Church on the Hill, McMinnville

God shows his power to us through creation. A person who creates holds power. This Sunday, we will not only discover the importance of creating, but also how and why God creates us into something new. Questions 1. What is your favorite nickname you have ever received? 2. Read Psalm 82. Who are the gods the Psalmist is referring to in that day? Who are the gods of today? 3. What makes God all-power...

Pain and suffering are everywhere. If God is all-loving, why does He allow pain and suffering? This Sunday, we will look at the origins of pain and suffering and how God can use our pain for our benefit and his glory.   Group Questions 1. Read Genesis chapter 3. What do we learn about the consequences of sin from this chapter? 2. What are some biblical examples where God has used pain and sufferin...

How would you prove God’s existence if asked? This weekend will be a weekend to arm Church on the Hill with the apologetic backing of proving God’s existence through the Word, nature, and the theology of the ancient church fathers.   Life Group Questions 1. What are we told to do in 1 John 4:11? What makes Christians able to comply with this command? 2. Can anyone see God? (1 John 4:12) Since Jesu...

How would you prove God’s existence if asked? This weekend will be a weekend to arm Church on the Hill with the apologetic backing of proving God’s existence through the Word, nature, and the theology of the ancient church fathers.  Life Group Questions 1. Begin your time together by praying for one another and for our church. Highlight something that has gone well in following your Rule of Life....

What is the Bible? Where did it come from, and why is it so important? What does the Bible claim about itself? And if it is so important, and I am inclined to believe it truly is the Word of God, then how can I get into it and hear from God?  SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS  1. What are some of your favorite passages or stories from the Bible?  2. When was the last time you read the Bible on your own? 3. Wh...

What happens when we pass from this earth? We are nervous about the moment of death, but what about afterwards? This weekend will paint a brief picture of heaven, what Jesus said about eternal life, and what happens when we pass on. The call for the morning will be salvation in Christ, choosing eternal life, and praying for our loved ones to join us there.  Life Group Questions 1. Begin your time...

Thomas is known for being a doubter, but he should be honored for his honesty! In the midst of his struggle between faith and experience, Jesus appears to him and the disciples and invites Thomas into an experience with him. Thomas said, "Unless I can see the nail marks in your hands, I will not believe." We want to meet Jesu,s and sometimes that meeting happens in the 'unless' moments of our life...

We want Jesus, but we don't always want the cross. The cross represents the moments of suffering in our lives that help refine our journey and grow us in the faith. We will look at how suffering can create opportunities to love and serve others and how suffering can also increase our gratitude for the most important things in life.   Life Group Questions 1. Begin your time in prayer as a group foc...

What is my calling and how do I put that into practice? God gave us a mission and then he gave that mission a church. We are his vessels to live out his mission and we do so through the different giftings that have been established by him. Not only do I have a role, I also have some additional practices to help ensure that more disciples are made on my journey.   Life Group Questions 1. Spend the...

So many questions, so few answers. Why does Christ have to be a mystery? What do I do when I feel that God doesn’t care or is paying attention to me? Some questions get answered and others we have to live in. Today, we explore why God withholds certain things from us and the foundation that we always fall back on in the waiting for his answers and explanations.   Life Group Questions: 1. Reflect o...

God is God and He remains the foundation of our becoming a disciple and for making disciples. To become a disciple who makes disciples, we have to take the step of faith with Jesus and leave our past behind. We can begin the journey to discipleship today by renewing our faith, releasing our past, and remembering who we are IN Christ.   Life Group Questions 1. Our semester theme is building a cultu...

We are called to be more than disciples, we are called to make disciples! The making of a disciple is a process that God takes us through that is always rewarding and can be accompanied by times of hurt, trial, & mystery. As we dive into the book of Ephesians, we will look at what the Apostle Paul did to make disciples and the foundations he poured to ensure that the followers in Ephesus were grou...

Every church has a Rule of Life, and most of the time, it's pillars on how to run a local church. At the heart of Jesus' message is the people of God learning how to apprentice under Jesus as we follow Him. To ensure our growth as a people of God, Church on the Hill lives by a Rule of Life that is divided into four areas - Pray, Grow, Serve, & Multiply. Today, we dive into "Serve" & "Multiply." We...

Every church has a Rule of Life, and most of the time, it's pillars on how to run a local church. At the heart of Jesus' message is the people of God learning how to apprentice under Jesus as we follow Him. To ensure our growth as a people of God, Church on the Hill lives by a Rule of Life that is sectioned off into four areas - Pray, Grow, Serve, & Multiply. Today, we dive into "Pray" & "Grow." W...

As we participate in the Sabbath and delight in God, we will ultimately re-center ourselves on God himself. To keep the Sabbath holy means to sanctify that day, set it apart, and dedicate it to God for his special purposes. Our souls will feel fed when we are centered on God. To Practice the Way of Christ means to take the Sabbath day and all its blessings and use it as a day of personal worship t...

Rest. It sounds easy, but with how we are wired as people, rest becomes very difficult if we never take the time to do it without guilt. To Practice the Way of Christ, we need to take the intentional time to actually REST. Through planning, focusing, and identifying where we are most tired, we can take an honest inventory of our hurriedness to replace those habits of hurrying with a sense of peace...

Pastor Adam returns to invite you to journey with Church on the Hill over the next four years as we Practice the Way of Christ. Our first step is "Developing A Rule of Life", your plan for following Jesus. 

Gods deepest desire is to be in relationship with us. His love for us is so inconceivable that the only why we can understand Gods love is by comparing to to Marriage. Marriage is made up of a lot of things and God desires to have that with us. In other words, God wants to marry us. We will learn, if thats the case we are constantly committing spiritual adultery, and are in need of Gods forgivenes...

Join us for our 3-week sermon series on the "Minor Prophets." This series focuses in on the major lessons we can learn from the stories of three different minor prophets. This week, Pastor Riley will be diving into the story of Jonah.

Let's be honest... we care about what people think about us. Great freedom happens when we release what people think and begin to live above the opinions of others. Obsessing about what people think is the quickest way to forget what God thinks about you. Sometimes pleasing people can mean disappointing people. But pleasing people first leads to disappointing God.

Fear can really mess with the work God is trying to do. Mary had a lot of faith and trust in God, showing us that through that faith God can do great things. We can do this, too, by saying the same thing as Mary, "I am the Lords servant." Don’t let your doubt get in the way of God using you.

What we call interruptions, God sometimes calls Divine invitations. God has shown his favor on Mary and that favor is the undeserved blessing from God. Through His choice of her being the one who would bear the Christ child, she felt the unbearable weight of fear. This Sunday, we watch her process of accepting God's divine interruption. Group Questions: 1. When was the last time something unexpect...

If Jesus mission and strategy was to eat meals with others, then could that be my mission, too? Today is a look at Jesus' mission through the practice of eating meals with others and our challenge is to make that a regular part of who we are as Christ followers. We are Practicing the way of Christ at the table and doing as Jesus did.   GROUP LIFE QUESTIONS: 1. How are you practicing the way of Chr...

Worship is more than singing! It's a lifestyle to be lived out. Deep at the heart of our worship is the 'why' that we all need to find once again. GROUP LIFE QUESTIONS: 1. When you hear the word worship, what do you think of? 2. What heart posture do you take most often when you worship? 3. What are some ways you worship the Lord? 4. How have you made God the top of your priority list? Have you? 5...