- Sermons -
KINGDOM FAITHFULNESS
RYNE PARRISH - AUG 03, 2025
Continuing our King and Kingdom sermon series, Ryne’s sermon today reminds us that God’s enduring faithfulness leads him to deal with us continually according to his promises, and that our faithfulness in fearing God, serving the Lord, and obeying his will for us is what our king demands of us in return.
NO KING BUT CHRIST
RYNE PARRISH - JUL 27, 2025
In this week’s sermon from our King & Kingdom series, we hold Jesus up as the eternal king, the one whose lineage is God, a king who gives rather than takes, a king who claims us as his rights. We are implored not to reject our king the way the Israelites rejected God as their ruler, and Jesus as the Messiah, in the hope that we might take power for ourselves, but rather to allow him to lead us on the path of truth, goodness, and life.
LESSONS FROM THE STORY OF JEPHTHAH
SUSAN JEW - JUL 2O, 2025
In this week’s lesson, Susan Jew shares a story from the book of Judges to remind us that even in our sin and imperfections, God works in and through us. We are reminded that the call to follow God is not always easy, but it is always worth it.
HOPING FOR A KING
RYNE PARRISH - JUL 13, 2025
Ryne’s lesson this week, part of our King & Kingdom sermon series, is a call for us to examine where we are placing our hope, especially when it comes to a savior. There’s only one place worth looking for hope, and it’s not in anything the world provides, but in the person to whom, at his name, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess that he is is Lord—Jesus Christ.
TURN AROUND, THE KINGDOM IS CLOSE BY
RYNE PARRISH - JUL 06, 2025
Continuing our King & Kingdom sermon series, Ryne preaches from Judges to highlight God’s faithfulness. Through the cautionary tale of the Israelites’ repeated pattern of turning away from God, we are shown that God is faithful, ready for us to turn back toward him no matter how many times we’ve turned away.
WORKING FOR THE KINGDOM
RYNE PARRISH - JUN 22, 2025
This week in our King & Kingdom sermon series Ryne gives us a reminder of how God involves us in the work of his kingdom. God reminds us of the promises he has made to his people, and he gives us meaningful work to do in that accomplishment. God’s will will be done, and we have a part to play in working towards that outcome.
INHERITING (NOT GATEKEEPING) THE KINGDOM
RYNE PARRISH - JUN 15, 2025
Continuing our King & Kingdom sermon series, Ryne’s lesson this week proclaims that God has made us heirs to his kingdom through Christ’s faith working through love. Therefore, we are not the judge of who else inherits the kingdom of God. And rather than gatekeeping our inheritance, we are called to share and spread the good news.
IS THIS YOUR KING?
RYNE PARRISH - JUN 08, 2025
This week in our King & Kingdom sermon series we take a closer look at Jesus as king, and call special attention to the characteristics of his kingship and kingdom. Jesus is a king whose mind is not set on earthy things like wealth and power, but one who values humility and servanthood, one who suffered willingly at the hands of power, one whose kingdom uplifts the last and lowest.
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE…
RYNE PARRISH - JUN 01, 2025
Continuing our sermon series called King & Kingdom, Ryne takes us through parables shared by Jesus that describe what the kingdom of heaven is like. We examine how the kingdom of heaven starts small but grows large and has an immense impact, how it requires trust and patience of those who belong to it, and how the kingdom of heaven changes us from the inside out.
THE GENESIS OF KING JESUS
RYNE PARRISH - MAY 25, 2025
Beginning a new sermon series based in the gospel of Matthew called King & Kingdom, Ryne guides us through the claim made by Matthew, front and center in his gospel, that Jesus, King, Anointed One, who is descended from an ancient royal line, is the promised king through whom God is making the world anew from the inside out.
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
SANDY SHELL - MAY 18, 2025
Sandy Shell shares a simple, yet powerful message with our congregation that reminds us of the importance of loving others.
SEEKING THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE A BIRDER
RYNE PARRISH - MAY 11, 2025
Ryne’s message this week lays out how we can use tools like prayer, fellowship, and the Bible, to be intentional about seeking the kingdom of God and his presence in our lives.
FREED FOR A PURPOSE
RYNE PARRISH - MAY 04, 2025
Wrapping up our Freed in Christ series, Ryne’s message today is that though the world tells us that freedom means we can act how we see fit, true freedom in Christ means that we are able to fulfill the purpose we have been created for—to love God and to love others.
HOW TO PRAY
RAYMOND JEW - APR 27, 2025
This week’s message comes from Raymond Jew who encourages us to seek God’s will in all things, especially through prayer. We are reminded that when we remember that God is in control, we can be at peace.
FREED FROM DEATH
RYNE PARRISH - APR 20, 2025
In our Easter Sunday sermon, we continue with our Freed in Christ series. Ryne issues a call to action for us to live the message of the resurrection, not like we are living as though we are enslaved to death. This message is a reminder that we don’t have to wait for death to experience our freedom from it and that we can, right now, experience the joy of life undisturbed by death.
