Healthy things will grow, develop and mature. Jesus challenges us to ‘follow him’ and in doing so, we’re to grow as apprentices of him and develop in our faith and relationship with him. We will be a church that will EQUIP people to know Jesus and grow in their faith as they follow him.

Everyone has a reach of impact. Every church is called to reach and have a God-sized impact. We strive to be a church that will REACH people for Jesus. To help people reach up in worship and truly love God. We will help our folks reach out to love others closer toward God and bless our community. We long to see everyone experience the transformation of a life-giving and life-changing relationship with Jesus.

Discipleship: the church talks about often, but what is it? And how can we make 2021 a year where we grow deeper into knowing and becoming like Jesus? Our Worship Director, Lyle Thompson, looks at what we can take from Matt 28:18-20 to give us some truths to live by as we look to make discipleship a priority in 2021.

We live amidst a season of unrelenting uncertainty and in order to stabilize ourselves to keep holding onto hope as we move forward, we must re-anchor to the ONE who is our foundation of consistency: Jesus. He helps us see the bigger picture. He will get us through. He is forever with us.

We are surrounded and flooded by messages. Some float on by, but some stop you in your tracks. The message announced to some shepherds that first Christmas is one that still echoes today. Have you heard it? Have you responded to it? It is a message of hope for all people - it’s an “all skate” kind of invitation. God’s message in Christmas is an unlimited Good News message, from a limitless God, to an inexhaustible number of people.

Christmas is often displayed by the perfect decorations and pristinely wrapped presents. But the Story of Christmas is actually anything but perfect, tidy and pristine. It’s a story that involves uncomfortable divinely timed interruptions and faith stretching invitations to trust God more in the next moment than in the previous. Look for God in the midst of life’s interruptions - He might just be on the move, inviting you to join Him and growing your faith in those moments.

We all have moments in our lives where we can ‘feel’ the silence of God. It often leaves us uneasy, unsettled and thinking He’s uninterested and uninvolved. But God is always at work and often does some of His best work in the quiet. He’s still active behind the scenes of your life friend. He’s still at work. Trust Him and in His timing. Often, it’s in that quiet - where He can grow our hearts to want to REACH UP in worship.

As we turn to chapter 5 in Ephesians we’re going to look at 3 key ways we are to live as followers of Jesus. The Apostle Paul is continuing to challenge us to 'grow up' in Christ and live out of the new position we've been given through Christ. He's wanting us to now live as imitators of God, to live as children of the light and to live wisely. It's like Paul is saying: 'this is the way' we're to now live.

Through Christ we are now ‘new and improved’ - the old has gone and the new has come. We are to continually choose to live out of and operate within this ‘new’ that God has done through Christ. This new will show itself in how we now live…put off what was, put on what is. It’s spiritual maturity on display in the way we now live.

In Ephesians 4, Paul shifts from a theological focus to a practical focus. Keeping in mind some themes in chapters 1-3, Paul begins to lay out a map to help the Church to mature to the fullness of Christ.