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This Week at Genesis | Advent Week 1 — The Joy of Christ This Sunday we hosted an Apprentice Sunday where we give opportunities to rising young leaders a chance to lead in our Sunday space, this week Judah and Tyler from Biola gave a wonderful sermon on Joy. Judah and Tyler opened our Advent season by leading us into the deep joy found in Christ. As part of our Apprentice Sunday, we created space...

In the final chapter of Nehemiah, Chris closed our series by showing us that the story of renewal doesn’t end with perfectly rebuilt walls—but with the honest reality of human hearts. Nehemiah 13 opens with hope, yet ends in heartbreak as the people drift again and Nehemiah returns to find compromise, neglect, and spiritual forgetfulness. But instead of despair, this chapter gives us a sobering an...

This Week at Genesis | Nehemiah 12 Daena led us through Nehemiah 12 by reminding us that the true work of renewal is not the rebuilding of stones but the rebuilding of souls. Nehemiah shows us a community returning to the rhythms that reshape the heart—holy purification, right worship, and faithful offering. Through Scripture, church tradition, and prophetic warnings, we’re invited to see how easi...

This Week at Genesis | Nehemiah 9 This week, we walked through Nehemiah 9 — a moment where Israel remembers their whole story with God. The chapter reveals the pattern many of us know in our own lives: confession, freedom, wilderness, blessing, and rebellion. And yet, through every season, God’s mercy and faithfulness never waver. Nehemiah reminds us: We find God in confession — where our hearts a...

Tyler led us through Nehemiah 8, where Israel gathers to hear the Scriptures read aloud after returning from exile. What looks at first like a simple moment of renewed devotion is actually part of a much larger story — a story of longing for God’s presence to return. Nehemiah isn’t ultimately about leadership strategies or personal self-rebuild. It is the story of a God who refuses to give up on d...

This Week at Genesis | Nehemiah 6 This week, Deana continued our series through Nehemiah, reminding us that distraction, discredit, and fear are often the enemy’s tactics to pull us away from God’s work in our lives. Yet, like Nehemiah, we’re invited to remain steadfast — to stay at the wall, to pray for strengthened hands, and to courageously stand firm in what God has called us to build. 📖 Scri...

This week, Kai spoke from Nehemiah 5, showing us hope in Nehemiah and how to beautifully lends itself to today. In Him, He is our center, our peace, and our provider. Even when we feel we don’t have enough, God calls us to trust that He will give us more. Nehemiah 5 is a chapter of great hope—an invitation to become a people at peace, rooted not in circumstance but in Christ Himself. 📖 Scripture:...

This week, Chris taught from Nehemiah 4. In the midst of rebuilding, Nehemiah and his people faced relentless pressure—yet their persistence became a model for how we’re called to live: steadfast, courageous, and full of the Spirit. Chris challenged us to imagine what our church might look like if each of us carried the same resilient heart for God’s Spirit—pushing through fear, doubt, and imposte...

This week, Deana taught from Nehemiah 3. Nehemiah is not about a building project; it is about a people becoming attentive and responsive to God in the midst of rubble. As the people rebuilt the wall together, we are reminded that God’s work is not about structures but about hearts transformed and communities strengthened through obedience and unity. At Genesis, we are a Jesus-centered community s...

This week in Nehemiah 2:11–20, Chris shared how God calls us to rebuild—not just walls, but lives shaped by love for Jesus, one another, worship, prayer, mission, and the Spirit’s leading. Nehemiah reminds us that every sacred assignment carries both weight and opposition, yet with God’s gracious hand on us, we’re invited to build something lasting and beautiful together. 🗓 Week 9: Nehemiah – Rebu...

This week we continued our series in Nehemiah as Chris unpacked what it means to step into a sacred assignment. In Nehemiah 2, we see a man facing his greatest fears, carrying the weight of God’s calling, and stepping into opposition while holding on to God’s strength. From Nehemiah’s courage before the king, to the reminder that “the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Neh. 8:10), we are invited t...

