Awaken City Church

Derek kicks off our Advent series entitled "Christmas Through the Eyes of" as we look at the arrival of Jesus from different points of view to understand what we can learn about God, our relationship with Him, and how we can honor Him with our lives this Christmas season.

Derek wraps up our series Quick Question with a question we’ve probably all used at some point in your lives, "What happens when I die?"

Derek is back walking us through two great questions in our Quick Question series: 1) Why do Christians seem to follow some Old Testament laws and not others and 2) Why does God require a sacrifice?

Matt Richards (SEND Network Church Planting Resident) shares with us from John 15 and what it means to stay connected to the True Vine that is Jesus.

Jonathan talks through Biblical principles surrounding two questions submitted, 1) Should believers vote? and 2) What does the Bible say about abortion?

Jonathan continues our series called Quick Question as he tackles the questions of, "How do we live in a fallen world?", "What does the Bible say about alcohol consumption?", and "How should we approach entertainment like music, movies, etc.?". A lot of the answers here come down to how we use the freedom we have in Christ in order to fulfill the purpose we have in Ch...

The people at Awaken City Church submitted questions about God, the Bible, and life as a whole that they wanted to know the answers to. Our pastors are taking the next few weeks to attempt to answer those questions. In this video, Derek answers a couple of questions related to who God is: Is there a difference between the God of the Old Testament and the New Testament? How are the Father, the Son,...

Matt Richards, who is doing his church planter residency at Awaken City, taught us from Hebrews 12:1-2 about running our race with endurance for the glory of God.

Derek wraps up our series through the book of Ephesians with Paul's instructions on spiritual warfare and wearing the armor of God.

Derek kicks off chapter 6 of Ephesians covering what Paul writes as instruction to kids, parents, bosses, and employees. 

Derek continues our series in Ephesians, looking at God’s good design for marriage, and what it looks like to live that out, as husbands and wives. 

Jonathan continues our series through Ephesians, discussing the command Paul gives the Ephesians to stop and think. He tells them to really examine their lives and how they can best use their lives to bring glory and honor to Jesus.

Derek continues our series through Ephesians addressing Paul's exhortation to "be imitators of God as beloved children".

Derek continues our series in Ephesians, covering God's instructions to us about living a new life and why.

Derek continues our series in Ephesians walking through the unity the whole church has in Christ.

Jonathan continues our series through the book of Ephesians, talking through the impact of truly knowing and understanding the love of Jesus, how that changes us, and how God can move in us and His church with this understanding.

Derek continues our walk through the book of Ephesians, relating how Paul encourages the believers in Ephesus of their place in the family of God and the importance of being involved with other believers.

Derek continues our series in Ephesians showing how Jesus has removed our hostility with God AND with other believers through the shedding of His blood.

Our Worship & Executive Pastor, Jonathan, continues our series walking through the book of Ephesians by pointing out who we are without Jesus and how God saves us by grace alone.

Derek continues our series walking through the book of Ephesians together by going over Ephesians 1:15-23 and discussing the spiritual blessings we have IN CHRIST.

Derek kicks off our new series walking through the book of Ephesians.

Derek closes out our series on the Upside-Down Kingdom as he walks us through Jesus' teaching "To find your life, you must lose it".

Derek continues our series entitled Upside-Down Kingdom as he walks us through how Jesus taught to love and do good to all people, specifically those who hate you and do wrong to you.

Derek walks through what the Bible teaches us about how parents are to raise their children. First, we must love God wholly ourselves, then we can train our children to love God and His Word (the Bible) as well.

Our Worship & Executive Pastor Jonathan continues our series on the Upside-Down Kingdom walking through what the Bible teaches us about being truly rich.