The Local Church

Ever since the sundial allowed us to measure time we've felt the need to fit more into the hours we're given. Nothing has made such a drastic impact on the pace of our lives and our attention like a few inventions that debuted in 2007. If the entire Bible hangs on two commands, love God and love others, then we are doomed if we can't re-learn how to travel at the speed of love. Love is neither distracted nor fast and that is the problem.

Most people say they want to be generous with their income and yet Americans only donate approximately 2.1%  and Christian American’s are similar at 2.3%. Why does God ask his people to give and why is it in our best interest to do so? Spoiler alert: it’s not so we can feel good about ourselves. God doesn’t want something from you, he wants something for you. This is a tutorial on how to give away your first $100K.

Covid has stolen something from us that is central to the human experience, the ability to look forward, dream and plan. We have found ourselves (rightfully) trying to make it through the next day or week, especially as so much changed and the future was hard to imagine. Join us as we begin to look up, look ahead and re-envision a preferred future. We believe God has given us a vision to reach the next generation through church planting. Listen to find out why.

What's the difference between a collector of baking recipes and a baker? It's in the doing. Join us as Dr. Gary Burge gives us a biblical formula for how to hear God's voice in a way that not only transforms our lives but the lives around us.

Have you ever struggled with trying to listen to God and wondering if it's God's voice or your voice that you're hearing? There's a number of ways to go about understanding someone with a radically different accent than you're used to. Find a translator, spend more time with the person, and adding subtitles are just a few options. God has an accent, a unique way of speaking to us today and when we immerse ourselves in His Word we begin to discern His voice among others and understand the things He is saying. God's voice can be understood because He uses similar patterns in speech that we can learn and recognize.

"Sometimes I just feel like God's guidance is confusing!" Have you ever felt this way? God does not speak in confusion, but God is mysterious. His ways are higher than our ways, His thoughts, higher than our thoughts. Although God is mysterious, He is also consistent. The ways He has spoken in the past are often the ways He wishes to speak to us today. Join us as we look at six of those ways and hear stories of how God is still speaking like this to us today.

Does God still speak to people the way He did in the Bible... and even if he does, would He actually speak to me like that? Join us as we dive into scripture to answer these questions and learn through some personal stories of how God speaks and why it's always in our best interest to listen.

Movie Trailers, Arrival, and how God is retelling our stories and rebuilding our lives--and wants to use us to do the same in others' lives. We wrap up our series by considering a shared identity that we all possess: we are sent ones. John 20:19-23

The Schnitz Deli, Tony Hawk and the bridge between experience and obedience. What John wants to teach about discipleship and how to shock to the world (and why it's easy to miss). We need to move from consumers of Jesus to connoisseurs of Jesus. John 1:35-51

Coronavirus Pandemic dreams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and vine and fig trees from the visions of Zechariah's. When we invite others into our church community, we participate in God's kingdom and shock the world with the love of Jesus. Zechariah 3:1-10