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Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday April 23, 2023 Has worship become a buzzword? Over time has it's meaning become watered down to us to a point where it's a word that used to grab our attention, but now is one we quickly skip over having lost the depth of it's meaning? Join us today as we discover truth, and lean in together to drawing ourselves back to it's definition and what God is tru...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday April 16, 2023 Join us in this message as we discover truth and identify 3 F's involved in becoming more than conquerors. If you enjoy this message, please consider leaving a rating and a review on iTunes or where ever you choose to podcast. Know someone that could use this same encouragement? We truly appreciate when you share The Church messages with your family an...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday April 9, 2023 If you enjoy this message, please consider leaving a rating and a review on iTunes or where ever you choose to podcast. Know someone that could use this same encouragement? We truly appreciate when you share The Church messages with your family and friends. For more from The Church, follow us on: Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠The Church⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠The Church⁠⁠⁠ Websi...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday April 2, 2023 Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? When we look to Palm Sunday and we study the crowd who gathered to shout, "Hosanna." (which translated means please save us) we find they did not. Had they, we would not find them just a few days later shouting, "Crucify!" They knew Him as a prophet, and nothing more. Are you stalled out in...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday March 18, 2023 As a society we have placed God on a shelf. We've set Him down, and are in need of a reminder of where we left Him. We could use a reminder about why we even picked Him up in the first place. Join us in today's message as we discover truth that Jesus doesn't change, we do. Let's explore together why we need a Messiah as we prepare our heart...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday March 12, 2023 Are you feeling as though you have no place to go? Do you wonder if there is a way out of your circumstance? Is the affection you feel isolated to likes on social media? Join us in today's message where you discover the truth about Jesus being the center. When we put Jesus as our center we learn God's resources are never scarce. What we read of Him...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday March 12, 2023 Rain/trials of life are necessary both in a natural and spiritual sense. In this message, we look to the drought Elijah and King Ahab faced, and identify the power of obedience as seen in Elijah's servant. We discover this is the same sort of obedience God is looking for in us.   Perhaps today you find yourself in a drought of life. God has made you a...

Pastor Brad Nave, Sunday March 5, 2023 Psalms 127:1 says, "Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." What's true about the physical is also true about the Spiritual. His desire is for our life to be a house for Himself.  Join us in this message as we celebrate the physical building God has given us and...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday February 26, 2023 Today we were so blessed to spend time together in prayer over the building God has called us to. The one we get to call home. If you enjoy this message, please consider leaving a rating and a review on iTunes or where ever you choose to podcast. Know someone that could use this same encouragement? We truly appreciate when you share The Church messages...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday February 19, 2023 Join us by listening to this message dialing us in to the battle we all have which is held on the inside. Discover with us our need to trust God and surrender our battle to Him.  If you enjoy this message, please consider leaving a rating and a review on iTunes or where ever you choose to podcast. Know someone that could use this same encouragement...

Sis Jessica Hartzold, Sunday February 12, 2023 Change is something many of us struggle with. It's something that tends to go against our nature. Yet God desires it for us. We read of it in 2 Corinthians 3:7-18.  2 Corinthians 3:18, "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spir...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday February 5, 2023 This world has tapped into the health benefits of fasting, but has the Church lost sight of our need from a spiritual perspective?  God is calling us to places we will only get to by both prayer and fasting .  Prayer and fasting go together resulting in the perfect will of God.  Join us in today's message as we dive into scripture to disco...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday January 29, 2023 In Jesus there is life and growth. In the natural, a branch without the vine (over time) will perish. The same is true in the Spiritual.  A slight detachment will lead us to disconnect from Jesus, and over time it moves us away from His harvest.  We want to stay connected to the vine. When we look to scripture we find wonderful truths about our...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday January 22, 2023 We all encounter struggles. No one is immune to them. As Christ followers however, we have a hope . Today we dive in to discover the truth about our need to abide in the struggle.  Want to join us on our journey as we learn about abide?  Check out our previous messages in the series:  Abide: In the Word Abide: In Love If you enjoy this mes...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday January 15, 2023 As a church, it's important that we learn to abide in love . When we do, we begin to display the love of God. It's the love of God that allows us to reflect who He is. It's the love of God that draws other's to Him.  He compels us through His love.  Join us in this message as we discover truth about agape love, a love that is unconditional and...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday January 8, 2023 Does reading the Word (your Bible) matter? It does. The more we read it the easier it is; to pray, to understand, to trust to be confident in what God speaks.  Join us in this message as we discover truth about the power of God's word, and it's ability to guard our minds.  If you enjoy this message, please consider leaving a rating and a review...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday January 1, 2023 In Isaiah 43:18-19, God tells us He's going to do a New Thing. This time of year, we're all looking for a new thing, aren't we? New habits, attitudes, friends, surroundings, jobs, and the list goes on and on and on. We see this in the resolutions we've all made that begin today. The problem however is that change is hard, and difficult to execute which me...

Brother Seio Chihara Sunday, December 18, 2022 Are you filled with worry, frustration, or anxiety? Have you ever wondered how/if peace really exists? Perhaps you've found yourself in a time when you feel over extended, blended and offended? Join us in this message as Bro Seio shares a time when he felt precisely that, and leads us through the Word of God to discover what true peace is like . ...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday December 11, 2022 There are different types of light, does it really matter which we're following?  Join us in this message as we discover truth that says the Light we follow DOES matter, and it's imperative that we know which we're following.  In this message we look to two reason we need Jesus to be the Light we're following.  This message is part of a s...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday December 4, 2022 Christmas is coming, and we're working to prepare our hearts to celebrate the true reason for this season. Mark 1:2-8 speaks of the message of John the Baptist and his purpose to clear the road for coming of Christ.  In our own lives, there is some clearing that must happen as we prepare for Jesus' arrival within us.  Join us in this message as...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday November 27, 2022 No matter what's going on in our life, there is an opportunity for thanks. In today's message we look to Luke chapter 17:11-16 NLT:  11  As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12  As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, 13  crying out, “Jesus, Master...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday November 20, 2022 In this message we discover the truth found in the final ingredient needed to experience a true thanksgiving -> Forgiveness.  Forgiveness is a hard thing. We freely receive it, but often refuse to give it. However the fact of the matter is, if we don't forgive we can't be forgiven . Our refusal is the same as telling God, "I don't need your forg...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday November 13, 2022 We're continuing our journey looking into what it means to celebrate a true Thanksgiving. As a culture we gather together on one day a year specifically to celebrate Thanksgiving, but true Thanksgiving goes beyond the one day and becomes a lifestyle.  As we look at the components that make up a true thanksgiving we're likening it to a recipe. Just...

Sister Jessica Hartzold, Saturday November 6, 2022 Preparing our hearts for Thanksgiving we are unpacking the ingredients that must come together in both the spiritual and natural for us to celebrate a true Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving isn't a day, it's a lifestyle. Praise is a vital component to true Thanksgiving and doing it rights means we’re praising with purpose. Join us as we look at two...

Pastor Josh Linton, Sunday October 30, 2022 We are continuing our Renewing Your Mind series. In today's message we look to Psalm 136 to discover how God's faithful love endures forever by showing us gratitude is a choice in all circumstances.  Our mind is powerful which is exactly why God calls us to change it. One way we allow our mind to be changed is by learning to choose gratitude. Gratit...