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Neighbor 2 Neighbor
The emphasis is on how our Pastoral Care Ministry can bring us closer together within God's family and with those in the community around us. Each week we will pursue the theme of “When We Love Our Neighbors...”

01/03 “When We Love Our Neighbors…We See as God Sees” (Luke 10:29–37) - Lane Moss
01/10 “When We Love Our Neighbors...We Care as God Cares” (Galatians 6:1–10) - Dave Dunson
01/17 “When We Love Our Neighbors…We Forgive as God Forgives” (Ephesians 4:32) - Dave Dunson

REVOLUTION - The Real Christmas Story
The political leaders of the first century acted like they were gods. They obtained their power through manipulation and brute violence. But, in a tiny corner of the Roman Empire, a baby was born who launched a bold revolution. This revolution was powered by love, not force. Its leader was a servant and the values of its followers are upside down from the norm.

December 6 - Caesar: a lord? - Brian Jennings
December 13 - Herod: a king? - Brian Jennings
December 20 - Mary: a willing servant - We apologize for the inconvenience, but, this sermon was not recorded due to technical problems. Brian's sermon manuscript is available if you click on the link.

PAUSE - A Sermon Series from Proverbs
How many times could we have avoided mistakes or seized opportunities if we would have stopped to pray, study, seek advice and think? How would our lives be different if we filled our minds with wisdom, and before every decision, made ourselves pause?
There has never been a collection of writings with more practical wisdom than the book of Proverbs. Apparently, God's wisdom is just as true today as it was thousands of years ago. We'll be applying God's timeless truths to our everyday lives during this important series.

11/01 What We Learn About God From Proverbs - Lane Moss
11/08 Wisdom Is Your Friend - Brian Jennings
Video Reference from Sermon - http://virb.com/brianj33/videos/album/180860
11/15 Thankful For Discipline - Brian Jennings
11/22 Some Kind of Beautiful - Dave Dunson
11/29 Generosity - Jerry Riley

storyline …
John Eldredge says that life, for most of us, feels like a movie – a movie that we've arrived at forty minutes late.
In our lives, good things happen, sometimes beautiful things.  But tragic things happen too.  What does it mean?  We find ourselves in the middle of a story that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful, usually a confusing mixture of both, and we haven't a clue as to how to make sense of it all.  No wonder we keep losing heart.
We need to know the rest of the story; the before and after. Wouldn't life make more sense if we knew the whole storyline?

September 13 - "Storyline" - Brian Jennings - storyline Image from sermon PowerPoint
September 20 - sermon not available this week. Read Ephesians 2
September 27 - "Hero" - Lane Moss
October 4 - "Villain" - Brian Jennings
October 11 - no sermon - Day of Serving - go here to read or submit stories http://hp4christ.blogspot.com/
October 18 - "Script" - Brian Jennings
October 25 - "Alternate Endings" - Brian Jennings - includes "Storyline" drama

Tough Questions
We are asking some questions that people both in and out of the church are asking. Wise people ask questions, and wise people search for truth. We certainly don't have everything all figured out, but we have been studying the Bible to seek guidance in how to answer a few important questions - questions that all of us need to think about. We are praying that this series will help you know God more, and prepare you to discuss these questions with others.

August 2 - What is Hell? - Brian Jennings
Resources: "Hell" video used
A concise summary of the five main different views of hell
For additional thoughts from Brian or to join the discussion go to www.virb.com/brianj33 (note: in order to leave comments you'll need to “sign-up” first which only takes a minute).
August 9 - Can the Bible and Science Coexist? - Brian Jennings
Resources: video link - The Awe factor of God - click on link, videos and then the title
August 16 - Why Does God Allow Suffering? - Lane Moss
August 23 - What Does God Say About Sex? - Brian Jennings
August 30 - Why would I want to be a Christian, when there are so many hypocrites? - Brian Jennings
September 6 - How Much Do I Have to Serve? - Jerry Riley
Resources: Significance in Serving

Who Cares?
According to Jesus, one of the distinctive qualities of His followers is their love for one another. The caring for one another and sharing with one another made the Church in the first century stand out among their community. And it still does today.
If we desire to follow Jesus, we will continue to grow in caring for others. Let's commit to growing in this area together.
June 28 - True Religion (James 1:27-28) - Brian Jennings
July 5 - When the Balloon Pops? - Dave Dunson
July 12 - Loneliness - Jerry Riley - "Lonely People" video used to open sermon
July 19 - Growing: Caring that Leads to Growth - Lane Moss
July 26 - Called to Care - Dave Dunson

Building Better Relationships
with God, with family, with friends
A preacher once said that he suspected that if God decided to write one thing in the sky for all of us to read, seeing all of the different things that we focus on, it would be this, “It's about relationships.” It's hard to argue with this since the two greatest commands are both about relationships (love God and love your neighbor…). Yet we often struggle with both of these relationships.
During this study we focused on Building Better Relationships by studying what the Bible says about them. Each week we discussed a principle that applies to our relationship with God, as well as our relationships with family and friends.
05/24 Listening (quick to listen & slow to…) - Brian Jennings
Resources
05/31 Forgiveness (God's grace leads to the improbable) - Brian Jennings
06/07 Sacrifice (will include a missionary perspective with Matt & Angie Crosser)
06/14 An Adoption Story: Ours & Yours (God has led my family on an incredible journey with many spiritual lessons. But you have an adoption story too. You'll hear about both.) - Brian Jennings
Resources: Chosen
06/21 What Every Dad Should Know (A message for dads, and for the rest of us too.) - Brian Jennings

