Arbor Church

Peter didn’t have money, but he did have a God-given gift of healing. After God healed a lame man through Peter, people would place the sick where Peter’s shadow would fall on them, believing that even this would heal their loved ones. Today, we explore the theology of God’s gift of healing in Peter’s day … and ours.

Today: How an uneducated, impulsive fisherman became a fisher of men.

After Jesus’ resurrection, John chapter 21 tells the story of Peter’s restoration. How could the man who denied Jesus in His darkest hour possibly be restored to His side?

In Easters past we have looked at the reality of the resurrection . This year, we look at its result , through the eyes of Peter.

In this special Good Friday message, we remember and reflect on a blood-stained cross, and enter the next chapter of Peter’s story: the awful truth of the three times he denied Jesus.

This week, we discuss what Jesus meant when he referred to Peter as the Rock , and Peter’s answer to the most important question Jesus ever asked: who do you say that I am ?

This week, we’re excited to welcome Mike Howerton to our regular speaking team! Mike continues our series on Peter with a message on three of most important lessons Peter learned in his short time with Jesus.

One of Peter’s defining moments was when he walked on water with Jesus. Today we read that story in Matthew 14 carefully, verse by verse, to learn what enabled Peter to look past his fear and take that step. During this time of global pandemic and turmoil, can we learn to trust Jesus in the same way?

This week we start a new 10 week (yes, 10 week!) series on Peter. He was just an ordinary man who lived what was in most ways an ordinary life, a big-hearted fisherman who Jesus loved. Our aim in this series is not just to learn about Peter himself but to learn more about Jesus as we see him through Peter’s eyes.

Today, the story of John Mark, better known in Scripture as simply “Mark.” Like most of us, Mark was just an ordinary man. But God loves ordinary men, and God used him (and He can use us) for extraordinary things.

Scott Swan joins us for Arbor’s first Gospel Sunday to speak on how Jesus miraculously saved him and how Jesus can also save every one of us.

It’s graduation day! In the final week of our class, we’re completing our discussion of Arbor’s purpose by talking about WHO accomplishes that purpose. Week 4 Booklet (PDF)

In the first two weeks, we covered what our purpose is and why we’re here. Now it’s time for the nuts and bolts: how , exactly, do we go about accomplishing our purpose? What’s our strategy? Special guest appearances from people behind the scenes at Arbor, including the leader of our Groups ministry and someone who’s witnessed firsthand what God’s been doing through our care team. Week 3 Booklet (...

Last week we talked about why Arbor exists, and now we’re answering the next big question: what is our purpose? The answer is a simple phrase … but sometimes even a simple phrase can mean different things to different people, so today we’re going deep and talking practically about how we live out our purpose. Week 2 Booklet (PDF)

In our new series class, we’re learning about the fundamental principles on which Arbor is founded, starting this week on Arbor’s 3rd birthday with the Why : Why a new church? Why now? And most importantly, why are we here? If you’re watching or listening online (and especially if you enjoy filling in blanks), we encourage you to download and print the booklet so you can follow along: Week 1 Bookl...

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.