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“Hats off” to Pastor John Day of the Longbranch Community Church for doing such an excellent job preaching on the subject of “Overseer Remuneration, Honor and Standards” – an awkward subject for anyone whenever it is dealt with so forthrightly. Bottom Line: “For Christ’s sake and for that of the Gospel, when the bar is sacred, so should be the rod!” Today’s message was taken from 1st Timothy 5: 17-25, and was accompanied by Ms. Barbara’s unbelievably beautiful piano skills. *The message begins promptly at 18min/22seconds.

The following Public Service Announcement comes from the leadership of Longbranch Community Church. It deals with the injustice being inflicted on those who, due to personal concern &/or religious conviction, “choose” to decline the Covid vaccination. Longbranch Community Church “IS NOT” anti-vaccine; we “ARE” anti-mandate & anti-passport. We take this position based on our belief that Covid mandates & passports are: “unloving, oppressive, & unjust”. While recognizing that there will undoubtedly be those who disagree with our position, we feel biblically convicted to publicly oppose any attempt to legally coerce an individual whose conscience and/or convictions require steadfast abstinence.

Join your Longbranch Community Church family as Pastor John delves into the real world issue of “Real Widows – Real Religion”. John’s pragmatism provides a wonderful foundation for his stellar biblical insight. The subject is drawn from 1st Timothy 5: 3-16, and due to technical challenges, starts promptly at the 16second mark. *In a break from tradition – and due to the afore mentioned oddball technical challenges – rather than highlighting Ms. Barbara’s stellar piano skills, today’s message is followed by an impromptu bluegrass jam session, highlighted by a handful of 3-7yr old musicians-to-be!!!

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes: Preaching is like singing to the choir. That said, today, Pastor John delivered a beautiful sonnet to our Longbranch Community Church titled “Church Is Family”. We take this concept exceedingly seriously at LCC – and it shows in our uncommonly respectful & mutually gracious relationships. Truly, from our leadership, and throughout our entire fellowship – we have been mightily blessed in this category. *Today’s message was taken from 1st Timothy 5: 1-2 and starts promptly at the 15min/45second mark.

Because …eternity matters: Huddle up with Coach/Pastor John Day as he encourages us to go all in, immerse ourselves, and to persist with intentionality. What we do right here and right now matters in eternity – so John admonishes his LCC family to “focus”, as we train ourselves in the pursuit of godliness. John’s light-hearted humor shines as brightly as Ms. Barbara’s piano skills in this inspirational encouragement to “Be The Change We Want To See!”. *Taken from 1st Timothy 4: 6-16, John’s sermon begins promptly at the 24minute/52second mark.

Join with your Longbranch Community Church family as Pastor John deals directly with the subject of “undermining The Faith”. In this age of socially accepted apostasy, knowing the truth.., but choosing the lie makes it’s more important than ever to truly “contend for the faith”. Taken from 1st Timothy 4: 1-5 and with his trademark honest & forthright style, Pastor John nailed it …again. For those who need to jump right into the meat of today’s message, John’s sermon starts promptly at 30min/18seconds. For those who yearn for the sincerity & genuine nature of yesteryear’s old fashioned worship, Ms. Barbara’s stellar piano skills shined as bright as ever starting from 0/0.

Join with us today as Pastor John “simplifies” the gospels by illuminating the bottom line purpose of Christ’s mission. Today’s sermon was drawn from 1st Timothy 3: 14-16. In addition to Pastor’s message & Ms. Barbara’s stellar piano skills, we also enjoyed a heartfelt time of prayer & special bluegrass music provided by our dear friends John, Oliver, Doug & Doreen. Today’s service starts at exactly 39min/57sec and concludes with Holy Communion.

In follow up to his 9/25/2021 message, today, Pastor John Day delivers Part 2 of a message detailing the “Christian Qualifications for Office” – specifically those of Deacons. Taken from 1st Timothy 3: 8-13; this message is a biblical reminder of the importance of character & service. Stellar as always …and aptly supported by Ms. Barbara’s unbelievably beautiful piano skills. We were triply blessed this morning by the presence of Bill & Carol McKinney who underscored the value & importance of The Gideons International Outreach; Bill’s presentation starts @22min/34sec). Lastly, Longbranch Community Church would like to thank and welcome the many new faces that have been in attendance as of late; seems quite obvious that God is definitely blessing The Little Church with the Big Bell! *Today’s sermon begins promptly at the 33min/25sec mark.

