Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Have you ever had an experience that seemed incompatible with your expectations? This often happens in Christianity. Many people often decide to follow Jesus hoping that this decision will improve our circumstances. We find ourselves expecting to experience Heaven while we are still living in a fallen world. Eventually, the realities of a world filled with sin, brokenness, and death begin to rattl...

Everyone under thirty knows the word, and everyone over sixty has heard it but isn’t quite sure about it: ghosting. It’s what happens when someone simply disappears — no explanation, no goodbye, no returned texts. One day the conversation is alive, and the next day, silence. Sometimes life with God can feel strangely similar. You pray. You make a plan. You believe you’re following him — and instea...

As we continue our tour of the churches in Asia, our Pastoral Resident, Ben Woolbright, will take us back to Ephesus. Have you ever faced an identity crisis of some kind? An identity crisis usually occurs when something important to us is now missing, or at least threatened. For example, if your identity is placed in something that will one day leave, such as, your age, your health, or your appear...

You can usually tell what a building is for the moment you walk in. A courthouse speaks authority. A hospital is built to keep people alive. A cathedral lifts your eyes upward before you've decided to look. The structure reveals the purpose. The same is true of a church. Every church is building something—around a personality, a program, a preference, a tradition—and if you stay long enough, what...

For our first Sunday we have the privilege to hear from Ben Wood. Ben and Mandi Wood and their children Elliana, Jonathan and Noah have been with Trinity Church for the last 4 years. Originally from Ohio, they served as missionaries in the Middle East before coming to Orlando. Ben serves on the theological development team with Cru and Mandi cares for staff as part of the HR team. Our journey to t...

This Sunday we return to Acts 6:1–7 to finish what we began last week. We've already seen how grumbling can enter even a healthy, growing church — and how the enemy uses real pain, real concerns, and real overlooked people to fracture what the gospel has joined together. We saw how a small complaint, left to ferment in side conversations and suspicion, can do what an army at the gates could never...

Sometimes the greatest things fall from the smallest causes. Troy stood for ten years against the greatest army in the ancient world — and fell to a gift its own people pulled inside the gates. A submarine isn't destroyed by what's fired at it, but by a wrench dropped on a steel deck. A Florida house doesn't fall to the hurricane — it falls to the termites. And the church of Jesus Christ — the chu...

Kids on the playground know how to land an insult: "You're full of it!" It's funny because it's true — of all of us. The question is what the "it" is. The Book of Acts keeps using one peculiar word to describe people: full. Some are filled with jealousy, deceit, or even the schemes of Satan. Others are filled with the Spirit, with faith, with grace and power. Luke wants us to see that we are not n...

This week we come to one of the most disturbing scenes in the New Testament — Acts 5:1–11. A husband and wife. A sold field. A hidden portion. And one of the strangest questions Peter ever asked: "Why has Satan filled your heart?" It's a question most modern Christians don't know what to do with. The devil sounds like a Halloween costume. We'd rather translate Peter's question into something more...

This Sunday, we're in Acts 4:32–5:11, and Luke shows us something surprising about what a great church actually looks like. Not the kind of greatness the world measures — visibility, influence, admiration — but the kind that shows up when Christ is truly present among His people. Luke gives us three marks: great power, great grace, and great fear. All of it flows from Christ Himself. But right in...

Do you ever look at the early church and get jealous of all the things they were able to experience? There is no doubt that they saw God do incredible things! They even went through incredible growth and unity early on. However, it is precisely because of their incredible growth and unity that Satan had a target on their back. When the earth is being filled with worshipers, Satan becomes increasin...

This Sunday we will be continuing our series through the book of Acts with a Palm Sunday message called "The Name" from Acts 4:5–12. It's a passage where the apostle Peter stands before the most powerful religious court in Israel — the same court that condemned Jesus just weeks earlier — and makes a claim so bold it still echoes today: "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name...

Lake Nona just released its 2026 Factsheet and a new promo video, and the mission statement is worth reading slowly: "To create an extraordinary environment that inspires human potential through collaboration, innovation and customer devotion." Seventeen square miles, 44 miles of trails, a world-class medical campus, autonomous shuttles, MICHELIN-recommended restaurants, and a community literally...

Every once in a while we experience a moment when everything feels exactly the way it’s supposed to be. Maybe it’s a dinner table with friends where the conversation flows and no one wants the evening to end. A Saturday morning with your kids where the house is full of laughter and no one is rushing anywhere. A moment at work when the team is working together and what you’re doing actually feels m...

This week, Ben Woolbright will lead us through Acts 3:1-10. In these verses, Peter and John heal a beggar who had been lame since birth. Up to this point, God had been working in ways and specific times, but this miracle broke the mold. Every day is holy. Every believer is empowered. Every encounter is an opportunity. Peter and John went about their daily routine with a heightened sense of awarene...

We will be walking through Acts 2:14–41 together — the passage where Peter preaches the risen Christ, hearts are pierced, and thousands respond in repentance and baptism. It is the first baptism Sunday in church history, and it sets the pattern for everything the church becomes: Repent and be baptized. Repent. Turn. Re-center. Stop orbiting yourself. But here's the key: repentance is not a one-tim...

This Sunday we'll be joined by Marc, who serves in biblical tourism in Central Asia. Marc will be preaching from Psalm 104 during our service, and then during our discipleship time afterward, he'll be sharing more about his work and an incredible opportunity for our church. That opportunity? This October, I'll be leading a Biblical Sites in Türkiye Trip (October 9–16, 2026) where we'll tour the Se...

Last Sunday, something disruptive happened in Jerusalem. Wind without weather. Fire without fuel. Languages without study. The crowd stood stunned. Some were curious. Others were cynical. And hanging over the moment was one pressing question: “What does this mean?” It’s the same question we ask when our lives are interrupted. When plans unravel. When prayers seem delayed. When God moves in ways we...

Let's try again! Last week, Orlando decided to act like it was in the Midwest, and the pipes at Laureate Park Elementary decided they weren't having it. So we took an unexpected "snow day!" This Sunday, we're back at it. The pipes are fixed, the temps are back to Florida-normal, and we can't wait to be together again. Tomorrow we will continue our journey through Acts with one of the most dramatic...

We have all had times when we felt like we were in over our heads. Perhaps you were overwhelmed at school when you prepared for a big test or had to write an important paper. Maybe you feel overwhelmed at work as the workload increases, deadlines shrink, roles and expectations go uncommunicated, or the environment gets increasingly toxic. It could be that every day is a struggle as you try to hold...

As we step into a new year, many of us are thinking about fresh starts—new goals, new habits, new plans. But what if the most important question isn't "What should I start?" but rather "What has Jesus already begun?" This Sunday, we begin a year-long journey through the Book of Acts. And right from the opening verses, Luke makes something clear: the Gospels aren't the end of Jesus' story—they're t...