Arbor Church

Scott wraps up our Choose series by asking us to make the hard choice to chose what’s truly important when our lives are full of urgency.

It’s hard to give up control. It’s scary to give up control. And we often feel unsure of where we should give up control. Jake shares some stories from Scripture that illustrate the consequences of hanging on to the reins too tightly, and gives us three questions to ask to determine if we should let go.

Scott Hetherington continues the Choose series with a talk on how we should choose discipline in our life rather than eroding ourselves with regret.

Our new series is about the handful of critical choices we all make in life. In this first message, Jake asks us to consider whether we’re choosing to please people … or to follow the purpose God’s given us.

We celebrate our first Family Sunday with a message from our Student Director, Bryan, who has some words for the kids in the audience – and their parents – from Ephesians, and the story of a young Jesus’ disappearance in Jerusalem. (Can you imagine losing the Son of God?)

A special Christmas Eve message featuring … Mephibosheth. This story of this little-known man’s journey to the king’s table is also our story – and the story of Christmas.

Garrett closes our series with a look at how Jesus taught us to forgive – and not just in the Sunday school sins-of-the-world sense, but in a part of his teaching about prayer that’s often overlooked.

Jesus may be the most famous preacher ever to have lived. And if you don’t think of yourself as a preacher , that’s okay… because telling the story of Jesus is something anyone can do. Today, we learn from how He did it.

This, then, is how you should pray, said Jesus, and what follows is the most famous prayer in all of Scripture. Today, rather than turn it into a formula or checklist, we walk through each of its verses and phrases, looking for the heart and intent as we study how Jesus taught us to talk to our Father.

Imagine it, the Son of God washing the feet of His disciples: it was shocking, intimate, outlandish, and probably a little awkward. Jesus told us to go and do likewise, to wash each other’s feet. Today we’re looking at that strange, powerful encounter verse by verse to learn what it means to truly serve each other.

They will know we are Christians by our love: What does that love look like? Jesus’s love was … well, a little different. Guest speaker Scott Scruggs explains.

From now until Christmas, we’re going back to the basics and looking at the life of Jesus so we can simply learn to be like Him. Jake opens the series with a look at how Jesus walked – and not, of course, in the pedometer sense.

Resentment isn’t easy baggage to put down. It often weighs us down for years and years, sometimes to the point where we even start telling ourselves we’re comfortable with it. Scott teaches us how to confront it, using lessons from Paul’s letter to Philemon concerning Onesimus.

What does the Scripture have to say about debt? How should we prioritize our spending when there doesn’t seem to be enough to go around? Garrett asks these tough questions and offers hope as we look at one of the biggest killers of marriages, relationships, and freedom. Links to resources Garrett mentions in his message: Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover , Financial Peace University , EveryDollar...

Our new series is all about baggage . Our hope is to identify the different kinds of baggage we’re carrying – and how to drop it. Jake opens the series by talking about the heavy burden of secrets.

Jesus said that we would “receive power” from the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8)… but what kind of power, exactly, does the Spirit give us? What’s a spiritual gift , and how is it different from the Fruit (or, of you will, Produce) of the Spirit? Jake tackles these tough questions and more in the conclusion to our series on the Holy Ghost.

You’ve heard it called “the Fruit of the Spirit,” we’re calling it the Produce, and one translation even calls it the Harvest of the Spirit. No matter what you call it, Paul’s famous list helps understand what it means to live a Spirit-filled and Spirit-led life. Bonus: lessons from a French Press .

Jesus promised us a Helper. Today we’re talking about the fulfillment of that promise, in detail: How has the role of the Holy Spirit changed since the days of the Old Testament? When does He begin to dwell in the heart of a believer? What does it mean for Him to dwell in us in the first place? And – what if He’s supposed to be present, but we just don’t feel it?

Yes, we’re going there: our new sermon series is all about the Holy Spirit. This week, Jake talks about who, exactly, the Holy Spirit is, finally addressing from the pulpit the question Christians have been asking for so many years: what is the one difference between the Holy Spirit and essential oils?

Maybe you feel like you’re on the outside looking in when it comes to the church – not a perfectly fitting Lego but some sort of melted or misshapen blob. Thankfully, though, you don’t have to be perfect to fit… and sometimes a shape that’s not perfect is exactly what is needed to create something beautiful. Scott explains.

It’s hard to imagine a more apt metaphor for our togetherness as a church than a family – in fact, it’s not a metaphor at all; we are a family! Jake shares the three blessings we receive as adopted children of God, and specific ways we can support our siblings in Christ.

Our new series Together starts this week! (Did you know that Arbor Church was almost “Together Church”?) Jake opens it up with a few lessons we can learn from the humble Lego.

Guest speaker Phil closes our series in Psalms with Psalm 30 and his own remarkable testimony.

Scott teaches us about Psalm 51, where David shows us how having a broken and contrite heart when asking forgiveness brings us closer to God.

“The Lord is my shepherd…” Thus begins David’s 23rd Psalm, one of the most oft-quoted and beloved Psalms in the Bible; a comfort to martyrs, cited by presidents, simple enough for a child, yet full of theological depth. Garrett helps us understand the rich imagery in this beautiful poem.