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Join us as we jump out of our series for a moment with guest speaker Andrew Foster. Andrew is a worker in Spain and challenges us to consider what it means to live dead to ourselves and alive in Christ; to consider what it means to live on mission with Christ.
Hunter preaches from John 10 about Jesus being the good shepherd. Join us as we learn the implications of Jesus being our shepherd and how God has always loved His people the way a shepherd loves his sheep!
Jesus came to turn our shame into glory! He is the God of transformation. Join us as Julia shares from John 4 about how Jesus meets us where we are, and loves us enough to not leave us there.
Join us as we welcome one of our long-time guest speakers, Pastor Rob Seagears! Pastor Rob is a lead pastor at Mountain Top Church in Northern Virginia and also the Potomac Ministry Network's director of church planting! He has a great heart for Chi Alpha and for this next generation coming to know Jesus.
Julia preaches from John 2 about the first miracle that Jesus performs. She continues in our series inviting us to come and see the glory of Jesus!
Join us as we start this new series through the book of John called "Come and See"! Hunter talks tonight about coming to see that Jesus invites us into the adventure of a lifetime.
This week we are in 1 Corinthians 10 taking a deeper look at idolatry, worship, and freedom from patterns of sin.
This week we talk about issues of sin and finding hope in the freedom that Christ offers!
This week we continue talking about relationships, and more specifically what it looks like to be single and bring glory to God. Is it any less than being married? Is it better than being married? Listen to find out what Scripture says about a life of singleness!
This week we are looking at Paul's letter to the Corinthians to see what Scripture says about marriage!
Does God care what you do with your body? What does scripture say about your sexuality? Listen in this week as we unpack these things!
Listen this week as we continue in our series through 1 Corinthians by looking deeper into how Paul instructs the church in matters of forgiveness!
This week we are talking about the true nature of apostleship and the cost of saying yes to Jesus.
This week we are in Corinthians 1 hearing from Paul what it looks like to rely on Holy Spirit for wisdom.
Join us this week as we hear from Hunter Johnson and answer the question: what is the treasure of your heart?
Who do you say Jesus is? Join us this week as we talk about just who Jesus is & take a look at our own hearts to find out what we believe about Him.
When we understand who God is, everything changes. How are we supposed to understand? Join us this week to find out!
We hit the jackpot this week with a word from Sam VanTasel about the state of our hearts and what the Lord has to say about it. Join us for this next installment of our CrossWords sermon series!
A word from Tarin Avila on the matters of the heart - what does the soil of your heart look like?
What does the word Sabbath mean to you? As we continue our series in the book of Mark, Julia Johnson helps us unpack what rest looks like & why we should practice it!
Join us this week as we continue our study of Mark & take a closer look at friendship - who are our friends and where are they taking us?
Join us for the start of a new season of the JMUXA podcast as Hunter Johnson begins our sermon series on the book of Mark!
Join us as we continue our series on the anchors & hear from Sam VanTasel just what real responsibility and justice can look like in the Kingdom of God!
Join us as we learn about what it looks like to be in real devotion with Jesus from Rachel Hirscher! She discusses how to hear the voice of God and be close enough to Jesus to recognize Him and be in relationship with God!
Join us as we learn about loneliness from our guest speaker Nathan Rittenhouse! He is an Apologetic of the faith who specializes in discipleship and the local church!
Join us for the start of our new series GET ANCHORED! This series is about the three core anchors of Chi Alpha, Real Devotion, Real Community, and Real Responsibility. Josh Moran begins our new series talking about Real Community and the importance of a Christ-centered community!
Join us in our last sermon of our series GOT WISDOM! Josh Moran discusses the importance of work and uses scripture to defend why we work!
Join us as we continue in our Sermon Series GOT WISDOM! In this episode we will hear from Hunter Johnson as we learn about when and how to date!
Join us in our sermon series GOT WISDOM, as we hear from Katie Moran about why we date and who to date!
