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Genesis 2v18-25 with Jonny MorrisonFrom creation to chaos, the early chapters of Genesis reveal a God who consistently resists domination, limits violence, and works toward healing through relationship, not force. In these opening pages, we are given a vision of God’s intention for the world — a life of image-bearing, shalom, and mutuality, where humanity lives in right relationship with God, one another, and all creation. Even when humanity fractures the world, God responds not with annihilation, but with covenant and grace — a story that reaches its climax in Jesus, where what began at a tree is healed on the cross, and in the resurrection, we taste the first fruits of the renewal of all creation.

Genesis 2v1-3 with Heather ThomasFrom creation to chaos, the early chapters of Genesis reveal a God who consistently resists domination, limits violence, and works toward healing through relationship, not force. In these opening pages, we are given a vision of God’s intention for the world — a life of image-bearing, shalom, and mutuality, where humanity lives in right relationship with God, one another, and all creation. Even when humanity fractures the world, God responds not with annihilation, but with covenant and grace — a story that reaches its climax in Jesus, where what began at a tree is healed on the cross, and in the resurrection, we taste the first fruits of the renewal of all creation.

Genesis 1v26-28 with Jordan MossFrom creation to chaos, the early chapters of Genesis reveal a God who consistently resists domination, limits violence, and works toward healing through relationship, not force. In these opening pages, we are given a vision of God’s intention for the world — a life of image-bearing, shalom, and mutuality, where humanity lives in right relationship with God, one another, and all creation. Even when humanity fractures the world, God responds not with annihilation, but with covenant and grace — a story that reaches its climax in Jesus, where what began at a tree is healed on the cross, and in the resurrection, we taste the first fruits of the renewal of all creation.

Genesis 1v1-5 with Jonny MorrisonFrom creation to chaos, the early chapters of Genesis reveal a God who consistently resists domination, limits violence, and works toward healing through relationship, not force. In these opening pages, we are given a vision of God’s intention for the world — a life of image-bearing, shalom, and mutuality, where humanity lives in right relationship with God, one another, and all creation. Even when humanity fractures the world, God responds not with annihilation, but with covenant and grace — a story that reaches its climax in Jesus, where what began at a tree is healed on the cross, and in the resurrection, we taste the first fruits of the renewal of all creation.

Luke 14v12-24 with Jonny Morrison

Reflections on the seven last words of Jesus from seven different people in our community.Jordan Moss - "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."Amanda Lingle - "Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.Zach Lehr - "Woman, here is your son." "Here is your mother."Nancy Hughes - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"Becker Bullard - "I thirst"Julian Garcia - "It is finished."Phil Hughes - Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."

John 18v33-38 with Phil HughesChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.

Hebrews 10v35 - 11v6 with Jonny MorrisonChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.*The first few seconds of the scripture reading are cut off due to technical difficulties.

Luke 4v14-22 with Heather ThomasChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.

2 Corinthians 5v17-21 with Jonny MorrisonChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.

Isaiah 6v1-8 with Jonny MorrisonChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.

Psalm 130v1-4 with Jonny MorrisonChristians often inherit words before they inherit meaning. Over time, essential gospel language becomes distorted, weaponized, moralized, or flattened. In our Lenten series, we're taking time to to slow down, return to Scripture, and recover the life-giving, Jesus-centered meaning of the words we use to describe God, ourselves, and the work of salvation.

Luke 18v9-14 with Phil Hughes

Matthew 28v16-20 with Heather ThomasThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation.

Matthew 6v9-13 and Acts 1v12-14 with Phil HughesThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation.

1 Corinthians 12v12-14 with Jonny MorrisonThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation.

Acts 2v42-47 with Jonny MorrisonThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation.

