Northshore Community Church

The word "mentor" comes from a 3,000-year-old story about a journey home, and the truth that nobody makes it there alone. In week two of our summer series "Find Your People," Pastor Scotty shares the story of Scott, the friend who saw something in him thirty years ago that he couldn't see in himself. He opens Paul's final letter to Timothy, the last words of a mentor to the man he shaped, and find...

Most of us have plenty of acquaintances — but far fewer people we can call at 2am, share our real struggles with, or count on when life gets hard. In this message, we explore what the Bible says about deep, life-giving friendship, and why it matters more than we often realize. Drawing from one of history's most remarkable friendships — David and Jonathan — we unpack what it actually looks like to...

What do you do when God asks you to move before He gives you the full plan? In this message, we look at the story of Abraham and the kind of faith that keeps taking the next right step. From leaving home without a destination, to waiting through years of uncertainty, to trusting God on the mountain with Isaac, Abraham’s life reminds us that God is still faithful in the middle of pain, delay, and s...

Greater Things was never just about a building. It was about creating space for kids, students, and families to know Jesus, grow in faith, and be launched into the life God has for them. Watch this special Sunday experience as we celebrate what God has done through Northshore and look ahead to the next generation we’re called to reach.

In the final message of our series through the miracles of Jesus in John’s gospel, we come to a quiet conversation between Jesus and Peter after the resurrection. Peter had denied Jesus three times and returned to fishing. But Jesus met him on the shore, shared a meal with him, restored him, and called him forward. This message looks at what Jesus does with our failure, shame, and calling — and ho...

What do you do when Jesus doesn’t show up when you thought He would? In John 11, Mary and Martha send word to Jesus that Lazarus is sick. They know He can heal. They know He loves them. But instead of rushing to Bethany, Jesus waits. That delay raises a question most of us have faced in one way or another: Where is God when the thing we prayed against still happens? In this message, we look at one...

In John 9, Jesus meets a man born blind, and almost everyone around him wants to turn his pain into a question of blame. Who sinned? Who’s responsible? Who deserves this? But Jesus sees something different. This message invites us to reconsider the way we see suffering, people, church, and even ourselves. Because the miracle in this story is not only that a blind man receives sight. It’s that Jesu...

When life gets rough, it can feel like you’re rowing as hard as you can and still getting nowhere. In John 6, Jesus meets His disciples in the middle of a storm and reveals something deeper than a way out. This message looks at what it means to trust Jesus when the future is unclear, control is gone, and the miracle you need may not come the way you expected.

What do you do when what you have feels too small for what’s in front of you? In John 6, Jesus feeds thousands with five loaves and two fish. But the miracle begins with one boy bringing what he had. This message from Pastor Scotty Scruggs looks at what happens when we stop asking only what God can bring to us and start asking what we can bring to Him. Your time. Your work. Your parenting. Your fi...

What if the miracle you need begins with an honest question? In John 5, Jesus asks a man who has been stuck for 38 years, “Do you want to get well?” It’s a tender, challenging question for anyone carrying pain, disappointment, or places in life that have started to feel normal. Listen as Pastor Eugene Cho explores the healing Jesus offers, and the next step He may be inviting us to take.

There’s a kind of pain that comes from watching someone you love suffer. You’d fix it if you could. You’d trade places if you could. You’d walk as far as it took just to get help.   Pastor Scotty continues "I Need a Miracle," our series on the signs of Jesus and what they mean for us today, with a message about what faith looks like when the need is urgent, the outcome is uncertain, and the person...

There are moments when life stops feeling manageable and starts feeling impossible. Not dramatic for effect. Just real. The kind of moment where the only honest prayer left is, Jesus, I need a miracle.   This week’s message begins there, with a story that doesn’t look huge at first glance. No thunder. No spectacle. Just an ordinary setting, an ordinary problem, and Jesus right in the middle of it....

We’ve all said it at some point. In a moment that mattered, or a moment that didn’t seem like it should matter this much: I need a miracle. This week kicks off a new series exploring the miracles of Jesus in the Gospel of John, and the bigger questions behind them. Not just whether they happened, but what they were meant to point to—and what to do when the miracle you asked for never came. If you’...

