Sermons
Our church has hosted Celebrate Recovery meetings for over 15 years. But what is it really? Who is it for? CR exists to offer Freedom from life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups- the BIG and the not so big issues. Through COMPLETE surrender to God, He empowers us all- by His Holy…
Join us as we celebrate good news of great joy – Immanuel – God with us! Come and worship together through special music, drama, scripture, congregational singing, and a Christmas message from Pastor Josh. We will end our evening together by singing the Hallelujah Chorus! Click…
Advent
Join us on Sunday as we conclude our Advent sermon series. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, we’ve been considering appropriate postures or expressions of worship. This week Pastor Josh will encourage us to “Bow Our Knees” before our good and gracious King. We are…
Advent
What is an appropriate and fitting posture to take before the Lord Jesus at Christmas time? How can our bodies give expression to our worship? This week Pastor Mark will preach about the Advent & Christmas posture of “Lift Your Hands” by looking at Psalm 24:7-10 and selections…
Advent
The best way to prepare for and the best response to the coming of Christ at Christmas is worship. Our Advent series this year explores four postures of worship. Last week we were invited to pour out our hearts. This week, Pastor Josh will encourage us to “Bring Our Gifts” as…
Advent
This Sunday we enter into the season of Advent and start our new sermon series, “Come to Worship.” Pastor Kyle will kick things off by talking about our posture of worship. What does it look like when we pour our hearts out to God? How do we prepare for worship? What are the…
Please join us for a service of grateful celebration of our salvation in Christ. We will worship through scripture, singing, prayer, testimonies, special offering and open mic sharing time.
This Sunday we will consider the relationship between gratitude and godliness. The story in Luke 17:11-19 shows how gratitude draws us closer to Christ, while ingratitude leads us away from Christ. This is an important awareness, particularly as we head into the season of…
Pastor Josh will be preaching this week on the tiny NT book of 3 John. While the entire letter is only 14 verses and less than 300 words long, it is nevertheless a powerful biblical text that prompts us to ask searing questions about the state of our faith. Join us as we…
Sex in a Broken World
This Sunday, Pastor Kyle will address other aspects of broken sexuality dealing with pornography, pre-marital, and extra-marital sex by way of giving warnings and an encourgament. There is a reason we are told to “flee sexual immorality.”
Sex in a Broken World
This coming Sunday we turn from the Bible’s positive portrait of sexuality to examine “Broken Sexuality.” The good gift of sex is often temptingly warped and abused in ways that God didn’t intend. Broken sexuality, ancient and contemporary, is even promoted and celebrated to…
Sex in a Broken World
We continue our God, Sex, & Church series this week with an exploration of healthy sexuality. Sex is part of God’s good design; pleasure was God’s idea; sexual intimacy within a marriage context is a gift to celebrate. Join us as we consider a Gospel-shaped vision of sex within…
Sex in a Broken World
We’re kicking off a new sermon series this Sunday on God, Sex, & Church: a theology of sexuality. Why are we preaching about sex? There are important biblical, cultural, contextual, and pastoral reasons why we sense God leading us to consider these complicated but important…
Prayer: If you Dare
This week we will be hearing from guest preacher, Jamy Landis. Jamy is one of Franconia’s mission partners at Big Sky Bible Camp in Montana. Jamy will be diving into Isaiah 52:13-53:12 and helping us think about the prayer “Break Me.” We will be looking at what the Bible…
Prayer: If you Dare
We continue our 3-week series on prayers that can feel dangerous, but are essential for spiritual maturity and fruitfulness. This week Pastor Josh will preach on the bold prayer found in Isaiah 6: “Here I am, Lord. Send me.” How can we come to a place of such surrender in our…
Prayer: If you Dare
“Prayer: If you Dare” — September 26, 10:15amWe begin a 3-week series on prayers that can feel dangerous, but are essential for spiritual maturity and fruitfulness. This week Pastor Mark will preach from Psalm 139 with its closing petition to God: “Search Me.” What does it mean…
Day 4 of HOPE 21: A community gathering in celebration of HOPE!DisclaimerThe views expressed by guest preachers do not necessarily represent the convictions of Franconia Mennonite Church or our pastors.
Purposeful Parenting
Join us on Sunday as we conclude our sermon series on Purposeful Parenting. Pastor Josh will be preaching this week on the themes of prioritizing family prayer, ensuring our children have a clear sense of who and Whose they are, and instilling Christ-centered biblical values.
