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City Alliance Church
We are joining with Christ to transform Williamsport with the Gospel for the glory of God and the good of our city.
We see ourselves as a family of missionaries who love Jesus and love our city. We believe the church is meant to be the incarnated people of God in every neighborhood. Our desire is to see Christ's renewal in every corner of the greater Williamsport community.
What can we learn from the story of Samson in Judges 13–16? In this sermon, Pastor Nithin Thompson explores how spiritual blindness, unchecked pride, and repeated failure don’t disqualify us from God’s purpose. Discover how God redeems our biggest regrets—and how to fail forward into healing, grace, and strength.
Gideon started in fear and rose in faith—but ended in pride. What happened? Discover how God meets us in weakness, how success can become a snare, and why Jesus is the greater hero we truly need.
In a world divided by gender roles and power struggles, the Bible shows a better way: shared leadership. Join Pastor Nithin as he explores how Deborah, Barak, and Jael reflect God’s design for co-leadership, courage, and calling. You’ll walk away ready to lead, serve, and use what’s in your hand—together. 💪God calls everyone to the battle. Are you ready?
How do you break free from financial stress and start living with peace and purpose? In this message, Pastor Nithin shares 4 powerful biblical principles to help you take control of your money—by trusting God with it.
Discover how to break the spirit of greed, build a budget that works, save with wisdom, and live below your means. Whether you're in debt, afraid to tithe, or just want to honor God more deeply in your finances, this message offers practical steps and spiritual insight.
This is part 2 of our “Monopoly” series—where we explore how to stop playing by the world’s rules and start living by God’s design. Hear real stories from people at City Alliance Church who took the 90-Day Tithe Challenge and experienced God's unexpected provision.
📖 Key Scriptures:
- Matthew 6:24
- Luke 14:28–30
- Proverbs 13:11
- Proverbs 21:20
🧰 What You’ll Learn:
- How to create a biblical budget
- Why generosity is a spiritual discipline
- The secret to financial margin
- How tithing reorients your heart and unlocks provision
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💸 Is your money mastering you—or are you mastering your money? In this message, Pastor Nithin kicks off our brand-new series MONOPOLY: Winning the Game that Really Matters. Using the classic board game as a powerful metaphor, we unpack Jesus’ teaching from Matthew 6 on wealth, worry, and what it really means to live generously.
Being a mom is one of the hardest jobs in the world! As a mom, you have be everything to everybody, but who’s watching and looking out for you? Join us for this celebration of the women in our lives and how they impact us and the world.
Why is there so much pain in the world? If God promises to be good and loving, how can God allow it? What purpose could there be? Let’s find out together!
Sin is the disease that corrupts every part of our lives and our world. But the good news of the gospel is that Jesus is Our Healer.
Discover how families can follow Jesus together through the practice of storytelling and the 4-chapter gospel: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration. A special Next Gen Takeover message with youth-led worship, real-life testimonies, and tools for faith at home.
In a world we were are divided by race and ethnic differences, we can only find real and true unity and hope through Jesus! Come and see how Jesus makes us one!
Jesus tells us to love our neighbor. But why? And who is our neighbor, anyway? Jesus sets this up for us. Join us to learn more.
We all desire to find love, but it's challenging to find love in a culture like our own. How do we find love that lasts forever? God as a plan for you. Join us so we can learn together!
If we want to make Jesus the center of our lives, then we need to be intentional to have good habits in order to grow in our faith. Let’s learn together how to have strong habits.
We all want better habits and accomplish more with our lives. But the problem is that it involves a word we all struggle with. That’s the word CHANGE. Are there better ways that we can make changes that last? The answer is yes! It may be simple, but it is not easy!
Most of us don’t even remember what we got for Christmas last year. Maybe it’s time to give of yourself, just like God did that first Christmas.
We think that we have to have stuff to be happy! But Christmas reminds us that stuff doesn’t fulfill, only Christ can do that!
This Christmas, let’s put Christ in Christians! We need to come back to what this season is all about, and that’s welcoming Jesus into our world!
Leadership is a challenge that many of us shy away from. But it is only through leadership that we can partner with Christ to see the changes that we are able to bring about the change and transformation we were made to bring about.
We all have dreams and aspirations for our life. This comes from the fact that the God that created us is a dreamer and has a dream for all humanity and for you personally. However, that dream can be threatened. How do we protect the dream God has for our lives?
