The Glorious Gospel: Before & After - Adam Meckelborg | First Assembly Church

The Power of Sending - Darcy & Leanne McAlister | First Assembly Church

This past Sunday, guest speakers, Darcy and Leanne McAlister shared a message entitled “The Power of Sending.” They reminded us that God is still calling people into His mission and that the Church is called to participate through evangelism, discipleship, justice, creation care, and community. Drawing from Acts 13:1–3, Darcy and Leanne highlighted how the church at Antioch identified, discipled, and sent out leaders like Barnabas and Saul for God’s work. They encouraged us to see sending as a community responsibility — one that requires a willingness to mentor, develop, and release the next generation into ministry both locally and globally. Through stories of mission work, marriage ministry, and investing in young leaders around the world, they challenged us to say “yes” to God’s calling and to faithfully send our sons and daughters into His mission. ✍️ Notes Title: The Power of Sending – Darcy and Leanne McAlister Connecting Women & Men into God’s Mission • French translation • International groups • Groups for and Women • Regional Conferences Mission Global • Communicating God’s heart for mission • Encouraging missional discipleship • Connecting our churches with global work Marriage Ministry • Online and in person • Marriage mentoring in a Muslim country • Marriage courses used by leaders in contexts without Bible schools A Call to Young Leaders • Coaching • Mentoring • In Canada & around the world God is Still Calling People • God has a Mission • God Mission is Holistic • Evangelism • Discipleship • Justice • Creation Care • Community • The Church is Called to Participate “Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called “the black man”), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul. One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.” So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.” –Act 13:1-3 (NLT) Committed to Identify and Disciple • Barnabas identified him as a leader • He mentored him • He developed a leader Dedicated to Sending • A community responsibility • We send our best We must send our sons and daughters “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;” –Act 2:17 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvRdzbqWkv8&t=137s] A Willingness to say “yes.” 📅 UPCOMING EVENTS    Check our Calendar here: https://fachurch.churchcenter.com/reg... 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Passing On The Faith - Ben Johnson | First Assembly

This past Sunday, our Lead Pastor, Ben Johnson, preached a message entitled “Passing on the Faith.” Pastor Ben walked us through 2 Timothy 1:2–7, reminding us that faith is passed on through lives that genuinely reflect Christ, through stirring up the gifts God has placed within us, and through intentionally imparting faith to the next generation. Drawing from the examples of Timothy’s grandmother Lois and mother Eunice, Pastor Ben emphasized that sincere faith is often cultivated through faithful relationships and daily example. He also reminded us of God’s heart for family and discipleship, as seen in Ephesians 1:5 and Psalm 78:4–5, encouraging us to share the goodness and power of God with future generations. ✍️ Notes Title: Passing on the Faith – Ben Johnson 2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. –2 Timothy 1:2-7 (NIV) How is the faith passed on? • It is lived • It is stirred up • It is imparted “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family, by bringing us to himself through Jesus… this is what he wanted to do and it gave him great pleasure…” –Ephesians 1:5 We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done. –Psalm 78:4-5 Passing on the Faith: The great commission is fulfilled one life at a time. 📅 UPCOMING EVENTS    Check our Calendar here: https://fachurch.churchcenter.com/reg... 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The Way of Missions - Ben Johnson | First Assembly Church

This past Sunday, our Lead Pastor, Ben Johnson, preached a message entitled “The Way of Missions.” Pastor Ben reminded us, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel… it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=76s]), and pointed to Jesus’ prayer that “all of them may be one… so that the world may believe” (John 17:20 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=1040s]–21), and that “by this everyone will know… if you love one another” (John 13:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=815s]). He taught that the Great Commission is what we do: “go into all the world and preach the Good News” (Mark 16:15 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=975s]), the Great Commandment is how we do it: “love the Lord your God… and love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–39), and Great Compassion is why we do it: because people are “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=576s]). ✍️ Notes Title: The Way of Missions – Ben Johnson For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, –Romans 1:16 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=76s] (NKJV) “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  –John 17:20 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=1040s]-21 (NIV) By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. –John 13:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=815s] (NIV) Great Commission – What And then he told them, “You are to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere. –Mark 16:15 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=975s] (TLB) Great Commandment – How Jesus replied “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” –Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV) Great Compassion – Why When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. –Matthew 9:36 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmVwx-tj8M4&t=576s] (NIV) 📅 UPCOMING EVENTS    Check our Calendar here: https://fachurch.churchcenter.com/reg... 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Becoming the Will of God - Jeremiah Niengor | First Assembly Church

