Beltway Weekend Services (Audio)

In the fourth week of the "Better Life" series, Geoffrey Turner explores the profound truth that "because of Jesus, we belong to God and we belong to one another". Rooted in Ephesians 2:11-22, the message emphasizes that while the world creates walls of exclusion based on politics, race, and income, Jesus has already "broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility," symbolized by the anci...

Guest Speaker Jake Mills, Lead Pastor of New Life Church in Ohio, uses the story of his son’s “lazy eye” to illustrate how many believers navigate life with unseen spiritual blind spots. Drawing from Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1, Mills explains that what Christians need most is not more information, but divine revelation that opens their eyes to the truths of the gospel. He highlights three areas...

We discover that true purpose is found by shifting from building our own small kingdoms to participating in God’s grand, eternal story. While many of us feel a sense of emptiness chasing temporary achievements like career or wealth, Ephesians 1:7-14 reveals we were created to be part of God’s ultimate plan to unite all things under the reign of Jesus. Having been redeemed and adopted into His fami...

Join us as ministry partner Eitan Shishkoff shares a powerful message shaped by more than three decades of ministry in Israel. After coming to faith in 1972, Eitan and his wife, Connie, followed God's call to Israel, where they founded Tents of Mercy Congregation and have helped plant and support multiple congregations throughout the nation. Through biblical teaching, personal testimony, and u...

Join us as we kick off a new sermon series on the book of Ephesians titled "A Better Life," exploring the vital importance of finding our identity in Christ rather than in fragile earthly things like success, politics, or people-pleasing. In this message, Geoffrey shares his own transparent struggle with seeking validation and introduces a powerful testimony from Kasey and Brittney Jay r...

Over the last several weeks, we’ve talked about emotions like anger, shame, fear, grief, and joy. Emotions are real, and they matter, but they were never meant to control our lives. In Galatians 5, Paul reminds us that there is a battle happening inside each of us between our flesh and the Spirit. Culture tells us to follow every feeling, but Scripture teaches us to walk with the Holy Spirit. As w...

Joy is more than feeling happy when life is going well. Happiness often depends on what is happening around us, but biblical joy is rooted in something deeper. In John 15, Jesus teaches that joy grows when we stay connected to Him. He is the vine, and we are the branches. Apart from Him, we cannot produce the kind of fruit our souls truly need. Joy grows in us when we build our lives around Jesus...

Shame is different from guilt. Guilt says, “I did something wrong.” Shame says, “Something is wrong with me.” Shame can come from our own choices, but it can also come from painful things done to us or spoken over us. In Luke 8, a woman who had been sick and isolated for twelve years reached out to touch Jesus. Instead of rejecting her, Jesus healed her, called her “Daughter,” and sent her away in...

Worry and anxiety have become normal parts of life for many people. We often feel pressure about money, family, the future, work, and relationships. But in Philippians 4, Paul reminds us that peace is not found by ignoring problems or pretending everything is fine. Peace grows as we practice our faith daily. Worship, prayer, gratitude, right thinking, and obedience help us stay connected to God. T...

We are blessed to welcome Terrence Mullings to Beltway Park. Terrence is the lead pastor at History Makers Church, one of our church plant partners in Florida.

Grief is something we all face. It can come from loss, disappointment, or pain we didn't expect. In this week's message we see that even in deep grief, God is still present and at work. Lamentations 3 shows us a man surrounded by destruction and loss, yet he chooses to remember who God is. His pain is real…but so is his hope. We are reminded that grief doesn’t get the final word! Where gri...

This week we looked at anger in a new way. Instead of asking, "How do I get rid of anger?" we asked, "What do I do with it?" Jesus Himself felt anger, but He never sinned. That shows us anger is not the problem; how we respond to it is. The Bible tells us to “be angry and do not sin,” which means anger can be used for good when it is shaped by God. But when anger is selfish, it...

This week we learned something that may surprise us...God feels. He is not distant, cold, or emotionless. Scripture shows us a God who delights, grieves, loves, and even feels anger. Because we are made in His image, our emotions are not a flaw, they are part of how we were designed. However, our emotions are not meant to control us. Instead, God invites us to let Him shape and guide what we feel....