Our families can the source of greatest blessing or greatest brokenness, and sometimes in between. How can we stop the spread of generational trauma and join with Jesus to bring about generational blessing? Let’s learn together how to do this.
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Nothing divides like politics, because nothing divides like fear. How do we stay united as followers of Jesus in a time where everything is constantly pushing us apart as a nation and as a church.
You are not in this church by accident! Each person is here according to God's divine assignment (1 Corinthians 12:18) and has been gifted by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7). Everyone is essential to what God wants to do here at City Alliance Church!
Our kids have a purpose for their being. As parents, guardians and teachers we can help our kids pioneer by discovering their gifts and talents.
Do you want to help your kids win at faith? So that they grow up loving God and loving others well? Join us as we learn what it takes to help our kids learn to love God with all their heart, soul, strength, and mind.
One of the most popular names for God is El Shaddai. This name is a reference to the power of God to nourish us, sustain us and power us to live fully for God. Join us to learn how we can live this out in our daily lives.
Blessing your neighbors is simpler than you might think. If you just listen to them you show them you care and build relationship through which you can bless them.
God has an assignment for you this summer! He wants to bless and love your neighbors through you! The first step is to pray for your neighbors. Who is someone close to you, but far from God?
The primary emotion around money is worry. Especially when it comes to the future. We are all afraid that we haven’t saved enough and what that will mean. If we want to become more generous and trust God with the future, we need to change our mindset.
We all need more courage in our lives, but how do we have courage when we feel like we are in it alone? What do we do when it feels like God is silent and not working?
How do you have courage when you aren’t sure what God is doing behind the scenes? We all need courage, but choosing to be courageous isn’t always convenient and may require us to do things that are uncomfortable and important for us to grow.
We all have a calling on our lives. A reason for our existence. We were made to live out that reality with courage. We’ll learn together to have the courage to accomplish what God has made us to do.
How different would your life be if you knew that you were fully and completely loved by God? Not conditional love with strings attached, but the unchanging, unfailing and unending love of God that was demonstrated through Jesus!
Everything we have was given to us by God. How can we faithfully take risks to share what he has given us to help people become followers of Jesus.
Everybody wants to be great! And we all strive to make a difference. Jesus not only wants you to be great, but He shows you how to do it!
Human beings were made to worship, to revere and love something beyond ourselves. But what we worship will be reflected in our lives. Let’s learn to worship God to become who He’s made us to be.
It’s so easy to get stuck in our faith. And so often we get stuck because we’re not seeing the transformation we’ve been hoping for. We still struggle with the same sins, addictions and lack of faith. Let’s learn how we can go from stuck to unstuck in today’s message!
The church and the culture give some of the worst advice about singleness. But what if singleness is a gift to be cherished, rather than a season to be scorned. Join us to learn how to get the most out of our singleness.
Marriage is tough. We all need a little help from time to time. And when we get stuck, it means we need to go back to the foundation of what marriage is built on.
We get the best and worst from our families of origin. The worst comes in the form of generational sin. Sin that is passed down from your grandparents, to parents and even to you! But there is good news, you can end the trauma for your kids and your family! You can leave a legacy!
We’re living in the biggest mental health crisis in our history. People struggle with isolation, loneliness and mental illnesses. When Jesus says that He is the healer, He also heals our minds. Let’s learn how we can care for our mental health and spiritual health.
What would you look like in 5 years if you took care of your physical health? Imagine what you could do if you cared for your body the way we took care of our souls and our spiritual lives.
Change is hard. And we always assume we have enough time to change. But change doesn’t have to happen all at once. Learn how to make the small changes that lead to big results. #transform #decide #youinfiveyears
Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2024, we want to first reflect on God's faithfulness in the previous year. CAC elder Dan Schwanger shares this message challenging us to identify how we've seen God's hand at work in our lives and ways to reflect with vision and hope for the future.
We’re all searching for something. Could our search for meaning, purpose, and significance be a search for God? Join us as we discover what we were made for when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
We live in a culture that judges by what is on the outside. But God looks inside at our character and our heart. Join us to see how you can cultivate The inside rather than the outside.
There are some people that seem too far gone, and we may wonder if they ever come to Christ. But no one is beyond the love of Jesus. And the power that saves us, can also reach the generation that comes after us.
