Sermon by Teaching Pastor David Campbell

Genesis 39

Sermon by pastor corky

Sermon by pastor Corky.
Scripture - Genesis 37

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Jennifer Carpenter, Luis Rodriguez and accompanist Daisey Walter

Christmas Day Sermon

Sermon by Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon By Georgianna Teaching Pastor David Campbell

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Sermon by Corky Calhoun

Sermon By Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Sermon at the park by Pastor Corky Calhoun

Sermon by Georgianna's teaching Pastor David Campbell

First of three sermons about the kingdom.
Sermon by Jennifer Carpenter, pastor of spiritual development at Georgianna Umc

Pastor Corky and Teaching Pastor Dave Campbell talk about our church philosophy and why we do what we do here at Georgianna, as well as F.A.Q

All junior and senior high and their parents are invited to this teaching on Discovering how to live unified as families in a biblical way by Pastor Corky

Lord of the Rings: Words of Love


I have made it my practice to not engage in conflict over the internet, words can be very hurtful and the written word exponentially so. I grew up in the age of a nursery rhyme that said "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me". What a bunch of bologna that was! Not only do words hurt but they also can stick to us and fester over time. As I have met with couples it seems we have saved some of the most hurtful comments for our spouses...things we would never say to another human being... get launched at the ones we begged God for. But words can also be healing and encouraging...its why the book of James asks..."blessings and curses come from the same mouth, how can that be?" As Christ followers our mouths are His and not ours and what comes out should always reflect Christ who dwells inside us.
This Sunday we will be doing the preaching a little bit differently as we will look at words as a vehicle for blessing...it will be a life-giving Sunday that you will not want to miss.

Sermon by Dave Campbell

Audio recording of Childrens Pastor Chris Knight and Youth Pastor Ben Bowman giving a 20 minute child policy message. Please note that listening to this message is mandatory for all Georgianna members involved in any area of ministry where children are present.

Sermon By pastor corky
John 2:1-11

Jennifer leading worship for Wednesday Night Vineyard

By Corky Calhoun

Teaching by corky calhoun

Pastor Corky and Craig Carson q & a about 9/11

Sermon by Teaching Pastor David Campbell

Sermon By Pastor Corky

Sermon on Grace. part one

Pastor Corky sermon on Forgiveness

Matt 6:5-15

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Prayer: Adoration
Adoration is one of those churchy words that can have ambiguous meaning simply because it's left up to interpretation. The problem is that there really isn't a barometer for the things we adore. So I have to ask; if we adore something and the object of our adoration doesn't feel it is, it still adoring? I know I adore my wife...I'm pretty sure she doesn't always feel it! When it comes to prayer I think we blast past any acknowledgement of WHO God is and get right to OUR needs and wants. I have always felt that for the power of Grace to have its full effect, my sinful life must be seen on the shadow of a very HOLY God. We live in a culture that is becoming increasingly more comfortable with its sinfulness, maybe its because we have minimized the authority and sovereignty of God...in other words we have moved away from the shadow of Holiness that God casts. This Sunday we will be looking at adoration, celebration and prayer as the beginning of an act of worship...our focus will literally be on the phrase "Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be His name".

Prayer: Confessions

Confession: many of us have heard the word, but how many of us can honestly say we know what it means and we know how to practice it? Do we have to go to a priest to do it? Does it include penance? And how does prayer and confession work together? Does it just mean I say "I'm sorry" all the time to God? There is something beautiful and healing about confession, but in order to find out how you'll just have to join us on Sunday!

2 Cor 5:18-19 Psalm 139

Matt 5:13-16

Matt 7:24-29

Heaven CAN'T Wait: Worry Warriors

Have you ever worried about anything...well of course you have! We all worry and we are all periodically anxious about something. I remember once I tried to consciously eliminate the word worry from my daily vocabulary, it was much harder than I thought.
As a Pastor I know "what concerns me" (sounds better than worry...right?) for our church and community most of which is beyond my control...but I worry anyway. What does that say about the sovereignty of God? The truth is many of us can work up a serious case of worry about something that hasn't even happened yet...we are "worry warriors" that attack the unknown, the undetermined and the unforeseen. I think the thing we have to keep in mind, is that the antithesis to "worry" is "trust", it's simply a matter of "what" or "who" we have put our trust in. I wonder what the world would look like if some of us worried less and trusted God more...maybe it would look a little more like heaven!
I heard once that worry is the first symptom of atheism...ouch! If the last line just caused you to worry that you might be an Atheist...you definitely want to be here Sunday!

Matt 5:21-26

Matt 5:1-11

This Sunday we begin a new series based on Jesus Sermon on the Mount. we will take a team teaching approach, which should be a blessing to all of us. Its been my observation that Christians are great procrastinators when it comes to our spiritual life...we act like Heaven can wait! We seem to take a more Ecclesiastes approach...eat, drink and be merry! But what if our becoming followers of Christ was intended to bring heaven to earth? What if Heaven is both a present and future reality? I think this first sermon by our Savior is a reminder that through Him working through us, things are going to change. His opening lines of His first sermon are very counter-cultural and turns upside down the way of thinking about Life here, in the shadow of life eternal. See ya Sunday as we look at...May it be on Earth as it is in Heaven!

Matt 20, 2 Chron 26:1-22, 1 Peter 5:1-11

Again, we apologize for the poor audio quality, we are working on it and all should be fixed for the next recording.

