This stand-alone message is great following or on New Year’s Day. It will help the children focus on the future and not on the past as they begin a new year. It is a good reminder that because God is making us new, we should focus on the new creation we are becoming!
This eight-week series charts a course through the book of Hebrews, describing the supremacy of Christ as God’s revelation, high priest, sacrifice, and giver of faith. Rather than looking to other things, people, or feelings to bring us meaning and redemption, we must look to Jesus.
This four-week series examines how the Bible uses several different sports metaphors to describe the Christian life. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek after an eternal crown through faithfully running the race God has set before us, by fighting the good fight of faith, and by working together with other believers to…
This message would work well around Independence Day in the United States. What is the goal of the faith we are teaching our children? To seek after the kingdom of God or to pursue the American dream? In this stand-alone message, we will examine what it means to God put before the American dream.
This four-week Christmas (or Advent) series for kids celebrates how faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experience the world in wonderful and unique ways. Using texts from the New and Old Testaments, we’ll recognize that the gifts of faith—trust, joy, determination, and commitment—have come to us through the birth of our Savior….
Some people think that the church is in trouble. Many people are willing to learn about Jesus, but they don’t want to be around some of the people you meet at church. This four-week series uses the two letters of Paul to Timothy to talk about what the church is and why it’s important in…
This four-week children’s series examines our responsibility to our neighbors. Neighborhood watch programs came about to help communities look out for one another. Sometimes people felt fearful of others, worried that there were bad people that we needed to watch out for. God says instead of being fearful, we should take time understand who our…
What does it mean to feast? Eating together has always been important throughout the Bible and in our homes. This four-week children’s series examines how the table becomes a setting for joy, unity, and being yourself. When Christians have a healthy biblical view of food, they are able to recognize how God provides through the…
This four-week youth series examines how the Bible uses several different sports metaphors to describe the Christian life. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek after an eternal crown through faithfully running the race God has set before us, by fighting the good fight of faith, and by working together with other believers…
This four-week children’s series will help young people understand what it means to keep Jesus and his kingdom at the center of their lives, every day. It will challenge the young believer to live in the power of Christ’s forgiveness and provision, while providing practical suggestions on how to live that life.
This four-week series highlights kneeling, dancing, and raised hands as common postures of prayer that believers should be comfortable using when communicating with or worshiping God. Youth should be able to learn and understand why physical postures during their worship experience are a vital part of the Christian life, and how to overcome the fear…
This series examines our responsibility to our neighbors. The term “neighborhood watch” often evokes a fear-based mentality: “We must watch over our neighborhood because others are out to get us.” This series flips that image on its head: rather than fearing others, we must widen our idea of what our “neighborhood” is.
As Christians, when we think about Easter, we often focus on Jesus dying on the cross for our sin. In this message, children are reminded that the true hope of the gospel is found in Jesus being made alive through the resurrection!
This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) helps children navigate the concept of death on Ash Wednesday and moves them toward a joyful vision of the new heavens and the new earth on the last Sunday of Lent. This pathway—from death to everlasting life—helps them understand the true…
This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to…
Are we seeking the kingdom of God or the kingdom of the United States of America? With elaborate patriotic worship services and flags flying, it can become confusing to discern which kingdom we are truly living for. This one-week adult message helps the believer understand that it takes humility, honesty, and a heart turned toward…
This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to…
This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to…
Mark was written to a group of Roman Christians who were suffering under persecution. This eight-part series looks at the Gospel of Mark through the lens of living as a disciple of Christ in a world filled with persecution and crisis. Yet, even in such a world, the hope found in Jesus brings encouragement and…
This four-week series teaches us to love the things that God loves. Through the words of the prophet Malachi, we learn God’s love for his people, his name, his covenant, and his messenger. These same passions are to be present in the lives of his people today.
This four-week series teaches us to love the things that God loves. Through the words of the prophet Malachi, we learn God’s love for his people, his name, his covenant, and his messenger. These same passions are to be present in the lives of his people today.
By studying the book of Job, church communities can learn how to provide comfort and encouragement to those experiencing a difficult circumstance. Everyone has experienced moments like Job where you feel broken. And like Job, you may have wondered why and what to do when life hurts. This sermon series will empower your church to…
This series is a four-week journey through the book of Romans. This Pauline epistle encompasses a vast amount of foundational theological truths for the Christian life. The series is bird’s-eye view from thirty-thousand feet, describing the sinfulness of humanity, the atoning work of Christ, the transforming power of the Spirit, and the new ethic for…
This four-week youth series emphasizes that it is often in undramatic and unseen ways that God aims to shape our lives for him. It will help show that discipleship is something that is crucial to one’s development but can also take time to work out. It will explore how this is done within the community…
This six-week series will speak to problem of human suffering and God’s plan by considering the story of Job. It will link the speeches of both Job and his friends with the overarching themes of God’s character, faithfulness in all things, and wisdom in dealing with human beings.
This six-week series examines the remarkable spread of the gospel and the kingdom of God from Jerusalem, to Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the world. Jesus has commissioned every one of his followers to be his witness by the power of the Holy Spirit. Despite challenges from outside and within, the kingdom…
This four-week series examines the role of grace in the life of the believer. We know we are saved by grace alone, but what happens then? Do we still need grace—and if so, why? What does that look like?
This six-week series examines the remarkable spread of the gospel and the kingdom of God from Jerusalem, to Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the world. Jesus has commissioned every one of his followers to be his witness by the power of the Holy Spirit. Despite challenges from outside and within, the kingdom…
This six-week series chronicles some five hundred years of Israel’s turbulent history of national unity, division, sporadic revival, captivity, and hope of restoration. Whether for a nation, a family, or an individual, God’s principles remain the same in living a pleasing life to him, regardless of external circumstances.
The story of the prophet Hosea is an incredible illustration of God’s relationship with His people. The four major themes of the Old Testament book of Hosea reveal that God’s relentless love is truly boundless. His sovereignty is boundless. His compassion is boundless. His promises are not bound by the actions of His people. And…
This 10-week series over the book of 1 Corinthians teaches that true unity in the body of Christ only comes when believers commit their lives wholeheartedly to Jesus.
This six-week sermon series tackles the theme of reconciliation and how we become a new creation in God. While 2 Corinthians is one of Paul’s more difficult writings to outline it becomes simply profound when we use the theme of reconciliation as a lens through which to view the letter. The call of God both…
This four-week series explores both the value of the Old Testament and the depths of God’s never-changing love for his people. Specifically, this series turns its attention to the book of Hosea where it examines the sacrificial nature of God’s love, and how that applies not just to the people of Israel but to all…