11|28 Community Church

"Genuine generosity begins with a change of heart." Mike Francisco shares how he grew up with an understanding that you give to the church, you save, and then you can spend what's left. But the realities of life as you get older don't fit so neatly together like they did as a kid and we end up cheating either what we give to the church or what we save. Luke 19 helps us understa...

"you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 We're all asking the question "what's next". What's next for my family? What's next at my job? What's next in my marriage? What's next with my church? Mike Francisco and the 11|28 board have been asking that question for our three year old churc...

I wasn’t gonna have my last homecoming, I wasn’t gonna have my last winter formal, wasn’t gonna have any of my last anythings because of Covid. I was definitely feeling very down and lonely. Also, everything was virtual. I obviously didn’t feel connected because everything was through FaceTime and I don’t see the person right here in front of me just through like an iPad screen or computer. I was...

"I remember that Tuesday evening that I was just like I have nobody. I don’t know who my friends are, nobody’s answering and I was sitting in a jail cell and I said I have nobody. You literally don’t have much in a jail cell, but I had this little concrete table and at that moment, when I said I had nobody, I looked and I was like I do I have a Bible and I know I still have God. And that&apos...

If we're going to love like Jesus, we've got to forgive like Jesus. Colleen explores the love and forgiveness of Jesus as He hung on the cross, praying for those who hurt Him. There are two simple things we should do when someone hurts us, simple to remember but hard to actually do. Colleen shares her own personal journey over the last week of learning to love like Jesus.

We got married and we were 19 years old. So my early 20s were a struggle because we had adult things to do when we weren’t really financially equipped to be adults. Those years were a big struggle, I was going to college and I was working. I’d go to school all day and I was working full-time at night, so yeah it was hard. It was hard but that’s kind of what set me on my current path. Shawn Peterse...

The Way of Jesus is upside down. Mike unpacks Matthew 16 and talked about what it really means to take up your cross and follow Jesus. It’s all about surrendering the things we’re holding too tightly—our worries, plans, and even our dreams—so we can live in the freedom God promises.

One of my friends was going to a psychic medium and I was like you know, just out of curiosity... I’ve got a healthy dose of skepticism there right, but she’s this sweet little grandmotherly figure I adore and I said make an appointment for me too. So I went and one of the main pieces of advice for her was you need to find a church, so I took it to heart because I love this lady and I was willing...

Believing can change your life, but trusting initiates your healing. Mike Francisco walked through Jesus' interaction with Nicodemus in John chapter 3. Mike compared Nicodemus coming to Jesus in the darkness to our own seasons of wandering and searching. Many who call themselves Christian are spiritually dark. Jesus, the light of the world, invites us to move beyond belief into a place of tru...

I was 16 years old and I got robbed at gunpoint at a store. That day I literally thought I was done. Literally one of the guys had the pistol right next to my head and it was just such a scary moment. I was just praying at that moment, like I just knew to go into prayer.  My mom, you know, at that moment was a single parent and I was just  thinking 'oh my gosh what’s gonna happen to her when...

Truth isn't a what, it's a who. Mike Francisco brought a message from the book of John where Jesus told his followers that he was the way, the truth, and the life. Mike contrasted that with today’s world and the constant need to “fact check” everything. In a world where we don’t know what’s true or what’s good, we need a true north. Jesus provides for us a true north. A guide post. A dir...

It was like six months of us hanging out and now like I’m gonna have a kid. It just really caught me off guard, you know. I kind of think that was God’s way of saving me because it was like the second I found that out, there was no more drinking. Realizing how much I was drinking at the time, it was just an eye-opener for me and where I was at that point in life and I needed that change. Nichole h...

This one is different. It's too fresh and too raw to fully describe and capture in just a few paragraphs. It's powerful and emotional. It's definitely worth the 6 minute listen.  Mel shared her story before being baptized at the Reunion and Baptism party on Saturday evening and was willing to have it shared on the podcast as well. Like all of us, Mel's story is still being writ...

A year after choosing faith in Jesus I was diagnosed with cancer. Tumor the size of a golf ball hanging out of my thigh. I noticed it playing sports and just wasn’t functioning as well. At the end of the day it was friendly cancer, as friendly as cancer can be. No chemo no radiation, just one bad surgery where they did a number on my leg. Leading up to our Reunion and Baptism party this Saturday w...

Pastor Brian Hofmeister from Lakepoint Church in Muskego wraps up our Raised in the Likeness series before the baptism celebration with our family of churches on August 24, 2024. Brian got into what Baptism represents, who should be baptized, and challenged us all to take a next step of faith in our journey with Jesus.

I had to trust what God said and that I would take a six figure pay cut and my family wouldn't suffer, that we wouldn't lose our home and we wouldn’t be living in the alley next to the church. So I said okay I’m gonna quit and I quit. That was that next level because my faith would’ve plateaued. Leading up to our Reunion and Baptism party on August 24th with Lakepoint and Revive we'...

Mike Francisco continued our "Raised in the Likeness" series leading up to the "family reunion" celebration with 11|28, Lakepoint and Revive on August 24, 2024. Mike brought a message about the importance of repentance as it relates to baptism. Mike challenges us to consider what John the Baptist meant when he said your life must change not just your skins (Matthew 3 MSG).

I’m glad that we found a community that we are a part of.  I’m glad that we're part of  a life group, like I never thought I would’ve been part of a Bible study group three years ago. Three years ago I never would’ve thought that, but I’m glad we are. I think it’s just taking steps, seeing if it’s for you and then when you get to a point where you’re feeling comfortable then take the next ste...

Pastor Ed Cook from Revive Life Transformation Church in Milwaukee kicks off a new series leading up to the "family reunion" celebration with 11|28, Lakepoint and Revive on August 24, 2024. Ed brought a message about Baptism by the Holy Spirit and the life change and transformation that takes place within a person when they receive the gift of God's presence into their lives. Ed sha...

Since there is no cast, I couldn't show them and be like this is what’s wrong with me. It was really difficult to explain to people because I didn’t know if I was overreacting or even underreacting in a sense. It definitely was more serious than I was making it. Eli Pavlik comes to our Monday evening student group and often takes on a leadership role among his peers in the discussion groups....

Christ's love encourages us to live better lives, not just for ourselves, but for others too. Natalia Roman-Galarza, from our teaching team, wonders why the Hebrews author finishes up with a stern (maybe even mean?) final chapter. Natalia talks about her family, praying for leaders, and finally, the nutrition that Christian's need to experience the life God invites them into.

"I feel like a lot of people think of Christianity like it’s so judgmental, which it isn’t and it shouldn’t be. I mean, what Jesus said is to love your neighbor and I feel like people need to hear that and see that. I want to live by that and show people that that’s what Christianity is all about". Nate Lang has been attending 11|28 for the past year after realizing we meet on Sunday mor...

Faith is a bold dare on the unseen. Pastor Mike Francisco talked about his daughter learning to swim and how it's like our faith in a lot of ways. Hebrews 11 descrbed the faith of Old Testament heroes and challenged us to live by faith today.

"Seeing them do that was cool but I was like I don’t wanna do it just to do it. I really wanna do it cause I believe. I'll do it when I’m ready. We were gonna be at this new church and we started like having all these ideas and all these new people. It felt like the right time and I did it." Joèl Galarza Jr, as a thirteen year old, was the first person baptized at 11|28 in 2022. He&...