Georgianna A.V. Crew

We apologize for the poor sound quality of this sermon. Due to technical problems sunday we could not record the service in our usual way. We hope that God's truth will still be clear to hear and obey with this audio recording nonetheless.

Sincerely
Luis and a.v. tribe

Empty Promises: Approval

One of the things we have established here at Georgianna is that everyone needs a place to belong...what happens when that gets twisted? We all want approval, we all want to be liked. But what happens when our desire to gain approval causes us to compromise our integrity. What do we do when the alarm goes off and we realize that we aren't being the person God created us to be? Join us Sunday as we discover why God's approval should be supreme!

Daniel 1: 1-20

Luke 12:13-15 / 1 Tim 6:17

Empty Promises: Achievement Sunday May 8th, 2011

Wow, I am not sure I can follow last Sunday's teaching by Andy Stanley but someone has to give it a shot and it seems cowardice to ask Dr. Campbell to preach. This Sunday we continue our look at "empty promises" with a look at the quest for success and achievement.
Like most things this seems so natural almost a normal expectation, but what happens when it gets twisted...and trust me most of the time it gets twisted. The problem with achievement is that sometimes it can lead us to believe that we are god! It becomes the idol that we sacrifice something too. If achievement is such a big deal...why is it that God in the Bible kept tapping the least likely men and women for His work? It makes you wonder...doesn't it? See ya Sunday as we compare the empty promises of the world with the life-giving benefit of the Gospel.

Song written and composed by Luis Angel Rodriguez Worship Pastor at Georgianna UMC

lyrics

We were made to worship
We were made to bow
We were made to serve and honor You

I was created to bring You glory
I was created to love and adore You
I was created to lift Your name on high

We weren't meant to fall down
We weren't meant to cry
We weren't meant to live our lives in vain

KINGDOM OF THE BROKEN: Widow Feeder

This Sunday we will look at the last of the three characteristics found in the Kingdom of the Broken...Service. Jesus said I did not come to be served but to serve...if this is the universal model for all Christ followers...why aren't more people serving. I think we battle the cultural influence that says its "all about me". Here at Georgianna the tribes gave everyone a place to belong, and it flipped the 80/20 rule of church life. But what does it look like for us to be all-in for our church? Every piece is important to the whole, join us Sunday as we discover where we all fit!

Acts 1:1-10 / 23b-46

KINGDOM OF THE BROKEN: Humility

This Sunday we begin a bridge series, one that will take us to Easter and the hope and power of the cross while recognizing that we are all journeying from places of brokeness and shattered dreams. One of the things that the fall of man has done and is evidenced in the Garden with Adam and Eve is that we are great hiders. We hide our feelings, we hide our shame, we cover over our mistakes...is it any wonder that outsiders to the church see us as hypocrites? But to see ourselves as the Kingdom of the Broken is to get in touch with our vulnerability. I believe true Christian authenticity is exhibited through three main characteristics; humility, otherness and service! This week we will be in Philippians 2 to look at this issue of humility. I want to give a shout out to Dr. Campbell for his great sermon last week, if you missed it be sure to go to the web site and give it a listen, you will be richly blessed.

Song by Jess Grove, performed by Rachel Bowman. Luis Rodriguez on guitar and Mark Wallace on percussion.

Georgianna Band Rendition of "Who am I" By Casting Crowns.

Sunday March 27 2011 Worship
Our original rendition of Nothing but the blood
Hope you like it

Scripture = Mark 1:40-44

SHATTERED DREAMS: Untouchable
This Sunday we conclude what has been a powerful team taught series on the violation of normal expectations...the shattering of our dreams. Can you imagine not knowing the joy of closeness or intimacy. In Biblical times people with Leprosy were sentenced to a lifetime of isolation, having to intentionally repel people as they approached. Leprosy was a physical condition with both emotional and relational consequences. In Mark 1 we find that Jesus doesn't just touch the Leper, like one might touch something gross with the tip of your finger...Jesus embraces him.
I believe today there are those that suffer from spiritual leprosy, people who see themselves as untouchable and unloveable, people who have withdrawn because of shame or worse yet have been driven out because others are afraid its contagious. The cure for this spiritual isolation is always found in the embrace of Jesus. If we are the tangible extension of Christ in the world isn't our job or more importantly our responsibility to embrace them in His name? Join us Sunday as we allow Jesus to embrace our shattered dreams and discover that our true identity is found in Him and not our circumstances.

SHATTERED DREAMS: Stop and Stare
This week we continue in our sermon series SHATTERED DREAMS with "STOP AND STARE" the story of the woman at the well (John 4: 1-42). I think we all have had embarrassing moments in our lives, situations or events from our past where we are convinced everyone is staring at us. This thing we have done seems so horrible, certainly everyone must know what has happened. My niece, Racheal, said to me its like waking up in the morning and finding a huge ZIT on your face. To you it seems the size of Mount Everest but in reality very few people through out the day ever even notice. Some of us have become so focused on the sins (mistakes) of our past that we have Shattered our Dreams for the future and the real tragedy is that we have just quit dreaming at all. Come this week and meet "THE MAN" at the well who offers "Living Water" to those who thirst for dreaming again

This song was arranged in Northern Ireland while I was on a mission trip. The Murlough House has many interns and among them is Jess Grove a Purdue graduate who wrote this song a week before my arrival. Jess is a unique song writer capable of composing songs in her head without ever needing an instrument to play or music paper to jot down. The love of God and a pen and pad is all that she needs to get the music out of her head and into our hearts.

