05 – 2026 02 01 –
Sermon Title: A Dying King
Scripture Covered: John 12:12-36
Scripture Read: John 12:12-16, 23-33

06 – 2026 02 08 –
Sermon Title: Servant of All
Scripture: John 13:1-17 (& John 1:1-18)
Scripture Read: John 13:3-17

07 – 2026 02 15 –
Sermon Title: Betrayed by Men
Scripture: John 13:18-38
Scripture Read: John 13:21-35

08 – 2026 02 22 –
Sermon Title: The Way Home
Scripture: John 14:1-14
Scripture Read: John 14:1-14

09 – 2026 03 01 –
Sermon Title: Foreshadowed Advocate
Scripture: John 14:15-31
Scripture Read: John 14:15-31

10 – 2026 03 08 –
Sermon Title: The Gardener’s Harvest
Scripture: John 15:1-25
Scripture Read: John 15:1-13

11 – 2026 03 15 –
Sermon Title: Spirit Delivered Truth
Scripture: John 15:26-16:15
Scripture Read: John 15:26-16:15

12 – 2026 03 22 –
Sermon Title: Joy From Grief
Scripture: John 16:16-33
Scripture Read: John 16:19-28, 33

13 – 2026 03 29 – PALM –
Sermon Title: Glory Revealed
Scripture: John 17:1-26
Scripture Read: John 17:15-26

14 – 2026 04 05 – EASTER –
Sermon Title: Worship Revealed
Scripture: John 20:19-31
Scripture Read: John 20: 19-29

Week 01 – 2026 01 04
Title: We are Biblical
Scripture: 2 Tim 3:10-4:5

Week 02 – 2026 01 11
Title: We are Missional
Scripture: Eph 3:1-13

Week 03 – 2026 01 18
Title: We are United
Scripture: Eph 4:1-16

Week 04 – 2026 01 25
Title: We are Free
Scripture: Gal 5:13-26

EFCA mission statement: Multiplying transformational churches among all people.
First Free mission statement: Joining in God’s redeeming work in our neighborhood.
The values or new EFCA tag line: Biblical and Missional. United and Free.

Below is a series graphic we will use for the youtube videos. Also you can check out the 60 second welcome video that we will use to loop before services.

Advent season is nearly upon us in 2025. Here are our plans for the sermons from November 30 through the end of the year (week 48 through 52). The sermon series title could be: Foretold – Hints of Glory or something like that.

J48 – 2025 11 30 –
Scripture: Isaiah 7:1-7, 10-17
Title: Spared from the violent

J49 – 2025 12 07 –
Scripture: Isaiah 8:11-18
Title: Called from the crowd

J50 – 2025 12 14 – Dr. Zephaniah Seung
Scripture: Isaiah 8:19-9:7
Title: Galilee’s light into darkness

J51 – 2025 12 21 –
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-11
Title: Eden’s Branch and Banner

J52 – 2025 12 28 – David Terzano
Scripture: Isaiah 12:1-6
Title: Becoming Salvation Himself

Messiah Revealed (John)	Contending For Faith (Jude)	Message over Messenger (Jonah)	Prophesied (Isaiah)	ReFocused (Various)
2025 09 07 John 2:1-12 Cana Wedding 2025 09 14 John 4:43-54 Official Son 2025 09 21 John 6:1-15 5000 Fed 2025 09 28 John 6:16-24 Water Walker 2025 10 05 John 9:1-41 Blind Man Sees 2025 10 12 John 21:1-14 153 Gal.ean Fish	2025 10 19 Jude 1:1-16 Guarding Truth and Love 2025 10 26 Jude 1:17-25 Abiding Truth and Love	2025 11 02 Jonah 1 Message Refused 2025 11 09 Jonah 2 Repentant Messenger 2025 11 16 Jonah 3 Reluctant Messenger 2025 11 23 Jonah 4 Message for a Messenger (Johnny)	2025 11 30 Isaiah 7:1-7,10-17 Spared Violence 2025 12 07 Isaiah 8:11-18 Called Out 2025 12 14 Isaiah 8:19-9:7 Galilee’s Light 2025 12 21 Isaiah 11:1-11 Eden’s Banner 2025 12 28 Isaiah 12:1-6 Becoming Salvation (David)	2026 01 04 We are Biblical 2 Tim 3:10-4:8 2026 01 11 We are Missional Eph 3:1-13 2026 01 18 We are United Eph 4:1-16 2026 01 25 We are Free Gal 5:13-26

Discipleship Revealed (John) Feb 2026	Discipleship Revealed (John) March 2026	Discipleship Revealed (John) Palm and Easter 2026
2026 02 01 Anointed One John 12:1-36 2026 02 08 Servant of All John 13:1-17 (& John 1:1-18) 2026 02 15 Betrayed by Men John 13:18-38 2026 02 22 The Way Home John 14:1-14	2026 03 01 Foreshadowed Advocate John 14:15-31 2026 03 08 The Gardener’s Harvest John 15:1-25 2026 03 15 Spirit Delivered Truth John 15:26-16:15 2026 03 22 Joy From Grief John 16:16-33	2026 03 29 – PALM Glory Revealed John 17:1-26 2026 04 05 – EASTER Worship Revealed John 20:19-31

12 weeks from the Sunday after Easter to the end of June. Special Sundays include Mothers and Fathers day, five May Sundays.

