Welcome Home Series
Welcome Home.
Our church home is a unique place of prayer, place of outreach, place of miracles, place of vision, place of redemption, and so much more. No matter where you’ve been or where you're headed, we’ve got a seat for you at the table, and you’re right on time. Welcome Home.
Week 1: House of Prayer
10/01/23 | In Week 1, Pastor Jeff reads Mark 11 when Jesus enters the Temple in Jerusalem, where he quotes the prophet Isaiah saying, “‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.” (Mark 11:17). Pastor Jeff challenges us to do our own, “Temple Inventory,” and allow the Holy Spirit to work in us.
Week 2: House of Outreach
10/08/23 | In Week 2, Pastor Jeff & Pastor Matt team-teach the message, sharing about how our church is a House of Outreach. While there are many functions and responsibilities to the Church, the main purpose of the Church is to fulfill The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Reading from Acts 13, we see that the first missionary movement was birthed from the Local Church.
1) The Church is the Incubator for Missions
2) The Holy Spirit is the Initiator of Missions
3) Believers are Investors in Missions: Prayer, Pockets, Participation
Think Globally, Act Locally.
Week 3: House of Miracles
10/15/23 | In Week 3, we talk about the reality (and mystery) of miracles. Pastor Matt talks about how miracles remind us that there is more to the world than just what we see or hear from our own experience. Jesus Himself referred to miracles almost as “signposts” that point us to God (John 5:35; 14:11). Pastor Matt defines miracles as divine intervention, which means that God wants to make himself known in our lives!
Jesus Himself also acknowledges that not everyone receives the miracle they are hoping for. Yet that doesn’t stop us from asking God to intervene! Reading from the story of Namaan, a Syrian general who was miraculously healed, we see that we are to:
1) Trust the Messiah, not a Method
2) Worship Well
Week 4: House of Dreams
10/22/23 | In Week 4, Pastor Jeff talks about how God gives us divine dreams, or goals/vision, for our lives! Jesus’ “dream” of spreading the gospel from twelve original disciples seemed impossible, yet when it’s from God, anything is possible. Pastor Jeff also acknowledges this reality: “What do you do when your dreams are shattered?” We see from the scripture in Joshua 7 that God restores broken dreams, even when they are broken because of our own disobedience. No matter who you are, God can restore new vision and dreams to you if you place your life in His hands!
Week 5: House of Redemption
10/29/23 | Our church home is a unique place of prayer, place of outreach, place of miracles, place of vision, place of redemption, and so much more. No matter where you’ve been or where you're headed, we’ve got a seat for you at the table, and you’re right on time. Welcome Home.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing pottery by mending broken pieces with a golden lacquer. The result is a beautiful work of art that is more valuable than the original piece of pottery by itself. In Week 5, Pastor Jeff talks about God’s similar redemptive work in our lives. He reads from Jesus’ longest conversation recorded in scripture: John 4, the Woman at the Well. God can take our brokenness, our past, and our sin, and redeem it for His purposes.
1) Jesus breaks down barriers
2) His story is prophecy
3) Jesus offers life
4) He confronts our past
5) He turns pain into purpose