The Beatitudes

January 19th, 2025  |  41 mins 59 secs

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Pastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Beatitudes 4-6 in the Bible. In these declarations of blessedness spoken by Jesus, we will be invited to hunger for righteousness, live mercifully, and cultivate purity of heart.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:6-8

The People Jesus Calls Blessed | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

January 12th, 2025  |  35 mins 52 secs

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We continue our series through the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Rich leads us in exploring the first three Beatitudes that Jesus teaches and we discover how Jesus’ way exposes the lies we have come to believe about our world and ourselves.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:3-5

Narrow Path, Spacious Life | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

January 5th, 2025  |  39 mins 45 secs

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Pastor Rich kicks off a brand new series entitled The Narrow Path. For the first three months of the year, we journey through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), patiently working through what is regarded as the best sermon ever preached.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:1-2, Matthew 7:13-14

God with the Outsiders | Advent Series 2024 | Pastor Shauna Rushing

December 29th, 2024  |  35 mins 31 secs

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Read Matthew 2:1-12 and follow the path of the Magi in discovering the King they were seeking outside the places of power and prestige.

Glory and Peace | Advent Series 2024 | Pastor Rich Villodas

December 22nd, 2024  |  30 mins 33 secs

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Part 4 of our #advent series is all about glory and peace, two things that are to mark our relationship with God.

The Place Advent Begins | Advent 2024 Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

December 15th, 2024  |  35 mins 44 secs

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Pastor Rich explores the Advent story of Zechariah. We look at the ways God shows up in his life, which has implications for the ways God shows up in our lives. We focus on themes of waiting, God's grace, and the limits of human potential that open us up to God's power.

The Inkeeper & Scandalous Hospitality | Advent Series 2024 | Pastor AJ Sherrill

December 8th, 2024  |  38 mins 26 secs

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This Sunday, we celebrate the second week of the Advent season. Advent is a time of preparation and waiting for God's coming in Christ. Each Sunday during Advent, we examine four biblical characters who help us prepare our hearts for Christmas. This message focuses on the innkeeper in the nativity story.

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Pointing to Jesus | Advent 2024 Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

December 1st, 2024  |  40 mins 21 secs

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This Sunday, we celebrate the first week of the Advent season. Advent is a time of preparation and waiting for God's coming in Christ. Each Sunday during Advent, we will examine four biblical characters who help us prepare our hearts for Christmas. This message focuses on John the Baptist and how he points us to Jesus.

Resisting the Politics of Fear | Faith and Politics Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

November 19th, 2024  |  35 mins 48 secs

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In this sermon, Pastor Rich leads us to consider the ways fear is used as a strategy to perpetuate hostility and division and how we can learn to love in ways that resist fear and promote healing.

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Putting God On Display In Polarizing Times | Faith and Politics Series | Jason Gaboury

November 10th, 2024  |  31 mins 44 secs

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God invites us to resist polarization by remembering who we are in Christ, focusing our anger in healthy ways, pursuing what’s right, and putting God on display. In part 2 of our #faithandpolitics series, New Lifer Jason Gaboury focuses on what it means to bear witness to Christ in a time of political division.

Is Christ Divided? | Faith and Politics Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

November 5th, 2024  |  28 mins 55 secs

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This is part of a three-week series on Faith and Politics. Pastor Rich opens the series having us focus on what it means to bear the marks of Christian maturity in a culture of political division.

Practicing the Presence of People | Slow Motion Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

October 27th, 2024  |  54 mins 13 secs

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In Part 5 of our Slow Motion Series, Pastor Rich preaches on the theme of "Practicing the Presence of People". Looking at the life of Jesus we explore the ways we are called to connect our life with God to the practicing presence with people.

Self-Reflection in a Culture of Self Absorption | Slow Motion Series | Pastor Sherin Swift

October 20th, 2024  |  47 mins 37 secs

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Pastor Sherin continues our Slow Motion series by exploring how self-reflection is a critically important part of our prayer life and how it opens up space for transformation.

Scripture Meditation in a Skimming Culture | Slow Motion Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

October 13th, 2024  |  47 mins 38 secs

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This Sunday, we continue our Slow Motion series. Pastor Rich leads us through Psalm 1 as we explore what it means to slowly meditate on scripture. As we meditate, there are a number of promises God offers us.

Contemplative Prayer | Slow Motion Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

October 6th, 2024  |  35 mins 9 secs

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Pastor Rich continues our Slow Motion series. We explore why contemplative prayer is one of the most important practices to remain close to God and faithfully live in the world.

Contemplative Rhythms for an Exhausted Culture | Slow Motion Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

September 29th, 2024  |  32 mins 27 secs

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Pastor Rich kicks off our Slow Motion series with a word on the violent pace we often live. In Mark 1, we learn from Jesus what it means to prioritize a slowed-down spirituality.

Our 5-week series, Slow Motion, explores five practices to help us slow down our lives to be with God, ourselves, and others.