Known and Loved

“Known and loved.” That’s a powerful phrase. 

At some level, all of us are looking for places in life where we feel known and loved. Some of us have that, and some of us don’t. Others of us are looking for that in family, romance, friendships, or any number of things - and have felt hurt or betrayed in the process. 

And yet, the beauty of Scripture says this is what Jesus offers us when we follow Him.

For this series, we’ll spend three weeks looking at how Scripture calls us to be known and loved by God, known and loved by each other, and making Jesus’ love known to our neighbors.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1:

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Sermon Outline)

Week 2:

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Sermon Outline)

Week 3:

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Sermon Outline)

Embodied

Oversimplified narratives about our bodies surround us. Through conversations and airwaves, we are constantly told what we should pursue with our bodies, how we should think about them, and what dangers follow disagreement with the cultural ethos of desire, gender, sexuality, and marriage.

But these messages skip over some very essential questions–questions like: what is your body, exactly? What is your body for? Who created it, and with what purpose? What is the eternal destiny of our bodies, and how does that inform what we do on a normal week? 

Join us for an eight-week series unpacking God’s plan for the human body–a majestic story from beginning to end.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Telos

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Ish and Ishah

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Union

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Eros

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Marriage Guide)

Week 5: Epithumia

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: Resurrection

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: Agape

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 8: Q & A

(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

---

Q & A Podcasts

During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.

---

During the series, we want to know the concepts and ideas that you wrestle with the most or would like to learn more about. We'll base the final sermon of the series off of the submissions we receive.

To submit your topic or question, text "DOWNTOWN" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.

Following Jesus Together: Gathering

We have a few catchphrases to narrate who we are, what we do, and what we’re about as a church. One of those is that we’re a people who are “Following Jesus Together.”

One of the primary tools we use to help us follow Jesus is our Covenant Practices - seven practices we believe are crucial for your spiritual health - one of which is gathering weekly on Sundays.

So for three weeks we’ll be answering questions like, “Why do we gather every week?” “Why does it matter?” “What happens to me when I show up?” “Who am I becoming when I commit myself to this practice?”

It’s our hope that as we work through these teachings we’ll see all the beauty and goodness of what God can do in us when we gather together.

To help facilitate time with your LifeGroup, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Embodying a Better Way

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: People of the Word

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: People of the Table

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

The Family of God

Jesus says the two greatest commandments in our formation are to love God and to love our neighbor. How we love our neighbor reflects our love for God, and how we love God manifests itself in how we love our neighbor. And the reality is, while our “neighbor” encompasses everyone, it most immediately applies to who we share a home with and see every day. So for this series, we want to train ourselves to look more like Jesus by learning to grow in our love for our closest neighbors - whether that means our spouse, kids, roommates, or friends.

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

Week 1: Trinity Love

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: The Family You Were Made For

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Dealing With Your Past

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Dating in the Family of God

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: Marriage in the Family of God

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: Passive Men & the Women Who Resent Them

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: Kids Have Imaginary Friends, Adults Have Imaginary Enemies

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 8: The Power to Heal the World

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 9: Parenting Part 1: Proactive Discipline

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 10: Parenting Part 2: Reactive Discipline

(Sermon) (Transcript) (LifeGroup Guide)