Washington Avenue Christian Church

We all get angry. How quickly do you get there and what do you do with it? Most of us speak too quickly, often before we think. What if you learned to be quiet a little more often. And nearly all of us do not listen enough. What if we truly did listen twice as much as we speak? Maybe, just maybe our walk with Jesus and our relationship with others would be more fruitful, more consistent, less trou...

In today’s section of our new study of the book of James, we learn that there are two desired outcomes for our lives, one from God and one from Satan. God desires to give us wonderful gifts, the real deal, life now and life eternal. Satan offers only counterfeits of the “good and perfect gifts” God offers. But guess which gifts we often choose? Satan is the master of deception, the “Father of Lies...

James 1:2-4. Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-request We look forward to hearing from you!   Want to take the next step in getting involved at Washington Avenue Christian Church? Fill out this connect card and someone will reach out to you! https:// www.wacconline.org/connectcard   Stay in touch by signing up fo...

If you laughed a bit at the title of this new series, you were not alone. And that’s because you and I (and every other non-delusional person) know that perfection on human terms is not going to happen. Still, the scriptures show that we are “being perfected”—being made complete—as we, through grace and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, become more and more like Jesus. Part of that comes wi...

It can be almost overwhelming sometimes when we sit back and watch the world spinning ever-so-quickly toward anarchy and chaos. We see it world-wide, but we can’t help but see it in our own nation, especially when we consider the corruption and/or ineptitude of leadership at the highest levels. Sometimes it feels like we don’t have a chance! But if you look back through history, even to the time w...

John 15 Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-request We look forward to hearing from you! Want to take the next step in getting involved at Washington Avenue Christian Church? Fill out this connect card and someone will reach out to you! https://wacconline.org/httpsconnect-cardcomrioeriyq66clduyrvf9v Stay in touch b...

The “GOING” part of the great commission is pretty clear. What’s harder to come by is the answer to two HUGE little questions the great commission begs be asked: “HOW?” and “WHO?” In today’s message we consider those questions, and we take a look at the life of a man God called long ago, and then sent. Maybe what this man Isaiah learned in the process can teach us. And just maybe, how he answered...

The question was asked of Jesus, “and who is my neighbor”? In our series entitled GOING we are reminded the importance of our taking the message of Jesus to those who need to know Him. As you go and wherever you go, may you be a good and salty neighbor to those in your circles. Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-r...

One of Jesus’ most overlooked commands is the last thing he ever said to his disciples. We are quick to obey some of his other commands, but often struggle to obey this most important one. Because of the resurrection, we have an inside track to the best news the world has ever known, yet we struggle to share it. This week, we are reminded that “Going” means obeying Jesus’ command to “make disciple...

We continue the thread we started last Sunday when we asked the two biggest questions of life: 1) Can we trust God? 2) WILL we trust God? There is no more teaching of God more challenging—or more ignored likely—than His command to be generous in our giving back to Him. Whether you’re talking about tithing, as was commanded in the Old Testament, or the even more generous giving anticipated by the c...

Usually, when it comes to giving, we begin to think in terms of percentages. While that’s certainly a biblical model, it seems as though the New Testament asks more of us. Join us this week as we explore “how much” we are supposed to give, and celebrate the ways that WACC has done this already! Do you have prayer requests?  Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacco...

What does being a Christian even mean? What has Christ called us to? Join us this week as we walk through Matthew 16:24 Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-request We look forward to hearing from you!   Want to take the next step in getting involved at Washington Avenue Christian Church? Fill out this connect card...

 In Luke 2, we are given a brief, one-sentence look at what Jesus did as he grew. This week, we will look at those things and how they can work to help us grow in similar ways in today’s world. 

We all know the frustration of failing at something repeatedly because our wishes to change and efforts to change are never quite enough. In this first message in our “Growing” focus, we will look quickly at three biblical scenes in which people by themselves were not enough until God made the difference. In all three cases, part of the work to be done toward growth involves getting outside of our...

Everyone needs someone who comes alongside of them in life to encourage them along the way, someone who has their back, but also is willing to speak truth to them when needed. Not only do you need someone like Barnabas in your life, but you need to be that for someone else. May you look for opportunities to encourage someone in their walk with Jesus as you walk alongside each other. Do you have pr...

This week, Jake will show us why each and every one of us needs a Paul in our lives. He will use various texts throughout the Bible to show that sometimes the most apparent embodiment of Christ is sitting right in front of you.  Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-request We look forward to hearing from you!   Want...

As we look at relational discipleship, it becomes clear that every Paul needs a Timothy. The question is, am I a Paul? And, if so, what does having a Timothy look like? Join us as we dive into this first look at relational discipleship, how to do it, and what is benefits are.  Do you have prayer requests? Get in touch directly with the team at WACC using this link: https://wacconline.org/prayer-re...

A recurring message of scripture though the stories of Advent is this: “Don’t be afraid!” It seems to always be the first word from God’s messengers, and with good reason! But fear is such an ever-present reality in our lives, isn’t it? In a positive way our fear can keep us alive, when we are afraid of the right things. And we all know that our fears can keep us awake at night. But we may not rea...

One of the things that makes the Christmas story so winsome is that it involves a lot of ordinary people, people much like us. It doesn’t make sense that God would do it this way. But there we are, and there they were. Mary, Joseph, cousins, shepherds, government officials, innkeepers, even an emperor—all pawns designed to be used by God to star in this very story. It’s a good reminder that God is...

A lot of people have no idea about the true meaning of Christmas. And perhaps a lot of Christians, even though they connect Jesus with December 25th, don’t fully realize themselves the depth of love and planning that went into the perfect gift. The gift of Jesus was certainly no accident on that first Christmas, having been prophesied for hundreds of years; the culmination of that gift, when the s...

For us, Christmas has become about exchanging gifts, and a great deal of effort and expense goes into this process. But any gift we might ever give is but a feeble echo of the greatest exchange EVER, when God wrapped Himself in a package of human skin and gave us the gift of His very presence. His gift is indescribable and inexpressible: not only did He give us His proximity, He gave us His blood....