We are spending the month of December looking at the reasons for Christmas Day. Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus knew with confidence the reasons He had been sent to the earth. In today’s message, we look at the love of God in sending His son to the earth. In 1st John 4:7-13, the love Jesus demonstrated in His life and His death is both the source and the model for how we are to love God and to love one another.

We are spending the month of December looking at the reasons for Christmas Day. Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus knew with confidence the reasons He had been sent to the earth. In today’s message, we look at John 14:27 and the promise of peace in Christ. Jesus came on that first Christmas Day to bring an internal peace to the world, not the external peace they expected.

We are spending the month of December looking at the reasons for Christmas Day. Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus knew with confidence the reasons He had been sent to the earth. In today’s message, we look at 1 John 3:8 that declares that Jesus appeared to destroy the works of the devil! We study this passage to discover the victory that Christ has won for us and how to live in that victory.

We are spending the month of December looking at the reasons for Christmas Day. Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus knew with confidence the reasons He had been sent to the earth. In today’s message, we look at 1 John 4:14 that says Jesus was sent to be the Savior of the world. We look at all the things we can celebrate that Jesus has saved us from!!

Our preaching development team continues with Fran Basuel and Lanice Pullano speaking. Fran teaches on Mary & Martha from Luke 10. We learn the one thing that is necessary to be spiritually healthy in the midst of the pressures of life. Lanice teaches on the privilege of prayer from Luke 11. The Lord's Prayer gives us the model to have a thriving relationship with God.

Today, we have both Pastor Aaron & Liz Kuzen sharing. Pastor Aaron teaches from Mark 7:24-30 about the Syrophoenician woman. This woman has a lot to teach us about receiving the miracles we are praying for! Liz teaches from Genesis 32:22-30 about Jacob wrestling with God. Using the scriptures and her own testimony, she shows us how to trust God and find our true selves as we walk through difficult seasons.

Join us as we encounter God through worship and teaching from the Bible. Today, we have both Pastor Aaron & Jon Sugibayashi sharing. Sugi teaches us from Genesis 30:25-43 that what we behold we reproduce. The things we focus our attention on will determine what kind of fruit our life produces. Pastor Aaron looks at God's sovereignty in Genesis through Paul's commentary in Romans 9:6-16. In His sovereignty, God can use us regardless of how we live, but we learn why we should still live according to His standards.

In today's message, we look at Hagar's life in Genesis 16:1-16 to understand what to do when we feel like a slave to our circumstances. We all have a choice to either be a slave to our circumstances or to be a servant of God, the One who is Lord over our circumstances.

Today begins the next phase of preaching development as members of our development team will each share 15 minutes sermons. In today's messages, Roy Nagata shares on The Blessed Life from Matthew 5. God has given us everything we need to live the blessed life. Then Andrew Chidester shares on Balancing Act from Matthew 6. We need to find the balance between privately seeking God and publicly living out our faith.

Join us as we encounter God through worship and teaching from the Bible. We are studying the Book of Acts in a series called Torch Bearers. As the present day church of Jesus Christ we are to carry the torch that was first lit with the birth of the church on the day of Pentecost. In today's message, we look at multiplication as a critical part of the churches in Acts fulfilling the Great Commission. The mathematics of the Book of Acts is to add people, multiply disciples, and multiply churches!