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This past Sunday, we explored what it means to own your journey as a follower of Jesus. Travis challenged us to move beyond passivity in our faith and to recognize that transformation of the mind, as described in Romans 12:2, is the foundation for Spirit-led action. We were reminded that ministry is not confined to what happens in the building. It happens in our workplaces, our marriages, our neighborhoods, and our daily decisions. God has not called us to sit on the sidelines. He has invited us to participate. As Travis put it, God has plans for you to make...

On Sunday we explored something that I believe is deeply connected to who we are as a community: the relationship between faith and creativity.

We began with a simple question: Why did God create humanity?

From Genesis to Hebrews 11, we explored how God invites us to participate in His creation and how faith gives us the courage to move toward a future we cannot yet see.

A few thoughts from Sunday:

Studio, you are a dream, and we want to say thank you. Thank you for continuing to show up, lean in, and make gathering a priority in this season.

We greatly value gathering, whether in person or online. We believe there is something powerful that happens when we come together in worship, in conversation, in prayer, and simply in being with one another. The space may change, but our commitment to gathering together doesn’t.

When we look at STUDIO right now, we see something happening among us.

We are learning to see di...

This Sunday, Pastor Eric continued the series of talks around the topic of unity. We often think unity is about changing someone else’s mind, resolving disagreement, or getting everyone on the same page, but Paul points us somewhere deeper:

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5

Unity requires more than agreeing with the idea of unity. It invites us to think like Jesus.

We talked about paying attention to the stories we tell ourselves about other people, especially when we've been hurt, disappointed, misunderstood, or offend...

As we move into the new season, we come hungry for more of God - to commune with Him, and to step into all that He has for us. Last week we took time as a community, in prayer and fasting, to intentionally humble ourselves and seek the Lord. Before we move forward, we want to pause.

To seek His heart.

To get His perspective.

To hear what He is saying.

To surrender our will & plans and make room for His.

And that's what prayer does. Prayer is how...

Last Sunday we continued our conversation around the Unity of the Spirit by asking a very practical question:

What happens when the people Jesus brings to the table don’t agree with each other?

Because unity would be easy if we all thought alike!

In Romans 14, Paul writes to a community navigating very real disagreements about faith, food, sacred days, traditions, and how to faithfully follow Jesus. And rather than telling everyone to simply agree, Paul gives them a radically different way to see one another.

A few ideas we explored:

This past Sunday we explored something Paul writes about called the "unity of the Spirit," we learned he isn't talking about everyone thinking the same, looking the same, or sharing the same preferences.

He's describing something far more remarkable and dynamic.

The early church brought together people who, for centuries, would never have shared the same table. Different ethnicities. Different histories. Different traditions. Different ways of seeing the world.

Yet in Christ, God wasn't simply creating a better version of those divisions.

He was creating one new humanity.

Here...

This past Sunday, we continued our series on Reading the Bible by exploring one of the most common mistakes we make when reading the letters of the New Testament:

We often extract a verse without understanding the conversation. When reading a letter, the invitation is different:

Don't just extract the verse. Understand the conversation between the writer and the reader.

We introduced a simple Letter Blueprint to help us read the New Testament letters more faithfully:

This week we continued our series on reading the Bible, focusing on how to read the New Testament letters. We learned that when we read books like Philippians, Corinthians, Romans, or Peter’s letters, we are essentially “reading someone else’s mail”. These letters were written by real leaders to real churches in real situations, helping believers learn how to live under the new covenant.

The message introduced a simple framework for reading biblical letters:

1. “Who is speaking, and who is listening?”

2. “Why is this letter being written?”

3. “What is the writer saying?” <...

This past Sunday we continued our series on reading the Bible with a familiar story: David and Goliath.

Most of us know the story.

David. Goliath. Five stones. A sling. A giant falls.

But what if there’s more to the story?

One of the challenges of reading biblical narrative is that we naturally want to turn every story into a lesson, principle, or list of things we should do. But narrative often works differently. Sometimes the details we focus on aren’t actually the point.

So we introduced a si...

How do we faithfully approach Scripture?

One of the biggest reasons people struggle with the Bible isn't because they don't love God—it's because they haven't been given the right lens to read it.

