Pastor Justin Simmons continues the series Rooted with a message about Jesus being the God over all things. Anything apart from Jesus is a lesser thing. Our marriages, jobs, finances... all things... find their true meaning and purpose in Christ. The question we must ask ourselves is this: Is Jesus Lord over all [...]

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Pastor Justin Simmons continues the Rooted series with Paul's prayer for the church in Colossae. The Apostle prays for the church to be filled with God's wisdom so they may live pleasing lives worthy of God. This requires the people of God aligning their hearts and minds with the will of God. We [...]

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Pastor Justin Simmons focuses on the Apostle Paul's thanksgiving for the church in Collosae and highlights the church's reputation. Paul hears about the love that was prevalent among the church and commends them for their maturity. The love Paul writes about is due to the hope the church possesses for the future. They [...]

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Pastor Justin Simmons begins our summer series of Rooted by reading through Colossians. Over the next couple months we will explore how relevant Paul's letter is to creating maturity in us, nearly 2000 years after it's writing. We don't want to become old Christians, but mature and deeply rooted in the word of [...]

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Guest Speaker Dr. Sam Huddleston, Assistant Superintendent of the NorCal Nevada Assemblies of God, shares a timely message about being deployed for a mission. You are planted where you are for a purpose.

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Pastor Justin Simmons concludes a series on the personhood, presence and power of Holy Spirit. We cannot afford to underestimate the Holy Spirit’s work in and on our lives. He is not a goo or energy, but the very essence of God in the earth today. He is an equal to God the [...]

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Pastor Melanie Simmons continues our series on the personhood, presence and power of Holy Spirit. We cannot afford to underestimate the Holy Spirit’s work in and on our lives. He is not a goo or energy, but the very essence of God in the earth today. He is an equal to God the [...]

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Pastor Justin Simmons begins a series on the personhood, presence and power of Holy Spirit. We cannot afford to underestimate the Holy Spirit's work in and on our lives. He is not a goo or energy, but the very essence of God in the earth today. He is an equal to God the [...]

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Pastor Justin Simmons concludes the series Crossing Over with a message about putting on new life. What happens after we've left the grave and all that defined us in the past? We must dress accordingly by putting on Christ. We put on Christ in our minds by thinking new thoughts to get new [...]

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This Easter Sunday message by Pastor Justin Simmons continues the series of Crossing Over, moving from death to life. We take our queue from Jesus's perspective as He regained life in the tomb. We imagine what He thought and how He moved from the place of death that held Him captive and into [...]

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