Sauk Valley Community Church Recorded Messages

Shari Blanchette shares on the differences between mercy and grace and unforgiveness. We then did small group breakouts to discuss how we deal with difficult times of forgiving others. Today's Music: My Lighthouse, Holy Forever, You Are My Strength, Abide, and Sing Over Me (special by Kayleigh Johnson)

Chris McClure opens our next short series by talking about how God is forgiving, gracious, and merciful. Giving examples from his life, showing how God forgives us and is gracious to us, and is so merciful to us no matter what we have done. Today's Music: Blessed Be Your Name, Rescue, At the Cross (Love Ran Red), and I Surrender All

Sue German speaks on the topic of how we are free in Christ and no longer under condemnation and how we can apply His sacrifice in our lives. We then broke into smaller groups for further discussions and shared some of the discussion points with the rest of the congregation. Today's Music: Glorious Day, Living Hope, Made For More, and To Be Like Jesus

Andy shares on how the Resurrection is so much more than the disciples understood and means so much to us today. Today's Music: Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Death Was Arrested, Made For More, Living Hope, and King Of Kings.

Shari Blanchette shares about how it can be a struggle to make sacrifices in our lives. Today's Music: Stand In Your Love, Holy Forever, How Great Thou Art, Made For More, I Have Decided To Follow Jesus, and Living Hope.

Andy shares about the reality of what Jesus went through and what he sacrificed for us by selflessly giving his life for us so we may be saved. Today's Music: My Jesus, Made For More, O Praise the Name (Anastasis), and That's Why We Praise Him

Shannon Gallentine shares today about how we can apply the generosity that we have been learning about by looking at the motives of our hearts. We then broke into small group discussions and shared our summaries. Today's Music: Jesus Changed My Life, Made For More, Reckless Love, and The Love Of God

Shannon Gallentine speaks on when generosity is broken. We often rely on ourselves instead of the resources and provisions that God has given to us to be generous to others. We then broke into small discussion groups and shared summaries with each other. Today's Music: From the Day, The Love Of the Father, Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me, and It Is Well With My Soul

John Novak shares on the righteousness of God and how that is also defined as generosity. He then shares on how we can apply His generosity to our lives. Today's Music: Firm Foundation (He Won't), King Of Kings, Isn't the Name, What A Beautiful Name, Take My Life And Let It Be, and Grace Like Rain (special by Brian Boyd)

Chris McClure shares on how the focus of God's justice is to create shalom (peace and wholeness). We then broke into small groups to discuss and then shared our thoughts with each other. Today's Music: Stand In Your Love, Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone), Holy Forever, and Abide