"My kingdom is not of this world." - Jesus  In His Sermon On The Mount, Jesus declared, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." In our current cultural moment, peacemaking is in high demand and there seems to be a supply shortage of it. We, Christ's Church, are meant to exist in this world as representatives of a kingdom that is not of this world. We are ambassadors to a different kind of government where enemies are loved, sins are forgiven, and sacrificial lambs conquer dragons. In a cultural moment defined by an "Us vs. Them" perspective, we look to a Savior who transcends social, ideological, and political boundaries in order to bring about peace on the earth. Join us as we explore what it means for us to be citizens of God's kingdom before we are citizens anywhere else. 

We have a dream that one day, all people in our community would be fully embraced, fully transformed in Christ. But the problem is our world is driven by fear, and thus we create cultures of division, isolation, and shame. That is why we exist, to foster a community following Jesus from fear to love.

Join us this fall as we unpack the story God is telling in our midst!

Description text goes hereDuring the early years of the Church, people who followed Jesus found themselves participating in a community that welcomed and transcended all areas of identity, ethnicity, social location, gender, and culture. These Jesus-followers had entered into the gift of a New Humanity, bound together in unity through The Holy Spirit. These Jesus followers would come to be known as “People of The Way,” communities of people from all social locations and cultures who were set apart by the way they loved God, their neighbors, and even their enemies.

Perhaps you’ve witnessed the ways we Jesus followers have missed the mark when it comes to living out our devotion to Jesus faithfully and wonder what it means to live authentically as followers of Jesus in this cultural moment. Don’t worry, we aren’t the first ones! Right when the Church began, these communities wrestled with the struggle of faithfully following in the way of Jesus, none more so perhaps than the Christians living in Corinth. Our Bibles contain two letters written by the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians documenting this community's struggle to live faithfully to Jesus in a culture that operated contrary to “The Way.” So join us this summer as we explore what it means to be a people who baffle the wisdom of this world by the way we love Christ, one another, and yes, even our enemies.

This is the way.

The Holy Trinity is mysterious and profound. Our God is one God but is also, somehow, three distinct persons.  Holy Spirit is one of these three persons. 

God as Holy Spirit is promised to us when we respond to Jesus' call to follow Him, and this means that the power and presence of God is available to you and me. God is not far away. God is not disconnected. God is not uninterested. God is with us, closer than our breath, even if it doesn't always feel that way. During this series, we will explore what it means to carry the presence of God with us in our day-to-day lives, who encourages us and empowers us to faithfully show up to our unique corners of Christ's kingdom. Join us for the next four weeks as we celebrate the gift of God's Spirit in our lives. 

"All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust." - Ecclesiastes 3:20

In the beginning, God breathed His Spirit into the dust of the earth to form human beings. Apart from His Spirit, apart from the life of God, we are but dust. When our bodies die, they return to the earth from which they came. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The good news is that we have been given the gift of repentance, the ability to grieve and turn away from the brokenness of our sin, and are welcomed into the resurrection life of Jesus.

As we lean into the rhythms of fasting, prayer, and spiritual practices this Lenten season, may we remember that we serve a gracious God who enters into the pain and suffering of humanity in order that we might experience the hope of resurrection. May this be a time when we examine our souls, examine our habits, examine our attitudes, and turn back to God.

Join us for this Lenten teaching series as we explore the themes of Lament, Repentance, Grief, Fasting, and Waiting, knowing that God is with us even through the darkest valley.

Following Easter Sunday, the Church begins a fifty-day period of feasting and celebration known on the Church Calendar as “Eastertide.” We have just come out of the forty-day period leading up to Easter called “Lent,” marked by ashes, lament, and repentance as we reflected on the nature of humanity’s brokenness apart from God.

Eastertide is a time to reflect on Christ's gift of joy, hope, and resurrection! Join us in this new series, From Famine to Feast, exploring the nature of celebration in the Christian life!

Our world needs hope. Ashes have long been a symbol of everything broken in the lives of human beings. People in the scriptures have covered themselves in ashes to grieve loss and to repent from sin. Resurrection Sunday represents hope found in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We believe that because of who Jesus is and what He has done, there is a new life available to those who put their trust in Him. We also believe that God is bringing and will one day fully bring Heaven to bear on the Earth, ushering in a new creation free from suffering and sin. On Easter morning, we will celebrate the forgiveness of sin, the defeat of death, all things made new, and hope from the ashes.

As we head into 2024, there are many things we could delve into as we prepare for what will surely be a tumultuous cultural moment. We could tackle geopolitics and the gospel, partisan tribalism and kingdom citizenship, evil and the Justice of God, etc. But there are a million podcasts, YouTube channels, and social media influencers talking and shouting about these things. Although these topics are important, there is something for the Jesus-follower that needs to come first: Prayer.