Do you have a past that keeps you from getting the most out of your present? While we’ve all made mistakes and done things we regret, we can find grace and a new way forward through Jesus! Join us as we learn how to get past our past and live in the present and in the future with hope.
Life with Jesus makes everything better. How can we help our family and friends take a step closer to Jesus, eventually crossing the line of faith.
Forgiveness is a gift available to everyone given by the blood of Jesus. Why do we need to be forgiven? Since we have been forgiven, do we have to forgive others? And how do we do it?
What is the church? Is it a building we go to once a week? Is it people who follow God? Or is it both? When God’s people gather together and make Jesus known that is the Church at its best.
The Holy Spirit is often the ignored member of the Trinity, often the forgotten God, so is it any wonder that Christians feel their spiritual lives have a power outage? Let’s learn and receive the power that comes from the Holy Spirit.
What do Christians believe about Jesus? He gets a lot of attention, but why? Join us as we learn why Jesus is the center of our faith.
What do Christians believe about God? Is He just some old man in the sky that can’t wait to punish or smite us? Or a loving Father, who masterfully created us for purpose, adventure and joy? Come and see this week!
Our anxious thoughts have the potential to ruin our lives. What we believe becomes how we behave. But did you know that you can actually control what you think about? In this teaching, Pastor Nithin will help you learn the Bible’s prescription for your anxious thoughts and how to remedy them.
City Alliance Elder Keith Veldhuis continues the sermon series "Anxious for Nothing" sharing about how we as Christ followers carry the presence of Jesus with us everywhere we go. Though anxiety runs rampant in our workplaces, schools, and homes, we are enabled to bring God's gentleness to produce peace in a way that is evident to those around us.
God calls us to a deeper faith. But not just a deeper understanding or knowledge - we go deeper in our faith through obedience to Jesus.
Our culture can be described as a culture of criticism, not encouragement. But God’s people, the church, are called to encourage one another and build each other up! Today we’ll look at a leader in the 1st century that did it so well, it became his name!
We have a treasure chest of skills, talents and experiences that the world needs us to pour into the next generation. We all need someone to invest in, who are the people that you are spending time and energy to help get better?
You’ve heard it said that life is hard. In the midst of the challenges, how do followers of Jesus stay faithful in the face of suffering, rejection, loneliness and fear? Join us as Pastor Jeff Heinaman breaks it down and shares how we can have peace in situations that lack it.
Have you ever felt stuck spiritually? Are you still talking about how great the old days were, but you’re not looking forward to the future? God’s best for your life is ahead of you, not behind. Learn how to keep your eyes on Jesus as you move forward!
City Alliance elder Kyle Hunter shares about how the Good News of the Gospel transforms us from headed towards death to life as God's masterpieces.
Comfort can be the greatest enemy of our calling. God has more for us, but we often will miss out because we are content with comfort rather than the bigger story God has for us. Let’s learn how to kill comfort and lay hold of our destiny.
We all struggle with the giants of fear. Whether its anxiety, inadequacy, worry or despair we need to learn how to handle the fear in our lives. Fear can only fall when we embrace faith.
What do you think about when you think about Divine healing? Big-haired faith healers? Or do you believe that the God of the Bible who healed still does today? Join us as we learn how to lean into prayer and experience God’s healing touch.
When you think of the rich, who comes to mind? Is it the attendees of the Met Gala? Jeff Bezos of Amazon or Elon Musk of Tesla? James, Jesus’ little brother, points the finger right at us and gives us some strong warnings on what to do with our wealth.
Parenting is tough. It can be full of challenges, but if we can learn to be patient in the hard times, and continue to plant and prepare. Our part is to plant seeds, prepare and pray…and trust in God’s timing.
Conflict is challenging for everyone. It is especially challenging in relationships. Sometimes we may not even be motivated by the same things. James helps us get on the same page in dealing with conflict by going deeper and dealing with the main issue in all of our conflicts. Desire.
Our words have the power of life and death. We can encourage and build up with our words. We can tear down and attack with our words. Our words matter and how we use them is important. #faithworks#tongue #mouth #speech #conflict #blessing#cityalliancechurch#blesswilpo
Is a walk with Jesus all about faith or all about works? Youth coordinator Andrew Traxler shares about the importance of having a firm faith that produces good works for the glory of God.
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We believe that faith works in church on Sunday, but does it work in the office on Monday? Faith works in a worship service, but will faith work at home, at school, at work? Join us as we learn how to make faith work as we study the book of James together.
