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Pastor Farmer starts a new 3 week series called calling and purpose with the goal of exploring why we were created and how we are to live our lives. This week's sermon teaches from Genesis 4: 1-7 with supplemental versus from Genesis chapters 1 and 2. We explore our original purpose in the garden of Eden to be fruitful, multiply, and be in fellowship with God. We explore the results of sin entering into the equation but how God still calls us to worship him in spirit and truth and gives guidance on the proper way to have relationship with him.

Pastor Farmer teaches from Luke 11:37-54 as Jesus pronounces woes to the Pharisees and the Scribes for teaching the law but not actually living the law out themselves and not lifting a hand to help their neighbors fulfill the law.

Pastor Michael Farmer teaches from the gospel of Luke and expounds upon Jonah's mission to Nineveh and how the greatest miracle was not the journey but rather the changed heart from those Jonah preached. Check out our message and join us in person at 1410 4th Ave, Charleston WV or follow on Social media, @RisenCityWV

In the 2nd Sermon of our Gods plan series, we ask the question, ask what is Christmas, why we celebrate it, and how we celebrate it as a holiday, by teaching from Luke Chapter 2, The Birth of Jesus Christ. 

It is important to remember Christmas did not originate as a Christian celebration, but we now celebrate it from a Christian perspective to honor of Jesus Christ Birth and remember the incarnate birth. 

3 points to how we should celebrate Christmas. 



1. Celebrate by worshiping Jesus. Luke 2:13-14

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest,

    and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”



2. Let people know about Jesus' birth and his coming. Luke 2:16-18

16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 
17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 
18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.


3. Celebrate by giving sacrificially and consecrating your blessings to be used for the Lord's purposes. Luke 2:22-24
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

Welcome to our new Risen City Sermon Series #GodsPlan, as we go through the Gospel of Luke. This introduction sermon starts in Luke 1 and asks the question, what happens when God not only wipes away your past but also your future... 

Risen City Special Speakers Ethan Godby preaching from Romans 12: 9-21