Messages From Platt Park Church

Tim Grade begins our series on Monday Morning Faith with the idea that God created us to work. When we use our imaginations to engage the idea that any work we do is for the Lord, we are able to serve wherever we are.

Susie and Tim Grade co-teach the final word of our 5-week series on "5 Words to Change Your Life." They look at the word "Sorry", how it is misused, not used, and how to truly make amends for wrongs.

Susie Grade teaches the importance of sharing our need with God and leads us through writing our own prayer of lament.

Susie Grade teaches on the word "THANKS" and how an attitude of thankfulness can change lives. Gratitude in good and bad circumstances has the opportunity to bring us closer to God.

Susie Grade teaches the second in our 5-week series on the 5 words to change your life. This week focuses on "WOW" -- the awe and surrender that comes from slowing down and allowing ourselves to experience God's Wow moments.

Tim Grade starts our new series, "5 Words to Change Your Life", by speaking on how the word, "YES", can positively impact our decision making and include more of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Susie Grade closes out our series on Waging Peace with the encouragement to think of one area where we ought to be waging peace -- in our personal lives, our community, or internationally -- and to pray about beginning that process.

Tim Grade teaches the next two steps in the path of peace, as explained in the book "Mending the Divide" -- Contend and Restore.

Susie Grade continues our series on Waging Peace by looking at the first two aspects of being an everyday peacemaker: See and Immerse.

Susie Grade introduces the series "Waging Peace." Based on the book Mending the Divides, we are looking at God's desire for Shalom and wholeness for all of creation and our call to be a part of that restoration.

Susie Grade closes out our study of Proverbs by looking at the different ways we can read Proverbs 31: prescriptive, descriptive, or as a call to yearn for God's wisdom and Presence.

Susie Grade continues the study of Proverbs with teaching about discernment and living in the tension of making hard decisions.

Gary Aronhalt illustrates and teaches about the filter we need to use and understand when reading the book of Proverbs.

Susie Grade teaches from the book of Proverbs as we explore two portions of the wisdom contained in Proverbs: speaking and listening (or receiving correction).

Sandy Laws begins our 5-week series on the book of Proverbs with a historical background of proverbs and the importance of God's wisdom in the book of Proverbs in the Bible.

Susie Grade teaches on Ruth, Chapter 4; looking at the genealogy of Jesus. The genealogy listed in Ruth makes it clear that "the Savior of the world came from a family line that is as questionable as they come...He came to redeem the questionable."

Gary Aronhalt shares that the deeper we look, the more we realize that there's something more going on -- both in nature and in the story of Ruth.

Susie teaches from Ruth 2, using the illustration of a Thanksgiving table and the people gathered around it to encourage us to welcome in the stranger.

Charlie Dodrill introduces this month's study of Ruth with an overview of the book and some questions for us to consider.

Susan Stein wraps up our 4-week series on Forgiveness, teaching on Matthew 18:23-35 -- The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant.