JOHN 10 / The idea of a good shepherd carrying his sheep is a wonderful image to a young child afraid of the dark, or the dying saint facing eternity. But what about all the life in between? Jesus ignores the self-sufficient and offers to be the good shepherd for every aspect of life.

JOHN 9 / Many would say pain is what makes our world so dark, but is that totally accurate? In this chapter, Jesus rolls up his sleeves and goes to work healing a blind man. What might God do through a community that loved and ministered the light itself?

The call is to go from consuming to strategically giving. Are we planting for the harvest that God has called us to? Or are we wasting the gifts God has given us?

JOHN 6 / Bread takes on different shapes but is the basic food that nourishes us and gives us life. Jesus will declare that He is the bread of life. As we look to this new year, what kind of bread best describes your spiritual life?

JOHN 5 / After a broken man has faced 38 years of waiting and disappointment, Jesus asks him the defining question: "do you want to get well?" At first the question might seem ridiculous, but at its core lies the heart of our dilemma.

JOHN 4 / Jesus encounters a woman who shows up thirsty and tired, but for different reasons... She is an outsider. But who decides who's in? This passage is rich with implications for those of us in the Christian Community whose assignment is to be ministers of reconciliation.

JOHN 3 / In this shocking encounter with a pharisee, we see that it is possible for someone to see God at work in Jesus without God being at work in them. Jesus says we must be “born again” - not to make a bad person better, but to make a dead person come alive.

JOHN 2 / In Eastern culture, to run out of wine at a wedding would be an embarrassment to the family. But it is in this scene that a much bigger drama is about to unfold. Jesus will hear the Father tap Him to begin His public ministry and so reveal His glory...

JOHN 1 / In the Gospel of John, we see the Father revealing himself and His glory in His son who was the express image of His being. John's Gospel is written that we would know and believe. To encourage faith for believers and non-believers alike.

A message of where we feel God is taking us as a community. We are sharing some of our COTH history, how God has been leading us for the last three decades, and what we feel are the challenges before us. These are critical times and we want to be found walking in faith to our call as His church. We are asking you to invest in helping us go both deep and wide for the sake of His name and for the generation coming behind us.