Listen – Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene

Faith Promise Convention – Life Essentials As part of our annual Faith Promise Missions Convention, we were pleased to welcome Rev. Cheryl Curlew as this year’s speaker to talk about Life Essentials, a 501(c)(3) organization located in Landry Village in South Portland.  Through God continuing to open many doors, in its first year Life Essentials…

“All Are Welcome: Acts 10” Text: Acts 10 This week we welcome Pastor Amanda Lawton from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene to the pulpit.  In Acts 10, Peter has a vision that he initially doesn’t understand.  However, after visiting Cornelius, the God-fearing Gentile centurion, he realized that God “does not show favoritism but…

“Faithfulness in Prayer” Text: Luke 18:1-8 Pastor Tim George from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene delivers this week’s message.  As people of God and as the Church, we are called to be faithful and continuous in our prayer, knowing that God will answer.  Prayer reminds us to be sacrificial in our lives – both…

October 9, 2016 Text: 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-27 Luke 17:11-19 Congregation member Fred Yosua shares lessons from the cleansing of Naaman in 2 Kings and the ten lepers in the Gospel of Luke.  Both stories show the importance of being faithful to the things God asks, and grateful for what He has done.

“No Pockets in a Shroud” Text: Luke 16:19 – 31;  1 Timothy 6:6-19 Congregation member Fred Yosua brings us this week’s message.  World wide wealth has grown dramatically in the last two centuries, as has out free time and lifespan.  How can we best use this abundance?

“With Him is Great Power to Redeem” Text: Psalm 130 Pastor Brent Neely, Associate Pastor of Nall Avenue Church of the Nazarene in Kansas and our current pastoral candidate, delivers this week’s message.  Using the lens of Psalm 130 and aspects from his personal life, Pastor Brent will use this sermon to remind us that…

“Almost a Full House” Text: Luke 15 This week Pastor Gloria encourages us to listen to the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin with fresh ears.  Often we assume that “the lost” refers to the rest of the world, when sometimes we are the ones who are lost.  We should view those…

“Priorities” Text: Luke 14:25-33 District licensed minister Pastor Shane Ross from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene concludes his four-week series on the Gospel of Luke.  The decision to follow Jesus is a fundamentally life-changing one.  In this passage titled by some Biblical editors as “The Cost of Discipleship,” Jesus said that whoever seeks salvation through…

“Kingdom Status” Text: Luke 14:1-11, Matthew 5:3-11 The society we find ourselves in thrives on status.  People considered to be of “high” status are all over the news whether or not they deserve attention; people considered to be of “low” status are ignored.  Christ, however, calls us to treat each other as equals, and to…

“Open Invitation” Text: Luke 13:10-17 When Jesus healed a crippled woman on the Sabbath day, the ruler of the synagogue indignantly told the people to come another day for healing, as there were six days for work.  Jesus showed that the Sabbath is not about rules or regulations, but release.  This invitation to be released by the grace…

“Being God’s People Today” Text: Luke 12:49-56, Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Pastor Shane Ross brings us this week’s message.  We are to live in this world as a separate and boldly distinct people who are called to live out the holiness of God.  What does living into that holiness that look like?  It looks like love; love…

“True Peace” Text: Colossians 3 The South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Associate Pastor Cheryl Curlew concludes a four week study on the book of Colossians by looking at Chapter 3.  In this part of the letter, Paul stresses the importance of casting off earthly desires and emotions and instead letting the peace of Christ…

“Nothing Added” – July 31, 2016 Text: Colossians 2 In his letter to the Colossians, Paul warned them of false teachers who tried to supplement the Gospel with their own messages or traditions.  Paul tells the Colossians that Christ and His teachings alone have “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”  In our world today this is…

“Images” Text: Colossians 1:15-28 We continue our study of the Book of Colossians with Cheryl Curlew, the South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Associate Pastor.  The Book of Genesis reveals that humans were created to be in God’s image but that perfect reflection was destroyed by disobedience.  Paul affirms to the Colossians that God has…

“A Worthy Life” Text: Colossians 1:1-14 This week we begin a four week study on Colossians with Pastor Cheryl Curlew, Associate Pastor of the South Portland Church of the Nazarene and the Director of Life Essentials, a local 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  In this first message, Pastor Cheryl talks about living a life worthy of God,…