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Join us at Salt & Light Church as Pastor John preaches on lamentations. Today, John breaks down what it means to biblically lament.
Join us at Salt & Light Church as Pastor Brandon preaches on discipleship. Brandon gives us a deeper look into what discipleship looks like in the Kingdom of God.
Join us at Salt & Light Church as Pastor John preaches on Psalm 126. John dives into the different areas that the Psalm covers in prayer.
Join us at Salt and Light Church as Pastor John preaches out of Psalm 120. He speaks on getting out of bad places we are stuck in and moving into the place God wants us.
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Join us today as Pastor John speaks about the fourth piece of our Foursquare foundation - Jesus as King. Jesus is King and reigns over all.
Join us today as Pastor John speaks about the third piece of our Foursquare foundation - Jesus as healer. Jesus fully heals us, more than just physically.
Join us today as Pastor John speaks about the second piece of our Foursquare foundation - Jesus as baptizer. Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit and gives us power to carry out his ministry.
Join us at Salt and Light Church as pastor John kicks off the new sermon series on Jesus is. Pastor John speaks on Romans 5, Jesus our savior.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us a word on the Judge Jephtha. There are many times that we can know about God and say the things of God but we truly don't know God's heart. Come and listen!
Happy Easter! Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Pastor John completes our series with Jesus stating "I AM the Resurrection and the Life".
Join us at Newlife Foursquare as we enjoy Shabbat Sunday and Pastor Branden continues our Lent series with Jesus' "I AM" statements. This week we dive into John 14:6 where Jesus states, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life". Shabbat Shalom
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as we continue our Lent series.
Pastor John continues Jesus' "I AM" as Jesus speaks on being the Gate.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as we continue our Lent series.
Pastor John continues Jesus' "I AM" as Jesus speaks on being the Good shepherd.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor Branden continues our Lent series with Jesus' I AM statements. This week we discus I AM the true vine.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor Brandon kicks off our Lent series. He starts the series off with Jesus declaring "I AM the Bread of Life".
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor John continues our series on Salt + Light. John continues to break down the book of Philemon and how we should treat those around us.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor John continues our series on Salt + Light. This time, he breaks down the book of Philemon and how we should treat those around us.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor John continues our series on Salt + Light. Pastor John preaches on Titus 2, diving into how we as Christians should act and react in this world.
Join us as Pastor John continues our Salt and Light series diving into Jeremiah 29. John speaks about being Salt and Light, keeping faith even in oppression.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor John kicks off the new yearly series, Salt+Light.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor Gina wraps up the fourth week of Advent. Pastor Gina preaches on Love and God's Love for us.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as we celebrate the 3rd week of Advent. Pastor Branden preaches on Joy and how that is meant to look in our walk with God.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor John continues the Advent series with a sermon on Peace.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as Pastor Branden kicks off the Advent series with a sermon on Hope.
Join us today as Pastor Brandon finishes off the Flourish series. Today, Brandon speaks on Paul and reframing suffering.
Join us today as Pastor John continues with the Flourish series. Today, John speaks on the story of Mary Magdalene and her impact on Jesus's ministry.
Join us as Pastor Kourtney with Pastor Brandon continue our series on Flourishing. This week they share the story of Esther.
Join us aa Pastor John continues our Flourish series with a story on Peter. Pastor John illustrates Peter's denial of Jesus and Jesus restoring Peter and then commissioning him.
Join us as Pastor John preaches on the life of Joseph, and how his obedience and heart for God helped him flourish.
Join us as Pastor Branden kicks off our series on Flourishing. He starts this series with the story of David and the things in his life that set him on his path as a servant of God.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor Brandon kicks off our New series. Pastor Brandon gives a brief overview of the upcoming series on Church leadership and the gifts that are needed for a healthy church.
Join us as Pastor John Recaps the Flourish series. John speaks on being rooted in Jesus and the different growth we encounter with the soil that we are surrounded with.
Today James Remixes our sermon series on Identity. Every single one of us is created in the Image of God. While we all have different things that identify us, at our core we are made in God's image.
Pastor Gina kicks off our Remix series. This week she looks back and preaches out of the book of Ruth. She gives an overview of how God is working in the background and always is faithful even when things look dire.
Join us as Pastor John concludes the Beatitude series with Matthew 5:10 speaking on "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of Righteousness"
Join us as Pastor John continues the Beatitude series in Matthew 5:8 speaking on Peace makers.
Pastor John goes over Matthew 5:8 and how we have come to a place where we are focused on the outward appearance of what we do, and not what is actually going on in the heart.
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat. Pastor Gina leads us through using the acronym S.O.A.P. (scripture, observation, application, prayer) to help us study, apply, and pray through scripture.
Join us as Pastor Brandon continues the series on the Beatitudes. This week Pastor Brandon speaks on hungering and thirsting for righteousness.
