Greetings From 2020

A worldwide pandemic. Protests all-over our country in a cry for justice. Months on end with stay-at-home orders. A presidential election just around the corner.

Occasionally, things happen in our world that are so turbulent and so divisive, that as a church, we feel it helpful to step in and address those issues head-on.

In this series, we will look at some of the volatile issues consuming our newsfeeds, and equip ourselves to think about these issues biblically. We hope that as a church family, rather than getting swept up in the chaos, we would fix our eyes on Jesus and become a people of peace, hope, and love as we follow Jesus together.

To help you worship at home, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Hardship & Glory

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Following Jesus in a Polarizing Political Climate

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Following Jesus in the Midst of Injustice

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Following Jesus in a Cancel Culture

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: Following Jesus in Pain & Chaos

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

For this series, we want to focus on a particular tool to help us learn to follow Jesus more closely. It’s our hope that as we do new teaching series, we would introduce to you new tools and practices to help us learn to be with Jesus and look more like Him.

Considering how chaotic things are right now - we can easily get anxious or numb ourselves to the world around us - so our practice for this series will be breath prayer.

As God’s people, we want to be guided by His Word and empowered by His Spirit to fuel us to be a Jesus-centered family on mission. This reading plan is designed to ground you in God’s Word to better prepare your heart for the teaching you’ll hear on Sundays.

Church In A Plague

If you take a quick scroll through Twitter or turn on the news for all of two minutes during this time, you might hear something like the phrase, “This is an unprecedented time in human history.” And in many ways what’s going on right now in our city, our country, and our world does feel that way. None of us have faced a global pandemic like this in our lifetime. Many of us are still trying to adjust to new normals and others of us are still trying to figure out what to think at all.

The reality is that we are not alone. During these and many other times throughout human history, the Church was faced with a decision that we as Christians face every day - How do we love God and love our neighbor in the place, time, and circumstance where we find ourselves? In light of the coronavirus, we continue to ask this question and see how we can still be the Church in a Plague.

Week 1: Churches & Plagues (Sermon) (Worship Guide)

Week 2: God’s People In A Pandemic (Sermon) (Worship Guide)

Week 3: You Are A Mist (Sermon) (Worship Guide)

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