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Harbor Covenant Church

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Series: Dear Church

Title: Building up the Body of Christ

Text: 1 Corinthians 14

Preacher: Lead Pastor, Brandon Goad

Description: Any of us can be that person on any given day, focused on our own spiritual needs, unaware of how our posture detracts from the building up of Christ’s body. And here’s the counterintuitive truth: when we all focus on building up Christ’s body, we will be built up personally. Because we are part of the body that is being built up. That’s what Paul has been saying all along. If we focus on building up ourselves, only we get the benefit. But if we focus on building up the body, everyone, including us, benefits.

Series: Dear Church

Title: Love is Good

Text: 1 Corinthians 13

Preaching: Pastor Brandon Goad

In a world where it is easier than ever to avoid difficult relationships, Paul calls the church to a different way: a love that is patient, kind, and enduring. This Sunday we’ll explore how the friction of life together becomes the place where Christ forms us into his people.

Series: Dear Church

Title: The Greatest Gift

Text: 1 Corinthians 12

Preaching: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor

SERIES: Dear Church

TITLE: Who Do You See?

SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 11

PREACHING: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor

Sermon Series Dear Church

Sermon Title: Liberty

Sermon Text 1 Corinthians 8-10

Preaching: Angela Rajnus

Sermon Series: Dear Church

Sermon Title: Holiness

Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 5 & 6

Preaching: Matt Knapp, Transitional Lead Pastor

Description:

Biblical holiness and discipline function as God's purpose and process for shaping His people. Moving past rigid legalism, we can navigate difficult scriptures with curiosity, embrace community accountability, and rest in our identity as a new creation in Christ.

Series: Dear Church

Topic: Leadership

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3/4

Preaching: Discipleship Coordinator, Angela Rajnus

Questions:

Where do you see yourself drawn toward comparing leaders or elevating personalities instead of Christ?
As God’s people, what are we building with—what truly lasts, or what merely feels easy or comfortable?
Who has helped build your faith, and how might God be calling you to do the same for someone else?

Series: Dear Church

Topic: Wisdom

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16

Preaching: Lynette Sanchez (Guest Preacher)

Questions:

What markers for success in the world (for example: education level, career, family, wealth, health, lack of conflict) were you taught are important?

How does the wisdom of God in Christ challenge those norms for success?

What can you do intentionally this week to pay attention to the presence of the Holy Spirit and resist the wisdom of the world?

Series: Dear Church

Topic: Unity

Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-17

Questions:

For the Head: How does the Gospel clash with some of your worldviews?
For the Heart: What are some emotional lines you have let your “tribes” draw for you? How has that affected your relationships?
For the Hands: Who will you be more curious about this month? What will you do to learn more about them?

Topic: In The Waiting

Text: John 11:1-44

Preaching: Director of Student Ministries, Jonathan Montejano

Questions:

What are you waiting on God for?

What are your expectations of God in your waiting?

Have you given up on waiting?

Topic: In the Resets

Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Preaching: Transitional Pastor Matt Knapp

Questions: For the head: Where do you expect to find God showing up? Is it possible he is showing up somewhere else?

For the heart: What are you carrying right now? Not what you tell people you are carrying - what you're actually carrying?

For the hands: Who are your "seven-thousand?" Who can you reach out to for support this week?

Series: Staying Grounded

Title: In the Detours

Text: Luke 24:13-35

Preaching: Lead Pastor Candidate, Brandon Goad

Series: Staying Grounded

Title: In the Wilderness

Text: Exodus 3:1–12

Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp

Three questions:

For the head: In what area of your life do you feel "delayed" or stuck right now?

For the heart: What is the biggest fear or excuse that surfaces when you think about God using you in this season?

For the hands: What is one "ordinary" task you can do this week with more attention, as if it were holy ground?

Series: Back to Life

Title: Dreaming Again

Text: Revelation 21:1-15

Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp

Questions:

For your head: When life gets hard, do you try to fix everything yourself, or do you usually just want to give up?
For heart: What is one specific area of your life where you need to start dreaming again?
For your hands: If God is writing a good ending... how does that change your approach to your day-to-day?

Series: Back to Life

Title: Hope for the Neighborhood

Text: Isaiah 58:1-12

Preaching: Discipleship Coordinator, Angela Rajnus

Three questions:

For the head: How does Isaiah 58 challenge your understanding of what God considers “true worship”?

For the heart: Where is the Spirit stirring compassion, mercy, or a burden for justice as you consider injustices or brokenness in your “neighborhood”?

For the hands: What is one concrete step our church, or your small group, or family can take to be part of rebuilding, repair, or restoration?

Series: Back to Life

Title: Resurrecting Relationships

Text: John 21:1-17

Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp

Three questions:

For the head: How is holding onto your "right to be right" actually keeping a relationship dead?

For the heart: What is it costing you to keep running from a dead relationship?

For the hands: What is one act of grace you can give to someone in your life with whom you have a dead relationship?

SERIES: Back To Life

TITLE: From Burial to Peace

SCRIPTURE: John 20:19-22

PREACHING: Jonathan Montejano,

Associate Pastor of Youth Ministries

Questions:

For your heart: What is the “locked room” in your life right now? What specific fear-whether it’s about family, money, or the future-is keeping you hiding?
For your mind: How do you typically define peace?
For your hands: Who is one person you can “pass the peace” to this week?

Sermon Series: All In – The Lenten Deep Cuts

Sermon Title: The Reality Check

Sermon Text: Luke 22:31-34

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

For your head: When life gets hard, do you assume God is angry, or is He just removing your need for control?

For your Heart: When you mess up, do you picture Jesus disappointed in you, or actively praying for your comeback?

For your Hands: Who needs your honest story of failure more than your fake perfection?

Sermon Series: All In – The Lenten Deep Cuts

Sermon Title: The Principle of Death

Sermon Text: John 12:20-33

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

For your head: How does Jesus’ path to "glory" (the cross) redefine your definition of success?

For your Heart: Is there a "dormant seed" in your life that you are scared to plant? What is holding you back?

For your Hands: What one preference can you sacrifice to serve someone else this week?

Sermon Series: All In – The Lenten Deep Cuts

Sermon Title: The Wrong Kind of All In

Sermon Text: Matthew 20:20-28

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

Heart: What do your recent frustrations with God reveal about what you are really expecting from him?