Join us as Pastor John continues the series on the Beatitudes. This week John speaks on being meek and how that looks in our daily life.
Join us today as Pastor John continues in week 3 of the Beatitudes series in Mathew 5:4 on how "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted".
Join us today as Pastor John continues in week 2 of the Beatitudes series in Mathew 5:3 on how "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor John preaches on the Beatitudes and Jesus' vision of the Kingdom of God.
Join us today as we have a guest speaker, Pastor Fred from Neighborhood Church brings us a message about the Disciple Thomas. Can we confess Jesus as Thomas did and transform our lives. Come and listen!
Join us this morning as Pastor Gina brings the Word from the Book of Ruth. This little-known book doesn't directly mention God, but you can see the hand of God moving through it. Come listen as Pastor Gina continues in the book of Ruth chapters 2 and 3.
Join us today as Pastor Gina brings the Word from the Book of Ruth. This little-known book doesn't directly mention God, but you can see the hand of God moving through it. Come listen as Pastor Gina introduces us and unpacks chapter 1 of this powerful book.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare church as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Pastor John speaks on Jesus' last public sermon in the book of John.
Pastor Branden talks about Peter and how even in his failure, Jesus was able to redeem him to carry out the work of the kingdom.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare Church as Pastor Branden dives into questions around Judas and his role in the Gospels.
Pastor John goes over Lent, and explains Gods scandalous grace and how God chose Levi not for where he was, but where he was going to be.
Join us today as Pastor Branden continues our Lent series by preaching from Matthew 10:34-37 showing us that Jesus did not come to bring peace, but a sword. That sword is pointed at us, not at the world. Come and listen!
Join us at Newlife Foursquare as Pastor John kicks off the Lent Series. He starts the series with the story of the temple tax. He speaks on freedom and the cost of that freedom. He also talks about setting aside our rights to help guide others to Christ.
Join us today as Pastor John wraps up our series in Amos, preaching from Amos 8 and 9. God will bring his judgment on those who oppress the least of the least. However, it isn't about punishment; it is about redemption. God seeks restorative justice (mishpat). Come and listen!
Come join us today as Pastor John preaches from Chapter 8 of Amos and continues to speak about systems of injustice.
Join us as Pastor John continues the series on Amos. Pastor John preaches on Amos 3-5 about God's justice and how it looks very different from how we view justice.
Pastor John goes into the second week of Amos, and how God spends the first few verses covering the sins of neighboring kingdoms and then spends the next few chapters on Israel.
Pastor John introduces the book of Amos, and sets the scene for the rest of the series.
Join us as Pastor John discusses the direction of Newlife for 2025. He discusses our vision, finances, and plans for 2025.
Pastor John continues our series on Flourishing. This week he speaks on Flourishing as a community.
Pastor John talks about this years theme of flourishing. He preached on the parable of the sower from Matthew 13.
Join us at Newlife Foursquare as we kick off the new year with 21 days of Prayer and Fasting. Pastor John shares some goals to focus on during this time as well as our word of the year "Flourish".
Join us as Pastors John and Gina wrap our year discussing our word of the year, "Koinonia". Members of our church family share how Koinonia has affected their lives.
Join us for Christmas Eve service as we worship and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Sermon starts at 22 minutes.
Join us as Pastor John kicks off our advent series talking about peace. In Hebrew the word is Shalom which is hard to translate but it essentially means wholeness. Come and listen how peace isn't the absence of something but adding something.
Join us today as Pastor Branden wraps up our Exile series. He gives us three essential practices that can help root us in the reality that we are Exiles. Come and listen!
Pastor Branden preaches through Daniel 3 and exposes some religions that we are often asked to bow too. How can we keep ourselves from bowing? The answer is Jesus. Come and listen!
Today Pastor John talks about when Daniel interprets Nebachezzer's dream of a large statute that gets destroyed by a rock from heaven. With us facing an election coming up what does this passage have to tell us about our allegiances and were we place our hope.
Pastor John speaks on not conforming to the ways of the world and standing out as a Christian. Daniel 1:4-17
Today, Pastor Branden opens our new series on the Book of Daniel. What does it mean to live as Exiles? The theme of Exile runs throughout the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. We are not to blend in with "Babylon." We are meant to stand apart, and our good deeds will silence the foolish and cause the unbelievers to glorify God on the day of his coming. Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor Branden talks to us about the gift of the Prophet/Perceiver and the Teacher from Romans 12:6-8.
Today Pastor John talks about the Motivational gifts found in Romans 12. How do we learn and discover what our gifts are?
Today Pastor John Remixes the book of Hosea. The book of Hosea shows the relentless love of God.
Join us today as Pastor Branden brings the word from Acts 2:42. There is a war going on and the Enemy is battling for your heart. What are the tools Jesus has given us to fight the enemy and recover our hearts?
