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This week we are talking about the volcano parent... the one who just explodes in anger or frustration, sometimes even when the situation doesn't warrant it. Listen in as our guest speaker Danielle Freed gets to the root of what's going on with the Volcano Parent and what God's word says about how to avoid being like this.

Have you ever wished that there was a place that you could drop off your kids and get them "fixed up" so that we wouldn't have to do the hard stuff of parenting?  The reality is, our world treats many things in this exact way; school, church, sports and more. But is this how God intended us, His people, to lead and parent the next generation?  Listen in today as we dive in...

Parenting in today's world is incredibly hard.  We all want our kids to be successful and grow to be the best, but at what cost?  Oftentimes, we may jump in to save them and mow down any obstacle or hurdle that is in the way. Join us as we continue our message series, Raising the Perfect Parent by diving in to a story in the Old Testament of a parent who does the...

Brand new 5 week series all about parenting!

Have you ever had a moment in life where you had to purge through things and get rid of them in order to move forward and grow? Today we look at a psalm that David pens after a critical conversation with his buddy Nathan coming from a confrontation of David’s secret sin that he has been hiding for a while now.    In this moment, David could’ve issued a nondisclosure agreement or fallen a...

Before you were even born, God knew everything about you... Every joy, every struggle, every triumph and every trial. In Psalm 139 David says "you have searched me, Lord, and you know me". Where the rubber hits the road is when David asks God to search his heart and reveal anything that doesn't line up with Him. This is a dangerous prayer! Listen in as Pastor David challenges us with the words of...

Listen in as we continue a Summer in the Psalms this week with a special guest, Pastor Blake Hicks from Frontline Church and the Zero Collective. He has a challenging yet encouraging word from Psalm 32 that you're not going to want to miss!

Be still. Those words are powerful when we remember who speaks them to us. As our lives seem to get busier and busier, it is even more important to remind ourselves to be still before God.  Join us today as we dig into this well known psalm and discover what that means for each and every one of us.

Listen in to the live recording from our service in the Park as Pastor Kyle explores a beloved Psalm of David and the question, what is guiding you?

When we get lost, we turn to things that we think will help us find our way. When traveling we turn to a GPS. When cooking we turn to a cookbook, but what about in life? Where do we turn when we are lost and need to be guided?    Join us this week as we dive in to a beloved Psalm of David to explore this exact question: what is guiding you?

Can you recall one of the moments in life where you hoped for and longed for God to come through?  One of the most well known statements of Christ on the cross is Him quoting Psalm 22.  But what if there was more than just the words when He quoted it? What if when Jesus was reciting that Psalm He was drawing the audience, as well as us, closer to the heart of the Father in that very mome...

We have tendencies in life to fixate on things: things we want, things we think we need, people, influencers, or even just random things. We all have fixated on something, but what if we fixated on SOMEONE rather than just something?   In Psalm 27, David speaks about the importance of fixating on The Who in our lives rather than the WHAT in life.  What if we took a deeper look at our own...

Have you ever felt like you were drowning in life?  Maybe the things of the world seem to be crumbling all around you and you just can't seem to stay afloat or tread the water hard enough to stay above it all- but here is the truth.  We don't have to save ourselves!   David wrote in Psalm 18 how God "reached down and rescued him from the deep waters".  This is incredibly good n...

“Have you ever taken a moment and thought about what Jesus’ mission was and what it means for us? As we conclude our series For People, we look at what the mission of Christ was but then also our part in this mission.  Join us as we explore together our part in the mission and how He keeps working in and through us to fulfill it.”

Have you ever felt like God has called you to do something so outside your comfort zone that you’re nervous of what others may think? This is exactly how most of us feel when it comes to beginning a new conversation, or relationship, with someone who is drastically different than us. Join us as we walk this path with a man named Philip, an Ethiopian Eunuch, and the conversation, relationship, and...

Far too often when we encounter people with different backgrounds, views, or experiences than our own we become more concerned with our perspectives than the person we are interacting with. Ultimately we are more focused on winning an argument that building relationships.  Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well arguably gives us the greatest example of how we should be For People. In thi...

What is our answer when God speaks and reveals that He has more for us, but there may be a cost?  This is the question that the young Elisha has to answer when God sends him the prophet Elijah and is anointed to learn and grow under him.  He has a choice: follow under the prophet and learn or stay in his comfortable lifestyle? We too are often faced with this same decision.  Jo...

When we are For People, we are for the next generation. Elijah had a purpose but didn’t have someone to share that call with. God leads him to anoint, teach and mentor young Elisha and journey together. Join us this week as we dive into how we are called to be for young people; to teach, grow, and mentor the younger generation together.

The prodigal son wanted the inheritance and asked his father for it before he left.  But the older brother never left... He stayed out of duty to the father, but what if staying got him just as lost as his younger brother?  As we dig into this story more, we see that the older brother has some "baggage" just like his younger counterpart- it just looks a little different.  And i...

The prodigal son wanted the inheritance of his father without the work, time, and relationship that came along with it. In the same way many of us find ourselves in places where we want the blessings, favor, and help of our heavenly father without the relationship and dedication that should come with our walk of faith.  What is truly amazing about the story of the prodigal son is that even th...

Over the next several weeks we are looking at the life of Jesus and how he was for people. To kick off the series we have David Doerner with us from Frontline Community Church and The Zero Collective. Listen in as David teaches us about going to the places where God is already at work, and how we can call on His power as ambassadors of the love of Christ to be For People.

On this Easter Sunday we wrap up Graves to Gardens by diving in to the story of Mary Magdalene at the tomb of Jesus. In this encounter Mary thinks that Jesus is the gardener, but everything changes when Jesus speaks her name. Listen in as Pastor Kyle teaches on our resurrected savior from John 20.

Silent Saturday, or Holy Saturday is a day that we don't think about much when it comes to holy week and the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ... but that doesn't mean that there weren't things that took place during this day. This week in Graves to Gardens we are looking at 2 individuals who were called "secret disciples" of Jesus who decided that it was time to make their faith...

 When you look at the cross, what do you see? Do we see the radical transformative, personal and relational love of Christ as He hangs there?  Does the cross change how we see and interact with this world and people around us? Journey with us this Easter season as we look at how Christ turns graves to gardens for each and every one of us!

In our final week of Estimate we have the pleasure of Brian Blum joining us from Frontline Church. This week we are confronting the lies of the enemy that cause us to stay in the "safe" places in life when it comes to money and our stewardship. We falsely believe that there is safety in more. Listen in as Pastor Brian challenges us not to overestimate our safety while underestimating the power of...