Morgantown Community Church

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While “Lent” is something that MCC takes part in every year, not everyone grew up participating in that part of the church calendar. So this week, Pastor Josh Scott helps bring some perspective to the reason that we choose to fast from things for 40 days, and why we choose to focus on the person that God wants to create in us at the end of the 40 days. Like Jesus, we are tempted to trade God’s path for one that we can control and understand. But, like Jesus, we can commit to God’s plan for us, the narrow path, the one that leads not to destruction, but to life.

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To wrap up our “CLUTCH” series this week, Pastor Josh Scott leads us to action on being the person he explained about last week. While vision and intention are important, they are useless without the action to support them. We must commit to taking the next step towards becoming the Christ-like person we were created to be, through prayer, discipleship, personal bible study and other spiritual disciplines.

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“Clutch” means to grasp or sieze something. We know those people, who, in the moment of decision, seem to rise up to the challenge. They make the game winning shot at the last minute. They complete the pass in the endzone in overtime. They seem to do just the right thing, at just the right time. In this series, Pastor Josh Scott show us that being a “CLUTCH” person isn’t about luck, or timing. Its about preparation, intention and dedication to becoming the kind of person that makes the right decisions. Following Christ’s example of determination, we must “fix our eyes on Jesus” everyday, and be that kind of person everyday, so that in the moment, we are ready to react accordingly.

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We’re going out with a bang this week, as we wrap up our “Isn’t She Beautiful” series! In a clear and straightforward reminder of who God has called us to be as the church, Pastor Josh Scott asks us to consider who we should be reaching out to. Christ came to save all, no matter what “label” any one of us may wear. God is so much bigger than the pretty picture that we like to paint of Him. The Bride can be found at her best when She is loving people in the way that Her groom loves them; compassionately and unconditionally.

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We’re in the third week of our “Isn’t She Beautiful” series with a message of legalism. Pastor Josh Scott explains how we’re neither called to mindless obedience, or blind devotion, but to a calling of holiness. Perfection isn’t something that we can attain, but the journey towards that goal is something we must commit to every day. The tension exists in the journey for this unattainable perfection and the grace given for own sinful nature.

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If you’ve ever been in any kind of relationship, whether a marriage, romantic, or just a friendship, you know that there are “complications” from spending time with another person. In the second week of our “Isn’t She Beautiful” series, Pastor Josh Scott shows us how the Bride must work together in community to look her best. We can function so much better if we communicate with each other, supplying each others’ needs and making sure that no one is left out.

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As we enter into Week One of our new series “Isn’t She Beautiful,” Pastor Josh Scott covers what scripture says about the church, reminding us of some things that it is not, but defining the Bride of Christ as a people called into community by God. We discover that when the church is at her best, she is beautiful.

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Happy New Year! In our first worship experience of 2012, Pastor Josh Scott encourages us to come to grips with the changes that we want to make, and even need to make in the new year. We’re reminded that God calls us to a total change; a metamorphosis. His affect on our lives should change everything for us, and encourages us to take the necessary steps toward Christ-likeness.

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Its Christmas Eve and Pastor Josh Scott is wraping up our Christmastime series with the teaching of the Christmas story. We’re exploring what it means for us to be present with Christ on this Christmas, as He has become present to us.

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This week in our Advent series “Christmastime,” Pastor Josh Scott speaks about the specific kinds of love of the Christian message. The relentless, unconditional and sacrificial love of God, reminding us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This perfect love is the reason that Christ would come to our world for us.

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When was the last time that you were so excited, so joyful, that you couldn’t say a word? For the third week of advent, Pastor Josh Scott shows us that the angels that announced the birth of Christ, they say that this Good News is for ALL people. So often, we can think that this message is only for people who are like us, for people who think like we do. God’s desire for us is the kind of joy that is so great that it will leave us speechless.

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When we talk about peace, we often assume that we’re referring to the absence of conflict; basically that one person gave up, and the other “won.” But this week, Pastor Josh Scott explains how the peace that Jesus comes to give us is a wholeness in Him. He desires to cover us in His grace, in order to find the peace that completes us.

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Pastor Josh Scott, begins our new Advent series, “Christmastime” by making a distinction between two different types of “time.” Chronos, which is everyday, calendar-time. And Kairos, which is a moment, in which something special happens. The birth of Christ gives us hope that, in our worst moments, God’s Kairos is still possible.

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Pastor Josh Scott gives us a quick reminder of the “good gift” that taking the bread and wine of communion is for our lives. We can be thankful that through Jesus, we can receive the grace that we so desperately seek.

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We’ve all failed many times in our lives. And, after failing so often, it’s easy for us to become jaded. But this week, Guest Speaker George Stull reminds us that Jesus is ready with forgiveness and acceptance in this final message of our “reclaiming innocence” series. We may be told different by The Accuser, that we can’t overcome our failures. But the voice of The Shepherd says that He loves us, and that is more than enough to reclaim our innocence.

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Would you say that you’re more of a cynic, or more naive? In our new series, “Reclaiming Innocence”, guest speaker George Stull reminds us that it is God who can fill us with the hope that we seek. We become so jaded as we get older, but Jesus reminds us to enter the Kingdom, we must come like a child. We can embrace the presence of the Shepherd and find freedom from the weakness that is cynicism through surrender and dependance.

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For the final week of this series, “Our FATHER,” Pastor Josh Scott shows us why this final statement is so crucial to the Lord’s Prayer. This last sentence seems to sum up the entire prayer. Josh shows us how we are taught to live in God’s Kingdom, through His power, and for His glory. And the final word, Amen, is a word of affirmation. A way of saying “let it be so” in our lives. We must change certain aspects of our hearts and lives to be able to say a definitive “Amen” as we finish this prayer?

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Forgiveness is something that we all are looking for. It’s one of our favorite parts of having a relationship with Christ. But, for this week of our series “Our FATHER”, Pastor Josh Scott explains how we need need to receive forgiveness, just as much as we need to give it. We learn how debt are more about our shortcomings, and trespasses are more about us going too far. We must let go of our own anger and bitterness in order to receive the forgiveness that we so desperately seek for ourselves.

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In week 4 of our series “Our Father,” Pastor Josh Scott illustrates what it means for the kingdom and will of God to be done here on earth as it is in heaven while also answering the questions: What is God’s kingdom and will? How does God’s kingdom come? And What is God’s kingdom like?

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We generally only talk about something as “Hallowed” around October 31st. The term means holy, or set apart, and Jesus reminds us that the very name of God is sacred. During the 3rd week of the series, Pastor Josh Scott explains how the name of God means more than the word that we use for Him. It embodies his character; it is who He is in every way. So the very nature of God is holy, and we must keep that in mind through both our words, and our actions.

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Why does Jesus choose to begin his prayer with “Our Father” when he teaches us to pray? Pastor Josh Scott suggests that to call God “Father” is begin to see our relationship with him in the same way that Jesus experienced it. For the second week of our series through the Lord’s Prayer, we discover that this relationship is intimate and loving, and that beginning with that mindset is crucial to learning how to pray.

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To introduce our new series, “Our FATHER,” we are reminded of how Jesus tells us NOT to pray. Pastor, Josh Scott, shares how when we try to make our prayers more eloquent, or in front of others, we may be missing the point. Jesus shows us a very simple prayer that is our model for communication with God. Jesus invites us to a life of prayer that is intimate, private and simple enough for everyone.