Join us today as Pastor John and Pastor Rachael co-preach on gender. They dispel the cultural definition of what it means to be male and female and give us a biblical perspective on how masculinity and femininity are defined.
Today Pastor John talks about how God has made each of us unique and unrepeatable. We all have unique personalities gifts that he has given us. However sometimes we use our personalities to box ourselves in and become idols. We should allow God and scripture to determine what we do and don't do verses constraining ourselves.
Pastor John preaches on aligning our identity and values with the Kingdom of God and all else is secondary.
Join us a Pastor John speaks about both marriage and singleness having the potential to become idols in our lives. He also speaks about how we need to lift singleness up in the church. People who are single are valued and important, and they show the breadth of God's love to the world.
Today Pastor John talks about how Jesus is wanting a relationship with us. Many times we try to be formulaic in our relationship but he just wants us.
Join us today as Pastor Branden teaches how we can approach people that act, practice, and look different than we do. Prepare to be both challenged and empowered.
Pastor Branden preaches on Acts 15, How to be a builder that helps people get to Jesus and the Gospel, not a blocker.
Today Pastor John talks about Simon the Sorcerer. Simon was more interesting in building his kingdom than the Kingdom of God. How many times are we more interested in building our own kingdoms vs God's Kingdom.
Join us as we listen to speaker Mark Schaufler discuss trauma-informed care around youth and adults who might be presenting signs of suicide.
Join us today as Pastor John speaks from Hosea chapter 11. Today we see how God pursues us like a mother after her own children. Come experience God again and his relentless love.
Today Pastor John peaches out of Hosea Chapters 4-6. Israel finally respond to God, but their response is hollow. God tells his people that he desires Mercy and not their Sacrifices. God cares about our heart posture more than what we DO for him.
Join us today as Pastor John preaches from Hosea 2 and 3 and shows the awesome and unfathomable reality that God continues to pursue us as love us even in the depth of our deepest and darkest sin.
Today Pastor John opens up a new series on the book of Hosea. Hosea prophesied during a dark time in Israel's history. No matter our sin God is willing to relentlessly pursue us.
Today Racheal preaches out of John 5 where Jesus heals the paralytic man. She asks us to ponder Jesus' question, are you ready to be well?
Today guest speaker Will Sarno preaches out of Mark 1 where Jesus healed a leper. In the Bible leprosy is a metaphor for sin in our life. Through Jesus we are set free from sin and death.
Today Pastor John talks about suffering. Suffering is something that every person throughout history has experienced. The Bible talks a lot suffering, however there are elements of suffering that are still a mystery to us.
Today Pastor Branden talks about the importance of Discipleship. God has made us all different and we each have a role to play in the Body of Christ. It truly takes a village to disciple others.
Dr. Yvonne Swinth discusses what trauma is, how it impacts kids and strategies to care for them well within the church setting.
Today Pastor John talks about the biblical narrative of Testing/Temptation. The Hebrew and Greek words for temptation are closer to our understanding of testing. When tested/tempted, we should use it as an opportunity to allow ourselves to mature.
Today Pastor John talks about miracles in the Old and New Testament. Jesus promises that we can do greater works that he did while on earth. What did he mean by that?
Psalm 23 continuation from last week. Rachel wraps up the sermon series in Psalm 23 with a focus on Resting.
Today Pastor John conducts our Family meeting. We go over wins and miss's in 2023. He also shares where we are going as a church in 2024 and expands on our word of the year which is Koinonia.
Today Pastor John continues on in our series on Koinonia. As believers we should all be tuned to the same frequency. It is important we tune ourselves to Jesus and not to others.
Today Pastor John shares our word for the year. Our goal in 2024 is to be more connected with those around us as we are connected to the Lord. Ultimately, the depth of our relationship with Jesus will only go as far as the depth of our relationships with each other.
Pastor John and Pastor Gina share about the Body of Christ and how it relates to our gifting. We are better together!
Today Pastor John talks about Love in the context of Advent. Love is unique because we experience Love from God but we also give love out to others. Jesus refined love through his teaching and through him coming down on earth.
Join us today as Pastor Branden brings us the word from the Book of Luke. Today we look at joy and a new definition that may be surprising. Come and listen!
Im the first week of Advent Pastor John speaks about Hope and shares from the book of Zechariah.
Pastor John wraps up on our series on 1st John. He talks about how God not only loves us with words but by action. He sent his son down to save us from the depth of our sin and we are made alive in him.
Join us today as Pastor Branden brings the word from 1 John 2. Today we talk about choosing between loving the world and loving God and the things that can trip us up on that journey.
Join us today as Pastor John talks about walking in the light and the hallmarks of a Christian.
Join us today as Pastor John opens up a new series on 1 John. Today we learn about fellowship and the importance of being part of a community of believers.
