Lifeway Church - Weekend Services

Influence is the capacity to have effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. In this week’s message Justin Bashore, Elicia MacTarnaghan, and Pastor Joanna Martin spoke on being a kingdom influencer in the gate of Arts and Entertainment.

Influence is the capacity to have effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. Influence is where someone else’s thinking becomes your own thinking. God has called us to be influencers for the Kingdom of God. This week, Pastor Jimmy Nimon kicks off our series Gates of Influence where he talks about spiritual access points and how they not only influence us, but create...

We are all part of a family in some way, whether natural or spiritual. All relationships, no matter the kind, can be messy at times. This week Pastor Renee Groff and her daughter Molly Finefrock tag team a message called Family Matters where they talk about what really matters in relationships and how to be intentional in preferring one another.

Learning to recognize the voice of the Lord is key to knowing the heart of God and activating our spiritual gifts. In this week’s message, Pastor Renee Groff talks about developing our spiritual listening skills.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is experiential. It is ongoing. It empowers us to understand God’s word. It empowers us to overcome sin. It empowers us with supernatural gifts. In this week’s message, Aaron Patches talks about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the amazing impact it can have on our walk with the Lord!

The Holy Spirit is a gift from God to be experienced by His people. Bad experiences, bad examples, and bad theology can hold us back from this gift. In this message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon explores some of the hindrances that keep us from friendship with the Holy Spirit, and he gives some practical steps to experience God in your life.

What did Jesus mean when He said, “Tetelestai or “It is finished”? What do the crucifixion and resurrection Jesus mean? Why do the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus matter? This week, Pastor Steve Sabol addresses these questions in a captivating message about the greatest story of all time - the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ who laid his life down in our place so that we could spend e...

You do what you value out of what you believe is your identity and purpose empowered by what you believe is possible. In this week’s message "What Are You Doing?", Pastor Jimmy Nimon talks about the impact that our values have on what we do and how to we can begin to see change in our lives as we are diligent in seeking the Lord.

Faith-filled words have power. Your words are impacting your life. Your words are impacting others. Use them thoughtfully and wisely. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon talks about the power of our words and the impact that they have on ourselves and others.

Can you look back over your life and see how your thoughts have shaped the trajectory of your life? How has your thinking impacted your view of yourself, God, others, and your circumstances? How has your perceptions of you, God, and others become your reality? In this week’s message, “What Are You Thinking?”, Pastor Jimmy Nimon talks about how our thoughts shape our lives and gives us some practic...

Baptism is an important step of obedience that shows others that we have personally trusted Jesus for our salvation. This weekend, Pastor Steve Sabol spoke about the meaning and significance of baptism and we cheered on 18 people as they took their next step of faith and got baptized. If you have recently given your life to Christ or would like to publicly declare that you are a follower of God, y...

The Bible is black and white on some matters; on others, it is open to interpretation. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon talks about how to relate to others on “debatable matters” in ways that honor them and still honor the inherent truth of God’s Word.

The Bible encourages us to “hide God’s Word in our hearts” (Psalm 119:11). When we understand the inherent value of the text and its power to set us free, we will be motivated to internalize it. This week, Aaron House from Piercing Word delivers a powerful and captivating message on the importance of memorizing the Word of God and provides practical tips for starting on that journey!

Applying Scripture takes diligent work. It takes some understanding of context, covenants, and a relationship with the Holy Spirit to really understand and apply effectively. Learn how to apply the bible in your life with this teaching by Pastor Jimmy Nimon.

While it can be challenging to study scripture when we don’t always understand the context or the language within, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can find ourselves drawn to the Bible instead of intimidated by it. In this week’s message, Pastor Renee Groff guides us through some practical steps on how to study the Bible and how to develop a passion for reading it. 

The Bible. Is it trustworthy? Did the message change? How is it possible that human writers did not mess it up throughout the ages as it was passed from one generation to the next over hundreds if not thousands of years? Is it really inspired by God or just the words of archaic men? This week, Pastor Jimmy Nimon kicks off our new series It Is Written by addressing the question “Why trust the Bible...

We should be moved by the needs of others and find practical ways to meet them. We should be patient with their imperfections and quick to forgive them. We should share in their joys and sorrows as if they were our own. This is living and loving like Christ. This week Pastor Lydia Nimon wraps up our FIRST series with a message focused on how to love others with the love of Christ.

We are on a mission to please the Lord! The question is this: what is available to me and how can I use it to love God better? We are to use all our tangible capacities (our time, money, resources, accomplishments, influence, talents, etc.) as an outward expression of our love for Jesus. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon talks about loving the Lord with all of our strength.

Take a moment and think about what you think about. What is your mind set on? It is important to develop a right mindset, where we let Christ rule our minds and control our thoughts. In this week’s message, Kevin Eshleman talks about the promise that the Lord has made - that He will renew our minds - and how we can cooperate with Him to see that promise fulfilled.

A relationship with Jesus should not be merely intellectual – it should involve our feelings. While loving God with all our heart involves our emotions, loving Him with our soul means we follow wholeheartedly, even when we do not feel like it. Affection leads to devotion – when our affections are captured, our choices will inherently become God-centered. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon...

Fasting continues to be one of the primary ways we clear out distractions and reset our focus on Christ. If we are to truly live with a “FIRST” mentality, then it will be imperative that fasting becomes a consistent practice in our spiritual journey as we rid ourselves of everything that competes for first place in our lives, returning the Lord to His rightful place. In this week’s message Pastor...

In Matthew 1, the angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus, which was a common name at that time, but then he says the child will save HIS people from their sins, making Him unlike all the other little boys who may have borne the same name. Jesus was conceived in Mary from the Holy Spirit, making Him fully God and fully man. His unique identity makes all the difference for us. In this week’s mes...

The genealogical records in Matthew and Luke include the uncommon and unforgettable people who make an appearance in an otherwise common family tree. Even Jesus had both positive and negative people in His family line, but the truth is, our spiritual lineage will outweigh our biological lineage every single time. In this week’s message, Pastor Renee Groff talks about how God redeems the parts of o...

We tend to expect what we’ve seen before or what makes sense to our natural minds. After a pause of several hundred years, the fulfillment of all the prophecies about Jesus’ birth, while aligned with scripture, were still unexpected. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon, talks about finding Joy when we face unmet expectations. What if, instead of expecting to be disappointed in how God shows...

The book of Romans challenges us to find the place where God’s righteousness and his wrath meet. The essence of the gospel on our journey from “sinner” to “saved” to “sanctified” brings up questions that Paul answers with clarity and truth in a way that transforms us from the inside out. In this week’s message, Pastor Jimmy Nimon tackles the question: How can I make a difference? Be Glad - Cody Ca...