Mind: Where is your desire to be noticed causing jealousy instead of support in your relationships?

Hands: What hidden task can you do this week to serve someone without getting any credit?

Sermon Series: All In – The Lenten Deep Cuts

Sermon Title: The Grimm Commitment

Sermon Text: John 11:1-16

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

What are some of the worst labels we give ourselves and others?
What are some things you need God to redeem in your life?
What are the conditions of the lenses with which you view the world?

Sermon Title: The Undeterred Will

Sermon Text: Luke 13:31-35

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

What are your “sights set on?”
How do you and the people you are close to deal with suffering?
How are you different today because of any suffering you may have experienced recently or experienced a while ago?

Sermon Series: Your Picture Is On His Refrigerator

Sermon Title: Breaking A Generational Curse

Sermon Text: Multiple from The New & Old Testaments

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

What are some positive hand-me-downs that you got from your family of origin?

The audio version of the Lenten Liturgy for 2026 - with music.

The audio version of the Lenten Liturgy for 2026 - without music.

Sermon Series: Your Picture Is On His Refrigerator

Sermon Title: Your Heavenly Dad Wants You to be Filled with Joy

Sermon Text: Multiple from The New & Old Testaments

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

In what ways are you settling for substitute joy rather than the true joy God wants to give you?
How often is your joy based on circumstances?
In what ways do you need to move closer to the party?

Sermon Series: Your Picture Is On His Refrigerator

Sermon Title: Why Does My Heavenly Father Want Me to Fear Him?

Sermon Text: Multiple from The New & Old Testaments

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

Sermon Questions:

In what ways have you let the fear of what other people think influence your life?
What steps do you need to take to be more concerned with the opinion of God than the opinion of all the other voices in your life?

Sermon Series: Your Picture Is On His Refrigerator

Sermon Title: And So Is Your Neighbor’s

Sermon Text: Luke 10:25-37

PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Associate Pastor

Sermon Questions:

What do you think of when you hear the phrase “Created in the Image of God"
What “tribes" are you a part of? What are their slogans? What does it pressure you to ignore?
Who has helped your pain heal and whose pain are you helping heal?

TITLE: Your Legacy is Made in Interrupted Space

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 9

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

QUESTIONS:

What is your typical reaction when you are interrupted?
What are some ways you can carve margin in your life so that you are more interruptible?

TITLE: Your Heavenly Dad Wants to Move You to a Better Seat

SCRIPTURE: Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1-8,11,12,36-39

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

QUESTIONS:

Do you feel like you are on the front row right now, or do you need to move to better seats?
What do you feel God calling you to get involved with so that you can witness him work?
Who is someone in your life that needs seats to the game?

TITLE: Your Heavenly Dad Is Trustworthy

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11:1, 8-13, 22, 32, 39-40

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

QUESTIONS:

In what way are living in the unresolved.
Where do you want to be when your situation is resolved?
Is there an area in your life that you're being challenged to wait?

TITLE: God Gives Us Hope For Our Future

SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 43:18,19

PREACHING: Lis Cochrane, Guest Preacher

QUESTIONS:

What is one thing from 2025 that we need to let go of to move into the future?
What is one area in our life we need to apply Biblical Hope for 2026?
As we move into this year in what way can you be more involved in global missions?

SERIES: Scandalous Christmas

TITLE: Angry Jesus

SCRIPTURE: John 2:13-22, Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17, Luke 9:45-46

PREACHING: Jonathan Montejano, Director of Student Ministries

QUESTIONS:

Do you consider yourself to be a Temple of the Holy Spirit?

What are the tables in your life that God needs to flip? Will you trust God to flip the right tables?

Who is a person you can ask to help make sure these tables do not get reset?

SERIES: Scandalous Christmas

TITLE: When Jesus Comes Into Our Mess

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 68:20, Matthew 1:21, Luke 19:10

PREACHING: Jilane Hawkins, Guest Speaker

Series: Scandalous Christmas

Title: The Fugitive Birth of Jesus

PREACHING: Jack Hawkins, Transitional Pastor

SCRIPTURE: Luke 2

QUESTIONS:

Are you on the run?

Is your to do list out of control?

What step do you need to take to include Jesus in your running?

Preaching: Angela Rajnus, Discipleship Coordinator

Title: Scandalous Christmas - Hope in Suffering

Scripture: Luke 2:22-38

Questions:

When has Jesus exposed the motives and priorities of your own heart, bringing you to a place of humility?

What habits help you to cultivate humility?

How can we prepare ourselves and encourage others to remain faithful when experiencing rejection and suffering?

Preaching: Associate Pastor, Jeremy Kidd

Title: Hidden & Secure

Passage: Colossians 3:1-4

Theme: Christ secures our lives in God.

Questions:

Does your guilt and shame ever cause you to doubt your relationship with God?
What does it look like for you to seek “heavenly things”?
How could a more secure relationship with God change your life today?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Healthy Relationship Habits

Sermon text - 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Sermon Questions:

When you are in conflict are you more likely to examine the people around you or to examine your own heart?

What are you doing to create environments of acceptance?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Who's The Author of Your Life?

Sermon text - Ecclesiastes 7:8,14,21,22; 10:10; 12:13

Sermon Questions:

Who’s the author of your life? Who is in control of writing your story?

In what area of your life do you need to sharpen your axe?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Margin With Your Money

Sermon text - Ecclesiastes 5

Sermon Questions:

What is at the center of your most common money worries?

What steps do you need to take to get some margin wirh your money?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Your Shopping Cart Is Full

Sermon text - Ecclesiastes 4

Sermon Questions:

The antidote to “two handful living” is simple. Put something down. Is there something that you need to put down right now in order to live more simply?

What steps can you take to make sure that you don’t climb the ladder of success and find yourself lonely at the top?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Busy for a Season or Busy as a Lifestyle

Sermon text - Ecclesiastes 3

Sermon Questions:

Are you a habitually busy person?

Is there something you need to get rid of right now?

Is God calling you to say yes to something right now that will make you busy for a season?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Your Matters List

Sermon text - Ecclesiastes 1, 2

Sermon Questions:

Do you ever feel exhausted by the sheer number of things in life that matter?

How does the pursuit of your matters list keep you from living into your fullest self?

