Western Hills Church Of Christ, Temple

Scripture:  Matthew 9:9-13 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  When Jesus calls Matthew to follow him, Matthew does not hesitate.  He immediately follows.  The question then comes to all of us:  What will you do when Jesus calls you?

Scripture:  John 1:14, Revelation 21:1-24, 1 Peter 2:11, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:14 Speaker: Justin Hammond Summary:  On this Sunday the Graduating Seniors were honored by Western Hills.  Justin Hammond, Youth Minister, blessed the Seniors as well as the entire church with an encouraging message reminding us that this world is not our home.  

Scripture:  Proverbs 27 Speaker:  Scott Seela, Children's Minister Summary:  Scott Seela, Children's Minister, presents the case for wisdom.  While it's true we would like to be wise making our decisions based on wisdom, how do we get there?  What is it exactly that will take us to and keep us on the path to wisdom?

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 16 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this final installment in the series, A Beginner's Guide to Church," Scott brings a message from Paul's letter to the church in Corinth.  This church faced the same challenges that the church today faces.  Uncertainty, opposition, power struggles, and disagreements were present in the church then and now.  How we deal with these challenges is the very thing Paul addresses in Chapter 16.

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 14 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this passage, Paul, the apostle, is addressing some errors that are occurring during the worship gathering of the church in Corinth.  Scott examines these errors in their cultural and biblical context to discover what this text has to say to the church today.

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 15 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  "The thing of most importance" is clearly stated by Paul in this chapter of 1 Corinthians.  Scott continues this series with this Easter message of the definition of gospel.

Scripture:  I Corinthians 13 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this very familiar text, Scott brings new insights into what it actually means to love in the way we are called to love.  What is love?  What is love not?

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 12 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary: In this text, Paul is addressing the issues surrounding the presence of spiritual gifts in the church in the city of Corinth.  In this message, Scott addresses the uses and abuses of spiritual gifts as the church meets together as well as the implications for us in the present.

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In discussing the issues presented by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11, Scott talks about the problem, the practice, and the participation in Communion (sometimes called the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, and the Breaking of the Bread.)  Scott ends this message with an emphatic statement about whose supper it really is.

Scripture:  I Corinthians 10:13-11:1 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  What does it mean to "Do all to the glory of God?"  In this text, the writer of 1 Corinthians, Paul the apostle, writes to the church in the city of Corinth and addresses the issue of the believer's care and concern for one another.  For us, an appropriate question after considering what Paul says to the Corinthians is this:  What does love require?

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Matthew 9:9-13 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  What will you do with the freedoms you have in Christ?   Scott discusses this freedom in this twelfth message in the series from First Corinthians.  What is our challenge as we bring others to Christ? 

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this passage, Scott brings Paul's message to the Corinthian church regarding sexual immorality that is all around them in their culture and threatening Corinth's church.  Paul clearly lays out the way of life those who follow Christ must pursue in the attitude toward sex and sexual behavior.

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  Washed, sanctified, and justified are the words Paul uses in this passage to describe those who have become followers of Jesus Christ and made Him Lord of their lives.  They are new people not bear the burden of the labels of their past lives.

Scripture:  Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 5:41 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this fifth of the Vision 5 series, Scott challenges the church to the Elders vision of Western Hills going the extra mile, a two mile area around the location to serve in whatever ways we can those within that circle and most certainly beyond.

Scripture: Review of 1 Corinthians Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  Scott resumes his series discussing the themes of 1 Corinthians.  This summary message is a re-introduction to the themes covered so far in his previous messages.

Scripture:  Acts 1:6-8, Acts 28:30-31 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  Scott presents the final sermon of the "Vision 5"  series.  The fifth of the commitments the Elders are calling the Western Hills congregation to make over the next five years is to seek an opportunity to plant a church somewhere in North America.  In the context of Acts, Scott brings the text of Acts as it applies to us today in seeking to tell the world about Jesus.

Scripture:  Acts 10 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  In this message, Scott explores the challenges of becoming a diverse church.  He approaches that with a story about Peter, one chosen by Jesus to take the story of Jesus everywhere, who is sent to take that story to someone Peter probably doesn't think worthy of hearing it.  Scott asks the question of each believer, What keeps you from accepting everyone as worthy of Jesus' story?

Scripture:  Romans 6:1-11 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary:  What is it?  Why is it?  Who can participate?  What difference does it make?  These are the points Scott unpacks about baptism as he guides listeners through Romans 6:1-11.  

Scripture:  Acts 8:26-40 Speaker:  Scott Meyer  Summary:  As Scott continues the series, "Vision 5," in this message he brings the account of the Ethiopian and Paul.  The challenge before the church is to follow Paul's example and for "Everyone to lead one" to come to know Jesus and make the commitment to follow him.  

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Speaker:  Scott Meyer Summary: In this message, Scott introduces a five year vision for the church.  Each of the five objectives of this vision will be explored in the Sundays following then he will return to the Corinthians series.  This Sunday's message lays the ground work for the five objectives in the context of the power of new.