South Creek Messages

A Season In The Minors: Malachi Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we wrapped up our  Season in the Minors  series by looking at the final book of the Minor Prophets, Malachi. Malachi reminds us that Israel's greatest problem wasn't that they had abandoned God. They had simply begun treating Him as ordinary. Their worship continued, but their hearts had dri...

A Season In The Minors: Haggai Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday we continued our series,  A Season in the Minors , by looking at the message of the prophet Haggai. After years in exile, God graciously brought His people home. They had every intention of rebuilding the temple, but as life became busy, their priorities slowly shifted. They rebuilt their homes, pursued...

A Season In The Minors: Micah Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday, we continued our series,  A Season in the Minors , by looking at the book of Micah. Micah spoke to people who looked spiritually healthy on the outside. They had worship, sacrifices, and the temple. Yet beneath the surface, they had forgotten God’s faithfulness, neglected justice, and assumed God would...

A Season In The Minors: Amos Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This past Sunday in our  A Season in the Minors  series, we explored the book of Amos. Amos was a shepherd and farmer whom God called to deliver a message to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and success. At first glance, everything appeared healthy. The economy was strong, the nation wa...

A Season In The Minors: Hosea Pastor Cole Maxwell Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday, we began our new series,  A Season in the Minors , by looking at the book of Hosea. Hosea reminds us that God’s people have always struggled with spiritual drift. Israel wanted God’s blessing, but they also chased after other idols. And if we are honest, we can do the same. We may not bow before Baal,...

Hope That Honors and Heals: 1 Peter 3:1-18 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday in Living Hope, we looked at how Jesus gives us a hope that changes everything, including how we live with people, respond to conflict, and speak about our faith. In 1 Peter 3:1–18, Peter reminds us that hope is not just something we believe internally; it becomes visible in the way we treat othe...

Hope in the Everyday: 1 Peter 2:11-25 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday, we continued our  Living Hope  series by asking a simple but powerful question: What are you known for? Jesus made a bold statement in John 13:34–35 — His followers would be known by their love. Not their opinions. Not their arguments. Their love. And then, about 30 years later, P...

Hope Gives Us A New Identity: 1 Peter 2:4-12 Pastor Jerry Ausbrook Download Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, Pastor Jerry Ausbrook continued our  Living Hope  series by walking through 1 Peter 2:4–12 and reminding us of something powerful: God is not just saving individuals, He is building something. Peter describes us as  living stones , being built into a spiritual...

Hope That Shapes How We Live: 1 Peter 1:13-21 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we continued our  Living Hope  series by looking at how the hope Jesus gives doesn’t just shape what we believe, it shapes how we live. In 1 Peter 1:13–21, Peter challenges us to be intentional, not passive. To be alert, to set our hope fully on Jesus, and to liv...

The Living Hope: 1 Peter 1-9 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This past Sunday we kicked off our new series,  Living Hope , with a simple but powerful truth: Jesus gives a hope that changes everything. We started in 1 Peter 1, where Peter writes to people who felt scattered, out of place, and overlooked. And before he tells them how to live, he reminds them who they are. Chosen...

Living Hope: 1 Peter 1:3-4 Pastor Aaron Perry Download South Creek Church Family, I want to take a moment to simply say thank you. Your generosity and faithfulness are making a real difference. Not just in numbers, but in lives. What God is doing in and through our church right now is something worth celebrating, and you are a part of it. Already this year, we have seen four people take the step o...

Generosity Matthew 6:21 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This week in  Rhythms of Grace , we continued exploring the spiritual practices that help shape our lives as we follow Jesus. This Sunday we focused on the practice of  generosity  and how it teaches us to live open-handed toward God and others. Jesus invites us into a different way of living. In  Matthew 1...

Sabbath - Mark 2:27 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday we explored one of the most overlooked rhythms in the life of Jesus:  Sabbath . Interestingly, the message fell on my birthday. And one thing I have realized as I have gotten older is that certain things that once felt optional now feel necessary. One of those things is stretching. When I was younger, stretching f...

