Extreme Makeover: Foundation Inspection: Facing Our Temptations // Rev. Dr. Jefferson M. Furtado
Extreme Makeover: Foundation Inspection (Matthew 4:1–11)
We live in a culture obsessed with image, improvement, and quick transformation. But Jesus' version of an "extreme makeover" begins not with a spotlight, but with solitude. In this first message of the Lenten series, we follow Jesus into the wilderness, where hunger, silence, and temptation reveal what truly holds a life together.
Through the three temptations—appetite, performance, and control—we are invited to examine the foundations of our own lives. What sustains us when we are empty? Do we seek approval to secure our identity? What do we worship when no one is looking?
Lent is not about surface change. It is about Spirit-led formation. Join us as we begin this journey of deep, honest transformation—allowing God to rebuild us from the inside out.
19 Feb 2026
Extreme Makeover: Ash Wednesday // Rev. Dr. Jefferson M. Furtado
In this Ash Wednesday message, Rev. Dr. Jefferson M. Furtado reflects on the early days of the COVID-19 shutdown — a moment when the world unexpectedly paused. In that quiet stillness, we were confronted with our limits, our vulnerabilities, and our shared humanity.
Ash Wednesday offers us that same sacred pause.
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return" are not words of shame, but grounding. They remind us that we are human, that we are not in control, and that beneath our busyness lies a deeper invitation from God.
This sermon invites us into the Lenten journey — not as a season of spiritual performance, but as a time for honest reflection, humility, and renewal. In the pause, we discover something both sobering and hopeful:
We are dust.
We are loved.
And even from dust, God is creating something new.
15 Feb 2026
One by One Wk 6: Joy That Echoes Through the City // Rev. Mary Kate Myers
When God rebuilds a community, joy becomes a public witness.
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