Awakening Church

What do you do when nothing in life makes sense and it feels like the world is falling apart around you? Do you grin and bear it? Well, you don’t have to. You can turn your grief, pain, and suffering over to God in a process called lament. Lament is the honest expression of what is going on in our lives. We can bring all the mess of our lives to our loving Father and He will respond.

Lament is about running to God with your pain and petitions. It’s not complaining but communicating to a Father who cares. God cares about everything that concerns His children and He wants to walk with you through the stuff of life.

In our modern age of instant gratification, we tend to believe God’s work in our life will follow suit, that everything should happen quickly. But as the body of Christ, the church is called to something deeper: faithfulness. God does not call his church to solve problems quickly, but to obey him faithfully. Join us as we discover what it means to commit to the slow, good work of God in a culture of speed and productivity.

When we join churches, we often think of our needs first: how will this community help me? What does this church offer for someone like me? But the work of Jesus transforms us to consider others first, changing us instead to ask: how can I help this community? Where can I contribute? Join us as we discover how God transforms people not for the benefit of the individual, but for the benefit of the community.

Our expectations for what the church should be might be detrimental to our spiritual growth. How can we adjust our feelings about church even if we’ve been hurt by it?

Join us as we dive deeper into the meaning and history of communion during our worship service.

Having the Gospel allows us to share it boldly. This Sunday, we’ll look at what it looks like to grow in boldness when talking about God.

There is cultural rejection that we face as well as individual rejection of those we love and care about. Fear often stops us from doing what we know God has called us to. Knowing what our calling is, to share our faith/gospel and to be a witness, how do we overcome the obstacles that stand in our way, and live out this mission that Jesus calls us to in a way that honors God and honors others?

God has called us to partner with him in loving others and sharing the gospel along the way in regular, ordinary ways that lead to transformative experiences. This happens as we share our story of how Jesus captured our heart, through the story God is writing in our lives, and through our everyday relationships.

Before we talk about God, we must know God. Knowing God starts with embracing his gospel, which is the good news that God has come to us in Jesus. This transformative message—the gospel—is something we must constantly remember as we allow it to change our lives from the inside out. We never graduate from the gospel.

What does good living actually look like in a broken world? Why does it matter so much? Good living calls us to honor everyone always. A common misconception is that honor and respect are the same thing. Join us Sunday to learn the practical steps God commands us to take when it comes to honoring others and therefore living a truly “good life.”