Where faith and everyday life meet. Each week, we gather as a community of young adults to explore what it really means to follow Jesus—in our schools, workplaces, friendships, families, and culture. Through real conversations, biblical teaching, and authentic stories, this podcast is designed to encourage, challenge, and equip you to live out your faith with purpose.
Whether you’re navigating college, starting your career, or building meaningful relationships, the Hillside Young Adults Podcast will help you grow deeper in your walk with God while staying connected to a vibrant community.
The Weight of Being Needed: Exodus 18 — Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message, Jayden walks us through Exodus 18 and the moment Jethro recognizes that Moses is carrying more than he was ever meant to carry alone. What began as faithful obedience had slowly become an unsustainable weight, revealing how easily being needed, wanted, and busy can begin to feel like purpose. Through Jethro’s wisdom to Moses, we’re reminded that God may entrust meaningful work, relationships, and responsibilities to us, but He never asks us to become the savior of them...
15 Jul 2026
Reach Again: Mark 5 - Samantha Johnson
In this week’s message, Sam Johnson walks through Mark 5 and the intertwined stories of Jairus and the woman who had been suffering for twelve years. As both come to Jesus carrying impossible circumstances, we’re reminded that faith isn’t the absence of doubt or pain, it’s the courage to keep reaching for Christ even when our prayers feel unanswered. Through seasons of waiting, hidden grief, and unmet expectations, God invites us to bring our whole hearts before Him, trusting that His presenc...
3 Jun 2026
Through the Roof: Luke 5 - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message, Jayden walks us through Luke 5:17–26 and the powerful story of the paralyzed man lowered through a roof to meet Jesus. As the crowd gathered to see a healer, Jesus revealed something even greater about Himself: He came not only to heal broken bodies, but to forgive sins and restore people to God. Through the faith of a few determined friends and the authority of Christ on full display, we’re reminded that our deepest need isn’t simply for our circumstances to change, i...
1 Jun 2026
Two Jesuses: John 20 - Daniel Hollenback
In this message, Daniel Hallenbeck walks through two powerful encounters with Jesus: Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb and John’s vision of the risen Christ, to answer one of the most important questions we can ask: Who is Jesus? Through these stories, we discover that Jesus is both the compassionate Savior who meets us in our grief and the victorious King who reigns in glory. Whether you're exploring faith for the first time or have followed Jesus for years, this message is an invitation to s...
28 May 2026
Relentless Faithfulness: Daniel 6 - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message, studying Daniel 6, Jayden walks us through the story of Daniel in the lions’ den and the ordinary faithfulness that formed his life long before the crisis ever came. In a world where compromise feels expected, we’re reminded that faithfulness to God is built in the small daily moments of prayer, obedience, and trust. As Daniel’s life points others toward the goodness and power of God, we’re invited to consider what is forming us, what we fall back on in difficult seaso...
1 Apr 2026
WITNESS: John 4 - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message from our series WITNESS, Jayden walks us through the story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well in John 4, inviting us to rediscover what it means to be truly enamored with Jesus. We’re reminded that an encounter with Christ moves us from curiosity to transformation, and ultimately to sharing our story with others. Jesus meets us in our need, sees us fully, and chooses us anyway, and that kind of grace is meant to overflow into the lives of those around us. As...
5 Mar 2026
The Power of Words: James 3 - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message from our series through the Book of James, Jayden walks us through James 3, inviting us to consider the power of our words and what they reveal about our hearts. We’re reminded that though the tongue is small, it carries the potential to bring life or destruction, shaping our relationships and reflecting the depth of our faith. James challenges us to pursue a wisdom that does not flow from pride or selfish ambition, but from a heart transformed by God, one that is pure,...
2 Feb 2026
Faith and Wisdom: James 1 - Osahon Obazuaye
In this week’s message opening our series: Walk With The Wise: A Scripture Study Through James, Osahon walks us through James chapter 1, inviting us to see how faith and wisdom work together to shape a life that honors God. We’re reminded that following Jesus isn’t about quick answers or surface-level belief, but about learning to trust God through trials, asking for wisdom, and living out what we believe. As James challenges us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers, we’re invited to rece...
30 Jan 2026
Go With The Gospel: For I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel - Senny Scherler
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, we conclude our journey through Romans by looking at what it means to love others well and live on mission together. Walking through Romans 14–15, we’re reminded that unity, conviction, and love are essential to being one body on mission for Christ. We’re invited to share the gospel not out of obligation, but out of love, planting seeds faithfully, trusting God with the outcome, and living unashamed of the goo...
29 Jan 2026
Transforming: The New Way To Be Human - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, we step into Romans 12 and explore what it means to live out our new identity in Christ, one that changes in an instant but is formed over a lifetime. Through the image of adoption and the call to transformation, we see the difference between being conformed by the world and being renewed from the inside out by the Spirit. We are invited to offer our lives as living sacrifices, embrace the often messy process ...
19 Dec 2025
From Him, Through Him, For Him - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, Jayden walks us through Romans 9-11. We’re reminded that salvation isn’t earned through heritage, effort, or background, it’s received through faith in Jesus alone. Paul’s heartache for Israel becomes a picture of God’s heart for all people, inviting us to trust that His mercy is wider, deeper, and more surprising than we expect. And as Paul ends this section in worship, we’re reminded that the more we see of ...
19 Nov 2025
No Separation: No Condemnation for Those in Christ -Sean Murphy
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, Sean walks us through the hope and freedom found in Romans 8, one of the richest chapters in all of Scripture. With honesty, humor, and a reminder that we’re all still learning to trust Jesus, he shows that the good news isn’t just that God forgives us, but that He is with us. In a world full of guilt, shame, and inner battles like Paul describes in Romans 7, Romans 8 breaks through with the promise that there...
9 Nov 2025
Repentance: Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do? - Woody Morwood
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, Woody unpacks Romans 7 and reminds us that the Christian life is a daily battle between our desire to do what’s right and our tendency to fall short. While the law exposes our brokenness, the grace of God steps in to redeems and heal. And as Paul cries out, “Who will rescue me from this body of death?” we find the same answer today: “Thanks be to God, who delivers us through Jesus Christ our Lord.” In our weak...
4 Nov 2025
Freedom: You Aren’t the Old You - Jayden Zwerner
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, we look at what it means to live freely in the transforming power of God’s grace. In Romans 6, Paul reminds us that grace isn’t a license to keep living as we once did, it’s the power that frees us to live a brand-new life in Christ. Through the imagery of baptism and the reality of being united with Jesus, we see that the old self has been crucified, and a new identity has been given. Freedom isn’t found in d...
29 Oct 2025
Grace: The Gift Unearned - Natalie Moore
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, we explore what Scripture reveals about God’s grace, His unearned, undeserved favor and the faith that receives it. Through Romans 3–5, we see that the gospel isn’t something we outgrow, it’s the foundation that continually transforms us as we grow. Even in our weakness, God’s power is made perfect. His grace meets us where we are and His Spirit strengthens our faith to trust that Jesus has already done what w...
22 Oct 2025
Sin and Redemption - Samantha Johnson
In this week’s message from This Is the Gospel: A Study Through the Book of Romans, we look at what Scripture teaches about sin: what it is, where it began, and how it shapes our world and our hearts. Through Romans 1–3 and the story of God’s covenant with Abraham, we’re reminded that sin isn’t just the brokenness around us, it’s the brokenness within us. But the good news is this: God did something about it. Through Jesus, grace steps in, light breaks through, and we’re invited to join Him i...
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