Recent Sermon at Harbor Church

Next week, July 11 2010, Harbor Church will host a pastoral candidate that the pulpit committee is excited about presenting. Pray for this very important decision to be made by the congregation. With that in mind I preached this sermon from Jonah. You can listen, download or watch the sermon.

The picture is from my phone as I looked out my bedroom window one morning last week. Do you see them both? Maybe we should call it a deer feeder rather than a bird feeder!

Preaching the Gospel to myself and Harbor Church

In early December I started something new in my life. I am an interim pastor as well as a church planter. Presently, the launch group/core group/Advent Mission Church meets on Sunday nights at 5 PM in my home. Thus, my Sunday mornings have been used to speak in other churches and visit the Steele Creek Churches in the SW portion of Charlotte.

I was approached by my good friend Bill Heard, former pastor of Harbor Church, if I was willing to preach and help lead the church he founded 14 years ago -- not as a full-time pastor but as an interim.

What is an interim - I don't really know.  What I do is preach every Sunday and I chair the elders meetings every month. I don't know how to care part time, or lead part time. I do like the freedom to talk about what I see as an outsider -- but who wants to be an outsider. I have never really held back saying what I see anywhere I have ever been. So I don't know what an interim pastor is but I do know what I want it to be.

I want to affirm the ministry that has been done in the past. I lot of blood sweat and tears - long nights, many prayers, joys and heart aches.

I want to be used to help prepare this church for the future - not just another pastor to move into town but for what God wants to do in Mooresville.

I am asking God to teach me, mold me and prepare me too. I desire God to grow the church and to grow me in the process.

If you would like to listen to the sermons I preach you can link to the church using my blog list. They have a poor camera that shows me with little hair but you will recognize the voice. I am presently preaching through the letter of James.

Preached the Gospel to myself and others last Sunday

You can listen and or watch it here.

These are dear people and the pastor, Bill Heard, is one of the best guys that I know. If you live in the area you ought to worship with them!

Preached the Gospel to myself and others today

I had the great privilege of preaching at a supporting sister Church, Harbor Church in Mooresville, NC today to a full congregation. I also had 3 of my children, Katie McKenzie, Karen, Rebekah and Lynn - a wonderful 100th celebration of Father's Day.

If you would like to either listen or watch the sermon here is the link. I preached this same sermon last week at Westminster Presbyterian in Albemarle. When I sent Bill Heard, the pastor of Harbor, a short list of sermons last Monday he picked this one. Maybe it was better with practice!

The Passage was Mark 5 - a great look at a human and heavenly Father!

Preached the Gospel to myself and others today

If you would like to listen to or watch (how scary is that) the sermon I preached today at Harbor Church in Mooresville -  here is the link.

Bill Heard is the pastor of this dear church. He is a 

good friend and has done a great job as the church planter/pastor. If you live in the area you need to worship with these dear people! 

Would you like to listen to a sermon?

I preached a while back at Church of the Redeemer in Monroe, NC.

Here is the link.

Preaching next Sunday

Many have asked when I will be preaching again - well next Sunday I will be preaching at Westminster Presbyterian in Albemarle.

Rev. Lee A. Shellnutt & his family will be in Georgia on vacation.
1804 Badin Rd
PO Box 447
Albemarle NC 28002

Call if you need better instructions!

Preaching a Missional Message at NORTHCROSS Church

I had the privilege to preach the gospel to myself and the congregation of NORTHCROSS Church in Cornelius, NC on September 28th. My good friend Matt Furby, shared his "Profile of God's Grace" with us. Matt did a great job.

Here is the link to the sermon page of NORTHCROSS.

Jesus preached this to Pharisees because He loved them, I preached it to myself and New Hope PCA for the same reason.

http://sermon.net/sermons-New_Hope_PCA_of_Clemmons_NC-11416.html

Today's sermon was on Luke 11:36-52.

Preached the Gospel to Myself and Others Again Today

Today I had the privilege to preach at the friendliest church we have attended since Sandhills PCA. Rev. Lee Shelnutt & his wife Joni were celebrating his parents 50th Wedding anniversary out of state and asked me to fill the pulpit. This church is just up the road from our home and we have attended about 3 times in between traveling and preaching in other churches. A sweet portion of the Body of Christ.

Westminster meet in a building that is officially owned by the United Methodist Church. The UMC congregation officially ceased to exist last week and have asked the trustees of the denomination to gift the building to Westminster. They are to find out this week the results of the trustee's decision. Pray for them.

It has been affirming all the opportunities God has given me to minister to others. I Corinthians 9:24-10:13 was the text today.

1 Corinthians 9:24-10:13

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 24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.

 6Now these things occurred as examples^[a] to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."^[b] 8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

 11These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Preaching to Myself Again

http://sermon.net/sermons-New_Hope_PCA_of_Clemmons_NC-11416.html

Today's sermon was on Ephesians 2. Next week I am preaching at a small Associate Reformed Church, Westminster in Albemarle, NC.

Preached to Myself Today

While I was preaching to myself, a church was listening too!

If you are interested:

http://sermon.net/sermon-New_Hope_PCA_of_Clemmons_NC-11416.html

If you listen to it - I left out a major point in the beginning linking the text to the sermon - rusty I guess.

This Church has asked me to be their regular "fill in preacher" for at least the Summer while they and I pursue opportunities.