This Week at Genesis | Nehemiah 1:1–11 Chris W began our new series on Nehemiah by showing us how what feels like an inconvenient placement can actually be God’s perfect positioning. Nehemiah was “just” a cupbearer, yet God used that role to prepare him for a much bigger purpose. In the same way, our circumstances—whether comfortable or inconvenient—are often the very spaces where God is working o...

This week at Genesis, we’re celebrating a new chapter—we’re moving! Chris takes us back through our history, highlighting where we’ve come from so we can better understand where God is leading us next. This move isn’t just about a new location, but about carrying forward the heart of Genesis into a new space where God can continue to grow and shape us. We hold onto the promise of Isaiah 54:2: “Enl...

This week, Nick unpacks 1 Corinthians 14:1 and 14:39–40, exploring what it means to eagerly desire prophecy and to create space for God’s voice in our gatherings. He walks through the purpose of prophecy—foretelling, forth-telling, and building up the church—while encouraging us to approach it with love, humility, and a willingness to explore rather than claim expertise. 🗓 Week 8: Prophecy 📖 Scri...

This week at Genesis, Chris teaches on prophecy—what it is, why it matters, and how it reveals a God who speaks to His people. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 14 and voices across Scripture, this message explores how prophecy is meant to strengthen, encourage, and comfort the church. Chris also unpacks real examples of how the prophetic has been misused, while reminding us that it remains an invitation...

This week at Genesis, we continued with our Summer of Simplicity series, focusing on the Scriptures, through a panel of community leaders, Hannah Walser, Ashley Varnadore, and Sam Jackson, led by Daena Dooley. Together, we explored what daily engagement with the Bible looks like—through honest reflections, personal rhythms, and practical applications from different voices in our community. 🗓 Week...

This week at Genesis, Tyler lays a foundational vision of what the Scriptures are—and how we’re meant to engage them. Through personal story and Exodus 17 & 24, we see that the Bible isn’t just a rulebook but a record of God’s ongoing relationship with His people. Scripture begins with encounter, covenant, and remembrance—and it’s meant to be wrestled with in community, not isolation. 🗓 Week 5...

This week at Genesis, Chris sits down with a panel of our worship leaders—Stu, Danea, and Tyler—for an authentic conversation on worship. They share their personal backgrounds with worship, powerful stories, and their vision for how it can continue to shape and strengthen the Genesis community. 🗓 Week 4: Worship Panel 🎙 Guests: Stu, Danea, and Tyler 🔔 Follow along—next week, we dive into the theo...

This week at Genesis, we continue our Summer of Simplicity series with a message on worship. Centered on 2 Samuel 6, this sermon reflects on David’s undignified worship, the presence of God at the center, and how true worship is less about performance and more about presence, dependency, and alignment with who God is. From personal stories to honest reflections on worship, this message invites us...

This week in our Summer of Simplicity series, Terry Fouche takes us deeper into the practice of prayer. Exploring the Lord’s Prayer, simple breath prayers, the beauty of memorizing scripture, and building daily habits of prayer, Terry shares practical ways to stay connected to God with intentional prayer throughout normal moments in our day. This message invites us to slow down, train new habits,...

This week at Genesis, we kick off our new series: Summer of Simplicity—a four-week journey through prayer, scripture, worship, and prophecy. In this first episode, Deana and Chris sit down for an honest, interview-style conversation on the heart and practice of prayer.   Week 1: Prayer Subscribe to follow the full Summer of Simplicity series Topics coming up: Scripture, Worship, Prophecy

This week Chris dives into the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. 

This week at Genesis, Kai unpacks the reality of spiritual warfare through the lens of Daniel 10, reminding us that every decision to follow God is a decision to engage in battle. Kai reminds us through Genesis that we are created to bridge the gap between heaven and earth—not to live in evil, but to reflect God's reign in a world of opposition.

This week at Genesis, we explore what it means to live faithfully in exile. Like Daniel in Babylon, we face the pull of compromise and assimilation—yet we’re called to stand firm in God’s calling on our lives.

This week at Genesis, Chris dives deeper into the life of Daniel as a prophetic model for today. This message challenges us to grow in our character with God, embrace the cost of obedience, and tune our hearts to God’s voice as we step into the future He’s preparing.