One of the greatest gifts that Christmas brings us is God’s favor, also known as "grace." This grace is a gift available to all of us. And it's not just available to us; God's grace pursues us.

Special guest Dr. Ozzie Smith speaks from Luke 17:18-19, when Jesus heals ten men with leprosy. Learn about the grateful Samaritan, which is a reminder of who and what matters to Jesus, and who and what should matter to us.

Greed is more than just taking and taking and taking. It's also about withholding--not giving to others from what God has blessed us with. Maybe we feel like we need to save for a rainy day and we can't spare a thing, or maybe we just want to accumulate as much as we can. We just feel like we never have enough.

Sometimes the higher we climb, the deeper our fall. After celebrating the 50 years of God's goodness to us, we have to learn how to hold on to the freedom, the forgiveness, and the love that we already know is our

Our pastor brought us this message as part of our Jubilee Celebration of 50 years as a church community. According to the book of Leviticus, in the year of Jubilee, slaves and prisoners were set free, all debts were forgiven, and all property was returned to the original owners.