Welcome to Legacy Sunday! Today’s service is a special one—filled with new uplifting worship, exciting announcements, and a faith-filled atmosphere you won’t want to miss. Join us as we celebrate Legacy Sunday, a powerful moment where the faith and generosity of our church family come together. This is a day to witness what God can do through a united and generous congregation. Come expectant, come ready, and come with faith for what God is building through Legacy.

Sermon Notes: Courageous Legacy 5 | Men and Women of Dignity Psalm 139:1–18 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” even the night shall be light about me; 12 indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. 17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You. | Psalm 139:1–18 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. | Genesis 1:27 Identity is received, not achieved. Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. | Psalm 144:3-4 Human beings bring meaning to the universe. All the beauty of the cosmos is only beautiful because there are people who think and feel and have the capacity to appreciate and declare things beautiful. A universe without human beings is a universe without meaning. | Brian Cox Imago Dei: latin “Image of God”: - Men and women’s bodies and natures are created with specific attributes and capacities for distinct purposes to reflect God’s nature in complementary ways. A woman can never be man, but she can be fully, gloriously, and completely woman. A man can never be woman, but he can be fully, gloriously, and completely man. With our tongue we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God. | James 3:9 Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us | Psalm 2:3 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. | Romans 1:24-25 Culture replaced “you’re made in God’s image” with “make yourself in your own image” KEY: Anchor your identity in Christ and affirm it in Scripture. The Lord knows you better than you know yourself. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand. | Jeremiah 18:1-6 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. | 2 Corinthians 5:17 You were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. | 1 Corinthians 6:20

Welcome to Sunday Service! Join us for a powerful time of worship and communion as we continue our Courageous Legacy series with Pastor Nick. Today’s message, “Building Generational Wealth,” dives into how godly values shape a lasting legacy that goes beyond material riches. We’ll also hear some inspiring testimonies that will encourage your faith and remind us that true wealth is found in putting God first. You won’t want to miss it! Sermon Notes: 4 | Building Generational Wealth Proverbs 13:22 A righteous man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. | Proverbs 13:22 No matter how much wealth you accumulate, if God’s blessing doesn’t rest on it, it will be transferred out of your family legacy to someone else. The inheritance of the Godly is wealth values that yield God’s blessing. Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. | Proverbs 11:28 Jesus connects what you do with financial wealth to your spiritual health. How you handle finances is a primary indicator of the condition of your heart, the trajectory of your life, and the destination of your soul. Finances reveal the greatest desires of our heart For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | Matthew 6:21 Finances disclose what future we’re living for But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. | Matthew 6:33 Finances are a form of worship Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. | Colossians 3:23-24 Finances reveal the authority we’re submitted to No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. | Matthew 6:24 Finances reveal how much faith we have in God Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. | Malachi 3:10 Finances reveal our love for the church Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. | Malachi 3:10 Finances reveal our ability to manage and steward our life Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. | Luke 16:10 Finances reflect our gratitude for God’s provision But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. | Deuteronomy 8:18 Finances reveal how much God can trust us So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches of God? | Luke 16:11 Key: Put God first Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.  | Proverbs 3:9-10 Tithe is returning the first tenth of my increase to God, declaring that He is source of my wealth and opening my life to His blessing. Until the tithe is returned, we’re subject to an unsettled financial life; from conflicting priorities, uncovered/decaying wealth, and lack of peace. Your enemy wants to keep you thinking, "How much must I give to satisfy God," rather than, "How will an unlimited God respond when I obey?” How to start returning the tithe:     •    Priority - start with the rhythm of your increase     •    Percentage - choose what’s available now     •    Progressive - elevate until you reach your goal

Welcome to Sunday Service! We’re continuing our Courageous Legacy series today. Join us for a powerful service filled with Spirit-led worship and a few fun announcements you won’t want to miss. We’re also kicking off Legacy, so get ready! Sermon notes: 3 | The Spirit Shaping My Family 1 Corinthians 2:12 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given to us by God.| 1 Corinthians 2:12 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. | Ephesians 2:2-3 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. | Colossians 2:13-15 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. | Galatians 5:25 Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh… The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. | Galatians 5:16-25 The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously.” | James 4:4-5 GOAL: Cultivate a life and family that overflows with God’s Spirit Though they worshiped the Lord, they continued to follow their own gods according to the religious customs of the nations from which they came. So while these new residents worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same. | 2 Kings 17:33-41 Syncretism | blending true worship with false loyalties, where people outwardly honor God but inwardly live by the world’s priorities, customs and values. 1. Create a home environment that honors and exalts God. You get to choose the spirit that fills your home. CHOOSE:     •    the conversations     •    the entertainment     •    the traditions     •    the environment 2. Plant your family deeply in Church The Church is Jesus’ family legacy