1 Corinthians 11:17-36 with Heather ThomasThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation.

Colossians 1v15-18 with Jonny MorrisonThe church is not a building or an event—it is a people called together around Jesus. This series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters and how we are formed through shared life, practice, and participation

Matthew 16v13-20 with Jonny MorrisonAssembly Required explores what it means to be the Church—not a building or an event, but an assembly of people called together around Jesus. Drawing on the biblical vision of ekklesia, this series invites us to rediscover why the local church matters, why participation is essential, and how faith is formed through shared life and practice. Our 2026 prayer series, Assembly Required, invites us to become a Jesus-centered people who actively join God’s work of renewal in our community and beyond

Isaiah 35v1-10 and Luke 1v46-55 with Phil Hughes

Isaiah 11v1-9 with Jonny Morrison

Isaiah 9v6-7 with Heather Thomas

Psalm 130 with Jonny MorrisonSpiritual growth often feels like walking backwards—moving toward the future while facing our past. We can’t see exactly where we’re going, yet faith invites us to trust that Christ walks with us in it all. This series explores how looking back with compassion and forward with hope can shape a deeper, truer, more grounded faith.

Acts 1v6-11 with Jonny MorrisonSpiritual growth often feels like walking backwards—moving toward the future while facing our past. We can’t see exactly where we’re going, yet faith invites us to trust that Christ walks with us in it all. This series explores how looking back with compassion and forward with hope can shape a deeper, truer, more grounded faith.

Exodus 12v1-14 with Phil HughesSpiritual growth often feels like walking backwards—moving toward the future while facing our past. We can’t see exactly where we’re going, yet faith invites us to trust that Christ walks with us in it all. This series explores how looking back with compassion and forward with hope can shape a deeper, truer, more grounded faith.

John 3v1-10 with Jonny MorrisonSpiritual growth often feels like walking backwards—moving toward the future while facing our past. We can’t see exactly where we’re going, yet faith invites us to trust that Christ walks with us in it all. This series explores how looking back with compassion and forward with hope can shape a deeper, truer, more grounded faith.

Luke 19v1-10 with Jonny MorrisonWe are in a sermon series called “The Trouble With Strangers.” We live in a world where belonging is both deeply longed for and painfully difficult. Political divides, cultural differences, personal wounds, and busy schedules all work against community. And yet, research and Scripture agree: we flourish when we belong. This Sunday Jonny preached on restoration.

2 Corinthians 7v5-16 with Heather ThomasWe are in a sermon series called “The Trouble With Strangers.” We live in a world where belonging is both deeply longed for and painfully difficult. Political divides, cultural differences, personal wounds, and busy schedules all work against community. And yet, research and scripture agree: we flourish when we belong. This Sunday Heather preached on the practice of trust.

Matthew 18v15-22 with Jonny MorrisonWe are in a sermon series called “The Trouble With Strangers.” We live in a world where belonging is both deeply longed for and painfully difficult. Political divides, cultural differences, personal wounds, and busy schedules all work against community. And yet, research and Scripture agree: we flourish when we belong. This Sunday Jonny preached on the practice of forgiveness.

Matthew 5:9 and Ephesians 4:2-6 with Heather ThomasWe are in a sermon series called “The Trouble With Strangers.” We live in a world where belonging is both deeply longed for and painfully difficult. Political divides, cultural differences, personal wounds, and busy schedules all work against community. And yet, research and Scripture agree: we flourish when we belong. This Sunday Heather preached on the practice of peacemaking.

Luke 7:36-50 with Jordan MossWe were made for connection, but forming a meaningful community is harder than we expected. We long for belonging but often feel like outsiders. In this series, we’ll explore the tensions of loneliness and the good news of a Jesus-centered community. Together, we’ll learn the everyday practices that help strangers become friends and form a household of faith marked by peace, forgiveness, and trust.

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 with Jonny MorrisonThe Apostle Paul uses the metaphor of a body to describe the church. In the Roman world, this metaphor reinforced hierarchy—some parts were “more important” than others. Paul flips this: every member is indispensable, and the “weaker” members are given special honor.The church, Bonhoeffer reminds us, is “Christ existing as community.” We represent Christ to one another (through forgiveness, prayer, burden-bearing) and to the world (as Yoder said, the church is the “hermeneutic of the gospel”).We are not called to unhealthy codependence (“I can’t be okay unless you are okay”) or counterdependence (“I don’t need anyone”), but to godly interdependence: “I need you, and you need me.”

Ephesians 2:13-22 with Jonny MorrisonWe live in a world where belonging is both deeply longed for and painfully difficult. Political divides, cultural differences, personal wounds, and busy schedules all work against community. And yet, research and Scripture agree: we flourish when we belong.Paul writes to the Ephesian church, a community divided by culture, tradition, and class, to remind them that God’s story has always been about creating a family of blessing. Through Christ, Jew and Gentile are united into one household of faith—a place where rhythms, resources, and responsibilities are shared.Households of faith are not perfect, but they are where we practice belonging, learn forgiveness, and display God’s wisdom to the world.

