Why Settle For Ripples... Acts - Introduction and Overview (Acts 1-28)

Message: David Lawson
Title: Why Settle for Ripples... Topic: The Church boldly obeys and succeeds in the great commission Theme: The boldness of the Christians was essential to their success Text: Acts 1-28

Hope - the resurrection changes everything! - It's Never Too Far (Easter Service)

Message: David Lawson
Title: It's Never Too Far Topic: The Centurion realizing he's killed God Theme: Shame, Guilt, Unconditional Forgiveness, Mercy, God's Sovereignty, Hope of the Resurrection (next life) Text: Luke 23:32-37, 44-47

Hope - the resurrection changes everything! - Never Too Much

Message: David Lawson
Title: It's Never Too Much Topic: Peter's denial of Christ Theme: Unconditional Forgiveness, Grace, Hope, Second Chances, Hope of the Resurrection (next life) Text: Matthew 26:31-35, 57-58, 69-75

Hope - The resurrection changes everything! - It's Never Too Late

Message: David Lawson

Title: It's Never Too Late

Topic: The Thief on the Cross
Theme: Unconditional Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, the Gift of Salvation, Hope of the Resurrection (next life)
Text: Luke 23:39-43

The Bold Life - Humble Hearts are Boldly Confident

Message: Kim LawsonTitle: Humble Hearts are Boldly Confident

Topic: Being broken/humbled by God develops a bold confidence

Series: The Bold Life Theme: Humility / Brokenness / Confidence / Faith Text: (2 Samuel 11-1 Kings 2)

The Bold Life - Tested Hearts are Boldly Ambitious

Title: Tested hearts are boldly ambitious
Topic: When we pass God's tests we are ready and willing to be successful
Series: The Bold Like
Theme: Trials / Testing / godly desire and ambition
Text: 2 Samuel 1 - 10

The Bold Life - Faithful Hearts are Boldly Persistent

Message: David LawsonTitle: Faithful Hearts are Boldly PersistentSeries: The Bold Life

Topic: Faith in God enables us to persevere through hardship Theme: Faith / hope / endurance / persistence in believing the promise he would be king / perseverance Text: 1 Samuel 18-31

The Bold Life - Pure Hearts are Boldly Courageous

Message: David Lawson

Title: Pure Hearts are Boldly Courageous

Series: The Bold Life Topic: Pure hearts enable us to trust God confidently Themes: purity / integrity / self-control / freedom Text: 1 Samuel 8-17

Interactive - How to Excel at Giving!

Message: David LawsonTitle: How to Live Generously

Topic: How to live and give generously

Series: Interactive Theme: Actively and intentionally looking for ways to give and bless others Text: 2 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Corinthians 8:11; Leviticus 7:30; Matt 5:23; 1 Corinthians 13:3

Interactive - Generosity is Awesome!

Message - David Lawson

Title: Generosity is Awesome! Topic: The outcomes of giving generously 

Theme: Joy; personal growth and prosperity; community; harvest and reward 

Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Matt 6:20-21; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; 1 John 3:16-18; Acts 2:44-47.

Interactive - From Scarcity to Abundance

Message - David Lawson

Title: From Scarcity to Abundance 

Topic: Developing a biblical mindset of abundance 

Series: Interactive

Theme: Overcoming fear and a scarcity mindset; God generously provides everything we need; Generous giving is an act of worship 

Text: 1 Tim 6:10; Matt 19:16-17,20-22; Luke 12:13-21; Luke 15:13; Luke 16:13; Matt 16:19; John 12:3-5; Matt 6:25

Interactive - God's Taken the Lead in Giving

Message - David Lawson

Title: God's Taken the Lead in Giving 

Topic: Learning from God's generosity 

Series: Interactive

Theme: God is sacrificial and generous and He's transforming us to be like Him 

Text: John 3:16; 2 Cor 8:8-9; Phi 2:5-8; John 13:3-5

Interactive - Living With a Living God!

Message - David Lawson

Title: Interactive 

Topic: Living Interactively with God 

Theme: Obedience and Faith 

Text: Malachi 3:10; Proverbs 19:17; Matt 16:18

The Tree and it's Fruit

Message - Guest Speaker Paul Boehlke

Title: The Tree and it's Fruit 

Text: Luke 6:43-49

Being a Reflection of Jesus

Message: Travis Vise
Title: Being a Reflection of Jesus
Series: Being a Witness
Text: Acts 1:1-8

Don't Forget Who God Is and Who You Are

Message: Special Guest SpeakerJames Grout
Title: Don't Forget Who God Is and Who You Are
Series: Don't forget who God is
Text:  Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Simply Jesus 4. A Simple Hope

Message - Chuck Keplar

Title: A Simple Hope 

Series: Simply Jesus

Topic: The birth of Jesus brings the simple hope of life and a future, in the midst of a complicated world of despair and hopelessness 

Theme: Hope! 

