First Church

Discover how God's goodness remains unchanging, even in the midst of life's toughest trials. Through the story of Job and Kwame's personal experiences, this message will inspire you to trust God's faithfulness and learn to believe that, "God is good, all the time."

This Christmas, explore the life-changing reality of a Creator who designed the universe, entered our world, and offers us the incredible hope of becoming His children. This life is too short for you to miss the truth in this powerful message!

A lot of us would define joy as a feeling or something that can be created through an experience or a circumstance, but in the Bible, God defines joy as a decision. In our culture today, that can be hard to understand and even harder to put into practice, but this message looks at God’s “recipe” for how to choose joy so that you can experience joy it no matter what your circumstances are! Don’t mi...

Often times peace at Christmas just means not fighting… it’s a disappointing version of peace. But Jesus brings a peace that’s so much more than that! Check out this message and learn how you can bring peace like Jesus brought at Christmas.

Hope always tends to come up during the Christmas season, but between strained relationships, health issues, and financial burdens hope might feel far off and unattainable. If you want your Christmas season to be filled with the hope everyone talks about, you won’t want to miss this message!

Our friend, Pastor Daniel Stidham, brings a message that will connect with your heart this holiday season! You won’t want to miss what he has to teach about serving well and sharing with others.

It’s the season of giving, but sometimes at home or at work or with your kids it just feels like you’ve done all you can and you just have nothing left to give anymore. If you’ve ever felt this way then you won’t want to miss this transformative talk!

More than almost any other parenting topic, the Bible teaches a lot about how parents should prepare for their death and their legacy. You won’t want to miss this teaching about one of the best gifts you can give to your kids no matter what season of life you’re in!

As parents, how do we help our kids learn to have the fruit of the Spirit? This message is all about that and five ways we can train our kids to have the fruit of the Spirit no matter what their circumstances are!

You can read all the books and listen to all the podcasts about how to parent and what your goal should be, but chances are you’re still left feeling like it’s not quite right. Jesus gives us the answer to the purpose of parenting and what goals as parents we should work towards and you won’t want to miss it in the first week of our Parenting on Purpose series!

If you’ve ever thought your faith felt inconsistent or felt like you were back sliding, you’re not alone! This week, we look at a classic Bible story in a new light and Pastor John Hill answers the question: “How can I overcome inconsistency in my faith?

In week 2 of our series, Pastor John Hill talks about the radical way that Jesus connected with people who were different. Jesus doesn’t just connect with them though, He calls them to a redeemed life! This message teaches us how to be like Jesus and call people to be changed.

So often we think that offense is something that we have no control over, like the people around us are out to get us… but the truth is, there’s something you can do to escape the pain of offense! Check out this message from Kristin Hill about escaping offense!

If you’ve ever felt unsatisfied with your work or like you can never quite seem to do enough, you won’t want to miss Pastor Daniel’s message on the godly view of work and how you can transform your mindset to transform your job.

A lot of us would say that we think serving matters, even that it’s a good thing, but it can be easy to say one thing and do another. If you want to serve God, serve the church, and serve other’s better, you won’t want to miss this message!

Sometimes we fall into little patterns where we become content with just “good enough” and it holds us back from experiencing growth and God’s plan for our lives fully. In this message, Pastor John Hill talks about the key areas where we might slip into “good enough” and how we can overcome those habits with God’s Word!

Contentment seems like a great thing to strive towards, but there is a sneaky little lie that seeking earthly contentment reveals. If you want to do great things for God or if you want to learn how to have a contentment that transcends earthly things you won’t want to miss this message!

Often we think what we’re good at is what matters most, but unfortunately that isn’t really the case! In this message, Pastor John Hill looks to the Bible and Jesus to help us diagnose what important aspects we might be missing as we grow as christians.

Our guest, Pastor Zachary explores the concept of God's goodness and how it should influence us to "ask, seek, and knock." Don’t miss this message that is sure to encourage and bring hope to even our darkest circumstances!

How far would you go to help someone encounter Jesus? In this message, Pastor John Hill looks back at the history of our church and highlights how we have continually “wrecked the roof” and gone above and beyond to make a way for people far from God encounter Jesus!

We have a tendency to want complex things to have a complex process, and God’s plan for salvation sometimes feels a little too simple, right? You won’t want to miss this message about God’s design for how we should follow Him!

Our guest, Pastor Sam Hamstra, brings a great message that looks at the timelessness of the Bible and the value that it brings to our lives. It’s not your typical Bible-reading message, it really breaks down just how important and impactful God’s Word is. You won’t want to miss his teaching!

Our guest, Dr. Enoch Hill, brings a message that answers the question “Is more better?” If you find yourself ever striving for more time, money, or energy or wishing things were different you won’t regret checking out this message!

Discussion Questions  What do you want most in life? How does your desire for that thing effect your relationship with God? Talk about a time where you were given something, but you didn’t have the eyes to see how it was a blessing. How does the lie “I’m a good person” effect your relationship with people? With God? In what specific ways have you experienced God’s grace and blessing? Do you have e...

// Discussion Questions //  Talk about the “S” curve in your faith journey. Where do you think you’re at on that graph of faith?  Are there any particular areas of your faith that you feel a proclivity to legalism instead of grace-filled obedience?   Where in your life do you have the temptation to go back to your old ways? What has been the hardest thing for you to leave behind as you embraced fa...