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In a time of year that can be stressful and chaotic, the birth of Christ speaks a new way over us: a way of peace. Peace is not something we have to manufacture in our own strength, but it is made free to us because Christ came down to bring wholeness to humanity. In this week's message, Pastor Ryan Schlachter gives us three ways to accomplish peace in our daily lives this Christmas season.

When we begin to live with a revelation of Christ's incarnation, the Word of God comes to life in us—freeing us from self-condemnation, self-absorption and self-justification. Todays message from lead Pastor Josh Kelsey reminds us the freedom Christ came to earth to bring us!

We serve a God bigger than any circumstances, anxiety or fear that we face! At our last ALLIN of the year, Pastor Josh challenged us from 2 Kings 6, the story of Elisha and his servant. When you face challenges, do you react with fear or do you see that God is for you? As we go into 2024, may we ground our hearts in the reality of his faithful love and look to Jesus our Savior.

Teaching from the wisdom of James, Pastor Josh Kelsey shares keys to living with Christ's second advent in our hearts.

What is Advent? As we begin our Christmas series, Pastor Josh Kelsey shares out of Mark 13 on the power of daily remembering not just Christ's first coming but his second. The truth is that many believers dwell on their own dreams or goals rather, thinking more about self than Christ. Our challenge as believers is to think often, think deeply and live daily from a revelation of our King's return.

The Advent season is an invitation to take heart in the fact that Jesus has come and will come again. We are waiting for the second coming with the knowledge that Jesus was faithful when he first came to us as a child. In this staff meeting message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey gives us four reasons why we can take heart this Advent season.

Taking risks to share the gospel is an inherent part of an active Christian faith. Any ministry that lasts has to be rooted in love for people, and we cannot stay the status quo if God is changing us from the inside. As we conclude our All Saints series, Pastor Jon Laurenzo shares three ways to look more like Jesus and live a life on mission.

The Reformers placed the Word of God above everything else. The word of God reveals Jesus to us, and therefore the word of God should be given the highest priority. In this week's message, Pastor Jon Laurenzo continues our All Saints series and gives us three reasons why we should build the foundation of our lives on the Word of God.

The Christian monastic movement is marked by a sacred approach to time and the balance of rhythms like prayer and work. St. Benedict famously said, "He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands." In our All Saints series, Pastor Jon explores four ways to take back your time, allowing God to invade every hour of your day in contrast to the hustle of this world.

The desert fathers and mothers teach us that we must be disciplined in order to follow God. All athletes are training for a purpose, but we train for an eternal purpose. In this Sunday's message, David Chan teaches us what it looks like have the discipline of an athlete as we follow God.