Today Pastor John wraps up his series on the manifestation gifts. He explains how the gift of tongues should be used and the benefit it brings to us as believers.
Join us today as Rachael brings a message about building a community of safety and trust as we take a deeper step into learning how to operate in the Manifestation Gifts from 1 Corinthians.
Today Pastor John starts a series on the manifestation Spiritual Gifts found in 1 Corinthians 12. He talks about how they should be used to unify the church and are for everyone.
Today Pastor John talks about Psalm 73 where Asaph experiences doubt. He talks about the importance of bring our doubt to God. God uses Asaph's words of doubt to minister to doubting people.
Join Pastor Branden and his wife Kourtney as they bring the word from Ephesians 6. Here they talk about the armor of God and how each piece helps us stand and defense and attach the enemy to win victory for the Kingdom of God.
Today Pastor John Talks about a parable where Jesus defines forgiveness and tells us there should be no end to forgiving others.
Join us today as Pastor John delivers a remixed series on Abide. Abiding in Jesus is hard. Come learn what Jesus says about how we can abide more deeply.
Today Pastor John gives an overview of the book of Titus. The uppercut of the New Testament.
Join us today as Pastor Branden speaks about the character of as God reveals himself in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. At the root of sin is a misperception of the character of God. We need to get the character of God right and the best place to start is "In the beginning!"
Join us this week as Rachael delivers a message about how to walk out of the grave of scarcity into the abundant life of Christ.
Today Pastor John talks about Elijah mentoring Elisha. He challenges us to disciple others as well as having someone disciple us as well.
Join us today as Pastor Branden brings the message from 1 Kings 19. What do we do when we are living the dream, doing what we are supposed to do, being obedient to the Lord, but the outcome or result isn't what we thought it would be?
How will God show up and help us walk through the disappointment or the perception that we failed? Come and listen!
Today Pastor John talks about Elijah's preparation for the Miracle at Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18. How is the Lord preparing you to do great things for his Kingdom.
Join us today as Pastor Branden begins our new series on the prophet Elijah. He beings by giving us an update from the Foursquare International Conference in Anaheim last week.
Come and listen!!
Join us today as New Life Church joined Neighborhood Church for Pentecost Sunday! Pastor John delivers the word from Acts 2 and the reality that the Holy Spirit lives and dwells within us!
Pastor Mary Walsh bring a message from 1 Kings 18 and challenges us to think about how we feel about prayer.
This isn't about suffering well or a theology of suffering, but it is about the purpose of suffering. Join us today as Pastor Branden speaks from the book of Romans on the purpose of suffering.
Pastors John and Gina wrap up the Sabbath series by talking about the Joy of the Sabbath. TheSabbath should be fun.
Join us today as Pastor Branden leads us through a teaching on the Sabbath.
DISCLAIMER: This is discussion and participation based. There may be some parts that are hard to hear.
Join us today as Pastor John continues our series on Sabbath. He speaks on two points, 1) how do we steward the gift of Sabbath, and 2) how to choose things that are a net benefit to our soul? Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor John begins our new series on the Sabbath. There are three foundations that we need to look at as we begin this process. 1) We need to set the sabbath apart as Holy. 2) We need to STOP. 3) We need to abide with God.
Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor John talks about the two disciples who are traveling on the Emmaus road on that first Easter Sunday. Listen to the image of Jesus they have created and where they have placed their hope. Where do you place your hope?
Join us as Pastor John speaks about Jesus being crucified and ultimately what the purpose of the Cross is. One word that Pastor John will leave us with so we can help explain the purpose of the Cross, is Barabbas. Come and listen as we explore the purpose of the Cross!
Join us today as Pastor Branden brings us the word from Matthew 26:36-46 and Jesus' final time with his disciples.
Do you have close friends? Are you building a deeply trusting relationship with God? Are you awake to your own spiritual sleepiness? Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor Fred from Neighborhood Church delivers the message today. What did it mean to have leprosy in Jesus' day? What does it mean to have Spiritual Leprosy? Come and listen and find out!
Join us today as Pastor John explores Matthew 11:1-4 and John the Baptist questioning Jesus. John's expectations versus the reality were not lining up. What happens when our expectations of Jesus are of our own making? Come and listen!
Come join us today as Pastor Branden leads us through John 2:1-11. Let's blow away the religious fog that keeps from accurately holding Jesus' humanity and his divinity.
Come and listen, and most of all, do whatever Jesus tells you to do!
Join us today as Pastor John helps us understand whose team Jesus chose. He comes to meet us in our sin.
When we repent, we must produce the fruit in keeping with repentance. What does that mean? Come and listen to find out!
Join us today as Rachael closes out our series on Habakkuk. She helps us to understand why it is so important to wrestle with God and what the ultimate purpose of wrestling is. Come and listen!