Purposeful Parenting
Join us on Sunday as we continue our exploration of Purposeful Parenting. This week, Pastor Josh will lead a panel discussion with parents from within our congregation. What wisdom, insight, and perspective do some of our church’s parents have to share with the community of…
Purposeful Parenting
Children are born utterly helpless and lost. From Day 1, each of us was dependent on the care and nurture of parents. But even the best of parents feel pretty clueless when it comes to raising children. Kids don’t come with set-up instructions; they have no start-over button.…
WORSHIP — Guest: President Joe Manickam, Hesston College — August 22, 10:15am We’re excited to welcome Joe Manickam to Franconia on Sunday. Dr. Manickam is President of Hesston college and will preach a timely message titled “Be Kind.” In a world of increasing division,…
WORSHIP — Children & Back-to-School Sunday — August 15, 10:15am This week is Back-to-School Sunday, a service in which we worship God; recognize our students, teachers, and others who are nearing another school year; and ask for God’s wisdom in the year ahead. Katie Brubaker…
WORSHIP — Youth Sunday — August 8, 10:15am Join us this Sunday as the Sr High from our church help lead the service with Pastor Kyle. Youth will be telling us about their service trip in Alaska and ways they have seen God at work in the youth group. All are welcome!
Unsung
We conclude our “UnSung” sermon series this Sunday, in which we’ve been considering some lesser-known characters in Scripture. This week Pastor Josh will be preaching on the story of Hagar from Genesis 16. Did you know that this is the only passage in the Bible where a human…
Unsung
WORSHIP — “Unsung” Series — Sunday, July 25, 10:15am We continue meeting a few unsung characters from the Bible this week. Pastor Josh will take us into the scene of Mark 5:24-34 and a woman who risked everything to get close enough to Jesus to touch him in the hope of finding…
Unsung
This Sunday Pastor Mark will introduce us to two unsung Bible characters whose names and actions have echoed across the millenia — Shiphrah & Puah. Never heard of them? Come and find out who they are and how their “Godly disobedience” set the pattern for countless people of…
Unsung
We begin a new “Unsung” sermon series. How does Jesus view us? What does Jesus have to say about the sins from that past that haunt us in the present? All are welcome, this Sunday, as Pastor Kyle unpacks the story in John 4: “A Man, A Woman, and A Well”. During the sermon,…
We’ll gather for worship this Sunday, July 4. Many in our country mark this date with celebrations surrounding the independence and freedom of our nation. We will focus on our dependence on God and the freedom we experience in Jesus. Following a message from Pastor Josh on…
Our Sunday morning service will include congregational singing, an impromptu choir, a message by Pastor Josh, a piano solo by Pastor Larry, and much, much more. We will gather to worship and praise our God as we do every week. In addition, this week’s service will celebrate…
All are welcome to join us for this exciting Sunday featuring “We Care Ministry.” David S Landis will speak during the 9am BFG in the auditorium. We are also happy to welcome Eddie Miller, Jr as our guest preacher for the 10:15am worship service. Eddie is an Assistant Chaplin…
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program sponsored by our congregation. Many persons from our community who are struggling with addictions and personal issues of various kinds are finding hope and healing through this ministry. This Sunday, we will get a glimpse…
WORSHIP IN THE PARK — Sunday, June 6, 10:00am Donuts & Coffee at 9:30; Service at 10:00; Lunch to follow at 11:30Bring lawn chairs/blankets for your own seatingInvite friends, family and neighbors to come enjoy worshiping together outdoors – Pastor Josh will bring us the sermon…
This week Pastor Kyle will be leading us through John 7. How do we respond to negativity in our lives especially when it comes to the Gospel? Do we ignore it? Get angry? Who do we say Jesus is in the midst of negativity? Join us as we take a look at how Jesus responded and what…
It’s a fireworks and celebration kind of Sunday! This week we celebrate Pentecost, the “birthday of the Christian church.” We’ll mark the occasion by rejoicing in the Holy Spirit’s work among us, including welcoming 12 new persons into membership at Franconia. Following our…
The Gospel Story
We conclude our series examining God’s salvation story that stretches across the whole Bible. Last Sunday Pastor Josh examined the gospel story of salvation arriving personally in Messiah Jesus and accomplished in his life, death, and resurrection. The rest of the New Testament…
The Gospel Story
In response to the problem of sin, God promises salvation. We see that promise come to fruition in the person and work of Jesus. What does it mean to be “saved by Jesus?” What is “the Gospel” according to Scripture? What did Christ’s death/resurrection accomplish, and what…
The Gospel Story
This coming Sunday we continue taking big gulps of Scripture to grasp the amazing gospel story of the Bible. God promised to Abraham and Sara that all the world would be blessed through them. This coming Sunday Pastor Mark surveys how God begins to solve humanity’s sin problem…
Wednesday night Bible Studies are an opportunity to dig deeper into God’s Word. Throughout the month of April, we will be gathering to study the book of 2 Timothy, a compelling and important book focusing on themes like God’s grace, sound doctrine, right living, and spiritual…
The Gospel Story
Bad news: we live in a broken and sin-soaked world; our relationship with God, with ourselves, with each other, and even with creation itself is fractured. Good news: that’s not the end of the story. We’re in a new sermon series called The Gospel Story, which traces God’s great…
