Northwest Hills Community Church

Associate Pastor Ron King is concluding a series on prayer as a spiritual discipline. There are two essential settings in your prayer life: in a community with other believers and alone in solitude. But being alone in prayer can be challenging. It can be hard to slow down, ignore the noise of daily life, let go of never-ending to-do lists, and listen to God. So, instead of settling for a "pra...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen is continuing a series on prayer as a spiritual discipline. In this message, we explore what listening to God is all about. How can you hear His voice? What is He saying, and how do you respond? God spoke to us through prophets for thousands of years - a simple yet profound act. But now, God has spoken through Christ, and we ought to be a people who begs to listen to hi...

Youth Pastor Gary Jones is continuing a series on prayer as a spiritual discipline. Have you ever felt like your prayer life could use some work? Many of us find it hard to pray, or feel stagnate, because we don't know what to say to God. As we dive into a Psalm, it'll show that God wants our hearts, and He's inviting you to respond to Him in prayer. At the end of the message, you'...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen is continuing a series on prayer as a spiritual discipline. Prayer often feels the most natural and necessary when we feel helpless. But it turns out that the feeling of helplessness is a good thing because we have a father who loves us like young children. Also, as part of the "Something To Say!" series, we'll start the message with someone's testimon...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen is starting a series on spiritual disciplines. As we start a new year, we all want to improve in many different areas of life, including our faith, but how do we do that? How do we grow? How do we strengthen our desire, resolve, and love for Jesus? As we start this new series on the spiritual discipline of prayer, let's look at this unique tool Jesus gives to us to...

Associate Pastor Ron King is talking about finishing well. The end of David's life raises two critical questions that the apostle Paul writes about in his letters to Timothy. They are questions that we seldom consider well. How do I want to finish my race? And How can I help others run well to the end? Today, we have a panel of friends to help us explore these questions. Thank you for listenin...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen concludes a series on the life of David while we celebrate the greatest birth in history. Like in a regular birthday celebration, bringing a gift is appropriate. So, today, we're asked: what kind of meaningful gift can we give to God? David’s final public speech shows us what God - the maker of everything - desires from us. Thank you for listening to this message fr...

Associate Pastor Ron King continues a series on the life of David. Ever wonder why your gratitude towards God has lost its punch? Perhaps your view of Him is warped or weak. Discover why David's view of God was tremendous and why he had a heart after God. Also, as part of the "Something To Say!" series, we'll start the message with someone's testimony. And this week, there ar...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series on the life of David. Do you have an area in life that isn't going the way you wanted? What's your typical reaction? We're continuing from where we stopped last week - after David makes an altar to atone for his sin of taking a census. After that, David desires to build a magnificent temple for the Lord. However, the Lord tells David he wo...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series on the life of David. The story of Israel wanting a king ended exactly as God predicted. God gave them what they thought they wanted with Saul, which went horribly. Then God gave them their best shot at a good king with David, which still ended tragically. We'll dive into that tragic ending today, and through that, we see God's forgiveness and...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series on the life of David. We all have some part of our history that we are embarrassed by, ashamed of, and maybe even haunted by. We've all done things we know we shouldn't have, and we've thought things we know we shouldn't. What do we do with those shameful memories? Do they matter? Does God see them? Does He forgive them?  As we see in...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series on the life of David. David was called Israel's greatest king because he had a heart after God. We see a clear example after David is crowned king and establishes Jerusalem, the city of David. David desired to dwell in the house of the Lord, which at that time meant bringing the Arc of the Covenant to Jerusalem. But in doing that, David learned an...

Worship Director Justin Jackson continues a series on the life of David. David demonstrates God's mercy by how he treats Saul and his family. David doesn't see Saul as an enemy, doesn't do what everybody expects, and doesn't take vengeance into his own hands. It's a beautiful picture of how God treats us and how we should treat others, given what God has done for us. Also, as p...

In 1 Samuel 18 we read the continuing story of David.  As David’s popularity grew, so too did Saul’s Jealousy.  We read in this chapter of the friendship between Jonathan and David, and Jonathan’s faith and acceptance and David would be the next king of Israel.  We also read of David’s failure to trust God in his love life, by marrying Saul’s daughter, which will lead to greater problems in David’...

Youth Pastor Gary Jones continues our 10 week series on the Life of David. In 1 Samuel 17 we read the epic story of the duel between David and the Philistine champion Goliath.  Though Goliath was mighty, David triumphed over him because he had faith that God would be with him in the midst of the battle.  Likewise, God calls us to step out in faith and trust, placing our lives fully into His care.

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen begins a 10 week series on the Life of David. David was considered Israel’s greatest King.  He was a great poet, a mighty warrior, and a strong ruler.  He was also a sinner, who failed many times in his life.  But above all of these things, David was a man after God’s heart.  Today, Pastor Josh provides some background to the life of David, and shows us what it means to...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen concludes a vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" Our fifth ask at Northwest Hills is to make Jesus known. God brings justice against anyone who disobeys Him. And the truth is that there's a problem: death is coming to everyone because everyone has disobeyed God. However, God provided a solution by sending His son, Jesus, to the cr...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" Our fourth ask at Northwest Hills is to serve with intention. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns us that we can only serve one of two masters. One is worldly wealth, but that doesn't last. The other is God, which does last. So, given what God has given you - your time, talents,...

Worship Director Justin Jackson continues a vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" Our third ask at Northwest Hills is to live in community. We all genuinely desire to live in community, but finding that perfect community is almost impossible. In this message, Justin explores why it’s difficult and breaks down six ways Jesus modeled how we should live in community...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a new vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" Our second ask at Northwest Hills is to practice the spiritual disciplines. God loves you unconditionally, more than you can imagine. So, practicing the spiritual disciplines isn't about gaining acceptance from God. Instead, these are steps that we can take for us to fall more i...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a new vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" Our first ask at Northwest Hills is to commit to church. Jesus loved the church, and so we should as well. This week, we dive into why this is part of our vision and ask. Also, as part of the "Something To Say!" series, we'll start the message with someone's testim...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen starts a new vision series for our ministry year called "Something To Say!" The Bible reveals two truths: 1) We are more awful than we can imagine, but 2) We are also more loved by God than we could imagine. The world already knows the first truth, but people also need to know that they're loved. And our lives, as Christians, have something to say about fo...

Youth Pastor Gary Jones concludes a series called "What Is Going On?" where we read the entire Bible in a year. John wrote Revelation to seven churches to encourage them to keep the faith. So, it’s not written to us, but it is for us. The letter can be hard to understand, but it gives us a Heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances. Then, this week, read the book of Revelation. Al...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series called "What Is Going On?" where we read the entire Bible in a year. Jude is the brother of Jesus, and he's hearing reports of false doctrines. So, he writes this aggressively toned letter contenting for faith in Jesus. Jude pushes us to ask ourselves: Who's side are we on? Who are we fighting for? And who are we trusting in? It'...

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues a series called "What Is Going On?" where we read the entire Bible in a year. John wrote three letters, and even though he touches on many topics, one theme across all three is a heavy topic: hurt within the church. It's an experience that, unfortunately, everyone shares. We'll examine what it means to hurt someone and to be hurt ourselves. A...