Join us today as Rachaels launches us into our series on the book and the prophet Habakkuk. This is a little known book with some amazing take-aways. Listen today as Rachael helps us wrestle with the goodness of God through the eyes of Habakkuk.
Join us today as Pastor John and Pastor Gina recap our finances for 2022 and then look to the future in 2023 for what God has in store for New Life.
Join us today as Pastor John concludes our Abide Series and speaks from John 15:9-11. Here we see that Jesus desires that our joy be made complete by abiding in him.
Today Pastor Branden explores John 15:5-8. He gives us 5 things to think about.
1. Our Identity
2. Our Purpose
3. The consequences when we don't abide.
4. The consequences when we do abide.
5. The ultimate result of our abiding.
Join us today for a shortened sermon where Pastor John and Pastor Gina give their testimony of practicing the Sabbath as a family in 2022. They speak about the challenges, the highs, the lows, but ultimately they point to the restoration that God promises when we enter into his Sabbath rest.
Join us today as Pastor Branden talks about a scripture story we don't normally read during Christmas. However, we must always hold this tension that the Kingdom of Heaven is both here and not yet. Hope and light is always somehow mingled with darkness, fear, and sorrow on this side of heaven. Come and listen!
Come join us today as we continue on in our series of Advent. Today, Pastor John talks about the birth of Jesus. Many of us are very familiar with this story. But what if there are things about the story that we know that aren't biblical? Come and listen and see for yourself!
Join us today as Pastor John walks us through the Angel Gabriel meeting Mary and telling her that she will carry God's Son. When God asks us to do things, it doesn't always make human sense. However, may we by like Mary and say yes to God's request to take Jesus to the world. Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor Branden kicks-off our Advent series for this year. Today he speaks to us about the Silence of God. Why is God sometimes silent and what do we do when God is silent? Come and listen!
Join us today for our Guest Speaker Pastor Rich as he gives us context for celebrating Thanksgiving and brings us the Word from Ephesians 5:8-21!
Perhaps you give, but you aren't very cheerful about it. How do we develop a cheerful attitude around giving? Come and listen as Pastor John teaches us how to cultivate an attitude of gratitude.
Join us today as Pastor John and Pastor Gina co-preach as we continue our series on Kingdom Generosity. Today we deal with the "Yeah buts." Things like, "YEAH I know it's good to give, BUT what if I need the money?" Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor John dives into the topic of finances from a Christian perspective. We are to be people who have been transformed by the Gospel in ALL areas of our lives. This leads us to radical generosity. Come and listen!
Join us today as Rachael brings us the word from Exodus 34:6-7 as we learn about God's abounding faithfulness.
Join us today as we continue our series on the Character of God and discuss God being abounding in Love. We will also learn a new Hebrew word - KHESED. It is complicated, but worth learning.
Today Pastor John jumps into Part of God's anger where we ask the question - Is God's responses when he gets angry proportional to the sin or the offense that has been committed against him?
This is a tough subject, but we must take the whole council of God's Word, not just the parts we like. Come and join the conversation.
Come and listen as Rachael explores the tough subject of God being slow to anger as we continue our series on the Character of God.
Join us Pastor John kicks off our Character of God series. We will be taking a deep dive in Exodus 34:6-7 over the next several weeks. It is also our round-table series, so the sermons will be much shorter so the congregation can talk at the tables using discussion questions.
Join us today as Pastor John gives us a quick window into the theology of work and who it is we really work for.
Join us today as Branden does a topical sermon on Jesus' command to pick our cross and follow him. What does it mean to put our flesh to death? What does it mean to lose our lives so that we might find them? Listen and be challenged to take a step towards deeper union with God.
Rachael revisits our series on biblical lament from January this year. She explores how to grieve with God so he can bring restoration to the devastation and loss in our lives.
Rachael revisits our series on the Names of God from last September. She reflects on the name of Yahweh and the incredible privileges that come to believers through Jesus's ultimate fulfillment of Yahwehs name.
Join us today as Pastor John takes us through the final chapter for Titus and the major uppercut that comes with it. Paul is instructing Titus on how people should live in light of the government.
Join us today as Pastor John continues on in the book of Titus with Chapter 2. Today, Paul is instructing Christians in Crete on how they should live. This message also applies to how we should live today amongst a culture that is contrary to the Christian Culture Jesus asks us to live. Come and listen and see how Pastor John unpacks this passage from Titus chapter 2.
Join us today as Branden takes us through the second half of chapter one. Paul, the author of Titus, shifts his focus and addresses the current leadership in Crete instructing Titus to rebuke these leaders sharply for their teaching of false doctrine.
Join us today as Pastor John begins a new series on the book of Titus. Today we explore in chapter 1 versus 1-9 what Paul is looking for in those that are called elders of the church. Pastor John helps us understand who and elder is and then by what character traits they should be defined by. It isn't about skill and pedigree that we should be chosen as leaders, it is our character and how we go about cultivating it that brings about good leadership.
