Nova Church Weekly Messages

God’s promises carry forward. Even when we turn aside or turn to human strategies to give us what only God can give us. God keeps his word in Christ. Main Passage: Isaiah 7:10-16 Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25 The Beautiful One: Portraits of Jesus Beauty is hard to define.  But we know it when we see it. Our hearts long for beauty.  Join us for the four weeks of Advent as we consider the beauty o...

"Loose ends. That’s the difference between fiction and reality — some would say. And some would say that we love stories precisely because they are ways we try to make sense of our scattered, fragmented lives. But does this desire—for our lives to make sense, for things to hold together—actually point us to something true about reality and our own lives. Can the loose threads of our lives act...

Hope breaks through. From what appears cut off, finished, a shoot grows. The stump is not the end of the story. God is not done.  The Just One, the Righteous One, Jesus comes to right all wrongs.  We desperately need the Messiah to come! What in your life feels like a dead-end, beyond hope? Jesus is there, ready to meet you. Main Passage: Isaiah 11:1-10 Gospel Reading: Mark 5:35-43 The Beautiful O...

The mountain is a word picture referring to God’s presence dwelling with his creation, among his people.  In Jesus this prophetic image has been fulfilled: God has come to dwell among us. “The word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood” (John 1:14a, MSG). Jesus draws us in. The nations stream to him, and he brings justice and peace to the nations. Passage: Isaiah 2:1-5 Gospel Read...

How do we actually learn and grow?  “Embodied experiments of trust [practices] are concrete ways to let go of control and open our lives up to deeper participation in God’s life, reducing the resistance to God’s grace flowing in and through our lives.” - Matt Tebbe and Ben Sternke Join us for an 8-week series exploring 8 “discipleship axioms” from the book Having the Mind of Christ by Matt Tebbe a...

To make the love of God the very center of our being and discipleship means we have to pay attention to power dynamics in our world.  This includes the power dynamics we participate in as well. “God’s love in Jesus enacted justice in the face of injustice, empowerment in the face of powerlessness, honor for those who had been shamed and marginalized.  What does it look like to live our lives looki...

Good news: God cares about it more than we do.  About what?  All of it! We can rest in God’s care and commitment to us and towards us.  God is faithful!  God will do it! “If God cares about (all of it) more than we do, then we learn how to consent to God’s activity, rather than attempt to exercise control or produce desired outcomes…  You don’t have to convince God to help you grow as a disciple o...

In the Christian scriptures, human beings are always trying to “hustle God”—always hiding, pretending, flattering, or working the angles.  But God is committed to getting people to get real with him.  God is so real that he only meets you where you really are. Join us for an 8-week series exploring 8 “discipleship axioms” from the book Having the Mind of Christ by Matt Tebbe and Ben Sternke. These...

Jesus says, “If you’ve seen me you’ve seen the Father.” The visible image of the invisible God. Sometimes we struggle to understand what God is like— how God thinks of us or treats us in our worst moments and on our really bad days. God is like Jesus. Join us for an 8-week series exploring 8 “discipleship axioms” from the book Having the Mind of Christ by Matt Tebbe and Ben Sternke. These axioms h...

Where is God?  Sometimes we talk like God “showed up,” as if God were absent from that place before that moment.  Sometimes we say, “God did something,” as if God hadn’t been working there all along.  God is always present and at work.  Our job is to learn to wake up to God’s presence, just like Jacob: “Surely God’s presence is in the place and I didn’t know it!” Join us for an 8-week series explo...

The goal of discipleship is communion-in-love—oneness with God and one another.  God’s love is the center of the Christian story.  It’s the center of the cosmos.  Is God’s love the center of your identity? Join us for an 8-week series exploring 8 “discipleship axioms” from the book Having the Mind of Christ by Matt Tebbe and Ben Sternke. These axioms help open our eyes to the reality of God’s work...

Jesus invites us to enjoy life with God, an invitation that he calls us to extends to others.  This is our shared mission as a church – and you have a vital part to play. Learn more about Nova Church at https://novadenver.org/

What would it look to commit to each other and to God’s mission together?  It’s countercultural to commit.  To go all in on something together. It requires trust, vulnerability, and courage.  And it is worth it. Learn more about Nova Church at https://novadenver.org/

What is Jesus up to in us and in our world?  In a word: renewal.  Jesus, who is making all things new, is working for transformation. Pastor Katie shares what the transforming presence of Jesus look like, naming five signs to look for: community, beauty, justice, wholeness, and worship. Jesus brings renewal.  We join in. Learn more about Nova Church at https://novadenver.org/

Enjoying life with God is not a solitary endeavor. The Apostle Paul’s joy overflowed because of his relationship with the Philippians. Nate May teaches from Philippians 4:10-23 and shares how we enter into the life of God—together.  Jesus invites us to enjoy life with God—together. Learn more about Nova Church at https://novadenver.org/