Enjoy!!!
Luis
Worship Pastor
Georgianna UMC

Shattered Dreams: Unashamed
Ever had circumstances that were completely out of your control shatter your dreams? Join us as we continue our series on Shattered Dreams. We will explore what it means to experience a "submarined" life, as well as what it means to see Jesus bring restoration in those darkest moments.

Scriptures used for this sermon will be
John 9:11 and Mark 10:46-57

Cost of Community: Sacrifice

Cost of Community: Sacrifice- This Sunday we look at the rest of our passage from 1st Thessalonians chapter 2 with an eye on what the cost is. When you think of sacrifice is there a situational definition; one for yourself and one for others. What makes something Sacrificial? What I have discovered is that if you pick up your cross and follow Jesus it’s very hard to carry anything else...so sacrificial living must be a prerequisite to real following. So the questions that hang in the air are...What are you giving your life too and what was the last real sacrifice you made for the Kingdom? Join us Sunday as we wrestle with these questions and others that are bound to come up as we count the cost!

1 Thes 2: 7-9

Cost of Community: Motives

This Sunday we begin a new series on the Cost of Community. We live in a risk and reward, everything has a price world... so what do you suppose the cost of being Christian Community is? Have we ever even thought about it? This Sunday we will look at the cost as well as examine our Motives for being a Christian community by looking at some passages in 1st Thessalonians. I believe everything we do or don't do is motivated by something...what are you motivated by? Does Glorifying God make your top five motivations for life?

Our Cultural Woship series continues with worship in the style of blues. More tracks to come soon.
Lani Velejo and Jennifer Carpenter singing.

Show Me the Love

Love is an action word of sacrifice that has been hijacked by Romance and Lust to express a wide variety of commitment levels. Is my love for Cheetos the same as my love for the Lord and should it be? We have a tendency to talk a good love game but deliver conditionally! This Sunday we are going to unpack the 1st Corinthians 13 passage (also known as the Love passage) to help us understand the high bar that Love really is. Remember all articulations of love grow roots with actions that back it up!

By Mary Kat

Holy Momentum: Refueling

Did you know that there is no phrase or word in Eastern Cultures for the phrase...Burned Out...it is a purely Western phenomenon! Maybe its because we lack balance in our lives. The reality is we have created lots of ways of expressing this same thing; "I'm running on empty", "I'm out of gas", "I have nothing left in the tank"...we all know how it happens the question is why does it happen. Sustaining momentum requires refueling, intentional times set aside for renewal of the body and Spirit! Join us Sunday as we discover what is needed for both Body and Spirit to keep the Holy Momentum going?

Judges 7:1-8

First of the year sermon

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band Lead Vocals Luis Rodriguez

Song By Steve Fee

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band Lead Vocals Luis Angel Rodriguez

Song By Gungor

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band Lead Vocals Ben Bowman. Female Vocal Jennifer Carpenter

Song By Andrew Ehrenzeller

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band Lead Vocals Lani Velejo

Song By Water Deep

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band Lead Vocals Troy Bowman Female Vocals Lani Velejo Song written by John Mark McMillian

Recorded on December 26th 2010 during our worship service
Performed by The Georgianna Worship Band
Lead Vocals Troy Bowman
Female Vocals Lani Velejo

Song written by John Mark McMillian

We live in a culture that struggles with communication. It's not that no one is speaking, there is plenty of talking going on, it's that no one is listening. If you don't believe me check out an episode of Jerry Springer. You will see a whole lot of talking (screaming) but no one is listening. Many theologians have said that God (heaven) was silent for over 400 years, the time between the prophet Malachi and the birth of Jesus. Was God really not speaking or were we just NOT listening. We live in a world of SPIRITUAL DEAFNESS. I believe God is speaking all the time the question is "Are you listening?"

For the next three weeks, leading up to the Christmas Eve Service, we will be in a sermon series titled "Tis the Season". We will be spending some time in Luke chapter 2. The story begins with Mary and Joseph returning home to be counted. Christmas is a season for returning home but the journey is not always easy. Jesus gets it !!!! He knows how you feel. Yet through the circumstances of his own life he made the journey home to his fathers house and you can too.

Luke 2

We hope we make it on time, we hope our team wins the game, we hope we get into our favorite school. We all have hopes, but what about the times in our lives when things look hopeless?

Join us Sunday as we examine the lives of some followers of Jesus who were in a hopeless situation that God used to bring hope to the world

"Following Jesus HIS way, is absurd to some, misunderstood by many, and life changing for the rest. Real spiritual power comes only from following Jesus HIS way. We will find true spiritual peace, power, and purpose, when we walk with Jesus HIS way."

We live 2000 years on this side of the cross. Yet there were over 2000 years of recorded Jewish history that preceded the cross and Christianity was birthed out of these Jewish traditions and culture. Using the cross as the lens for how we see and understand scripture we have the benefit of seeing the old testament in light of the new. But occasionally in order to best understand some of the new testament scriptures we have to step on to the other side of history and see the new testament in light of the old looking forward through the lens of the cross. This week we will examine a very commonly quoted passage of scripture, John 14 :6 in this manner and hopefully gain a greater appreciation for what Jesus really said and a deeper understanding of what he meant. Please come and worship with us this weekend, "YOU KNOW THE WAY"

This Sunday I want us to think about the things we love and whether or not our church is one of them. What I know is that what we love is reflected by our commitment and subsequently we can't stop talking about what we love. If you doubt this just ask Janice Shepard about her new granddaughter.....better pack a lunch. It's true isn't it, we gush over the things we say we love. It's easy for me to invite people to church.....because I love my church. As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach at ever increasing speeds will we be ready to share what we love? And the bigger question might be, do we love our church? This Sunday I will share why I love Georgianna in hopes that it triggers loving reflections from the rest of us as we prepare for the coming holidays

