What does a community need to know in order to thrive in this crazy world we find ourselves in? Surprisingly, a lot of it can be found in a short letter written nearly 2000 years ago to a community in the ancient city of Philippi. Today we begin...

What is the church really supposed to be?  For some church is a day of the week. For others church is a place people go. With this simple understanding of church as a day or a place, countless people have been hurt and mistreated by the very body...

Baptism is the most important rite of passage for a follower of Jesus. But what is it, really? What is happening when we are immersed in the water? What does it all mean? Today we're going to explore these questions and hopefully recover the...

Everyone of us has a story. The good news that Jesus offers us is that everything can be forgiven and everything can be healed. Everything?  Really? Yes, everything.

Have you ever been asked the question, “How do you want to be remembered?” This isn’t a bad question, but what if it shouldn’t be our primary question. What if we should first be asking ourselves, “Who should I remember?”

"God makes choices.” Today, we're exploring how God chose to reinstate his dream for humanity through a vagabond tribe of desert dwellers. We’re also investigating how fear got in the way and how, today, we can reclaim the dream and experience...

Welcome to NewStory! If this is your first Sunday with us we are so glad to have you are here this morning. We need to ask for your grace, however, because this is going to be a different service than our usual Sunday. For those of you who call...

Early on in the story the people choose to leave God behind and take matters into their own hands. Immediately, everything begins to fall apart. The people were utilizing one of the great powers that God has given us--the power to choose. Just as...

In the beginning God creates the heavens and the earth. Six days of creating—light, dark, sky, land, sea, sun, stars, moon, animals, humanity—and it is all very good. It is not perfect, but very good. We are loaded with potential to go somewhere,...

"Thoreau once wrote that all of us "lead lives of quiet desperation." For many of us, this is true. Why? In the world we find ourselves in, it is easy to lose touch with our life's purpose and meaning. Today we're starting a series, "Hidden in...