Looking to Jesus' promise in John 16 of turning his disciples' grief to joy, pastor Luke explored the relationship between worship, suffering, and the joy of the New Creation.

Introducing our sermon series, Finding Joy, pastor Luke shared some of the recent scientific findings about happiness. He then spend time providing a biblical-theology for "joy," a fruit of the Spirit and provided some practical activities you can do in order to have more joy!

The church is a space where people are supposed to be growing and being shaped and formed to become more like Jesus, more mature and more connected to God and each other and more engaged in God’s mission of helping the world know Jesus. This is how the early church was organized and reorganized! In this sermon, pastor Luke explored the types of characteristics that are important for a church to be able to encourage growth.

In Matt. 16:18, Jesus said that he would build his Church. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians that church leaders would equip the Church to build the Church. 

In this sermon, pastor Luke talked about how a beautiful metaphor for the Church is that of a ship, yet the ship is a missional ship and it's navigating toward the Kingdom.

The Bible uses many mataphors and pictures to describe what the Church is. In this sermon, pastor Luke explored how the picture of a garden or vineyard is very fitting for the community of God's kingdom.

The Stoll Fire caused a significant amount of loss for the city of Red Bluff. In order to process this event, pastor Luke spent some time talking about suffering and the work of the Spirit, pressing into Psalm 34:18. We also spent time praying together.

For Father's Day, we looked at the calling of Abraham in Genesis 12, specifically considering what it means to be blessed to be a blessing. We apologize for the audio quality!

The story of David and Goliath, found in 1 Samuel 17, is one of the most well known stories from the Old Testament! In this sermon pastor Luke told the story with great detail and explained why it is such an encouraging story for the Church!