Episodes

Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Remember that You Are Surrounded (Pastor Vann Trapp)
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
How do we, as followers of Jesus, experience God’s power and presence? Pastor Vann shares about the importance of gathering together to support and encourage one another! We lean on the people around us to help us grow in our faith, but we also discover the ways that God wants us to use the gifts that he has given us in the context of community.

Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Remember the Source of Your Joy (Pastor Vann Trapp)
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
What could a story about a war-battle in ancient Israel teach us about worship? Pastor Vann shares a story about what happened when the people of God chose to worship him first, even in the face of near-certain defeat. And he invites us today to consider what might happen in our own lives if we choose to take on the same posture.

Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Remember What You Can Do (Pastor Vann Trapp)
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
As Pastor Vann launches us into our new series called Remember, this first message challenges us to consider the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus invites us to “do the same” as the Samaritan, and many of us aim to be compassionate - but, does our picture of compassion measure up with what Jesus’s audience would have understood?

Sunday Aug 18, 2024
The Final Challenge (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
As we close out our series focusing on "The Good Life," Pastor Cheryl shares about what Jesus meant when he talked about the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world." She also shares a number of stories of how God has been at work in the day-to-day lives of our own congregation this summer.

Sunday Aug 11, 2024
The Challenge of Imitation (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
As we read the Beatitudes, we get the sense that Jesus believed that “The Good Life” is something worth pursuing, but how do we live the so-called good life? Pastor Cheryl shares about how this is a life of imitation, and invites us to consider how we might follow Jesus example even in the midst of the difficulties that may arise.

Sunday Aug 04, 2024
The Challenge of Peacemaking (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Pastor Cheryl delves into the last triad of the beatitudes with a call from Jesus to be “peacemakers.” This peace isn’t just about silent complacency or avoiding confrontation. Instead, we are invited to do the work that will bring about true peace. And as followers of Jesus, we look to him as our example.

Sunday Jul 28, 2024
The Challenge of Seeking God (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Here's the blessing that Jesus lays out for us this week: he says that the pure in heart will see God. But what does "pure in heart" even mean? What was Jesus trying to get at? Are we just supposed to avoid wrongdoing, or could there be a deeper invitation that Jesus has for us here?

Sunday Jul 21, 2024
The Challenge of Demonstration (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Jesus came as the ultimate demonstration of mercy, but how is Jesus' idea of mercy (heed) different from our contemporary cultural understanding? (Does our understanding come from the Christmas classic "The Christmas Story"?) What sort of invitation does Jesus have for us in this call to show and be shown mercy?

Sunday Jul 14, 2024
The Challenge of Hunger (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
As we navigate the Good Life, what does today's passage from Matthew 5 have to say about righteousness? Surely righteousness talks about God and what he hopes for his people, but is there something more that we may be missing? Wht does this righteousness (or right-ness) have to do with living a full life? Let's find out.

Sunday Jul 07, 2024
The Invitation of Being Unimportant (Pastor Cheryl Lavornia)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Pastor Cheryl reflects on grief and loss as part of the life that allows us to receive the fullness of God's kingdom. Sometimes, this is our own grief, and sometimes it is the grief of those around us. As we experience grief, we experience God's blessing. Find out more as part of our summer series on "The Good Life!"