Sermons

McKnight Crossings Church looks back over his first months as the lead minister of MX Church, sharing his gratitude for feeling a sense of belonging and welcome. Andrew shares with us how he has been greeted and made welcome by this congregation. Andrew asks us to accept this perspective and challenges us to see ways to continue serving and continue improving and growing in our work of sharing God, and His love.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, asks us to encourage the dichotomy between hopefulness validated and hopefulness ultimately met with disappointment. Andrew encourages us to remember that God promises to fill us with reason to hope even in the darkest moments. We are challenged to reconnect to our source for hope, God, and to share that hope with others in our lives so they too can find and claim hope for themselves.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, asks us to think about what awaits us after death. We are encouraged to think about not just what awaits after death, but also what awaits us in the next chapter, or even just the next moments of our lives, and the hope we have from our faith in God; we know the end of the story already. Andrew reminds us that, regardless of the events of now, we have God on our side and waiting for us with a state of being that we will feel perfect in, forever.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, asks us to consider how we hold hope for today; for this present moment in our lives and history. Through stories of hardship and stress and anxiety, Andrew asks us to consider how we move through the urge to sit in despair. We are reminded that in the midst of the worst moments we are not ever alone and that we can trust and hope because God will always be beside us.

McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Eric McPherson, gives us a message of hope beginning with “give up”; specifically giving up the hope for a better past. Often we are caught in a disappointment because our past didn’t turn out the way we hoped. Eric asks us to consider the newly explored science of hope in relation to Christianity and how God and the Kingdom focus on hope to share God’s love.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister Andrew Owens begins our new sermon series through which we will discuss, explore, and hopefully find “Hope”. We are asked to consider the Biblical meaning of hope and in comparison to how we think about hope in our day to day lives. Andrew encourages us to reframe how we think about and trust in hope when it is based in God.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, brings our series about everyday encounters with God to a close by challenging us to look for God in the work we do each day. We are challenged to see how everything we do, be it deeply meaningful or the mundane daily tasks, is work done which speaks to the presence and glory of God. Andrew reminds us that everything we do has purpose and can show God’s love to this world.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, brings us a message diving into the importance of relationships for sharing the story and love God shares with us. We are challenged to find members of our community who can help us grow, and whom we can help support. Andrew asks us to remember that when we face life alone we will struggle and fail much more often; community and relationships help us to carry life easier.

McKnight Crossings Church youth minister, Nathan Strickland, brings us stories from the teenagers youth group doing service outings in the local streets of St. Louis. We are reminded of the ways that God works through moments we share with the people of our communities around us if we simply go out and meet people in the streets. Nathan reminds us that while we may not be "healing" a person's situation or problems, but that "helping" is sometimes enough to make room for God to work.

McKnight Crossings Church lead minister, Andrew Owens, challenges us to consider how we are interacting with the community around us. Often we close off inside our home, or work location, school, or vehicle. Andrew asks how we put ourselves out into the world so that opportunities to share love and relationship with those who might need it, or find it for ourselves when we might be in need.