Dranesville Church of the Brethren

Dranesville Church of the Brethren

by Joey Moss

Season 6

The Family Church: "God's Family," 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Many of the Thessalonians had to leave their families to follow Christ, since they were disowned for not worshiping idols. As a result, Christians found a surrogate family in the Church. In Christ, we have been baptized into the enormous family of God, and this should be a part of our witness.

The Family Church: "The Content is the Conduct" - 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Our church won’t be able to offer flashy light shows and a concert-like atmosphere, but what we can offer is ourselves. The content of our message is carried in the way that we live as a family, showing the world that we have a different way of being human.

Season 5

Easter Sunrise Service: John 20, "New Humanity"

Jesus was the second Adam; the beginning of a new humanity as part of the beginning of the New Heavens and New Earth in the Church.

Easter: 1 Corinthians 15 - "Our Lives are Important Now"

In Christ’s resurrection, the long-awaited hope that God’s faithful dead would rise again began to be accomplished. Now an entirely new nation of people is born from the dead, and given a different kind of life patterned after Christ’s new body.

Good Friday Reflection: "Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit"

Jesus was the promised King who finally trusted God, but humans found the beauty and glory of God intolerable. But God will overlook our sins for the sake of Jesus' righteousness.

Lent: Matthew 21:1-11 "Palm Sunday"

Jesus was the long awaited king of Israel, who saves them from their sins and sets them free from captivity. But it wasn’t done in the way they expected. Instead, Jesus came to make peace.

Lent: Romans 5:1-11, "A God who Suffered"

Christ’s death is the perfect expression of God’s faithful love for his people, and it is the culmination of God’s plan for creation.

Lent - A Faithful Church: Romans 4:1-17

In Jesus we gain access to the unfailing love of God, which is not based on anything that we have done but based on God’s own perfect loyalty and faithfulness

Retreat Message from Paul Stutzman - John 4:4-42

Paul Stutzman serves as a special guest speaker to help us consider the future of our congregation.

Lent: Jeremiah 17:1-10 - Returning to Egypt

Trusting God is the most wise thing to do, but it is really hard to do since it doesn’t look like it makes sense to worldly eyes. But trusting the world in many cases means trusting people who don’t have your best interests at heart.

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