Seneca Community Church Messages

6/04/2023 - Seeking - Part 13: Everyone's a Winner by Dave Spencer

What did it mean when your Mom or Dad said maybe? What did you hear when they said maybe? What does a maybe mean when you say it? What is at stake when a maybe conveys uncertainty? Join us for the next installment of Seeking: Hope for the Future King. as we see that even when there are things we don't know about the future, our faith can help us move forward with confidence. If you have the chance...

Think back to the last time you played (or watched kids play) Follow the Leader. Why do kids love to play follow the leader? How does it make them feel? What does playing follow the leader teach kids? Do teenagers and adults usually like to play follow the leader? Why does it begin to lose its appeal? Why does it become harder to follow a leader as we get older? Join us for the next installment of...

When was the last time you said “I told you so” to someone? What were the circumstances? When was the last time someone said “I told you so” to you? How did you react or respond to the statement? This Sunday, we will see how Samuel basically told the people "I told you so" and had the credibility to have the people listen. Whatever side of "I told you so" we are on, this installment of Seeking wil...

What were some of the things that you feared as a child? How did they show up in the way you approached your young life? Have any of them showed up in your adult life even though they are not always logical?  Hope you can join us as we continue our message series, Seeking: Hope for the Future King, with Part 9: The Crown, as we see how King Saul sadly allowed fear and his weaknesses to define his...

Has God ever called you to face a "Stop" or a "Detour" from the plans you thought you had? How did you respond? Join us as Herman Sagastume shares a message about God's call on our lives and being "Prepared to Stop." He will also share a mission update from Healthy Niños Honduras. Get a head start on the message by reading about God's call on Abram's life in Genesis 12:1-5.

What was the last important thing you couldn’t find? I bet that thing wasn't a donkey! How much energy did you exert trying to find it (your donkey)? What happened? Join us for Seeking Part 8: Finding Donkeys - God's Work in the Ordinary. As Samuel seeks a king, we will discover how God works in the big things, but especially in the ordinary. Take a few moments to familiarize yourself with 1 Samue...

Deep down, we all have a craving for security in our lives. Usually, we look around at what everyone else is doing and what they have and try to imitate them. The desire to have what others have or to imitate them can get a Christ-follower into trouble! Sometimes our solutions will actually take security from us. We have to be careful what we ask for! Join us as we see how God's answer is always b...

Being "just okay" is not okay! Being just okay about something is a sign that you aren't really confident in or with it. Just okay is not okay when it applies to your car's brakes, your taxes, your surgeon, your airplane pilot, and the best-used-by date for something you are about to eat. It also applies in the most important way to the ability to be more than okay with what happened that first Ea...

4/07/23 - Good Friday by Dave Spencer

4/02/23 - Palm Sunday by Dave Spencer

How can you tell if someone is really sorry? How do you know when you are really sorry? When have you used “sorry” only as a way to get someone of your back? When does being sorry show itself to be repentance? Join us as we unpack how course change can effect our SEEKING: Hope for the Future King. If you have the chance, prepare by reading 1 Samuel 7:2-17.

Has losing a healthy respect or fear for something ever gotten you into trouble? Living in the tension of respect/fear and familiarity can be a challenge in so many areas and sometimes with people. It can become even a bigger deal when it comes to our understanding of God and His Holiness. Join us this weekend as we unpack how God's Holiness affects our SEEKING: Hope for the Future King. If you ha...

Join us as Jonny Buisch shares a message from Matthew 18:21-35, "Forgiveness Matters."

3/05/2023 - Seeking - Part 4: God in a Box by Dave Spencer

Everyone longs for a leader they can trust to give them prosperity, stability, and security. We might call them a “knight in shining armor” or, it may sound corny, even a hero. Yet, that’s what we hope for in every election, in our job, in our relationships, in a crisis - you get the idea. It is also what the people way back in the Old Testament longed for in a leader. However, no matter what lead...

When was the last time you had to walk the fine line of accepting a person while not affirming a behavior of a person? What happened? Why do you think it is so hard to live in that tension? What is at stake when we get it wrong? Join us this Sunday for the last installment of this segment of Can't Touch This! Part 13: Alternative Lifestyles. We will see what the Bible says about homosexuality and...

Being alone and/or feeling alone can be so hard to bear. This can be heavy lifting for the single person and sometimes even the married person. Join us this week for Can't Touch This! Part 12: Alone & More Than OK. Paul writes: ...God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others. 1 Corinthians 7:7 MSG Wouldn't be great to see single life and married life as a g...

2/05/2023 - Can't Touch This - Part 11: Love Broken by Dave Spencer

You want to talk about something that can be too hot to touch? How about raising kids? Everybody has an opinion on that and it's easy to be silenced. This Sunday, we will be talking about influencing the kids in your life. This isn't just for parents, it is for all of us.

This Sunday we might find that love can be as hot too touch as submission, but when the two are combined and held well, you will never want to let go of them.

In our message this Sunday, we will be trying to unpack a concept that can be just too hot handle and too prickly to pick up for anyone, but especially Christ-followers. Yet, you can't be in a successful relationship, especially a marriage, without trying to figure what this topic means for a Christ-follower today. That topic is Submission. God inspired Paul to write these words: Submit to one ano...

In our world today, there are many subjects it seems we can’t touch. Subjects that are taboo and have to be kept in the shadows, whispered about, or not talked about at all. That is just not true! They can be touched, they can be spoken of, in the light of God’s Word. Join us Sunday as we jump back into our series, Can't Touch This, and look at what culture may think can’t be touched. We are going...

1/01/2023 - The P-R-P Project by Dave Spencer

Did you have a nickname growing up? What was your least favorite? Why did you get it? Did you have a favorite one? So where are we going with this? Sometimes a Ghost of Christmas Past can show up in the way someone expects us to act and we get a nickname or a label. Sometimes those labels are positive, but the ones that most often would stick to our hearts were the negative ones. In our next insta...