Week one of our Advent series looking at the hope we have in the coming of Jesus, our Savior.

We have been called to a race, but how do we run it? Sean looks at how we can effectively and whole-heartedly run with our eyes set on Jesus and His Kingdom.

We run the race to win the prize that Jesus has called us to. But what is that race?

We believe that Jesus' Kingdom is eternal - it will not pass away. So we live for eternity! We live to bring His Kingdom here and now and point people to His eternal Kingdom coming.

We believe God has given us a calling to steward the Gospel, as well as our time, energy, and resources, in order to further His kingdom.

Worship is a full-life response to who God is and what He has done. With our head, hands, and hearts, we want to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God in light of His mercy toward us (Romans 12:1-2). This mercy was shown in Jesus going to the cross on our behalf. In our sin and rebellion, we were dead and deserved the wrath of God. But because Jesus lived a perfect life and became an atoning sacrifice for us at the cross, we are now no longer guilty, but have been made alive by His work. We worship in response to this good news!

We believe that God's new covenant people is manifest in local churches of which Christ is the only Head. The church is distinguished by her gospel message, her sacred ordinances, her discipline, her great mission, and, above all, by her love for God, and by her members' love for one another and for the world.

We believe that Jesus rose again, defeating death, thus giving us a living hope for eternal life.

We believe that Jesus died in our place on the cross. By his sacrifice, he bore in our stead the punishment due us for our sins.

We believe that God became man - Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost.