Leaders

As we close out 2025 we’re going to look at three reasons Jesus came to earth. First, Jesus came to speak. Not only share words of wisdom, but to speak the very words of God, words which God expects us to follow! Second, Jesus came to show that there was nothing too humiliating for him to come close to us. He was willing to show how low he was willing to get – he wanted to show us how unashamed he was by his love for us. And lastly, Jesus came to save. Whether it’s dishonesty, envy, gossip, or addiction, we have all fallen short of the glory of God – that's just the reality of being human. We needed saving AND God needed to become man to save us by cleansing us from our sin.

Tonight Students will get an opportunity to share about their life with their leader and have the opportunity to be prayed over as they enter into the Christmas season and a new year! Students will be encouraged about how Jesus is the answer to everything that they cry out about and how they can go to him in every season of their life.

This week is our “Prayer Night”. We will be walking through various different times of prayer and spiritual practices. When we slow down and turn our attention to people and things outside of ourselves, we are better able to see God’s glory and praise him through our time of prayer.

Many people may feel a desire deep within them to change the world around them for the Gospel, but how do we actually do that in our everyday lives? This week, we explore the power of living as a follower of Christ in a world that goes its own way. Students will be reminded of the reality that their obedience to Christ and refusal to be influenced by culture can be their most powerful testimony!

In this discussion night, we will be hearing from our residents on how to share the Good News with the way we talk to others. Often, “sharing the Gospel” can seem so intimidating and make others uncomfortable, but what if it doesn’t need to be that way? Sharing the Gospel is less about quoting scripture and more about making the Truth of Jesus Christ good news to an individual's circumstance.

We’ll be focusing “just on today”. In 4 different practices, we’ll look at the past, present, and future of today. The intention is to show students that today has plenty to offer and focusing one day at a time can be powerful for our walk with Christ.

This week’s teaching compares living according to the flesh to living according to the Spirit. We’ll walk through what the process of sanctification entails and how the Holy Spirit works through a believer to say no to sinful desires.

As we launch a new series we’ll be covering the reality of sin’s infection of human nature and the world around us. Looking at Paul’s progression in Romans 7-8, we’ll uncover the problem that’s before us, and the solution we have in Christ.

We are off this week, Sunday October 12 as we will be returning from a weekend retreat with many of our students. We resume next Sunday the 19th with a new teaching series titled Transformed which will look at how God changes us and makes our heart more like his. This is a part of our overall yearly focus to become more like Jesus every day!

This week we are finishing our devoted series by returning to Acts 2:42 and focusing on the Disciples’ devotion to the Apostles’ teachings. The Apostles’ teachings focused on Jesus’ instructions for the church and are also a testament to his life death and resurrection. In this teaching we will focus on how devotion to Scripture can be an agent of transformation in our life.

Jesus provides us with an outline for how He sees the world and leads him to defeat everyday worries. This process is prayer. A life interwoven and covered with prayer that views life beyond everyday trivial worry and into a life that seeks first the Kingdom and God’s righteousness!