Hillside Covenant Church

Dear Hillside: It's Saturday morning which means we gather tomorrow at 10:00 AM as the "joint-citizens" of God's City of Wisdom here at Hillside. We'll be studying a famous passage tomorrow, one that we all treasure. As we'll be encountering it with the first major section of the Ephesians "tapestry" fresh in our minds, we have the opportunity to grasp it in...

Dear Hillside: It's Saturday morning which means we gather tomorrow at 10:00 AM as the "joint-citizens" of God's City of Wisdom here at Hillside. We'll be studying a famous passage tomorrow, one that we all treasure. As we'll be encountering it with the first major section of the Ephesians "tapestry" fresh in our minds, we have the opportunity to grasp it in...

Hello Hillside Josh Lund here. I am looking forward to preaching again this coming Sunday. Tomorrow we will be continuing our series in Ephesians looking into chapter 2 verses 1-7. In the message we will unpack Paul’s extraordinary claim that while we were dead in our transgressions, Christ has made us alive. We’ll be looking into fun stories like my brief martial arts background, as well as the b...

Hello Hillside Josh Lund here. I am looking forward to preaching again this coming Sunday. Tomorrow we will be continuing our series in Ephesians looking into chapter 2 verses 1-7. In the message we will unpack Paul’s extraordinary claim that while we were dead in our transgressions, Christ has made us alive. We’ll be looking into fun stories like my brief martial arts background, as well as the b...

Dear Hillside family, What does it mean for us to be Christ’s presence in the world? This Sunday, we’ll continue our study of Ephesians and consider Paul’s description of the church as “the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.” These words carry an extraordinary invitation for each of us. We’ll explore how our creativity, our hope in Jesus, and our care for our neighbors can make Chr...

Dear Hillside family, What does it mean for us to be Christ’s presence in the world? This Sunday, we’ll continue our study of Ephesians and consider Paul’s description of the church as “the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.” These words carry an extraordinary invitation for each of us. We’ll explore how our creativity, our hope in Jesus, and our care for our neighbors can make Chr...

Dear Hillside: I love maps, as well as books, movies, and personal stories about maps. Lost maps, found maps, torn maps, buried maps, burned maps, you name it. Last Sunday we learned that Ephesians 1:3-10 can be imagined as a map. Tomorrow as we turn to vv. 11-14, we complete Paul’s “map of the world.” If you get a free fifteen minutes today, consider reading the whole of Ephesians 1:3-14 and try...

Dear Hillside: I love maps, as well as books, movies, and personal stories about maps. Lost maps, found maps, torn maps, buried maps, burned maps, you name it. Last Sunday we learned that Ephesians 1:3-10 can be imagined as a map. Tomorrow as we turn to vv. 11-14, we complete Paul’s “map of the world.” If you get a free fifteen minutes today, consider reading the whole of Ephesians 1:3-14 and try...

Dear Hillside: Tomorrow we arrive at week three of City of Wisdom, our fall series from Ephesians. Ephesians is a remarkable piece of inspired literature. One famous scholar called it “the crown of Paul’s writings.” Another called it “the queen of the epistles.” The former president of Princeton Seminary said that to Ephesians he owed his very life.  He went on to say: “[In Ephesians] I saw a new...

Dear Hillside: Tomorrow we arrive at week three of City of Wisdom, our fall series from Ephesians. Ephesians is a remarkable piece of inspired literature. One famous scholar called it “the crown of Paul’s writings.” Another called it “the queen of the epistles.” The former president of Princeton Seminary said that to Ephesians he owed his very life.  He went on to say: “[In Ephesians] I saw a new...

Join us as we study the single greatest sentence ever penned. Come worship with Hillside Covenant Church LIVE at 10:00 AM both online and in person as Tom Gilles teaches from Ephesians 1:3 (KJV). This week’s sermon notes are available at:  https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ6zcRJZkLMF4cJXWipv6QaiEXHYpFBUxARy If you are new to Hillside and are looking for ways to get connected and build comm...

Join us as we study the single greatest sentence ever penned. Come worship with Hillside Covenant Church LIVE at 10:00 AM both online and in person as Tom Gilles teaches from Ephesians 1:3 (KJV). This week’s sermon notes are available at:  https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ6zcRJZkLMF4cJXWipv6QaiEXHYpFBUxARy If you are new to Hillside and are looking for ways to get connected and build comm...