Preaching: Associate Pastor, Matt Knapp

Sermon title - Good News

Sermon text - 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon Questions:

What makes the Gospel good news for you?

Who in your life could use the good news of the Gospel? Is there a way you can share it?

Where can you find "better seats" to see what God is doing?

Preaching: North Campus Pastor, Mark Willson

Sermon title - Good Company

Sermon text - Hebrews 10:19-27

Sermon Questions:

How is the company you are keeping forming you?

What kind of company do you need to become the person God wants you to be?

How can you offer we kind of good company you need to others?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Good Deeds

Sermon text - 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Sermon Questions:

What habits do you have that keep you from being contented?

Who is someone who you would like to invest in?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title - Good People

Sermon text - Mark 4

Sermon Questions:

What’s keeping you from growing?

Are you still struggling with whether or not all this God stuff is true?

Are you trying to do life on your own?

Are money worries keeping you from growing in your relationship with God?

Preaching: Transitional Pastor, Jack Hawkins Sermon title - Good Church, Good God Sermon text - Genesis 3:1-7 Three Questions: 1. Do you think that the general population believes that our God is good? 2. Have you ever had an experience in your life that brought that thought into your mind? 3. Do you ever find you want to be the one that decides what is good and what is evil rather than relying on God to make those decisions?

Preaching: Guest Preacher, Erik Cave

Sermon title - Wonders to Behold: Making Pathways to Jesus

Sermon text - Luke 18:15-17

Three Questions:

1. Who would you honestly consider to be an inconvenient other?

2. How have you put these inconvenient others in their place?

3. Where is Jesus calling you to go to embrace an inconvenient other?

Preaching: Guest Preacher, Greg Asimakoupoulos

Sermon title: A Major Intersection

Sermon text: Joshua 1:1-9

Three Questions:

1. Speaking of intersections, what intersection in your spiritual journey was most impactful?

2. What is a major intersection in your life currently?

3. How can you meaningfully contribute to Harbor Covenant during its current intersection between lead pastors?

Preaching: Guest Preacher, Jack Hawkins

Sermon title: Who's Writing Your Story?

Sermon text: Zephaniah 3:17

Sermon questions:

How different would your life be if you realized that God delights in you?

Are you letting God write your story or do you keep trying to grab the pen back?

Are there some voices from your past that are still influencing your story in a negative way?

Sermon from August 3rd, 2025.

Preaching: Guest Preacher, Alan Forsman

Sermon title: Keep Building

Sermon text: Nehemiah 1:3-4, 2:4-5, 11, 19, 3:1, 3, 5, 6:9, 15-16

Sermon questions:

What are we losing?

What remains the same?

What are new possibilities?

Senior Pastor Michael White's final sermon at Harbor Covenant Church.

Sermon title: Keep Your Eye On The Prize

Sermon text: Philippians 3:10-14

Sermon questions:

What is the goal of this stage of your life?

What tempts you to focus on the past?

What type of Jesus are you portraying to others?

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church | Vice President of Mission Priorities, Evangelical Covenant Church

Sermon title: It might not look like it, but God is in control.

Sermon text: Daniel 8

Sermon questions:

Where does it seem like evil is winning now?

How does Daniel’s vision encourage you?

What does God have for you to do right now?

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church | Vice President of Mission Priorities, Evangelical Covenant Church

Sermon title: It might not look like it, but God is in control.

Sermon text: Daniel 7

Sermon questions:

What current event is most challenging to your faith?

Where do you see evidence of a cosmic struggle going on in world?

What can you do to remind yourself that God wins?

Sermon Title: It Might Not Look Like It, But God Is In Control

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon text: Daniel 6

Sermon questions

Where does your loyalty and your hope lie?

If someone sifted through your life, what would they discover about your integrity?

What is the state of your devotional life with God?

Sermon Title: Rediscovering Jesus

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon text: Luke 4:16-22

Sermon questions

What area of your life needs to be reset?

What is the biggest piece of “Good News” for you?

Who are you tempted to believe doesn’t deserve God’s grace?

Sermon title: Discipleship Unpacked

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon text: John 8:31-33

Sermon questions:

Who or what currently holds your allegiance?

How would this be obvious to a bystander?

What discipleship area needs the most attention from you this year?

Sermon title: The New You

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness, from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” ESV

Sermon questions:

What’s an example of how you are becoming more like Jesus?

What choices do you need to make to bring your actions into line with God’s plans and purposes for your life?

What is your chief growth area for 2025?

Sermon title: Christmas Q&A

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church and

Matt Knapp | Associate Pastor (Communications)

Sermon title: Home For Christmas

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon title: From Darkness to Light

Sermon text: Isaiah 8:19-9:2

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions:

To whom or to what are you looking for light and hope?

How does the promise of light coming in the darkness give you hope?

When you have the opportunity, does the advice you give people push them toward the light of Jesus or away from it?

Harbor Cov Podcast Series: "A Change of Heart"

Chase shares how always being willing to walk through the doors God has opened has led him to a great community of friends and has encoruaged his faith.

Series: A Change of Heart

Episode: From Darkness to Light (Special Guest Joshua Ellis)

Description: Josh shares how his struggles with sin and unhealthy habits led him to some dark places, but through confession and community God has brought light back into his life.

Sermon title: From Anxiety to Peace

Sermon text: Isaiah 9:6, 7

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions:

What is producing anxiety or worry in your life right now?

What does it mean to you that God is zealous to bring about peace?

What is one thing you can do this week to deal with your worry, anxiety or stress?

Series: A Change Of Heart

Sermon title: From Despair to Hope

Sermon text: Isaiah 40:1-41

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions:

What area of your life are you struggling in?

What does it mean to you that Jesus enters into the reality of your life?

What aspect of God’s character helps you find hope?

Series: A Change of Heart

Episode: From Despair to Hope (Special Guest JT Fletcher)

Description: JT's shares his story about how his life flipped upside down very quickly. Yet God has remained faithful to him and is giving him hope even in the midst of despair.

Sermon title: Don’t Lose What’s Most Important

Sermon text: Acts 4: 8-19

PREACHING: Jonathan Montejano | Director of Student Ministries, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions

What in your life would inspire others to follow Jesus?

What are ways you can be a threat to the division in our world?