Easter reminds us that the story didn’t end at the cross. It continued with an empty tomb. For the early followers of Jesus, everything felt lost. Hope seemed gone, and they were left wondering, Is this it? But then Jesus rose from the dead, proving that God’s power is greater than sin, fear, and even death. The resurrection isn’t just something we believe, it’s something that changes how we live!...

Peter's story reminds us that failure is something we all face, but it doesn't have to define us. Peter loved Jesus deeply, yet in a moment of fear, he denied even knowing Him. Still, Jesus didn’t walk away from Peter. Instead, He pursued him, restored him, and called him back into purpose. The same is true for us. We may fail, feel shame, or want to hide but Jesus meets us with grace. Fai...

We are blessed to welcome our friend Beth Guckenberger to Beltway Park. Beth is Co-Executive Director for Back2Back Ministries, which is an international Christian non-profit dedicated to meeting the spiritual, physical, educational, emotional, and social needs of vulnerable children and families around the world. They serve the US, Mexico, India, Nigeria, Haiti and Dominican Republic. Beth is an...

In Mark 14 we meet Mary of Bethany, a women who clearly understood something many other missed. Just days before Jesus went to the cross, Mary poured out a jar of expensive perfume on Him worth about a year's wages. To many people in the room, it looked wasteful and extravagant. But Jesus defended her and called it a beautiful act. Mary seemed to understand that Jesus was about to give His lif...

The story of Lazarus in John 11 reminds us that Jesus has power over death and brokenness. Lazarus had been dead for four days when Jesus called him out of the tomb. This miracle points forward to Easter and shows us something important about the life Jesus offers. Jesus doesn’t just give life for eternity; He invites us to live in freedom now! Lazarus came out of the grave alive, but he was still...

John the Baptist was a regular person with a clear purpose: point people to Jesus. In a dark and broken world, he didn’t try to blend in, rather he lived boldly so others could see the light of Christ. His life reminds us that following Jesus isn’t just about what we believe, but how we live. God calls each of us to live in a way that helps others see Jesus through our words, actions, and everyday...

God's faithfulness is not just something He shows in moments, it is part of who He is. This week's message reminds us that God keeps His promises across generations, even when the circumstances are complicated or confusing. In  Romans 11 , we see that God has not abandoned Israel. Instead, He is still working through the Jewish people to bring blessing and “greater riches” to the world. Go...

Life has seasons where we clearly see God move, and seasons where we wonder what He is doing. This week’s message reminds us that God’s faithfulness does not change based on our feelings, timing, or understanding. In Joshua 21, we see God fulfill a promise He made over 600 years earlier. Not one word failed. That means God keeps His promises, even when it takes longer than we expected. When we rem...

Life often feels uncertain and overwhelming. Anxiety can rise when we feel like we don’t know what’s coming next or how things will work out. This week’s message reminds us of a powerful truth: God knows, and we can trust Him. Psalm 139 shows us that God doesn’t just know facts about the world; He knows us. He knows our thoughts, our words, our future, and even the things we don’t understand about...

Life can feel like it's spinning…overwhelming, confusing, and hard to stay steady. In Revelation 5, God gives John a vision to help believers stop living disoriented and afraid. John sees a throne (God is still in control), a sealed scroll (the world is broken and needs to be redeemed), and then the answer: Jesus. He is the Lion of Judah (strong, victorious, powerful) and also the Lamb who was...

This week we see God not only as Savior and Helper, but as King of Kings, the One with the highest authority and the final word. In Revelation 19, Jesus is pictured as a victorious King who rules with power, truth, and justice. When life feels confusing, unfair, or out of control, it’s easy to question God’s leadership. But the message is clear: Submitting to the King of Kings doesn’t trap us, it...

When we think about God, the first word many people choose is “love.” And God is love. But the Bible’s most repeated description of God is holy; so holy that heaven declares, “Holy, holy, holy” (Revelation 4:8). Holy means set apart, totally different, like no one else. God is not just a better version of us, He is in a category all His own. That changes how we worship, how we live, and how we see...