Dear Hillside: We launch a new message series tomorrow at 10:00 and we invite you to join your whole church family for it! Looking forward to being in God’s presence with you! Come worship with Hillside Covenant Church LIVE at 10:00 AM both online and in person as Dan Seitz teaches from Ephesians 3:10. This week’s sermon notes are available at:  https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ71mzJZeOiM...

Dear Hillside: We launch a new message series tomorrow at 10:00 and we invite you to join your whole church family for it! Looking forward to being in God’s presence with you! Come worship with Hillside Covenant Church LIVE at 10:00 AM both online and in person as Dan Seitz teaches from Ephesians 3:10. This week’s sermon notes are available at:  https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ71mzJZeOiM...

Dear Hillside: Wasn’t last Sunday’s worship gathering a thrill? I’m still thinking about the stories our fellow Hillsiders told about God “having their backs” through scary and even excruciating circumstances (Note to self: don’t forget to attach the hose). I’m also still thinking of the needs our fellow Hillsiders shared: the need for healing, the need for strength, and the need for God to envelo...

Dear Hillside: Wasn’t last Sunday’s worship gathering a thrill? I’m still thinking about the stories our fellow Hillsiders told about God “having their backs” through scary and even excruciating circumstances (Note to self: don’t forget to attach the hose). I’m also still thinking of the needs our fellow Hillsiders shared: the need for healing, the need for strength, and the need for God to envelo...

Dear Hillside: Join us tomorrow at 10:00 for a special service of Scripture, praise and prayer. Then after the service, join us for our Second Sunday Beach Bash. Tomorrow’s gonna be a rich morning as it includes listening to God, talking to God, singing to God, experiencing God, and finally celebrating and connecting with each other. You might consider being ready to share a favorite passage of ho...

Join us as we conclude our series, Just Do “The Word” and complete our journey through the Letter of James! At the beginning of his letter, James encourages believers to “count it all joy” when they face trials. But how do we actually live that out when suffering comes? In James 5:13–20, James points us to a powerful key: prayer. Join us as we discover how prayer can help us persevere, trust God,...

Join us as we conclude our series, Just Do “The Word” and complete our journey through the Letter of James! At the beginning of his letter, James encourages believers to “count it all joy” when they face trials. But how do we actually live that out when suffering comes? In James 5:13–20, James points us to a powerful key: prayer. Join us as we discover how prayer can help us persevere, trust God,...

Dear Hillside: Ever had the experience of discovering a connection between two places, people, or things that you didn’t think were connected. It happened to me recently on a trip back from Barstow. Trapped in Highway 580 traffic, I ducked onto Vasco Road, wound through the rolling green hills, and eventually entered downtown Clayton by the “backdoor.” Up until that point what lay beyond Clayton w...

Dear Hillside: Ever had the experience of discovering a connection between two places, people, or things that you didn’t think were connected. It happened to me recently on a trip back from Barstow. Trapped in Highway 580 traffic, I ducked onto Vasco Road, wound through the rolling green hills, and eventually entered downtown Clayton by the “backdoor.” Up until that point what lay beyond Clayton w...

Dear Hillside: This week in the third-to-last message of our James series, Just Do the Word, we’ll be experiencing another “cold plunge,” and in more ways than one. Nevertheless, we’re confident that Pastor James’ strong words in James 5:1-6 are our loving God’s inspired words, so we’ll listen securely and with the intention to “do” what we’ve “heard” in the power of the Spirit he poured into us....

Dear Hillside: This week in the third-to-last message of our James series, Just Do the Word, we’ll be experiencing another “cold plunge,” and in more ways than one. Nevertheless, we’re confident that Pastor James’ strong words in James 5:1-6 are our loving God’s inspired words, so we’ll listen securely and with the intention to “do” what we’ve “heard” in the power of the Spirit he poured into us....

What if the greatest danger isn’t making bad plans—but allowing our good plans to distract us from the life God has placed in front of us? We spend so much time preparing for tomorrow that we can easily overlook the people, needs, and opportunities already within reach. This Sunday, we’ll explore James 4:13–17 and what it means to invite Jesus not only into our beliefs, but into our work, ambition...

What if the greatest danger isn’t making bad plans—but allowing our good plans to distract us from the life God has placed in front of us? We spend so much time preparing for tomorrow that we can easily overlook the people, needs, and opportunities already within reach. This Sunday, we’ll explore James 4:13–17 and what it means to invite Jesus not only into our beliefs, but into our work, ambition...