Join us for our next topic in our sermon series GOT WISDOM!! Josh Moran talks about wisdom with money and how we can be wise stewards with our resources!
Join us in the first sermon in our new series: GOT WISDOM? Josh speaks about how to be wise in our friendships.
Rachel Hirscher takes the stage to continue our series through the Big 10! This week we learn how to find contentment and satisfaction in the Lord.
Since most college students aren't married yet, a lot of students tend to quickly look past this 7th commandment to not commit adultery. Since, after all, adultery can only happen within marriage. Hunter joins us again to pull back the curtain on this commandment, and how to view others like God does.
TNL Date: November 7, 2023
Meet Erin Herrman, a former Chi Alpha staff member at the University of Virginia who later left to start a career in the market place. Listen with us as we learn how to be a light in the work force, and how to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a world that is oftentimes only apathetic at best to the Gospel.
TNL Date: October 24, 2023
Do Not Murder: the 6th of the 10 commandments.... This commandment might seem pretty straightforward to many, but does the Bible see it that way? Join us as we hear Julia expand on what it means to respect each other and why its so important that we always value human life.
TNL Date: October 17, 2023
Hunter Johnson takes the stage this week to talk about the 5th Commandment to honor our parents. Does this just mean we have to obey whatever they tell us? What if our parents aren't deserving of our honor, or even ask us to disobey God?
TNL Date: October 10, 2023
This Week Josh talks about the 4th Commandment in the Big Ten: Honoring the Sabbath. Its easy to turn the Sabbath into nothing more than a lot of extra work and preparation, but God had a different plan, and it's probably more fun than you might think!
Continuing our series on the 10 Commandments, we dive into the 2nd: Do not make for yourselves any image. Does this mean we should immediately delete our Instagram accounts and never use a camera again? (Rest assured, that is not the case!) Join us as we answer the question: What is our image!
We begin our semester-long study of the 10 commandments, starting with the first: to have no other gods besides Yahweh. Join us as we learn the terms of the deal God made with the people of Israel after they've been set free from bondage in Egypt.
The week after Easter seems like a good time to see that the Gospel is Good News! This parable shows us the history of the Old Testament and how Jesus is the sacrifice and our cornerstone.
This week's Kingdom Thing is that the Kingdom requires action. As we live Kingdom lives we are prompted by obedience to act on the Kingdom knowledge that we have. Grace saves us and kingdom action is how we act because we've been saved by grace!
Be prepared for a grace awakening in our text tonight as we study the parable of the Workers and the Field in Matthew 20.
Matthew 19 tells the story of the Rich Young Ruler and the parabolic statement about camels and the eye of a needle. We see that the Kingdom Thing is that the Kingdom involves our heart posture. Check it out.
Matthew 18 tells us the story of how forgiveness is a Kingdom Thing. As we are forgiven, we forgive others!
We will look at Ephesians 5 and see what mutual submission can look like in a dating and marriage relationships. Valentine's Day seems like a great day to talk about relationships and the Kingdom.
We journey through Matthew 18 and see the difference in childlikeness and childishness. Who will we be dependent upon, Jesus or the world?
We continue in our walk through the Parables of Jesus and see that the Kingdom is Worth it All. What would happen if we lived as if the temporary is temporary and the eternal is eternal.
We continue in the study of Matthew 13 in our Parables series. The Kingdom is Worth it All as evidenced in the Treasure hidden in a field and the pearl of great price.
We look at two parables in Matthew 13 to see the Kingdom Thing of Growth. Growth isn't just external, it's also internal. Realize your potential.
We look at the story of Abraham and Isaac and see if there are things that we would pursue more than the Lord. How can we choose the Lord more fully?
A difficult text can give us a good look at the character of God. Join us as we look at the God of both love and justice.
We take a deeper dive into the Tower of Babel story and see what went wrong and how we can live for the glory of God instead of for our own glory.
We look at the story of Noah and see what can happen when we use our "yes" for the Kingdom!
