Hope City Church Podcast

Christmas is the season where we're reminded that God's presence on earth can bring us PEACE! Join us as we lean in and learn how to experience God's peace even in the midst of chaos.  Join Pastor Peter Gowesky as we continue our very special Christmas series.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Though the Christmas season isn't any less special, it was filled with so much more wonder when we were kids, wasn't it? Join Pastor Peter Gowesky as he starts our very special Christmas series and teaches us how to keep the wonder in Christmas.

With 8 billion people on the planet does God really want to know me? Does my generosity really matter? Join Pastor Peter as he reaches the conclusion of his series Eternal Investments.

Is it bad to question God? Should I not wrestle with my faith? Join Pastor Peter as he starts our special series on Habakkuk. During this series we will learn what it means to question our faith, and how it isn't a bad thing.

Is prayer all that important? Is there any power behind those words thrown up to the sky? Prayer is the most powerful tool we have! How often do we take advantage of it? Join Pastor Tiffany Gowesky as she closes out our series called Let Us Pray.

Even though we are all brothers and sisters in christ I don't have to love them if our beliefs don't match, right? What does the Bible say about unity? Join Pastor Peter as he dives into what Paul says about Unity.

I'll be praying for you! We have all heard it, and we have all said it. What does it truly mean though? Join Pastor Peter as he uses scripture to teach us what it truly means to pray for each other in a biblical way.

Is prayer really that important? Do I need a seminary degree for God to answer my prayers? Does God answer prayers at all? Join Pastor Peter as he teaches us on the importance of prayer, and how the Lord teaches us to pray.

I can't escape my 9-5! No matter what I do I feel like my job gets everything I have to offer. Join Pastor Peter Gowesky as he teaches about what the Lord has to say about Godly work.

Get to work! Does God really care about what I do 9-5? Is my secular job really that important? Join our Lead Pastor as he dives into why God cares about your job, and how to make the most of it.

Is being grateful truly that important? When we look at our lives what moments are we grateful for? What moments are we ungrateful for? Why is it so hard to be grateful in the face of adversity? Join Pastor Skylar as he teaches us on what it truly means to be grateful, and how we can practice gratitude in our everyday lives.

Having friends and surrounding yourself with people that care is a natural human effort, but what do we give back to the community? Join Pastor Peter as he teaches us why God intends for us to have God centered community.

Does God know what I've been through? Does he even care? Join Guest speaker Pastor Mark Mateer as he gives us a word of encouragement, and teaches us what it means to be biblically restored.

Love. The most defining characteristic about a follower of Jesus should be love. When we take a look at how Jesus lived, the most defining part about his life was how he loved. Join the Hope City family as we discover what it means to love like Jesus.

Loyalty is a funny thing, because we LOVE loyal people. But if we’re honest, we are living in a society that by and large is very disloyal. How do we remain loyal in a "cancel culture"? Does loyalty even matter anymore? Join us for session 2 of Summer School as Pastor Peter dives into what God's word says about being loyal.

"I will be happy when ...." In the first week of our Summer School series Matt Leicht, the worship pastor here at Hope City Church Sarasota, dives into contentment. He teaches us about how satisfaction and momentary happiness will never be enough to truly satisfy us. Join us as Matt walks us through the guide to finding true happiness the only way we can.

No one ever said that becoming a man was easy. It takes work & dedication. It's easy to stumble into adulthood, but a whole different thing to move into manhood. Together we're going to discover what it means to become a man who makes a difference.

Praying can be intimidating. Sometimes we stray away from praying because we lack focus and we get distracted, sometimes we lack confidence that God wants to hear from us, and sometimes we lack the faith that prayer even matters. Together we’re going to discover Jesus’ model for prayer and give you practical methods on how to make the most of your prayers.

If we’re not careful, PAST SHAME & FUTURE FEARS CAN PREVENT YOU FROM BEING FULLY HERE. It’s easier to slip away than ever before. Social Media is jealous of our attention. The news cycles want a piece of you. And before you know it your mind is spread so far around that there is very little of you where you actually are. What if it's time to recalibrate to the ways and rhythms of Jesus' presence....

Life moves quickly, and sometime we work hard to make it move quicker.  Rushing from place to place and season to season.  We want to rush our careers, our children, and our just about every other aspect of our lives.  What if our rushing bypasses more than just time?  What if hussle and hurry bypasses what God wants to do in your life?

We wake up day after day trying to do all the right things and check all the boxes, but life seems to stay the same. Sometimes it feels like nothing is working. So we ask the question, how can we find the life we're longing for? Together, we’re going to discover how to RECALIBRATE our lives to the rhythms of Jesus.

Here's the problem we all face. WHAT WAS ONCE GOOD IS NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH. Many of us suffer from fulfilment fatigue. Listen in as we discover why contentment matters.

Many of us want to see big results in our life. We want to see big gains, we want to be successful. But what if we're trying to be successful in all the wrong ways, and all the wrong places? Today we're going to discover how God uses faithfulness to help us succeed in life. Join us as we ask the question, "How do I pursue faithfulness?" Like, comment & subscribe to stay updated with the latest con...