Pastor Craig Carter Last week I introduced a sermon series on three things that last forever – faith, hope, love. We began our investigation of these eternal realities with a description of faith provided by the writer of Hebrews: “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance…
Pastor Craig Forever I heard someone remark recently that they feel like they’re in the movie, Groundhog Day. Remember that film where Bill Murray lived the same day over and over again? The current Covid-19 pandemic kind of makes us feel that way, doesn’t it? After only a month of the stay at home order…
Pastor Craig Carter Happy Easter! Since I’m a pastor, you’re probably not surprised when I say this is my favorite time of the year. Not even the Coronavirus pandemic and social distancing has kept me from thoroughly enjoying this week as we celebrate the suffering, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, church…
Pastor Craig Carter Palm Sunday and marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final days in Jesus’ life and ministry leading to His crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter. Palm Sunday commemorates an event that is recorded in all four gospel accounts. It is commonly referred to as the triumphal entry when Christ…
Pastor Craig Carter I remember right after Hurricane Michael, folks would use the phrase, “Welcome to the new normal.” In my mind, nothing has been remotely normal since October 10th, 2018. So I’m not surprised that, just as we were about to restore some normalcy to our church’s life and move into our renovated facility…
Pastor Craig Carter Because of the world-wide pandemic that has brought about a national state of emergency, we have suspended in-person church gatherings for at least the next two weeks. That’s the bad news…now for the good news: March 22 was supposed to be our last Sunday at the Bay Haven gym, which has been…
Pastor Craig Carter All of us have some things we feel like we just can’t live without – for many of us these might include hot showers and cell phone service. But these items haven’t always been considered indispensable. Here in Bay County, we all learned 17 months ago that we could live without those…
Pastor Craig Carter When I was in the 9th grade my track coach decided I needed to become a distance runner. He entered me in the mile at our next track meet. I had never run a mile in my life. My coach sent me onto the track with this advice, “Just follow the other…
Pastor Craig Carter Since the first of the year, we’ve been reading through the Book of Genesis as a congregation. Then each Sunday, we’re exploring characters we meet in the first book of the Bible. Last week we learned some valuable lessons from an unlikely source – Hagar, an Egyptian servant. She showed us what…
Pastor Craig Carter In life, it’s just a fact that a lot of things just don’t make sense. Here are a few examples: Why is a round pizza cut into triangular pieces then placed in a square box? Why is the person who handles and invests all of your money called a broker? Why do…