Jenny teaches us on community as we close out the Fall Retreat. You don't want to miss it.
Fall Retreat continues and we look at the question Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Does your perception of Jesus match the reality of who He is?
Jenny continues the questions weekend with the story from John's gospel where Jesus asks the paralytic, "Do you want to get well?"
We start off Fall Retreat where Jenny Groff takes us through some of the questions of Jesus. This one is "What Do You Want" from John's gospel.
Join us as Rob Seagears shares with us how to unlock our potential and see what God can do with this generation.
Everything has been great in Creation thus far but that's not how it is in our world today. What happened and how does sin play into all this? And what about the God of grace? Sin and grace, the Fall.
Join us as we look at the origins of humanity and God's intent for human beings as we answer the question, "who am I?"
Join us as we start our journey through the book of Genesis. A book of beginnings as we look at the God of Creation and how He is for good!
We take a look at many of Paul's hardships in the second half of Acts through the lens of a passage in 2 Corinthians. Sometimes you can do everything right and still get pounded.
Join with us as we look at losing ourself for the gospel cause. There is much in the book of Acts about how the Holy Spirits helps to build the church among the unreached! Let's be a part of the great commission together.
We look in on Peter's escape from prison through the power of prayer. Join us as we travel through Acts 12 together.
One of the most famous stories in the Bible is the story of Paul on the Damascus road. How could one man change from hating Christians to being one of the biggest proponents of a thriving church life? Check it out in Acts 9.
What is mission accomplished for your life? What would it look like for the gospel to see its mission accomplished? We learn from Acts 8 how we can get in the game!
We take a look at the first martyr of the church, Stephen. Will his story encourage us to take a courageous faith and step into anything and everything the Lord would have for us?
Not an easy one this week folks. The church gets started in Acts and the Lord cares about authenticity and holiness. We'll hear about Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5.
Listen in as we look at the rest of the story of Peter and John in Acts 4. Who should we obey, God or people?
Holy Spirit is building His church through His power. Check it out as the disciples believe in the power of God and His miraculous work does the thing!
Listen in as we see the promise from Jesus is fulfilled. The prophecy from Joel comes to fruition, and the Spirit is poured out on all flesh.
Join us as we open our new series, Holy Spirit's Acts. We will be looking at the Acts narrative and this week we are in chapter one and the call to take the gospel to the ends of the earth!
There are a lot of questions when it comes to dating, why do we date, how do we date, when do we date? This message aims to answer these questions and more! Check it out.
Join us as we begin our Relationship Series, XAXO. We look at the Foundations for relationships starting in the Creation narrative. We will then look at how to love one another and be fulfilled in friendships, singleness, and marriage through love and mutual submission.
What is humility and how can we see it play out practically in our lives. Jesus gives us some great examples in Luke 18.
Our special guest missionary speaks on how we can all go home. We look at being sent in John's gospel and how God's heart is for the nations.
Katie Moran speaks out of Luke 12 and what a life without worry can look like. Since God is our provider and creator, we don't have to worry about tomorrow!
Guest speaker shares with us on Luke 9/10 and how the the hope of Jesus is for the nations.
For every problem, Jesus has a redemptive solution. Check it out as we look at a couple of different stories in Luke 7-8.
Pastor Rob Seagears shares a message of encouragement with the Samuel generation as we learn how to listen to the prophetic voice of God.
We look at the first of Jesus' teaching ministry in Luke 4, a prophecy fulfilled and how we can embrace real responsibility in our lives!
Jesus gives us a great example in Luke 3/4 about how to respond to temptation. We have to respond out of our security in Christ and relying on the Bible.
We begin our journey in in the Ten Commandments as we look at the first four commandments and see the struggle to put God first. We look more in depth at the sabbath as the way the Lord has provided for us to rest and trust He's in charge!
This week we look at the Israelites as they have gotten out of Egypt but Egypt hasn't gotten out of them. They choose grumbling instead of gratitude, a little too real in our own lives...We look at Exodus 15 and 16 compared with Luke 17!
