This Easter season, we are going down a road Beyond Fear...

This Easter season at ClearView Church, we are studying Psalm 23 during our morning worship services. Using that famous Biblical poem, we are going to walk behind our good shepherd, Jesus. We will explore how the images of David, formerly a shepherd of flocks and, later, a shepherd of God's nation of Israel, give us comfort and hope. Even in sorrow. Even in trouble.

Please join us as we journey through the weeks leading up to Easter (known as Lent) during our morning worship services, each Sunday at 10 am.

Sunday, March 11
10 am: "Beyond Fear: Fear of Rejection"
We are afraid of failing, afraid of being rejected, afraid of not being loved, afraid of being abandoned. This message will explore various "shepherd" images from the Bible, both good and bad. God is the good shepherd, the one who will not reject his sheep, but follows them, protects them, loves and cares for them.

Sunday, March 18
10 am: "Beyond Fear: Fear of Want"
We are afraid of not having enough, not being provided for. Our consumer culture capitalizes on that by constantly blurring the line between "wants" and "needs" to make us feel we NEED what we want -- not only that: we DESERVE it! God promises to supply all of our needs. What are they? What more could we want?

Sunday, March 25
10 am: "Beyond Fear: Fear of Getting Lost"
We have fears of "losing our way" in life. Making wrong choices that close doors for us in the future. Dating the wrong guy. Choosing the wrong courses. Not getting into the best University. Turning down a better job offer. We want the best for ourselves out of life... and we don't KNOW the future. God promises to guide us along the right paths -- if we follow him, of course. Jesus says that his sheep know his voice. Would it be familiar to you?

Sunday, April 1
10 am: "Beyond Fear: Fear of the Dark"
Fear of the dark. Fear of suffering. Fear of cancer. Fear of loss. Fear of death. These fears are natural. And God doesn't preserve us from experiencing all bad things. But he does promise to get us THROUGH the dark valley, and to be with us IN the dark valley. Because he looks after us, we can be comforted. Curiously, Jesus had to cry out on the cross, asking why God had forsaken him. He did it for us so we never have to again.

Friday, April 6 - Good Friday
7 pm: "Beyond Fear: Fear of Enemies"
Do you have enemies? Real or metaphorical? Jesus certainly did! One of them was seated right at the table with him: Judas. Through Judas, Satan was present. Through Satan, a plan of betrayal, suffering and death as a criminal unfolded. How did Jesus endure? How can we endure?

Sunday, April 8 - Easter Sunday
10 am: "Beyond Fear: Fear of the Future"
Humans are afraid of what MIGHT happen, both in this life and beyond it. God gives assurances against both of those fears.