Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday

This Palm Sunday message is part of a Holy Week series that walks a congregation through each of the days of Holy Week. Each message introduces the importance of the event leading up to the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Holy Week reminds us that even when God doesn’t act in the way we…

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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday

This Maundy Thursday message is part of a Holy Week series that walks a congregation through each of the days of Holy Week. Each message introduces the importance of the event leading up to the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Holy Week reminds us that even when God doesn’t act in the way we…

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Good Friday
Good Friday

This Good Friday message is part of a Holy Week series that walks a congregation through each of the days of Holy Week. Each message introduces the importance of the event leading up to the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Holy Week reminds us that even when God doesn’t act in the way we expect,…

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Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday

This Holy Saturday message is part of a Holy Week series that walks a congregation through each of the days of Holy Week. Each message introduces the importance of the event leading up to the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Holy Week reminds us that even when God doesn’t act in the way we expect,…

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If My People: A Call to Prayer
If My People: A Call to Prayer

Throughout history, there have been times when God’s people came together and prayed, and then God showed up and responded. This four-week series looks at biblical accounts of times that prayer changed things.

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And All God’s People Said
And All God’s People Said

Throughout history, there have been times when God’s people came together and prayed, and then God showed up and responded. This four-week series looks at biblical accounts of times that prayer changed things.

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Parenting Today: Scripture’s Timeless Wisdom for Parents
Parenting Today: Scripture’s Timeless Wisdom for Parents

This four-week series explores the challenges and importance of parenting. Parenting styles change, but the Bible always places value on parenting: the importance of parents disciplining and influencing their children, parenting with grace and fairness, not being discontent or having unrealistic expectations, and having faith in God for our parenting growth.

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Parenting Today: Scripture’s Timeless Wisdom for Parents
Parenting Today: Scripture’s Timeless Wisdom for Parents

This four-week series explores the challenges and importance of parenting. Parenting styles change, but the Bible always places value on parenting: the importance of parents disciplining and influencing their children, parenting with grace and fairness, not being discontent or having unrealistic expectations, and having faith in God for our parenting growth.

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The Story Of David
The Story Of David

David was considered the greatest king Israel had ever known. “Son of David” is a title of the Messiah. Who is David and what was his story? This six-week series looks at some of the key moments in the story of David.

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Rend Your Hearts: A Lent Series
Rend Your Hearts: A Lent Series

This seven-sermon series is intended to help hearers navigate the Lenten season. It invites us into a time of lament and repentance before Easter and challenges us to bring more than a mere show of outward observance but to truly rend our hearts as we turn toward Christ.

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Lent: Empty and Filled
Lent: Empty and Filled

This seven-week series explores the historic Christian season of Lent—from Ash Wednesday through Palm Sunday. This rich Christian tradition points us back to the reality of our sin and our desperate need for a Savior. Christians have participated in this season not as a means of meaningless self-denial or pious ritual keeping, but as a…

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Love Isn’t Blind: A Relationship Series
Love Isn’t Blind: A Relationship Series

“Now is the time to decide if love is blind” declares a preacher at each of the wedding ceremonies in the popular reality Netflix show Love Is Blind. The show challenges couples to find a soulmate and propose before laying eyes on their future spouse. Is love really blind? Scripture says no. This four-week series…

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You (Don’t) Complete Me: Gospel-Centered Relationships
You (Don’t) Complete Me: Gospel-Centered Relationships

This relationship sermon series speaks to married and single people alike, helping us understand the gifts of both marriage and singleness. This series looks at how both marriage and singleness point to a greater purpose, and how they picture something beautiful about Christ, his relationship with his church, and the family of God.

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Dating In The 21st Century: Temptations And Pitfalls Of Modern Dating
Dating In The 21st Century: Temptations And Pitfalls Of Modern Dating

This four-week series explores some of the common pitfalls and temptations found in the modern dating scene and provides biblical wisdom to navigate the landscape of dating apps, social media, and matchmaking shows. We will find trustworthy teaching to guide us through the confusing season of dating. And we will discuss some helpful strategies for…

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I’m Not Okay: Bringing Our Brokenness To Christ
I’m Not Okay: Bringing Our Brokenness To Christ

This four-week youth series discovers the truth that comes from telling God that we’re not okay. By looking at common struggles like anxiety, depression, temptation, and conflict, we can see what God wants us to do to experience peace, joy, hope, and love no matter what struggle we are going through.