What is one thing your small group can do to keep the main thing the main thing?

Sermon text:

1 Timothy 2:1-4

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions:

What would your closest friend say is the main thing in your life?

What is one thing you can do to pray better for our leaders?

How is your peace?

Sermon title: God Is In Control

Sermon text: Rev 7:9-12

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions

Why do you think the imagery of the Lamb is important?

How does it affect your outlook on life to know that God is on the throne and that he has a plan and a purpose?

As a follower of Jesus, what do you need to do in response to the election?

Sermon title: What is the win?

Sermon text: Ephesians 6:19

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions

What is the gospel?

What is the highest priority of your life?

If someone watched you for a day would your actions, conversations and attitude push them toward Jesus or away from him?

Sermon title: What Is Our Secret Weapon?

Sermon text: Ephesians 6:18

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions:

Who should be on your list of people you get to pray for?

What one person will pray for specifically this week?

What is one thing you can do to help you live more in the reality of God’s presence?

Sermon title: What Weapons Do We Use?

Sermon text: Ephesians 6:13-17

PREACHING: Angela Rajnus | Discipleship Coordinator, Harbor Covenant Church

Take a moment to thank God for the salvation and truth he's given us in Jesus.
Where do you see a vulnerability in your armor?
What next step can you take to "armor up" this week?

Sermon title: Who is the enemy?

Sermon text: Ephesians 6:11-12

PREACHING: Michael White | Senior Pastor, Harbor Covenant Church

Sermon questions

Who do you find challenging to love?

Are you more likely to be characterized by anger or by compassion?

What is one way that following Jesus has taught you to live counter culturally?

Sermon: What’s the battle and how do I prepare?

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-19

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

On a day to day basis, what is the biggest concern that consumes your thinking?
How does following Jesus affect how you view the challenges that our society is facing?
Complete this sentence: “I am strong in…”

Sermon: Living Lives of Compassion, Mercy & Justice

Scripture: Isaiah 1:16-17

By: Matt Knapp, Associate Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

How have compassionate people impacted your life? Is there someone in your life that needs some compassion?
Who do you need to forgive to develop a merciful heart?
What injustices are you willing to put yourself at risk to fight against?

Sermon: Developing Disciples Who Make Disciples

Scripture: Mark 9:24

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

What do you have a hard time trusting God about?
What are doing that is helping you grow as a disciple?
What is one area where you need to grow as a disciple?

Sermon: Reaching People for Christ

Scripture: Acts 8:26-38

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

What is one thing you can begin to do to help you be open to God?
Who are the people in your sphere of influence who don’t yet know Jesus?
Of those, which 3 can you begin to pray for?

Sermon: Restart

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-25

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

When you look at the future in what ways do you see God at work?
What would cause you to miss what God is doing in your life and in the world?
What is one new beginning you can make to move forward with God?

Sermon: Restoring People

Scripture: James 5:19-20

By: Jonathan Montejano, Director of Student Ministries

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

How can you be an instrument of peace this month?
How are you helping create a loving and welcoming environment at Harbor Covenant?
Who can you small group pray for who has walked away from the faith?

Sermon: Faith Filled Prayer

Scripture: James 5:13-18

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

If you really believed that God was listening and engaged in your life, what would you say to him?
Who can you pray for this week?
What is one new way you can pray this week?

Sermon From August 11, 2024

Title: To Tell The Truth

James 5

If you asked your closest friends, what would they say about your reliability? Rather than lying, what is something you can say when you don’t really want to do something? What promise have you made that you need to do a better job of keeping?

Sermon Series: Everyday Faith

Sermon Title: Patience and Confidence

Sermon Text: James 5:7-11

Sermon Questions:

How do you deal with "difficult waits"?
What steps are you taking to establish or strengthen your heart?
What does God’s faithfulness mean to you?

Sermon from July 28, 2024

Sermon text: James 4:13-5:6

Sermon questions:

How has knowing Jesus changed how you view your resources?

How do you make room for God’s plans in your life?

If someone watched how you treated your server in a restaurant, what would they learn about your attitude toward other people?

Sermon from July 21, 2024

SCRIPTURE: James 4:11-12

PREACHING: Blake Merwin | Associate Pastor

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Think about a recent conversation you had about someone else. Did your words build them up or tear them down? How might you align your speech more closely with the law of love as James describes?
Consider a time when you felt judged or slandered by others. How did it affect your relationship with them and your sense of community?
How can you balance offering constructive feedback while avoiding slander and gossip in our church interactions?

Scripture: James 4:1-10

By: Brenden Smith, Worship Director

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONSWhat are your desires that aren’t aligning with God’s desires?
What do you need to give to God as an act of humility?
How can you remind yourself of God’s promises: that the devil will flee and that God will be near to you?

Title: True Vs. False Wisdom

Scripture: James 3:13-18

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONSWhat are some traits that should characterize the community of Jesus?
How do you handle relationships with people that you love but don’t always see eye to eye with?
What is one area that God may be calling you to “submit” in?

Title: The Tongue

Scripture: James 3:1-12

By: Michael White, Lead Pastor

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Judging by screen time, what are you filling your heart with?
Who do you need to speak to more graciously?
What is one step you can take to better control what you say to other people?

Sermon from June 23, 2024

Sermon text – James 2:14-26

What are two or three things that your faith in Jesus is producing in your life?

What is one area in your life where you need to move your faith into action?

What story do you hope people will tell about you and your faith one day?

Title: Favoritism

Scripture: James 2:1-13

By: Angela Rajnus, Discipleship Coordinator

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION QUESTIONS

How has the mercy of God transformed your life?
In what way are you tempted to play favorites?
Where could you serve the poor or stand with those that are?

Sermon from June 9, 2024

Title: Doing Not Just Hearing

Text: James: 1:19-27

What is the sin that you need to be more active in ridding from yourself?

Where are you currently serving and caring for others? Especially those who are mistreated.

How are creating space to be unstained by the world?

Sermon from June 2, 2024 @ Central Campus

Text: James 1:12-18

Title: The Generosity of God

Series: Everyday Faith

Sermon questions:

What do you truly believe God wants for you?

What is the biggest opening in your life for temptation?

What of substance are you doing with your life?

