Acts 2 Sermons

Works of service provide the opportunity for faithfulness, fellowship, and freedom. It’s one thing to serve, it is quite another to be a servant. Pastor Mark continues our sermon series by looking at what it means to be “All In” with our service. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

It’s “love people and use things,” and never “use people and love things.” Harvard researchers found that to get happier, we need to change the choices we make with our financial resources. In today’s message, Pastor Mark looks at what it means to be “All In” with our gifts. Fill-In Sermon Notes Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Last week Pastor Mark talked about what it looks like to be “All In” with our prayers, and he continues our sermon series by exploring what it means to be “All In” with our presence. We are present with and for God in prayer, worship, service, community, and crisis. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

In today’s message, Pastor Mark begins a new sermon series called, “All In.” We’ll explore what it means to be “all in” as followers of Jesus and as a church in 2022. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Starting over can be exciting and invigorating, but it can also be exhausting, especially when you don’t have a choice. In the conclusion of the Starting Over series, we explore how we can continue to show up and thrive even when we’re tired of starting over. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

In the fourth week of our series, “Starting Over,” Pastor Brandon shares a word about what it’s like to start over with only the essential. Starting over is an opportunity to eliminate distractions and focus on essentials. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Grace is free, but often takes courage and our best efforts to receive it. In today’s message, we will explore an epic fail in the Bible and how you too can start over even when you’ve really messed up. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Starting over is a moving forward to something new. There must be something new and different in order to move forward rather than backward. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Our God loves us and has plans for our good, not for harm. Our God gives us a future of hope even when we can’t see it. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

God speaks to us through the Bible, and studying the Bible can teach us more about God and how to live than any other thing in our life. Today, Pastor Mark helps us better understand how to read God’s Word, and how we encounter Christ in the words of scripture. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Jesus came to earth so we could see the immeasurable love of God. You may not know everything about Jesus, but you can trust him no matter what. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

We all long for a place to truly belong, yet we each face different obstacles. Jesus helps us overcome those obstacles because in his Kingdom, no one is excluded, and everyone belongs. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

We want to be known and accepted, but often we’re afraid that if people really know us, they won’t accept us. Yet Jesus knows us fully and loves us unconditionally, and his acceptance means we are free from worrying about what others think. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

This weekend as we celebrate the Fourth of July, we also reflect on the role that we as Jesus’ followers have in continuing to make our country and this world a better place. Pastor Mark has a message about how we can disagree better, love all people, and find power in unity. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twit...

In the final week of our sermon series, “People of the Light,” Pastor Mark guides us through the end of 1 Thessalonians to help us understand how to live a great life and to discern God’s will for our lives. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

The disciples of the early church anticipated Christ’s return in their lifetime. In this week’s message, Pastor Mark continues teaching from Paul’s first letter, as he explores the questions about what happens when we die and what happens at the end of time. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Faithfulness is about much more than marriage. It is steadfastness and trustworthiness in all areas of our lives, and as we learn to be faithful to God in all things, we can endure all things. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

When we face criticism, we often respond with anger, denial, or defensiveness, but that causes us to miss a great opportunity for growth. Paul shared wisdom with the Thessalonian church to help them persevere through challenges, and that wisdom can help us remain steadfast through obstacles, persecution, and criticism today. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Foll...

There are few things more powerful than a community of people that is strong and healthy, but too often, communities are neither, focusing more on convenience, greed, and image management than supporting one another. In the Acts 2 church, we see an inspired example is possible when we become a community that gives life. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Ac...

On Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit came and filled the followers of Jesus, and because the same Spirit is present in us, we are never alone. Fill-In Sermon Notes Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Life is richer when we share it with other people—as long as we can figure out how to live with them. At the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares wisdom about how to live with other people in such a way that our life is built on a firm foundation. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Christianity is more than “not doing anything wrong.” Christianity answers the two great questions we all have to answer: “Who is really well off and “Who is a genuinely good person?” Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

The Lord’s Prayer has been prayed by our community thousands of times. Every time we gather to worship, we say this prayer. Why? It is powerful. It reminds us of who God is, who we are and what we need, and how the world really works. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Our life in Christ is never for show, for selfishness, or for harm. This week, Jesus in His Own Words teaches us how to pray, how to fast, and what God really expects when we help others. Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service Follow Acts 2: Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Twitter

Our anger is nothing more than our wounded ego, our not getting our way or what we want. And this is where Jesus comes in and has the answers to our deepest problems. Jesus says, God is in control and you don’t have to worry any longer about getting your way. If you are not getting your way, God has something better for you! Download the Sermon Notes Watch the Sermon Watch the Full Worship Service...