September 13, 2020Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. I. The Beating of My Heart “When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die.” – Addison Leitch Hebrews 10:19-22Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the […]
Cup Holders, the Drive-thru, and the Christian Life
Have you ever thought about the significance of the cup holder in your vehicle? During the early years of automobile design, the cup holder was a rarity. No one was buying a vehicle because it had luxuries like a cup holder. By the late 1980s though it was common to find more cup holders in […]
Pray Like Jesus: Week 4
June 28, 2020Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes Our motivation to pray is not to get something from God, but is to get more of God. Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread 1. Give us 2. This day 3. Our daily bread Next Steps I have been too dependent on myself. Pray that I […]
Jesse Tree – Week 7
January 5, 2020Family Worship ChallengePastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes Okay, I need to be honest with you. Today is an awkward day for me. It’s January 5th, and I’m really unclear on what the rules are for how many days after New Year’s Day you are allowed to say, “Happy New Year.” I’m a rule […]
He Left Us!
Jurassic Park easily makes my Top 10 list of favorite movies. This scene, in particular, has one of those great “hero lines” as Dr. Grant tries to calm down Lex. In case you haven’t seen this great film, here is why she is so upset: Just a few minutes earlier, Lex and her brother, Tim, […]
Jesse Tree – Week 3
December 8, 2019 Genesis 28:10-22 Frank Bowden Sermon Notes There is a power in presence. Not presents under the Christmas tree, but presence. -knowing that someone is near you, close by, there. And we feel angst when we feel like we are alone or unsure of things. I have a funny story from my childhood […]
Be Strong Men’s Conference
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 virus precautions. March 20-22 at Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters in Andrews, North Carolina Cost is $155 Guys, come have an adventure with us at Snowbird for their Men’s Conference. We have 13 tickets available for this conference, which will take a look at the lives of kings. […]
Acts 11:19-30
July 7, 2019Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes I want to tell you about an experience that I had in elementary school that really changed the game for me. It was at lunch. I was eating a piece of wonderful public school square pizza with the little cubed pepperonis on it. You know what I’m talking […]
The Ultimate Gamechanger
As a kid, I loved playing basketball. It was an activity I could do with a team, friends or just by myself in the driveway. In fact, it was common to drive past my parents’ house and see all of our trash cans and patio furniture set up in the driveway around the basketball goal as makeshift “defenders” for me to practice dribbling around. The fundamentals of the game I learned to play in the mid 90’s are the result of years of evolution in basketball. 1967 is a year for basketball that will go down in history as a turning point for the game.
Acts 5:33-42
March 24, 2019Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes I learned something this week while I was studying for today that blew my mind, and I want to share this with you because it is fascinating. Right before the start of World War II, Allied Forces were terrified of having a repeat of the mustard gas attacks […]