In our second mile people series, we are investigating how the early church lived out the teachings of Jesus and went not just one mile for those around us, but two. It’s challenging to remain present with people, but we see Jesus’ presence as overwhelming acts of kindness to those around him. In this week’s message, pastor Amy Perez gives us four ways that being a people of presence through community can transform our daily lives.
Our Second Mile People series looks at the life of the early church, where disciples of Jesus were called followers of the Way. These believers went from cringing in fear to proclaiming the gospel in power, from isolating in loneliness to being sent out to make disciples. The good news transformed the early church into a people who went above and beyond by the power of the Spirit. This Sunday, Pastor Kevin unpacks how the authority of Jesus impacts us as followers of His way.
In this week's Leadership Lesson, Pastor Josh Kelsey explores an encounter Jesus has with his disciples after his resurrection. When meeting the disciples as they were fishing, Jesus shows them provision, presence, and purpose and brings them into a deeper revelation of who he is.
We cannot celebrate an empty cross until we know there's an empty tomb. Death, shame, guilt and condemnation have been buried with Christ, and a new life has been given to all those who believe in him. The cross reveals that God loves us, and the resurrection reveals that he wants you to be with him forever. This Easter Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey expands on three things that will never be the same because of the resurrection of Jesus.
Where do you turn when hope is gone? Where do you run for comfort? This Good Friday, Pastor Josh revealed four things every human heart needs, the hopes that Christ fulfills in the cross and resurrection. The human heart was made to hope. And the hope we have in Christ is not based on circumstance or performance but on his perfect, unconditional love.
The final prayer of Jesus before he goes to the cross, recorded in John 17, gives us a sneak peek into the relationship between our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, his son. In this Palm Sunday message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey discusses the priorities of Jesus, gifts of Jesus to us, our gifts to the Father, and how we are able to overcome the world because of Jesus’ power.
As believers, we are God’s children—heirs to his eternal inheritance. When we view ourselves and others around us as God’s heirs, we live differently. In this message from guest pastor Layne Schranz, we learn what it means to be an heir and how we live as heirs to God’s kingdom.
This ALLIN, Pastor Josh Kelsey shared on the phases of community—and the importance of prioritizing true, authentic relationships! Real community is when we abide with Christ and therefore one another the way He desired us to.
Jesus’ teaching on the True Vine is at the heart of the Upper Room Discourse, his final words to his disciples before going to the cross. This Sunday, Ps Josh Kelsey explored 7 keys to abiding in God’s love and being connected to the true source of life.
In this week's message on the Upper Room Discourse, we explored the promise of the Holy Spirit given by Jesus to the disciples. The Holy Spirit is an advocate, intercessor, strengthener, and comforter who is not just for the apostles of the Bible, but can transform our lives today. This Sunday, Pastor Amy Perez walked us through John 14 and unpacked the ways in which the Spirit relates to the world, to you, and to God.
When Jesus told his followers that he was the way, the truth, and the life at the Last Supper, the disciples had just learned that Jesus was leaving them. In shock and dismay they couldn’t understand where he was going or why he would leave at the height of his ministry, but Jesus’ statement brings comfort not only to his disciples then but today. In this week's message, David Chan outlines three ways we can have fulfillment in Jesus.
In looking at the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, we understand that God is someone to be trusted with our whole hearts and minds. When he had the ability and authority to do anything he desired, Jesus chose to come down low and wash the feet of those who followed him. In this picture of cleanliness and salvation, Pastor Ryan begins our Upper Room Discourse series by giving us three points on how through Jesus’ actions we see that God is someone to be trusted.
All of us have love limitations. At a certain point, we reach our end and our life can no longer function if we don’t receive the love from God. We weren’t saved to remain where we are, but for a purpose and a new way of living. In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Kelsey gives us five points on how we can receive and treat others with an agape love that does not come from ourselves but flows from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
God is calling us to do an exchange today: the cares of the world for what He cares for. When the world says you should be dissatisfied, our witness is to remain satisfied through what we care about. At this ALLIN Night, Pastor Josh Kelsey teaches us how to find satisfaction in God alone, making our fellowship with one another strong and kindgom focused.
In a story from the gospel of John, The Pharisees and the scribes brought a woman before Jesus to try to test and set him up for failure. But nothing takes Jesus by surprise, and even in this situation he was not phased. He simply kneeled down, got on the woman’s level, and wrote in the sand in the midst of all the tension. In this Sunday’s message, Ps Luis Guerrero describes how this story reveals the heart of the accuser, the repentant, and the Father.
Courage is something available to every believer because we have the presence of God with us. Often we look at courage as something connected to our history or track record, but Jesus teaches us that we can be fearless because we know who we are with. In this week’s leadership lessons, Pastor Josh Kelsey explores what it looks like to be courages, to take courage, and stand firm in the faith today.
In this week's message, Pastor Josh Kelsey explored the story of Mary and Martha and the progression Martha takes to become filled with worry. Through her story, we see there are three phases of worry and it's single solution: to sit and listen to Jesus. You could be doing the most important work for Jesus and still not be worshipping if your attention is misplaced. God isn't saying the things around you don't matter, but instead says "I can carry the care."
Anxiety and worry are embedded in our everyday life, yet Jesus commands us not to be anxious. In this Sunday’s message, Pastor Josh Kelsey explored the enemy’s only weapon: distraction. In order for us to mature as believers, we must fix our attention on God. Our mind is a battlefield, so this week as a church, we’re practicing casting all our cares on him as we seek first the Kingdom and remember there’s only room for one true King in our hearts.
The Sermon on the Mount shows us there is a better way to live in community, that the Kingdom may be seen through the way we act towards each other. This Sunday’s message from Pastor Josh Kelsey taught us that if you want to continue on the narrow path and have full relationship with someone, don’t assume entrance: ask, seek and knock. Even after Jesus came to earth as a baby and went to the cross for us, he is not forceful, but knocks.
The overarching theme of all humanity is this: we are here that God in Christ would be magnified as supremely glorious. At our first ALLIN of the year, Pastor Josh Kelsey explores three points regarding what it means to be transformed from glory to glory.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus ends by speaking the Golden Rule: treat others the way you would want to be treated. If we are going to reach our city, our families and our workplaces with God’s love in 2024, we have to receive and act upon the love that has first been given to us. This Sunday, pastor Jon Laurenzo explores the importance of the golden rule in the life of a believer today.
What is your response when you are overwhelmed? In this week’s staff meeting message, Pastor Josh Kelsey explores Luke 2:19 by encouraging us to treasure up and ponder the things that God is doing in our lives this Christmas season.
In a time of year that can be stressful and chaotic, the birth of Christ speaks a new way over us: a way of peace. Peace is not something we have to manufacture in our own strength, but it is made free to us because Christ came down to bring wholeness to humanity. In this week's message, Pastor Ryan Schlachter gives us three ways to accomplish peace in our daily lives this Christmas season.
When we begin to live with a revelation of Christ’s incarnation, the Word of God comes to life in us—freeing us from self-condemnation, self-absorption and self-justification. Todays message from lead Pastor Josh Kelsey reminds us the freedom Christ came to earth to bring us!
We serve a God bigger than any circumstances, anxiety or fear that we face! At our last ALLIN of the year, Pastor Josh challenged us from 2 Kings 6, the story of Elisha and his servant. When you face challenges, do you react with fear or do you see that God is for you? As we go into 2024, may we ground our hearts in the reality of his faithful love and look to Jesus our Savior.