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In this week’s message, Paul invites us into a radically freeing way of seeing our past, our present, and our future through the lens of faith in Jesus. Whether you feel weighed down by old wounds, overwhelmed by today’s pressures, or anxious about what lies ahead, this passage offers a hope-filled path forward. Paul shows that faith in Jesus frees us from the grip of the past, not by erasing our...

In this message from Philippians 3:1–11, we explore one of Paul’s most personal reflections on what it truly means to belong to Christ. Is Christianity about what we do for God—or what God has already done for us? Paul’s answer reshapes everything. Through his own story, Paul shows why religious performance can never earn God’s approval, why our best efforts still fall short, and why the righteous...

We begin the New Year thinking about "The Mission of Jesus." As a traveling rabbi, Jesus gathered large crowds and he told them stories that they could identify with in order to point them to the truth about himself. We will look at a well known one, the parable of the sower. Our reading helps us understand Jesus' Method, Message and How the Message Would Spread. As we think about our future as a...

On the final Sunday of each year, I like to take my teaching time to reflect on the life and ministry of our faith family. I am so grateful for each person who worships and serves at West Church. The ministry is a huge team effort, and you make it a joy. What are some of the high points of our year? What are some of the challenges we face and need to prepare for? As we ring in 2026, we pray for th...

In this Christmas Eve sermon, we revisit the story of Mary in Luke 1 and explore what her response to God reveals about genuine faith. Mary begins with simple, willing trust—“Let it be to me according to your word”—but her journey shows that faith doesn’t stay static. It grows, stretches, and deepens through confusion, hardship, and wonder. From Jesus’ birth to His ministry, crucifixion, and resur...

In our Advent series "Grace Required: The Family Tree of Jesus" we will consider David & Bathsheba. The setting is one of the highpoints in the history of Israel, the reigns of King David and his son, Solomon. But the scene is one of dismal failure and shame. Bathsheba is caught in the middle of the struggle. At the beginning of the story, she's laregely the victim. Towards the end of the story, s...

This Advent our theme is "Grace Required: the Family Tree of Jesus." We are looking at the stories of the people who make up the family tree of the Lord Jesus. This week: a Canaanite prostitute in the city of Jericho named Rahab. You never know where a new believer may come from. But you will come to recognize them by the shape of their faith. Rahab was an unclean person with a soiled past. She wa...

This Sunday we will focus on Advent in our teaching series entitled "Grace Required: the Family Tree of Jesus." We will see why the coming of Jesus to be born to redeem was so much more than a "Hallmark Moment." It was absolutely necessary if there was ever a hope for the world We will consider some of the special names singled out in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. This week we will look at the li...

After this Sunday, I will pause our series "Your Best Life Ever Now!" for Advent. But this week we will look once more at Philippians in 2025. We gain a window into Paul's personal relationships and how relationships between believers were fostered and treasured in the New Testament time. There were deep and meaningful friendships, some even inseparable. They made generous sacrifices for one anoth...

This Sunday we continue in our series, "Your Best Life Ever Now." Have you ever received a gift that you absolutely loved? What did you do with it? Most likely you opened it up and started enjoying it in whatever way it was meant to be enjoyed. God has given us an infinite gift. It is called salvation. And we are invited to open it and enjoy it for the rest of our lives. Paul tells us in Philippia...

In our series "Your Best Life Ever Now," we arrive at Philippians 2:5-11. It is one of the most beautiful and profound descriptions of who Jesus is and what he chose to do for us. It also describes how God the Father honors what his Son went through for us. It starts in heaven, comes down to all the ugliness of the earth, and returns to the heavens. This is what our Savior did, what he chose to do...

In Sunday's passage, we will see Paul encouraging the church in Philippi to live their lives for and with each other. Contrary to what our culture tells us, there are no self-sufficient human beings, and certainly no self-sufficient Christians. We will see that a life lived for others is truly the best life we can live- one marked by unity, humility, and generosity.

In our series "Your Best Life Ever Now" we look at another transformative life perspective from Paul: You are a worthy Citizen of God's Kingdom. We belong to something that God is doing in the world right now to make us ready for the next. What God is doing now is transformative, redemptive and lasting. He tells us 4 things citizens of the kingdom do and he shows us how and why they do them. Come...

We continue in our series "Your Best Life Ever Now." Here we see that Paul has a completely new center to universe of his life. This new center changes everything for him. "To live is Christ." Christ is his life. Religion was not his life. Ministry was not his life. Success was not his life. Freedom was not his life. Christ was his life. Jesus was the sun of Paul's solar system. Everything revolve...

Have you ever doubted that you had anything to offer God? You look at others who seem so "gifted" and think, I could never be like that. Or perhaps circumstances have changed for you and you aren't as available to do the things you used to do for God. Or perhaps you feel like a spiritual novice. You don't feel like your life is kind of messy and you feel like all the people around you at church ha...

his week we begin an all new series entitled "Your Best Life Ever Now' through the book of Philippians. Have you ever been in a really negative situation in which, no matter how much you wanted out, no matter how hard you tried, there was almost nothing you could do? If you are in a situation like that, I empathize with you. If you remember one, you're probably happy it's passed. We want out of th...

This Sunday will be the first of the 2025 Missions Conference. The order of service will be familiar, but we will have guests from the Gideons sharing during the sermon time and a Missions Flash from one of our other partners before we pray. In addition, there are a variety of fun events planned throughout the week.

This Sunday join us today as Patrick talks about Between Two Kingdom

This Sunday we conclude our series "Living In God's World, Even When It's Hard." Daniel's final vision takes us to the end, the very end of time. God wants people to know that he has it all sewn up. He has his people to the very end. The only thing we need to do is endure, to hang on. We endure by trusting that our Redeemer is able to redeem us to the very end. And the ending is great—resurrection...

As we near the end of our series "Living in God's World, Even When It's Hard" I would like you to consider this question, "Have you ever worked for a great boss? And what made them great?" A boss is a person who has authority, they are the boss. But a great boss uses that authority in a way that benefits the employees, benefits the company and benefits the customer or the community. They use autho...

We are counting down to the finish in our series, "Living in God's World, Even When It's Hard." Daniel 10 is the prelude to Daniel's final vision in 11-12. We find Daniel spiritually hungry and weakened in body and spirit. Messengers come to strengthen and encourage him. God actually wants to strengthen us and help us when we come to him in weakness and longing for him. God's presence is so breath...

This Sunday, join us as Joshua Rizzo shares with us on a focus on how internal attitudes and actions, mirroring the Pharisees' behavior in the Bible, can create barriers for others to embrace a true relationship with Jesus.

This Sunday we return to our study in Daniel, "Living in God's World, Even When It's Hard." We are in the middle of the section where Daniel sees all these strange visions regarding the future. This week we see how he responds to the visions. His response answers a question we often ask, "If God knows and controls the future, what's our responsibility, if any?" Daniel falls on his face in humble p...

This Sunday, we are excited to hear from Lincoln and Jenny Fitch who serve at universities in Pennsylvania through DiscipleMakers. Lincoln will also be sharing God's word with us through a message, The Surprising Way Up, based on 1 Peter 5:1-6. We have been hard-wired with a longing to be honored, lifted up, and recognized. Not only others, but most of all by God. But the way up, as 1 Peter 5 show...

In our series entitled "Living in God's World, Even When It's Hard," we will consider Daniel's second vision. This one is a little different. He identifies particular nations and particular kings. God actually revealed future history clearly to Daniel centuries in advance. He can do that. It will be difficult for the people of God to come. But he will be with them. That is one of God's greatest co...