The Bible isn't one kind of book. It's a library filled with stories, poetry, law, wisdom, prophecy, letters, and apocalyptic literature. Each genre communicates truth differently, inviting us not only to learn something, but to be transformed by it. What makes the Bible so extraordinary is that within it lives all the genres of the human experiences.

Here are a...

At Studio, we want to be a place where God and people meet and to be a people known for our love. That kind of love doesn't happen by accident. It grows as we encounter Jesus and become more like Him.

One of the greatest things Jesus changes isn't simply what we believe. He changes how we see and engage with people.

Our world is quick to categorize, divide, and label. Before we know it, we stop seeing people and start seeing differences.

Sin constantly reduces people. God always restores people.

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This Sunday we explored one powerful question: Does my view of God's goodness shape how I see my circumstances, or do my circumstances shape how I see God's goodness?

Looking at the life of Daniel, we discovered that Babylon wasn't evidence that God had abandoned him—it was evidence that God was already at work in places no one expected. While many of us tend to measure God's goodness by comfort, answered prayers, or favorable circumstances, Daniel's life reminds us that God's greatest promise has never been a problem-free life. His greatest promise is His presence.

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This past Sunday we kicked off a new series by asking a few simple questions:

What kind of relationship do you have with the Bible?

Many people believe the Bible is boring, confusing, or difficult to understand. But what if the issue isn't the Bible itself?

We looked at seven common reasons people struggle to read the Bible and discovered that behind each one is an invitation to see Scripture in a fresh way.

Here are a few ideas we explored:

We're all on a journey of becoming. Every season is shaping us. The only question is... who are we becoming? When life feels hard or uncertain, it's easy to find ourselves praying, "Lord... when is this going to change?" I've prayed that more times than I can count. But what if God is inviting us to ask a different question? What if this season isn't just about what you're going through... but about what God is growing in you?

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your...

This Sunday we continued our series on Favor by exploring what it means to have favor with man. Luke tells us that Jesus "grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52). While we've spent much of this series talking about God's favor toward us—His delight, love, and covenant faithfulness—we shifted our attention to the reality that favor also exists in our relationships with people.

One of the biggest takeaways for me is that favor with man is less about charisma and more about character. Throughout Scripture, favor seems to grow arou...

This week at STUDIO, we welcomed back Nate Edwardson, from The Stirring in Redding, California. He took us into 1 Samuel 16, where God chooses David to be the next king of Israel.

At the heart of this story lies a profound truth: before God anoints a new generation, He first heals the spiritual fathers and mothers who will pour into them. The prophet Samuel is stuck in mourning over Saul's failure, unable to move forward until God speaks these transformative words: 'You've mourned long enough.” This passage challenges us to examine whether we're allowing past disappointments to define ou...

This past Sunday we continued our conversation on favor and looked at one of the most fascinating verses in the life of Jesus:

"And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." (Luke 2:52)

For years I've read that verse and wondered: How does Jesus grow in favor with God if He is already fully loved by the Father?

What emerged was a framework that has helped me think about favor in a deeper way.

Covenant Favor reminds us who we are to God. We are loved...

This past Sunday we talked about Favor — and how many of us have misunderstood it. We often think favor means success, open doors, influence, or easy circumstances. But Psalm 30:5 reveals something much deeper: favor is first about God’s posture toward us. His face turned toward us with delight, nearness, goodwill, and love.

One of the most important ideas from the talk was this: pain can coexist with favor. David says, “weeping may endure for the night…” meaning hardship does not mean God has withdrawn His favor. Favor is not merely about outcomes — it’s about living aware that God...

This past Sunday Eric shared a personal message about four things his mom taught him over the course of her life. Four years after her passing, her life still continues to shape his in profound ways.

• Create Space for Becoming — She created environments where people could discover who God made them to be instead of pressuring them to become something else.

• Always Worship — Worship wasn’t just a Sunday activity to her; it was a lifestyle of continually turning her attention toward God and relinquishing control.

• Be Stealthy in Prayer & Generosity — She prayed with joy, gave...

This Sunday’s message, “The Y in the Wilderness,” reminded us that wilderness seasons often bring us to a fork in the road—a choice between striving in our own strength or trusting in God’s promise.