Easter is when we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus! The moment when hope triumphed over death. But what about the times when it seems that bad times is all that there is? Can we have hope when everything seems hopeless? Let’s learn how we can live out HOPE in hard times!
Jesus taught his disciples how to pray against evil and the forces of darkness. We need to be prepared to do battle, not the way of the world, but the way of God. Join us and learn how fight the enemy and walk in freedom.
We continue our series "40 Days of Prayer" with this week's message by youth coordinator Andrew Traxler.
In the Lord's Prayer passage found in Matthew and Luke, Jesus leads us to ask that God would forgive us as we forgive others. One key component in a walk with Jesus is confession and allowing God to do a work in us, leading to freedom in Him. We have confidence that "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 (ESV)
Are we called to change spiritually or change society? This age-old question can be answered by understanding the Kingdom of God. God’s Kingdom invades us inwardly and outwardly. Changing us so that we can change the world around us.
Is prayer your first response or last resort? We don’t always see prayer as our first way to get the power we need to face the situations and circumstances that come against us. The best way is by tapping into the power that rose Jesus from the dead.
Do you ever feel like your prayers lack power? That you're just talking to yourself or that they are hitting a wall? You may not be plugged into the right power source. Join us as we learn to tap into the power of the Holy Spirit to strengthen our prayer lives.
Toxic people destroy everyone and everything around them. When toxic people come around, that is when we need to get the wisdom of Scripture to avoid their poison and live out the ways of Christ.
Do you have a problem with VDP’s? Also known as Very Draining People. These people can suck the life out of us because they rub us the wrong way and are incredibly difficult. Join us to learn how to handle and diffuse the 5 most difficult people in our lives.
Disciples are MADE, NOT BORN. Raising up the next generation of Jesus followers is a calling that all of us share and get to engage with. In today’s message, we’ll learn what the qualities of a disciple-maker are and how to activate it in our own lives.
Christians are meant to grow. If you are a follower of Jesus are healthy, then they will mature in your understanding of faith, their love of Jesus and others. Come and learn the three ingredients every disciple needs to become more like Jesus.
How do you go from someone with questions about God, Jesus, and Christianity to a New Believer? It involves taking a step of faith and crossing the faithline. When you cross the faithline you become a brand new follower of Jesus. Your life is changed forever because you are now a child of the living God.
Don’t forget to invest in your spiritual growth in 2023! In the midst of making goals and resolutions, let us help you grow strong in your spiritual life. Join us as we introduce our spiritual formation pathway to help you identify where you are and help you take your next step.
So much of what we consider joy today is not joy at all. It fades, is temporary and depends on our situation and our circumstances. Today, on the third week of Advent, we’ll learn how to have a joy that won’t stop no matter how bad or difficult things are in our lives.
At Christmas time we can easily think that everything is merry and bright. However, for so many people this time of year can remind us of loss we’ve experienced. People who we’ve loved who are not here with us today. That is why this time of year God wants to heal your broken heart, that is even the mission that Jesus came to do.
Peace seems hard to come by in our world today. We lack peace with ourselves, peace with others and even peace with God. This Advent season, what if we received the gift of peace from God today. Pastor Nithin will share a message from the Bible on how to find peace.
At Christmas time its so easy to get pulled into the commercialism, the craziness and busyness of the holidays. But this Christmas, what if instead of making it all about you, you made it about helping others! Check out this special message from Pastor Nithin on how we want to be a blessing to those in our community.
The holidays are a perfect time to reflect on what you have. Looking at Psalm 23, we see David providing a picture of the Lord as our Good Shepherd and Provider, who provides an abundant life, blessing, security, and a dwelling with Him.
Your story has the power to change lives. God has called you to go and share your story with others.
We all struggle with giving. It can be hard to give to others when we feel limited. Yet, there is great joy in living a lift of generosity. Come and learn how God can take your little and turn into into a lot.
You’ve been created by God as a Masterpiece! He has plans for your life to prosper you! And he’s made you feel alive when you do the things that He’s made you to do! When you serve other people, you become more like Jesus and help people find hope and healing.
Forgiveness is probably one of the most difficult things for us to do. We’d rather fight back or retaliate. Forgiveness seems weak and ineffective. However if we learn to forgive well, we have the ability move forward with our lives and not get stuck in the past with bitterness and angst. Choose to forgive today!
