Community Church Playa

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 11, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we’re launching a new series in the Gospel of Mark, discovering how Jesus offers a better hope and calls us into a life marked by true joy, deep purpose, and lasting peace. Reflection Questions: 1. Where are all the places that I place my hope into? 2. What area in my life do I struggle to trust God’s b...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 4 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains studying Numbers 13. As we step into the New Year and wonder what 2026 may hold, Jesus invites us to step forward in faith, allowing us to walk into the unknown with a God who desires to be known. 1. How has God reminded you in the last year of His provision, protection and guidance? 2. When facing challenges,...

Christmas Eve message from Community Church Playa given on December 24 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In the quiet and humble way Jesus chose to come into the world, through ordinary people, we see the beautiful truth that the Good News bringing great joy is meant for all.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 21 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Advent journey, we recognize that Jesus reveals a new standard of love, defined by service and sacrifice. We celebrate the enduring truth that God loves first. 1. How have past experiences of love shaped the way you view God’s love? 2. How does Jesus’ example of service and sacrifice challe...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 14 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week in our Advent series, we’re reminded that joy is not a fleeting happiness dependent on circumstances, but a lasting gift made secure through Jesus. 1. In what areas of your life do you find tempting to try to secure happiness? Work, status, relationships? 2. How does knowing that you are God’s...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 7 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we continued exploring Advent by reflecting on how God brings His peace into the world, a peace we can receive and carry. We recognize that His promise is not the absence of conflict but His presence within it. 1. Where do you currently feel conflict and unrest? 2. What steps can you take today to...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 30 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we opened the Advent season by reflecting on Isaiah’s message that hope breaks through the darkness. He declares that light has come, bringing joy and the promise that God’s light will never be overcome. 1. Where do I currently feel the weight of darkness in my life? 2. In what ways am I allowing...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 23 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Jeremiah 31, we’re invited by Jesus into a new covenant, one that doesn’t depend on our own works or accomplishments, but allows us to rest in the fact that He has already finished the work for us. 1. How is Jesus inviting you to rest in His mercy instead of your performance? 2. Hebrews 8 describes a...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 16 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. Isaiah 53 reveals a Messiah who would suffer and die, but also promises hope, showing that His sacrifice opens the way to eternal life. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. What assumptions about God have made it difficult for me to trust Him fully? 2. Where do I struggle most...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 9 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. All throughout Scripture, we see God’s relentless desire to draw near and dwell with His people. In Sundays message, we’ll explore how God’s nearness invites us to draw closer – not only to Him, but also to one another. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. What tangible reminder...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 2 2025, by Pastor Markel Croston. Last Sunday, through Exodus 16, we were reminded that God desires to meet our daily needs while drawing us closer to Himself, where our deepest spiritual needs are fulfilled. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. How have I seen God provide for me in unexpected ways? 2. How d...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 26, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In Exodus 12, the Passover shows us a remarkable picture: the blood of the lamb marking Israel’s homes so that God Himself would stand between them and judgment. This event points forward to Jesus, the Lamb of God, whose shed blood now stands between us and our sin, cleansing us and giving us new life. As y...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 19, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In Genesis 22, God searched Abraham’s heart, inviting him to trust completely by surrendering what he loved most, his son, Isaac. This moment foreshadows the ultimate act of love, when God gave His own Son, Jesus, for the redemption of humanity. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 12, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. Genesis 15 reveals Abram's ongoing struggle to walk by faith, even as he's surrounded by doubt, fear, and uncertainty. Yet through it all, God proves Himself faithful to His promises. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. Do you struggle to believe that God will keep His promise...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 5, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week’s message centers on faith, illustrated through the story of Abram in Genesis 12. Walking in faith means more than just following God’s call, it’s about trusting His promises, even when they don't make sense. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. What step of faith is G...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 28, 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week's message highlights the powerful truth that God's wrath and mercy are deeply connected, meeting at their fullest expression on the cross through Jesus. The story of Noah and the flood reveals that God is not only just, but also the God of second chances. As you watch this week's message, con...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 21, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week, we see that even as sin first enters the world, God draws near, speaking words of hope and life and the promise of Jesus who would rescue. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. Do you tend to view God's provision in your life through the lens of abundance or scarcit...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 14, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week, we reflect on the profound truth that humanity is created in the image of God. This reality has a significant impact on how we view ourselves and how we see others. As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions: 1. What would change if I truly embraced that my identity is roote...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 7, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week kicks off our brand new series looking at Jesus through the lens of the Old Testament. Beginning in Luke 24, we dive into how the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is one epic story of God’s pursuit of humanity. From the very beginning, Scripture reveals, foreshadows, and ultimately cente...

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 31, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week’s message from Philippians 4:10–21 highlighted Paul’s teaching that true contentment isn’t based on our circumstances, but is developed through the intentional practice of gratitude.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 24, 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week’s message from Philippians 4:1-9 reminded us that even in anxious seasons, we can experience true joy by receiving and resting in the peace that Jesus offers us.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 17, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week’s message from Philippians 3:10–21 reminded us that true joy isn't found only in the destination, but in the lifelong journey of growing deeper in our relationship with Jesus.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 10, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In this week’s message from Philippians 3:1-11, we see that salvation is a gift from Jesus and our joy rests in the reality that there is nothing we can do to earn it.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 3, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This Sunday, as we studied Philippians 2:12–30, we discovered that true joy comes when we live not for ourselves, but for the purposes God designed us for.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 27, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This Sunday, as we studied Philippians 1:27–2:11, we were reminded that humility isn’t a passive act, but active. It calls us to truly know others and to discover what it means to serve those around us.