This past Sunday, Pastor Jeremiah Niengor preached a message entitled “Becoming the Will of God.” From Romans 12:1–2, he urged us, “in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship,” and to “not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Pastor Jeremiah spoke to the real questions people are asking today: about identity, relationships, emotions, growth, and truth challenging us with: What are you looking for? Why does it matter? Are you willing? He reminded us that “if you are not intentionally being transformed, you will unintentionally be conformed,” and that “if He is not your greatest treasure, He won’t be your deepest worship.” This message calls us to live fully surrendered—for to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVGmwm_JQHY&t=81s]) as we become aligned with God’s good, pleasing, and perfect will. ✍️ Notes Title: Becoming the Will of God – Jeremiah Niengor Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. –Romans 12:1-2 What are you looking for? Top 5 Questions People are Asking Today: 1. How do I figure my life out? Desire for identity + direction 2. How do I fix or understand my relationships? Desire for love + belonging 3. How do I deal with what I’m feeling?  Desire for peace + emotional health 4. Help me grow or get better? Desire for transformation 5. What's actually true? Desire for truth + clarity ⭑ Why does it matter? ⭑ Are you willing? “Worship is the submission of all our nature to Jesus. It is the quickening of conscience by Jesus’ holiness. It is the nourishment of mind by Jesus’ truth. It is the purifying of the imagination by Jesus’ beauty. It is the opening of the heart to Jesus’ love. It is the submission of will to Jesus’ purpose…All this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable, and therefore the chief remedy of that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.” –Archbishop William Temple For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. –Philippians 1:21 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVGmwm_JQHY&t=81s] (NIV) Are you able? If he is not your greatest treasure, He won’t be your deepest worship. Paul is not just after a mind that can spot what’s right…but a heart the loves what’s right. If you are not intentionally being transformed, you will unintentionally be conformed. ⭑ The Will God Reveals 📅 UPCOMING EVENTS    Check our Calendar here: https://fachurch.churchcenter.com/reg... 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The Glorious Gospel: Before & After - Adam Meckelborg | First Assembly Church

This past Sunday, our pastor, Adam Meckelborg, preached a message entitled “The Glorious Gospel: Before and After.” Pastor Adam contrasted life without God and life with Him through Ephesians 2, showing that apart from Christ we are spiritually dead, following the world, the flesh, and the enemy. But in Ephesians 2:4–5, we see the turning point: “But because of his great love for us, God… made us alive with Christ — it is by grace you have been saved.” He emphasized that God’s motive is love and His character is rich in mercy, covering every sin. Through the gospel, we are brought from death to life and raised with Christ.  ✍️ Notes   The Glorious Gospel: Before and After – Adam Meckelborg Contrasting Realities Live Without God VS. Life With Go Life Without God Ephesians 2:1 (NIV) “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins”  Ephesians 2:1b-3 “… you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.   3 Things We Follow (Life Without God) * “The ways of the world.”   * “The ruler of the kingdom of the air.”   * “The desires and thoughts of the flesh.” Paul’s Unholy Trinity * The World: Systems of success build on anti-God principles.   * The Flesh: Animalistic cravings and desires.   * The Devil: Spiritual force seeking to invert right and wrong. Spiritually “Dead”: Immobilized / Stuck / Unable to change Bound to the flesh.   Ensnared in the systems of the world.   Unable to defeat the power of Satan. We need someone who can step into the reality we are in, break the bondage of that reality, and bring us into another one. We need a hero. Life With God Ephesians 2:4-7 (NIV) “4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. Life With God:   God’s motive: “Because of his great love for us.”   No hidden agenda, unsaid expectation, no catch.   God’s character: “God, who is rich in mercy…” No error, mistake, misstep, that mercy cannot cover.   Our sin is no match for the wealth of His mercy. Ephesians 2:5 “…made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:6-7 “6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” The Glorious Gospel: * Because of His great love the world is redeemed.   * Because He is rich in mercy the flesh is not our master.   * Because of His cosmic power the devil is His subject.   📅 UPCOMING EVENTS    Check our Calendar here: https://fachurch.churchcenter.com/reg... 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