7/28/2024 - Wide, Long, High and Deep In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul offers a prayer for the church. The prayer doesn't focus on wisdom, intelligence, or morality. Rather it focuses on grasping the immensity of God's love. How can this prayer guide us in our...

7/21/2024 - The Onion, The News, and The Good News In a world inundated with misinformation and constant news updates, how can we navigate truth and maintain our sanity? Today's message explores the dangers of misleading narratives and information overload, while...

7/14/2024 - Camp Reunion Sunday On this special camp reunion Sunday, Pastor Greg shares some key insights and funny stories from the past week spent with our students at Higher Ground Adventures Camp. Find out what our students were up to at camp, why it's important...

6/23/2024 - Slaying Giants, Crushing Serpents What if the David and Goliath story is more than just a tale of bravery? Discover the hidden Hebrew wordplay and biblical connections that reveal a deeper message of ultimate hope and victory. Our services are streamed...

6/16/2024 - A Tale of Two Seeds In our gospel text this morning, Jesus tells two parables about seeds. One of them we like a lot. The other one less so. But we need the messages of both to help us follow Jesus effectively. (Q&A about the possibility of moving...

6/9/2024 - The Truest Thing About You In a world that often defines us by our mistakes and shortcomings, what if there was a truth about ourselves that we've been overlooking? Join us as we explore some thoughts from the book of Genesis that invite us to discover our...

6/2/2024 - Rats, Cheesecake, and Sabbath (and a special announcement) Our lectionary texts this week focus on the Sabbath. Deuteronomy 5 tells us to observe the sabbath and keep it holy. But in Mark 2 and 3, Jesus finds himself in conflict over the sabbath. Was Jesus...

5/19/2024 - Old and New Stories This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, the day the church celebrates the giving of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter two. This is one of the stranger stories we encounter in the New Testament, but it turns out the symbols and phenomena in the...

5/12/2024 - Rooted Yet Reimagined - and a great church launch postcard What can the early church teach us about navigating the tension between being rooted in tradition and simultaneously reimagining a more just expression of faith and church? Also, we will compare...

5/5/2024 - Secrets of the Vine Our lectionary texts in the gospels last week and this week come from John 15. This remarkable chapter speaks about the nature of the Christian life through the metaphor of a vine and branches. What lessons can we learn about our lives...