Fasting - Matthew 6:16-18 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday in  Rhythms of Grace , we leaned into the quiet but powerful practice of fasting. A few years ago I stood in Sequoia National Park, looking up at trees that tower over 250 feet tall. Their visible strength is stunning. But what surprised me most was what you cannot see. Giant sequoias have shallow roots, oft...

Prayer - Matthew 6:5-13 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Dear Church Family, This Sunday we launched our new Lent teaching series,  Rhythms of Grace , and it is already shaping into a meaningful season for our church. Lent is an invitation to slow down, refocus, and intentionally make space for God. As we said this week, genuine growth is gradual, and genuine growth is intentional, not accidental....

Gluttony John 12:1-8 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Most of us know what it feels like to carry more than we should. Not tragedy. Accumulation. One more purchase. One more scroll. One more bite. One more yes. None of it feels dramatic. It just slowly adds up. And one day you realize you are not starving. You are stuffed. But still empty. Jesus speaks with startling clarity in Matthew 5: “If your righ...

Greed - Matthew 19:16-25 Pastor Cole Maxwell Download This week, we continued in our series Operation: Taming and Treating Temptation by tackling one of the most subtle and dangerous sins: greed. While we often only assume greed to be about money, we were reminded that greed is ultimately a heart issue—an intense and selfish desire for something that slowly begins to take the place of God. Greed i...

Wrath/Anger - John 8:1-11 Speaker Chuck McCoskey Download Sunday, we talked about Wrath/Anger—often expressed as displeasure, hostility, rage, or resentment—is a powerful and sometimes vengeful emotion that can arise especially when a person feels slighted or their pride is wounded. Because of its intensity and the way, it distorts judgment, anger is described as one of the most fundamental proble...

Envy vs Contentment Pastor Aaron Perry Download As you know, we were unable to gather in person this past Sunday due to the weather. While we missed being together, I did share a short video message on envy and contentment, and you can watch it using the link below. Here is the heart of it. Envy is the belief that God has been better to someone else than He has been to me. Envy erases the good and...

Lust - James 1:14-15 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Most of us had to read  The Odyssey  in high school. You may not remember much, but you probably remember the Sirens. They did not attack ships. They did not throw spears. They did not create storms. They sang. And their song was so beautiful that sailors would steer straight toward it, not realizing what waited beneath the surface, rocks,...

Pride - Philippians 2:1-4 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Sunday we continued our series called Operation in which we are looking at Jesus’ words in Matthew 5 are very direct and uncomfortable: "If your eye or your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off." He is not calling us to self-harm. He is calling us to serious honesty. Some of us would rather look good than be good. We often choose comfort over...

Sloth - Matthew 5:27-30 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Speaker: Pastor Aaron Perry Church Family, This past Sunday we launched a new teaching series called “Operation” centered on Jesus’ challenging words in Matthew 5. Jesus speaks plainly. If something causes us to stumble, it cannot simply be managed, it must be removed. Many of us prefer looking good more than being good. Comfort over Ch...

Worship Sunday Pastor Cole Maxwell Download Speaker: Pastor Cole Maxwell End-of-Year Worship Service Recap Church Family, Yesterday we gathered for our end-of-year service with a strong focus on worship—creating space to reflect, respond, and remember God’s goodness together. We were reminded of God’s  faithfulness throughout the past year  and how easy it is, in moments of stress or ang...

Wisemen and a Wise Women Matthew 2:1-12 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Speaker: Pastor Aaron Perry Church Family, In 2007, a world-class violinist named Joshua Bell stood in a Washington, D.C. subway station during the morning rush hour and played his Stradivarius violin for nearly forty-five minutes. More than a thousand people walked past him on their way to work. Most never slowed down, a few drop...

The Shepherds - Luke 2: 8-20 Pastor Aaron Perry Download Speaker: Pastor Aaron Perry Church Family Last week we talked about peace, the kind of peace that is not dependent on calm circumstances but on a steady anchor. This week, we turn our attention to joy, which works much the same way. Joy from the wrong source can vanish in an instant, but joy from the true source can last for an eternity...