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Worship
So…..I’m driving to work and stop at a red light.  A bee lands on the hood of my car, right in front of me….on the edge next to the windshield. …

Elves!

Current Events
The church looks amazing! One of my favorite parts of the Advent season is seeing our campus morph into a wonderland of light and decoration. God has blessed us with…

Stretch!

Worship
Someone once said, “Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, sidestepping responsibility, pushing their luck, and stretching the truth.”  While we don’t want to…

Oxymorons

Life is full of oxymorons, isn’t it?  Contradictory terms.  For example: We sit on genuine imitation leather chairs, eat jumbo shrimp and vegetarian meatballs, cooked over synthetic natural gas.  If…

Advent Conspiracy Begins Sunday!

Sermons
The story of Christ’s birth is a story of promise, hope, and a revolutionary love. So, what happened? What was once a time to celebrate the birth of a savior…

Show Me!

Current Events
I love apple pie!  I love cinnamon rolls!  I love anything with cinnamon in it!  I love cars!  I always have.  My mother tells that when I was little, I…

Start Where You Are

Current Events
It’s pledging season at JCBC. This is the time of year when we all make our commitments to support the ministries of the church, financially, in the year ahead. Some…

Vote for Church

Current Events
So, yesterday was election day. Did you vote? I hope so. Like many of you, I voted early. Few things move me more than stepping into a voting booth, to…

Update Puerto Rico

Mobilization
In many ways, Puerto Rico is now old news. There have been two major hurricanes that have hit the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Maria devastated much of Puerto Rico. The…

If the whole body were…

Sermons
We are the body of Christ. That’s what the Apostle Paul claims. The living, breathing, body of our Lord. The visible presence of the Risen Christ. And each of us,…