Growth is a choice - and we have to make it. Jesus offered us New Life. We can get rid of the old life and find a new, better one. God will help us do that. But He won't do it for us. We need to cooperate. There's work for us to do, as He rennovates our life.

Building a solid life, growing to become more than we are today - these are impossible to do alone. We need people around us we can count on. Even superheroes are stronger together.God agrees! He provided us a "home team" we can count on. We're going to talk about the importance of connecting with a local church.

If we are going to have a solid foundation for our life, knowing God is critical. Knowing God requires communication, just like any relationship. We've talked about prayer for the past two weeks. But God has also written you - that's another form of communication you need! Read your mail!

Prayer is important for the Christian. We talked about this last week. But is prayer really important for the church to do? Is it just a formality, or one of the most important things a church can do?!

Prayer is more than just something we do at church. It is MORE than just a good thing to do, a box to check.Prayer has the potential to revolutionize your life! It is very important for YOUR BENEFIT! Listen to hear why.

We all want to be better people by the end of 2016. We want to grow, not be stagnant. But how does this happen? It seems like for most of our lives we're "stuck!"God actually wants to help us become new and better people. We're going to talk about growing in 2016!

Not everyone's Christmas was merry. For some the holidays are a difficult time. If this is true for you, we'll look at how to handle life when it doesn't work. AND we'll also talk about helping others around us when they're struggling, even if our life is working.

The heroes of Star Wars are not kings, generals or the influential. The heroes are adolescents who feel unqualified.That story is a copy of Christmas when God chose to save humanity through two young adolscents and a baby!We will look at some lessons this teaches us about God AND about how God might use US!

At Christmas time we like to think of everything as loving, sort of warm and fuzzy. Yet like isn't that way. Terrorists strike, disease kills, people lose their jobs, etc. What is wrong?!Evil is what is wrong. Just like in Star Wars, the evil empire keeps striking out. So does Satan.In this sermon we'll look at Christmas from the perspective of this Spiritual War. Why was Jesus coming to earth. How does He give us hope in our crazy world?

The fictional Force may be calling to Rey in Episode VII, but the God of Heaven really does call to people. He called to Mary and others, which is how Christmas happened!There's a lesson for all of us in this, because God has not changed. He still calls to people today. He is calling to each one of us!