Here is the audio from our Easter Worship Gathering where we focused on the three women at the tomb in Mark 16:1-8.
Veritas Statement on violence and threats of violence
Today in Lancaster city, home of our Veritas Community, there was a suspicious package found in the Lancaster Public Library as well as multiple bomb threats sent to Lancaster city police. The package and the multiple bomb threats were, no doubt, related to the planned Drag Queen Story Hour at the Lancaster Public Library. As this has taken place in the community where many within the Veritas Community live, where we gather for worship, and where God has sent us to be a blessing, we feel that we need to make a brief statement about these happenings in Lancaster today. No matter where you stand on the idea of a Drag Queen Story Hour, as followers of Jesus, there is no place for violence and hatred. Our Veritas Community strongly opposes and condemns violence and threats of violence.
Beside(s) Jesus Week 4
This week in our Beside(s) Jesus series we look at the Triumphal Entry found in Mark 11:1-11 and see what discipleship lessons we can learn from the crowd.
Beside(s) Jesus Week 3
Here is the audio from last Sunday with Steve Seitz teaching about discipleship lessons we can learn from Philip and Andrew. from John 12:20-33
Beside(s) Jesus Week 2
Here is the audio from our second week in our series Beside(s) Jesus. Yesterday we looked at Nicodemus through his encounter with Jesus found in John 3:1-21.
Beside(s) Jesus Week 1
In the first week of Beside(s) Jesus we look at John 2:13-220 the story of the cleansing of the Temple and explore discipleship lessons that we can learn from the temple vendors and merchants.
The Power of Three Week Six
Here is the audio from our last week in our The Power of Three series. In this message we talk about the last part of our vision Seeking the Kingdom of God. We focus on our measure of Our people discern the presence of the Kingdom of God in their everyday lives and we look at Luke 17:20-21 and 1 Kings 19:11-13.
The Power of Three Week Five
Here is the audio from today’s worship gathering. We looked at the third and final part of our vision- Seeking the Kingdom of God. Our measure that we focused on was Our people extend the Shalom of God in the places where they live, work, learn and play. We unpacked Jeremiah 29:1-7.
The Power of Three Week Four
Here is the audio from yesterday’s worship gathering looking at the second part of our vision- Building a Family. We spend time talking about one of our measures for building a family- Our people feel safe to share their stories.
The Power of Three Week Three
There is something special about the number three. There are three goals in a hat trick, three primary colors, Three Stooges, three flavors in Neapolitan ice cream, three pieces to a classic suit, and three choices in a game of rock, paper, scissors. The “Rule of Three,” a renowned writing principle, suggests that when things come in threes, they are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. Think of a famous phrase or slogan and chances are it’s structured in three.
In week three of The Power of Three we explored our second part of our vision Build a Family while looking at the measure of Our people are friends outside of the Sunday morning worship gathering. Our text for the morning was 1 Samuel 20.
The Power of Three Week Two
Here is the audio from this past Sunday’s worship gathering where we looked again at the first part of our vision- Pursue Truth. We focused on our measure- Our people learn the way of Jesus in community with each other. And we explored Acts 2:42-47 together.
The Power of Three Week 1
Here is the audio from our first week in our new series the Power of Three. In the first week we look at the first of our three parts of our vision- Pursue Truth. As we explore Pursue Truth we talk about the desire to have our people draw closer in their relationship with Jesus through spiritual practices.
Arrival Week 4
Here is our final sermon in our advent sermon series Arrival. Today we looked at Micah 5:2-5a.
Arrival Week 3
Here is the audio from our third week in our Advent series Arrival where we look at Zephaniah 3:14-20.
Arrival Week 2
Here is the audio from yesterday’s second week of Advent and our Arrival series. We looked at Malachi 3:1-4 and talked about being a messenger as well as judgment, and purification.