One of the first things Jesus did in his public ministry was invite people to become his disciples. In the first chapter of John's gospel, he used the phrase "come and see" as part of that invitation. To "see" means to observe and listen within a specific real-world context and this fall we will specifically be looking at the character of the land in the Bible.

As we continue to study the land as "character" in the Bible, we examine how immediately following the call of Abram, two verses later, there was a famine in the land. Why? What did this mean? Why was the land constantly having famines along with other issues. The week, Pastor Karla talks about how famine reveals the limits of the land to invite dependence on God. Staying long enough in hard seasons to learn is a difficult task.

Passage: Genesis 12:10-20

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We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

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One of the first things Jesus did in his public ministry was invite people to become his disciples. In the first chapter of John's gospel, he used the phrase "come and see" as part of that invitation. To "see" means to observe and listen within a specific real-world context and this fall we will specifically be looking at the character of the land in the Bible.

In the first sermon of our Fall Series, Pastor Karla opens a familiar passage, but points out an odd piece of the story that probably none of us have stopped to examine deeper...The tree of Moreh at Shechem. It is through this often overlooked part of the passage that reveals how God calls Abram to a specific land. So what does the location of this land tell us about God's desire for His people?

Passage: Genesis 12:1–7; John 1:39

NOTE: To see the clip played during the service, click HERE.

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

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If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

This week is our last week in the Cinema Sundays Series. Our Director of Men & Youth Ministries, Ryan Silvia, closes out the summer with the epic journey of a young moisture farmer turned Jedi named Luke Skywalker. In the movie Star Wars: A New Hope, Ryan discusses how in a universe of shadows, Christ is always the light that dispels the darkness. And as his followers, we are to identify the beauty and hope of Christ in everything we see and do.

Passage: Revelation 21:18-26

NOTE: To see the clip played during the service, click HERE.

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

What is your dream? What is your desire in life? This morning, we examine our dreams through the lens of Scripture interacting with the fantastical movie La La Land. We look at the dream of Solomon, and how God gives him "whatever he asks." Sounds simple enough. Is there a catch?...Pastor Karla shares how God loves our dreams! God has given us our dreams-- especially that ones that align with God's Kingdom.

Passage: 1 Kings 3:5-15; Psalm 37:4-5

NOTE: To see the clip played during the service, click HERE.

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

In our movie this week, A Beauitufl Mind, we see the thin space between reality and delusion. When we look at Scripture there are many of these "thin places" between our phyiscal reality and divine reality. In our Bible passage this week, Pastor Karla examines how the gospel restores how we see our reality, and God's truth replaces our illusions.

Passage: 2 Kings 6:8-23

NOTE: To see the clip played during the service, click HERE.

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

This week, we look at a movie that became popular, first, on the theatrical stage - Les Miserables. Les Miz (as it is commonly refered) is first and foremast a parable. A story that is not true or historical, but invites the listener or watcher into it in such a way that the audience wishes it were true because it is relatable. It also leads the audience to take a step of action. Jesus does the same with his parables that he tells. Pastor Karla conveys to us how God reaches us at your worst so He can lift us into our best.

Passage: Luke 7:36-50

NOTE: To see the clip played during the service, click HERE.

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

Everyone remembers the iconic scene from the movie Rocky in which Rocky Balboa bounds up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and looks over the city and raises his voice in victory - a victory he has yet to experience in reality, but one he is now prepared to encounter. This week, Rev. Jerry Andrews, Pastor Emeritus at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego compares and contrasts the difference between trying versus training, and examines how Paul distinguishes between the two when it comes to our lives of faith.

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

The Wizard of Oz is a beloved classic that seems to be in the childhood memory in all of us. It utters one of the most famous and enduring lines in cinema history, and that is the line, "There's no place like home." Dorothy repeats this line over and over and comes to apprerciate her place and time in life. For us as Christians, we understand the sentiment of this line in our spiritual lives. We have a deep desire to experience home. We also know that our ultimate home isn't a place, it's a Person.

Passage: Hebrews 11:13-16; John 14:1-6

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

It is the movie that brought people back to the theaters after the Pandemic: Top Gun Maverick is the movie we discuss this week. Pastor Karla implores us that our battle is not against each other, but against evil itself. Paul calls us to put on the full armor of God, but in Christ, we already have the armor on. It's just a matter of us realizing it, and understanding its usefulness for our lives. True victory involves more than just our skill, it involves obedience to God's call and the right equipment.

Passage: Ephesians 6:10-18

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church

This summer, we explore themes from popular films alongside Scripture, uncovering how God's truth speaks through the stories we love. From adventure and sacrifice to redemption and hope, each week reminds us that God is present in every part of our story—inviting us into something greater.

This week, we examine the story of Forrest Gump. As the history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart. Pastor Karla discusses how life may not always go as planned, but if we submit to God's will we can trust God will use our lives for good.

Passage: Jeremiah 29:1-14

We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - Online Service 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services.

To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our Youtube Channel @PointLomaChurchOnline.

To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org.

For event happenings: http://pointlomachurch.org/connect/events/

For a list of "Summer Movie Nights" showing on Wednesdays, click HERE

To register for any event: http://pointlomachurch.org/register

If you would like to give to the ministry: http://pointlomachurch.org/give/ or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church