Teaching Series

In May, we’re beginning a new series called Adulting 101. It’s all about how to speed up your steps toward faithfulness and maturity. I know, that sounds kind of boring. Let me put it another way. It’s all about how to skip the painful consequences of the poor decisions that come from immaturity. If you could find some of the secrets to life and skip some of the painful decisions that we all “have to figure out for ourselves,” wouldn’t you want to know those secrets? By the way, let’s not pretend it’s just the people in their 20’s who struggle with Adulting 101. This is for all of us. Along the way, we’ll explore the Scripture to discover not only how to better people, but how to be better Christians.

God is doing something special these days that you don’t want to miss. And your friends truly need to experience what God is doing. Bring someone with you this week at 9:00am or 10:45am. If you can’t make it in person, we’re online at 9:00am and all week.

This Spring, we’re exploring the Bible in a new series called Godspell to discover exactly what makes the good news good. Godspell is the old English word for Gospel, and both mean “good news” or “good story.” This series is all about the greatest news ever: Jesus loves us enough to lay down His life for our sins, yet He’s alive today to live inside of us and change us for grace and good.

Over the next weeks, we’re going to explore the Scripture to discover the essence of grace. We’ll talk about what we get wrong and how we can get it right. It turns out we get a lot wrong. Since Jesus’ grace is so good, we’re going to dig in to make sure we get the good news right and know how to share it simply with others.

Can we be honest about something? Pain sucks. You know it. I know it. You never expect a pastor to say it. But I did. Because it does. A reality check – every single person you know is struggling with a pain you likely know nothing about. Pain can be physical, emotional, mental, relational, or even spiritual. It comes in all shapes and sizes. Pain is as unique as our personalities and fingerprints.

So what can we do about it? I want to talk about that over the next weeks in a new series called Pity or Perseverance. We’re talking about how the pains of life present a choice: wallow in self-pity or become stronger by turning to God. From now until Easter, we will explore the Bible to discover how to become stronger while facing pain. Specifically, we’ll unpack 5 choices that make all the difference between pity and perseverance.

In the new year, we’re beginning a new series called “This is the Way.” Want to grow in your faith in 2024? If you are interested in becoming the best version of you in the year ahead, this is the way. Jesus’ way of life is the best way to become all you’ve dreamed of being. His way of life is to become our new way of life. But how? What does His way of life look like? And how does that impact how we treat each other in this world? Join us on Sundays at 9:00am or 10:45am as we explore why His way is The Way.

We tend to sanitize the Christmas season. We want everything to be shiny and bright. But that’s not always reality, is it? We’re kicking off Christmas 2023 with a new series called Thrill of Hope: Can a Weary World Still Rejoice? It’s an honest question. There’s a lot of weariness in our world. Not just in our world, but in our hearts. I hardly run into anyone who doesn’t confess to some level of discouragement, fear, anxiety, and/or weariness. And I understand why. I am there myself. It’s ok to not feel like Buddy, the Elf, at Christmas time.

Over the next three Sundays, we’re going to explore the Christmas story to remember why Jesus was born, why we can embrace hope even when we don’t feel hopeful, and how we can choose joy when the world gives us every reason not to. I believe these weeks will speak deeply to whatever is going on in your soul. So bring your neighbors and friends on Sunday at 9:00am or 10:45am as well. And remember, we’re online on YouTube and Facebook at 9:00am and the service is available the rest of the week.

This Fall, we’re beginning a new series called Real ID. How do you define who you are? What are the most important things to understand about yourself? Who do you want to be in 2023? The answer to those questions is important, but the real answer doesn’t start with you. It starts with Jesus. We’ll dig back into the book of Colossians in the New Testament to discover more about who Jesus is and what that means for our daily lives. We want to help you grow in your faith. As always, we’re online at 9:00am on Sunday, and in person at 9:00am and 10:45am. Who do you know that needs to grow in their faith? Reach out to them today and invite them to join you!

We’ve all got questions for God. Truthfully, we’ve all got questions that we’re not sure it’s ok to ask. Starting Easter Sunday, join us at Harvest Community Church where we will ask some difficult if not embarrassing questions to God, and we’ll study the Bible to discover God’s answers to the questions that we are “asking for a friend.”

• Do you really expect me to believe that Easter Can Make a Difference in My Life?

• The Resurrection Seems Too Much Like Nonsense to Be Believable. Do you Really Expect Me to Believe that Jesus Went in Dead and Came Out Alive?

• Why Does Jesus Care Who I Sleep With?

• Life is Painful. I’m Considering Suicide. What Does Jesus Think About That?

I• ’ve Got a Lot of Regrets. What am I Supposed to Do with My Regrets?

• If God Won’t Give Me More than I Can Handle, Why Am I Having Trouble Handling What God is Giving?

We’re beginning a new series called Mistaken Identity. How do you define who you are? What are the most important things to understand about yourself? Who do you want to be in 2023? The answer to those questions is important, but the real answer doesn’t start with you. It starts with Jesus. We’ll dig into the book of Colossians in the New Testament to discover more about who Jesus is and what that means for our daily lives. We want to help you grow in your faith and we’re starting the year off strong. As always, we’re online at 9:00am on Sunday, and in person at 9:00am and 10:45am. Who do you know that needs to grow in their faith? Reach out to them today and invite them to join you!

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is here. Christians have celebrated the birth of Christ for 2000 years. Advent has been celebrated for in various forms for centuries as Christians prepare themselves for the coming of Christ. We’re dig into the Christmas stories found in the Bible and, along the way, we will discover the adventure of following Jesus. It’s an adventure of hope, of joy, of peace, and of love. On Christmas Eve, we’ll cap off with a candlelighting that celebrates the birth of the baby born to be our Savior. We meet online at 9:00am and in person at 9:00am and 10:45am and we would love to see you this Sunday!

Americans spend billions thinking about how to improve our bodies and insane hours working on our appearance. But what about our souls? How is your soul these days? Really? Experiencing health in our souls requires more than just eliminating some obvious things that don’t belong there. Healthy souls “play offense” by intentionally adding both Jesus’ way of thinking and Jesus’ way of living to our lives. These messages explore some heart attitudes that will create space for more health in your soul.

In a world where everyone wants to go back to a time before the pandemic, we’re exploring how we can go forward with faith. We’ll dig into Hebrews 12 to talk about developing a faith that never gives up. Every new year is a chance to begin again. Perhaps you’ve set aside your faith more than you would like over the last year and you want to prioritize your faith again? Perhaps you just want your faith to be stronger? Perhaps you want to explore how to begin to have faith at all? This series is for you. Invite someone to participate with you this Sunday. We’re online at 9:00 am & in-person at 9:00 am and 10:45 am!

On Sunday, we will launch a special outreach campaign to reach out to those we know who are first responders, those we know who serve in the medical community, and those we know who serve in various aspects of our military. It has been a tough year and a half for all of us, but those who serve in these ways have been under tremendous pressure over the last year, and we want to come alongside them as a Christian community to show them that they matter and their service makes a difference. I will share much more on Sunday and I hope you will plan to be there. We’ll talk about other forms of outreach for the fall as well. We’re online at 9:00 am and in person at 9:00 am and 10:45 am. We hope you will plan to be there and bring a friend.