"Even in Darkness"

Jesus’ ministry was about living out God’s love – abiding in, teaching, and showing us the Love of God. Jesus’ embodied, divine Love overcame every boundary and barrier that separated people from God and each other; it broke through shame, deception, prejudice, pain, and sorrow to bring healing and wholeness and it also overcame sin and death to bring redemption and restoration. That divine Love is what led to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and it’s the same Love that raised him from the tomb. Throughout the season of Lent, we will be following Jesus’ ministry and, along the way, learning how to live like Jesus in order to become ambassadors of God’s Love.

On this Sunday, Pastor Tyler shares how learning to live like Jesus means loving the Light more than the darkness.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: John 3:14-21 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Learning to live like Jesus means loving the Light more than the darkness.

"Even in Distraction"

Jesus’ ministry was about living out God’s love – abiding in, teaching, and showing us the Love of God. Jesus’ embodied, divine Love overcame every boundary and barrier that separated people from God and each other; it broke through shame, deception, prejudice, pain, and sorrow to bring healing and wholeness and it also overcame sin and death to bring redemption and restoration. That divine Love is what led to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and it’s the same Love that raised him from the tomb. Throughout the season of Lent, we will be following Jesus’ ministry and, along the way, learning how to live like Jesus in order to become ambassadors of God’s Love.

On this Sunday, Pastor Ellynda shares how learning to live like Jesus means keeping God first in our lives and removing the things that get in the way of God.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: John 2:13-22 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Learning to live like Jesus means keeping God first in our lives and removing the things that get in the way of God.

"Even in Sacrifice"

Jesus’ ministry was about living out God’s love – abiding in, teaching, and showing us the Love of God. Jesus’ embodied, divine Love overcame every boundary and barrier that separated people from God and each other; it broke through shame, deception, prejudice, pain, and sorrow to bring healing and wholeness and it also overcame sin and death to bring redemption and restoration. That divine Love is what led to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and it’s the same Love that raised him from the tomb. Throughout the season of Lent, we will be following Jesus’ ministry and, along the way, learning how to live like Jesus in order to become ambassadors of God’s Love.

On this Sunday, Pastor Tyler shares how learning to live like Jesus means consistently trusting and choosing God’s way over our own way.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Mark 8:31-38 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Learning to live like Jesus means consistently trusting and choosing God’s way over our own way.

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"Even in the Wilderness"

Jesus’ ministry was about living out God’s love – abiding in, teaching, and showing us the Love of God. Jesus’ embodied, divine Love overcame every boundary and barrier that separated people from God and each other; it broke through shame, deception, prejudice, pain, and sorrow to bring healing and wholeness and it also overcame sin and death to bring redemption and restoration. That divine Love is what led to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and it’s the same Love that raised him from the tomb. Throughout the season of Lent, we will be following Jesus’ ministry and, along the way, learning how to live like Jesus in order to become ambassadors of God’s Love.

On this Sunday, Pastor Ellynda shares how learning to live like Jesus invites us to draw close to God, especially in tough places.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Mark 1:9-15 (NLT)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Learning to live like Jesus invites us to draw close to God, especially in tough places.

Ash Wednesday 2021 - "Ambassadors of Love"

Jesus’ ministry was about living out God’s love – abiding in, teaching, and showing us the Love of God. Jesus’ embodied, divine Love overcame every boundary and barrier that separated people from God and each other; it broke through shame, deception, prejudice, pain, and sorrow to bring healing and wholeness and it also overcame sin and death to bring redemption and restoration. That divine Love is what led to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and it’s the same Love that raised him from the tomb. Throughout the season of Lent, we will be following Jesus’ ministry and, along the way, learning how to live like Jesus in order to become ambassadors of God’s Love.

On this Ash Wednesday, Pastor Ellynda shares how recognizing our need for a clean heart is a step toward living like Jesus.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Recognizing our need for a clean heart is a step toward living like Jesus.

"Listening"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Tyler shares how listening to the Lord will renew our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Isaiah 40:28-31 (CEB); Mark 9:2-9 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Listening to the Lord will renew our strength.