We live in a distracted world. There are so many things that pull us away from our most important priorities. One of which is being with Jesus. When we prioritize being with God it will lead to a life that is full of focus. A life of spiritual focus will help us make sure we fulfill the destiny God has for our lives.
So much of our world craves community. We want to be with people that will love us unconditionally and accept us. At City Alliance Church we’re starting a 40 day study on the words of Jesus to help us get into Jesus centered community so that we can grow in the words of Jesus and not on the fake stuff all arounds us.
Employers and employees can struggle with one another. And when you’re a follower of Jesus that can be even more frustrating. Kyle Hunter wants to help you put Christ first in your work.
We’re turning 10! It’d been a decade of joining with Christ to transform Williamsport with the gospel. Join us in today’s message as Pastor Nithin shares who we are, what we’re about and where we’re going next. Hint It’s time to multiply, baby!!
So much of our work is all about the bottom line, which is making the most amount of money as possible. And when we make money the primary motivation, we end up hurting other people. But what if we used making profits as a way to bless others and help people prosper and thrive? This week we’ll learn how we can do good work that does good things for others.
We will spend over 40% of our lives working. For some of us work is a curse we endure, while for others its a god we pursue. But what if work is something more than just what we do 9-5? What if work is actually meant to be worship? A way that we honor God with our entire lives. Join us as we learn together the design of our work.
Life is often measured in seasons. These season may be seasons of joy, celebration, and excitement. Or they can be seasons of grieve, hurt, and pain. In either case, new seasons bring the the opportunity to break old habits to build new ones, we can wonder and expect in our new season, but how should we respond? Our response is surrender. What does it look like to embrace this new season?
Guest speaker, David Dixon, talks to us about how to find joy in Jesus during the hard times.
There are people in your life that you love deeply, but have some significant disagreements with. This could be around politics, it could be around faith, it could even be around parenting. How do we love people that we may have strong, and maybe even unavoidable disagreements with? Join us as we learn to work through the tensions and love those that drive us crazy.
Are we living in the last days? Is the end of the world near? Everyday the headlines are filled with bad news. Wars, rumors of wars, famines, and all sorts of social ills. It seems like things are getting worse and worse, instead of better. In today’s video, Pastor Nithin shares about how we can know for sure whether we’re in the end or not.
Can I trust the Bible? How can an ancient book, written over thousands of years have any impact on my life? Join us as we explore the origin of the Bible and even though the Bible has been misused and abused, we can still look to it to find hope in the greatest story ever told. The story of Jesus.
We all experience pain and suffering, but how do we as followers of Christ worship God in the midst of that pain? In this video, we will talk about how we can remember God’s Sovereignty and faithfulness, and that we can return to Him.
Have you ever struggled with God’s silence? Unanswered prayers, unchanged circumstances, no comfort or peace? This is part of the Christian life that no one talks about. In this podcast, Pastor Nithin will talk about what to do when God is silent through the book of Lamentations.
We all will experience pain or loss sometime in our lives. If it isn’t us, it will be someone else. How do we help those that we love in their time of pain and loss? In this week's message, Pastor Nithin will show us some practical ways we can come alongside those who are struggling.
Pain and loss is a part of life. And if you haven’t experienced it yet, you will soon. What do you do when you're faced with the unthinkable? When your world falls apart? You Lament! Lament is the bridge between pain and praise. Learn from God’s Word how to handle the challenges of life.
We often look at serving as something that is weak. But Jesus made serving central to His strategy to transform the world. In this short message, Nithin is going to share Jesus Vision of transforming the world through the power of serving.
Your story is the most powerful tool you have to help others follow Jesus. But so often to look down on our story. Join us as Church Planting Resident Brandon Glenn shares how to use your story and change the world!
Jesus’ mission was always to prioritize the least, the last and the lost. But the more Christians spend have been following Jesus the less non-Christian friends they have to influence for the Kingdom. Jesus shows us how to begin to reach out to those who are far from God by eating with them. Join Pastor Nithin as he teaches us how to extend the table and extend our hearts.
Most Americans say that they struggle with loneliness and isolation. So many of us have never had a extended conversation with someone on a daily basis. This has led to the sad reality that we no longer know how to listen. We don’t know how to listen well to the people in our lives, nor do we know how to listen to the places that God has put us in. Join us to learn how we can listen and love the people in our lives and the places that God has put us in.
