Sunday Morning Messages

The world around us encourages us to take short-cuts that short-circuit the way God intends us to live. Those short-circuits can lead us into dark places in our lives, where we're enslaved to sin and struggle with things like anger, bitterness...

Have you ever felt like things are so out of hand that you just want to cut your own pathway to anywhere but here? We've all felt it. We shut down, we shut out, we numb out, we check out.... the list goes on. Our responses range from addiction to...

There seems to be a spirit of anger and hatred pervasive in our culture today. Whether in politics or social media or in schools, anger seems to be rampant and even out of control. How can disciples of Christ be "in the world, but not of...

Today is a special day. A day of imagination. A day of celebration. A day of fun for the whole church family to enjoy. Today is promotion Sunday for all kiddos from birth to Seniors in high school and its a time of new possibilities and...

As schools prepare to begin, the reality of violence in and around our schools continues to be real. Santa Fe brought it home to us in the Bay Area. How can we be "in the world, but not of it"? How can we be Christ's ambassadors for...

How are disciples of Jesus called to live in "a mad, mad world"> Do we withdraw, do we attack, or something else? One answer Jesus alludes to, is to be in the world, but not of it. Yet, that seems somewhat cryptic. What does that mean?...

Worship - It's an industry all its own with concerts, merchandise and the bands we follow. But it was never intended to create any kind of following at all. Worship God's way involves obedience, sacrifice, and total adoration of the One who...

Probably the most quoted verse in the Bible, John 3:16, says, "God so loved the world that He gave..." Giving is fundamental to who God is, giving us Creation, our very lives, Jesus Christ, and eternity with Him for those who put their faith...

The Bible is God's own self-revelation of Himself and His love for us. So, if we want to "dive in" as disciples of Jesus Christ, we have to spend time studying the Bible. Whether in small groups, worship services, or time alone with...

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me" is often repeated, especially to our kids, but the truth is that words have great power to harm as well as to encourage and lift up. Love, availability, encouragement...

Today kids take over the Auditorium as we CELEBRATE all that has happen this week with Summer Kids Club 2018 - AGAPE Studios.

There are people in our world today who are so hungry for respect and honor, but to gain it, they think they have to put others down to raise themselves up. Yet this is so destructive for building healthy, growing relationships. Everyone appreciates...

Everyone experiences pain at various points of life and that is bad enough. But being all alone in pain can be unbearable. What a difference it makes when we as Christ followers - by faith - are unafraid to enter into another's pain. We can...

The world encourages us to look out for number one above all else. Ads tell us we deserve so much more than we have. Our world is increasingly encouraging us to be self-centered. But this is a recipe for minimizing, even destroying...

Lots of books have been written on motivating people. There's often a tendency in our social media-driven culture to criticize and condemn. Yet, the Bible, authored by the God who created us, who knows us best, tell us: "..encourage one...

The world around us has many understandings of love and is importance in relationships. But, the Bible points to a particular kind of love - a love that gives, that focuses on others unconditionally and that is necessary to build successful...

Today we welcome Laurie Cole, who has been a speaker for more than 25 years (including our recent Women's Retreat) and is the author of four Bible Studies (including one that our teen girls just completed). Laurie and her husband Bill have been...

A good friend once told me, "If you see something missing, maybe it's you". This challenged me in a big way. Suddenly, I was aware of how often I was acting as a critic and not an agent of change. I was in a cycle of cynicism and this...

What happens when life sucker-punches the breath right out of you? Or, theres a slow leak in your spirit, like helium whispering out of a balloon. And there you are- deflated, deep in a valley, hopeless. It comes to all of us sometime, in different...

We are all searching for hope, but so often, we try to find hope through our own means and actions. True hope can not be achieved through what we do, but it can be found in God and his promises. Today, we will look at the story of Moses, the promises...