Thrive Turns 10! – Week 1 | The Tenth Anniversary Of Thrive

Ten years into a small church plant, people celebrate a milestone while quietly wrestling with a familiar tension: how do you move beyond weekly programs and polished worship services to the messy, costly work of real community? The sermon names the gap between church-as-event and church-as-family, tracing a history that began long before the current building discussions and even before the first service — and asking what it looks like to be devoted, not just religiously active. The message looks back to the early church as a model: a people who shared life, resources, and presence because Jesus lived and gave himself away first. Practical, candid, and hopeful, the talk presses the congregation to choose relationship over convenience, diversity over sameness, and service over self-interest — even amid building plans and campus partnerships. It leaves you wondering how a small band of people might live so differently that others actually notice God at work.