Identity in Christ

Life in the Potter's Hand

February 27 , 2022

February 27 , 2022

Life in the Potter's Hand

Jerry Orthner - Adult Ministries Pastor

God sent the prophet Jeremiah to the potter’s house for a lesson on living a life submitted to a purposeful Potter’s hands.  The clay cries, “I have been slammed on to a hard spinning wheel. I’m flying out of control. I am being squashed and s…

Why Would A Big God Love A Little Me?

February 20 , 2022

February 20 , 2022

Why Would A Big God Love A Little Me?

Jerry Orthner - Adult Ministries Pastor

Henri Nouwen (beloved theologian & writer) wrote: “One of the tragedies of our lives [as Christians] is that we keep forgetting who we are”.

He is probably more right than wrong … which is a main reason we have spent the last…

Where The Rubber Hits The Road

February 13 , 2022

February 13 , 2022

Where The Rubber Hits The Road

Andrew Berg - Next Gen Pastor

Is it hard to sift through the crowd of voices speaking or yelling their own convictions these days? Now what about those in the church? Theology aside today, what about political allegiances? Beliefs on how Christians should act and navigate the…

Rooted In Christ

February 6 , 2022

February 6 , 2022

Rooted In Christ

Carla Olsen-Draper - Associate Lead Pastor

Did you know that an oak tree’s roots spread out beneath it four to seven times the width of it’s crown? These roots provide nourishment that transforms a tiny acorn into a towering tree and create an anchor that holds against the fiercest storm.…

Who He Calls Us To Be

January 30 , 2022

January 30 , 2022

Who He Calls Us To Be

Colossians 1:24-2:5

Tim Gibbons - Community Life Pastor

What if for twenty-four hours Jesus wakes up in your bed, walks in your shoes, lives in your house, assumes your schedule. Your boss becomes his boss, your mother becomes his mother, your pains become his pains? With one exception, nothing about …

Jesus' Church

January 23 , 2022

January 23 , 2022

Jesus' Church

Tim Beadle - Associate Lead Pastor

This week we focus on the Identity of Jesus as the ‘Head of His Church’ and the implications for us as his followers. It is interesting to note that Jesus never asked US to build HIS church, nor did he suggest he was intending to build OURS! Jesu…

God's Son Revealed

January 16 , 2022

January 16 , 2022

God's Son Revealed

Colossians 1:15-23

Tim Beadle - Associate Lead Pastor

Years ago I visited Grand Canyon in Arizona. I will never forget the overwhelming experience. As I walked to the edge of the canyon my jaw dropped in the enormity and magnitude of what my senses were trying to absorb. I get this sme sensation and…

Learn To Discern

January 9 , 2022

January 9 , 2022

Learn To Discern

Colossians 1:9-14

Tim Beadle - Associate Lead Pastor

Carl Jung once said, 'The World will ask you who are you, and if you don't know, the World will tell you.' The search for identity is at the core of our being. Our message series, 'Identity in Christ', invites us to dig deeper in owning our ident…

The Gospel

January 2 , 2022

January 2 , 2022

The Gospel

Colossians 1v1-8

Andrew Berg - Student Ministries Pastor

Have you ever looked at an old photo of yourself and wondered why you were wearing what you did? If you were to go look at yourself in the mirror now who would you see? Who are you? What are you about? Why do you do what you do? As Charles Taylor…