Many of us struggle with prayer. Prayer can seem like one of those spiritual habits that is mystical and strange. Join us to learn that prayer is something that we can make practical and incorporate in our lives. If you want to learn to be transformed and be and agent of transformation around you the watch to Begin with Prayer.
At City Alliance Church we don’t want something from you, but we want something for you. Our culture teaches us to aspire to acquire and keep up with the Jones’. But the truth is that the Jones’ are broke! Come and learn how to break the power of greed and to go from worshipping the Almighty Dollar to Almighty God!
At City Alliance Church we don’t want something from you, but we want something for you. Our culture teaches us to aspire to acquire and keep up with the Jones’. But the truth is that the Jones’ are broke! Come and learn how to break the power of greed and to go from worshipping the Almighty Dollar to Almighty God!
Mother’s Day can be a complicated day. For some mom’s, this is a day that they are celebrated for their care and kindness. For others, this is a challenging day because of losing a mom, not being a mom, and being reminded of what was lost. But Jesus can show us a new way of viewing Motherhood and family that is beyond biology and about the family of God.
What is Baptism? And why is it important for followers of Jesus to go through the waters of baptism? In this week’s message, Pastor Nithin talks about the important of baptism and why all followers of Jesus should take this next crucial step for their faith.
As Americans, we live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. We’ve been blessed with anything and everything that we need. However, the reality is is that our blessing blinds us to the reality that we may think we have everything we need, we really are in need of Jesus. In the final message of Seven, we’ll learn how to move from a lukewarm, useless faith, to a faith that is alive and eagerly desiring more of Jesus.
HE IS RISEN!
HE IS RISEN INDEED!
Tune in as we celebrate the resurrection and look at the life of Peter during Holy Week and following the Resurrection.
Life is hard. Sometimes it feels like an earthquake has ransacked your life and left you to pick up the pieces. In his letter to the church to Philadelphia, Christ writes to a church that has been devastated by literal and metaphorical earthquakes. Brandon shares about a personal metaphorical earthquake his wife and him are going through, a miscarriage, but how God's promises are true before, during, and after suffering. In this week’s message, we are challenged to be patient, endure, and cling to the promise that Jesus is coming soon.
Have you ever felt sleepy and completely in a daze? For many Christians, instead of having a vibrant faith in Jesus we’ve been sleepwalking through life, and may even sleep right through God’s plan and purpose for our lives. Wake Up! In this week’s message, we’ll learn how we can stay alert to the state of our souls.
Our world wants everyone to be tolerant until you no longer approve of what they do. The church is under a lot of pressure to tolerate sin. Yet Jesus is calling the church to turn away from evil and turn to God. In today’s message, we’ll learn that God wants us to stop tolerating sin and start moving towards Him.
God calls us to be wholeheartedly devoted to Him. But our culture is constantly trying to make us compromise by having one foot in the world and the other in the church. God wants to help us get our hearts and minds back on Him. When we realize that we’ve compromised the truth or we’ve compromised sexually, we need to get back to wholehearted devotion to Him. The answer is to REPENT!
Life is hard. In this message we look at what God had to say to a church that was going through great persecution.
Do you remember when your passion for Jesus was white hot? You couldn’t get enough of the Bible, prayer and sharing your faith. But then, over time, your heart got colder. And you’ve drifted so far you aren’t sure how to make it back. In the first message of a brand new series, Pastor Nithin is going to talk about how you can thaw out that frozen heart and be close to Jesus again!
In this message, we preview our upcoming sermon series, Se7en. We also highlight the importance of City Groups and how we are stronger together.
There are more challenges to parenting today than ever before. How can parents be intentional to help their kids know that they are loved and God has an incredible plan for their lives. Pastor Nithin is going to teach us two essential ingredients to intentional parenting.
Singles get so many different messages from the church and the world. The world tell you to party and make it about you, while the church pities singles for not being married. What if God had a bigger and better plan for singles? That brought more joy, more fulfillment then busyness and activity? Join Pastor Nithin as he shares Jesus’ bigger and better vision for singles.
In our culture today, marriage is on the decline. More and more couple cohabitate or push off marriage. But marriage the way God intended is meant to be protected, cared for and lead to mutual love and flourishing. Join us as we kick off this new series to help you strengthen your marriage.
Why do Christians sing on Sunday? It seems odd that the only place that people would break into song would be in an Irish pub. But for thousands of years, Christians have been singing to God. Pastor Nithin is going to break down why we sing, what worship is and how to get the most out of any worship experience.
