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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.

Teaching from the wisdom of James, Pastor Josh Kelsey shares keys to living with Christ's second advent in our hearts.

What is Advent? As we begin our Christmas series, Pastor Josh Kelsey shares out of Mark 13 on the power of daily remembering not just Christ's first coming but his second. The truth is that many believers dwell on their own dreams or goals rather, thinking more about self than Christ. Our challenge as believers is to think often, think deeply and live daily from a revelation of our King’s return.

The Advent season is an invitation to take heart in the fact that Jesus has come and will come again. We are waiting for the second coming with the knowledge that Jesus was faithful when he first came to us as a child. In this staff meeting message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey gives us four reasons why we can take heart this Advent season.

Taking risks to share the gospel is an inherent part of an active Christian faith. Any ministry that lasts has to be rooted in love for people, and we cannot stay the status quo if God is changing us from the inside. As we conclude our All Saints series, Pastor Jon Laurenzo shares three ways to look more like Jesus and live a life on mission.

The Reformers placed the Word of God above everything else. The word of God reveals Jesus to us, and therefore the word of God should be given the highest priority. In this week’s message, Pastor Jon Laurenzo continues our All Saints series and gives us three reasons why we should build the foundation of our lives on the Word of God.

The Christian monastic movement is marked by a sacred approach to time and the balance of rhythms like prayer and work. St. Benedict famously said, "He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.” In our All Saints series, Pastor Jon explores four ways to take back your time, allowing God to invade every hour of your day in contrast to the hustle of this world.

The desert fathers and mothers teach us that we must be disciplined in order to follow God. All athletes are training for a purpose, but we train for an eternal purpose. In this Sunday’s message, David Chan teaches us what it looks like have the discipline of an athlete as we follow God.

What has your ultimate allegiance? What beliefs would you give your life for? This Sunday, we started our All Saints series as we look at followers of Jesus throughout history to learn from the past as we live out our faith today. The early Christian martyr's courage of conviction led them to lay down their lives to declare their faith in Christ - how can we daily pick up our cross and live without compromise to declare Jesus as Lord?

Everywhere we go, we are called to be founts of living water for others as Jesus is a fount for us. But unless our hearts are activated towards our city, our friends, our families, and our co-workers, we will never become the fount that Jesus invites us to be. This Sunday, Ps Jon Laurenzo closes out our Fount series with a message on what it means to partner with God in the vision of abundance he has for us.

When we are willing to be honest about what we need healing from, we have the opportunity to experience true healing from God.  This Sunday, Pastor Jon preached from the gospel account of the woman at the well. Jesus will meet you in your areas of pain or shame, if only we will surrender to him.