 years. Would Jesus preach the same messages to us as he did back then? Let’s find out together. Sermon in a Sentence: Now is the time to fast; now is the time to transform.

Series Big Idea: The world has changed in the last 2100 years. Would Jesus preach the same messages to us as he did back then? Let’s find out together. Sermon in a Sentence: Prayer focuses on connecting with God and welcoming his kingdom on earth.

Guest Speaker: Gordon Schram Text: Joshua 6: 1 - 6

Contemporary Christian service. Rev. Mark Haines, speaker.

Series Big Idea and Invitation: The world has changed in the last 2100 years. Would Jesus preach the same messages to us as he did back then? Let’s find out together. Sermon in a Sentence: Jesus spoke to the heart of the matter; transformation starts inside.

Series Big Idea: The world has changed in the last 2100 years. Would Jesus preach the same messages to us as he did back then? Let’s find out together. Sermon in a Sentence: Laws never create true transformations.

Series: PRAYER - Your Declaration of Dependence Series Big Idea and Invitation: If Jesus needed to pray to do God's work, then I need to pray to do God's work. Sermon in a Sentence: Nothing can stay the same when we truly pray in Jesus's name.

Sermon in a Sentence: Holy Spirit speaks most often and most clearly through the Bible.

Series: PRAYER – Your Declaration of Dependence Series Big Idea and Invitation: If Jesus needed to pray to do God’s work, then I need to pray to do God’s work. Sermon in a Sentence: If Jesus needed to pray to do God's work, then I need to pray to do God's work.

Series: The Best of All Is, God Is with Us Series Big Idea and Invitation: “Something has changed ... the world’s acting strange these days.” I heard this line several times in ads for an online TV series while I recovered from Covid. It sums up 2020 and 2021. “Something has changed and the world’s acting strange.” As a result, we need to hear Matthew’s description of Jesus’s life mission. “They will call him Emmanuel which means God with us.” (Matthew 1:23) The world’s changed and it’s acting strange, but we are not alone. The best of all is, God is with us! Sermon in a Sentence: Forgiveness is key to longing lasting relationships and core to our new DNA as Christians.