Upstate Community Church

Jesus didn't need extra time in his day to bless people — he simply met them at the table. In this message, we look at how Jesus used ordinary meals to reach tax collectors, sinners, and even Pharisees, and how that same rhythm is available to every one of us today. If you eat three meals a day, you already have over a thousand opportunities a year to bless your neighbor. This week, we talk ab...

What does it mean to truly listen — and why does it start with God? In this episode from the BLESS series, Pastor Connor Guerzini explores the “L” — Listen. We live in a culture that is constantly competing for our attention. Influencers, tech platforms, advertisers — they all want what only God deserves. And when we give our attention away to screens and noise, we lose the capacity to hear the on...

We're launching a brand new series called BLESS — a practical, gospel-centered framework for how everyday followers of Jesus can reach the people living right around them. At Upstate Community Church, we're in the middle of a 1,000-day initiative to have 1,000 gospel conversations, and this series is built to equip you with the tools to do exactly that. But before we talk method, we have t...

When everything feels uncertain, what are you holding on to? Hebrews 6 gives us one of the most powerful images in all of Scripture — hope as an anchor. Not a wish. Not wishful thinking. An anchor. Something fixed, immovable, and planted in something far more solid than anything this world can offer. In the final week of our Unshakeable series, Pastor Bobby Howard brings us to Hebrews 6:18-19 to s...

What if the peace you're looking for isn't on the other side of your circumstances — but available right in the middle of them? The Apostle Paul wrote Philippians 4 from a prison cell, not a resort. And yet his words carry a peace that has nothing to do with his surroundings. Because the peace of God doesn't wait for your situation to improve — it guards your heart and mind in the midd...

What do you do when following God costs you everything? In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stood before a king with absolute power — and they didn't flinch. Not because they were fearless, but because they knew exactly who held their trust. Their faith wasn't fragile. It was forged. In this message from our Unshakeable series, Pastor Bobby Howard opens Daniel 3:13-18 to show us w...

Of all seven churches Jesus addresses in Revelation, Laodicea receives the most unsettling diagnosis — not that they were hostile to the faith, but that they had become completely indifferent to it. Lukewarm. Comfortable. Self-sufficient. And Jesus says it made him sick. In this final week of Dear Church, Ken opens Revelation 3:14-22 and brings us face to face with the church that thought it was d...

Dear Church Week 6

Pastor Connor Guerzini | 5.10.2026

Is Jesus Forming You? | Dear Church Series | Revelation 2:12–17 What is Jesus actually doing in you right now? Not just saving you from something — but actively shaping you into something more like him? In this message from Upstate Community Church's Dear Church series, Pastor Bobby walks through Christ's letter to the church in Pergamum in Revelation 2:12–17. The church there was faithful...

What do you do when following Jesus makes your life harder? In this episode, Pastor Connor walks through Jesus' letter to the church in Smyrna — the only church in Revelation with no rebuke, a congregation suffering poverty, exclusion, and persecution simply for staying faithful. Jesus doesn't promise them relief. He promises them a crown. We dig into why God allows suffering, the differen...

Jesus sees everything you're doing — the labor, the perseverance, the doctrinal discernment, the faithfulness week after week. He commends it all. But in his letter to the church of Ephesus, he says something that cuts through every good deed and busy schedule: "I have this against you — you have left your first love." In this message from the Dear Church series, Aaron walks through...

The Battle Won | Easter 2026 No one on earth is undefeated. Every person has faced losses they couldn't reverse — in relationships, in parenting, in their own character, against sin and death itself. The longer we believe we can change our lives through sheer willpower, the more we miss what Easter is actually about. In this Easter Sunday message, Pastor Connor Guerzini walks through John 20,...

Embrace the Stuck | Stuck to Control What if the things promising you the most control are the very things keeping you from it? In this Palm Sunday message, Pastor Connor Guerzini digs into the final temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4 — where the devil offers him all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for his worship. It sounds generous. It's the oldest hollow promise in existence. We unpack...

Ephesians 5:21-33, Matthew 91:4-6 Pastor Connor Guerzini

"Master, we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again." — Luke 5:5 In this special Vision Sunday message, Pastor Connor Guerzini celebrates Birthday Sunday at Upstate Community Church. As we look back on God’s faithfulness in Boiling Springs and look ahead to the next 1000 days of our church, we explore the life-changing power of...

hristmas is meant to be a season of peace — yet for so many, it’s one of the most stressful times of the year. In this message from Upstate Community Church, Pastor Connor Guerzini explores why our lives feel so hurried and heavy during the holidays and how the arrival of Jesus offers real peace that meets us right where we are. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or longing for calm, t...

One Invitation can change a generation.

Jesus saw interruptions as opportunity, not inconvenience.

Jesus ate with both saints and sinners - but he prioritized the sinners.

Jesus focused on people one at a time.

Lust is more than a fleeting temptation — it’s a heart issue. In Week 3 of our Heart Issues series, Pastor Connor Guerzini unpacks Jesus’ call to purity in Matthew 5:8, 27–30; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20; and 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5. Discover why freedom from lust isn’t about working harder but about prioritizing what you want most over what you want now, allowing the Holy Spirit to transform your heart....

Greed promises satisfaction but always leaves us empty. In this message from our Heart Issues series, Pastor Connor unpacks how greed robs us of God’s intended blessing and even harms the people around us. Looking at Joshua 7, Luke 12:13-21, and Ecclesiastes 5:10-11, we see how Achan’s hidden sin led to Israel’s defeat, why Jesus warned us to “beware of every kind of greed,” and how generosity is...

Wrath is a dangerous habit of the heart. It often boils over when we feel wronged, leading us to hurt others and ourselves in the process. But Scripture reminds us that vengeance belongs to God, not us. In this message from our Heart Issues series, Pastor Connor Guerzini unpacks Luke 9, Romans 12, and Proverbs 20 to show the difference between God’s holy wrath and our sinful anger. Discover why tr...

Jesus warned that offenses will come -- but how we respond determines whether we stayh trapped or walk in freedom. In this message, discover how the stories of Joseph and David show us the power of forgiveness, letting go of unmet expectations, and trust GOd's plan over our hurts.