This scripture has a bit of everything. The infamous sheep and goats, judgment, reward, and punishment. Who is in? Who is out? Is that even the point? Join us as we dig into a passage with lots to wade through as we realize that Christ the King is calling us to life.

In response to the questions his followers asked about when the end was coming, Jesus tells a story about 5 foolish bridesmaids who were not prepared for the delay of the groom. Jesus is preparing his followers to stay ever watchful and ready because we do not know when he might show up.

We are commanded to love our neighbor, our enemy, and those around us. What happens when we just aren't feeling the love? Join us as we look at love as something far more complex than a feeling or emotion we have towards others.

They say one way to catch a monkey is to place something sweet in a jar with an opening the size of the monkey's fist. The monkey slips its hand in and grasps the goodies unable to get its hand out without letting go, something it will not do. In the same way, many of us are clinging to our stuff--our money, comfortable lifestyle, our possessions--and unless we let go we will never enjoy life because they get in the way of our relationships. We must relinquish our idols if we are to love God, love others and love ourselves.

How do you love the guy who has hurt you? The annoying co-worker you can’t seem to get along with? We want to fire off an angry email or tell everybody we know how awful this person is. But God has a better way of handling those who have wronged us.

An expert in the law (a lawyer) came to Jesus with a couple of questions but he wasn't really seeking answers or understanding. The lawyer had no idea what was coming when he asked Jesus, "..and who is my neighbor?" He had an axe to grind and was looking for a debate. Join us as we look at a familiar story through a first-century lens and discover how Jesus was disrupting long-held systems of belief and how it impacts our lives in 2017.

Life is about relationships, and love characterizes God's people. That's because God is relational and life is personal. Yet we are living in a divided world intent on speaking our mind to shut others down. We are not loving well. Politically, culturally, personally. How are we to carry out the command to love one another as we are loved? What does this look like in real life?

At Grace we make it our mission to Love God, Love Others, and Change the world. For many of us us, loving God and others is fairly doable, but what about changing the world? Is that something that all of us are called to? Is it even possible? Can we do it? Join us as we break down what it means to be world changers, it may be easier than you think.

We are living in unsettling times with threats on many sides—natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, possibilities of nuclear war, hate groups coming to town. But God who created the world has deployed the Church to be the hope of the world, an unstoppable force that even the strategies of darkness cannot defeat. What is our Identity—the marks that characterize the Church Jesus is building. We must reclaim and restate the value of the Church for our times if we are to love God, love others and change the world.

The word YES is a small but powerful word. It has the ability to change the course of history. Join us as we discover what could happen if we all boldly took a stance and said YES to God.