Say It Before It's Too Late (Colossians 3:12-17) I love you. I'm sorry. I forgive you. I'm proud of you.
Paul tells the church to put on compassion and kindness like clothes, and most of those only become real
when somebody says them out loud. Withholding a good word is its own kind of damage, and somebody
near you is in a drought.
10 Oct 2026
Watch Your Mouth: Behind Your Back
(Proverbs 18:19-21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and most of that power gets used when the person isn't there to hear it. We know what gossip does. Here's the question nobody asks: what if you started speaking life about people behind their backs, and this became the church
where being talked about is a good thing?
23 Aug 2026
Why the church still matters: Nobody's Telling You The Truth
16 Aug 2026
Why the church still matters: You've Lost Your Village
9 Aug 2026
Why the church still matters: You're lonelier than you've ever been
In a world of algorithms, isolation, and endless noise, does church still matter? More than ever. This six-week series makes the unapologetic case for why showing up, sitting in a room with other people, and giving your time and energy isn’t just worth it. It might be the most countercultural thing you do all week.
2 Aug 2026
Becoming Good Soil: Fruit that lasts
26 Jul 2026
Becoming Good Soil: Somebody has to tend it
This summer we're getting the ground ready. Not the building, us. Five weeks on becoming the kind of church where a new person can take root and stay, paired with a joint Sunday school hospitality class. We were freed for one another, God breaks up the hard ground in us, we learn to see the people we look past, we tend a person so they stay, and the welcomed become the welcomers.
12 Jul 2026
Becoming Good Soil: Breaking Ground
This summer we're getting the ground ready. Not the building, us. Five weeks on becoming the kind of church where a new person can take root and stay, paired with a joint Sunday school hospitality class. We were freed for one another, God breaks up the hard ground in us, we learn to see the people we look past, we tend a person so they stay, and the welcomed become the welcomers.
5 Jul 2026
Becoming Good Soil: Free to Grow
This summer we're getting the ground ready. Not the building, us. Five weeks on becoming the kind of church where a new person can take root and stay, paired with a joint Sunday school hospitality class. We were freed for one another, God breaks up the hard ground in us, we learn to see the people we look past, we tend a person so they stay, and the welcomed become the welcomers.
28 Jun 2026
Raised Right - Finish what (we) started
The One who started a good work in you will see it through. Faith was never a solo project. We got it from the people before us, and we carry it on. Together.
7 Jun 2026
Raised Right - Rub Some Dirt On IT
31 May 2026
Raised Right - Trinity
24 May 2026
Raised Right - Pentacost
10 May 2026
Raised Right - I'm So Proud of You
Remember all those things Mom and Dad used to say? Turns out they were right. Join us for an 8-week journey through the surprisingly deep wisdom of Mom-isms and Dad-isms—and discover that God's been saying the same things all along.
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