Who We Become
We were created to be image bearers who become like what we behold. So who we become is determined by who we…
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Mary and Martha
Jackie Militzer continues our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves with a look at Jesus’ interactions with two of his beloved friends…
Read moreBuilding Up and Tearing Down
First week in our new series on Christian community called Build Each Other Up. After a demonstration with the kids on how…
Read moreThe Measure of a Church
What’s the measure of a church? How do you know if a church is healthy, fruitful, and making progress in their calling?…
Read moreGet Moving
The next sermon in our series A Story Worth Living comes from Mark 10.35-52. We have contrasting stories of disciples who brought their…
Read moreThe Good Shepherd
John 10.11-18 is the famous passage where Jesus says he’s the Good Shepherd, the true ruler of the people of God, the…
Read moreHealing Friendships
John 5.1-15 tells the story of Jesus going where people who are disabled, forgotten, and facing poverty gather for healing. There he…
Read moreThe Life God Wants for You
From Colossians 1.9-14 we find a good definition of discipleship: to live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in…
Read moreDisciples, Advocates, and Adversaries
From Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 comes the story Jesus tells to sum up the whole story of what he’s doing: the Parable of…
Read moreOffering Everything
Pastor Mark Scandrett speaks to us today from John 6.1-13. Whether we have a lot or a little, the call of Jesus…
Read moreMake Disciples
Our trek through the Great Commission (Matthew 28.16-20) in our Everyone is a Missionary series continues with Javi Malave preaching on “Make Disciples.”…
Read moreKids in the Kingdom
Christie Malave preaches from Galatians 5.22-23 to help refocus our community on the purpose and goal of discipling children in our midst….
Read moreA Community of Love
We’re doing a new sermon series between Easter and Pentecost called We Are a New Creation Community. Our first message today is from…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreBecoming Great and Being First
Mark 10.32-52 contains the most direct teaching Jesus offers in Mark’s Gospel on discipleship and leadership. Prompted by his disciples’ jockeying for…
Read moreHarsh Words in Context
From Mark 8.22-9.1 we get a saying of Jesus that is often unfairly used to motivate agreement and action. Jesus said, “If…
Read moreUnearned Suffering Is Redemptive
We’re in Romans 5.1-11 this morning talking about how enemy love and unearned suffering accomplish reconciliation. Most of the words in today’s…
Read moreNew Creation Now
This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…
Read moreDoubting Like a Disciple
A sermon for the third Sunday of Easter season on doubt. What else? We look at the (in)famous story of Doubting Thomas…
Read moreCourage to Live a Better Story
Fourth sermon in our Lent series Apathy and the Passion. This morning from Mark 1.14-20: “Courage to Live a Better Story.”
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