Discipleship (Page 25)

Discipleship (Page 25)

Vitaly Borodkin: Transformed by God’s Grace

      My name is Vitaly Borodkin and my story begins in Moscow, in what was then the Soviet Union in the 1980s. I knew very little about God when I was young because the communist party discouraged the discussion of religion. Sometimes I saw Orthodox churches on the streets and asked my parents about them, only to receive very few answers. At that time, my parents were most likely agnostics, not knowing much about Jesus and the Bible.…

Derrick Jenkins: How God Works

Hello, my name is Derrick Jenkins. I am married to Tayla. I am the son of Maria and Bob, I work as a Journeyman Plumber, and I live in Dunstable MA. As a young child I was very curious about how everything worked, why it worked and who came up with the idea. I liked to take things apart and put them back together. I did this just to see how they were built and how they functioned. I had…

Heathyr Gavlik: Filling the Void

Hi, my name is Heathyr Gavlik. I have three children and I live in Tyngsborough. I grew up in the projects with an alcoholic mother and an absent father. Being the oldest I would be left alone at night to take care of my brother at a very young age. I can remember being afraid many nights. My mom and dad yelled and screamed at each other and it always made me scared. Sometimes I still fear the night as…

An Animated Explanation of The Gospel of Matthew

Please watch these two animated videos explaining the Gospel of Matthew by The Bible Project. They’ll cover more than we can get to in our current series, Meeting Jesus in Matthew, and will give you a great overview of the book. Enjoy! Matthew Chapters 1-13 Matthew Chapters 14-28

Diana Walker-Moyer: God Has Always Been “Of Course”

Hi, my name is Diana Walker-Moyer and I live here in Westford with my husband, Alan. When my two sisters and I were very young my mom left our family and at the age of 26, my dad found himself the single parent to three little girls ages 4, 3, and 2. He moved us to my grandparents’ farm where he had grown up and we became my grandmother’s “day daughters”. My dad worked days as a telephone lineman, helped…

Shirley Burchfield: One Thing Missing, Peace

My name is Shirley Burchfield. Currently, I live in Tyngsboro with my husband, Bruce. Growing up, I was the third child in a family of four of a good Baptist mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. As long as I can remember we attended the Baptist church and Sunday School. When I became a middle schooler, I was thrilled to be able to attend youth group with my older brother and sister.  I grew up learning all the stories. I…

Saturday Worship Explained

We originally published this article on January 4th, 2016 as an explanation of why we chose to have our weekly worship service on Saturday afternoons. In September 2019 we are transitioning to Sunday mornings to better focus on discipleship as a church. If you are wrestling with the theology of Sunday worship or what day of the week you should worship on please read this article as well as The Lord’s Day: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Foundations for Sunday Worship…