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Firm Foundation
Firm Foundation

This sermon series looks at the building and foundation language the Bible uses in reference to Christ. Each week looks at a different passage, like the parable of the houses built on sand and stone and Paul’s words in Ephesians 2 and 1 Corinthians.

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The Book Of Proverbs
The Book Of Proverbs

This six-week sermon series shares some of the practical advice and ethical principles found in the book of Proverbs. Proverbs is part of a grouping of books in the Old Testament characterized as Wisdom Literature. Proverbs teaches us the way of wisdom, virtue, and the good and blessed life.

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The Hold Of Shame
The Hold Of Shame

This three-week series speaks to youth and adults about shame. Shame can hold us prisoner to secrets, struggles, and situations that can harm us. It makes us want to hole up in isolation and dwell on how crummy we are. This series exposes the lies behind shame and invites us to walk in the freedom…

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Cornerstone: Christ Is Our Firm Foundation
Cornerstone: Christ Is Our Firm Foundation

This sermon series looks at the building and foundation language the Bible uses in reference to Christ. Each week looks at a different passage, like the parable of the houses built on sand and stone and Paul’s words in Ephesians 2 and 1 Corinthians.

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Fake
Fake

This three-week series confronts the hypocrisy and temptation of living in two worlds simultaneously: that of the church or Christian life and that of the normal life. We will discover whether it is possible to live in both or if we must choose to live in one or the other.

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Why Jesus?: Dealing With Our Doubts
Why Jesus?: Dealing With Our Doubts

This is a four-week apologetics series for youth. Students are constantly challenged in their faith by messages in culture that leave them wrestling with their own questions about Jesus and the validity of their faith. This series equips them for some of those hard questions and helps them begin to build a strong theological foundation…

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For The One
For The One

Luke 15 offers three parables by Jesus that show how God seeks the one who is lost. This four-week series examines four times in Scripture when Jesus acted out the parable by seeking someone who was lost and changing their life by his grace.

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First Comes Love, Then Comes ________
First Comes Love, Then Comes ________

This is a four-week sermon series about marriage. Each week looks at biblical principles for marriage that help foster a loving, Christ-centered relationship. First comes love, then comes sacrifice, gentleness, humility, and endurance.

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A Culture Of Love
A Culture Of Love

How can the church resist the temptation to become like the world? By creating a culture of goodness and love. This four-week series focuses on Scripture passages that illustrate how to be loving and good toward others.

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Your Move: Being Part Of God’s Glorious Plan
Your Move: Being Part Of God’s Glorious Plan

This three-week series invites us to participate in God’s work in the world. We will look at biblical acts of faith and responses to God’s call. We will be reminded to respond to God’s call on our lives and make a move forward in obedience.

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Real Life Faith: Pursuing Authentic Christianity
Real Life Faith: Pursuing Authentic Christianity

This sermon series urges us away from projecting a filtered and curated version of our lives and our faith journeys. Whether it’s from the fear of others, the shame of our shortcomings, or the fear of facing the truth, living through a false self can cripple our spiritual growth.

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The Gospel According To _______
The Gospel According To _______

This four-week sermon series shines a light on some of the other pervasive “gospels” that we are prone to believe in place of the gospel of Jesus. We must follow Paul’s exhortation and refuse to fall prey to any false gospel messages.

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Daily Reminders: Daily Practices and Spiritual Growth
Daily Reminders: Daily Practices and Spiritual Growth

This four-week series reveals the importance of developing daily habits and routines that cultivate spiritual formation. We can gain success in our daily walks with Jesus by understanding what the Bible says about habits, gratitude, meditation, and encouraging others.

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Begin Again: A Fresh Start In Christ
Begin Again: A Fresh Start In Christ

This stand-alone message is a reminder that because of and through Christ, we have a continual invitation to begin again. If last year we went astray, if our faith has gone lukewarm, if our plans for a vibrant faith have fizzled out, there is always grace and an opportunity to begin again.

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Start Small: Small Steps, Big Results
Start Small: Small Steps, Big Results

The new year excites new hope and inspires determination to change in the year ahead, typically through major overhauls of diets, spending, and other habits. This New Year’s sermon pulls from the encouragement and wisdom found in Zechariah 4:10 (where Zechariah and the other returned exiles are encouraged through a vision to continue the rebuilding…

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