Mill Creek Foursquare Church

We have the privilege of hosting Ted Vail this Sunday - Foursquare’s Vice-President and Global Overseer. Ted will share from his perspective of the work of God through the Foursquare Church internationally. Every time I listen to Ted, I walk away encouraged from the scriptures and the faithfulness of God through brothers and sisters all over the world. 

Pastor Chris concludes our Advent season with a teaching series entitled "Fulfilled: Messiah’s Arrival in Jesus." In this series, we are investigating the first 2 chapters of the Gospel of Matthew as they detail the origin story of the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. In this teaching, “An Escape And A Return,” we study Matthew 2:13-23, where we learn of a nighttime escape of Jesus,...

Pastor Chris continues our Advent season with a teaching series entitled “Fulfilled: Messiah’s Arrival in Jesus.” In this series, we are investigating the first 2 chapters of the Gospel of Matthew as they detail the origin story of the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. In this teaching, “A Visit Of Strange Men From Far Away,” we study Matthew 2:1-12, where we learn about Herod the Gre...

As we continue our study of Matthew’s narrative of the Messiah’s long-awaited arrival, we will look at the birth of Jesus. This relatively short passage is filled with all sorts of exciting details, including a virgin birth, relational stress, an angelic appearance, a fulfillment of prophecy, and, of course, the birth of Christ. Though this story is familiar to us, it reminds us of important found...

Pastor Chris commences our Advent season with a teaching series entitled “Fulfilled: Messiah’s Arrival in Jesus.” In this series, we are investigating the first 2 chapters of the Gospel of Matthew as they detail the origin story of the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. In this teaching, “Not What We Were Expecting,” we reflect on how long Israel waited even as we are those who now wai...

Pastor Chris continues our study “Celebration of Generosity: Discovering & Nurturing a Life of Giving,” with a teaching entitled “Living With a Different Goal.” In this study, we investigate Luke 8 and the way Jesus teaches his followers about the potential responses in his listeners to his presence and words. As we learn to live towards a different goal with our resources, we remember that our ho...

Pastor Chris continues our study “Celebration of Generosity: Discovering & Nurturing a Life of Giving,” with a teaching entitled “Doing Good Things.” In this study, we investigate Matthew 6 and the way Jesus teaches his followers about their acts of righteousness and challenges them to have their treasure with and in him. He wants to invite us into deepening trust that displaces worry as we join h...

Pastor Chris begins our study “Celebration of Generosity: Discovering & Nurturing a Life of Giving,” with a teaching entitled “For God So Loved...” In this study, we investigate John 3 and the way Jesus invites Nicodemus (and us!) to consider the offering of rescue in him. The Apostle John notes that this is all because God so loved that he gave his beloved son to bring rescue to all creation. Her...

Pastor Chris concludes our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Self-Control.” In this study, we investigate several moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke in which Jesus lives with self-control while facing the opposing powers of the devil and human leaders. In Jesus, we find the Holy Spirit to cultivate his i...

We have the great privilege of hosting our long-term supported missionaries, Natalie and Francisco! They serve in Tecate, Mexico via an art studio reaching many in the community while also pastoring a church to make disciples of Jesus. They’ll share a message to encourage us about the work of the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Jenifer continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Gentleness.” In this study, we investigate al moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus teaches about the nature of his heart, which is gentle and lowly, and invites us to learn from him.

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Faithfulness.” In this study, we investigate several moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus teaching about and living from faithfulness in relationship to the Father and us. We learn how the life of Jesus forms us towards being pe...

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Goodness.” In this study, we investigate several moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospels in which Jesus moves in and teaches of God’s goodness and how he is embodying it. As we seek the formation of his life within us, we learn with him to stop and take in...

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Kindness.” In this study, we investigate several moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus moves in marvelous kindness towards others. As we seek the formation of his life within us, we learn with him to regularly receive of his ampl...

Aiming to be faithful disciples of Jesus, we continue our study of the Fruit of the Spirit by studying patience. Though perhaps not as popular as love, joy, and peace, patience is an important kingdom virtue that is of utmost importance to all disciples. By studying Jesus’ example on earth, we see that patience can be described as waiting that is marked by sacrificial love, kingdom activity, and s...

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of peace.” In this study, we investigate several moments from the life of Jesus in the Gospels where he is at peace and ministering his peace to his followers. We also investigate numerous invitation into peace in our Scriptures, seeking to live from a place of acc...

We have the wonderful opportunity to host Pastor Phil Manginelli as our guest speaker this Sunday in our services. Many among us are familiar with Phil from his six years on our staff as youth pastor, while others have heard him over the years as a regular guest. Phil and his wife (Emily) planted and pastor The Square Church in a suburb of Atlanta. Sent out of Mill Creek Foursquare 12 years ago, t...

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Joy.” In this study, we continue to learn of the ways in which the life of Jesus develops in us by his abiding Spirit. The joy of the Lord in us is a strength, a gift of grace that forms in us through experiencing the faithful love of God for us. Here, we learn...

Pastor Chris continues our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life of Love.” In this study, begin where the Apostle Paul does in describing the way God’s life grows in us: love. We investigate John 15, Matthew 22 and make note of many exhortations in Scripture around God’s love for us and our way of love towards others. Here, we d...

Pastor Chris begins our study “The Fruit of His Spirit: The Character of Jesus Growing Within Us,” with a teaching entitled “A Life Cultivated By Jesus.” In this study, we investigate how the Apostle Paul captured the growing life and character of Jesus within those proclaiming his name and filled with his Holy Spirit. Paul specifically articulates nine ways in which Jesus is revealed within and t...

Pastor Chris concludes our study “Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus Become like him Do as he did,” with a teaching entitled “Take Up Your Cross.” In this study, we summarize the concluding thoughts of author John Mark Comer while studying the words of Jesus in Luke 9 as he taught about being his disciple. We linger in thoughts around formation in Jesus, surrender to the will of God, and discoverin...

As disciples of Jesus, we can all struggle at times with the temptation to become apathetic in our relationship with him. How do we experience a life of Christ-centered transformation, abundant life, and freedom, a life we were created to experience? This week, we have the privilege of hearing from Luke Frank. A pastor for over a decade and currently serving as the Church Partner Program Manager a...

We continue our Book Study with Part 5 "Spiritual Fruit & Spiritual Rhythms." Now that we have looked at three important priorities of disciples, it is time to get practical. What does the life of a disciple of Jesus look like? Filled with metaphors and pictures, the Bible uses the imagery of trees and fruit to show us the nature of a life properly oriented toward the will and way of God. Pastor M...

Pastor Andrew is continuing our summer book series with a teaching entitled, "Doing as Jesus Did".