Georgianna Worship Band

For more music by Gungor visit

www.gungormusic.com

Georgianna Worship Band

Georgianna worship band

For more music by Andrew Eherenzeller visit

http://www.lionandlamb.org/

This Sunday we come to the end of our Guardrails series and I am so grateful for all the affirming emails I have received the past few weeks about how it is impacting your lives. Likewise there have been some moments the last five weeks where the lack of guardrails has proven devastating for some folks, so its been a Word I believe we needed to hear. This week we look at the need to Focus, Focus, Focus...on God...as we move through life! As we apply Biblical guardrails in our life we know there are dark places that require us to have our High Beams on, as we make the corner. So this Sunday we will look at the distractions that keep us from focusing on God and the solution that will help us all...you will have to come to get the answer. See ya Sunday!

this Sunday we continue our conversation about the areas in our lives that could use a guardrail. This week we deal with the most dangerous weapon on the planet...the human tongue. Do you remember the first time you saw a cow's tongue at the grocery store and realized that people really ate that? That has nothing to do with this Sunday; it’s just what I was thinking as I was writing. Anyway, have you ever put your foot in your mouth because of something you said? Today we have the capability to eat leather more often because of the electronic communication mediums available to us. Our words have never been more powerful than they are today...Sunday we will turn again to Proverbs for wisdom and guidance as it relates to our ability to speak blessing or curse into to the lives of others.

This Sunday we continue our conversation about the areas in our lives that could use a guardrail. This week we deal with the most dangerous weapon on the planet...the human tongue. Do you remember the first time you saw a cow's tongue at the grocery store and realized that people really ate that? That has nothing to do with this Sunday; it’s just what I was thinking as I was writing. Anyway, have you ever put your foot in your mouth because of something you said? Today we have the capability to eat leather more often because of the electronic communication mediums available to us. Our words have never been more powerful than they are today...Sunday we will turn again to Proverbs for wisdom and guidance as it relates to our ability to speak blessing or curse into to the lives of others.

This Sunday may be one of the most challenging teachings we have ever faced together. What are the guardrails that we need in our life as it relates to the people we call friends. As I began to study for this teaching I was amazed at the number of passages about what it means to be a real friend. The book of Proverbs is loaded with warnings about the kind of people we have in our life. I remember the first time as a new follower of Christ, that I realized someone dear to me could not be a friend based on the way they chose to live their life. Many a life has been led to ruin simply by the company that was kept. More and more companies are evaluating social networking sites as part of the interview process simply because they know that we are all influenced by the company we keep. Without proper guardrails as it relates to who gets to sit in the inner circle of our life we can find that life with some is slippery and will eventually cause YOU to skid out of control.

This Sunday we will spend a little more spiritual maintenance time looking at the sacrament of marriage. I find that every marriage from the moment the "I do's" have been exchanged is either moving towards the "rocks" or toward the "rock of Christ". It's the difference between seeing marriage as a time limited contract or a binding covenant between a man, a woman and God himself. I have found that there is no neutral ground in this relational dance...the question lingers... which way is your marriage moving! This has been a challenging and difficult year for marriages in our church and in our community and I felt like it was time for a Biblical tune-up for all our married somethings. I also believe that there will be plenty of take-aways for our single folks too, join us as we reclaim the sacredness of the wedding vow.

When it comes to Young Adult ministry in the United States it's like nailing Jello to a tree...no one is sure what sticks. So many churches give the illusion of a commitment to Young Adults but fail to back it up. In recognition of the many 20-30 somethings that have found their way to Georgianna the leadership took a leap of faith and hired Jennifer Carpenter to Pastor this group of young followers. This Sunday we will be learning about and launching this ministry called "The Impossibles"... you will have to join us to get the whole story!

As we continue to think about our Christian identity, it occurred to me that Jesus spent a great deal of time with sinners. Sinners is not a very politically correct word these days, in fact churches shy away from talking about it too much, a little like money, but Jesus spends a great deal of time talking about both of these spiritual hurdles. Our Sin is the driving force behind Jesus' earthly arrival, it is the thing that has to get reconciled before our relationship with God can be restored. It's interesting that Jesus didn't encounter sinners on street corners with a bullhorn, but at meal time! This again isn't about feeding people but about what the meal symbolizes about relationship. Join us Sunday as we all sit at the table of the Sinners Dinner!

This Sunday we move from parables to real events as we continue to search for our identities in these Biblical stories. I believe that we are all on a spiritual journey and I believe there is a clear and distinct starting point and then a variety of Divine encounters along the path as we move towards becoming fully devoted followers of Christ. John 6 provides a snapshot that fully captures this movement towards surrendering our resources into Gods hands, in order that they might be used in a powerful way. All of this happens in the shadow of "DInner Impossible", 5000 hungry people and a Boy and his lunch, join us as we see how we are meant to be a part of God's multiplication.

Almost all of us are familiar with the story of the Prodigal Son and the traditional way of preaching and teaching this story of Grace. But as we discover our identities for good or for bad in these biblical parables, we realize that we can see it through a different lens. This Sunday will be what I believe is a fresh reading of this passage and will set us up nicely for Dr. Campbell's teaching in September, the book "Prodigal God". Join us as we examine the heart and motive of the older brother and reflect on how so often we are him.