Text: In Christ alone/no other name (Acts 4:12) / Jesus will return (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13-14); John 3:16; Hebrews 6:19

Simply Jesus - A Simple Response

Message - Chuck Keplar

Title: A Simple Response 

Series: Simply Jesus

Topic: How the responses to Jesus were so simple [Herod - simple pride leading to ignorance (Matthew 2:1-18), Mary - simple faith leading to acceptance (Luke 1:38), Shepherds - simple belief leading to joy, (Luke 2:8-20)] 

Theme: God's simple love and grace demands a simple response of gratitude and repentance. 

Text: John 1:11-12, 3:16; Romans 10:9-10

Simply Jesus - A Simple Humility

Message - David Lawson

Title: A Simple Humility 

Topic: The simple humility of God's grace 

Theme: The simplicity of the incarnation (census to bring about prophesied location, a barn for the ‘lamb of God’, anonymous parents) 

Text: Philippians 2:5-11

Simply Jesus - A Simple Plan

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Simply Jesus - A Simple Plan 

Topic: The Incarnation 

Theme: The simplicity of the gospel 

Text: John 1:1-18

Faith in Real Life 7. Faith in Real Life / James 5:13-20

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Faith in Real Life 

Topic: The power of trusting/believing God in our daily lives 

Theme: Faith / believing God / taking 'risks' of faith 

Text: James 5:13-20

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - How to Live Out of Control

Message - Micah Dodson

Title: How to Live Out of Control 

Topic: Giving up control of our lives to God 

Series: Under Pressure Faith in Real Life

Theme: patience / boasting / control / trusting in ourselves 

Text: James 4:12-5:12

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - When Our Wisdom Isn't Wise

Message - Kim Lawson

Title: When Our Wisdom Isn't Wise 

Topic: Humbly living by God's Word - what God says is wise

Series: Under Pressure Faith in Real Life

Theme: Trusting God's advice and guidance / humility / motives 

Text: James 3:13-4:12

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - How to Know You're Maturing

Message - David Lawson

Title: How to Know You're Maturing 

Topic: How we speak 

Series: Under Pressure Faith In Real Life

Theme: the power of words / choosing your words carefully 

Text: James 3:1-12

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - Practicing What You Preach

Message - David Lawson

Title: Practicing What You Preach

Series: Under Pressure Faith in Real Life

Topic: Our behavior reflecting our faith 

Theme: Word and Deeds 

Text: James 2:14-26

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - How to Avoid Being Religious

Message - David Lawson

Title: How to Avoid Being Religious 

Series: Under Pressure Faith in Real Life

Topic: Living by your beliefs and convictions 

Theme: temptation, personal responsibility, integrity, favoritism/discrimination 

Text: James 1;13-2:13

Under Pressure Faith in Real Life - How to Follow Jesus Under Pressure

Message - David Lawson

Title: How to Follow Jesus Under Pressure 

Topic: Trusting God in the Hard Times 

Series: Under Pressure Faith in Real Life 

Theme: Persevering through suffering 

Text: James 1:1-12

International Mission

Message - Kendra Shaw

Topic: International Mission 

Theme: Obeying the Great Commission and helping those in need

OPEN - Prayer and Worship Service

Message: David Lawson
Topic: Prayer and Worship
Series: Open

OPEN - Building God into Your Life

Message - Micah Dodson

Title: Building Prayer into Your Life 

Topic: Learning to talk to God during your day 

Series: Open

OPEN - Opening Up to God

Message - David Lawson

Title: Opening Up to God 

Topic: Fasting Theme: Learning how to 'silence our flesh' so God's voice is even louder 

Series: OPEN

Open - Listening to God

Message - David Lawson

Title: Listening to God 

Topic: Listening to God when we pray

Series: Open

Theme: Learning to recognize God's voice and be still enough to listen to it 

Text: Psalm 46:10, 1 Kings 19:11-13

OPEN - Talking to God

Message - David Lawson
Topic: Talking to God 

Title: Open 

Theme: Learning how we can communicate with God / making space in our lives to hear from God / being willing to change, because change is the essence of prayer 

Text: Luke 11:1-4; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; John 16:23-24, 26-27; Matthew 7:7; Revelation 3:20

Vision Sunday - Hunger

Message - David Lawson

Title: Hunger Topic: The fulfillment of our mission depends on our hungering for God 

Theme: The Kingdom of God belongs to those who hunger for God! 

