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“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’” Matthew 28:18-20


Hello, my friends,

After the resurrection of Jesus on Easter and the ascension to heaven, we find ourselves in the book of Acts. These are the acts of the apostles. This book takes us through the early church and the roles that the disciples played in carrying out the Great Commission from Jesus (scripture above). He gave them clear directions to continue His ministry by going to the ends of the earth and teaching what they had learned.


This is the beginning of the church. The challenges they went through and the perseverance they showed is the reason we are here today. Learning from the early church is a great way to recognize situations that we experience even now that they had to work through. That said, over the next four to six weeks we are going to be exploring the Apostle Paul and his planting of the church at Corinth.

The Apostle Paul’s original name was Saul, and he was a Pharisee who persecuted the early Christians until he had an encounter with Jesus who asked him, why do you persecute me? This moment in Paul’s life began the turnaround which led him to be one of the most impactful missionaries in our faith. His writings to the different churches he planted make up a large part of the New Testament.

The plan is to take a deep dive into Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians where we will focus on how to watch out for church divisions, how to maintain love and responsibility to others, how our different gifts come together in a beautiful way to form the body of Christ, and finally how we take our talents and gifts and use them as a vehicle for love. Paul taught the churches thousands of years ago these lessons and we are going to try to learn what we can to apply to our lives individually and as a congregation.

So, as we enter into May, I invite you if you feel called, to start reading through 1 Corinthians and any of the other epistles written by Paul. His letters tend to follow a similar structure, but the content varies. Paul’s tireless work is still relevant today and I look forward to exploring it together.

With much love, -Pastor Brian