Through the story in Galatians 4, we saw the contrast between Hagar, representing performance and self-reliance, and Sarah, representing grace and the fulfillment of God’s promises. So often, we feel pressure to earn what only God can give, but His promises were never dependent on our performance. Even in seasons that feel barren, empty, or delayed, God is still at work beneath...

Over the past several weeks, we’ve been walking through Why Church? Why Gather?—and this Sunday we turned the corner and asked a more personal question: Why Studio?

We didn’t start Studio because the world needed another church. We started it because we believed something essential was missing—that faith and life were never meant to be separated. Studio is a place where God and people meet, where we don’t just learn about Him, but encounter Him together. It’s a space where faith becomes seamless—where your work, your creativity, your relationships, and your city all...

This week we stepped into the resurrection story in Luke 24 and heard the question that still echoes today: “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” From the very beginning, God’s heart has always been about relationship. In the Garden, He walked with humanity—close, present, near. Sin didn’t just make us guilty, it created distance. But the entire story of Scripture is God relentlessly moving toward His people, refusing to give up on relationship, making a way for restoration.

The cross deals with sin—but it was never the end goal. The resurrection...

We are on a journey of rediscovering our why: Why Church, Why Gather, Why Studio.

As Simon Sinek says, “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.”

We are continuing to dig into Why We Gather because, at a basic level, gathering is a core value and priority for a disciple and follower of Christ, as well as a pathway to life and experiencing God. We weren’t created to do life alone - we were created to gather. If we don’t un...

This past Sunday we were privileged to hear from Jeremy Gagnon, as he shared his passion for the bible and provoked us to dig into Seeing the Face of God as we read The Word.

The Scriptures aren’t just information, but they’re meant to transform us. Often, we come to the Bible with our modern lens, which can be like trying to “bring an iPhone into the Middle Ages.” Instead of letting the text speak, we unintentionally reshape it to fit how we understand the world today.

Jeremy challenged us to see the Bible as...

As we continued week five of our "Why Church" series, we explored some challenging yet transformative truths about gathering as the body of Christ. This sermon explored the biblical and historical foundations for why we gather on Sundays and how our approach to gathering has shifted from the early church to today. We examined the difference between attending out of obligation versus gathering because Christ is risen, and how the modern era has moved us toward individualized faith rather than embodied community. The implications for our spiritual life are profound—when we understand that following Jesus means constantly pushing pa...

This week in our series Why Church? Why Gather? Why Studio? We stepped into a deeper conversation often called ecclesiology—the study of the church. At the heart of the message was a simple but important question: Can formation and maturity happen in isolation? Scripture makes something clear—while salvation is deeply personal, it was never meant to be lived out alone. In a culture shaped by “me, myself, and I,” the Bible continually invites us into something bigger: a people, a body, a shared life where faith grows through belonging and proximity.

The book of Hebrews gives us...

This week we continued our series “Why Church? Why Gather? Why Studio?” with a simple but important realization: we are Western people reading an Eastern book. Most of us don’t realize the tension that creates. We live in a culture that begins with “I”—my faith, my truth, my relationship. But the Bible was written in a world that began with “we.” Identity wasn’t self-determined; it was covenantal. Belonging came before choosing.

That’s why the church isn’t just a group of individuals who share beliefs. It’s a people, a body, a dwelling place of God. You can be...

This past Sunday, Pastor Rheva continued the series Why Church? Why Gather? Why Studio? by helping us reflect on why the church exists—and why gathering actually matters. Throughout Scripture, God does not save individuals in isolation; He forms a people for the sake of the world. Our faith was never meant to be lived alone.

She shared that the church exists to host God’s presence, form God’s people, and participate in God’s renewal of the world.

Here are the core “whys” Pastor Rheva walked us through:

Have you ever done something for so long that you forget why you’re doing it in the first place? This is called ritual drift. Over time, we can fall into habits and rhythms without remembering the original purpose behind them.

This past Sunday, we began a new series titled “Why Church? Why Gather? Why Studio?” We took time to revisit what the church actually is—because when we understand what it is, we begin to understand why it matters.

One of the things Jesus did was take an existing word in His culture—ekklesia—and reframe...

