Mercy Hill Church

Continuing in our series, 1 Peter, A Living Hope, John focuses on 1 Peter 1:10-16 and covers 3 actions of faith regarding hope and to what we should conform ourselves.

Continuing in our series, 1 Peter, A Living Hope, John focuses on 1 Peter 1:1-9. Using a collection of sign posts illustrates that "Your faith is of greater worth than gold." and powerfully spoken that "... what's kept in Heaven is coming into today, as we live in the joy of the Lord, through grief and trials, by faith, and we love Jesus in the midst of it."

John kicks off a new series based on 1 Peter. In this message we hear the Bible Project's synopsis (https://bibleproject.com/explore/1-peter/) as well as read through 1 Peter together to set the stage for upcoming messages. John also gives us 3 themes to use as a lens while reading through 1 Peter.

Luke brings us back to the basics on the gospel message with a great message based on John 1:29-34.

Jason Najacht shares some great lessons to be pulled from the book of Job. Job overview courtesy of the Bible Project, and you can see this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswSg2ohqmA

Christmas season starts early this year! But seriously, John starts a series talking about Emmanuel, God with us, where God is breaking in to our lives, preparing us for this Christmas season and God's gift to us in Jesus Christ.

This week Corey shares around this idea of not growing weary of doing good and unconditional love. We start with the video story of Brad & Julie Wildman rooted in Galatians 6:9, and wrap up talking about unconditional love and allowing God to bear the burden that accompanies that.

After an emotional morning of celebration, worship and sharing testimonies, John wraps up our 10 year anniversary celebration service talking through 1 Corinthians 15:1-6. Paul's message of first importance, that we're saved by what Jesus has done for us.

David Prince joins us for our 10 year anniversary celebration and shares a word that he shared just a few weeks before we planted back in 2009.

John takes us through John 13:1-17 where Jesus washed the disciples feet, to talk about the example Jesus was for us to serve others.

John talks about ways we experience God's love, going through John 15:9-12,17, we learn the qualities of this love and how we can experience it together.

John continues looking at what things delight the Lord, and this week covers Luke 15:1-10 to talk about how heaven celebrates the restoration of each and every person.

John takes us through Luke 22:14-20, and talks about being Blessed, Broken & Given.

This week we're breaking from the norm to celebrate baptisms! John takes a moment to talk about baptism including a passage from Acts 8.

This week Corey continues the theme of what delights God, and he talks about the importance of community and living life together.

John brings us through Matthew 25:31-46 where we talk about what delights God, specifically in this passage, serving the least.

Tony talks a little bit about the impact of The Welcome Network, and how God can quickly change our course. This also includes the audio from a video that you can watch here: Opening Heart and Home (https://youtu.be/ef8KKa9uNp4). Acts 10 & 1 Peter 2:9-11.

Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John covers Jeremiah 9:23-24 to continue answering this question about what pleases the Lord.

Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John digs in to Ephesians 5:8-10 to start answering the question, what brings God joy?

Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John covers 1 Thessalonians to talk about being joyful and thankful in all circumstances and encouraging us to cultivate the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Corey and the youth group recount some of the stories and experiences from the recent missions trip in Minnesota.

John reaches into Isaiah 12, and ends up talking about how we need to draw water from a deep well that is refreshing and life sustaining.

John talks about finding Joy in what God is doing, especially in the lives of others, and reads out of Luke 10.

Continuing with our Joy theme, John talks about finding joy in our limitations, focusing on a passage from the book of Job. Also, here's the ostrich video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotWv4MCxNI

This week we hear stories from our team that went to Lebanon to work with Kids Alive and help with Syrian Refugees in Lebanon.

John takes us through the beginning of 1 John 1, talking about where we find joy, and shows some places where we do not find joy.

Corey starts us on a theme about the Joy of the Lordpodcast_template Joy of the Lord is my Strength Corey Knudsen 20190616 Reading from Nehemiah 8, he talks about the practice of choosing joy.

Recapping on 1 John 1 from last week and talking about Psalm 32, John sits with Jim & Suzy to talk about the testimony of God's faithfulness over the past 30 years.

John continues in 1 John to discuss our relationship with God, this idea of Koinonia. John addresses 3 false claims with rebuttals in this passage about our fellowship with God.

This week Miguel shares about our need for an advocate including a story out of the book of Job.

Continuing on with Relationships in the Sermon on the Mount series, today we are in Matthew 7 where John focuses on treating others how you would want to be treated.

Taking a short break from the Sermon on the Mount series, Brett shares a testimony and encouragement on the importance of reading the Word and speaking the truth to yourself.

Continuing on with Relationships in the Sermon on the Mount series, today we are in Matthew 7 where Corey talks about judging others. Would you want to be judged by your own standards?

We return to our Sermon on the Mount series in Matthew 5 where John talks about relationships. What relationship looks like with God as well as with others.

Happy Easter! He is Risen! This week as we celebrate Easter John reads through Luke 24 as we talk about the resurrection.

Taking a short break from our Sermon on the Mount series, John briefly explores Genesis 18 while we also talk about some things happening with the church family now and in the near future.

This week our Sermon on the Mount series continues in the Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom theme where John looks at Hebrews 13:5-6 and talks about how we can live in confidence that God will never leave us.

This week our Sermon on the Mount series continues in the Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom theme where John explores what it looks like to live in relationship with God, reading from 1 Timothy 6:6-19.

Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Luke walks us through Matthew 6:25-43 discussing the topic of worry and what we can expect God to provide.

Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:19-24 discussing the topic of Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom.

This week we've got a special message from a dear friend, Javier Uboldi, who brings us a powerful message about finding rest in the Lord.

John continues our Sermon on the Mount series. This week we return to Matthew 5:27-32, and focus on how we need God to be at the center of our lives.

David Prince brings a message from Romans 5 on this special Sunday where we set in some new Elders, Jason Najacht & Luke Dalach.

John continues our Sermon on the Mount series looking at Matthew 12:1-14. Talking about it being lawful to do good on the Sabbath, John shares a burden on his heart for us being the church.

John continues our Sermon on the Mount series with Matthew 5:20-48 focusing on changing our perspective and what it means when Jesus says blessed are the pure in heart.

Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Jason discusses Matthew 7:7-8 talking about seeking God through these three simple activities, asking, seeking and knocking.

Last week Corey shared about seeking God through prayer, and to start this week of prayer and fasting, we want to start with some testimonies and encouragement while we take some time to pray together.

Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Corey covers Matthew 6:5-8 talking about seeking God through prayer.

Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:16-18 & 9:14-15 talking about seeking God through fasting.

Returning to our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:1-18 and talks about some of the fundamentals of seeking God.