Randy Willis

Acts 2.42-47 Words to describe the missional community Assembly/Congregation This was the word was commonly used to describe God’s people in the Old Testament. One of the great “doing life together” stories in the Old Testament is the story of Achan. When Joshua led the Israelites into Jericho, the people were instructed not to take … Read more

Our Lenten Journey The earliest followers of Jesus were often called “followers of the Way.” In Greek (the NT language), the word “way” also means “road.” This Lenten season, we’ve been looking at some of the roads Jesus walked during his life on earth. Tonight, we’ll take a look at “The Road to Jerusalem.” Jerusalem … Read more

From the beginning of our spiritual heritage, we’ve been taught to put God first. In fact, that’s how the Ten Commandments begin: “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. “Do not worship any other gods besides me…” (Exodus 20). And, Deuteronomy 6.4-6, which we’ve been lifting up, instructs us … Read more

As long as I’ve been following Jesus, I have been interested in spiritual growth and transformation. I’ve been interested in the ways that Christ-followers grow. This series is something of an outgrowth of this interest. My goal is to be a spiritual leader (like the abbot in a monastic community) whose job it is to … Read more

Deuteronomy 6.1–9 “We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be. True, there are times when we would like to know a deeper intimacy, but when it comes to the point, we are not prepared to pay the price involved.” (J. Oswald Sanders) I’ve been looking forward to this … Read more

In today’s worship time, we conducted John Wesley’s Covenant Service. It was a special time where Christ followers committed (and/or re-committed) their lives to God! We experienced God’s presence in a special way, and I pray that it was indeed a defining moment for each of us personally, and for us a community of faith. … Read more

Acts 2.42–47 I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve here, teach, and lead us on the journey of becoming a community of disciples. One thing I’ve learned is that we all are on a journey, that we are all at different stages along the path, and that we all travel at different speeds. I’m not … Read more

As we continue talking about discipleship — the kind of revolutionary discipleship Jesus modeled, we want to talk about discipleship in terms that you may not be familiar with, yet. Spiritual Formation: the process of being spiritually formed Another term for talking about spiritual growth or discipleship is “spiritual formation.” This term has been around … Read more

John 6.60–71 We’ve been talking about discipleship. But not just any kind of discipleship; we’ve been talking about the kind of discipleship Jesus talked about, and lived out – revolutionary discipleship! What is discipleship? Discipleship is the ongoing process of becoming like Christ. Process – it takes place over time Ongoing process – it never … Read more

Mark 8.27–38 Gentlemen, this is a football … Legendary coach, Vince Lombardi would gather his players for training camp. These guys were some of the best athletes in the world; they had played football all of their lives. And the coach would stand up in front of them, hold up a football, and say, “Gentlemen, … Read more