Reading the Bible could change your life dramatically in 2022! The Bible is the all time number 1 best selling book around the world, but it is also the most misused and misunderstood book. Today, Pastor Nithin will unpack what the Bible is and how we can use it to feed our soul and spirit.
We could all use a pause, a rest. Whether it's the stresses associated with our families, schedules, or continuing to deal with the pandemic, it's easy to neglect the importance of having disciplined space to slow down. One of the Ten Commandments is to remember this Sabbath. Join us as we take a look into theology behind sabbath and what remembering the sabbath looks like in our fast pace life.
How to Manage Your Priorities | Uphill Habits part 2: Crafting a Rule of Life
The number one obstacle to habits that last is busyness! We can get so busy that we eventually lose sight of our most important priorities. When it comes to self-improvement, whether it’s in our goal setting or our spiritual lives, priorities matter! We can do anything, but we can’t do everything. That’s why we need to prioritize.
Join us this week as Pastor Nithin teaches us an ancient practice that will help us to keep our priorities in front of us as we continue our series Uphill Habits. Together, we’ll learn how to craft a Rule of Life! A rule of life is a framework that will help you keep your most important priorities in front of you.
Also, we’ll be starting our 21 day Daniel Fast for spiritual breakthrough.
We all have Uphill hopes! Desires and dreams about how our lives can be better, our relationships stronger and passion to burn hotter. But the problem is that we have Uphill hopes, but downhill habits.
Today, Pastor Nithin kicks off a new series on how we can reverse this! We’ll be talking about an ancient spiritual habit that if we can implement into our lives will lead to greater transformation and change in our lives and the lives of those we love. That habit is Fasting!
Along with this message, will be an invitation to participate in our 21-Day Daniel Fast that begins on January 10 and ends January 30.
Jesus was a master inviter. In Matthew 11, we read of an invitation to connect with him to find rest. This invitation is for those who are tired, weary, fed up with religion. Join us as we look into this invitation from Jesus and how we can find rest in a season of restlessness.
This is the season where we celebrate everything being merry and bright. However, for most of us this is a time that feels heavy and dark. Our fears, anxieties and disappointments sometimes overwhelm and overload us.
Join us this Christmas as we learn and celebrate that Jesus comes into our darkest hour, darkest moments and brings light to us and the world. He brings us out of the dark and into His light of hope, meaning and purpose.
Join us as we welcome of founding pastor, Spencer Sweeting, and hear him talk about the joy of coming home!
Christmas is a time about celebrating with family and friends the birth of Christ, and His coming into the world. However, for many people, this time of year is filled with pain and sadness. People who struggle with loneliness, or have recently lost a loved one find this time of year another reminder of who they lost, and feel more isolated and alone. In today's message, Pastor Nithin teaches us how we can get through the holiday season if we've experienced grief and loss. While it may seem you're surviving the holidays, God's desire is that you will eventually be able to thrive this time of year. There is purpose in your pain, so lean into Him during this Christmas season.
If Christmas is supposed to be about Peace on Earth, why is it that there is still so much conflict and violence in our world? School shootings, political polarization, and threats seem to hover all around us. Not only is this global, but also ever-present in our very lives as well! We have conflict with family members, co-workers and those who hold different views than our own. All this conflict can leave us wondering, where is this peace on earth that Jesus talks about? Join us in this new series where Pastor Nithin from City Alliance Church breaks down how Jesus brings peace to us AND through us! When we've experienced the peace of God, from the God of peace we can help bring peace and wholeness to our schools, neighborhoods, and city.
Have you ever felt exhausted from the holidays? We know that this season we'll be tortured by Mariah Carey, busy buying gifts and preparing to entertain the family. And it's a time of non-stop, going. With little time for reflection or to focus on what this time of year is really about. Let's make the holidays - HOLY DAYS! Let's fight the creep of commercialism this Christmas by thinking of others instead of ourselves. In this sermon, Pastor Nithin shares the Christmas Vision for 2021! We want to do good this Christmas by taking a Christmas Offering! We'll be receiving an offering for two causes. A compassion cause and a construction cause! We want to raise money for families that are in the process of adopting children. And we also want to start making some upgrades on our facility. Would you take time to pray and consider how God wants you to join our mission?