Text: Matthew 5:6

Family Circles - The Community Family - Protective

Message - Kim Lawson

Title: Community Family - Protective 

Series: Family Circles

Topic: The responsibility we have to care for people in our society 

Theme: Care and social responsibility Text:

Family Circles - The Community Family - Productive

Message - David Lawson

Title: The Community Family - Productive 

Series: Family Circles

Topic: The place and role of a Christ-follower in society. 

Theme: We've been created by God to be citizens of earth as well as heaven.

Family Circles - The Church Family - Outward

Message - Micah Dodson

Title: Family On Mission 

Topic: Fulfilling the Great Commission

Series: Family Circles

Theme: How can we live as an extended family of missionaries here in our neighborhoods, niches, workplaces, and schools. 

Text: Multiple texts. 1 Peter 3:15-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 28:19-20, Luke 8:15, John 14:6 & 12, Acts 1:8, 1 Cor 3:5-9 , 1 Cor 9:19-27, Col 3:17 & 23

Family Circles - The Church Family - Inward

Message - David Lawson

Title: Family Circles - The Church Family 

Topic: The privileges and responsibilities of being part of a Church Family 

Theme: Responding to God's call on our lives. 

Text: Hebrews 10:24-25, Colossians 3:16, Ephesians 4:11-13, Acts 2:42

Family Circles - The Extended Family - Children

Message: David Lawson
Title: Children
Series: Family Circles - The Extended Family

Family Circles - The Extended Family - Parents

Message: Chuck Keplar
Topic: Parents role in the family design
Series: Family Circles

Family Circles - The Extended Family - Marriage

Message: David Lawson
Title: The Extended Family - Marriage
Series: Family Circles

Family Circles - The Extended Family - Purpose and Place

Message - David Lawson

Title: The Heart of the Family 

Topic: How the concept of family fits into God's overall design of life. 

Big Idea: The Extended Family is the crux of God's design for life. 

Text: Genesis 1:26-28; 1 Timothy 5:8

Greater Than 19. Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Love We Need to Live Life

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Love We Need to Live Life 

Series: Greater Than

Text: Hebrews 13:1-25

Greater Than - Why Would We Say No to God?

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Why Would We Say No to God? 

Series: Greater Than

Text: Hebrews 12:12-29 

Big Idea: The only acceptable response to God's work in our lives is to gratefully worship Him with reverence and awe.

Greater Than - Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Purpose We Need to Persevere

Message - David Lawson

Title: Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Purpose We Need to Persevere 

Topic: Endurance and grit! 

Series:Greater Than

Big Idea: When we see the big picture, that we're children of God serving God in a temporary fallen world, we're able to endure and persevere through anything! 

Text: Hebrews 12:1-24

Greater Than - Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Confidence We Need to Endure

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Faith in Jesus Gives Us the Confidence We Need to Endure 

Topic: Big Idea: We can learn and be inspired from the past, but at the end of the day we've got to make our own stand for Jesus. 

Series: Greater Than

Text: Hebrews 11:1-40

Greater Than - Why Would We Quit on God?

Message - David Lawson

Title: Why Would We Quit on God? Big 

Idea: We can persevere confidently in your faith because God will richly reward us! (vv23, 35-36)

Series: Greater Than

Text: Hebrews 10:19-39

Greater Than - Jesus is Greater Than the Law of Moses

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Jesus is Greater than the Law of Moses 

Topic: One and Done - Jesus can make us 100% right with God and restore us to a permanent relationship with Him. Our life then becomes a process of being transformed into the character of God. 

Text: Hebrews 10:1-18

Youth Service - Living With Hope

Message: Ben Kingdon
Title: Living With Hope
Series: Youth Service

Living Catalytic Lives for The Kingdom

Message - Bryan Hafferty

Topic: Being someone who can be a catalyst for Kingdom works 

Theme: Living a life that God can use

Greater Than - Jesus is Greater Than the Temple Worship

Message - David Lawson

Title: Jesus is Greater Than the Old Temple Worship 

Topic: Big Idea: We can live with a completely clear conscience (no fear, insecurities, guilt and shame). 

Series: Great Than

Text: Hebrews 9:1-15

Greater Than - Jesus is Greater Than the Old Covenant

Message - Dave Lawson

Title: Jesus is Greater Than the Old Covenant 

Topic: What the new covenant through faith in Jesus actually looks like in real life.

Series: Greater Than

Theme: Everyone can have a personal one-on-one intimate relationship with God knowing they will never have to answer for their sins. Text: Hebrews 8:1-13