Welcome to Sunday Service! We’re continuing our Courageous Legacy series today. Join us for a powerful service filled with Spirit-led worship as we honor our pastors with a special gift and prayer. Pastor Nick will be sharing an inspiring message on building your life and family with wisdom. Sermon Notes: Courageous Legacy 2 | Building a Foundation of Wisdom Psalm 78:1-8 1 O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, 2 for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— 3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. 4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about his power and his mighty wonders. 5 For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, 6 so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children. 7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. 8 Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God. | PSALM 78:1-8 Building a Foundation of Wisdom Foolish individuals and families… Reject Godly wisdom Refuse correction Act impulsively/feelings Get priorities/values from culture Behave reactively/shortsightedly Wise individuals and families… Fear the Lord Embrace instruction Exercise discipline and self-control Stand for the truth Live from decisions/commitments God has given a prescribed pattern for generational success v.4 | “We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD.” Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. | Psalm 127:4 Wisdom Arc 1. God’s Word is authoritative and can be trusted Wisdom starts with humility before God’s Word. Proverbs 1:7 | “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 3:5-6 | “Trust in the LORD… lean not on your own understanding.” James 1:5 | “If any lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives it liberally” 2. Obedience to God’s Word produces growth Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. | Romans 12:2 What is the Biblically wise thing to do with: my time (Eph 5:15-17) my money (Prov 3:9-10) my body (1 Cor 6:12-20) my words (Prov 18:21) my mind (Phil 4:8) my relationships (John 13:34-35) my church (Heb 10:24-25) 3. Practice releases potential Legacy is built through habits and rhythms. 4. Legacy is planted in the next generation v.7 | So each generation should set its hope a new on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. DECLARATIONS I choose to align my life around God’s Word and Godly authority I choose to participate in passing on what I’ve received.

Today, were kicking off a brand-new series: Courageous Legacy: Building a Life and Family to Thrive in the Modern World God has designed a plan for you to flourish and thrive, and it's found right in His Word. Don't miss this powerful start to a series that will inspire you to live boldly and build a lasting legacy! Sermon Notes: 1 | Breaking Generational Curses Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 24:14-15 Think Generationally, Shape Biblically, Live Courageously Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” | Genesis 1:26-28 God us gave identity, purpose, and permission to thrive in His Creation. Generational blessing is a birthright intended to flow through every generation that walks with God. Although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. | Romans 1:26-28 Sin turns beings created in God’s image to cultivate His creation to self-obsessively building our lives in our own image. GENERATIONAL CURSES: Divorce, emotional instability, alcoholism, poverty mentality, cynicism/pessimism, anger, lack of direction/aimlessness, gender confusion, shame/low self image, depression, pornography, gambling, gluttony/eating disorders, sexual sin, debt, laziness/entitlement, substance abuse, victim mentality, self-pity, unbelief, false religion/spiritualism, abuse, anger, rebellion/rejecting authority You were made for more than repeating dysfunction, poverty, bondage and limitations. KEY: You can’t change the legacy you’ve been given, but you can change what you live and leave. Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. | Joshua 24:14-15 Legacy Choices     1    Past (gods your fathers served): “How we’ve always done it.”     2    Culture: (gods of the Amorites): “How everyone else does it.” I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. | Deuteronomy 30:19 In Christ, generational curses are broken, and the blessing of our birthright is restored. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” | Galatians 3:13 Prayer: Clarity and Courage

Good Morning! Welcome to Sunday Service. We have Nick Bemis bringing the word while our pastors are in Lithuania, visiting a church we've sown into and that continues to be part of our church's legacy. Don't miss this powerful message called "When God Ran". Sermon Notes: 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. 21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robeand put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. 25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ 28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ 31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” | Luke 15 14 For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy. | Hebrews 10:14 2 Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. | Hebrews 12:2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. 3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.  | Hebrews 12:1-3

Join us for a powerful service this morning. We will be continuing our series "The Voice Inside My Head". Sermon Notes: The Voice Inside My Head 3 | From Victim to Victory John 5:1-9 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. | John 5:1-9 The wrong story in your head will keep you stuck How do you talk about your life? The story we believe…. becomes the mentality we adopt…. which creates the reality we live. When you play the victim, you stay the victim. The Holy Spirit wants to change the story you’re telling yourself. God is the author of my story But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. | 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 2. My weakness reveals God’s strength 3. Jesus will always have the last word Let Jesus rewrite the story in your head