Colossians 4:2-18 with Heather ThomasIn the book of Colossians, the Apostle Paul gives us a cosmic vision of Christ—Creator, Sustainer, and Reconciler of everything. Colossians is filled with big ideas and wondrous descriptions. But Paul’s theology isn’t just big ideas or idle theories, it's also deeply practical, both cosmic and grounded––expanding our imaginations and at the same time offering practical direction for our daily life. How can it be both? Because for Paul, Christ is at the center of it all holding the universe and everything within it, even our daily lives, together.

Colossians 3:1-4:1 with Jonny MorrisonPaul and Timothy’s letter to the Colossians moves between the biggest, boldest thoughts about God and the very ordinary realities of daily life. This week, we explore how cosmic truths—Christ’s victory, reconciliation, and kingdom—crash into everyday spaces like relationships, households, and work.The theme for this week is tension:The tension of the already and not yet kingdom.The tension of cultural codes vs. kingdom ethics.The tension of difficult passages (slavery, submission, authority).Rather than resolving all tensions, Paul invites us to live faithfully within them, letting the future kingdom of Jesus shape our present lives.

Colossians 1:24-2:23 with Jonny MorrisonIn this part of Colossians, Paul moves between the cosmic and the everyday—from grand visions of Christ as the center of all things to the ordinary details of life. He reminds the Colossians that everything we believe about God shapes how we live. But Paul also warns that there are competing stories, powers, and philosophies that try to pull us away from Jesus as our true center.Modern voices, like David Foster Wallace, echo Paul’s concern: “Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” Paul insists that Christ—not empty religion, cultural pressures, or worldly powers—must be at the center, because only Christ offers real belonging, forgiveness, and freedom.For Paul, this freedom isn’t just about independence—it’s about living rooted in Christ, participating in his life, and giving ourselves for the sake of others.

Colossians 1:1-23 with Jonny MorrisonThis week begins our new series, Cosmic Thoughts for Everyday Life, where we explore how the vast, sweeping truths about Christ connect directly to the smallest details of our daily living.Paul’s letter to the Colossians moves between cosmic-scale theology—Christ as the center of creation, redemption, and the future—and very practical issues like family relationships, work, and community life. For Paul, you can’t separate theology from everyday ethics.

The book of Jonah is a strange tale that you probably remember from Sunday School. It’s got a big whale, a rebellious prophet, a tree eating worm, and a repentant Nineveh. These features make Jonah perfect for the screen but a bit hard to understand as scripture. Should we read Jonah like any other prophet or is it a parable? That strange ambiguity takes some work to understand but it’s also what makes the book of Jonah so powerful. At the heart of the story of Jonah is a reluctant prophet frustrated by the mercy of God. As we read this strange little story, we’re invited to look at our own lives and ask ourselves, do we really want God to love our enemies? Do we really want God to be merciful?

The book of Jonah is a strange tale that you probably remember from Sunday School. It’s got a big whale, a rebellious prophet, a tree eating worm, and a repentant Nineveh. These features make Jonah perfect for the screen but a bit hard to understand as scripture. Should we read Jonah like any other prophet or is it a parable? That strange ambiguity takes some work to understand but it’s also what makes the book of Jonah so powerful. At the heart of the story of Jonah is a reluctant prophet frustrated by the mercy of God. As we read this strange little story, we’re invited to look at our own lives and ask ourselves, do we really want God to love our enemies? Do we really want God to be merciful?

The book of Jonah is a strange tale that you probably remember from Sunday School. It’s got a big whale, a rebellious prophet, a tree eating worm, and a repentant Nineveh. These features make Jonah perfect for the screen but a bit hard to understand as scripture. Should we read Jonah like any other prophet or is it a parable? That strange ambiguity takes some work to understand but it’s also what makes the book of Jonah so powerful. At the heart of the story of Jonah is a reluctant prophet frustrated by the mercy of God. As we read this strange little story, we’re invited to look at our own lives and ask ourselves, do we really want God to love our enemies? Do we really want God to be merciful?

