Napoleon Church Of The Nazarene

We welcome intern, Bailey Sonnenberg, to bring us the Word coming into the new year. He leads us to Psalm 1, showing us that true blessing comes from those who desire God's instruction. Meditating on God's Word is what brings life and vitality; like a tree firmly planted by streams of water.-psalm 1:3. This new year, will you choose to actively participate in life with God?

It's the third week of Advent as Pastor Dave teaches on the Moses, a story of redemption. We see how that even when all hope seems lost, "HE IS" the brilliance of redemption; always working even when we can't see or understand.

On Christmas Eve Sunday, we come to our last sermon of the series, "HE IS", with HE IS | The Radiance of Divine Love. Pastor Justin takes us through 1 Chronicles 29 where David gives thanks to God and declares that everything that he has received has been given by God; even the things we offer back to Him and give to others. But before that, we take a quick look into David's life, even his short comings. What have we received that we can share with others? It's Christ Himself! HE IS the One who goes beyond our lives and surpasses all of our mistakes and victories; showing us that HE IS the radiance of divine love.

The second week of advent in the series, He Is, brings us to see that Jesus is the spark of hope. Pastor Justin takes us through the life of Joseph from the old testament. We see so many parallels in Joseph's life to the promised Messiah, Jesus. Just like these stories from the old testament were a sign to bring hope to the coming Savior, we can be a sign to those around us that lead people to Jesus. What are you holding on to that is keeping you from being a light to others?

We welcome in the Advent season with our new series, "HE IS, the illumination of God's Promise!" We look back at Genesis and see the promises of God fulfilled through Abraham. A Promise of place, posterity, and position. As we continue celebrating the Advent season, let up anticipate with hope the continued promises of God!

Pastor Justin ends our Generosity series, taking us to the book of Habakkuk, where we learn what it means to be fully generous towards God. We see through Habakkuk's honest cries and complaints about the chaos ahead, that generosity with God is being fully surrendered and open to God about our hurts, worries, fears, and frustrations; giving those things completely over to Him. What are we holding on to that we are afraid to give to the Lord? Talk to Him about it today!

Pastor Justin leads us into week 3 of our series, "Generosity". We take a look at Luke 18 and see how financial generosity is important for our relationship with God. When we give generously for the Kingdom of God, we invite God to divinely unlock our hearts to experience His rest.

Pastor Dave teaches on Generosity in Action, for our second week in the Generosity series. We take a look at various scriptures, learning what the Bible says about hospitality and giving without the expectation of receiving. Pastor Dave encouraged us to be mindful of who we could be hospital to and what that looks like in the life of a follower of Christ.

Pastor Ben starts off our new sermon series, "Generosity". We may think that being generous always has to do with money, but in this series, we'll learn what Jesus says about being generous in how he live and serve others; all starting with the heart. Generosity is the currency in the Kingdom economy of God.

Pastor Dave Dooley shares with us part 4 of the series, "The Daniel Dilemma" where he talks about our testimony in sharing the gospel through a heart of love. Looking through 1 Corinthians 13, he shows how anything we do without love as the motivation will be as nothing. Through Daniel's life, we can see how his love for the Father and others was his prime motivation for standing firm in a culture of compromise.

Pastor Ben teaches from the book of Daniel in part 3 of our series, "The Daniel Dilemma". He shows us through scripture how vital it is to know and be confident in your identity through Christ. When you stand on the truth of who Christ is and who you are through Him, it will embolden faith, courage, and inspire others to stand firm when the rest of the world wants you to bow down.

We are in part 2 of our Daniel Dilemma Series. As we read through parts of Daniel chapter 4, Pastor Justin teaches on King Nebuchadnezzar's pride and how even while showing outward praise toward God, his heart was still full of himself, blinding him of the truth and the vision of his downfall. We as Christians can be prideful in our appearance of outward worship toward the Lord that we can become blind in our thinking that others need to "look like us" instead of just knowing who Jesus is first. It's about our heart and keeping our focus on Jesus and not on ourselves.

Pastor Dave Dooley introduces us to our new series, "The Daniel Dilemma" where we'll walk through the book of Daniel and learn how to stand firm and love well in a culture of compromise. We start in Daniel chapter 1 and talk about what it looks like to stand firm and love well with GRACE & TRUTH.

We conclude our series, "Who We Are", with a focus on ministries and how they are spreading the gospel to the community. We welcome our NapNaz Community Preschool teacher; Sarah Sonnenberg, our Napoleon LifeWise director; Cathy Bressler, and one of our LifeWise teachers; Krista Behm. They share about how they are using this community outreach ministries to share the gospel. Pastor Ben then encourages us to go out and share the gospel message to the world around us.

Pastor Justin Braun talks about connecting together as believers in our second week of our series, "Who We Are". He brings to the platform Brandon and Kristin Stacey who share about their life changing experiences with being involved and connected to the body of Christ.

Over the next 3 weeks, NapNaz will be walking through a series called, "Who We Are". This week, Pastor Ben Hartford shares the Lord's vision for our church as enter into a season of equipping the saints to do the work the Lord has uniquely gifted each and every believer to do.

We end our Colossians series taking an in depth look into the last part of chapter 4, where Paul is taking time to acknowledge his fellow laborers in Christ. From this portion of scripture, Pastor Ben has showed us that a life in Christ is a team effort. What is your role in the body of believers as you continue to do everything for the Lord and be surrendered to Christ Alone!

Pastor Justin Braun leads us in week 12 of our of series through the book of Colossians. We take a look a Colossians 4:2-6 where Paul talks about being steadfast in prayer being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Even while Paul was being prisoned, was encouraging the body of Christ that among difficult obstacles in this life, we can navigate through prayer and being thankful to God.

Pastor Dave Dooley teaches on Colossians 3:23-4:1. He relates this portion of scripture to our modern day work place but goes back to Paul's words from 3:17, that in whatever you do , do it for the Lord. Take a listen and see how the Holy Spirit will challenge you to live out your life in Christ in the work place!

Pastor Ben Hartford teaches from Colossians 3:18-22 in week 10 of our series through the book of Colossians. In this portion of scripture we see how to be a servant of all even through different cultural contexts. We look at the wife, the husband, and children and see how each can serve the Lord first and each other.