Sermon from May 26, 2024 | Central Campus

Series: Everyday Faith

Text: James 1:2-8

Title: God is good even when my circumstances aren't

Questions:

In what ways are you growing as a follower of Jesus?

What is the trial, temptation, or difficulty in your life that you are having trouble making sense of?

What is one way you will seek God’s wisdom in that situation?

If Jesus wrote a letter to you, what would he commend you for or challenge you about?

How does knowing that God is in control change how you view the challenges of your life?

What do you need to do to accept the invitation of Jesus and join in worship?

Whose life has inspired you to follow Jesus more closely?

Whose life do you think you are inspiring?

What hope do you need this week that God is powerfully present with you?

Sermon Series: Tune In To Truth

Title: Graves Into Gardens

Scripture: 1 Kings 20:22-28

PREACHING: Jeremy Kidd, Associate Pastor

How can you “prepare for battle” this coming month?

Do you trust Yahweh when your efforts are not enough and your circumstances are unfavorable?

How can you give glory to your deliverer this week?

Where does your ultimate allegiance lie? With God? Your own gifts and talents? Your investments? Or? When you have a major life choice to make, do you put more weight on what is right or what is more beneficial? How does knowing that you might be in the fire but you won’t be alone give you confidence?

What feels dead in your life right now?

To what or to whom are you looking to give you hope, joy and life?

What is one thing you can do this week to return your breath to God?

When was the last time you tasted and saw the goodness of God?

How are you remembering the moments when God has moved in your life?

How can your small group remind each other of God’s goodness?

If you wrote a song about your life what would its theme be?

What is the “immovable object” in your life right now?

How does knowing how God has acted in the past help you face the present and the future?

3/31/24

How has your relationship to sin changed?

How does knowing that nothing can separate you from the love God change your perspective on the challenges that you face?

What is one thing you can do this week to love better?

Where do you se evidence of death in your past life or in our world today?
Where do you see evidence of God's grace?
What kind of work brings you satisfaction and joy?

Sermon from March 10, 2024

Sermon Series: "Just As I Am"

Sermon title: "I Am Bought With a Price"

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3,20-22

Sermon questions:

What do you usually think makes you have value?

What is an area of your life where you are not exactly soaring with the eagles?

What is one thing you can do this week to respond more fully to God’s grace?

Sermon From March 3, 2024

Speaker Matt Knapp

What is broken in your life? How did it get that way? What questions do you have about sin? What is broken in our community? Do you have any ownership in that?

Sermon From February 25, 2024

Series: Just As I Am

Topic: How to Live With Purpose

Speakers: Michael White, Phil Willenbrock, Ty Robuck, Alana Dunegan, & Ronda Douglas

How do you discern God’s purpose for your life? What purpose do you think God is calling you to right now? What is one concrete action that you can commit to this week to pursue God’s purpose for you?

Sermon from February 18, 2024

Sermon Series: Just As I Am

Sermon Title: I Am Made in the Image of God

Sermon Text: Genesis 1:26-28

Questions:

What image do you really reflect? Are you at peace with that image?

Do you sense a longing for a different one, a better one? If so, will y ou let Him show you a more accurate view of himself?

Will you choose to believe God create you in love to resemble and reflect Him by trusting what Jesus has invited you to live as a new creation through Him?

Sermon From February 11, 2024

Series: Grow

Title: Keep the main thing the main thing

Text: 1 Cor 15:3-11 NIRV

Sermon questions:

What are you investing your time and resources in?

Where does seriously following Jesus fit into your top five goals?

What is one step you can take to make following Jesus a greater priority?

Full Sermon from Feb 4, 2024

Sermon Series: Grow

Sermon title: Reading Your Bible

Sermon 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Sermon questions:

Based on the amount of time you spend, what is forming you?

What is one area where you need to figure out whether your opinion lines up with the Bible?

What is one step you can take to start reading your Bible regularly?

Sermon From January 21, 2024

Sermon title: Engage in Mission

Sermon text: Mark 10:42-45

Sermon questions

If you wrote a one sentence mission statement that reflected the reality of your life at this very moment, what would it be?

What does that mission statement tell you about who or what you are following?

What mission do you think Jesus has for you?

Sermon Series: Grow

Sermon Title: Connect with Others

Sermon Text: 1 Cor 12:7-14

Sermon questions

Why has God called you to the body at Harbor Covenant?

In what ways are you connected at Harbor Covenant?

How are you engaged in the mission of Harbor Covenant?

Sermon from January 7, 2024

Title: Tiny Acts of Faith

Text: 2 Kings 5 1-15

Questions:

This year what is a simple, tiny act of faith you can make?

Who is someone that you need to share your faith with?

What is a spiritual practice your small group can do together this month?

Title: Remember What The Lord Has Done

Text: Joshua 4:1-9

Sermon title: The Best Gift Ever Inspires Us

Sermon text: Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon questions:

The Magi are looking for a King…. What are you looking for? Vs 1-2

What would you say that you worship?

What keeps you from responding like the Magi?

Sermon title: The Best Gift Ever Changes Us

Sermon text: Luke 1:46-55

Sermon questions:

What do you spend your days looking for?

How does the gift of Jesus give you hope?

How does Jesus coming to you change your view of yourself?

Sermon From Dec 3, 2023

Series: The Best Gift Ever

Title: "Jesus the best gift ever"

Text: Luke 1:26-38

Sermon questions:

How do you see God at work around you?

How is the kingdom of God good news?

What obstacles do you face in trusting God?

Sermon from November 26, 2023

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46

Reflection Questions:

Has apathy started to grow within yourself?
Are there areas of your life or our world, that you feel God is calling you to keep

watch and pray?

Is there a ministry that your small group can become a prayer team for?

Reflection Questions:

What scares you right now?

What do you think is the biggest challenge for the church in navigating these difficult times?

How does knowing that God has a plan and purpose help you to have hope?

When your friends describe you, which would they talk about most, your brand of politics or your faith? What is an area of your life where you are more like the culture than the kingdom? What is an area of your life where you are more like the kingdom than the culture?

Sermon from November 5, 2023

Series: Hello My Name is Jesus

Sermon text: Matthew 21:28-22

Sermon questions:

What words would people use to describe you?

What do those words say about the fruit you are producing?

How closely would you say your priorities align with the plan and purpose of God?

