The Humble God-Why It Matters

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays How does God prefer to be seen? The answer is that God prefers to be seen in ways in which he reveals himself. From his birth in a stable, to his washing of feet, to his return to Jerusalem on the back of a jackass, to his humiliating suffering and […]

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In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays To live out our first love culture sustainably, we participate in Jesus’ love, joy, and identity and share it with others in his individual-in-community life. This includes being intentionally accountable to one another. Accountability in Jesus is not about “fixing” others but speaking truth and grace in love. It is […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Community 2

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays To live out our first love culture and to be effective in a life of ministry/service, we need to understand the nature of our place as individuals-in-community in Jesus. What is that place, what does it mean? In this second part of our look at our communal lives in Jesus, […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Community

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Sustaining our first love culture involves understanding that the good news of God’s love and salvation in Jesus is for all humanity, and that we are not just individuals – we are individuals-in-community. The gospel’s pronoun for us is we, us, “one another.” We share a common identity in Jesus, […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Identity 2

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays If you were asked: who are you? What would be your declarative, assertive response? Each of us is a beloved child of God, made in his image and invited into communion with him in his Son and in his Kingdom through his Spirit. We are kingdom people. Members of his […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Identity

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays If you were asked: who are you? What would be your declarative, assertive response? Each of us is a beloved child of God, made in his image and invited into communion with him in his Son and in his Kingdom through his Spirit. We are kingdom people. Members of his […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Joy 2

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Joy is a sustaining relational power gifted to us by the love of God in Jesus through his Spirit. How do we express/manifest the joy of the Lord in our lives? How do we share it? Let’s look at this essential, default emotional characteristic of first love in Jesus with […]

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The Book of Jonah-A Message of Hope

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Many people, including believers, view life through a lens of pessimism. The four chapters of the Book of Jonah give us reasons to be optimistic and hopeful as it illustrates God’s ability to change people and circumstances. Furthermore, the Book of Jonah illustrates an important principle of God’s design. God […]

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Sustaining First Love Culture: Joy

In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Did you know the default emotion of our love-relationship with God is joy? Do you have joy? What is the joy of the Lord? How does it sustain our love for God and neighbor? How do we live a life of joy, be happy warriors, in the face of the […]

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