99 CHURCH

Every single day, there are countless forces fighting to take us out of the present moment; as a parent, as a spouse, as a friend, as a follower of Jesus. How many times in our lives did we need to be fully present, when we were mostly absent? The devil would love to keep our minds in the past or in the future, but God calls us to live fully in the present, here and now. What does it look like to...

Christmas morning, the world woke up, went about their business, and had no idea that they were visited by God Himself. How often do we miss God because we expect Him to move in spectacular fashion? The song of the angels, and the story surrounding it, reminds us that God's glory is often hidden in the ordinary.

Many of us struggle with waiting. In a culture of instant gratification, what can Zechariah's story and song teach us about waiting? About silence? This week we explore the story behind Zechariah's song and how God often uses our waiting and silence for something greater than we could ever imagine.

When most of us think of Mary, a certain image comes to mind. We imagine this mild, meek, and passive motherly figure, who doesn't have much to say. In many ways, our culture has silenced Mary, seeing her merely as a vehicle for Jesus to come through. But if we read the Scriptures, we come to find that Mary wasn't really silent at all. She has a bold, distinct voice. She has a message and a story...

An important part of our vision as a church is to pursue shalom in San Francisco. Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. But it's not the kind of peace that's simply the absence of conflict. Shalom is so much more. This week, we explore the meaning of this word shalom and how God calls us to participate in His work of justice here in our city.

In the church, we place such a strong emphasis on belonging. And while it's important to focus on where we belong, it's also important to consider who we are to become. When rebels and runaways come home, they don’t stay rebels and runaways. They become something more. This week, we explore who God is forming us to be and how we can be intentional in the process of becoming.

For our anniversary gathering, guest speaker Dave Gibbons shares about how beautiful life can be once we make space to hear and see God's voice in our lives. What would it look like to live every day in anticipation of God's wonder? What if we looked for God in the unexpected and unfamiliar people He's placed in our lives?

When considering Christian faith and practice, we regularly ask, "Is it true?" or "Is it good?" But the question we don't ask enough is, "Is it beautiful?" What if we did more than just try to convince people of the truth or boast moral superiority? What if the church could be a place where people can discover the beauty of God? This week, we continue unpacking our vision as we explore the necessi...

Why do people run away from God? Why do people rebel against Him and try to go their own way? At the heart of every rebel and runaway is a misconception or misunderstanding about who God is and what He's really like. And more often than not, it's the church who's misrepresented Him to the world. Jesus came for the outcasts, the misfits, and overlooked, and the marginalized. The people that the rel...

Why does 99 exist? What do we mean when we say that we're a church in San Francisco for the rebels and the runaways? We're beginning a new collection of teachings exploring our vision as a church community. This week, Pastor Mickey shares the story of 99: how we came to be and where God is leading us.

In somewhat of a bonus teaching from our Seasons collection, we spend time this week talking about the importance of staying rooted in togetherness as we navigate through the different seasons of life. What does it look like for a community to move toward one another in love? And how can deepening our relationships with one another actually deepen our relationship with God?

Autumn is a season of change and transition, reminding us that our lives are in constant flux. We are brought into a deeper awareness that we live in a continual state of dying and rising, of ending and beginning. How does God call us to posture ourselves in the bittersweetness of this season? This week we conclude our Seasons collection with a look at the season of Autumn.

Summer is a season marked by joy and abundance. It's a sweet season where our senses come alive to the goodness of God all around us. How does God call us to posture ourselves during this delightful season of the soul? This week, we explore the season of summer and how we can expect God to move during these times.

Spring always springs forth from winter. In the spring season of the soul, we experience new life, hope, growth, and renewal. And while springtime is meant to be enjoyed, we must be careful not to squander it. Spring is a time to sow seeds, dream again, and pursue God wholeheartedly. This week, we explore the spiritual season of spring, and how God calls us to posture ourselves in the midst of it.

On the journey of life, we go through many different seasons. It's important to know what season God has put you in, so that you can work with Him, instead of against Him, in all He's doing in you. One way to better understand the different types of seasons we find ourselves in, is by observing the seasons of nature. This week, we explore the spiritual season of winter, and how God calls us to pos...

Can we really "hear God's voice"? In this week's session, we discuss the very real doubts and insecurities we may have around our ability to hear God speaking to us, and then dive into a practical workshop around understanding the various ways God may already be speaking to us. We also demystify the "prophetic" and discuss how we can start having the faith to give what we are hearing from God to o...

Our "Key Questions" series for the summer has been addressing the raw and real questions that we need to ask ourselves that end up defining our lives and our faith. In this week's sermon, our very own community member Joseph Ilustrisimo shares about 5 "powerful questions" - ones that are the right questions to ask and that change the trajectory of your life - that he has asked and how God has spec...

This week, we continue our summer series "Key Questions" and dive into the hot button topic of deconstruction. It's something that many of us are either in process of, or have gone through, yet so rarely discussed in the church. This week, the sermon mostly consisted of an activity and discussion prompted by various statements about deconstruction in the style of Jubilee's Spectrum series, which h...

We kick off our new sermon series for the summer, Key Questions, that's focused on the deep questions that cut us to our core that end up defining our lives and our faith. Many of us don't think about these deeper questions simply because we don't have the space or time to. This week, Dan taught on how we can cultivate that through the eremos, the places of wilderness that Jesus often withdrew to...

Have you ever felt stuck in life? Many of us know that Jesus came to offer us life in all of its fullness. We want to live, but we don’t know how. Instead, we find ourselves stuck in our numbness and apathy. How do we get unstuck and move toward the life that Jesus promises us?

Have you ever tried to help God? We often have a hard time trusting in God and His timing. We end up striving in our own efforts to do what only He can do, often making a mess of things. This week, we explore what it looks like to live out of trust instead of striving.

With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, we find ourselves asking, “What is uniquely human?” AI can write sermons, it can write songs, it can generate images and videos. And yet, as incredible as AI is, there is one thing AI will never be able to do. AI will never be able to replicate the face-to-face experience of human connection. The feeling of being present with another human being. The sense...

One of the most pressing issues in the church today is the topic of women in church leadership. Can women be pastors? Can women hold leadership over men? This week, we dive into the story of Scripture to discover what God has to say about this topic.

James Baldwin once wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” When talking about justice, there are two things that the Church in America cannot afford to ignore: our history of racism in America and the Church’s complicity that helped racism thrive. This week, we take a sobering look at these two things as we explore how the Gospel calls th...

We live in a violent world. From wars to mass shootings to domestic violence, it’s easy to see that our world is bent towards violence. But Jesus shows us a better way, an alternative way to respond to the evil and injustice we see in our world. This week, explore Jesus’ radical call to nonviolence in a violent world.