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What if the reason evangelism feels so awkward is that we've misunderstood the assignment? In this message from our Sent series, Pastor Chad starts somewhere unexpected, your favorite food spot,  to uncover a simple truth: we share naturally what we believe is worth sharing. Anchored in John 10 and John 20, this message reframes evangelism not as selling a product but as sharing a Person, and...

Jesus hasn’t just placed you in your life; He has sent you to it. Living on mission entails loving and blessing others, building relationships with them, and eventually inviting them into the “Kingdom of God.” There are  many ways to witness. Sometimes it does feel daunting, maybe you’re unsure or maybe we’ve made this much more complicated than it is. OR maybe you feel like you’ve BLOWN your witn...

Words carry the power of life and death—and most of us are still carrying both: the sentence that built us up years ago, and the one that still stings. In this Father's Day message, Pastor Chad makes the case that most father wounds are actually word wounds—something that was said, or something that was never said. Through the ache of Esau's stolen blessing in Genesis 27 and the voice th...

Our human condition gives us the tendency to live our lives according to what’s best for ourselves.  When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit turns us outward and empowers us to live lives marked by loving service to one another. Spirit-empowered service is the natural overflow of a life increasingly surrendered to the Spirit, who is himself always moving outward, always giving, always other-cen...

In a world that never stops pressing, most of us quietly wonder if we're spiritual enough — and many of us have already decided we're not. In this message, Pastor Shea explores what it actually means to be filled with the Spirit in the ordinary, depleted, demanding seasons of real life. Drawing from Ephesians 5 and Acts 4, he reframes Spirit-filled living not as a mountain top moment to...

In this message from our Poured Out series, we dig into Galatians 5 to wrestle with one of the most honest questions the Christian life raises: how do you actually love people who are genuinely hard to love? Pastor Ryan walks through Paul's letter to a church that was biting and devouring each other — and shows why the answer isn't more effort, more guilt, or more rules. The breakthrough...

Poured Out: The Holy Spirit is our “Down Payment” of the Future The Holy Spirit was poured out, so that we can pour ourselves out in love and service to others. On this Pentecost Sunday, we explore and celebrate how the Spirit is our “down payment” of our future inheritance (Ephesians 1:13 -14), given to us now so that we can live like God intends us to live. Discussion Questions:  Can you think o...

Every one of us will face crossroads — moments where we need more than information; we need wisdom. The good news? You don't have to chase wisdom down. She's already calling out to you. In this message, Pastor Wayne unpacks how to grow from knowing right and wrong into walking in the power of God, why obedience (not just agreement) is what unlocks the blessing, and how the friends waitin...

Life rarely turns out exactly the way we imagined, and the gap between what we hoped for and what actually happened is often where our deepest pain lives. In this Mother's Day message, we dive into the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel 1–2, a woman who faced years of heartbreak, provocation, and unanswered prayer, and whose response to all of it became one of the most powerful pictures of faith i...

In this sermon, Pastor Chad tackles one of the most honest tensions in the Christian faith: if Jesus really defeated death, why does it still feel like our bodies are losing? Drawing from 2 Corinthians 4, he walks through Paul's raw, unfiltered confession that "outwardly we are wasting away" and shows why that's not a crisis of faith, but actually the very place where resurrect...

Jesus conquered death, and yet we still die and we still grieve loved ones. Because Jesus rose as the “firstfruits,” death is not the final word, and we can grieve with real and certain hope for bodily resurrection.  In this sermon we will #1. Recognize our time on earth is temporary, #2.Answer the question How can we live in Jesus’ victory over death when we & our loved ones die?” #3. If we a...

Jesus conquered sin, and yet we still experience temptation and choose to sin. But sin no longer owns us! Jesus broke its power, and by His Spirit you can walk in real freedom today. But maybe even as a Christian you might say, “I’m a believer but sin still has got a hold on me.” OR “I don’t feel so victorious.” “I understand that Jesus paid it all – but I feel stuck in sin. So what does it mean t...

