Under Pressure Sermon Series

This year, we are doing a series over Lent called “I Believe” that is based on the Apostle’s Creed. This series will reflect on our historic faith that has endured through countless generations. So many Christians affirm a historic belief, but it doesn’t translate into a changed life. In this series, we also want to emphasize how belief in the Creed should turn into concrete changes in our lives and in the world around us.

In the book of Ruth, we learn that God is with us whatever the circumstances of our life. We learn of God’s faithfulness that welcomes us into a new community. We learn that our small acts of faith and love either adds or subtracts from us becoming a Beloved Community. We learn how to walk in the way of redemption. We learn there are no small lives in the Kingdom of God!

To behold is to look deeply, to hold something in view and to be attentive to the depth and detail of what you might not, on the surface, see. Advent is a season for followers of Jesus to spend in a posture of deep attention: our focus is on the coming of Christ, and the coming of Christ’s Kingdom. As we explore the nature of who Jesus is this advent, we also become increasingly aware of the darkness that he broke into... a light that shines in the darkness, and that is not overwhelmed by it.

We do a series on the Holy Spirit almost every year because we want to stir up the work of the Spirit. We can’t make the Spirit blow, but we can put up our sail and catch the Spirit when it comes. We want to focus specifically on the charismatic gifts – those gifts that can be controversial – but are part of what Jesus left us.

The Sermon on the Mount is the most significant sermon ever preached. In this upcoming sermon series we will be looking at the different ways people think about what it means to be a Christian. Some see the Sermon on the Mount as impossible ideals, and transformation that isn’t even possible; it can feel like something that is out of reach. However, it paints a picture of what human life and human community can look like when they come under the gracious rule of God.

No matter what season (single, parenting, dating, engaged, married, or caregiving) you and your small group members find yourselves in relationally, God has good plans for your lives to flourish.

During this Lenten season, we are praying for God to grow us towards virtue. Whether in a small group or on your own, we've curated resources to lead you towards a closer connection with Jesus.

This year, we want to narrow in on the four themes in advent: Hope, Joy, Peace, and Love. Here are a few resources to guide you as leaders.

These resources are to help your group best launch Alpha!

We are living amidst a seismic cultural shift. We are drowning in entertainment, 24/7 news, and constant accessibility and noise. In this post-truth, post-Christian, and post-everything world of ours – what does it look like to be the church in this context.