This past Sunday was Heart & Vision Sunday. We recapped 2025 and talked about 2026. This is a year of Taking Ground and Expanding Territory. These two ideas embody what we are setting our sights on: seeing you take ground and expand territory in your inner world and in your life.

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Have a great week!

For STUDIO’s 4th Birthday Celebration, we welcomed back Julian Adams. He spoke from Luke 5:17-26, which tells the story of four faithful friends who broke through a roof to bring their paralyzed companion before Jesus. Julian’s main point was this: we are living in a season where 'the power of the Lord is present to heal.' This isn't just a historical observation—it's a prophetic declaration over our current moment. We were challenged to examine which of three groups we belong to: the crowd of spectators who gather but never engage, the Pharisees who critique from their...

This year we are responding to God calling us to expand our territory and take ground - not just around us, but within us. We’re turning four as a church, and this feels like a holy growing-up season. It’s a good time to be alive, to mature and step into all that God has for us. For us to do this we want to get more free.

Freedom is not something we get apart from God - we get it when we step into truth, light and relationship with Him.

Then you will know...

The very fact that you can dream, imagine, and look ahead is evidence that you were designed for the future. Scripture is filled with moments of stepping into the new—moving from glory to glory, crossing rivers, leaving what’s familiar—and we believe this year holds that same invitation for us. As Prayer and Fasting begins, we’re creating space to listen, to reset our posture, and to let hope shape what’s next.

This Sunday we talked about holding two ideas together: Taking Ground and Enlarging Territory. One calls us to move into what is not yet ou...

This Sunday, we slowed down a familiar story and discovered just how disruptive it really was. In Luke 2, the announcement of Jesus’ birth may have taken only about 30 seconds, but in that moment the veil between heaven and earth thinned, time seemed to pause, and everything changed. What looked small—a baby in a manger, an announcement to shepherds—was actually God making a move that would shake the universe. While everyone else was expecting a king on a throne, God introduced the birth of Jesus, first to shepherds.

Luke, the only Gospel writer to include the shephe...

In this episode reissue, Pastor Eric reminds us that the birth of Jesus is not an isolated moment—it’s a pivotal chapter in the much bigger story God has been writing since the beginning. Scripture is full of hints and shadows pointing toward His arrival and His mission for humanity. But here’s something we often overlook: Jesus spent the first two years of His life in exile.

Matthew 2:13 tells us:

“When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up,’ he said, ‘take the child and his mother and...

We pray you are filled with joy as we step into this month of celebrating Jesus - God born among us and changing our human story forever. We have so much to rejoice in and to give thanks for. The holiday season is often filled with gatherings, celebrations and yummy food, and we pray that in the midst of it all, you are able to enjoy the richness of life that we have in Christ!

Psalm 23:5 (TPT) says, “You become my delicious feast.” David knew God deeply—he loved Him, followed Him, and trusted Him. He didn’t just w...

As you know, we can get scars on our bodies from injuries and medical procedures. There are other kinds of scars that no one can see but anyone around you will experience them. Let’s call them Mental Scars, these scars develop when painful and hard circumstances take place in our life. Science is showing us that mental scars actually build up scar tissue in our brain.

When mental scar tissue develops in the brain essentially what is taking place is your brain rewires itself and becomes more rigid. It’s a self protective mechanism to reduce the...

This past Sunday, we had the great privilege of hosting Jonathan & Melissa Helser. Jonathan released a powerful word that invites us into a profound exploration of what it means to run the race of faith for the long haul. Drawing from Hebrews 12, we're reminded that we're surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses—heroes of faith who have gone before us, cheering us on. The central challenge is clear: how do we keep running when blizzards hit our lives? When discouragement, comparison, and the enemy's lies threaten to make us lose our way? The answer lies in what Jesus hi...

This Sunday we embarked on a journey of raw truth and invitation: discovering how our personal preferences—the way we expect life and God to look—can quietly shape how we experience Him and sometimes limit what He wants to do. Through valleys and victories, we’ve seen God remain our constant; yet when storms hit and our timing didn’t match our expectations, our preferences often took center stage and our eyes drifted from Him. Using the example of the Israelites and the golden calf, Pastor Shayna reminded us that when we cling to our way, we leave less roo...