Hillside Community Church

Where is your treasure? What do you put your hope in? Jesus says that we can either focus on heavenly treasures, or on earthly ones; but that we can't serve both. In this message, we look to the words of Jesus and how we might live this out in a world of consumerism and materialism.

We are often plagued by chronic worry in our life. Will I have enough money? Will I find a job? Will I be able to pay my bills this month? In Matthew 6, Jesus tackles this issue head on telling us to fix our eyes on something greater, knowing that our heavenly Father knows what we need.

If you say "God is love", you will get the nodding approval of Christians. But if you say "God is Trinity" it nearly has the same effect, more like to results in snoring faces than nodding heads. What difference does it really make in my day-to-day life? In this episode we explore the beauty of God as trinity and how important and practical it is to us.

Isaiah prophesies that Jesus will be an Everlasting Father. But does Jesus act as a father toward his people? In this message, we explore several ways that Christ lavishes his love on us and what it means that this love will never die out.

The baby child we celebrate is also Mighty God. Jesus makes Christianity utterly unique in that he is fully man and fully God. The prophet Isaiah names him not only God, but Mighty God. But how does this seemingly out-of-reach doctrine affect us in our daily lives? In this sermon, Robbie Severson explores how Jesus as Mighty God is extremely relevant and a source of comfort for us today.

We are looking at four names prophesied about Jesus in Isaiah 9, nearly 800 years before the date of his birth. The first name given is Wonderful Counselor. What does it mean that Jesus is an incomprehensible counselor to the people of God? What practical difference does that make in our lives? In this message, Robbie Severson unpacks the beauty of a personal God who leads his people in the way ev...

How can we live on mission in our everyday life? Jesus left us with a mandate to go and make disciples. In this episode we explore how ministry is wherever your feet are planted, and that God uses ordinary people and ordinary means to build up the body of Christ.

Many of us find ourselves stressed, exhausted, and constantly hurried. But is this the abundant life that God has offered us? Jesus offers us soul level rest, but many of us are just too busy to experience that rest. In this message, Dan Wilde explores the ancient command of Sabbath as a wonderful gift from God to a weary people.

Why do we often take our faith for granted? How does the good news often become old news? Could it be that we actually don't see the depths of our own sin, so in turn we don't see the greatness of the gift of God's grace? We are all great sinners, but we have a greater Savior. The more we see that apart from God we have nothing, the more precious Christ becomes to us.

In Luke 10, Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan that illustrates how to live as a neighbor. In our last week of the GO Conference, we look a local missions and ask how we can "Go and do the same" in our own community.

In week 2 of our GO Conference we hear from Rick Wallace of Envision Twin Cities (MN). He challenges us as the church to be a people who welcome those who are different than us and those who come from all different places and backgrounds. How can we share the love of Christ by welcoming the strangers that God puts in our life? Envision Twin Cities: https://weareenvision.com/twin-cities/

How can we grow in prayer? As a church we spent the last 7 weeks learning from Jesus how we ought to pray. In this episode, Robbie Severson and Dan Wilde sit down to discuss the Lord's Prayer, categories of prayer, should I only pray when I feel like it, and how to pray honestly.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, or more literally "pitched his tent" or "tabernacled" among us. In this message we hear from Mike Picconatto of Envision Berlin, who challenges us to be present and take up residence with people. We are simply ordinary clay pots with an extraordinary treasure of hope for those around us. What does it look like for you to Be Present in the place...

In our last message of the series, we look at the biblical concept of the kingdom, power, and glory of God. This doxology is not in the earliest manuscripts, but comes from 1 Chronicles 29 and is a biblical theology of God. This high view of God affects not only how we live, but also how we pray.

Our lives in this world are flooded with temptations. But how can we resist their allure? In this message, Robbie Severson unpacks the reality of the spiritual warfare we are in and how dependence on God is ultimately what we need. Hillside Community Church: hccvermillion.com

How do we be a people who don't just focus on what we do, but who we are becoming? While we are to be doers of the word, we are also told apart from Christ we can do nothing. So how do we cultivate a life with God which then overflows into the things we are called to in life. In this episode Robbie Severson and Dan Wilde discuss the topic of being before doing. Hillside Community Church: hccvermil...

Forgiveness is at the core of Christianity and the teaching and life of Jesus, both forgiveness from God and forgiveness toward others. But how can we forgive in a world that increasingly has no room for the concept? In this message, Dan Wilde explores how understanding the cost and beauty of the forgiveness we've received allows us to extend that forgiveness to those around us.

Does such a transcendent God care about our practical ordinary and personal needs? In this message, Robbie Severson unpacks Matthew 6:11 and shows us how praying for our daily needs bring a posture of dependance, contentment and gratitude in our lives.

Jesus gave Christians the mandate to make disciples of all nations. But how do we engage people with different worldviews with the gospel? Sometimes we can feel unequipped and flat out awkward in sharing our faith. Robbie Severson and Dan Wilde converse about how the gospel is better news, and how we can have meaningful conversations and relationships in the ordinary places we find ourselves. Hill...

What does it mean to pray for God's Kingdom to come instead of our own? How can we have the courage to honestly pray for God's will to be done, over ours? In this sermon, Robbie Severson unpacks this petition and how we can trust God that his will is for our best.

The second line in the most famous prayer is "Hallowed be your name". What does it mean to pray in a way that honors God's name as holy? How does this affect not only how we pray, but how we live? In this sermon, Robbie Severson unpacks how we can pray with our focus starting on Him rather than on self.

Who we believe God to be, affects how we pray to him. Therefore Jesus shows that it is essential to see God as both a transcendent powerful God, and simultaneously a person and loving Father to us.

Does our life echo the goodness of God and our thankfulness to him? Do we radiate our gratitude to Him? Psalm 100 calls our actions to align with the reality of knowing God in our life. From our singing, to our work, it's all worship when done unto Him.

This audio is a recording from our Fall 2022 community group leader's training. We wanted to provide this resource for leaders that weren't able to make the training in person, or for people who decide they want to lead a group in the future.  Text: HILLSIDEGROUPS to 55498 if you are interested in joining or leading a community group at Hillside Church.

The question isn't if you delight in something, the question is what is it that you delight in? In Psalm 1, we see that the supreme and lasting thing to delight in is God through his word. Planting ourself by a stream causes a harvest of fruit in due time.