Taste and See that The Lord is Good.

Psalm 34:8

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"To say that I am thankful for my parents would be the understatement of the decade..."

They're wonderful in so many ways.  Today I'm not referring to how they have always treated me or anything they have bought me  This is about where they took me from a newborn to the day I left their home (yes, they still had a say so at 21!) My parents took me to church on Sunday morning , Sunday night , and Wednesday night.  There was never any questions about " are we going?", it was a known fact.  You just simply arranged your schedule around it.  Honestly, I can't remember it being an issue.  Whatever it was that we wanted to do always found a way of making it into our busy schedules.  It never felt as if I was having to choose between church and something else because the decision had already been made.  
I know the argument of "You don't have to attend church to be saved" but I've often wondered if I would be saved today had I not attended faithfully.  You see, on the very worst days of my life, it isn't the memory of a win at the ball filed that I pull up in my mind to cling to.  It's the service where the sermon was preached about how God is faithful and never leaves us.  I pull up the song in my mind that was sang at church that brought chills as the anointing fell.  I pull up the memory of not being able to walk, but literally run, to the altar for relief of my burdens.  I pull up in my mind the man in the community that NO ONE ever expected to be saved, slowly stumbling to the altar and knelt as the tears flowed down his face onto the altar.  I think about his wife and kids running to pray with him as they praised God for this miracle.  I think of the woman singing in the choir who, as of 5 years ago, wasn't supposed to make it 6 months.  I think of the little kids and teens that were brought to church on the church bus.  As they were taught about Jesus, they were also being taught many other things such as respect, commitment, and cleanliness.  To many of them, the church is the only family they ever feel like they were a part of.
My experiences with the Lord are certainly not only connected to being in church, for I have an experience with him daily.  There is just something about an awesome church service that is burnt into your mind.  On the sad, lonely, depressed, and hopeless days of my life, it is such a joy to be able to "relive" such wonderful moments in my mind.  It could even be a testimony someone gave about the Lord moving on their behalf, or seeing myself in my mind with hands raised and tears flowing as God poured is peace over me like hot oil.  I honestly can still hear certain people in my childhood praying in the altars, and thinking " i wanna pray like that one day" (I was a kid, ok?)
The point is, if I wasn't there, I wouldn't have these memories to think of when the trials bombard me.  I can't find peace or a promise from God in a memory of a day at the lake, a birthday party, ballgame, or team practice, or watching a movie with my family.  God's works are everlasting, far beyond what we can imagine.  It's the gift that keeps on giving.(I couldn't resist)
Our children will turn to whatever we have taught them to turn to in their time of trouble and heartache.  Why not give them the foundation they must have to build a blessed life?  Only in God's eternal word will you find lasting solutions to your problems and needs.  
Isaiah 40:8:  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.
There are some AMAZING things happening in our church today.  I am so excited and honored to be a part of it!  Please don't miss out!
- Michelle Money