Today, in response to extraordinary events both at home and abroad, Pastor John Day called for a special “Convocation of Prayer” to address the unique and heartbreaking circumstances of today’s persecuted church – specifically those in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Pastor John’s call, and LCC’s heartfelt response, was aptly supported by firsthand reports given by one of our dearest ministry partners. *Today’s message was taken largely from Psalm 83 and begins promptly at the 23min/00sec mark.

Longbranch Community Church was blessed today to have the message brought by Pastor/Chaplain Doug Paterson. Brother Doug, whose grandfather preached at LCC more than 100 years ago, used his grandfather’s very own bible to pull from 2nd Chronicles 7:14 and explained – in detail – the subtle nuances of this much loved verse. Pastor Doug’s insightful message was aptly supported by Ms. Barbara’s unbelievably gorgeous piano and a heartfelt time of congregational prayer. Truly, …twas a beautiful morning to be in church. *Today’s insightful message begins promptly at the 32min/44sec mark.

Today, Pastor John Day delivers Part 1 of a message detailing the “Christian Qualifications for Office” – specifically those of Elders. Taken from 1st Timothy 3: 1-7; this message was a biblical reminder of the importance of doing things “God’s way”. Stellar as always …and aptly supported by Ms. Barbara’s unbelievably beautiful piano skills. *Today’s message begins promptly at the 30min/48sec mark.

One obvious hallmark of a truly “biblical” church is their willingness to confront and grapple with the bible’s “challenging” passages. And if we’re being honest… there are several. Join with us today as Pastor John Day unpacks 1st Tim 2: 11-14 dealing specifically with “Christian femininity” – an issue that unfortunately, sends many modern & post-modern listeners screaming out of church with their hair on fire. John’s message – “Embracing Christian Femininity” - was delivered with clarity & grace – and was received gratefully by our distinctly old fashioned, traditional fellowship. As per usual, Ms. Barbara’s stellar piano skills iced the cake, as is her (and our) custom. *Today’s sermon begins promptly at the 36min/30second mark.

So.., the question is: “In my life, what will it be?’ What we want or what He wants. Twas a complete joy to be back in church this morning soaking up LCC’s genuine fellowship & crystal clear teaching. And… in addition to Ms. Barbara’s forever stellar piano skills, we enjoyed a very quick (& completely unplanned) guest duet*!!! (*Don’t blink, …you might just miss it @4min/04sec) *Today message: “What We Want or What He Wants” was well received by one and all – and begins promptly at 33min/34seconds.

The title of today’s message is “One Savior for All”. Who needs to hear it??? “ALLLLLL” of us! Thank you Pastor John for delivering yet another stellar word, and thank you Ms. Barbara for the wonderful gift of your beautiful piano skills. Yepper indeed.., twas another great day of old fashioned praise, worship, and prayer at Longbranch Community Church! *Today’s message starts at the 19min / 54sec mark.

Pray, my friends; …pray! First and foremost, “…pray!” Join with our Longbranch Community Church family as Pastor John encourages those who may need the reminder that everything should begin – and end - with prayer. Recapturing the practice and promise of this special means of grace is indeed …a true treasure. After joining with several other Key Peninsula churches last week for joint service, it sure was nice coming back home. Back to our time honored traditions and old fashioned ways. Ms. Barbara’s piano graced this wonderful message and blessed us all. Today’s message comes from 1st Timothy 2:1-2 and begins at the 18min / 52second mark; enjoy it fully!!!

“Apostasy …is real.” It happens, and the consequences of false teaching can be deadly – no doubt. Join with our Longbranch Community Church family as Pastor John encourages us to “choose our battles wisely” in order to deal with this travesty straight up and straight forward using 1st Tim 1:18-20 as his text. As per usual, Ms. Barbara’s piano was in grand form – blessing us all from start to finish. Lastly, our LCC family would like to welcome the many new faces of those who are looking for a church that deals with the tough issues in a very black & white, no-nonsense manner. We’re entirely aware that we are being blessed by God in a number different ways – and we are ever-so-thankful for each & every one of these blessings! *Today’s message begins at the 27min / 10second mark; enjoy it fully!!!

Today, our Longbranch Community Church family warmly welcomed Stephen & Courtney Myers (of Burley Bible Church) to give us an introduction to their missionary outreach to an unsaved people group in the Philippines. The Myers’ and their four young children are making a whole-hearted, multi-year commitment to share the good news of Jesus Christ via Ethnos360 which is recognized as a preeminent gospel-sharing organization. We wish the Myers family “all God’s best” as they serve in this most precious capacity!!!