The book of Jonah is more than a story about a reluctant prophet and a big fish—it’s a literary masterpiece rich with irony, symbolism, personification, and foreshadowing. In this week’s message, Abby invited us to read Jonah not just for its literal details, but for the deeper truths it conveys about the heart of God.Through the storm narrative in Jonah 1, we meet a prophet who runs from God, a group of pagan sailors who respond with surprising faith, and a God who responds not with punishment but with compassion. Jonah descends—literally and symbolically—as far from God as one can go, yet God meets him there. Abby reminds us that God’s love is not performance-based. It’s present in the mess. It pursues us in our failure. And yes, it's scandalously extended even to our enemies.

The book of Jonah is a strange tale that you probably remember from Sunday School. It’s got a big whale, a rebellious prophet, a tree eating worm, and a repentant Nineveh. These features make Jonah perfect for the screen but a bit hard to understand as scripture. Should we read Jonah like any other prophet or is it a parable? That strange ambiguity takes some work to understand but it’s also what makes the book of Jonah so powerful. At the heart of the story of Jonah is a reluctant prophet frustrated by the mercy of God. As we read this strange little story, we’re invited to look at our own lives and ask ourselves, do we really want God to love our enemies? Do we really want God to be merciful?

This week we conclude our series Reckless?, exploring the bold, relational, and non-coercive love of God. Today’s focus is the tension between suffering and hope, control and trust, certainty and identity.Romans 8 reminds us that even in the groaning of creation, the ache of uncertainty, and the absence of easy answers, God is with us. Not through domination or certainty, but through loving presence, secure attachment, and patient hope.This passage invites us to live as co-laborers with God—not by escaping the tension, but by rooting our identity in God’s love and letting that shape how we wait, pray, and participate in the healing of the world.

This week in our Reckless? series, we explore a powerful and surprising truth: God's love is vulnerable. While vulnerability might seem weak or unsafe, the story of Jesus reveals a God who does not grasp at power or rule from a distance, but who gives, descends, and draws near—even to the point of suffering. Paul’s hymn in Philippians 2 invites us to take on the same posture: to live not from control or coercion, but from the strength of sacrificial love.To love is to be vulnerable. And to be vulnerable is to share in the very heart of who God is.

On Trinity Sunday—and Father’s Day—we reflect on what it means to say “God is love.” This week, we explored the idea of God’s love being “reckless”—not in a careless way, but in a bold, self-giving, audacious way that risks for the sake of relationship. The Trinity shows us that God is not an isolated being but a community—Father, Son, and Spirit—defined by mutual love and inclusion.This loving community doesn’t just exist within God’s self but extends outward to us. God invites us to be part of the divine family—not based on biology, merit, or obligation—but through the freedom of love. This is the kind of love we call “chosen family.” And it’s the kind of love God shows us—risky, vulnerable, self-giving—and ultimately, transformational.

Eastertide is the season we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection isn’t just a one time event to commemorate, it is instead a world altering reality that invites us into a whole new way of living. We see this on full display for the earliest followers of Jesus who found their lives and world upturned by their surprising king who defeated death, sin, and the powers of evil not through violence but love. Jesus’ self-sacrificial, other oriented love was vindicated in the resurrection and served as the way of life for early followers.

Eastertide is the season we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection isn’t just a one time event to commemorate, it is instead a world altering reality that invites us into a whole new way of living. We see this on full display for the earliest followers of Jesus who found their lives and world upturned by their surprising king who defeated death, sin, and the powers of evil not through violence but love. Jesus’ self-sacrificial, other oriented love was vindicated in the resurrection and served as the way of life for early followers. 

Eastertide is the season we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection isn’t just a one time event to commemorate, it is instead a world altering reality that invites us into a whole new way of living. We see this on full display for the earliest followers of Jesus who found their lives and world upturned by their surprising king who defeated death, sin, and the powers of evil not through violence but love. Jesus’ self-sacrificial, other oriented love was vindicated in the resurrection and served as the way of life for early followers.

Eastertide is the season we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection isn’t just a one time event to commemorate, it is instead a world altering reality that invites us into a whole new way of living. We see this on full display for the earliest followers of Jesus who found their lives and world upturned by their surprising king who defeated death, sin, and the powers of evil not through violence but love. Jesus’ self-sacrificial, other oriented love was vindicated in the resurrection and served as the way of life for early followers.