Come and join us today as Rachael shares part 2 of her testimony and an amazing encounter that she had in Israel with the Father that wasn't at all what she expected.
Join us today as Rachael shares her story and the relentless pursuit of the Father's Love. It is deep and vulnerable and brings us closer to the God that chooses to call us his own.
Join us today as Pastor John brings the word from Ecclesiastes 12 as we wrap up our series. If all the stuff we've been talking about is hevel, meaningless, a smoke or vapor, then what should we find meaning in? Come listen today as Pastor John helps us understand the conclusion of Ecclesiastes.
Join us today as Branden brings a message on the Blessing of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit empowers us to do the work of ministry and should be sought after each and every day. Today we also see that two churches from different denominations and different locations come together to share fellowship and worship on the day that we celebrate the birth of Christ's church and the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
Join us today as we continue our series through the book of Ecclesiastes. Today Pastor John brings us the word from Ecclesiastes 4 and the importance of having meaningful relationships. It is one of the few places where the author states that we CAN find meaning.
Pastor John takes us through Ecclesiastes 3. There are appointed times for everything. God has set eternity within us, so that we might remember who we are and who God is.
Join us today as Branden brings us the word from chapter 2 verse 17-27 of Ecclesiastes where Solomon reflects on all the "work" that he has done and finds it all to be hevel, meaningless.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us the word for Ecclesiastes 2 where Solomon tries to find meaning by experiencing everything he can and trying to possess everything he can.
Join us today as Pastor John opens a new series on the Book of Ecclesiastes. Today we focus on the central theme that runs throughout the book, that everything is Havel, which means smoke or vapor. Come and listen to what God's word reveals for us today.
Join us today as Pastor John gives us three different people who encountered Jesus they day he was crucified. Their responses to Jesus can sometimes be how we might respond to Jesus. Come listen and see where you fall. Are Pilate and a little indifferent? Are you Peter and you deny Jesus but then know you were wrong and repent and turn? Or are you the criminal on the cross that most likely had terrible theology but got one thing right - he knew Jesus was who he said he was and asked that Jesus bring him into his Kingdom.
Join us as Pastor John brings the message from the Book of Matthew and an often misunderstood passage where Jesus speaks to a Canaanite woman.
Join us today as Pastor John takes us through a mini-seder meal. This was the Passover meal that the Jewish people celebrate every year. Jesus and his disciples had this very same dinner the night before Jesus was crucified. Listen as Pastor John helps us understand the elements of the Seder meal about how Jesus brought about our current tradition of doing communion.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us the Word from Luke 14:25-35 where we examine the cost of what it means to be Jesus' disciple. Have you counted the cost and found it worth it?
Join us today as Rachael brings us the message from the book of Mark where Jesus tells us that we must "receive" the Kingdom of God like children because no amount of earning or striving can gain us access to that Kingdom.
Join us today as we look at the only miracle that is recording in all 4 Gospels besides the resurrection. What might be the significance of this story being so important that each gospel writer needed to retell the story? Come and listen as Pastor John brings the message!
Join us today as Pastor John gives us the year in recap of our financial situation. We are an open book with our financials to those who give regularly. You can ask at anytime. But once a year, Pastor John gives us the breakdown and the trends as we go forward.
Join us today as Pastor John kicks off our Lent Series from Luke 7 with a scandalous story of grace and forgiveness.
Join us today as Branden preaches the Good News out of Isaiah 61 and helps us understand how to be a restored people and church by receiving the Good News of Jesus.
Join us today as we transition into Part 2 of our series where we begin to talk about the word of the year - Restore!
Come listen to Pastor John wrap up the book of Lamentations and learning about the reality that grief often ends in a minor key, but we don't have to end our story there. Come and see!
Join us today as Rachael gives a powerful word about sitting in the ashes; feeling the weight of our sin and the sin of those who have sinned against us.
Join us today as Pastor John takes us through parts of Lamentations 2 as we look at the other side of grief, which is anger. Let's see how God gets angry because of the broken covenant, how Jeremiah responds as he watches his people being taken away into exile, and where Lady Zion directs her irrational anger.
At the end, there is a special treat as Rachael sings a song of Lament for us.
Join us today as Pastor John fully introduces our new series on Lament. He speaks from the Book of Lamentations chapter 1 and mentions 3 things that lamenting forces us to do. Come and listen!
Join us today as Pastor John announces our word of the year. But interestingly, the beginning of restoration will be the Lament the things we have lost and to learn to properly grieve those losses. Join us today to learn how Pastor John will lead us into the restoration that Jesus promises.
Join us today as Pastor John discusses the complexities of love and how we must first receive Love from God before we can love others the way we are commanded too.
Join us today as Branden speaks about the promise of Joy and how we can cultivate a life that helps us to receive the joy of the Lord.
