Miracle Life Family Church

The Transfer of an Assignment was a transition service marking the handover of pastoral leadership at MLFC from Pastors Walker and Haley Schurz to Pastors Moffat and Naomi Chembe. The sermon emphasized that while leaders and assignments may change, the church’s mission and foundation in Jesus Christ remain the same. Drawing from Hebrews 12 and 1 Corinthians 3, the message encouraged the new pastors to build on the foundation already laid, continue the work faithfully, and lead the church into its next season of growth as God gives the increase.

This is a message of appreciation marking the transition of Pastors Walker and Haley Schurz from senior leadership at Miracle Life Family Church. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 3:1, it emphasizes that God appoints seasons and assignments, and that faithful servants must be willing both to accept His call and to recognize when an assignment is complete. It traces God’s work through MLFC from its founding under Reverend David and Cheryl Newberry to the Schurzes’ leadership, celebrating their willingness, obedience, impact, and the legacy of faith, love, service, strong systems, biblical teaching, and accountability they leave behind.Are we equally willing and obedient when God calls us? We're encouraged to follow Christ’s example, surrender to God’s will, and remain ready for whatever assignment He gives next.

In this two-part series, we see how Jesus did not call His followers to blend in, He called them to stand out. In the Sermon on the Mount, He declared that His disciples are the salt of the earth. These are not aspirational titles, they are statements of identity. But identity without expression is meaningless. Authentic Christianity is the visible expression of the inward rule of Christ, producing Christlike character, righteous living, and redemptive influence in the world. The question this sermon confronts is not whether we call ourselves Christians, but whether our lives reflect the character of Christ and bring His goodness and influence into the world.

Authentic Christianity is the visible expression of Christ's inward rule, producing Christlike character, righteous living, and redemptive influence. In this message, we examine three pillars of impactful faith: Measure, Movement, and Merit.

The Bible calls us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and to stop leaning on our own limited understanding. Trusting in wealth, human strength, or our own wisdom ultimately disappoints, because all of these are finite. But God, whose word never fails, whose character never changes, and whose purposes never stop, is worthy of our complete, unwavering trust. The fruit of that trust is not the removal of difficulty but the gift of peace that surpasses understanding.Pastor Alice’s sermon confronted a question every believer must answer honestly: Where is your trust? Not where should it be, but where is it, right now, in the middle of your real life? The sermon calls us away from the false securities of wealth, human support, and self-reliance, and back to the only anchor that holds, the Lord God, an everlasting rock.