Submerge Sermons

A big part of the big picture of the Bible is God loves & values every single person, and is willing to work through each one to do impactful things in the world–if we’ll trust Him and let Him. So on Sunday we submerged into three inspiring stories of women from the Old Testament to see this in action, and were challenged to consider: Will I recognize & accept God's deep love & value of me? And will I reflect Him by showing that same love & value to others, regardless of our differences?

Do you ever wish you could hear from God more? And understand what He's saying? The good news is--God is always trying to communicate with us! On Sunday submerged into one of the biggest & most confusing parts of the Bible (the prophets) to learn how to hear God better. (watch through the closing prayer for a guided time of listening to God...)

Doesn't it often feel like we're defined by our worst mistakes / failures / sins? They can be hard to move past--but God has other ideas. In this service, we learned from the raw powerful stories of David & Solomon, to understand how God wants to reclaim & redefine us.

God is calling all of us to experience life in "the Promised Land"--but will we have the faith to step out and follow, even when we can't see how it's gonna work out? Will we have the faith to trust Him for a daily bread? Learn with us the next chapter in "the big picture" from the story of Moses & the Israelites. And see how Communion is beautiful picture of the exodus!

Regardless of what we see in ourselves, God sees someone in us who are created in His image, and who are called to receive His blessing AND bring His blessing to the world! In this service we learn from Abraham's story in Genesis, in the next chapter of the Big Picture of the Bible--God forming & calling His people (us!).

We all see so much brokenness in our lives, our relationships, and our world. Where does that come from? How do we navigate it all? In this service, we reframe temptation/sin and get our first look in the Bible of God's grand plan to put everything back together, and what it means for our lives in the here and now...

What is your real origin story? In this new series we're submerging into the big picture story of the universe & the Bible to see how our stories fit in. And it all starts with Creation! We discover that the creation story is less about "How? / When? / How long did it take?" and more about "Who is the Creator? / Why did He create?". And we learned that God is not done creating--and we get to join Him in co-creating!

What will the sequel to your life in 2024 be? How will you follow God in the new year, and how do we make sure we don't miss what all He wants to in us? Learn with us from the sequels to the Christmas stories in the Gospels...

Everything Christmas is about comes down to love--because that's everything Jesus is about. And everything God has always been about. So how do we experience more of Jesus' kind of love in our lives, as more than just a nice sentiment? How do we let His love flow into even our toughest relationships and help us love even the hardest people--and feel more loved in return? Learn with us as we celebrate week 4 of Advent!

In this service we experienced more Advent together as we learned how to experience more JOY in our world even when it doesn't feel very joyful. We learned two big reasons that Mary in the Christmas story gives us to find a lasting joy from God that can carry on long after the holidays are over...