Join us today as Chad Isenhart brings the Word and a message about Foursquare Disaster Relief and the challenges that are facing us to bring hope and healing to a traumatized and hurting world.
Join us today as Pastor Fred from Neighborhood Church in University Place brings us the Word from Philippians. Shouldn't Christians be the most joyful people in the world?
Join us today as Pastor John preaches on the Priestly Blessing that God gave to Aaron to give to us in Numbers 6.
Greg Thompson joins us today to talk about opportunities that we have to serve at Families Unlimited Network, a faith based non-profit that operates right here in University Place.
Join us today as Pastor John gives us the final name in our series, Yahweh Rohi - The LORD is my Shepherd.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us the word from Judges 6 and story almost Saturday Night Live story of Gideon and the LORD. Today's name is Yahweh Shalom.
Join us today as Branden brings us the name of God - Adonai El Roi, the Lord, the God who sees me. This comes from Hagar in Genesis 16.
Join us today as Pastor John challenges with the name Yahweh Nissi, The Lord is my Banner. What banners do you put above God?
Join us today and Pastor John talks to us about the name of God, Yahweh Ropheka - The LORD is my healer.
Join us today as Pastor John talks about the name Yahweh Yireh, or as most of us may know as Jehova Jireh. Come here some interesting things about this name!
Join us today as Pastor John discusses the most important name that God has, his actual name!
Join us today as Pastor John looks back at our series on Ezra Nehemiah and the deep need we have for Jesus.
Join us today as Rachael brings us the word from the Book of Jonah. Today she will talk about God's scandalous grace.
Join us today as Branden takes us back to our Kingdom of God series and gives us a fresh perspective on what the Kingdom is. There is a Way, a Truth, and a Life to this Kingdom. Come listen in!
Listen in as Karen David from Treasure House (a mission and missionary that New Life supports) give us an update as she has returned to the states for a month to share her story of the house she runs to brings 12 and under females out of the sex trade.
Join us today as Branden speaks to us about transformation as we follow Peter and his encounter with Cornelius in Acts 10.
Join us today as Pastor John continues with Acts 9 talking about the amazing encounter between Ananias and Saul.
Join us today as Pastor John speaks on Acts 4 and challenges us that when we are feeling oppressed or feeling persecution that we would pray to God to have him make us more bold to proclaim in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Join us today as Pastor John gives an impassioned sermon about our need for Church, for the body, for the bride of Christ.
Join us today as Pastor John leads us into the amazing holiday of Pentecost and what it meant to those experiencing it almost 2000 years ago. We must recapture the same amazement the early disciples once had.
Join us today as Branden brings the Word from the Book of Jonah chapter 3. Today we will see how God is the God of second chances.
Join us today as Pastor John walks through Jonah 1 and our tendency to be asleep at the wheel spiritually.
Join us today as Pastor John begins a new series on the book of Jonah. It isn't what you think. Maybe the kid stories are painting a picture that isn't entirely accurate. Come and listen and see.
He is Risen! Join us today as Pastor John delivers an impassioned message as we take a look at the Empty Tomb!
Join us today as we listen to Rachel bring us the Word and shares with us fresh insight on the story Jesus tells about the Fig Tree.
Join us today as Dr. Klapach brings us the Word from Luke 19:1-10, the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us the word from Matthew. We must be sold out for Jesus.
Join us today as Branden finishes our series on the Kingdom of God by teaching part 2 of the Lord's Prayer.
Join us today as Pastor John discusses part 1 of the prayer Jesus gave us in Matthew 6, the Lord's prayer, which might be better titled the Disciple's Prayer. Come and listen!!
Join us today as Pastor John brings us further into the Kingdom of God as he talks about he Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount.
Join us again today as we explore the Gospel of Mark in the first two chapters. Jesus announces that the Kingdom of God has come near. He then spends the next 36 verses illustrating what that Kingdom looks like by having victory of sickness and death, victory of Satan, and victory over sin.
Join us today as we begin our series on the Kingdom of God. The sermon is shorter today because we did round table discussions to foster growth alongside the sermon. You can find the questions at our website!
Join us today as Pastor John has our first "family meeting" where he goes over t he expenditures from last year and how we are doing financially. He also lays the groundwork for what is coming ahead in 2021.
Join us today as Rachael gives us the word and helps understand what it means to advance the Kingdom of God in our communities.
Come join us as Pastor John gives us the word on how to advance the Kingdom of God in our families and spheres of influence.
Join us as Pastor John outlines the word of the year and New Life Church's specific mission statement. There is a movement happening and we will be the ones to create it.
Today Branden is giving almost a prophetic sermon on the upcoming year. God is doing a new thing, come and hear what it is and how you can be apart of the movement.
