Shartel Church

In this message, we’ll explore what it is in this past year that we need to leave behind. Paul says that we need to “forget” the past. The word actually means to “set it aside.” This message will help identify those things in our lives that are keeping us from being all God has called us to be and to let them go.

In this message, we’ll explore what it is in this past year that we need to leave behind. Paul says that we need to “forget” the past. The word actually means to “set it aside.” This message will help identify those things in our lives that are keeping us from being all God has called us to be and to let them go.

As we celebrate Christmas Eve, we will reflect on Jesus as our Light. He brings warmth to our lives. He brings hope to our lives. He came as the Light of God’s Welcome to us. And He stays as the Light of God’s Guidance to us. To a people who are prone to wander, He is the Light that shows the way.

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” Truer words have never been spoken. But the love the world needs is not a love that it can create on its own. The Bible reminds us that “GOD is love.” This last Sunday before Christmas, we will celebrate that Jesus came to us as the highest expression of God’s love for us. He came to show us how to BE loved, RECEIVE love, and to GIVE love. It is a gi...

The world can be a dark and dangerous place. Life can be hard and overwhelming. It’s easy to forget as we forge our way forward that life wasn’t meant to just be endured. It was meant to be enjoyed! This Sunday of Advent we celebrate Christ’s coming with a reminder that He came to do more than just give us New Life. He came to give us Abundant Life. He came to restore our JOY!

It almost seems funny that in the busiest season of the year, we talk about “peace.” But the peace that Christ brings isn’t the absence of chaos. It’s being anchored in the midst of the chaos. It’s the stability and security that comes when we remember who He is and whose we are. He is our “Prince of Peace.”

Hope—Is there any greater need in the world than that? Hope for healing. Hope for a better tomorrow. Hope for a way out, a way through, a way forward. It was to a world that was utterly hopeless that Jesus came. And He brought to the world on Christmas what He brings to us today—Hope.

Kings come and go. Governments rise and fall. Those who are considered the wealthiest, or the most powerful, or the most invulnerable, will all fade away. But there’s one Kingdom that lasts forever. That’s the Kingdom of God. That’s why our God is our Rock, our Strong Tower, and our Foundation. This message will be about building our lives on something that is UNSHAKABLE.

We wrap up our series on Hebrews with a great challenge to stay focused on Jesus. If we focus on ourselves, we’ll get discouraged. If we focus on others, we’ll become jealous or disillusioned. Jesus is our goal, our model, and our coach. Let’s make sure we’re keeping our eyes on Jesus!

None of us got here by ourselves. There were people who went before us to pave the way. There were people who led us Christ, helped us grow in Christ, and were there for us along the way. Now, it’s our turn. We have the baton. This message will focus on what it means to run the race faithfully for those who are coming after us.

Faith is not just “a key” to our walk with God, it is The Key! It takes faith to open the door to God. It takes faith to stay connected to God. It takes faith to be obedient to God. In every part of our journey, faith is a necessary piece. This message will look at why faith is so important and why our faith is a “reasonable” faith!

There is great power in community. God designed us in such a way that we grow better, stay safer, avoid discouragement, and stay truer to our commitments when we do life TOGETHER! This message will examine the power of community and what it takes to make it work.

One of the challenges on our journey of faith is not allowing ourselves to become hard-headed or hard-hearted. This message will focus on listening to the voice of God and becoming immediately responsive to what God is saying. God will protect us and shape us if we keep our lives MOLDABLE!

Peter Pan was the storybook figure who determined that he would never grow up. Unfortunately, many Christians take that same approach to their walk with God. Though we will always be “children” to God, He doesn’t want us to remain immature. This message will focus on what it means to “grow up” in the faith.

The Hebrews writer challenges us to not hold back when we come before God. We can come confessing bold sins. We can come with bold praise. We can come before Him with bold requests. There God will meet us at our point of need.

We’re often overly hard on ourselves as we struggle because we think God expects MORE. We often forget that God became as human as we are and struggled with same of the same things we do. Though He was sinless, Jesus understands our struggles, fears, and temptations. We can go to Him because He “gets us.”

Let this blow your mind: There are no secrets. In a world of endless cameras and cell phones, most things you THINK aren’t seen usually are. But even if NO ONE sees and NO ONE knows, God knows. God sees our unspoken fears and our hidden sins. This message will look at how God calls us out of our “hiddenness” and into His Grace and Mercy. Whatever we’re facing, whatever we’re going through, God kno...

God’s Word is the most direct way that the Lord speaks to us. It is also the tool that God uses to help us see ourselves and change our attitudes and behaviors. Like a scalpel in the hands of a master surgeon, God uses His Word to remove the disease of sin and bring healing and wholeness to our lives.

One of the challenges on our journey of faith is not allowing ourselves to become hard-headed or hard-hearted. This message will focus on listening to the voice of God and becoming immediately responsive to what God is saying. God will protect us and shape us if we keep our lives MOLDABLE!

Most of us don’t just up and walk away from our faith. We drift. We slowly, for a variety of reasons, lose our grip on our commitment to God, our beliefs, and who we want to become. This message will look at how we can stay on course and stay tightly connected to our faith.

Jesus wasn’t just another teacher or prophet. He was God in the flesh! That fact changed everything that we knew about God. No longer was God mysterious or hidden or unknown. He came and we “beheld His glory.” Everything we wanted to know about God we find in Jesus.

We SAY that our relationship with our family and friends is one of the most important priorities we have. But is it? This message serves as a reminder that love is one of the most precious gifts God has given us, and it needs to be protected and cherished. We’ll remind ourselves that life is meant to be enjoyed, not merely endured. Learning how to actually CHERISH the journey may be the most impor...

Don’t you just love the people who ignore the “no parking” signs? It’s almost as if they think they can park anywhere they want, anytime they want. We often let those kinds of people invade our lives until we can no longer stand it. In this message, we’ll look at how to set and respect healthy boundaries. We’ll look at why boundaries are a biblical and necessary part of our relational lives. We’ll...

In this week's message, we see how turning to God and His Word shapes our thoughts, our emotions, decisions, and ultimately our lives.

In a world where we’re pushed to pave our own direction, we’re reminded through scripture that God is our true north. His ways are higher, His power greater, and His love steadfast. We are to trust in Him with everything, even when it's difficult.