FREED FROM GUILT
RYNE PARRISH - APR 13, 2025
This week in our Freed in Christ sermon series Ryne’s message reminds us that though our sin makes us guilty, Jesus does not condemn us but provides forgiveness and a path that leads us away from sin, and in doing so releases us from our guilt.
FREED FROM SIN
RYNE PARRISH - APR 06, 2025
Beginning a new sermon series called Free in Christ, Ryne’s lesson today emphasizes that sin is more than just a list of things we shouldn’t do. Sin is something that acts against us, exercising dominion over our bodies and bending us to its will, and understanding our inability to free ourselves is paramount to understanding the salvation brought by Jesus.
HOLINESS & JUBILEE
RYNE PARRISH - MAR 23, 2025
Wrapping up our Law and Gospel sermon series, Ryne’s message this week is that just as God created avenues for the Israelites to be holy and for redemption to occur in their lives, so Jesus leads us into God’s presence and redeems us from what oppresses and captivates us.
SIN-BEARER & PRIEST-MAKER
RYNE PARRISH - MAR 16, 2025
Continuing our Law and Gospel sermon series, Ryne’s lesson today highlights how Jesus takes us into the presence of God, how he bears our sins and removes them from God’s presence, and how his blood cleanses us of the pollution caused by sin.
PRIEST AND SACRIFICE
RYNE PARRISH - MAR 09, 2025
This week in our Law and Gospel sermon series, we look at Jesus, who fulfills the law by becoming for us what the law required in order to remove our sin. As our sin keeps us distanced from God, Jesus intercedes for us as the anointed High Priest, and offers himself as the perfect, costly purification sacrifice that washes away that pollution.
THE PRESENCE AND GLORY OF GOD
RYNE PARRISH - MAR 02, 2025
Continuing our Law and Gospel sermon series, we resume our examination of how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament Law. Ryne’s message this week points out that God has a history of taking steps to become closer to his people, and holds up Jesus as the next step in his plan to dwell with us eternally.
JESUS FULFILLS THE LAW
RYNE PARRISH - FEB 23, 2025
Beginning a new sermon series which examines how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament Law, Ryne preaches that through Jesus, we are drawn in to live closer to God, rather than on the edges of the law, and highlights how God uses his law to reshape us into the image of Jesus.
A PLACE OF REST
KENT TURPIN - FEB 16, 2025
This week’s message comes from Kent Turpin who reminds us that God has given us his peace, which enables us to show God’s love to others, even during moments of turmoil or contention.
READING THE BIBLE IS TRANSFORMATIVE
RYNE PARRISH - FEB 09, 2025
As we close out our sermon series on Bible Basics, Ryne’s lesson this week reminds us that we are invited into he work that God is doing, and through the story of the Bible, which points to Jesus and includes us, we are transformed from walking alone, absent from a life near God, into a new life with a new knowledge of who God is and what he is doing in the world and in us.
THE BIBLE’S STORY POINTS TO JESUS
RYNE PARRISH - FEB 02, 2025
Continuing our Bible Basics sermon series, Ryne’s message this week showcases the unified story of the Bible, which is Jesus, and highlights how we can start anywhere in scripture and find ourselves guided by its direction, it’s flow, toward him.
THE BIBLE TELLS A UNIFIED STORY
RYNE PARRISH - JAN 26, 2025
In this week’s sermon we continue our Bible Basics series and are encouraged to take a step back and view the message of the Bible as a whole. While the details of the Bible are wonderful and enhance God’s message, we ought to remember that the unified story it tells is what God wants us to share with others, and that we should be careful not to miss the forest for the trees.
THE BIBLE IS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE
RYNE PARRISH - JAN 19, 2025
Continuing our Bible Basics sermon series, Ryne’s message this week focuses on both the humanity and divinity of the Bible, acknowledging that though our God is all-powerful and doesn’t need any help, he has continually chosen to work in, through, and alongside us to accomplish his work.
THE BIBLE IS AN ANCIENT LIBRARY
RYNE PARRISH - JAN 12, 2025
Today’s lesson in our Bible Basics sermon series showcases the Bible as a vast library comprised of works of knowledge, poetry, biography, story, instruction, law, and teaching. Ryne reminds us that it’s important to explore all of the works, to discern what each type of literature is trying to tell us, and to lean on others for help in understanding what we are reading.
WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
RYNE PARRISH - JAN 05, 2025
Beginning a new sermon series aimed at helping us understand the basics of the Bible, Ryne reminds us that these ancient words are both human and divine, that they tell the whole story of Jesus in parts that each lead us to him, and that by reading the word of God together we allow ourselves the opportunity to achieve a newer or deeper perspective on something that is often so familiar.
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