This Sunday we are going to look at a very familiar passage but from a slightly different angle...the story of the Good Samaritan. Have you ever sensed that God placed an opportunity right in front of you and you missed it? What if you were meant to be the splash that caused a ripple effect that lasted until Jesus came back? I thought what we need is a support group for the times when we "pass on the other side"...then I remembered that’s what church is. So I invite you to find yourself in the story and reflect on whether your compassion meter moves at all.

Due to technical difficulties this past sunday, the sermon was not able to be recorded. We apologize for this mishap. Thank you for your interest in listening and learning from our Pastoral staff. We encourage you to find a sermon you may have missed from previous recordings to be filled with God's word for your life. Thank you and may the peace of God be with you.

Georgianna A.V. Tribe

Have you ever been somewhere and asked this question...whose kids are these? Depending on what you think the answer is, might be very telling about how you are doing in the area of understanding God and His plan. The bible makes it very clear that children are precious to God...and for Him it doesn't change with age....we remain His children always. The plan is for very early in their little lives to have them ushered into a face to face encounter with God...so that as we grow older we know how to seek His face. This is what this past week at VBS has been all about...this Sunday we will celebrate why Children and youth are 2 of our primary ministry focuses...See ya there!

What I have discovered as I journey through ministry is that no one is really agenda free. We all have an idea about the way we want things to go and the direction we would like to see the world take. As Christians we need to know that the World also has an agenda for our life and its not necessarily to bless us. The world desires you as its own, apart from Christ, which is why being "all in" for the Kingdom is so hard. Jesus says that if we are "all in" then the world will Hate us...how many of us are ok with that? If you don't think the world has the potential to have you, then look around at all the stuff we have that the world said you couldn't live without. Jesus says when we believe we no longer belong to the world, what if we learn to be Ok with the world not liking us...what would that look like at your house?

This Sunday we begin a new series focusing on John 15. Throughout my life there have been those who spoke Wisdom to me and it has made all the difference in who I have become. What I find true of all Wisdom is that it is easily passed on but can sometimes be hard to follow. There have been many times in my life that I possessed the Wisdom I needed but failed to put it into practice...always regretted after the fact! In John 15, the Wisdom extolled comes directly from Jesus, Wisdom with regard to all our relationships. This Sunday we will focus on what it means to "remain" connected to God, the primary relationship from which influences all other relationships. Turns out that when it comes to Vineyard theology there are Grape Expectations!

I am so excited that we will have the UCF Campus Pastor Andy Lowry be our preacher this Sunday. I think his sermon will be a nice follow-up to our thoughts from last week on Comfort Zones. I am looking forward to being here to sit under his teaching and this fulfills our commitment to highlight campus ministry before our students return to college. We have more than 80 college students who are supported by our College tribe and I hope this will be a blessing to those who are home and especially to our UCF students and alumni.

Mythbusters: Comfort - One of the by-products of a capitalistic culture is the pursuit of comfort. The advent of the very popular (And why wouldn't it be...) Prosperity Gospel, is this idea that comfort is a Christian goal. Now I am not saying that comfort is bad, but its pursuit as a Christian objective is skewed Biblical thinking. The truth is very little is accomplished from a place of comfort and if Jesus is the primary model for Christian living (And he should be...) shouldn't we follow his lead in this area? And yet so many Christians allow their comfort to dictate their commitment. This Sunday we will deal with the Christian expression...I am just not "comfortable" with that!

Mythbusters: Will work for_______-What are you willing to work for? Go ahead just fill in the blank. The concept of working as a by-product to receiving something is as old as time itself. The myth that becomes spiritualized is that there is some volume of work that brings favor from God in the form of heaven. It’s played out in the theory that good people who do good things get to go to Heaven. We have so convoluted the idea of "work" in the church that either we are working to impress God or no one is working because it doesn't count because we have Grace. So what is the difference between service and work? Join us Sunday as we unpack the myth of what we will work for and what we should be working for!

Mythbusters: Mystery- We don't do so well as a people with things we cannot explain. We like certainty and security and deep down we believe that everything has to have an explanation. We live in the tension between our desire for knowing all and the fact that some things aren't knowable this side of heaven. Why is it that we have so much trouble living in the mystery of God? Do we have trust issues? Why is it that we can't wait to know what tomorrow will bring? In our quest for certainty have we eliminated the awe of mystery? God is predictably mysterious...His ways really are not our ways! Join us Sunday as we examine the myth, that we must explain all things!

If you have faith like a grain of mustard, says the Lord, You say to the mountain move, and it will move.

English Translation

verse
Spirit of God touch my life, touch my soul, touch my being

chorus
Fill me with your presence, fill me with your sweetness, fill me with your Will

Mythbusters: Perfection- This Sunday we begin a new 4 week series called Mythbusters. I find that as I visit with people about the power of Christ through the local church there are misconceptions about the Bible and church and Christian community that have long been a part of their spiritual belief system. The truth is that we all live with a certain number of myths about life and all things spiritual. Some of them come from our families of origin and sometimes its comes from the melding of our spiritual world and the world we move about in. So in week one we are going to look at this issue of Perfection. There is a tension that exists between our denial of perfection (sin) and the call to be Holy (perfect). So Sunday we will examine this issue of perfection and the myths we put on it.

What the Dog Saw: What are you Waiting on?

