Christ City Church, Washington DC

Pastor Justin starts off our new series, "We Will Be." What kind of people do we want to become in 2026? And who does God say we already are? 

Christmas doesn’t arrive in a vacuum. In this Christmas Day homily, Pastor Justin Fung names what is true: both the weariness many of us are carrying and the deeper truth the Church proclaims at Christmas—that the light has come. He explores what it means to say "Emmanuel, God with us" in a world that is still marked by grief, injustice, and exhaustion. Christmas is not about pretending...

In the fourth week of Advent, Pastor Matthew Watson reflects on the theme of love, naming Jesus’ birth as God’s light breaking into a weary world’s long night, inviting us to receive God’s love and to "punch holes in the darkness" through love.

Advent joy invites you to participate in what God is already doing in setting things right: The desert will bloom. The wilderness will sing. The speechless will find words. The ransomed will return with everlasting joy.

In this second week of the Advent season, Pastor Watson shows us that God's peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of wholeness—shalom—breaking into the chaos. It is the presence of God's Spirit that enables us to have peace in the midst of life storms and chaos. It is the presence of God’s Spirit in you that brings the Shalom we are aching for.

In this first Sunday of our Advent series, Pastor Andrea invites us to name our darkness while still daring to await the promised light of Jesus, whose arrival brings hope into places of fear, injustice, and exhaustion. True hope is not passive optimism but a courageous, active refusal to let darkness have the last word, trusting that God is already at work and that the dawn is breaking in.

Acts 28 shows that God meets us in the in-between places, where vulnerability opens us to receive and share the Spirit’s surprising kindness, healing, and love. Even in constraints and uncertainty, like Paul under house arrest, the Spirit remains unhindered—forming us, sending us, and working through ordinary acts of welcome, courage, and faithfulness.

Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Essentino Lewis, Jr. (Clifton Park Baptist Church) continues our series in Acts, preaching on Acts 27.

Pastor Andrea teaches on Acts 25:23-26:32, where we’re reminded that even when we feel bound by circumstance, God’s Spirit gives us the freedom to speak truth and bear witness through our own stories. Discover how your story, no matter how unfinished or ordinary, can become an act of resistance, faith, and transformation in a world that tries to silence what the Spirit is still writing through you...

When Paul stands on trial before Festus in Acts 25, he shows us what faithfulness looks like inside a broken system—telling the truth, using what we have, and remembering where our true citizenship lies. 

Guest speaker Rachael Wade, founder of the Olive Us ministry, preaches on Acts 24, where Paul is put on trial before the the governor of Caesarea because he was deemed to be a "troublemaker." This was not Paul’s first trial, or his first imprisonment. What can we learn from Paul on how to continue despite persecution, pain, and imprisonment? Where might we also need to stir up some &quot...

In a world where control feels elusive and power is often abused, Acts 23 reveals that followers of Jesus are called to wield a different kind of power. This message from Pastor Justin reminds us that true power looks like love: speaking truth with integrity, showing up in solidarity, and trusting that God is still at work, even through ordinary people and unlikely circumstances.

Guest speaker Pastor Anthony Parrott from The Table Church teaches on Acts 21 - 22. What does God call us to do in the face of crowds of opposition? What do we say when we are outnumbered by those who refuse to believe the truth?

In Acts 21, Paul's journey to Jerusalem shows us how the Spirit leads us not around hardship but through it, inviting us to confront fear, persist in resistance, and trust that God is still at work even when we’re exhausted. In a time marked by collective weariness, our call is to endure, and to be rooted in the Spirit.

As Paul makes plans to leave Ephesus and say farewell in Acts 20:1-38, we can recognize six important lessons from Paul's time that feel particularly relevant for today.

This week in our Acts of the Spirit series, guest pastor Thomas Bowen preaches on Acts 19:21-40. Paul’s preaching against idols in Ephesus challenges both the people’s spiritual loyalties and their economic interests. A silversmith stirs up a chaotic mob, and the crowd, driven by fear and confusion, reveals how quickly people can be swept up in emotion and false idols, rather than facing the truth...

This week in our sermon series, Acts of the Spirit, Pastor Matthew Watson preaches on Acts 19:1-20, where the sons of Sceva discover what happens when you try to use the power of God without being faithful to God.

In Part 3 of our series "Acts of the Spirit," we find the mission of the Spirit revealed through Paul’s experiences in Acts 18, where both extraordinary moments and everyday rhythms of life play crucial roles in advancing the gospel. What does it look like for us to surrender control, embrace our God-given agency, and remain steadfast in our mission, even amid the chaos of the world? Thr...

In a world unraveling at the seams, Christ calls us to belong to each other—not just as an ideal, but as a lived reality. We are not merely resisting empire. We are building beloved community.

This week in our Life Together series, Pastor Lisa explores work, worth, and boundaries, reminding us that our identity is rooted not in productivity but in God’s love, and that Sabbath rest is both resistance and delight.

In Week 7 of Life Together , Pastor Lisa Rodriguez Watson explores questions of work and worth, such as how we maintain healthy relationships at work, how we rest, and how our work impacts how we see ourselves.

In week six of our Life Together series, Pastor Matthew interviews therapist Pete Bauman on the cycles and emotional impacts of parenting, understanding how our parents shaped us, and what the pursuit of health can look like for each generation.

In Week 5 of Life Together, Pastor Andrea Ackermann explores the heart of all relationships—marriage, singleness, family (by blood or by choice), and beyond: love.

More than romantic relationships and family ties, friendship is one of the foundational elements of Christian community. In week four of our  Life Together  series, Pastor Justin Fung interviewed Dr. Marisa G. Franco, friendship expert, sociology professor, and author of  Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends , about: how to make friendships as an adult, why th...

In week three of our sermon series, Life Together, Pastors Lisa Rodriguez Watson and Matthew Watson walk through conflicts in the early church according to Acts 15:36-41 and 2 Timothy 4:9-11 .