McDowell Church

Christmas brings plenty of moments to pause and reflect, and as we head into this joyous season we will be looking at four important reminders of what Christmas brings. For our first week, Pastor Matt will be unpacking Hope!

As we prepare for the start of the holiday season and gather around friends and family this Thanksgiving, Pastor Matt talks about how we as a church are helping are missions partners and what we as a church can do to reach some goals in the next few years.

As we wrap up our series on Philippians and prep for Thanksgiving, Pastor Matt brings us full circle on the joy Paul spoke of.

Pastor Matt walks us through week 3 of our series on the Book of Philippians and how we can continue to find joy in the midst of some tough times.

It's easy to complain, way too easy. But how often are we being bright lights to others in a world that needs a better attitude? Pastor Matt answers that question as we head into week 2 of our series Your Best Life Now!

We begin our new series on the book of Philippians, Your Best Life Now, with week one asking us what we do during some tough circumstances, and are we really turning to God during our tough times.

Whenever you are confronted or are engaged in a topic that you are passionate about, how do you tend to respond in the moment? In a calm manner or an aggressive one? As we wrap up our mini-series Spark Notes, Pastor Matt unpacks some of the ways Jesus handled these conversations, and we can model that in our lives during tense seasons.

It's easy to get trapped in your own thoughts and assume the worst in others, so how do we get ourselves to a place where we don't think like that? We kick off a quick mid-fall series called Spark Notes today with Pastor Sarah leaning into a few methods we can use to better our thought process, and how God will work through the moments when we assume the worst too fast!

As we wrap up our series on Genesis, Pastor Matt gives us a powerful reminder: that God is always with us through our trials and circumstances.

As we head into week 3 of our series You Lost Me At, Pastor Matt walks through several points and stories in Genesis that show how faithful and forgiving our God is!

It's a question we hear and ask ourselves a lot: where is God calling you to? Pastor Cameron dives into this question as we continue into week 2 of our series You Lost Me At as we continue our study in Genesis by looking at the life of Abraham and Sarah!

In the beginning God... The famous opening words in Genesis that have sparked the age old question "what happened in the beginning exactly?" Join us in our series on Genesis as Pastor Matt dives into those first seven days of creation and how God intentionally made us with a purpose!

Four pastors. Two minutes each. Series wrap up. Why two minutes? Listen in as we wrap up our series on 1 Peter!

Have you ever wondered if someone is truly humbled or putting themselves down too much? Pastor Matt tackles humility and answers questions like this as we go into week 4 of our first fall series!

Last week we talked about community and loving on others, but what about serving others? Whether at McDowell on a local scale or global scale there's always a need to serve! Pastor Matt walks us through some practical ways we can serve in the church and out within the community.

As we jump into week 2 of our first fall series, Different, Pastor Matt tackles something everyone should have surrounding the: community.

Pastor Matt walks us through our first series of the fall semester and what it looks like to live and love differently.

As we wrap up our summer series, Pastor Matt and Pastor Ryan give us insight on the various ways your partnership with McDowell have allowed God to work incredible things with our missions partners, here at home and globally!

Studentlife has taken over the McDowell campus! Listen in to the conversation Pastor Chip and Pastor Sarah have with some of their high schoolers about the impact God has made on them not just from summer camps but from this past year!

Got a favorite movie soundtrack, or song from a movie? Pastor Cameron sure does! As we dive into week 3 of our series, Summer Mixtape, Pastor Cameron has us explore the various ways we choose to listen to the voice of God and others, and how we can be better listeners along the way by showcasing some spiritual practices that draw us closer to Him!

Pastor Matt takes us into week 2 of our series Summer Mixtape, picking up where Pastor Joe left off with a deeper dive on the discussion of the voices and resources we allow to impact and speak into our everyday lives.

We have finished our road trip and are now looking to see what our playlist looks like! We kick off our new series Summer Mixtape with Pastor Joe Webb discussing the various voices that give influence in our lives!

As we conclude our series on the journey's God takes us on, Pastor Matt and the worship team explore the deep questions of how our faith in Jesus grows through the humility, compassion and self-sacrifice we choose to live by when living a life of faith in Jesus.

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads out there! Today Pastor Matt continues our series Road Trip through the talk Jesus gave to us about faith and how we can not only do better with our faith but how we can better live out that faith on a daily basis.

As we head into week 2 of our series Road Trip, Pastor Don Doe takes us through the journey of Paul the Apostle and the two big lessons we learn from it.