Our Desires | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

March 16th, 2025  |  30 mins 32 secs

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Pastor Rich explores a passage that has been problematic for many. He will unpack Jesus's words on the power of lust and how it impacts our relationships and souls. More than just a sermon on external behavior modification, Jesus will address the aspects we often overlook that lead to transformed lives and relationships.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:27-30

Our Anger | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

March 9th, 2025  |  34 mins 55 secs

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Pastor Rich continues The Narrow Path series on the Sermon on the Mount as we move through this Lenten season. He explores the role that anger has in our lives and how we can address it in a way that forms us in the way of Jesus.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:21-26

Forgiven and Free | The Narrow Path Series | Jason Gaboury

March 2nd, 2025  |  35 mins 6 secs

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Jason Gaboury continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount. He explores the lines "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" written in The Lord's Prayer, and what it reveals to us about forgiveness.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-15

The Lord's Prayer Part 2 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

February 23rd, 2025  |  43 mins 32 secs

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Pastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount. He explores the first three requests Jesus instructs us to pray for that make a significant difference in the ways we are formed by the world around us.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-11

The Lord's Prayer Part 1 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Sherin Swift

February 16th, 2025  |  39 mins 4 secs

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We continue our series through the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Sherin prepares us for Lent by moving us ahead to the opening lines of The Lord's Prayer. In its first few words, Jesus invites us to a simple but profound connection to a God who is committed to your good.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-13

A Deeper Righteousness | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

February 9th, 2025  |  35 mins 1 sec

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Pastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Jesus' words on being the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets and the calling we have as his followers to live with a deeper righteousness than the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. We discover how this portion of the Sermon on the Mount is good news for us and how we grow in our spiritual lives.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:17-20

Salt and Light | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Helen Kim Nowalk

February 2nd, 2025  |  37 mins 25 secs

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In Matthew 5, Jesus follows the Beatitudes with two metaphors that describe Christ's followers. This message, which is part of our Narrow Path Series on the Sermon On The Mount explores how Jesus' words help frame our purpose and the meaning of our lives in a hopeful, yet challenging way.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:13-16

The Beatitudes Part 3 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

January 26th, 2025  |  42 mins 1 sec

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We continue our series on The Narrow Path with Pastor Rich leading us through the last 3 beatitudes in Jesus' Sermon On The Mount. We will spend most of our time focusing on what it means to be a peacemaker.

Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:6-8

The Beatitudes Part 2 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas

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 Beatitudes Part 1(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.