Options from Old Testament: Judges (9 wks), Gen 28-36 Jacob and Esau (12 wks?), King Saul (? wks)

Contending for the Faith In Truth and Love
October 19th and 26th, Lord willing.

G42 – 2025 10 19 –
Scripture Read: Jude 1:1-11
Scripture Covered: Jude 1:1-16
Sermon Title: Guarding Truth and Love

G43 – 2025 10 26 –
Scripture Read: Jude 1:17-25
Scripture Covered: Jude 1:17-25
Sermon Title: Abiding Truth and Love

After the first sermon series from John’s gospel which focused on those meeting Jesus and their experiences and reactions to him, this second series would take a look at the 6 of the 8 miracle stories in John (minus the two covered in the first series and excluding the resurrection of Jesus). These carefully selected details from Jesus’ ministry certainly were curated with the knowledge of the many miracles Matthew, Mark and Luke included in there Gospels and reflect the attention John is placing on a new Kingdom being introduced by Jesus the Messiah. Most of these passages can be read in full with only John 9 needing to be read in part for time considerations.

G36 – 2025 09 07 – John 2:1-12 Cana Wedding
G37 – 2025 09 14 – John 4:43-54 Cana Official Son
G38 – 2025 09 21 – John 6:1-15 5000 Fed Galilee Shore
G39 – 2025 09 28 – John 6:16-24 Walking on Water

G40 – 2025 10 05 – John 9:1-41 Blind Man Sees
G41 – 2025 10 12 – John 21:1-14 153 Fish on Galilee Shore
G42 – 2025 10 19 –
G43 – 2025 10 26 –

Considering a Fall 2025 sermon series on the book of Jonah. This would be just before Advent and would possibly follow just behind or a couple of weeks behind a sermon series from John on Jesus’ Miracles there and what the show us about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jonah is a story of the message of God overcoming the prophet’s unforgiving heart and includes a couple of miracles that intended to show the prophet the extent of God’s forgiveness, both to the wicked “other” and to the “righteous” prophet. Jonah may not have been the inspiration for Jesus’ prodigal son’s older brother, but perhaps Jonah would have identified with the later character.

G44 – 2025 11 02 – Jonah 1 – The Message Refused
G45 – 2025 11 09 – Jonah 2 – The Repentant Messenger
G46 – 2025 11 16 – Jonah 3 – The Reluctant Messenger
G47 – 2025 11 23 – Jonah 4 – The Message for a Messenger

Just a post a starting to carve out what the next 2 sermon series on 1 Corinthians could look like. The first four chapters were covered in Fall 2024. Below is a quick break down of the text as it could be broken into weekly divisions. If a more overview kind of sermon series was designed, topics that get revisited a number of times could be grouped. Frankly there is a lot of intersection in the passages about sexual immorality, pagan culture tempting Christian practice, marriage fidelity in Christ-honoring homes, everyday life in a Pagan worshiping context. Then the Christian worship context comes into focus from chapters 11 to 14.

1 Cor 5:1-12 – Sin or Celebration, Expel the Brother
1 Cor 6:1-10 – Settling Accounts, Lawsuits within
1 Cor 6:11-20 – Sin to Flee From, More Sexual Immorality

1 Cor 7:1-40 – A – Singleness and Marriage
1 Cor 7:1-40 – B – Complex Marriages
1 Cor 7:1-40 – C – Widowhood, Divorce, and Families

1 Cor 8:1-13 – Idolatrous Meat
1 Cor 9:1-18 – Apostolic Rights
1 Cor 9:19-27 – Freedom and Discipline

1 Cor 10:1-13 – Tempted Away, More Sexual Immorality
1 Cor 10:14-11:1 – Idols vs. Freedom
1 Cor 11:2-16 – Hair and head coverings
1 Cor 11:17-34 – Private Communion

1 Cor 12:1-30 – One Body, Many Gifts
1 Cor 13:1-13 – Love with Faith & Hope Above Gifts
1 Cor 14:1-25 – Worship Draws Toward God
1 Cor 14:26-40 – Providing Both Order and Openness

1 Cor 15:1-58 (we’ve covered) – Maybe 3 weeks on Resurrection.
Maybe The Fact / Necessity, The Cosmic Implications, The Personal Implications. Not sure
1 Cor 16:1-23 – Could skip or do one or two sermons about following faithful examples

Written:  Aug 7, 2022

A passing thought of self reflection:

That person you love… you might not love them as much as you love who you think they are.  You may be projecting much of yourself into the spaces they haven’t shared with you yet. There may be things they have shared that you’ve conveniently ignored or reinterpreted so you can keep liking them as you desire. If you really knew them, really understood what they thought about things, would it be hard to love them? If they shared things that bored you or worse, downright upset you, could you love them? Once their real self clearly separated from who you hoped they were, would disappointment poison your love for them? Once they defied your logic, confounded your sensibilities, would your love become muddled or muted? Perhaps you don’t love them. Perhaps you love the idea of them. Perhaps you don’t love them as themselves but only as a character in your script. Perhaps you don’t love them, you merely love yourself and how they fit into your world.

What would it mean to love them and their entire self? Would it mean a commitment to endure beyond disinterest to sincere appreciation? Would it mean learning a passable proficiency in areas they take the lead role in? Would it mean patience when offended or gentleness when confronted? Would it mean endurance when pressed beyond comfort? Maybe it would mean real self sacrifice. Maybe it would be like one friend laying down their selfishness and letting it die for the real self of their friend to be resurrected and seen and loved for what it is, for what God created it to be.