Sermon from October 29, 2023

Series: Hello My Name is Jesus

Are you aiming for complete discipleship or a “somewhat less ascetic standard”?

If you asked Jesus, “What do I still lack?” How would he answer?

What is one thing you can do this week to grow in trusting Jesus?

Where are you tempted to engage in status boosting?

Who models “welcome” to you?

How can you put into practice “welcome” this week?

What do you really want from God?

Are you a cultural Christian, a comfortable Christian, or a serious follower of Jesus?

What is one thing you can do this week to becoming a more serious follower of Jesus?

If you had to make a list of the top three things Jesus followers should do, what would be on the list?

What is a preference in your life that you may have made too important?

Are you leading the people around you toward Jesus or toward something else?

What are your expectations when you come to church?

When has legalism gotten in the way of your faith or someone else’s faith?

What is one thing you are willing to try to let go of to love someone this week?

What do you need rest from?

What is one thing you can do this week to step into the rest that Jesus wants to give you?

How are you helping to bring about the kingdom of God in your sphere of influence?

What is your purpose in life?

What do you need to reprioritize in your life to more fully follow Jesus?

What one thing can you do to be on mission in your daily life?

What is one way that you see God at work in your life, sphere of influence or community?

What is one thing that you wish Jesus would do that he doesn’t seem to be doing?

What is the most challenging part of following Jesus in this context for you.

What are you afraid would happen if you gave Jesus the authority in your life?

How would it affect your daily life if you truly believed that Jesus was Lord now.

What is one thing you can do this week to let Jesus lead in your life?

Sermon from August 20, 2023.

Sermon Series: The Jesus Way

Sermon Title: Being Grounded

Sermon Text: Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon Questions:

In response to everything you have heard about the Jesus Way, what do you need to do?

What do you believe that you haven’t really acted on yet?

What in your life that shows that you are putting Jesus’ words into practice?

What type of fruit are you producing?

Would the people you know say that you’re the real deal?

What is one step you can take this week to follow Jesus more authentically?

What’s an area in your life where you realize you are just going with the flow?

What’s an area in your life where you realize that you are consciously choosing to do what Jesus says?

What’s the hardest thing for you about following Jesus?

How would you characterize the state of your relationship with God?

What others do you need to do to differently this week?

How might God be calling you into partnership with him?

How has judgment come up in your own life? Is it something received or given?

How can you be full of care for someone different than you?

What is one thing your small group can do to create a more welcoming and warm environment at Harbor Covenant Church?

Sermon From July 16, 2023

What worries do you struggle with the most? What feared loss is at the root of that worry? How can you be in the present with your heavenly father that cares for you?

Sermon text: Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon questions:

What do you treasure?

Do you see yourself as a steward or an owner of your resources?

How will you know when enough is enough?

In what ways is thinking of God as a Father, challenging or comforting to you?

In what ways do you have trouble trusting God to provide what you need?

How can you be a bringer of the kingdom into your spheres of influence?

How would playing to an "Audience of One" affect how you live your life?

What role does impressing people play in your life?

How are you becoming the type of person Jesus describes in this passage?

In what ways are you the kind of person Jesus is talking about?

If people were to look at how you treat people, what would they learn about God?

Who is a challenge for you to care about?

If people were to mention your name to others, what words would you hope they associate with you?

How important is it to you reflect God’s faithfulness to others by being faithful to others yourself?

What commitments do you have now that you need to re-evaluate?

What is more characteristic of your inner reality, love or lust?

What is one step you could take this week to move away from lust?

How does Jesus’ view of divorce change how you view marriage?

What is most likely to make you angry?

What is one thing you could do that would be more constructive than anger?

In what relationship do you need to seek reconciliation?

How is the identity God gives you different from the way you view yourself?

What is one way you can bring some salt and light to your sphere of influence this week?

If you were to point to one thing in your life as an example of how you’ve been changed by following Jesus, what would it be?

What will it take to make you happy?

Which beatitude do you most identify with?

Who in your heart of hearts do you believe is unblessable?

Who do you identify with more, Martha or Mary?

What looks like the tyranny of the urgent in your life?

What is one step you can take to help loving God be the priority of your life?

What is troubling your heart?

What does it mean to you that Jesus will love you to the end?

What is one thing you can do to get closer to Jesus?

How would you classify yourself: Admirer, Adherent, worshiper, follower/disciple?

What is the cross that you are currently bearing?

In what area are you looking for a loophole instead of doing what you know God wants?

Description: Jerry and Cathie Gates, long time Harbor Covenanters, share about their relief efforts in India despite being of the age where most people are retired and spending their time on vacations. They deeply care about others and are doing their best to bring relief and hope to people around the globe.

What “broken thing” is on your mind today?

Where do you see evidence of God's restoration power?

This Spring, where might God be inviting you to be part of his restoration plan?

How does the resurrection give you hope personally?

What would you say the driving purpose in your life is?

Who do you know who needs the hope that you have?

What is the most challenging aspect of the crucifixion for you?

What is the hope that you find in the crucifixion?

What is an area of your life where you need to experience the power of the cross

What are you tempted to glory in beside the cross?

What is one area of your life that is different because you are a Jesus follower?

What is something from your old life that, if you’re honest, you haven’t crucified?

What is one weakness that you can identify in your life?

What is one small choice you can make this week to put you in step with the Spirit?

What is an area of your life where you see the fruit of the Holy Spirit?

What changed for you when you first came to know Jesus?

What is most likely to lure you back to the way you were before Jesus?

What is one thing you can do this week to allow Christ to be formed in you?

In your heart of hearts are you approaching God by faith or are you trying some other angle? What is one thing you can do each morning to put on Christ?

What is a cultural distinction that has changed for you know that you are following Jesus?

How would you finish this sentence, “In order to follow Jesus, you have to…”

How has God’s grace impacted your life?

Who is someone that you have difficulty extending grace to and why?

When is there time this week for you to ask a question “In all honesty, how real is my faith?”

Are there any areas in your life where legalism has taken over the real gospel?

What is one thing that you can do to help the next generation of believers avoid a false gospel?

In your heart of hearts, what does success in life look like to you?

Who knows you well enough to tell you the truth and help you grow as a follower of Jesus?

What is one step you can take this week to find a 1 or to be a 1?

