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We are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness in America; a record number of people say they are craving community. Today, a message about what that kind of community actually is, as we open a 3 part series on the what, why, and how of community.

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near. – Hebrews 10:24-25 Why would we spend our time in a church community when it’s so much more comfortable and efficient to watch a well-produced sermon and some worship vide...

Ryan opens a new miniseries about our church community as fall begins in the Pacific Northwest. From John 13, he asks the question you might have held privately if you’ve waded outside the comfort and efficiency of your home to get involved in the messy work of serving other people… why are we doing this?

As the Israelites wandered in the desert after being led out of Egypt, Moses was struck with a nagging question … have I heard God wrong? Aaron Dimos (Arbor Students) shares about a time in his own life when this question loomed large, and what we can do when start to wonder if God really said what we think He did.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols. – 1 John 5:21 (NET) John concludes his letter with these words, and Ryan concludes our summer series with this message. An admonition to keep oneself from idols probably isn’t how you sign your letters – why did John choose to end this way?

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. – 1 John 5:14 (NET) Ryan continues our summer series in 1 John with a message from Chapter 5 of the book and its teaching on prayer. What if prayer isn’t about long silences or convincing God to care about what we care about … but about presence ?

Have you ever felt as though your relationship with God is harder than it’s supposed to be? Today, as we open the final chapter of 1 John, Ryan draws a parallel between our life with God and a river .

This week, Ryan returns to the pulpit as we continue our journey through 1 John. We’re taking it slow and in fact today Ryan focuses in on just one word: Abide .

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear. – 1 John 4:18 (NET) This week, Alison teaches from 1 John 4, featuring a conch, and a sea slug, and the long, spiraling journey to perfect love.

As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. – 1 John 2:24 (NET) This week, Scott Hetherington teaches from 1 John 2, and its strange warnings about “last hours” and “antichrists” followed by an admonition to “remain in the Son”. What’s John getting at here… and what do...

For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another. – 1 John 3:11 (NET) This week, Garrett Shelp explores 1 John 3:11–24, where John highlights a love that’s deeper than being nice—a love that began our journey, meets us in the dark, and finds us wherever we are.

This week, John turns a corner and names something profound—not just what we’ve left behind or who we are, but what’s being formed within us: a new identity, a new source, a new life.

As we move through this letter we get three windows into what John wants us to see about the world, ourselves, and the hope that can reshape us.

Ryan continues our summer series on life with God, shared together. This week, 1 John takes us a little deeper, moving from John’s personal experience of Jesus to address the questions that naturally arise when we hear words like experience, encounter, shared life, and fellowship.

We’re kicking off a brand new summer series: The Light We Live In. Over the coming months, we’ll journey slowly and reflectively through the letter of 1 John, allowing its ancient pastoral wisdom to not only inform us, but to form us. In this opening message, Pastor Ryan invites us to return to the heart of our faith — life with God, shared together — as we begin this transformative walk through J...

As we close out the Work That Matters series, this episode takes a different approach. Pastor Ryan hosts a panel of everyday people sharing honest, personal stories about how faith shapes their experience of work. It’s not expert advice—it’s real-life wisdom from real-life journeys.

What if our everyday tasks are part of something eternal? In this message, Ryan explores how the overlooked and ordinary work we do might be exactly what God values most.

This Mother’s Day, Ryan reflects on the often-overlooked work of caring for others—quiet, selfless acts that the world may miss but God celebrates.

Join Ryan as he continues our Work That Matters series, exploring when work gets frustrating and looking at Genesis 3.

New series! Ryan opens Work that Matters with a message from Genesis 1-2 on the origin of work and what it means for us as God’s image-bearers.

Celebrate Easter at Arbor! This week, the story of the expectation-defying Jesus that we started almost two years ago reaches its conclusion with Jesus’ triumphant resurrection from the dead, and the hope, invitation, and challenge it brings to us today.

In the space between the crucifixion on Good Friday and the resurrection on Easter Sunday, Alison reflects on how—even in this in-between moment—there were those who honored Jesus with a memorial as they prepared His body for the tomb.

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.” – Mark 15:25-26 This week, guest speaker Garrett Shelp brings us towards the end of our time in Mark with a deep reading of Mark’s account of Jesus’ final hours.

Pilate asked Him, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ He answered him, ‘You say so.’ – Mark 15:2 As we near the end of our study in the book of Mark, the text reveals a showdown between two opposing kingdoms. As Jesus stands trial before Pilate, we see the kind of kingdom He represents.

Ryan takes us into the final stretch of Mark’s Gospel, where we witness how the disciples respond to the stress and chaos of Jesus’ final days in Mark 12:32-72.