Though disciples of Jesus are only baptized once, our baptism serves as an ongoing means of grace and a reminder to our daily commitment to follow Jesus in self-giving love and resurrection life.

In this message, we rediscover the sacred mystery of Communion — not as a hollow ritual, but as a real encounter with Christ and His Church. We walk through Scripture and 2,000 years of Church history to see how the Table has always been a place of awe, unity, and life-giving fellowship. Come hungry, come thankful, and come expecting to meet Jesus at the Table.

Christ’s resurrection isn’t just a past event—it’s a present invitation. The empty grave calls us not only to believe but to practice resurrection daily: to live with hope, walk in newness of life, and become more like Christ in a world desperate for restoration.

Through the cross (an instrument meant for death and dehumanization), Christ, the perfect human took all of the world’s sin-inducing death and shame and put it to death in his own body. Because of it, for those who respond in faith (i.e. embodied loyalty, fidelity, and allegiance to him and him alone) he offers reconciliation with God, redemption from our sin, a propitiation from God’s righteous wrath, and the pronouncement of justification.