Sermon from February 5, 2023 | Angela Rajnus

What part of “making disciples” do you find intimidating?

Where do you see God at work in someone younger than you in life experience or in faith?

What step can you take this week to encourage or come alongside them?

Who invested in you and helped you get to know Jesus?

Who can you begin to intentionally care about?

What is one step you can take this week to engage them at a deeper level?

What has kept you from helping those in need?

What is your next (or first) step living a life of compassion, mercy, and justice?

When are you going to take that step and who are you going to tell about it for accountability or help?

Who or what are you actually following?

If someone followed you around would they be pushed toward or pulled away from Jesus?

What is one step you can take this week to follow Jesus?

•What’s the best news you’ve ever received? What did it change?

•When did you first experience the love of God in your own life?

•Who is someone you care about that you could reach out to this week and express God’s love for them because they could use it?

What is one area in your personal life in which you want to strike the ground boldly?

What steps will you take to ensure you actually do!?

How can you participate more fully in the mission of Harbor Cov?

Where are you looking for peace and joy and hope this Christmas?

What is one area of fear that you can give over to God?

What is one thing you can do to bring Jesus’ peace to someone this week?

What are you seeking this Christmas?

What’s your general reaction to Jesus: admiration, mild interest, boredom, worship?

What is one thing you can do this week to help you experience the peace of Jesus?

Who is Jesus to you: a good life coach, a comforting presence, the founder of a philosophical tradition or God?

In what areas of your life do you need the light and life of Christ?

To whom can you bring the light and life of Christ this week?

What is one way you can spend time connecting with God during the Advent season?

What gets in the way of you experiencing Jesus’ peace?

How does it change things for you knowing that God promises peace here and now?

In what area of your life has God said, “go” and you’ve said, “no!”?

If you had three days and three nights with no distractions, how do you think God might change you?

What does this tell you about what is important to God?

In what area of your life are you tempted to give up hope?

What experience do you have of God breathing new life into a situation?

What does this story tell you about the character of God?

What would the people you work with say about your character?

How does knowing that we have hope in God change your outlook on life?

What is one thing you can do to grow in integrity this week?

What is the seemingly insurmountable challenge in your life right now?

How does the reality of your life change when you can see that God is present with you? What is one thing you can do this week to encourage someone and help them see God present with them?

What are evidences in your life that you are a committed follower of Jesus?

How have you found that other “gods ultimately disappoint”?

What story of God’s faithfulness do you have to tell?

Where are you missing the “God Factor” in your life?

Which are you, a Christian or a disciple?

What gifts do you have that God might be able to use?

Sermon questions

What call does God have on your life?

What can you change in your life today so that it doesn’t end up being a regret later?

What keeps you from feeling like God can use you?

Where do you see God’s mighty hand at work?

How does God’s grace and power help you to trust him with your future?

What is the connection for you between remembering your baptism and thankfulness?

The very beginnings of harbor covenant took a lot commitment and even more faith. But for the founding members of Harbor covenant it was worth it to build soemthing with eternal impact. Michael white sits down with one of our founding members, Carolyn Holdych, to chat about what it took to start a church and what it takes 40 years later to keep it going.

What is the most striking element about the story of Noah and the flood to you?

What is a sign that you have seen that God is present in your life?

What is one thing that you can do this week to be more faithful to God?

Where do you need to be strengthened by the Lord? How can Harbor Covenant encourage and help others be strengthened in the Lord? What part of God’s armor does your small group need to focus on this week?

Deep down in your heart, what do you believe about who you are?

How does the image of God coming to you in love affect you?

In what area do you need to experience the forgiveness of God?

Why do you think it’s so hard for people to willingly give up power?

In what ways can mutual submission be a joy in a relationship?

How can you more accurately reflect kingdom values in relationships you have?

For over 20 years Jim Skiffington has been a part of our church family and has served in a variety of different ways, mainly as a project guy and handyman. He’s also served on the sound team and the set design team. He’s currently coming out of a successful chemo treatment and he talks about his faith and service through all his seasons of time as part of the Harbor Cov family.

How can you improve your process for making good decisions?

What step can you take toward forgiving someone who has hurt you?

If Paul was writing to you, what area would he say you need to work on?

For the past 40 years, Joanne Cochrane, Dalen Mason, Cathie Gates, and Sandy Anderson have developed one of the deepest friendships we’ve ever heard of. We call them the prayer ladies, because they have committed to meeting together every week for years to pray for each other, for their families, and for our church. They share some of their memories and thoughts from the years spent at Harbor Cov.

What is an area of your life that you’d like to experience change in?

What is one thing from your “old life” that you need to put off?

What source of information is most impacting your thinking and attitude?

What is one step you can take to more fully live worthy of the calling you’ve received?

What’s your growth area: humility, gentleness, patience, bearing with people or keeping unity?

What do you bring to the table to build up the body of the Christ?

Does God’s love for you make sense to you? Why or why not?

What would it mean for you to let God fully love you?
How can you love someone else in a way that doesn’t make sense?

What purpose do you think God has for this stage of your life?

How do you usually view hardship?

How can you see God at work in the challenges of your life?

What was it like when you first came to know Jesus?

What walls are up in your life?

What is one thing you can do this week to bring peace?

How would you describe your worldview?

How does the grace you receive from God affect your life?

What does God have for you to do?

How does having hope in Jesus change how you look at the world and the future?

In what area of your life do you need the power of God?

What do you believe Jesus’ top 3 priorities for our church are?

What story do you believe about yourself?

How can knowing you were pre-loved by God effect your life?

Are you just gathering biblical insights or are you becoming more like Jesus?

What are some ways you have experienced encouragement from God?

Would people say you're generally encouraging, or discouraging?

What is one step that you can take to grow into the character of Jesus?

Where do you see God’s abundance at work in your life? When it comes to generosity, what comes easily to you?

What is more difficult?

What is one thing you or your family can do this month to be a generous giver that’s a step beyond your status quo?

Is Harbor Covenant a place you feel committed to?

How can we embody the identity of being chosen, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation?

What is one way your small group could serve Gig Harbor together?

Who could be your three’s, people that you intentionally care about?

Who could be your two’s, people that you are helping to grow in their relationship with Jesus?

Why would it be hard for you to have a one, someone who speaks into your life?

