Sojourn East

Does following Jesus ever feel like you’re getting worse instead of better? Dalton Deffenbaugh explores how a growing awareness of our sin can be evidence that something is going right: we’re becoming more honest about ourselves and our need for grace. As our formulas for fixing ourselves leave us exhausted, Jesus invites us to acknowledge our sickness and come to him. Seeing ourselves more clearly becomes an invitation to deeper dependence on the Savior who meets us in our need.

Scripture: Romans 7:7-25
Preacher: Dalton Deffenbaugh

After twelve years of suffering and hiding, a woman encounters Jesus—the one who knows her deeply and loves her completely. Moe Clark explores how Jesus’ compassion brings healing and restores her dignity and humanity. Her story reveals the heart of the gospel and invites us to come out of hiding, trusting the Savior who knows us fully and welcomes us with love.

Preacher: Moe Clark

Scripture: Luke 8:42-48

In John 6:1-21, Jesus feeds the multitude and walks on water, revealing himself as greater than Moses—the presence of God among us. Pastor Jonathan Pennington explores how Jesus fulfills God’s promises and makes the Father known. Through him, we see God’s glory, receive grace upon grace, and are welcomed into a personal relationship with the Father.

Scripture: John 6:1-21
Pastor: Jonathan Pennington

This week, Kevin Jamison preaches from John 5:1-18, where Jesus meets a man who has spent years waiting for healing at the Pool of Bethesda. With his hope fixed on the water, the man nearly misses the one standing right in front of him. Jesus’ command to “get up” reveals that he is not only able to free us from what holds us—he is the true source of life and rest. Even when our circumstances don’t change, Jesus meets us in our stuckness with new strength, new hope, and the assurance that he is always at work.

Scripture: John 5:1-18
Pastor: Kevin Jamison

In John 4:1-42, Jonathan Pennington explores Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman, who moves from skepticism toward worship as she discovers the source of living water. True worship grows from seeing Jesus for who he is and transforms the way we live. His invitation to us is the same: come and see.

Scripture: John 4:1-42
Pastor: Jonathan Pennington

What if being fully seen could bring relief instead of fear? This week, Kevin Jamison walks through the well-known passage John 3:16-21, exploring God’s love and our instinct to hide the parts of ourselves we’re afraid to reveal. Jesus came into the world to save us, inviting us out of the darkness and into the light. In his love, we discover the relief of being found and known as we truly are.

Scripture: John 3:16-21
Pastor: Kevin Jamison

Nicodemus approaches Jesus with confidence, but leaves bewildered by a humbling invitation: you must be born again. Teaching from John 3:1-15, Kevin Jamison explores why the new life Jesus offers is something we cannot achieve or control; instead, it must be received from God. Just as the Israelites looked to the bronze serpent in the wilderness for healing, Jesus invites us to look to him, lifted up on the cross, for the life we cannot give ourselves.

Scripture: John 3:1-15
Pastor: Kevin Jamison

Join us as Kevin Jamison preaches from John 2:1-21, where Jesus turns water into wine and clears the temple—two scenes revealing the same heart of love. He brings abundance and joy while confronting what keeps people from God. Together, these moments point toward the cross, where the conflict of his ministry becomes the place of his greatest blessing: our salvation.

Scripture: John 2:1-21
Pastor: Kevin Jamison

Join us as Kevin Jamison preaches from John 1:35-51, where Jesus calls his first disciples with a question: “What are you seeking?” Rather than coming with demands, Jesus patiently draws people toward himself with a question, an invitation to “come and see,” and a promise of greater things to come. As the disciples discover who Jesus is, they also encounter a Savior who already knows them completely. In Jesus, we see what God is like, and we find the one in whom heaven and earth meet.

Scripture: John 1:35-51
Pastor: Kevin Jamison

Join us as Justin Hyde preaches from John 1:19-34. As John the Baptist points to Jesus as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,” we see how knowing who Jesus is helps us understand who we are—and our need for the One who makes us whole.

Scripture: John 1:19-34
Pastor: Justin Hyde