What will you be found doing when the Lord returns?
Peter writes that we want to be “found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight” (3:14 NLT).

Will you be found this way?

In this week’s Advent message, we’ll explore how our lives can grow in the qualities that lead to that kind of peace and purity. Peter shows us that these things don’t appear suddenly in a crisis—they are cultivated over time.

This Sunday we’ll hear from Peter that peaceful lives arise when we live in hope of the coming Day of Righteousness.

Fog surrounds us - political fog, cultural fog, personal fog - and many are losing their way. But Christian hope is like a lighthouse that guides us into safe harbor.

This week begins the Advent season. Advent means waiting. People in history had to await Jesus’ first coming. We now await His return. We will explore Jesus’ parable in Luke 19, a story about a nobleman-soon-to-be-king, fearful servants, bold servants, and the question that still confronts us today:

Will we risk living fully for the King we cannot yet see?

Join us in worship as we discover how a Christian hope transforms not only our lives, but the world!



If you are looking for a church in Saint Petersburg that is rooted in Scripture, focused on Jesus, serious about the kingdom of God, and committed to authentic community, we would love to welcome you. Gulf Coast Community Church is a gospel formed, gospel shaped church pursuing formation, culture, mercy, outreach, and unity throughout St Pete.

Whether you are new to faith, returning after hurt, or looking for a church that feels real and grounded, this message is for you.

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Life feels shaky for all of us at times. Jobs feel uncertain, finances feel tight, relationships get complicated, and the world around us seems unstable. Hebrews 12 tells us the truth behind all of it. God is shaking what cannot last so that what cannot be shaken will remain.

In this message from our series Cultivating Gratitude, we look at what it means to trust God when everything else feels unstable. Through Scripture and a personal story of job loss and financial pressure, we learn that the kingdom of God is the only foundation that will still be standing when everything else falls.

If you are looking for a church in Saint Petersburg that is rooted in Scripture, focused on Jesus, serious about the kingdom of God, and committed to authentic community, we would love to welcome you. Gulf Coast Community Church is a gospel formed, gospel shaped church pursuing formation, culture, mercy, outreach, and unity throughout St Pete.

Whether you are new to faith, returning after hurt, or looking for a church that feels real and grounded, this message is for you.

📍 Gulf Coast Community Church
555 76th Avenue North Saint Petersburg FL
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The joy of healing was, in large part, the joy of restoration to the community.

So it is with us. We are a community of lepers made whole, grateful not just for our physical and spiritual health, but for Christ’s ability to bring us together. We must see each other as gifts!

Can you learn to sing in the rain?

In this message from Gulf Coast Community Church, we explore how biblical gratitude is not anchored in comfort, but in God’s coming kingdom.

Even in injustice, grief, or uncertainty, we give thanks not because life is easy but because Christ is risen.

Drawing from Psalms 2 and 145, 1 Corinthians 15, and Colossians 1, this sermon reminds us:

“Gratitude is not denial, it’s a declaration that Christ reigns.”

Join us as we learn how to cultivate gratitude rooted in a happy future.

🕊️ Series: Cultivating Gratitude
📖 Texts: Psalm 2, Psalm 145, 1 Corinthians 15, Colossians 1
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🎙️ Sermon Title: Receiving Life as Gift, Not as Entitlement
📖 Series: Cultivating Gratitude
📚 Key Scriptures: Romans 1:18–23, 1 Corinthians 4:7, Romans 8:32

Gratitude isn’t just good manners — it’s a way of seeing the world.

This Sunday we begin our new series Cultivating Gratitude, exploring what it means to receive life as gift, not entitlement.

From behind barbed wire in an internment camp to the martyr’s stake at Smyrna, we’ll see how the grace of God can form hearts that give thanks in all things.

Join us in worship as we learn to see — and live — through the lens of faith that sees and receives everything as gift.


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Title: How Can They Believe — Without Experiencing New Creation | 2 Corinthians 5:16–6:2

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What if freedom was declared over your life—but you didn’t yet know how to live free?

This Sunday we'll explore the transforming power of new creation in Christ.

Paul says, “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.” But how do we live as new people in a world still shaped by the old?

In this sermon you’ll discover:
+What it means to perceive God’s new creation breaking into your life
+How to pursue reconciliation as ambassadors of Christ
+A simple rhythm—BLESS—to live as agents of renewal in your neighborhood

Freedom was declared in a moment. Learning to live it takes a lifetime.
Let's look at how the gospel doesn’t just inform our lives—it transforms our way of being human.

📖 Text: 2 Corinthians 5:16–6:2
📍 From Gulf Coast Community Church | St. Petersburg, FL

🎙️ Sermon Title: How Can They Believe Without Experiencing New Creation?
📍 Text: 2 Corinthians 5:16 - 6:2
🗂️ Series: How Can They Believe?
Speaker: Ryan Carver

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In a world full of noise and opinions, how can people see that the message of Jesus is real?

This week’s sermon, “How Can They Believe Unless They See Love?” challenges us to live in a way that makes the gospel visible.

💬 “Love is the credential that makes our proclamation of the gospel of Christ credible.”

When the church truly loves like Jesus, people start to see what words alone cannot show. Love that serves. Love that sacrifices. Love that unites.

Join us as we explore three powerful truths:
1️⃣ Love visualizes the gospel
2️⃣ Love displays the ways of the cross
3️⃣ Love provokes and invites

What if our love was so real that it made people stop and see Jesus in us?

📍 Text: John 13:34–35
🗂️ Series: How Can They Believe?
Speaker: Zach McNabb

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What makes a church truly healthy? In this powerful message from 1 Peter 5, Pastor Jim Watters shares a gospel-centered blueprint for building a community marked by humility, unity, and hope.

💬 “A happy, healthy church is one where no one thinks too highly of themselves — but everyone thinks highly of Christ.”

Whether you’re a pastor, leader, or member longing for a deeper sense of spiritual family, this message will help you rediscover what it means to shepherd, serve, and stand firm together in grace

“How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?”

Paul’s question in Romans 10:14-15 presses us to ask another: what kind of gospel are people hearing from us?

Many today have heard a version of the gospel that’s thin—private, abstract, or reduced to a ticket to heaven. But the Gospel Paul preached was far richer: the announcement that in Jesus Christ, God’s rule has broken back into the world. It’s the good news of a crucified, resurrected, and reigning King who is restoring all things.

This Sunday we’ll explore that “really good gospel”—the one that produces not consumers but disciples, not mere belief but the obedience of faith.

🎙️ Sermon Title: How Can They Believe?
📍 Text: Romans 10:14–15
🗂️ Series: How Can They Believe?
Speaker: Jerry Cisar

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