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Bo Noonan teaches through chapter 4 of Daniel in our Life in Babylon series. Here we see king Nebuchadnezzar narrate his own story of God's humbling power through a time of pre-prophesied madness. In the story we see the love and care that Daniel has cultivated toward the king, as well as God's grace as he gives the king time to repent and trust him. In the story we see a clear picture of a man's...

Bo Noonan teaches through Daniel chapter 3 in our series Life in Babylon, where we are learning how to live as faithful witnesses of God's goodness in a dark and hostile world. In this chapter we find Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego standing together in faithfulness and enduring a fiery furnace, as they defy the king's orders to bow down to a statue proclaiming him as a god. Even though we may not...

Andy Cooley teaches through Daniel chapter 2 in our series Life in Babylon. Here we see Daniel and his three friends coming face to face with a situation that puts their faith to the test...not for the last time. As a people who have been removed from their homes and are being actively indoctrinated by an evil culture, how will they react? God, in his wisdom, sends letters from the prophet Jeremia...

Bo Noonan kicks off Life in Bablyon, a new series through the book of Daniel. In this series we will see how to be a faithful witness of Jesus and his ways in times of moral corruption, spiritual confusion, and political fragmentation...like the times we live in today. As we begin the series, we get context for the dire situation and the amazing faith that gets lived out as a group of young men tr...

2023 was filled with stories of lives being changed by God and we wanted to share some of them with you. Here are a few stories of miraculous healing, salvation and more! We also spent time praying and praising God together and we would encourage you to do the same as you welcome in 2024. As a bonus, there's also a plug for ManCamp...if you'd like more info, head to ncctacoma.org/mancamp or the NC...

Bo Noonan finishes our Advent series by teaching on JOY. He shows us that joy is not circumstantial, rather it is sourced in God himself and can be ours because of the coming of Jesus to save us and add us into his eternal family. Through Jesus we can have eternal joy starting now!

Bo Noonan teaches on the Advent theme of LOVE from 1 John 4:7-21. Here we see a letter written about biblical love from the perspective of a person who lived with Love incarnate. John learned what and who love was by being with Jesus, and he relates the truth of love at work in our lives as we submit to the truth that God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.

Bo Noonan teaches about Peace in week 2 of our Advent series. He walks through the story of how God freed his people from slavery in the book of Exodus and how we too are freed from slavery to sin - both physically and spiritually, which brings the ultimate peace.

Bo Noonan kicks off our 2023 Advent series by digging into the HOPE we have through Jesus. In a culture of "get it now" we are called to be a people who grow in our capacity to wait in hopeful expectation for what will be revealed when Jesus returns. Yet, there is also a wonderfully rich experience in the right now of his presence, which serves as just a taste of what that day will ultimately be l...

Bo Noonan finishes our series The Upper Room by looking at John 18:1-18, where Jesus leads his disciples to a garden. There he will be arrested, led to the high priest to be tried, and ultimately crucified for the sins of all humanity. There is huge significance to Jesus being in the garden and saying yes to his Father's will, as this is the opposite of Adam and Eve's choice to follow their own wa...

Bo Noonan teaches through John 17, taking a deeper dive into what it means for Jesus to be our High Priest. In Jesus' "high priestly prayer" he pulls back the curtain on what he is about to do through his life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension...and what he shows us is breathtaking!

Lonnie Arnold shares from Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane in John 17 during our series The Upper Room. In this prayer we find the beauty of reconciliation and Jesus' prayer that, as the Church, we would be one as he and the Father are one. We also find the amazing truth that God the Father loves us, as followers of Jesus, with the same quality and quantity as Jesus himself!

Bo Noonan teaches from John 16:5-33 in our series The Upper Room. Here we find Jesus' last words of teaching before he is arrested and crucified. In these last words we find the thesis statement for the Upper Room teaching, which is summed up in "don't let your hearts be troubled...believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." Jesus' main "why" for not being troubled, having, peace, and trusting i...

Bo Noonan teaches through John 15:16-16:4 in our series "The Upper Room". In this scene, Jesus lays out the truth that the systems of the world will hate his followers. This warning is not meant to instill fear, but rather to further help them see their need to abide in him, his love, and his sending of the Holy Spirit. Our response to hatred is not to respond in-kind, but rather to respond with t...

Bo Noonan teaches as we continue in our series "The Upper Room." As Jesus and his disciples are departing from the Passover meal, Jesus shares a metaphor for his, the Father's, and our relationship to one another. This metaphor is packed with loads of meaning for the original hearers. Jesus speaks of God that Father as a "vinedresser" who tends lovingly to each individual branch of a vine that is...

Wes Swarthout teaches through John 14:25-31 in our series The Upper Room. Even on a night that Jesus knew would end in his arrest and, ultimately, his crucifixion, Jesus cares for his disciples emotional and spiritual health. He shares his heart for them in no uncertain terms, letting them know that they will be greatly cared for by the empowering of the Holy Spirt, who will give them peace, joy,...

Andy Cooley teaches through John 14:10-24 in our series "The Upper Room". As we continue through this final evening of Jesus with his disciples, we find a scene where Jesus is actively taking them from just being just "followers" to being restored as "family." This evening is full of the language of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), and in this part of the conversation, Jesus speaks of o...

Bo Noonan teaches through John 14:1-11 in our series "The Upper Room." In these verses Jesus speaks of leaving to prepare a place for those who are a part of his family. In the cultural language of the day, this is the language of a groom preparing a place for his bride to be with him and to become a part of his family. Jesus purposefully uses this language to help his disciples see the significan...

Laura Knutson speaks during session two of our 2023 Women's Retreat entitled ARISE.

Laura Knutson speaks during session three of our 2023 Women's Retreat entitled ARISE.

Laura Knutson speaks during session one of our 2023 Women's Retreat entitled ARISE.

Bo Noonan teaches through John 13:21-38 in our Upper Room series. This week we see the love of Jesus on display as we move ever closer to Jesus' willing sacrifice of his life. "Right now you cannot follow me" he tells his disciples. Follow him where? Into the darkness of death...a darkness that would soon be overcome to bring about eternal light. Jesus was in the process of making a way, not only...

Bo Noonan teaches from John 13:1-20 as we kick off our new series: The Upper Room - Words of Life from Jesus. This series will take us through the last meal Jesus had with his disciples and his farewell discourse to them. The depth of teaching, significance, and love that is displayed in this scene is magnificent. In part one, we see Jesus show what it means to be a part of, and to lead in, his ki...

Abi Soveriegn teaches from Psalm 96. She encourages us with the call in this Psalm to sing out loud to the Lord; laying out the many benefits of lifting our voices to him. She then walks us through the truth that there is nothing on earth worth giving ourselves to other than the him. Everything else pales in comparison.

Senator Scott teaches from Psalms 130 and 131, where we see two songs that were sung on the way to the city of Jerusalem. In ancient times this could be a perilous journey full of fear and anxiousness. As these Psalms were sung, they would remind the singers to look to the Lord in the midst of fearful and anxious situations because he would surely hold them, even in the midst of difficulty. The sa...