Ezra and Nehemiah led God’s people when the problems were similar to ours—difficulty in trusting and obeying God, strife and division, and challenges from the prevailing culture. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah show how a Godly community arose following exile. We see God’s hand leading to miraculous reconstruction of the temple and city of Jerusalem. We watch an impoverished Jewish remnant grow in their faith as they face internal and external enemies. We gain a sense of the importance of Scriptures as God’s Word enables them to be holy and different.

“Behold your God.” This is God’s message to his people in exile. We behold our God in all of his glory in his paradoxical character - he is simultaneously the mighty king and the gentle shepherd. We behold God’s glory in comparison to creatures - there is no one and nothing like him. Most importantly, we behold God’s glory in the face of his Son, Jesus Christ. What if, in 2023, we resolved to seek with all our might a glimpse of the glory of God in the face of his Son? How might we do this? We look forward to beholding our God together on New Year’s Day.

“Behold your God.” This is God’s message to his people in exile. We behold our God in all of his glory in his paradoxical character - he is simultaneously the mighty king and the gentle shepherd. We behold God’s glory in comparison to creatures - there is no one and nothing like him. Most importantly, we behold God’s glory in the face of his Son, Jesus Christ. What if, in 2023, we resolved to seek with all our might a glimpse of the glory of God in the face of his Son? How might we do this? We look forward to beholding our God together on New Year’s Day.

It's not too often that Christmas Day falls on a Sunday! We hope you'll make time in your Christmas morning plans to worship with us for an intimate, energetic, joyful family service at 10 am. Come in your Christmas jammies and enjoy some hot chocolate, carols, a short devotional by Pastor Jay, and gifts for the kids.

A memorable Christmas experience that our entire community and your whole family can enjoy! From start to finish, be brought into the message of the season through live Christmas music, relevant & hope-filled message, and a community candlelight experience.

A memorable Christmas experience that our entire community and your whole family can enjoy! From start to finish, be brought into the message of the season through live Christmas music, relevant & hope-filled message, and a community candlelight experience.

This week we continue the Advent theme of waiting. We might call this God's gift of forced expectation, so that we actually live in light of the end (rather than for the immediacy of superficiality of the present). To that end, we are taking a bit of a detour in 1 Peter. For reasons I will explain on Sunday, this book makes sense for us to peruse in terms of Advent. The Well has been studying it. God has put it in my lap, in a sense. This book is ruggedly focused on how to be in the J-Curve trough, waiting upon God. And what we will see is that waiting is not stationary. It is beautiful activity. True waiting leads to humble and loving ministry to one another as we anticipate and even reflect the glory of Jesus.

This week we continue the Advent theme of waiting. We might call this God's gift of forced expectation, so that we actually live in light of the end (rather than for the immediacy of superficiality of the present). To that end, we are taking a bit of a detour in 1 Peter. For reasons I will explain on Sunday, this book makes sense for us to peruse in terms of Advent. The Well has been studying it. God has put it in my lap, in a sense. This book is ruggedly focused on how to be in the J-Curve trough, waiting upon God. And what we will see is that waiting is not stationary. It is beautiful activity. True waiting leads to humble and loving ministry to one another as we anticipate and even reflect the glory of Jesus.

Jay and Matt discuss the upcoming week's sermon on 1 Peter 4:7-5:4. This passage continues the theme of last week's sermon: waiting on the Lord through suffering. They discuss why Jay chose this text and how you might prepare to hear the word preached this Lord's Day.