What the Dog Saw: What are you waiting on? We are in the last two weeks of our series on Personal Holiness. I think that many of us find ourselves spiritually caught in the middle; somewhere between our "head and heart" and our "faith and the plan to make it happen" ...we get stuck. We find ourselves with a deep water faith in the shallow end, and we confuse the God we want and the God who is and we get stuck. And left on our own, over time we just accept this middle place as normal, but God is calling us to a committed life of character and integrity and the question each of us eventually has to answer is...what are we waiting for? What is keeping us from becoming the person God made us to be? So often we settle for a poor imitation of Christ or worse yet we put on a kind of Christian slip-cover? What if now is the time to move, what if now is the time to rise up, what if now is the time to make a change...what is it exactly, you are waiting on?

What the Dog Saw: What are you waiting on? We are in the last two weeks of our series on Personal Holiness. I think that many of us find ourselves spiritually caught in the middle; somewhere between our "head and heart" and our "faith and the plan to make it happen" ...we get stuck. We find ourselves with a deep water faith in the shallow end, and we confuse the God we want and the God who is and we get stuck. And left on our own, over time we just accept this middle place as normal, but God is calling us to a committed life of character and integrity and the question each of us eventually has to answer is...what are we waiting for? What is keeping us from becoming the person God made us to be? So often we settle for a poor imitation of Christ or worse yet we put on a kind of Christian slip-cover? What if now is the time to move, what if now is the time to rise up, what if now is the time to make a change...what is it exactly, you are waiting on?

What the Dog Saw: Hearts of Stone We have expressions in our culture like "pig-headed" and "stubborn" and "strong willed" all to describe an attitude of defiance about some aspect of life. In Scripture when we have these attitudes to the degree that it cuts off God, its referred to as a "heart of stone." The truth is that there have been times when we have dug our heels in and even in the presence of truth and light won't budge. A hard heart ultimately becomes a stumbling block to a life of personal holiness and left unchecked can be eternally fatal. This Sunday we will look at this heart condition and reflect on what your dog has to say about this matter.

What the Dog Saw: Is it Showing

What the Dog Saw: Is it Showing- So many times we think we have done a good job of covering over our flaws and imperfections but eventually our true character comes out. What do you suppose is the greater embarrassment; the fact you have flaws and imperfections or the fact that you have been discovered a hypocrite. We live in a society of Fake it till you Make it. I always wonder what people are trying to protect, wouldn't it be easier just to be transparent...living a life of what you see is what you get. There is an old saying that you can't run for public office (or go into ministry) until all your college roommates are dead. This Sunday we will look at this issue of transparency...that God would find us living authentic Christian lives and not Luke-warm.

17th Century Irish Jig

By Eleanor Hull and Mary Byrne
6th Century A.D.
Origin - Ireland

Original song by our electric guitarist "Phil" that was played during the offering in the 11 A.M. service

Dr. David Sims playing jazz piano during our offering at Georgianna! He Rocked!!!!!!

This Sunday marks the first in our "cultural worship" series. Throughout this next year the band will be playing different styles of music from around the U.S. and the world for two reasons. The first is to emphasis the truth that all styles of music can be used to glorify our Lord. The second is to bring our church body closer together within our respective cultures. The bible says that, "every tribe, tongue, and nation will one day praise the Lord with one voice." And so we feel that musically representing all our cultural backgrounds at Georgianna will strengthen our church and embrace the notion that all ages, races, and nations are welcome to worship with us here at Georgianna.

Soooo we begin by worshiping the Lord within the musical style of Jazz. Jazz is one of the few musical styles that truly originates from America. Taking it's roots both in New Orleans and New York City.

We encourage you to break loose and join us as we sing familiar hymns with a jazzy twist.

Amen and Amen

Georgianna Worship Pastor
Luis

Hurdles to Faith: Fear and Failure-This week we look at the last of the Hurdles to our faith. Someone once said to me that I preach a lot on Fear...and I simply replied that "it's because so many people are still afraid". Fear and Failure combine to paralyze us from becoming who God created us to be. The Bible is a book full of stories about personal failures and national failures; it is a book of stories about saints falling down... but always getting back up. Scripture tell us "Better is one day in your House O' Lord than a thousand elsewhere"...I think when it comes to our Faith one day "all in" for the cause of Christ is better than a 1000 days anywhere else. Join us Sunday as we knock the last hurdle down.

Hurdles to Faith: Assumptions- We all make assumptions; we make them about strangers and politicians and anyone that doesn't look like us. We make them about appearances and behaviors and anyone who doesn't act like us and from these assumptions we often make judgments and declare something as True...even with little facts. Not only have we all done this, I believe we do it all the time. This Sunday we will look at two assumptions we make about God and His thoughts that become hurdles to our Faith. There is an old country saying that says 'when you assume...you make an ...well we look foolish". Join us Sunday as we get over the next hurdle to our Faith.

What is Your Calling- Most of us have looked up into the sky on a starry night and were awed by the beauty and the complexity of the universe. We feel so small, almost insignificant, and yet we realize that just like each of the stars we were handcrafted by God. If we wait long enough we will be greeted by the first rays of the sun that like stage lights rise slowly to create the excitement of the beginning of a play. Like the play's audience we suddenly find ourselves excited in anticipation of what is to come.
In real life, all too often, that exciting scene changes into a scene in which we attempt to rewrite the narrative, forgetting that the beauty of the creation comes from the vision of the "Director" who then "calls" a cast of characters to take part in what was meant to be a perfect and beautiful production.
What part have you been called to play? Who or what is the director in your life who calls you to action?