The Israelites make their way out of Egypt but will they trust God with their circumstances or will they live in fear. Tune in for a look at Exodus 13-14 and one of the key moments of the Old Testament!
Tonight we continue to look at the objections Moses had after the burning bush experience. We look at his final three objections in Exodus chapter 4.
Join us as we look at two of Moses's excuses in Exodus 3. Who am I and who are you God are the questions Moses asks and sometimes the same questions that we ask!
Join us as we look at the burning bush in Exodus 3 and see what happens when we pay attention to the Lord as Moses did!
Join us as we open our series in Exodus, The Struggle ISrael. We look at the first two chapters of Exodus as God prepares the way for the the Israelites to get out of the struggle of Egypt. His power and His presence!
As we get closer to the end of the semester we look at what Paul has to say about Death and our bodies. Join us as we walk through 1 Corinthians 15 this week.
Join us as we look at the key to the Christian life, love. The passage may often be used in weddings, but it's meaning is so much deeper and broader!
Guest Speaker Erin Seagears speaks on how we should view power and we can do with the power that we have through love and the Holy Spirit.
The Lord's Supper is a tradition from the beginning of Christianity. Listen in as we take a look at an abuse of the Lord's Supper and how we can observe communion as the community meal.
Join us as we take a look at 1 Corinthians 8 and the believer's freedom. Food sacrificed to idols may not be a normal topic for the church today but there are clear parallels when it comes to the symbols in our culture.
Join us as we look at how Paul encourages the church at Corinth when it comes to sex, a sometimes taboo topic in the church.
Join us as Julia Johnson leads us through 1 Corinthians 6 and we look at what forgiveness means and what it doesn't.
Join us as Katie Moran takes a look at a difficult passage in 1 Corinthians and we learn how to deal with sin in the community. How we can Carefront in truth and love!
Join us as Hunter Johnson walks us through a difficult text where we find out that Jesus sometimes makes your life harder. How can we respond to problems and what should Christians do in the midst of hardship?
Divisions in the church at Corinth? Divisions in our church? Let's be unified in our diversity and love one another well!
Join with us as we start our series in first Corinthians entitled, "Reframed." What happens when our view of ourselves is framed by our culture and not our Christ? What could our lives and world look like if we viewed our identity through the lens of Christ?
This week we hear about Saul's journey on the Damascus road and how that encounter with Jesus transformed him. We also see the three anchors of Chi Alpha play out throughout Paul's journey!
Join us as we hear from our special guest speaker, Rob Seagears, as he encourages us to lean into what the Holy Spirit has for us. There is work to be done, work that we were created for, and work that the Lord will empower us for!
I've got my mind on my money and my money on my mind. Snoop Dog represents a lot of us. So how can we use money instead of having money use us? Tune in to see as we continue in our Get That Bread Series.
Listen in on the start of the Get that Bread series. One of the Counterfeit Gods of our culture is money. A good way to counteract that is by living generous lives, starting with the tithe!
In this episode, Hunter Johnson shows us what it means to follow Jesus' example of love. This love is sacrificial and costly, but it is the way the world we know that we are His!
Listen in as special guest speaker Michelle Saladino preaches on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. He protects the sheep and allows them to live the life more abundantly.
Join us this week as we continue in the series through the gospel of John. We look at the story of Lazarus and how we can take the grave cloths off that resemble the stench of death and live a new life with Jesus who is the resurrection and the life.
Join with us as we continue in John 4 and see what happens when an official's son needs healing. Do the people of Galilee appreciate Jesus for who he is or what he does?
We continue in our series through the book of John and see what happens when Jesus encounters a woman who has been rejected her whole life. He brings new life and light to someone who used to be defined by rejection and shame.
Listen in as Katie Moran talks through John 3 and shows us where to put our true focus!
Listen in as Joshua Moran opens the John series with the famous prologue and a sermon on "beginnings."