Come and join us as Pastor John reads from Zephaniah 3:14-17. We will be exploring the backwards reality of rejoicing and singing our praises to God even in the midst of struggle. Not because we are ignoring the struggle, but because God is always with us in the struggle.
Join us today as Pastor John brings us the second Sunday in Advent talking about Shalom.
Come listen today as Chad Isenhart, Director of Foursquare Disaster Relief comes and shares with us about the needs both local and abroad!
Join us today as Pastor John finished up our series on Unfinished Hope, the last look at the book of Nehemiah and Ezra.
Join us today as Pastor John talks about how we should deal with both internal and external conflict.
Join us today as John talks about Godly leadership as Nehemiah displays in the opening chapter of the book by his name. How much do you pray before acting?
Join us today as Dave Veach brings us the Word. He is asking us how is our soul doing? How is the Church doing during such a crazy time as this. Come join us and listen in!
Join us today as Pastor John closes out the book of Ezra with a very disturbing story. Sin makes things complicated. Come and listen!
Come join us today as Pastor John walks us through Ezra 7. We see that the Law always follows salvation, not the other way around. Come take a listen!
Listen in today as Branden walks through a story in Ezra 4 and talks about transitions in life. What can we learn from transitions?
Join us today as Pastor John continues in the series Unfinished Hope where we look at the books Ezra and Nehemiah. Today we learn the importance of worship and it being the central unifying factor for us as Jesus followers.
John us today as Pastor John leans into the first set of versus in Ezra. Pastor John is really challenging us to see the Sovereignty of God in all of history. As a Christian, why are we worried about things?
Join as Pastor John begins a new sermon series where we will take a good look at the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Today Pastor John gives us the intro for his series. Where are you placing your hope?
Join us as Pastor John challenges us during these difficult times. He asks us, where are we placing our hope?
Come listen as Rachael brings us the words from Romans 8 to help us understand what it means for us to truly love others as we love ourselves.
Come listen as Dr. Frank Klapach takes us from fear to faith as he remixes the message on Joshua 1.
Join us today as Branden takes us back to the Meeting at the Well. We will see how Jesus is the Initiator, Healer, and Empowerer.
Listen to the Teaching Team from New Life debrief Pastor John's sermon from the Book of Joel.
Pastor John has to pinch hit today for Rachael who was scheduled to preach. Rachael had a minor hiking accident. Pastor John brings us his sermon today from Psalm 23.
This week Pastor John walks through a story in Luke 10 where Jesus enter's the house of Martha. Come and listen as we explore what it means to go after the one thing like Martha's sister Mary does.
Join us today as Rachael takes us through a passage in 1 John to challenge us to grow in our love for God to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit.
Pastor John takes us through Romans 12:14-21 and shows us just how radical we are supposed to love others. Does it make you uncomfortable? Listen in!
Today Pastor John teaches how we are to love one another. To cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit we need not only to love ourselves but also to love others.
Come and listen to the teaching team debrief Pastor John's sermon on Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit by Abiding in Christ.
This week Pastor John takes a look at John 15 and Abiding in Christ. He explores some ways that we can cultivate the fruit by abiding in Christ.
Pastor John has started a new series on cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. We often look at the fruit and study the fruit in order to produce more in our lives. But if you think about it, that doesn't make sense. Come listen and see how to cultivate the fruit!
This week Branden takes us through Joshua's final speech to his people. He is having them renew their covenant with God. Instead of focusing on technical aspects of renewing our covenant, Branden explores our need to REMEMBER our story, CLING to God, and SERVE him and him only.
This week Pastor John takes us through an incredible story where Joshua prays for the sun to stop in the sky. Take a listen and see how you might pray a ridiculous prayer like Joshua.
This week Pastor John takes us through the Israelites victory at Ai. Listen in as we hear more about how to apprehend God's promises.
This week Pastor John takes on a hard passage where the Israelites lose against the town of Ai. Pastor John is going after the sin in our lives. He gives us 4 practical steps to follow to annihilate sin in our lives. Take a listen!
This week's Branden is taking us into Joshua 6 and the Battle of Jericho. 3 questions Branden's poses that help us to apprehend the promises of God.
We are continuing in the series of the Promises of God. Today Pastor John takes a look at Joshua 3 when the Israelites needed to cross the Jordan on their advancement towards the Promised Land.
This is an intro teaching on the promises of God. Pastor John will be walking through passages in Joshua to help us understand and lay hold of the promises God has for us.
Join us after the message as well for the Teaching Team Debrief!
This is Easter Sunday! Pastor John takes a different approach and looks at 3 different people that encounter Jesus on his way to the Cross. Each of these also had an encounter after the resurrection. Come and listen and find yourself in the story!
This episode is Pastor John Erickson talking about the Life of Jesus and his Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem during Holy Week.
Following the sermon, we have also provided our Teaching Team Debrief of this weeks sermon.