So, pray tell… “exactly why did Jesus come into the world?” “To save sinners” – pure and simple; “nothing else, nothing less, nothing more” says Pastor John Day of Longbranch Community Church. Not only is this the purpose & whole point – It is both the heart & the heartbeat - of the Gospels. Join with us as Pastor John emphatically urges us to stay on-point. Taken from 1st Timothy 1: 12-17, this stunningly frank message is a welcome breath of fresh air within today’s culturally sanctioned and politically correct windstorm. Todays message starts promptly at the 25minute mark. We hope & pray you enjoy it as much online as we did in person!

Elder/Pastor Assoc Sean Banks delivers a remarkably understandable “birds eye view” of one of the bible’s most challenging topics – “election”. Taken from Romans Chap 9: 1-24, Sean seamlessly tackles this subject with grace and solid biblical reasoning. At Longbranch Community Church we’re extremely fortunate to have not one, but two, Pastors who “stand & deliver” the entire counsel of God. No reservations, no excuses, no appeasements… just two solid men of God doing exactly what God calls them to do! Today’s message was complimented by Ms. Barbara’s phenomenal piano gift. In addition to our weekly prelude & closing, she delivered four well-known and much loved hymns: Holy, Holy, Holy / He is Exalted / All Hail The Power of Jesus Name / There is a Fountain. Stellar preaching, traditional hymns, heartfelt prayer, and genuine sincere fellowship all sprinkled w/grace and an abundance of love. Seems to me that “The Little Church with the Big Bell” has been mightily blessed indeed! Today’s service officially starts at 4min/40secs with the message starting at 22min/20secs.

Join with us as Pastor John Day wades deeper into the waters of 1st Timothy. With greetings and salutations out of the way, Paul begins to address the specific purpose of his 1st letter to Timothy. Ms. Barbara’s beautiful piano is evident – as was the joy of answered prayer “&” seeing several old (& new) friends in attendance. *Today’s message centers on Chap 1: vs3-11 and begins promptly at the 17minute 24 second mark. Join with us as Pastor John Day wades deeper into the waters of 1st Timothy. With greetings and salutations out of the way, Paul begins to address the specific purpose of his 1st letter to Timothy. Ms. Barbara’s beautiful piano is evident – as was the joy of answered prayer “&” seeing several old (& new) friends in attendance. *Today’s message centers on Chap 1: vs3-11 and begins promptly at the 17minute 24 second mark.

Prior to going into detail, Pastor John Day presents an overview of 1st Timothy by reading the entire book. Thanks also to Ms. Barbara for providing our Longbranch Community Church with our weekly dose of her very special piano gift. It’s quite apparent (to me) that every church has “many” moving parts – and that our LCC family has been mightily blessed. Come, visit us …you’ll be blessed as well. There’s plenty of room, and an emphasis on God’s written word at the “Little Church with the Big Bell!!!” Today’s sermon (“Answering the Big Why’s”) begins at the 25minute / 30 second mark.

One wonders, what if… What if I could share a secret so valuable that the vast majority seekers spend their entire life in dedicated pursuit – with nothing to show for their effort? A secret that has baffled the smartest and outwitted the most nimble for centuries. Join us as Pastor John unpacks the crown jewel all secrets – past and present – the unparalleled “secret of contentment.” This is yet another John Day jewel of biblical understanding. Taken from Philippians Chapter 4: v.10-20; today message begins at exactly 25 minutes / 06 seconds. And Ms. Barbara’s beautiful music??? Let’s just call that …the icing on the cake.

Who would’ve figured that a message built on the two simple closing verses of the Book of Philippians could make for such a “bloom’nly” powerful – and unusually motivational sermon? Pastor John Day put his keen understanding and stellar communication skills to fine use in this unusually “personal” oration. Add Ms. Barbara’s beautiful piano and a handful of classic congregational hymns, along with a heartfelt closing prayer, and one is left knowing that it was a good morning to be in the Lord’s house, …a very good morning indeed! Today’s sermon begins at exactly 25 minutes / 48 seconds.

Soo… if you were going to write a letter – just one mind you – what would you want to say? Join with our Longbranch Community Church family as Elder Sean Banks (aka: the Coach) delivers a straight shoot’n perspective on Jude’s one and only epistle. Hint: “Tend the flock, rebuke the goats, …and shoot the wolves.” *Today’s message begins at exactly 25min/12secs..

Peace. A concept as ancient as the stars, …as current as today’s headlines, and yet, as critically important as the air we breathe. Join with our Longbranch Community Church family as Pastor John delivers a uniquely contemporary message explaining what it is, where it comes from – and why it’s so vitally important. Pastor’s message is taken from Phil 4: 4-9 and starts at exactly 15 minutes / 32 seconds.