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The Sum of the Matter • Ecclesiastes 12:1-2, 8, 13-14
In search of life's meaning, Ecclesiastes challenges us to remember God in our strength as well as our weakness, turning to him in our days of joy as well as our days of grief.
Clint Wilson | Pastor | Community & Spiritual Formation
Work, Rest, and Meaning • Ecclesiastes 2:17, 23-24; 4:4-6
Research shows a strong connection between enjoying our work and enjoying life itself. Yet many of us feel disengaged at work and depleted by life. How can we find real worth in our jobs—and practice true rest when the lines between our personal and professional lives are increasingly blurred?
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Burden & Beauty of Time • Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Though we long for permanence and control, life keeps reminding us of our limitations. This poignant passage about time and the full range of human experience invites us to receive life as a precious gift from God—with humility and trust—rather than something we must control and master.
Leo Schuster • Lead Pastor
Chasing the Wind • Ecclesiastes 1:1-6, 2:1, 10-11
In a world obsessed with achievement, pleasure, productivity, and self-creation, the book of Ecclesiastes speaks with startling honesty about the human condition 'under the sun.' It gives voice to questions many of us quietly carry: What’s the point of all our striving? Why does success often leave us unsatisfied? How do we live meaningfully and with real joy in the face of suffering, disappointments, and death?
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Habakkuk • Habakkuk 1:1-13, 2:14
Habakkuk complains, and God answers. Do we really believe God will answer the cries of our heart?
Clint Wilson | Pastor | Community & Spiritual Formation
Hosea • Hosea 1:2-9, 3:1-3
How far does God's love go? The story of Hosea is one that helps us scratch the surface of answering that question, and in doing so, offers a picture of the power of God's pure love.
Aaron Foster | Pastor | Family Ministry & Congregational Engagement
Isaiah • Isaiah 6:1-8
Isaiah 6 gives us one of the clearest pictures of what it means to encounter God. Isaiah comes face-to-face with the presence and holiness of God. And that encounter led him to recognize his own brokenness, receive the mercy of God, and ultimately be transformed by God.
Kai Chen | Congregational Life Director
David • 1 Samuel 17:45-50, 2 Samuel 11:1-5
The life of David reveals that our greatest achievements are defined only by God’s victory and our greatest failures only by God’s forgiveness.
Clint Wilson | Pastor | Community & Spiritual Formation
Hannah • 1 Samuel 1:9-20
Hannah comes before God brokenhearted, openly weeping for the unfulfilled desires of her heart. In this intimate, emotional moment, God meets Hannah right where she is and gives her exactly what she needs. Even before giving her the child she prays for, God restores Hannah through the transformative power of his loving presence. God invites us to come before Him as Hannah did, and receive his tender mercy.
Anna Russel Thornton
Gideon • Judges 6:11-17
Gideon's story, reflecting the whole of the book of Judges, calls us to question how our identity plays a part in navigating the variety of the circumstances of life.
Aaron Foster | Pastor | Family Ministry & Congregational Engagement
Moses • Exodus 3:1-15
Moses' story of his calling reveals that deep faith often emerges from moments of "holy interruptions", and we're invited to lean in to the interruptions with curiosity and wonder.
Kai Chen | Congregational Life Director
Abraham & Sarah • Genesis 18:1-15
When our waiting turns into *still* waiting, where do we turn? In Abraham and Sarah, we find an ancient example of how the momentum of our life’s plans must sometimes wait on the far better timing of God’s provision.
Clint Wilson | Pastor | Community & Spiritual Formation
Job • Job 1:1-3, 13-21
Job is one of the most enduring stories ever told about suffering, revered across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Faced with devastating loss, unanswered questions, and unhelpful friends, Job's story teaches us invaluable lessons on how to deal with persisting pain in life and find a pathway through it.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Adam & Eve • Genesis 1:27, 3:1-7
Created in God’s image, humanity was made to flourish in relationship with God, one another, and creation. Yet the story of Adam and Eve explains why our world—and our own hearts—are so deeply broken. These opening chapters of Genesis reveal our extraordinary inherent dignity, the tragic reality of the fall, as well as the first glimpse of God’s plan to restore what was lost.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Meal • John 6:1-15
We close our Exploring Faith series with a story in which Jesus invites even his closest followers to consider the depth of their faith and be nourished by the Bread of Life.
Aaron Foster | Pastor | Family Ministry & Congregational Engagement
The Pool • John 5:2-11
Jesus' healing of a disabled man is a key to any exploration of faith: it shows us how the Son of God's proximity, power, and passion can change even the most helpless situation.
Clint Wilson | Pastor | Spiritual and Theological Formation
The Thirsty • John 4:5-26
Jesus’ conversation with the woman at the well speaks to the deep thirst and longing within every human heart. After years of searching for satisfaction in broken and temporary places, she encounters the only one who can truly satisfy the soul and offer lasting life.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Curious • John 3:1-8
When Nicodemus, a respected religious leader, comes to Jesus at night with honest questions, Jesus invites him into an entirely new way of seeing. Here we discover a darkness to escape, a new kind of life to experience, and an identity strong enough to build our lives upon.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Temple • John 2:13-22
Jesus' mission on earth was to clear a path between the presence of God and the people he loves. John's Gospel puts Jesus' cleansing of the temple front and center so that we read the entire story in light of this central action.
