In this season of Advent we contemplate two things at once - the first coming of Christ and the second.

Throughout Scripture we see that both come as a surprise.  And in fact - all of God's activity in the world has been surprising.  The Christian life isn't a life of calculating but a life of wonder at the comedy of grace.

God wants to take us on a trust journey of partnership to see his outrageous goodness manifested in our world.

May this season of Advent let the "yes" of Mary rise up in your heart, and may the love of Christ overflow in you and produce the kingdom around you.

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12.15.24 Sermon Guide

This last Sunday Bria outlined how and why our primary metaphor for the Church is family. 

The family of God is a people led by the Spirit, who experience the fruit of belonging.

The family of God is made up of children - defined by the freedom of dependence and teachability. 

The family of God will share in Christ’s sufferings and in His glory - a people willing to go as low as He did to lay down our lives for one another. 

From the beginning God’s plan has been to draw people to Himself through the covenant love of family. In Christ we see this mission accomplished and we accept the invitation to participate in this family.

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11.24.24 Sermon Guide

The Scriptures are authoritative and tell us the truth that leads to freedom.

As we continue in our vision series we want to expand on this value in a way that will help you determine how you engage with the Scriptures. 

The Bible is not a textbook for Christians, nor is it merely moral inspiration. Its complexity should not be seen as a threat, but a feature of the richness of it.

In this teaching Alex gives four tools to help us understand how to read the Bible and one key principle that guides the entire journey: relationship with Jesus.

May love be the fruit of our engagement with the Scriptures!

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11.10.24 Sermon Guide

On Sunday, one of our elders, Andoni Montaño, taught on our core value: nothing is impossible.

Through Andoni’s passage from Mark 11:12-25 we see that Jesus has specific desires for His Church.

He desires for us to understand that we live between two kingdoms - heaven and earth. He desires for us to bear fruit in every season by making His house about dependence on Him for the impossible to happen. He desires for us to carry on the ministry of reconciliation as He did.

This value is one we cannot lose sight of in our time. Let our faith be unhindered and let us release forgiveness freely. 

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11.03.24 Sermon Guide

This last Sunday we continued in our Vision Series with a teaching on our core value: We are the righteousness of God.

Alex highlighted Jesus’ parable in Luke 18v9-14 where we learn that if you can go low and recognize the truth - your need for God’s mercy - you will be made righteous. If you cannot go low and you insist on obtaining your value, meaning, and reason for life by looking to others, then you will be humbled by God.

We need to be made righteous to be made one. Jesus’ desire was union with us (John 17v24), that we could know Him and love Him, and be known by Him and loved by Him. 

When this is your reality you will be able to live in confident honesty towards God and as an ambassador for Christ on earth.

This last Sunday Alex gave part one of his teaching on our fourth core value: we have the privilege of hosting the Father’s Presence. 

We believe the Scriptures teach that the Church is supposed to be a home for God’s Presence, an access point between heaven and earth. (1 Pet 2v4-5, Gen 28v11-17)

The first identity that we want to take on as a church to host the Presence of God well, is the ministry of a priest. 

Priests in the Old Covenant offered up physical sacrifices, but since Jesus offered himself as the ultimate physical sacrifice, our ministry as New Covenant priests is to offer up spiritual sacrifices. Like David, we are to center our entire lives around praise, thanksgiving, song, and gazing upon the Lord. 

This is one of the primary ways we participate in heaven coming to earth. You are a priest! 

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