Easter Sunday feels electric, but what happens on Monday? In this message, we tackle an honest question that many of us are afraid to ask: If Jesus already won, why does my life not always feel like it? The answer might change the way you see everything. Drawing from Romans 8 and 1 Corinthians 15, we explore one of the most practically powerful ideas in Scripture, the "Now and Not Yet,"...

What do you do when your situation feels finished? In this Easter message, “Not Done Yet,” we walk through Luke 24:1–12 and discover the powerful truth at the center of the resurrection: what looks like the end is often where God is just getting started.  The women came to the tomb expecting defeat, but encountered life. The disciples struggled to believe, but began to move toward hope. And in the...

What does God actually give you in the wilderness? We all go through wilderness seasons: moments in life that feel scarce, isolating, and overwhelming. But what if the wilderness isn’t the end of your story? In this message, we close out our 6-week series “Finding Our Way Through the Wilderness” with one of the most powerful truths in Scripture: Jesus may not change the wilderness around you — but...

Have you ever had a moment where your expectations didn't match reality? Maybe in your health, your finances, your family or even your faith? You followed Jesus, you had the breakthrough moment, and then life said, "Actually… wilderness." In this message from Matthew 4:1–11, Pastor Chad will show us something that may change the way you see hard seasons: Jesus was led by the Spirit...

God wants the best for us. Because He loves us, He wants to form us into people marked by faith, hope, and love. Sometimes, He will test our dependence on Him for that purpose: not because we have to earn or prove anything, but just because tests reveal who we actually trust. Even when we fail a test, like Israel did in the wilderness, it is an opportunity to grow deeper in our trust and dependanc...

This week, we’re going to look at how God uses wilderness experiences to shape us and prepare us by looking at the life of King David. What does it mean that God shapes us and prepares us in the wilderness? The wilderness is a spiritual battle and God is bringing us back to an ever-greater reliance on Him. As we survive the wilderness the hope is that we will come out of it with greater wisdom, gr...

Have you ever found yourself in a place you didn’t choose…a season you didn’t pray for…a situation where life just felt unfair…where you felt isolated, rejected, lost or confused…where you wondered, ‘God, do You see me?’. The Bible calls that place the wilderness. It's a place where we go when life really pushes us out… We’ll see that: The wilderness is where expectations die… but revelation...

In the Bible, the wilderness is a harsh and hostile reality. And yet throughout Scripture, God uses this location to meet and transform His people. Today, we all journey through “wilderness” types of experiences in our lives, and no matter how or why we find ourselves in those situations, God will meet us and transform us during as well---as long as we choose to trust Him in the process. Discussio...

In a world that keeps speeding up and pressing in, God invites us into a different way of living. In this message from Romans 12:1–2, we explore how real change happens, not through willpower or behavior modification, but through the Spirit renewing our minds so we can respond like Jesus under pressure. Using the story of Moses and the battle of repeating narratives, you will learn a simple, pract...

In a season where everything feels louder, heavier, and more urgent, it’s easy to find ourselves emotionally reactive, overwhelmed, or spiritually exhausted. In this message, we explore how pressure doesn’t just test us—it reveals what’s already inside us. Drawing from 1 Peter 5:6–11, we’re reminded that humility isn’t weakness, surrender isn’t passivity, and resistance doesn’t look like outrage,...

In the final message of the Made for More series, we encourage the church to move from sitting to serving, from consuming to contributing, and from comfort to calling—stepping into a life of Spirit-empowered obedience and everyday mission. God has designed every believer on purpose and for a purpose, and He has already prepared assignments for us to walk in—right where we live, work, study, and se...

Following last week's introduction to Spiritual Gifts, we explore how our individual spiritual gifts are given within a community and for the benefit of a community. Every individual Christian has a unique design that includes their spiritual gifts, and God also designs entire Christian communities with the spiritual gifts given to individual Christians. Every church, especially C4 Church, ne...

In Built Different: Finding Your Place in the Body, we explore how God has uniquely designed each believer with purpose. Drawing from Ephesians 2 and Romans 12, this message reminds us that we are God’s workmanship and that every believer has been given spiritual gifts meant to build up the body of Christ. Rather than being spectators, we’re called to participate—using our gifts not for self-impor...