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January 12, 2026The Surprising Path of Spiritual Maturity
Sunday Worship
January 11th, 2026

“The Surprising Path of Spiritual Maturity”
Acts 10:1-8
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Accept Your Assignment
Afraid
Awkward
Reflection Questions:
How do you feel about the life that God has assigned to you? (see 1 Corinthians 7:17)
If you don’t easily (or always) like your assigned life (or your assigned area of influence), do you think it’s possible to choose to joyfully embrace yourAL/AOI, and perhaps acquire genuine jubilation for yourAL/AOI?
How has facing your fears been an indispensable part of the maturing process in your experience? What fears has God forced you to face?
When was a time you did something you were afraid of (or interacted with a ‘problem’), and you ended up LOVING IT?
When was a time God commanded you to do something awkward?
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42min
January 05, 2026What Really Matters
Sunday Worship
January 4th, 2026

“What Really Matters”
Acts 9: 32-43
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Care
Crazy
Critical
Reflection Questions:
When was a time you felt super-duper cared for?
How have you personally experienced the freedom (and even prompts from God Himself) to wrestle with the question, “Does God care?”
How do you feel about the inescapable fact that – if you honestly believe in Jesus of Nazareth – you will absolutely sound like a crazy person?
Read John 4:29 and honestly ask yourself, “Would I actually accept this lady’s invitation?” Or would you say, “That’s crazy! I’m not going to voluntarily walk into exposure like that!”
Read Luke 10:17-20. Does this match your paradigm and priorities for rejoicing?
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December 28, 2025God’s Zeal Amongst The Marginalized
Sunday Worship
December 28th, 2025

“God’s Zeal Amongst The Marginalized”
Luke 2:8-20
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Who God Shares The Moment With
What God Says They’ll Do
The Joy Of The Lord Is Our Strength
Reflection Questions:
What are two or three stories in the Bible that make you uncomfortable?
Would you say God is more jazzed about working amidst the mainstream, OR amidst the marginalized?
Is God’s preferred society compatible with your preferred society?
Isaiah 53:1-2 says, “To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? …He grew up like a root out of dry ground; and He had no form or majesty or beauty that we should desire Him.” How do you feel about this?
How have you experienced the exceedingly eccentric joy of God as your source of genuine confidence and strength?
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38min
December 21, 2025Knowing God
Sunday Worship
December 21st, 2025

“Knowing God”
Luke 1: 39-45
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Sympathize
Celebrate
Realization
Reflection Questions:
When was a time you made haste to hang-out with someone who could thoroughly and personally relate to you?
Read Hebrews 4:15. Do you make haste to hang-out with Jesus because He’s personally acquainted with what you’re going through?
When was a time someone didn’t just accept you, but they celebrated you!?
Read Zephaniah 3:17; Isaiah 66:12; Luke 15:22-24; and Nehemiah 8:9-12 and develop a personal addiction to the FACT that God insists on CELEBRATING YOU!
Read Job 42:5 …when was a time you had an experience like this?
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40min
December 14, 2025Overshadowed
Sunday Worship
December 14th, 2025

“Overshadowed”
Luke 1: 26-38
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Ordinary
Awkward
Surrender & Support
Reflection Questions:
When have you personally and palpably experienced the staggering STRANGENESS of the Bible?
When have you experienced the relevance and supernatural reality of the Bible as the overshadowing and prevailing Word of God?
When was a time you realized that God favored you, and God was with you in your ordinary/everyday life?
When was a time that God made things awkward for you?
When was a time you truly surrendered to God’s awkward (or strange, or challenging, etc.) agenda for your life?
How has God provided support for you as you surrender and walk by faith along the path God has set you on?
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41min
December 07, 2025A People Prepared
Sunday Worship
December 7th, 2025

“A People Prepared”
Luke 1: 13-17
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Grace
Childlike
Reflection Questions:
How do you feel about Zechariah’s scandalous/controversial decision NOT to give his firstborn son a family name?
How do you feel about performance reviews? How have you wrongly assumed that God is conducting performance reviews of your life?
What is something that you truly love and enjoy but you hide it for fear of chastisement and/or censure?
Sincerely offer a reasonable-sounding defense for the seriousness and sulkiness of King Saul (and Michal [see 2 Samuel 6:20]; and/or the Pharisees [see Matthew 3:7]).
How do you feel about God’s emphatic command to become childlike? How do you feel about the fact that God addresses us as little children? (see Matthew 11:25; John 13:33; Galatians 4:9; 1 John 2:1, 28; 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21).
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37min
December 01, 2025A Dramatic Change
Sunday Worship
November 30th, 2025

“A Dramatic Change”
Acts 9:19b- 31
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Wrong
Weak
Reflection Questions:
Have you ever seen a person dramatically change? Who was it? How did they change?
How is admitting that you’re wrong absolutely foundational to your life, and central to your joy?
When was a time you confessed to being wrong, and subsequently you gave up a measure of power/control?
When was a time you decided not to offer people ‘plausible words of wisdom,’ but instead you resolved to know nothing except Christ and Him crucified?
What episodes and experiences of weakness have you encountered? Have you ever felt like God might be perfecting His power through your experiences of weakness?
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November 24, 2025Involved
Sunday Worship
November 23rd, 2025

“Involved”
Acts 9:10-19a
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Relationships
Risks
Reconciliation
Reflection Questions:
Do you have any superficial status quo ‘relationships’ these days?
What portion of the PSALMS do you feel uncomfortable saying to God (because it feels like you’re dishonoring God by saying such things to Him)?
Do you think it is inappropriate that the church has retained the record of David’s wrongs in 2 Samuel 11? What if the church had a written record of your most wretched moment in life? Would you want the church to destroy that record (or at least hide it away)?
How did Stephen’s family feel about God’s decision to adopt Saul and appoint Saul to the position of apostle?
What portion of Saul’s epistles feels brutally honest to you? What portion of Saul’s letters would you NEVER use in your personal correspondence with people?
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36min
November 17, 2025And He Touched Us
Sunday Worship
November 16th, 2025

“And He Touched Us”
Mark 10: 40-45
Rev. Pedro Pollorena

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Jesus knows you and understands your pain
Jesus will never lead you to act against Scripture
Identify a “leper” in your context and show them the same
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36min
November 09, 2025The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
Sunday Worship
November 9th, 2025

“The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert”
Acts 9:1-9
Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:
Never Half Hearted
Extremely Personal
Three Days To Think
Reflection Questions:
Spend 10 minutes thoroughly thinking about how much time, effort, and energy is involved in Saul’s ambition to persecute, imprison, and murder followers of Jesus. How does this guy NOT grow weary of such strenuous work?
How do you feel about God’s radical plan to convert Saul, and bring him on as AN APOSTLE!?
What’s been your most personal encounter/interaction with God?
What’s the most noteworthy scenario in your life where you ‘blindly’ trusted God?
If you had to be blind and still for 3 days, what would you think about during those 3 days of pondering?
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31min

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