Greenhouse Sermons

We look at the need to examine our hearts, to grieve our sins together in community. Pastor Oscar Roche brings the message with a look at Ephesians 2:14-22. When there is a crisis, a national tragedy, racism, injustice, we are called to repent, to intercede for reconciliation, to pray for healing, and to believe with hope together. Jesus prayed, "Let My church be one." The Gospel is rele...

We do not grieve as those who have no hope. Pastor Oscar Roche brings a comforting reminder from Paul's words in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Death is a universal reality, and grief is a powerful emotion when we've lost something we loved. We may be tempted to ask, "How could a good God allow this?" Yet the Lord promises to be near to the brokenhearted, to those who are crushed in sp...

But God... Pastor Mike Patz continues our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series with a look at the story of Joseph that concludes in Genesis 50. When we suffer, we can either become bitter or better. In the dark night of the soul, Joseph knew that God meant it all for good. In Romans 8:28, "but we know" is eido: to be aware, behold, consider, and perceive. Faith is not optimism; it&...

We live in a culture of dishonor, yet honor is a kingdom principle. Pastor Mike Patz continues our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series with Restoring Honor. This look at the command in Exodus 20 to honor your father and mother has unexpected results. Honor in Hebrew is kabad, meaning to value, esteem, and ascribe the weight due to a person for their position. Ephesians 6:1-3 repeats the com...

Why are some people able to bounce back after having the air knocked out of them? In our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series, Pastor Mike looks at the effects that joy and gratitude have on a person's resilience. When life gets hard and traumatic times come, we must believe what scripture says. Count it all joy! Our minds can be trained to look at the good things God has done and the ke...

There remains for the people of God a Sabbath rest. As we continue our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series, Pastor Mike reminds us of the commandment given in Exodus 20 to "remember the Sabbath, making it holy unto the Lord." There's a promise of rest that runs throughout all of scripture, yet so many of us try to push the limit by working 24/7. We are wired for Sabbath and re...

There is a way that brings life that can only come through serving. Pastor Brooke Bauzon shares Restore a Servant's Heart, from the Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series. We may begin a task with enthusiasm but can quickly become weary. Do not give up! Galatians 6:7-10 shares the secret in not becoming weary in doing good. Enthusiasm comes from the word, 'entheos', which means God...

The Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series continues as Pastor Mike Patz talks about healing from pain and trauma. We may look good on the outside, but on the inside there are wounds and scars. Trauma is unprocessed, unmetabolized pain, and when pain goes unprocessed it becomes toxic. Isaiah 61:1-4 is the prophetic word of the coming of Emmanuel, who is God with us. His restoration involves br...

The Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series continues with "How can we know our purpose in life?" Pastor Mike Patz shares how Calling and Purpose are often born out of the pain of broken places being restored. We are not our accomplishments, our status, our talents, our roles. We must become clear about our identity, the true you, and commit to discovering the path God has for our liv...

On this Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Mike Patz brings a word in the Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series, Restored From Death to Life. On the cross, Jesus paid a debt that was massive, the debt of the whole world, and launched a movement that would change the world. In John 20, with the entire world before Him to redeem, Jesus goes small to three people, a woman named Mary, and disciples Thom...

You are Christ's ambassador! Pastor Mike Patz challenges us in the Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series with 2 Corinthians 5:10-6:2, to put on compassion and begin to look at people through the eyes of Jesus. So many in the world today have developed compassion fatigue, with a loss of the sense of urgency. In the church we are urgent about many things: human trafficking, feeding the hung...

The Restored series continues as Pastor Mike Patz looks at Malachi 3:6-12. What is the Truth about Tithing? There is a strong charge, asking "will a man rob God?" Our possessions are an accurate indicator of where our heart truly is. God is good, and He is calling us to return our hearts to Him. May it be founded in trust and dependence upon God.

As the Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series continues, we hear from João Pires, our church online director, the importance of Waiting for Restoration. 1 Peter 5:9-10 tells us that after your suffering, Christ will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. When we accept the "little while" of suffering, it is possible to endure if only we can keep eternity in mind. Its hard t...

As we continue our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series, Pastor Mike Patz looks at Matthew 5:23-24. To find true restoration, we must be willing to forgive. The most important command is to "love the Lord your God, and your neighbor as yourself". Vertical and horizontal relationships are permanently connected, and when we do not forgive others it is us who die. Reconciliation is fo...

We've become experts in cancellation and shame, but ignorant in restoration and grace. In a time of cancel culture, Pastor Mike Patz continues the  Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope  series, challenging us to be people who believe that God can forgive and restore. We must embrace the culture that the Kingdom of Heaven brings. Let's drop the rock of cancellation and pick up the cross of r...

We continue the  Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope  series, as Pastor Mike Patz opens up Isaiah 58:1-12. We live in a world that is broken, but the church is called to be ones who repair, restore, and who bring about justice. We ask the question, "How to restore a broken world?" The people of God, the ones who have been restored, must be the ones who can fix anything. Our desire is for...

Pastor Mike Patz continues the series, Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope, with REST-oration. Despite all the modern technological advances, humans are more anxious than ever. But the heart of Jesus is revealed in Matthew 11:25-30. The places that we are exhausted in are places we are not yoked with Jesus in. He invites us to come, to get in the yoke with Him, and learn from Him.

The past few years have been wearisome, and many of us have lost our hope. Pastor Mike Patz begins a new series, Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope, by opening up Acts 3:17-21. All of the "re-" words were promised to us by the prophets in the Old Testament. Everywhere Jesus goes, restoration follows.

The reason that Greenhouse Church exists,  is to help ordinary people become passionate followers of Jesus Christ. Pastor Matt Ulrich shares how this heartbeat of our church, based on Matthew 28:16-20, is what God has called us to do. We are all ordinary people, who God can use to do extraordinary things. Will you accept the call to become a passionate follower?

Our Make Room series concludes as Pastor Oscar Roche reminds us that loving God begins with God. In Matthew 22:34-40, Jesus is asked, "What is the greatest commandment of the Law?" We need love and the Word of God. Passion for God is fueled by a relationship with God. Our 'being' must always come before our 'doing'. 

Join Pastor Byron Williams in a sermon on King Solomon, exploring wisdom, wealth, and life lessons. Uncover timeless truths from Solomon's reign, relevant to our lives today. Don't miss this insightful journey into faith and leadership.

Pastor Brooke Bauzon continues our "Make Room" sermon series as we kick off the new year. We will make room for what matters most. In John 15, Jesus calls us to a place of remaining in Him. This could change everything! We are our best when we are connected to God, because until we are connected to God, everything else is a distraction! May this shift to staying in the presence of God be...

As we conclude the What Child Is This? series, Pastor Oscar Roche reminds us who Jesus was. As we come to the end of the Christmas season, we have been told that Jesus would be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father. Yet ultimately He came as a Humble King. 1 John 4:13-21 tells us that loving God began with God. God's love never fails, and never gives up. He became a m...

Pastor Matt Ulrich continues the What Child Is This? series. The Christmas season can can be one of the hardest times. If God didn't show up in the way we wanted him to, we may wonder how a baby in a manger going to help us with all the disappointments in our lives? Isaiah 9:6-7 prophecies the coming of a mighty King. This is again proclaimed in Luke 1:26-33 with, "... His kingdom will ne...

The  What Child Is This?  series continues with a look at the Person of Jesus. The prophet Isaiah described what the Messiah would look like: Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Father. Jesus came to fulfill this promise so that we may know salvation. Yet His coming also gave us a glimpse of what God looks like. In the personhood of Jesus, we can  fully know God, and come...