Bay Area Community Church

If you were to go into the basement of whatever building you live in, you'd find a combination of wood, block and steel that work together to keep the building you're in stable and secure. This support structure is carefully designed to withstand the various pressures that threaten to bring structures down - our lives are not that much different! We're held together by various support structures (given to us by God) to enable us to withstand the pressures of life. On Sunday, we'll look at how Jesus leveraged and maintained those systems for a life of service to His Father. 

Join us as we wrap our SOULS season with a final word and encouragement about The God Who Sees The Nations and how we can partner with Him to take the gospel to the nations! 

It is one thing to think about how God sees us, our neighbor, or those who haven’t heard (the nations). However, it is an entirely different challenge to consider how God sees our opponents. When we think about those who oppose us, the feelings draw upon a deep well of emotions, and something feels much more visceral about the topic. It is easy to feel overwhelmed when people confront us with their objections to the Christian faith, especially nowadays when the objections are so closely tied to how people understand their identity and when disagreement itself is considered offensive and hateful. How can we bridge the seemingly insurmountable gap between the convictions of contemporary culture and the invitation of Christ? How did Jesus do this? How did Paul do this? I am looking forward to being with you this Sunday and exploring these questions together.

As we enter the second week of our series, "The God Who Sees," we're excited to welcome Sergey, our global partner from Russia, to share his insights. This Sunday, we'll be exploring a fundamental question that touches us all: the concept of neighbors. Jesus urged us to love our neighbors, but does this command look different in the context of Moscow, Russia? Join us as we dive into whether the Christian call to love our neighbors takes on unique shades in this diverse cultural landscape.

Is God nearsighted or farsighted? In other words, does God have vision problems? When confronted with such questions, most people would quickly respond with an emphatic "No, of course not." However, it is surprising how often this assumption underlies many of our inquiries about God: "What about those who have never heard about Jesus?", "Where was God in my suffering?", "Where is God right now?", or "God, do you see me?" We are not alone in these questions.

This Sunday I look forward to sharing with you something Jesus models that, if applied, will absolutely change you. It will give you peace and freedom, and make you a better citizen, boss, employee, family member, church member, and more. It will enable you to fulfill God’s purpose for your life and to experience His power. It’s a subject that we tend to have a negative view about and don’t hear many sermons on. Yet it is something that Jesus perfectly modeled. What is it? Join us at 9 or 11 a.m. to find out as we continue to learn what Jesus was like so we can be more like Him. 

You can tell a lot about a person based on where they're from. If they call carbonated beverages "soda" and they love Wawa, chances are they aren't from Texas (or Ohio, Atlanta, Maine or California for that matter). But does someone's hometown tell you all you need to know? This Sunday we'll find out what Jesus' hometown was AND we'll find out how things went when he went home to preach - sometimes those who know you best are the hardest to convince.

Have you ever had someone walk into a situation and starting giving orders - but there's no reason to think they should be in charge? The question, Who died and made you King? comes to mind. As Luke is starting off his biography, it's important that he establishes Jesus' credibility as the Messiah, otherwise Theophilus (or anybody today) might be saying, "Who is this Guy?" about Jesus - a seemingly normal blue collar worker from a backwards town.

We are quickly approaching a new year! For many of us this means reflecting on 2023 and making goals and dreaming about what 2024 could hold. Join us on Sunday at 9 or 11 a.m. as we take a look at the story of Mary and Martha, and one thing we hope you resolve to do in 2024 - become more like Jesus by spending time with Him daily. 

This whole series HARK! we have been tracking along with all the angelic messages bringing the good news of Jesus' birth, and Christmas Eve will be no different. We'll be diving into the account of the heavenly host appearing to an unexpected group watching over the sheep on night, and sharing with them the good news that Christ the Savior has been born. We can't wait to celebreate this good news with you all this weekend.