This Sunday we continue our conversation about those things that get in the way of maximizing our Faith. I have found that some of the biggest hurdles are masquerading as solutions. I hear people say, I need to add prayer to my routine or I need to get in the habit of looking for God but what is hidden in these statements is the belief that you can program God into your day. I don't know how to tell some of you this, but it ain't your day...it's his...and the question lingers, are we fitting into His day? Another pitfall of routine is that we can turn something sacred into something rote and thus rob a divine moment of its power. Maybe the reason our faith doesn't grow is because we keep trying to make it fit into our routine.
Matthew 9:16-26

This week we take a break from our "Hurdles to Faith" series as we hear from Dr. David Campbell. Here are his thoughts..."Intimacy with God can be a challenge for even the most faithful individual.  The Holy Scriptures are full of language and metaphors that help us understand the nature and character of God, however there is one genre of near ancient eastern Jewish culture that when properly understood can help lead to greater Intimacy with God". I know the church will come and fully support Dr. Campbell's first sermon at Georgianna.
John 14:2 Matthew 25:1-13 Revelations 19:6-9 Matthew 26:26-29

This Sunday we begin a series that will lead us into the Advent Christmas season. Last Spring, I read Mark Batterson's book "Wild Goose Chase", which spoke about the power of the Holy Spirit and being sensitive to it. The whole time I kept thinking about the hurdles we have to being "all in" with our faith. For example, what keeps us from living out Simple Christmas, what keeps us from being spiritual beings in our community and not just Sunday morning Christians, what keeps us from living out a sacrificial faith instead of a comfortable faith. This Sunday we are going to look at the issue of Safety, which I believe has become an obstacle to living dangerously for Christ. Romans 12, tells us that we are capable of being transformed...what's the hurdle in your life keeping that from becoming a reality?
Nehemiah 1:1-4, 2:1-9

Did You Call: Who Really Matters-So we come to the end of Jonah and we discover Jonah is not a story about a Whale or about a great battle between believers and unbelievers or even a story about  Nineveh because Nineveh could be anywhere...it's a story about Grace. The bottom line is that Jonah wants Grace for himself but not for Nineveh...he wants everyone else to get justice while he receives mercy. Are we any different, do we consciously or unconsciously decide who really matters? So chapter 4 provides an exchange between an angry Jonah and a compassionate God. We discover that God has one more teachable moment...join us and see if it...also applies to you?
Jonah 4

As a kid did you ever find yourself sitting in class when the teacher asked a question and immediately you made a pact with God to serve orphans in Bangladesh if she didn't call on you? Right now some of you just got a shiver up your spine...and when she didn't call on you...you thought "man I dodged that one", except she asked another question...and now Bangladesh is waiting. Listen some of us fail to answer God's call and act like he doesn't have a redial button. Throughout Christianity it is unexplainable why God chooses some of the ones he does...and its equally hard for us to believe that some of us could be the answers to someone else's prayers. However strange this may be, it is the Christian reality! This Sunday we will look at God's persistence and what is happening while we get the second call.
Jonah 3

Whether we are running from God or simply find ourselves adrift from the center of his will there will be a time in the midst of "not being where we are supposed to be" that we WILL need God. I find that when people are going down and the circumstances of their life are a mess they will seek counsel from many places...but it is desperation that causes us to finally call out to God. God calls us to seek him and to search for him and he will be found...why is it that we wait so long to seek him? God is calling us to not only Go...but also to Come!
Jonah 2:1-10, Romans 8:20-25

What do you do when God calls you? You see its not a matter of "IF" but of "WHEN" God calls...so how will we respond. This Sunday we begin a new series studying the book of Jonah and specifically looking at this issue of His call and our responses. What I know for certain is that each of us at one time or another resists God's call, we deflect, we deny and we even derail the plans God has for us. We do this for many reasons and some of them are found in the person of Jonah who despite being a Prophet did not want to go where God was calling him to go.
Jonah 1

I love those infomercials with the people that have Before and After experiences...mostly because I want to be one of those after pictures. It occurs to me that our Spiritual life should have a Before and After picture too! There should be the picture of us before Jesus and then a picture of what we are after our encounter with Christ. I think the question we should ask ourselves is... could anyone tell the difference in our Before and After picture?
Exodus 3:1-12

Don't Worry...Be Happy- Wouldn't it be great if we could actually do that? A few weeks ago I preached on Martha as a secondary note to us needing a Mary...well it drove all the Martha's from their task driven closets screaming it is I that am "worried and anxious about many things!" So I thought maybe we ought to have a word on being worried.
Matthew 6:25-34

We have spent the last 11 weeks talking about the people we need in our life as we journey down the Kingdom Road. The reality is that we also need a Place, a place to refuel, a place to serve, a place to be still, a place to heal...we need a "place to belong and a place to become". In this sermon we review the tribes as part of the place to Belong; and all those that have never joined a tribe can do that and those who want to change their tribe will have that opportunity as well. Then we will talk about Becoming, which is what happens when we put our faith into action beyond this place.
Ephesians 4:11-16

Everyone Needs a Mary-But which one? There is Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the mother of James and Joseph and Mary the mother of John Mark...so which one is it? It is the one that keeps the main thing the main thing, the one whose priorities are well established and visibly lived out. The question is what is the main thing in our life? Join us this Sunday to see which Mary it is.
Luke 10:38-42, Philippians 4:6-8