"Drawing"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares how drawing from the Lord’s healing power will renew our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalm 147:1-6 (NIV); Mark 1:29-39 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Drawing from the Lord’s healing power will renew our strength.

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"Knowing"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Tyler shares how knowing the Lord’s power will renew our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalm 111 (CEB); Mark 1:21-28 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Knowing the Lord’s power will renew our strength.

"Trusting"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares how trusting in the Lord will renew our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalm 62:5-12 (NIV); Mark 1:14-20 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Trusting in the Lord will renew our strength.

"Following"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Tyler shares how following the Lord will renew our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalm 139:1-6 (NIV); John 1:43-51 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Following the Lord will renew our strength

"Hoping"

From Advent and Christmas, we carry the light and hope we’ve received through Jesus’ birth with us into a new year to help bring much needed renewal and strength. Because God is always pressing toward us, we are encouraged to keep pressing toward God through our hoping, following, trusting, knowing, drawing from, and listening to God. We pray that God’s renewal and strength will help you press toward God and others in and with love today and throughout this year!

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares how our hope in God renews our strength.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV); Mark 1:4-11 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Hoping in the Lord will renew our strength.

"Proclaim the Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares how we are to reflect and proclaim the Light of Jesus in our lives.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV); Ephesians 5:8-9 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light. The Light has come, so proclaim and reflect Him.

"Recognize the Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, guest preacher, Rev. Jimmy Moor, shares how we are to recognize the Light of Christ that has come to us.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: John 1:6-14 (CEB); John 8:12 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light. The Light has come, so follow Him.

"The Light Has Come" (Christmas Eve 2020)

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Ellynda and Pastor Tyler share about the Light of God coming through the birth of Jesus.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: John 1:1-5 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light. Arise! Shine! The Light has come.

"Anticipate the Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Tyler shares about anticipating the Light of Christ coming to dwell among us.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Isaiah 9:2 (CEB); 1 John 1:5 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light.

"The Promise of Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares the promises of God’s light through Jesus.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Isaiah 60:19 (CEB); Isaiah 60:1-3 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light.

"The Author of Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Tyler shares about God as the author of light

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Genesis 1:3 (CEB); James 1:17 (CEB)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light.

"Unexpected Light"

The Bible is full of stories that build one long narrative about humanity’s relationship with God. And, throughout those stories, God’s presence and action often come in unexpected ways. The Advent season is about anticipating God’s presence coming into the world through Jesus to dwell among us and to bring us all hope and salvation. Jesus is a beacon of light, bursting with God’s goodness and love in a dark, broken world. 

We know that this year, our lives have been full of hardship, difficulty, and darkness and yet God meets us there to bring us light, hope, and salvation. In this Advent season, we watch for the Light that has been promised to come and, when it comes, we follow the Light and reflect the Light in the world around us.

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares about God’s unexpected light promised through Jesus.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: God has and will always turn our darkness into light.

"Rejoicing in God’s Faithfulness"

This year our lives have been full of hardship and difficulty and yet God’s great love and compassion never fails. God has been and continues to be faithful throughout our lives. Gratitude helps us point to the good that we’ve seen God accomplish during these trying times. Let us be thankful and encourage each other to never give up doing good for God’s glory!

This week, Pastor Ellynda and Pastor Tyler share how God’s faithfulness motivates us to do more good.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Lamentations 3: 21-23 (NIV); Hebrews 10:23-25 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: Rejoicing in God’s faithfulness helps us respond with gratitude and motivates us to offer love and good deeds.

"The Effect"

Every word and action we make has an effect. They can be used to do good or they can be used to do harm. As followers of Jesus, we should see our lives connected to God, who is the source of all things good, holy, and pleasing. As a result, we should strive to deepen and grow that connection so that we are filled with and we produce more and more good in our world. In other words, God’s goodness should radiate outward through our lives – like a ripple effect – positively impacting and transforming our lives and the lives of those around us for the better. In this series, we want you to take a look at your life and see how every aspect has the opportunity to radiate God and bless others. 

This week, Pastor Ellynda shares how we can make the most of every opportunity to share God’s goodness.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Ephesians 2:10 (NIV); 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (NIV)

THIS WEEK’S BIG IDEA: We are created to abundantly sow God’s goodness.