This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through understanding procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
This four-week series examines the biblical understanding of generosity. By looking at the character of God, the good Samaritan, the widow’s offering, and Paul’s encouragement to give generously, we will see that God wants us to be generous in all areas of our life.
This four-week series looks at the theme of hospitality through Scripture. Through biblical exposition and practical tips, congregants will be able to experience and live out the hospitality of God.
This four-week series examines the different characters in the Christmas story to see how the birth of Jesus was good news of great joy for all of them—whether an elderly couple like Zechariah and Elizabeth, a poor young couple like Joseph and Mary, the marginalized shepherds, or even cosmic beings (angels).
As we seek to trust and obey Christ, we will discover that obedience often means suffering and even persecution. Using the biblical context of Peter’s message to the diaspora of persecuted believers in his first epistle, we will learn how to suffer well amid obedience and faithfulness. Following from Peter’s counsel to early believers, this…
This four-week series examines doubt in the life of a Christian. The experiences of biblical characters show us that doubt pushes believers toward a deeper understanding of faith. God desires that we walk with him in our seasons of doubt.
This four-week series for youth examines several ways Jesus calls his people to be counter to the culture so that they can ultimately love it well. Jesus does not call us to simply oppose the culture or to blindly assimilate to it but rather to be a loving counterculture in the midst of it—a community…
This seven-week series examines seven sermons in the book of Acts. What did the early church’s first proclamations of Jesus look like? We will discover in them a consistent message of sin, grace, and salvation in the name of Jesus.
This four-week series examines the biblical understanding of generosity. By looking at the character of God, the good Samaritan, the widow’s offering, and Paul’s encouragement to give generously, kids will see that God wants them to be generous in all areas of their lives.
This six-week series for Ash Wednesday and the Sundays in Lent celebrates the power of the gospel by lifting up some of the key ways Jesus demonstrated his power during his lifetime. By healing, forgiving, raising a child from the dead, walking on water, and exorcising a demon, Jesus declares himself the Son of God…
We need to prepare for the inevitable trials of life before they come. This four-week series will help youth do that through deepening their faith, resting in the assurance of the Good Shepherd, and being part of a community of Christians to lean on when the going gets tough and stress levels rise.
This kids series uses four psalms from “the 90s”—Psalms 91, 94, 95, and 99—to meditate on the attributes of God: his protection, justice, kingship, and holiness.
This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through understanding procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
This two-week series can be used together or as two independent messages. Both messages are meant to help the congregation move forward together in vision or on a mission to raise funds for the church.
This one-week, end-of-the-year series leads us to reflect on all that God has done over the last twelve months. We will remember God’s work in our community, as well as how we have responded to him in baptism, discipleship, and more.
Jesus began his ministry by calling men and women to follow him and be his disciples. Today, the invitation of Jesus remains the same: to follow him as his students and to embrace his life and teaching in every area of our lives.
Jesus began his ministry by calling men and women to follow him and be his disciples. Today, the invitation of Jesus remains the same: to follow him as his students and to embrace his life and teaching in every area of our lives.
We live in a time and culture that elevates “stars” and athletes as people to imitate, even within the church. When cool, famous, or popular people become Christians and people focus on that, sometimes we start thinking that God shows his love by giving us fancy things or a life without anything hard. But when…
This four-week series for youth considers what is happening in the resurrection of Jesus and why it matters for us today. Focusing on four encounters with Jesus after his resurrection, “What Is Easter?” will help students see the personal implications for resurrection life.
This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through helping kids understand procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
As we seek to trust and obey Christ, we will discover that obeying God sometimes means we will experience being made fun of, bullied, or even persecuted because of our faith in Jesus. Using the biblical context of Peter’s message to the displaced and persecuted believers in his first epistle, we will learn how to…
This stand-alone sermon for the New Year grounds the hearers in the firmest footing for the future: the grace of God that brings salvation to everyone and gives us the ability to grow in faith and holiness.
This youth series uses four psalms from “the 90s”—Psalms 91, 94, 95, and 99—to meditate on the attributes of God: his protection, justice, kingship, and holiness.
This four-week series uses Scripture and scenes from blockbuster movies over the last few decades to remind us that we all play an important part in the story of God’s plan of salvation for the world. Whether through public demonstrations of our faith, or creating a place of belonging for the lost, we are called…
This four-week series helps teens consider anxiety and depression in a biblical way and equips them in how to get help for the struggles they face. Each week of this guide looks at a different priority and/or habit to help root students to Jesus and his church when they feel overwhelmed. Additionally, each has an…
This four-week series examines doubt in the life of a Christian. The experiences of biblical characters show us that doubt pushes believers toward a deeper understanding of faith. God desires that we walk with him in our seasons of doubt.
This four-week series points the church to God’s grace during hardship. Chronicling tribulations in church history, we will see that our problems today are not unique to us. Like the saints of the past, we are invited to focus our eyes on God’s promises, his Word, and his faithfulness—and the certainty that we too shall…
Sometimes teens are scared to live, numbing themselves to life and to those around them. The world can be a scary and difficult place. Barriers to wholeness of life with God include shame, sin, fear, suffering, and distractions. Like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, we hide from God, rather than bringing our…
This ten-week series looks at the Ten Commandments that God has given to all who love him. As we look each week at a different commandment, we see how there is a corresponding passage in the New Testament; this will remind us that God’s way of living for us is still valid and relevant today.
This four-week series examines doubt in the life of a Christian. The experiences of biblical characters show us that doubt pushes believers toward a deeper understanding of faith. God desires that we walk with him in our seasons of doubt.
This stand-alone sermon for the New Year gives kids a firm foundation to build on in the year ahead: the grace of God that brings salvation to everyone and gives us the ability to grow in faith and holiness.
Do Christians have nonnegotiable beliefs, and if so, what are they? This eight-week series looks at eight key topics in evangelical theology that all Christians agree about. Our faith will be challenged as we ask ourselves, “When it comes to my beliefs, what is important and why?”
Thanksgiving is a time of reflecting on what one has and giving thanks. Yet sometimes our habit is to compare ourselves with others and become fixated on what we don’t have. Jesus calls his followers to a radical commitment to satisfaction and contentment with what we have.
This one-week, end-of-the-year series leads us to reflect on all that God has done over the last twelve months. We will remember God’s work in our community, as well as how we have responded to him in baptism, discipleship, and more.
This four-week series uses Scripture and popular children’s movies to help kids understand that they have a place in God’s story. By studying the ways God interacts with his people throughout history we learn that God is the main character in this great adventure, but we all have a part to play in his kingdom!