As we journey spiritually we will from time to time face some Giants and there are constantly things and people out there that could cause us to stumble and fall...in these times you've got to have someone who watches your back. Anyone who leads anything, a business, a family or a ministry will find that every once in a while someone is going to take a shot at you...rarely do you see it coming! What we all need is someone to tell us when to duck. This Sunday we will look at Deborah and the way she models our need to have someone watch our backs.
Judges 4:4-8 , 1 Samuel 14:6-7,11-14, Ruth 1:8-17

Have you ever been having one of those days where you thought if the next person crosses me they might get to meet Jesus face to face? Or how about a day when you are just blue and blah, motivation is low, enthusiasm for life is pushing empty? And then, someone comes along, maybe a stranger, maybe a friend and unexpectedly they pick you up, someone encourages you, points out why God has you here! Is there really any better feeling? If we are going to make it down the Kingdom road we need encouragement from time to time...we need a Barnabas! Join us Sunday as we look at the ways we encounter Barnabas and the ways we can be a vessel of encouragement to someone else.
2 Timothy 4:1-4, Act 4:32-37, 9:26-29, 11:22-26, Hebrews 10:19-25

The Bible tells a story of a wee little man, a story that we have minimized by making it a children's sing-along. Zacchaeus was an outsider, he was a fringe guy and he was despised. Could it be that he climbed a tree because no one would make room for him along the road? He is the least likely guy anyone would want to hang out with and especially if you were religious. And yet Jesus seeks him out! It seems to me that as we cross into the Kingdom we tend to avoid people like this and yet...Jesus seeks him out! Why do we need a Zacchaeus in our life...join us Sunday as we look at the first of the Eleven that can't give us anything...or do they?
Matthew 25:34-40, Luke 19: 1-10

Everybody Needs a Paul or a Peter- What this means is that we all need a Mentor; someone to pour themselves into us and to shape us into men and women that become difference makers. There is a great Greek proverb that states, "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in". I think this best describes the work of Peter and Paul. I love this quote because it reflects the value we talk about at Georgianna... to pursue a life of being "other" driven. The truth is we are easily influenced, whether for good or bad, for destructiveness or for life...we are constantly being shaped. This Sunday we will talk about our need for a spiritual shaper someone who helps us understand the value of staying on the Kingdom road.

Romans 16:1-15 ; 1st Peter 1:1-2 ; Hebrews 13:7-8

Our focus this week is on 1 & 2 Timothy. I don't know about you but I see Timothys' all around us. You would have to try really hard not to have a Timothy in your life. But the question is not whether you have a Timothy in your life, the question is are you engaging them? Do you have a relationship with your Timothy? Is it an inconvenience? Do you even want one? What would this relationship even look like?
When looking at these two letters from Paul we are looking into a deep relationship between an older Paul and a young man Timothy. This is not a get together on the weekend type friendship. The more you study the letters the more you seethat this relationship is rooted in Christ and Christ's calling. They are so close they experience "tears" when they are apart. Timothy is young and has some confidence issues. He is tired, burned out, and questioning his qualifications. And this is where their relationship comes alive. Paul does not tell Timothy to "Man up", "suck it up", or "learn on your own". Paul encourages Timothy by helping him realize God's gifts and God's power in him. He's not trying to make a clone of himself but encourages Timothy to grow into his own person. Paul encourages Timothy to fulfill his ministry. Paul is pouring his life into Timothy. Paul knows the impact of discipleship. Paul is passing IT on. How does this story carry over to us? A few questions to think about. Who is your Timothy? Who is your Paul? What is your ministry? 2 Tim 4:1-8 and 1 Tim 4:6-16

This Sunday we will look at the reality that everyone needs a butt-kicker in their life. Someone who gets you to turn the heat up...who motivates you to be all you can be. A Jethro will always bless you forward, they help you see where you are going a little more clearly. In the day when Moses took on leading the people of Israel out of Egypt...he finds himself overwhelmed (I know that NEVER happens to any of us) and who shows up but his Father-in-law...would we see that as a blessing? Wisdom comes from the outside...I think how reluctant we are to have an outsider give us input...but it may be just what we need. Exodus 18:13-26

Who is your BFF? If you don't know what this means you are part of a rare group of people that does not have a texting addiction. The old school equivalent is... who is your best friend forever. It seems ridiculous to preach on the need to have a friend be a part of the eleven people you need in your life... or is it. What makes a Biblical friend and how is it different from the need we have for a Nathan? The Bible gives us a picture of a true friend in the person of Jonathon. Jonathon is the son of David's rival...is also David's closest friend. 1 Samuel 14:6-14, 1 Samuel 18:1-4, and John 15:13-15

This Sunday we begin a new series looking at the eleven people we all need in order to walk down the Kingdom Road. We will use Biblical characters and their particular characteristics to look at the relational support structure every Christian needs in their life. 1 Cor: 15:33, 2 Sam 12:1-8, John 21:18

We often hear that putting on a new outfit makes us feel like a new person. Paul in his letter to the church at Colosee instructs the Colossians to clothe themselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.....a wardrobe change that would prepare them to live as Christ wants them to live. Colossians 3:12-17

How will you be investing your summer to make a difference in your community? What if we are God's stimulus package to our community?
2 Cor 8:1-4, 9:6-8, & 9:12-13

Last sermon in the series titled 'On the Kingdom Road'.

Matt 13:53-58
Eph 5:15-21
1 John 2:6

This sermon was recorded live, outdoors, at Rotary Park, Merritt Island, Florida. The audio quality is low due to background noise, turn volume to full high to listen to Pastor Corky.

The Parable of Weeding

Matt 13:24-30

Pastor Jim Craig