Wednesday night Bible Studies are an opportunity to dig deeper into God’s Word. Throughout the month of April, we will be gathering to study the book of 2 Timothy, a compelling and important book focusing on themes like God’s grace, sound doctrine, right living, and spiritual…
The Gospel Story
We begin a new sermon series — “Gospel Story” — which views the whole sweep & variety of the Bible — Genesis to Revelation — as a grand story of God’s salvation plan. The fancy word for this interpretive lens is Heilsgeschichte: Story of Salvation. Mark introduces this 5-week…
Wednesday night Bible Studies are an opportunity to dig deeper into God’s Word. Throughout the month of April, we will be gathering to study the book of 2 Timothy, a compelling and important book focusing on themes like God’s grace, sound doctrine, right living, and spiritual…
This Sunday we celebrate the ordination of Pastor Kyle. Ordination is an opportunity for a church to affirm God’s call on a pastor’s life — to be caretakers of the gospel, shepherds of a congregation, and agents of healing and hope for the world. Mike Clemmer, our Mosaic…
Wednesday night Bible Studies are an opportunity to dig deeper into God’s Word. Throughout the month of April, we will be gathering to study the book of 2 Timothy, a compelling and important book focusing on themes like God’s grace, sound doctrine, right living, and spiritual…
Good News is meant to be experienced, celebrated, and shared. Join us as we experience God’s grace, celebrate Christ’s resurrection, and share the hope & joy of this holy day
Good News is meant to be experienced, celebrated, and shared. Join us as we experience God’s grace, celebrate Christ’s resurrection, and share the hope & joy of this holy day! Click Here to go to YouTube for the live stream of this service.
Bible Text: Mark 11:1-11 | Preacher: Kyle Rodgers | The Triumphal Entry is the passage we are used to hearing about on Palm Sunday. However, do we ever take time to prepare our hearts for the week we are about to enter? Sometimes we may miss the mark in with our own desires…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 3:14-22 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Dear Church | What if the things we think of as blessings from God are actually barriers that make it harder to trust Christ? What if our material abundance puts us at a spiritual disadvantage? What if our wealth…
Dear Church
Helen Eastburn and Music Team will lead our singing and worship. We will also join five sets of parents and five young daughters in Parent/Child Dedication. Pastor Mark will preach from Revelation 3:7-13, the letter to the church in ancient Philadelphia: “To the Faithful…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 3:1-6 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Dear Church | “You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.” These words, from Jesus’ letter to the church in Sardis, are a stark wake-up call. Saving faith is not about what others think about us or the…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 2:18-29 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Dear Church | What has God’s Spirit said to the Church in the past? And what is God’s Spirit saying to our church today? These are the primary questions we’re asking each week in our current “Dear Church…” sermon…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 2:12-17 | Preacher: Kyle Rodgers | Series: Dear Church | We continue our “Dear Church…” sermon series this week. Idols were a big problem for the church of Pergamum. Idols are a big problem for us today. It’s time to name it. Watch out, stop compromising,…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 2:8-11 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Dear Church | We continue our “Dear Church…” sermon series this week, considering Christ’s letter to the church in Smyrna and how these words may speak to us today. How can we remain faithful in the midst of trials?…
Dear Church
Bible Text: Revelation 2:1-7 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Dear Church | If Jesus were to write a letter addressed specifically to Franconia Mennonite Church, what would it say? Where might Christ affirm us? Where might he rebuke us? We’re kicking off a new sermon series…
Boundless Love
Bible Text: Hosea 14:1-9 | Preacher: Mark Wenger | Series: Boundless Love | Over the past three Sundays, Pastor Josh and Pastor Kyle have unpacked the sharp message of God’s judgment through the Prophet Hosea to ancient Israel — a Word that remains bracingly relevant for the…
Boundless Love - Hosea
Bible Text: Hosea 3:1-5 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Boundless Love – Hosea | Last week Pastor Kyle preached on Hosea 1, inviting us to consider the individual sin in our own lives. This week, Pastor Josh will continue our Hosea series, covering chapters 3-11. In this…
Boundless Love - Hosea
Bible Text: Hosea 1:2-11 | Preacher: Kyle Rodgers | Series: Boundless Love – Hosea | Hosea, called to marry an adulterous woman, told to name his children “Not Loved” and “Not my People.” What is going on in the book of Hosea? Why is he called to this marriage? What is the…
Boundless Love - Hosea
Bible Text: Hosea 1:1-11 | Preacher: Josh Meyer | Series: Boundless Love – Hosea | We begin a new sermon series this Sunday called Boundless Love, a four-week study in the book of Hosea. What do the writings and experiences of a minor prophet living 2,700 years ago have to do…
We’re excited to once again welcome Dan Emr to Franconia this Sunday. Dan is the Founder and Executive Director of Worthwhile Wear, a local ministry working to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery. As we transition out of 2020 (a year of significant disruption) and into…
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