Beautiful Collision - Holiness meets Humanity
John 1:9 - The true Light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
The thought of an all-powerful Creator taking on the nature of a lowly man is mind-blowing. Why would God do such a thing? And how did it change the course of human history? Highland Park Christian Church is studying Jesus, God who became man, as we delve into the book of John. And as we engage our heads and hearts into this concept, we will be challenged to make sure our hands follow suit with acts of service and love.
3/01 “The Word” What's the Word? (John 1:1-18) - Brian Jennings
3/08 “The Way” What is the way to God? (John 3 & 15) - Brian Jennings
3/15 “The Voice” Who do you hear? (John 10:1-21) - Dave Dunson
3/22 “The Comfort” Where will we find comfort? (John 14:1-14) - Dave Dunson
3/29 Services cancelled due to snow - see 04/26
4/05 “The Light” How do you keep your candle burning? (John 17:13-20) "Day of Serving" - Dave
4/12 “The Peace” (Easter) Where can you find peace? (John 20) - Brian Jennings
4/19 “The Truth” What is Truth? (John 8 & 14) - Brian Jennings
4/26 “The Power” Why did Jesus do miracles? (John 20:30) - Lane Moss
5/03 “The Spirit” Who is the Holy Spirit? (John 14, 16) - Dave Dunson
5/10 Mother's Day - Brian Jennings
Resources:
When Details Get You Down
Rest - "God's desire for us to take rest and joy in Him." - includes how one family observes the Sabbath
5/17 “The Unity” Why does unity matter to God? (John 17:1-21) - Dave & Brian

"Churchy:Myths, Metaphors and a Girl Named Molly"
Dallas Willard said, "We are at the mercy of our thoughts. If we embrace a false perspective of church, it will ultimately lead us to a false experience as the Church." In this sermon series, we'll be asking, "When God established His church, what did he really have in mind?"
January 4 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Brian Jennings
Churches can draw people to God, and they can push people away.
January 11 - I Am Legend - Brian Jennings
A plethora of myths exist regarding the church, but the Bible uses metaphor to help us understand what the church really is.
January 18 - Runaway Bride - David Dunson, Brian Jennings
God, the groom, has been wooing His bride, a people belonging to Him, since the beginning of time. Will we accept his proposal?
January 25 - The Greatest Story Ever Told - Brian Jennings, Dane Tyner
The church plays a central role in the greatest story of the world. See how God has been calling-out a people to be His, as we take a bird’s eye look at the most significant events in the history of the church.
February 1 - You Got Served - Brian Jennings
Who and how is the church supposed to serve?
February 8 - The Incredibles - Brian Jennings, David Dunson
Is anyone more important than anyone else in the church?
February 15 - Following the Lord's Leadership - Jerry Riley
February 22 - The Church God Intends - Brian Jennings, David Dunson

Un-Christmas-Unwrapping the Real Christmas
December 7 - The Un-Expected -The angel's announcement to Mary was totally unexpected but Mary's ultimate response was "I am the Lord's servant." - David Dunson
December 14 - The Un-Explainable - Joseph's dilemma pitted what he knew of the natural against what he could not comprehend of the supernatural - Brian Jennings
December 21 - The Un-Deniable - The shepherds' quiet evening of flock watching was spectacularly interrupted by the heavenly hosts proclaiming the birth of the Messiah. The message was confirmed by the discovery of the Christ-child as promised. - Lane Moss
December 28 - The Un-Predictable - (Magi) - The birth of the King of Kings transcends just the Hebrew culture - or the Christian culture - to include all cultures. The impact of Christ's birth is universal and eternal.
- Brian Jennings

Born Indentity-finding the real me
September 7 - The Imposter - "The imposter tries to steal our identity"
---to view videos that we used during worship click here - Brian Jennings
September 14 - The Loved - "I am 'the loved' because I believe in God's love for me" - David Dunson
September 21 - The Pharisee - "A Pharisee bases his identity on what he does. A child bases his identity on who he belongs to." - Brian Jennings
September 28 - Rest - "God's desire for us to take rest and joy in Him." - David Dunson
October 5 - Love - "My identity requires that I love others." - Brian Jennings
October 12 - Joy -"Joy is in my life. God's love brings it. I will not know the joy of Christ unless I give myself away in love like Christ." - David Dunson
---to view video that was used during worship click here
October 19 - Passion - "When we understand what we can have in Christ we'll pursue Him at all costs. Not doing so would be like realizing you have the winning lottery ticket and then getting so caught up in the Olympics or conquering a video game that you failed to claim your prize within the allotted 180 days." - Brian Jennings

August 24 - "What could the people of God do for the Kingdom of God if they were debt free?"
August 31 - "Where is God leading YOU?"

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