Briarwood Church

You don't have to have everything to do something significant for God. In week two of Unsung Heroes, Pastor Jamisen looks at Barzillai of Gilead, who met King David in the wilderness with food and supplies while David was fleeing from Absalom, with no promise of anything in return. His story teaches us to use what we have to meet the need in front of us, to give without demanding a return, and to stay faithful in whatever season of life we are in. Faithfulness isn't measured by what you have; it's measured by what you do with what you have.

Some of the greatest heroes in the world will never make the news; they simply show up. In the first week of Unsung Heroes, Pastor Jamisen looks at Onesiphorus, a man we meet in just three verses of 2 Timothy, who searched Rome until he found Paul in chains and was never ashamed to stand beside him. You don't have to fix someone's pain to be present in it, and faithfulness that keeps showing up, even when it costs, is never unseen by God. This week, ask yourself one question: who needs you to show up for them?

Roots were never the destination. In the final week of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 and at Jesus calling Zacchaeus down from the tree in Luke 19 to show that God grows something in us so He can give it through us. What is rooted in you will eventually come out of you, and God has placed people around you on purpose. This week, ask yourself one question: who is God trying to reach through you?

Jesus saves us personally, but He never leaves us on our own. In week three of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the early church in Acts 2 and at Moses on the hill in Exodus 17 to show why a faith rooted in Christ is meant to grow in community. We all need people who know our name and hold us up, and somebody else needs us to hold them up too. This week, don't just ask who will be there for you. Ask who you can be there for.

Every one of us is being discipled by something — and what we allow in is what shapes us. In Psalm 1, the blessed life doesn’t begin with visible fruit; it begins with roots forming beneath the surface as we delight in God’s Word. Pastor Jamisen Hancock unpacks the difference between hearing the Word and obeying it, and why deep roots always take time. The goal isn’t to know more Bible — it’s to become more like Jesus.

Fall Launch Sunday opens a new season at Briarwood with a series called Rooted. Starting in Colossians 2, we’re reminded that the part of a tree nobody sees — the roots — decides everything everyone does see. Success, money, reputation and control all hold up fine under blue skies, but only a life rooted in Christ stands when the storm hits. What you’re rooted in determines what you’re built on, how strong you stand, and the fruit your life produces.

In A Seat At The Table, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in 2 Samuel 9 with the story of Mephibosheth—a forgotten, crippled grandson of King Saul who finds himself invited to dine at King David’s table. The message traces the movement of grace: it finds you where you are, brings you where you could never go on your own, and restores what you thought was lost forever. Like Mephibosheth, you may still carry a limp—but grace doesn’t change your condition first, it changes your position. Because of Jesus, there is a seat at the King’s table with your name on it.

What if the church is less like a crowd and more like a puzzle — every piece different in shape, size, and color, but each one essential to the picture? On Family Sunday at Briarwood Church, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the image of a puzzle built piece by piece throughout the service with the help of the kids to show what the body of Christ is meant to look like. Drawing from Mark 10, 1 Corinthians 12, and Psalm 78, he walks through five truths: every piece is welcome, every piece has a place, every piece needs another piece, every piece adds to the picture, and every piece leaves a legacy. Whether you feel like you've had it all together for decades or like you don't belong at all — this message is a reminder that God's picture isn't complete without you.

A reset isn't complete until it reaches the place where you actually live. In the final week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock brings the series home literally asking what it would look like for Jesus to be the true center of our families. Drawing from Joshua 24, Deuteronomy 6, and Psalm 78, he gives five action steps to reset your home: decide what your home is going to be about, look at what your family is learning from you, build God into the rhythm of everyday life, make room for what you don't want to lose, and build something that outlives you. On what would have been his father's 74th birthday, Pastor Hancock shares how his parents' faithful example — not their perfection — became the greatest legacy they could have left behind. Your children don't need a perfect home. They need to see that Jesus is real in yours.

We can spend our whole life building something and still be building the wrong thing. In Week 4 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to the often overlooked book of Haggai where God's people returned from exile, rebuilt their own homes and businesses, and quietly let God's house fall into ruin. Through four honest questions — What am I building? What am I chasing? What is it costing me? And what needs to change? — this message invites us to stop long enough to examine whether the evidence of our lives actually reflects what we say matters most. God doesn't want to be added to your list of priorities. He wants to be at the center of them.