Clint Wilson | Spiritual and Theological Formation
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The Wedding • John 2:1-11
Jesus' first miracle was turning water into wine. With so much sorrow and injustice in the world, why start there? It turns out far more was at stake than a catering crisis. In this moment, Jesus offers a glimpse of what he has come to bring into the world.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Skeptic • John 1:43-51
For some, faith comes easily. For others, it's a struggle. In this message, we look at Jesus' encounter with a skeptic--an honest and hopeful story that helps us navigate doubt, cynicism, and the surprising beauty of faith and community.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Voice • John 1:22-23, 29-37
Our Exploring Faith series begins with a fascinating figure Jesus once called the greatest person who had ever lived. John the Baptist embodied rare courage, clear purpose, and deep humility—yet even he wrestled with moments of uncertainty. How did he navigate faith in seasons of confidence as well as confusion, and what might his story reveal for our own search for faith today?
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Idle Tales • Luke 24:1-12
Modern readers sometimes assume Jesus' original followers readily welcomed the news of his resurrection because they were gullible. The New Testament Easter narratives tell a different story--one that strikes a fair-minded reader as both historically reliable and psychologically authentic, inviting us to consider both its plausibility and significance today, rather than dismissing it as an idle tale.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Building Hearts • 1 Peter 2:4-10
As we come to Christ, we (the church) are like living stones being built in various ways into a spiritual house, with Christ as the cornerstone. Peter invites all to reflect on our identities in the eyes of God, and to respond with praise and witness.
Kai Chen • Congregational Life Director
The Church and the Future • Acts 28:17-30
At the end of Acts, the gospel's message reaches the imagined ends of the earth, the city of Rome. Here Paul prepares to plant the future of the church, a community built on the extreme hope of Christ's message for all people in all times.
Clint Wilson | Pastor
Spiritual and Theological Formation
The Church and the Storm • Acts 27:13-25
When the winds shift and the inevitable storms of life come our way, how can we navigate them in ways that bring beauty and hope instead of darkness and despair?
Aaron Foster | Pastor | Family Ministry & Congregational Engagement
The Church and Light • Acts 26:9-18
The Apostle Paul's conversion story appears three times in Acts. Why would Luke devote so much space to one life-changing moment? Here we'll explore what this story reveals about life, faith, transformation, and the kind of church we want to be.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Church and Suffering • Acts 23:11; 24:10-16
Suffering often creates crisis, but crisis can be an invitation to clarify the sources of our hope. Isn't life about more than survival? How do we find a life rich with purpose, even and especially in the face of suffering?
Clint Wilson | Pastor
The Church and Ministry • Acts 21:3-13
It seems so easy to let our differences divide us. We feel comfort in surrounding ourselves with similar opinons, looks, backgrounds, and abilities to ours. This passage is just one of many examples that displays the deep unity the early church held, across differences, as the people clung to their commitment to the message of Jesus.
Aaron Foster | Pastor
The Church and Spiritual Formation • Acts 20:17-24, 32
Do you find it hard to "be present?" The early church practiced presence by honestly situating their past and prayerfully entrusting their future to God. In so doing, they were able to find newfound availability for both God and one another.
Clint Wilson | Pastor
The Church and Idolatry • Acts 19:8-10, 23-27
Worship is in our nature, and idolatry was especially rampant in Ephesus. But Jesus frees us from the life-draining worship of idols, and into the life-giving presence of God.
Kai Chen | Congregational Life Director
The Church and the City • Acts 18:1-11
The story of the ancient church in Corinth gives us a robust and compelling vision for what a modern urban church can be—engaging, resilient, and hopeful in the midst of a diverse, dynamic, and pluralistic culture.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
A Child is Born • Luke 2:1-7
Prince of Peace • Philippians 4:4-9
Encountering Christ Jesus as our lasting "Prince of Peace" gives us a place to take our grief, anxiety, and fear, so that we, in turn, can become people who exude the generosity and gentleness of God.
Clint Wilson | Pastor
Everlasting Father • John 14:5-11
When the prophet Isaiah called the promised Messiah the 'Everlasting Father'--a surprising thing to call a little child--what did he mean? How might this title illuminate our understanding of who God is and the hope he offers, even for those who have a complicated history with their own fathers.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Mighty God • Colossians 1:15-20
While many think of Jesus as a great teacher, moral example, or inspiring historical figure, Scripture presents a far richer and more astonishing portrait. Isaiah declares that he is “Mighty God.” What does this title mean, and what difference can it make in a person’s life today?
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
Wonderful Counselor • Isaiah 9:2-7
The Advent season reminds us of the coming of a brilliant light that meets us in our darkness. This source of hope, Jesus, offers us presence and wisdom in a way that brings powerful healing and restoration.
Aaron Foster | Pastor
The Church and Culture • Acts 17:16-34
Like the famous words announced on the intercom of the London Tube, the church's call is to "mind the gap" between God's Kingdom and human culture, creating loving dialogue that help people experience the beauty of Jesus Christ and his good news.
Clint Wilson | Pastor
The Church and Joy • Acts 16:19-34
Whether through unjust treatment or uncontrollable trials, suffering in life is inevitable. The question is--how we respond? This extraordinary story shows us how to persevere through pain, not only with courage, but other-wordly joy.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
The Church and Transformation • Acts 16:12-18
The transforming power of the gospel shines through in this story of two women from vastly different backgrounds. Remarkably, the first convert in Europe was a female Asian business leader—a powerful reminder that God’s grace reaches across every boundary.
Leo Schuster | Lead Pastor
