Sunrise Ministries

Pastor Dennis explores Genesis 2 and examines the fundamental design of human relationships and the unique, complementary strengths found in the partnership of men and women. By looking at the Hebrew concept of the ezer, or "strong ally," this message challenges us to see one another as peers created to reflect the image of God together. Worship Setlist: House of the Lord Christ Be Magnified What...

This morning at Sunrise, we celebrated the baptism of Pastor Dennis’ first grandchild, Ellie Lou, drawing together Scripture, covenant, and the long story of God’s faithfulness across generations. Through this sacrament, we were reminded that God moves first in love, keeping His promises from parent to child and from family to family. Closing Song: Victory in Jesus

Today, Dennis shares that every person equally bears the image of God, and Scripture does not teach a universal hierarchy that restricts women from leadership, teaching, or authority. Sunrise Ministries affirms this biblical vision, rejecting male‑headship as a created‑order mandate and embracing men and women as equal partners in every level of ministry, just as the New Testament church modeled....

Today begins the next movement of our Five Big Questions series: Identity. Pastor Dennis explores what it means to be human, to bear God’s image, and to let Jesus shape every part of our lives. Together we'll take an honest look at Scripture, self‑understanding, and the ongoing work of the Spirit in us. Worship Setlist: Holy Holy Holy Stand In Your Love God With Us

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Dennis highlighted how the resurrection story is carried forward by the women who stayed faithful when prominent disciples fled, showing that God often works through those the world overlooks. Their courage is the doorway to hope, reminding us that resurrection happens when ordinary people simply show up and do what they can.   Worship Setlist: Glorious Day We Crown You...

This Palm Sunday, Dennis reminds us that Jesus walked toward death without fear because he knew his mission — to make peace, defeat death by passing through it, and give us a hope that outlasts the graveside. Instead of fixating on going somewhere someday, we’re invited to follow Jesus in the present, remember God’s faithfulness, experience His presence, and root our hope in the risen Christ who l...

This morning, Noah Matthysse teaches that Jubilee is a God‑given structural command — a built‑in economic reset — designed to realign society with God’s justice by restoring land, protecting the vulnerable, and ensuring everyone has the means to live. Worship Setlist: Awake My Soul Reckless Love Holy Forever All the Poor and Powerless

Pastor Dennis reminds us that we have value because we bear God’s image, and what we do matters because our actions reveal our alignment with God’s heart and kingdom. Through James 2 and the Good Samaritan, he calls us to let our lives—not just our words—demonstrate mercy, integrity, and Spirit‑shaped love. Worship Setlist: House of the Lord King of Kings Same God Send Me

Today, Pastor Dennis reminds us that God’s commands are not just rules but loving safeguards, like guardrails and training wheels, meant to help us live in alignment with Him and experience real flourishing. Our church family should remember that every one of us matters deeply to God, and that what we do each day shapes the lives of the people around us and reflects the God we follow. Worship Setl...

This morning, Pastor Corey teaches that doing the “right thing” ultimately comes down to letting love for God and neighbor guide your choices rather than impulse, favoritism, or self‑interest. He contrasts life in the Spirit with life in the flesh and urges believers to slow down, examine their motives, and let love shape both decisions and relationships. Worship Setlist: There's Nothing That Our...

This morning, Dennis looks at Naaman’s story to illustrate that the world is fundamentally misaligned — people, systems, bodies, and relationships — and that God’s work is about realignment rather than punishment. Naaman’s healing becomes a picture of how humility, obedience, and grace meet us in imperfect circumstances, especially when the “ideal” isn’t possible. In a broken world, we move toward...

In today's message, Dennis reframes sin not simply as rule‑breaking or missing the mark, but as the deeper misalignment that happens when we grasp for what belongs to God. He highlights God’s commands as guardrails meant for our flourishing and points to Jesus as the One who heals, realigns, and restores what’s been broken. Worship Setlist: Death Was Arrested Gratitude Lord I Need You Who Else

Pastor Dennis reflects on how we recognize good and evil in the world and argues that real goodness is rooted in God’s character, fully revealed in Jesus. He also encourages the church to stop excusing its own sin, resist the impulse to judge others, and intentionally celebrate moments of genuine goodness as signs of God’s kingdom breaking into everyday life. Worship Setlist: The Lion and the Lamb...

This morning's message emphasizes that God’s creative work is not just about making material things but about shaping them to function as they should—bringing order, purpose, and flourishing out of chaos. It highlights time, work, and human vocation as gifts woven into creation and invites us to join God in extending that order, goodness, and shalom into the world. Worship Setlist: You Came (Lazar...

God’s creation story reveals a world spoken into being by a God who delights in what He makes, not a universe born from violence or domination. Humanity begins with goodness, bearing God’s image and being entrusted with stewardship, flourishing, and love. Worship Setlist: Take You At Your Word King of Kings Good Plans All Creatures of Our God and King

Pastor Dennis explains that Genesis 1–2 is about the identity and character of the Creator, not scientific detail, inviting listeners to see how faith and science need not be in conflict and how God’s love and pursuit of humanity stand at the center of the story. Worship Setlist: Be Thou My Vision Who Else Christ Be Magnified

This Sunday, we begin a new sermon series that tackles some of the most profound questions we face as human beings. Dennis explores five major areas of inquiry: origins (where did everything come from?), morality (what is right and wrong?), meaning (do I matter?), destiny (where is this all headed?), and identity (who am I and who are we?). Rather than offering easy answers, we are reminded that t...

Pastor Dennis explores how calling is discerned through God’s shaping work, our own gifts and passions, and the honest affirmation of those who know us best. He invites us to move from self‑doubt to surrendered faithfulness, trusting that God equips every person with something essential to offer. Worship Setlist:  • I Thank God  • Trust in God  • Build My Life  • Son of Suffering 

Pastor Bill VanderWerp presents a message about mental health and discusses a new resourse available to Sunrise congregants. Worship Setlist:  • Joy to the World (Joyful Joyful)  • No Longer Slaves  • Another in the Fire  • Run to the Father 

On the fourth week of Advent, we turn to the third story Jesus tells about loss, the prodigal son. In this final parable, the father doesn’t dwell on his son’s sin or shame; he sees only a beloved child returning home. Worship Setlist:  • Angels We Have Heard on High  • King of Kings  • Holy Forever (Christmas)  • What A Beautiful Name 

Through God's purposed, loving pursuit of us, our sorrow gives way to joy. Worship Setlist:  • The First Noel  • He Shall Reign Forevermore  • Come and Worship  • O Come All Ye Faithful (His Name Shall Be) 

On this second day of Advent, we are reminded that God has come into the chaos of this world to replace it with the shalom of His love. Worship Setlist:  • Joy to the World  • God With Us  • Way Maker 

As we begin Advent this Sunday, Pastor Dennis reminds us that hope, peace, joy, and love lead us to the arrival on the one who embodies all of these eternal realities.

In the final message from our series Two Men’s Journey, Dennis examines Job’s restoration in chapter 42. Job's story reminds us that even when God restores, some losses remain—but His presence is enough in the emptiness. And Job ultimately points us to Jesus, whose suffering brings the true and lasting restoration we all need. Worship Setlist:  • We Praise You  • This I Believe  • We Crown You  •...

This Sunday, Corey Williamson shares from the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. He reminds us that God cares more about our hearts than our actions - and that we are His work. Worship Setlist: • Raise a Hallelujah  • There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do  • Firm Foundation (He Won't)  • All the Poor and Powerless