This week’s sermon by Pastor Ron Bontrager is based on Genesis 1 and focuses on three snapshots of God:
He’s a worker
He loves to bring order out of chaos
He enjoyed his work
These snapshots of God encourage us to take what God has given us and help someone else by connecting in ministry.
January 18-25 is Connection Week at Lakeview. This is an opportunity for everyone who attends Lakeview to join a life group and get connected. In this Sunday’s message, based on Ephesians 5, Pastor Ron Bontrager discusses why a person should get connected at Lakeview:
It’s the Lakeview DNA
It’s the Lakeview Footprint
It’s the Lakeview Love
During this week’s message, Pastor Ron encourages the congregation to sign up for small groups. His sermon focuses on the joy that comes when we connect with God, His Word, the Church, and the world.
Missionary Jay Covert talks about his church planting ministry, called Urban Outreach, in East St. Louis, and discusses the current state of the Christian church.
Today, Pastor Ron’s sermon focuses on spiritual parenting. Spiritual parenting involves many different components, including teaching, friendship, personal sacrifice, modeling, and encouraging. The sermon encourages the congregation to get involved in Lakeview’s life groups for ministry and service.
In this week’s sermon, while encouraging the congregation to sign up for summer life groups, Pastor Ron discusses the three lies that break connection to the body: I am all alone, nobody struggles like I do, and nobody cares.
In this second of two connection weekends, Pastor Ron discusses how to connect through service. He challenges the congregation to connect to Christ’s model of service and connect to the church and community in service.
Pastor Ron shares about the power of relationships and the importance of connecting to the Body of Christ during Life Group Connections Week 1 in January, 2007.
