Oasis: College & Young Adult Ministry

The third week of the "Last Words" series centers on the story of the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, revealing how an encounter with the resurrected Jesus transforms confusion into clarity and despair into hope. As the disciples walk in disappointment, Jesus meets them where they are—even before they recognize Him—showing that He pursues us first in our doubt and uncertainty. Through Scripture, commun...

The second week of the “Last Words” series focuses on Jesus’ final words in the Gospel of Mark, revealing the depth and purpose of His suffering on the cross. Centered on His cry, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”, the passage highlights not only the physical pain Jesus endured, but the emotional, relational, and spiritual weight He carried in fulfilling His mission. By echoing Psalm 22,...

The first week of the “Last Words” series explores Jesus’ final words in Matthew, revealing that we were not created to spend our lives chasing things that fade, but to participate in work that lasts for eternity. By tracing the story from creation to the fall, we see how sin turned meaningful, life-giving work into exhausting toil, leaving us striving for fulfillment that never satisfies. But thr...

This week of the “Don’t Be Dumb” series explores Speaking & Silence, revealing that both our words and our restraint carry the power to bring life or death. Drawing from Proverbs and the life of Jesus during Holy Week, the message shows that wisdom is not just about what we say, but when we speak and when we remain silent. Careless words can wound deeply, while wise restraint can prevent harm...

In this standalone message, Pastor Brennen Schmitt shares his 3 things that he desperately wants all college students and young adults to know: 1. Love & live the Bible, 2. Go all in on Jesus, and 3. Your discipleship is on you.  Noteguide: https://gpw.churchcenter.com/episodes/630873/notes

In this standalone sermon, Pastor Jacob Engen teaches on God’s heart for all nations and our role in sharing the gospel with the world. Grounded in passages like Romans 10 and the Great Commission, he emphasizes that a barrier to people believing in Jesus is their access to hear about Him. The responsibility to share the gospel has been entrusted to Jesus' followers. With billions still unreached,...

The fourth week of the “Don’t Be Dumb” series explores Wisdom in Dating, showing that healthy relationships are built not merely on attraction or emotion but on wisdom shaped by God’s Word. Drawing from Proverbs, the message emphasizes that lasting relationships begin with the right foundation—character over charm—and require becoming the kind of person capable of sustaining a healthy relationship...

The third week of the “Don’t Be Dumb” series focuses on Generosity, revealing that money is not just a resource but a powerful competitor for our hearts. Through Jesus’ teaching in Mark 12, the message contrasts outward generosity with inward surrender, showing that God values not the amount we give but the sacrifice and trust behind it. While the wealthy gave from abundance for recognition, the w...

The second week of the “Don’t Be Dumb” series centers on Direction, showing that our lives are shaped less by big moments and more by small, daily decisions. Rooted in Proverbs 3:5–6, it contrasts trusting God with leaning on our limited understanding, revealing how subtle drift—not obvious rebellion—often leads us off course over time. Wisdom calls us to surrender our direction to God by resistin...

The opening week of the “Don’t Be Dumb” series centers on Community as the space where we both receive and are transformed by God’s grace. Drawing from Proverbs, it reframes community as something we are given—not chosen—calling us to steward a wide web of relationships that shape who we become. Like Jesus, who invested deeply in a few while still engaging the crowds, we are formed through influen...

Week 4 of the series " Beneath the Surface", confronts the instinctive human response of anger to a broken and violent world, and challenges believers to pursue God’s justice and mercy instead. The story of Jonah reveals how even righteous outrage can become distorted when anger hardens into resentment, as Jonah grows furious at God for extending compassion to the brutally violent people of Nineve...

Week 3 of the series " Beneath the Surface", contrasts the destructive power of shame with the redemptive purpose of conviction, showing that shame tells us we are wrong while conviction lovingly reveals that something we did was wrong and invites us toward life with Jesus. Through John 8 and the story of the woman caught in adultery, we see how Jesus responds to both self-righteous religious lead...

