Journey Community Church - La Mesa, CA

If there is ONE primary color, it would be RED. This message speaks of how to understand the blood of Christ and how to paint with it. Series: From finger paintings and watercolors, to even the most detailed and intricate works on a canvas, all are created by mixing the basics — the essential primary colors. Through red, yellow, and blue all other colors can be created. Just like primary colors on...

Masterpieces are to be displayed, not just put in the closet. Series: From finger paintings and watercolors, to even the most detailed and intricate works on a canvas, all are created by mixing the basics — the essential primary colors. Through red, yellow, and blue all other colors can be created. Just like primary colors on a painter’s palette, we can keep key monumental statements found in the...

God loves us recklessly. Series: From finger paintings and watercolors, to even the most detailed and intricate works on a canvas, all are created by mixing the basics — the essential primary colors. Through red, yellow, and blue all other colors can be created. Just like primary colors on a painter’s palette, we can keep key monumental statements found in the scriptures close at hand, mixing and...

John Lynch is a national speaker with the Truefaced team and co-writer of The Cure and TrueFaced the book. In addition to speaking nationally with the Truefaced team since 1997, John has authored On My Worst Day and co-authored a number of books and resources with Truefaced, including the bestseller The Cure and the popular TrueFaced Two Roads audio-video message. John served for 27 years as teach...

Mark Oestreicher is a Journey regular and a partner in The Youth Cartel, providing resources, training and coaching for church youth workers. Marko has been involved in church ministry his whole life, particularly with teenagers and youth workers. Marko has had a broad experience working in churches in roles ranging from Junior High Pastor to Executive Pastor. For 11 years, Marko was at Youth Spec...

Dave Schmelzer is the executive director of Blue Ocean Faith, an innovative network that dreams together of seeing an experience of Jesus thrive in non-traditional settings. With his wife, Grace, he founded and pastored a large church in Cambridge, MA and has written several books, including Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist. He podcasts (at Blue Ocean World), produces shor...

The Swells, The Swells We are all called for more, but sometimes we just don’t realize it yet. Join us as we learn to jump out of the boat. Jarred first started going to Journey when he was in Junior High, which is funny that he would end up leading the same area. As the Junior High Director, Jarred loves to embrace Junior High in all its weirdness. If you enter the Riptide room, it will be hard t...

Beautiful boy is a story about all of us. Ed offers three perspectives that can keep us from destructive addictions of every kind. Series: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over their stori...

“Crazy Rich Asians” is about how we see ourselves and the people around us. Series: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over their stories. We’ll take some of the most popular films from the...

The “Spider-verse” is all about generations: Achieving the good you were destined for is a multi-generational thing. Series: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over their stories. We’ll take...

This is the story of our lives: God has what looks like a hero’s journey for us but the journey turns out to be a buddy story as well. Series Summary: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over...

Light overcomes darkness. GATM Series: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over their stories. We’ll take some of the most popular films from the last year and look at how we can find God at...

To experience real connection we will eventually have to learn to forgive. Series: Connecting with others is an extremely powerful thing. We create gathering places in honor of the spark we find from human connection. We search for sparks of connection in places like parks, bars, stadiums, churches and social media. But why settle for a spark when you have access to the flame — the One who invente...

In the inevitable moments of annoyance, hurt, relationship breakdown- how do we maintain connection when you feel like “unfriending”? Series: Connecting with others is an extremely powerful thing. We create gathering places in honor of the spark we find from human connection. We search for sparks of connection in places like parks, bars, stadiums, churches and social media. But why settle for a sp...

In order to experience relationships as God intended, we need to hear God say, “You are loved” and invite Him in to our relationships. Series: Connecting with others is an extremely powerful thing. We create gathering places in honor of the spark we find from human connection. We search for sparks of connection in places like parks, bars, stadiums, churches and social media. But why settle for a s...

Real relationships involve risk, disappointment and suffering and forgiveness. Series: Connecting with others is an extremely powerful thing. We create gathering places in honor of the spark we find from human connection. We search for sparks of connection in places like parks, bars, stadiums, churches and social media. But why settle for a spark when you have access to the flame — the One who inv...

In the midst of our many relationships, so many of us feel isolated. We’re looking for REAL connection! Series: Connecting with others is an extremely powerful thing. We create gathering places in honor of the spark we find from human connection. We search for sparks of connection in places like parks, bars, stadiums, churches and social media. But why settle for a spark when you have access to th...

God can roll away immoveable stones of darkness, judgment and even death. Two-thousand years ago, a few grieving women made their way to a rock-carved grave only to find a stone rolled and a grave emptied. What they couldn’t have know is that they were the ones witnessing God’s redemptive plan reaching its crescendo. Nothing is ever going to be the same. A stone moved, a rock to build a different...

Bread and wine were a common commodity that Jesus elevated. When we partake of them, they take on different meaning, something sacred and beautiful, bringing us hope. Series: Sometimes things get so complicated, unnecessarily so. When that happens, it's helpful to go back to the basics. Sometimes all this complication, all this noise, all this distraction in our lives is what keeps us from really...

We celebrate all that God has done at Journey, give thanks for His goodness that goes on and on into the future and re-focus on what He’s called us to do moving forward!

The message of God in the element of earth, relates to the seed sown in the earth, dying and rising to new and fruitful life. Series: Sometimes things get so complicated, unnecessarily so. When that happens, it's helpful to go back to the basics. Sometimes all this complication, all this noise, all this distraction in our lives is what keeps us from really encountering God in our everyday lives. M...

Jesus came to immerse us in fire — the energy of God in our lives in two ways: partnering with me and purifying me. Series: Sometimes things get so complicated, unnecessarily so. When that happens, it's helpful to go back to the basics. Sometimes all this complication, all this noise, all this distraction in our lives is what keeps us from really encountering God in our everyday lives. Maybe this...

My capacity to receive God’s blessing is increased when I refuse to be offended by God. Series Summary: Through the centuries, Christ Followers have used the 40 days before Easter to focus on making more room in their lives for God to speak to them. Simply put, this is spiritual preparation. It is preparation to experience Jesus though Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter! In this series we’ll look a...

We prepare for Easter by aligning/orienting ourselves to the way of joy through decrease. Series Summary: Through the centuries, Christ Followers have used the 40 days before Easter to focus on making more room in their lives for God to speak to them. Simply put, this is spiritual preparation. It is preparation to experience Jesus though Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter! In this series we’ll look...

God wants to bless, deliver and give breakthrough but it’s about preparation, making sure we have the capacity to receive. Series Summary: Throughout the centuries, Christ Followers have used the 40 days before Easter to focus on making more room in their lives for God to speak to them. Simply put, this is spiritual preparation. It is preparation to experience Jesus though Holy Week, Good Friday a...