Shame is Killing us as a nation. Toxic shame is found in our politics, social media, and culture. It's what drives so much suffering in our world. And if we don't learn to identify it, diagnose it and become aware of it, it will destroy not only our lives but the lives of our family, friends, and co-workers! In this message, Pastor Nithin wants to unveil shame. Show us how to identify it and counteract it's toxic influence in our lives. You don't have to let shame have the last word or have complete control over you. We'll learn through courageous connection and the cross we can overcome shame and find peace, hope and healing through His finished work!
Pride is insidious! There is a pride that we have over our accomplishments, but there is another kind of pride that elevates ourselves over others. Looks to our own needs and desires and steamrolls others. This is the kind of pride that leads to relational death and even spiritual death. Toxic Pride will devour anyone who falls into its trap.
In this City Alliance message, Jamie Sanders will teach us how to avoid the Toxic Pride and find hope and humility through Jesus!
Baptism can mean a lot of different things to different people. For Christians, it means going public with your faith in Jesus Christ. Telling family, friends, co-workers and the like that you're not just a fan of Jesus, but a follower of Him. At City Alliance, we believe that baptism is a choice that a believer makes on their own, and after that, they experience full immersion into the water symbolizing dying to the old ways of life, and rising into the new. Pastor Nithin explains the meaning behind baptism at City Alliance Church and why this next step is actually your best step as a follower of Jesus Christ. Take the plunge and get baptized!
Anxiety attacks like a snakebite! The poison hits our veins and damages our emotions, our bodies, and our souls. But there is a cure! Listen to today's message as Pastor Nithin teaches us how to overcome anxiety with the word of God!
Have you noticed that our world is incredibly TOXIC? If you flip on the news, scroll through social media or just walk around with your eyes open you can see it all around! Our world is unhealthy and we breathe it in...and breathe it out.
Join us as we look into that antidote and what the Bible says about the toxic elements in our culture.
Confession can be a heavy topic sometimes. It is usually heavy because it requires us to admit we are sinners. But as believers we are called to confess and turn to the cross. Join us as we talk about what confession is and what the Bible says about it.
Preaching: Joel Shibata, Elder
We believe Child Dedications are important. They are an intentional, external declaration of parents declaring that they will raise their children in the faith.
This morning, we reflect on the fact that there are 936 weeks that parents are the most important influence in a kids life and we do not want to waste them!
We don't know what this last season held for you. It could have been a season of loss, or death. It could have been a season of loneliness or broken relationships. You could be feeling really far from God. Regardless of where you are coming from, we want you to know that there is hope in the middle of the darkness. Tune in for pt. 4 of our series 'Welcome Home'.
PARTNERSHIP
Going alone is hard. We are always #bettertogether! Some churches call this process membership, but we want you to join with us to transform Williamsport with the gospel of Jesus Christ!
We don't know what this last season held for you. It could have been a season of loss, or death. It could have been a season of loneliness or broken relationships. You could be feeling really far from God. Regardless of where you are coming from, we want you to know that there is hope in the middle of the darkness. Tune in for pt. 2 of our series as we talk about being on mission with Jesus.
Join us for our fall kick-off series as we enter in a season of hope.
We don't know what this last season held for you. It could have been a season of loss, or death. It could have been a season of loneliness or broken relationships. You could be feeling really far from God. Regardless of where you are coming from, we want you to know that there is hope in the middle of the darkness. Tune in for our first of a four part series as we dig into the Heart of the House and the story of the Prodigal Son.
Rebuild, pt. 5 - Prayerful Perseverance
Brandon Rathbun | College + Communications Director
Rebuild, pt. 1 - Rebuild Your Broken World
Nithin Thompson | Lead Pastor
What’s broken in your world that needs fixing? A relationship? Your career? A family situation? Your finances? Nehemiah teaches us how to rebuild a life from the ground up!
If you’re ready to see God work in your life, praying safe won’t cut it. It’s time to pray boldly!
The Land Between, part 3: Spirit of Caleb
Nithin Thompson | Lead Pastor
Entering your Promised Land requires a fighting spirit & wholehearted faith!
The Land Between, part 2: Bread from Heaven
Nithin Thompson | Lead Pastor
You never know God is all you need until God is all you have!
The Land Between, part 1: Bitter or Better?
Nithin Thompson | Lead Pastor
When we come to a desert detour, we’re faced with a choice: Will it make us bitter? Or better?