The second week of the series, "Beneath the Surface",  explores how lust is an all-consuming, selfish craving for things like power, success, status, or control. It is a good desire that has been corrupted beneath the surface. Lust is a destructive, soul-cancer that damages relationships, purpose, and identity. While Christ-like love (as seen in 1 Corinthians 13:1-8) is the “most excellent way” to...

The first week of the "Beneath the Surface" series addresses "Fear vs. Faith". The story of Jesus walking on water in Matthew 14:22–33 shows how fear and faith act like competing lenses that shape how we interpret our circumstances. Just as glasses clarify physical vision, faith allows us to see God’s character and power clearly, while fear distorts reality by convincing us we are abandoned, forgo...

In the final week of the "Foreshadowing: From Symbol to Savior" series, we are reminded that the story of God, from before the creation account in Genesis to the visions of John recorded in Revelation, has always been for God to be near to His creation and for His presence to be accessible to humankind.

The second week of the "Foreshadowing: From Symbols to Savior" series looks at the difference between the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5. The fruit that God forbid in the garden brought about destruction and brokenness. But God's plan of redemption, healing, and growth would come through the gift of the Fruit of the Spirit, empowering the people...

The first week of the "Foreshadowing: From Symbols to Savior" series, starts with the story of Numbers 21, showing how God’s response to Israel’s disobedience foreshadows the salvation found in Jesus. After the Israelites repeatedly complain and reject God’s provision, He disciplines them by sending venomous snakes, yet simultaneously provides a surprising means of rescue: a bronze serpent lifted...

In Psalm 23, David portrays God as a Good Shepherd who provides, protects, and remains present with His people. He describes God leading him to rest, restoring his soul, guiding him toward righteousness, and staying close even in life’s darkest valleys. God defends him against enemies, blesses him abundantly, and promises His goodness and presence for all his days. The psalm emphasizes God’s care,...

The final week of the Divine Design series focuses on sexual temptation. With the key idea being that “sex is different”. Followers of Jesus should approach sexual temptation by grounding their identity in Christ as children of God. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 6 and Matthew 5, we see that while culture may say “I have the right to do anything,” not everything is beneficial, and sexual sin uniquely...

This stand-alone message explores what true, biblical friendship looks like through the example of Jesus and his closest friends—Peter, James, and John. Deep friendships go beyond fun memories to shared spiritual experiences, vulnerability, and loyalty. These three friends witnessed Jesus in his highest moments—the Transfiguration, where they experienced his divinity together—and in his lowest mom...

The second week of the series, "Divine Design", addresses our idea of sexual identity explores how our culture often ties worth, value, and purpose to sexuality, while Scripture teaches that our truest identity is as children of God. Our sexuality is a part of who we are, but not what defines us—our identity is received, not achieved, rooted in God’s love and grace through Jesus. From that foundat...

The first week of the series, "Divine Design", explores God’s perfect purpose for sex. When it comes to our modern culture, God's purpose for sex is often under-communicated and thus misunderstood. Through God's word we see that God designed sex with a purpose and that it is meant to be sacred, shared, and safe. In the midst of that, God invites us to recognize that our desires aren't bad, but the...

The final week of the series, "The Lord’s Prayer", focuses on the phrase "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." This is a reminder of God’s protection as we respond to spiritual testing. Testing is both real and necessary—God doesn’t tempt us, but He allows tests to strengthen our faith, reveal our weaknesses, and teach us dependence on Him. Examples from Jesus’s wilderness t...

Week three of the series, "The Lord's Prayer" focuses on the line “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors,” highlighting forgiveness as both a gift we receive and a command we extend. While believers are already forgiven through Jesus, continually asking for forgiveness keeps us humble, dependent, and grateful, helping us recognize and repent from specific sins. True confession...

Week two of the series, "The Lord's Prayer" explores the meaning and structure of the Lord’s Prayer within Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, emphasizing prayer as the central hinge of Christian life and discipleship. Jesus contrasts genuine, humble prayer with performative religiosity and teaches prayer as relational communication with God rather than rote recitation. The Lord’s Prayer is a progression...