“They didn’t know it was him.”   That’s how one of the most important moments in the Gospel of Luke actually unfolds. Not in a crowd, not on a stage—but on a road, mid-conversation, easy to miss.   Two people walk several miles, replaying everything that just happened, trying to make sense of a story that didn’t end the way they thought it would.   And somewhere along the way, everything shifts.

What do you do when you finally have the chance to get even?   That’s where this message lands.   Guest speaker Eugene Cho walks through the final moments of Joseph’s story—where the people who betrayed him are suddenly within reach, and everything could tip toward payback.   Instead, something unexpected happens. Not a dismissal of what was done. Not pretending it didn’t matter. Something stronge...

If someone broke your trust years ago and suddenly walked back into your life… What would you do?   Joseph faced that exact moment. What followed wasn’t a quick apology or an easy reconciliation—it was a complicated process that unfolded over months and revealed what real repair actually requires.   Step into the tension of the story and see how it unfolds.

Sometimes the moments that change everything don’t look dramatic at first. They look like waiting. Like disappointment. Like doors that stay closed far longer than they should. In the middle of Joseph’s story, just when it feels like nothing will ever change, something unexpected happens—and it reveals how God prepares people long before the moment arrives.    This message explores the quiet work...

Life rarely moves in a straight line. One moment you feel certain about where you’re headed, and the next you’re holding on through twists you never expected—waiting, wondering, and asking God what He’s doing in the middle of it all. Joseph knew that ride well. Between the promise God gave him and the life he was living stretched years of setbacks, silence, and circumstances that made no sense. Th...

Ever feel like you're failing because life didn’t go according to plan? This Sunday, we’re looking at Joseph in Genesis 39; a guy sold into slavery, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison. But the text keeps saying one thing: “The Lord was with him.” Not “The Lord fixed everything,” just “He was there.”   We’ll talk about how real success isn’t about rising to the top, but staying faithful when...

When life doesn’t go the way you planned, it can feel like the bottom drops out — the relationship you counted on, the job you thought would last, the dream you assumed was yours. This week we stepped into the opening chapter of Joseph’s story in Genesis 37 — a 17-year-old with big dreams whose life unravels in a moment. Betrayal. A pit. A caravan headed toward Egypt. And through all of it, God’s...

We’ve spent this series talking about phones, anxiety, and the way our devices have quietly reshaped our lives. But what if the deeper issue isn’t just what we’ve added… it’s what we’ve lost? This week, we close by exploring something rarely talked about in church: a theology of play. From the Garden of Eden to Sabbath feasts to Jesus’ first miracle at a wedding, Scripture paints a picture of a Go...

So many of us feel the weight of stress in ways we don’t always talk about, and it can be hard to know what to do with it. This week, Pastor Scotty reflects on the opening words of the book of James, inviting us to consider how moments of pressure might shape us rather than simply wear us down.   The message explores how our digital habits, our assumptions about struggle, and the stories we tell o...

So many people are carrying more worry than their bodies were ever meant to hold. We push through the day, pretend we’re fine, and try to manage the noise inside with our own strength — until something finally signals we can’t keep this up. This week, we’re talking about what that signal actually means, and why the ancient story of a king named Jehoshaphat might be the most relatable picture of mo...

We live in a world that keeps promising connection… yet so many of us feel more unseen, more isolated, and more anxious than ever. This week’s message digs into why that is — and what Jesus offers that our screens, our schedules, and even our smartest technology can’t replicate.   If you’ve been feeling the weight of disconnection (or you’re watching someone you love drift into it), this one will...

In a time when our lives feels increasingly upside down, our screens promise connection but quietly shape our anxiety. This week in Hope for an Anxious Generation, we unpack why our digital habits run deeper than convenience—and how Jesus invites us into a way of living that restores freedom, presence, and peace. If you’ve ever felt mastered by your phone, or wondered why your soul feels stretched...