What is something in your life that you could be more thankful for?

What gift do you bring with you to work?

What is the current mission that Jesus has for you where you work?

How does seeing Jesus’ resurrection as the beginning of God’s restoration plan give you hope for today?

What “earthly things” do your mind and heart tend to gravitate toward?

What spiritual practices help you to set your affections back on Jesus?

If you could pick a different career, would you? Why? What would it be?

What has helped you find rest for your soul? Why?

What are some lessons you’d like to or still need to learn?

What would you say your batting average is right now? Steadily improving? Declining? It’s been a long time since you’ve picked up a bat... What is one way of thinking that you need to have transformed? What’s an area of God’s will for you that you need to have more clarity about?

Are you moving forward in discipleship, stagnating, or walking away?

What is one thing you can do this week to focus on God’s calling in your life?

What do you believe is the main thing for the church as we move forward?

What area do you need to turn from to experience new life in Christ?

How can Jesus’ resurrection give you hope this week?

How can you be an outpost of the gospel this week?

Listen and follow along with Sanne Beavin and Brenden Smith as they read the story of Good Friday.

What are your expectations of Jesus?

Where are you looking for peace?

What is God doing that you might be missing?

When has there been a time where you felt loss or in exile?

How can Harbor Covenant be a place where patience is sought after?

What promise of the Lord has given you hope this season, and who can you share it with?

Who do you listen to most?

What stands in the way of you fully trusting God for today and for the future?

What legacy of faith are you sharing with the people around you?

What realities have changed in your life over the past two years?

Where can you see God at work even in the difficult areas of your life?

In our new reality, what does being on mission look like for you?

What do you need to remember?

What is the source of your identity?

What is the most important thing you need to be doing?

What do you find most disturbing or disorienting about life right now?

Where is your heart in your relationship with God this week?

What is one thing this week that you can actively do to keep connected or deepen your connection to God?

What area of your life do you need to hear Jesus say, “Take heart, I have overcome the world.” In what area of your life are you feeling the conflict between Christ and Culture? What is one thing you can do this week to help you experience God’s peace?

Where do you have the influence to make someone's life better?

What is one thing you can do this week to “find the lowest spot”?

How does knowing your identity in Christ help you “find the lowest spot”?

Where does following God’s plan and purpose for your life fit into your priorities?

What is your biggest fear right now?

What is one thing you can do this week to be “on mission”?

If Jesus were to say to you, “one thing you lack, go and ________ then come follow me.” What would be in the blank?

What’s a seemingly impossible situation in your life right now?

Who can you double down on praying for?

When do you find yourself making moral evaluations of other people?

Whose shoes do you need to try to walk in?

What is a "plank or log" in your own life do you need to remove?

Who or what are you most likely to worry about?

When push comes to shove, to whom or to what do you look for a sense of security?

What is one thing you can do this week to help you seek God’s kingdom?

Sermon from Jan 9, 2022

Do you tend more toward grace giving or grace hoarding?

What person can you walk an extra mile with this week?

What evidence would you point to that Jesus is changing your life here and now?

Sermon | January 2, 2022

Do you tend toward thankfulness or complaining?

Which person in your life do you need to treat differently?

What emphasis will you place on growing in your relationship with God this year?

This Might Get Messy | Week Five | December 26, 2021

What are your three spiritual goals for the coming year?

This Might Get Messy | Week Four Sermon | December 19, 2021

What are some of the ordinary things that God has entrusted to you?

What is one area of your life in which you may have missed God’s presence?

If the heavenly host were to show up in the sky above your house tonight, what do you hope they would say to you?

Sermon from December 12, 2021

What is the purpose of your life?

What has God entrusted to you?

What is God waiting for your answer about?

THIS MIGHT GET MESSY | WEEK TWO

Sermon from December 5, 2021

What are you looking for this Christmas? Where, by your actions, are you searching for that? What seems to be unnecessarily hard?

Sermon from Nov 28, 2021

What is the “messiness” in your life that actually might be God at work?

What could your calling be right now?

What is one lesson from Joseph that you can apply to your life this week?

In what ways are you connected in relationships and engaged in mission at Harbor Cov?

What is one step you can take this month to be more connected or engaged?

Who are you going to tell about what you are going to do?

How committed are you to this Jesus thing?

What is evidence of your commitment to Jesus?

What’s a story you could tell about how Jesus has made a difference in your life?

Why do you think people are so sensitive about money?

Who has been generous to you and how?

How are you providing a return on investment for the kingdom of God?

Who is outside the sphere of people to whom you want to be helpful?

What neighborly attributes do you have?

Who is outside the category of people you feel like you need to care about?

What area of your life do you need to find freedom in?

What part of your identity in Christ do you have trouble believing?

How does the cross bring you hope?

Sermon | Oct, 3 2021

Questions:

Who are you listening to?

What one thing can you do to listen better to God this week?

How can you pray more intentionally this week?

Sermon | Oct 10, 2021

Questions:

How does viewing yourself as a fellow exile give you hope?

When have you experienced fellowship and freedom in a hard time?

How can you be an encouragement to someone who is in a trial?

Sermon | Sept, 26 2021

Questions:

What does it mean to you that the God who created the universe is interested in you?

What mess do you need God’s help with this week?

Where can your light appear in the darkness this week?

Sermon | Sept 19, 2021

Questions:

What story do you want to live into?

How would you currently classify yourself:

complacent, consumer, connected, committed, compelled

What new rhythm would you like to develop?

Sermon | September 5, 2021

Questions:

What is the tangent that you are most likely to follow?

Do you think people generally find you encouraging or discouraging?

What are the three greatest influences in your life?

Sermon | Aug 22, 2021

Questions: What would you say are your top three priorities in life?

How are you putting what you know about Jesus into daily practice?

To your non-Christian friends, does your behavior reflect positively or negatively on Jesus?

Sermon | Aug 15, 2021

What are you in the process of becoming?

What areas of your life are you investing in most?

What goals can you set to help you move more toward being like Jesus?

Sermon | Aug 8, 2021 What can you do to remind yourself that it’s okay to not be okay? What is something from your past that you still need to let go of? How does it comfort you knowing that Jesus is the prize, and you will win?

What do you observe when you look at how you spend your time?

What do you find yourself mindlessly snacking on?

What is one thing you can do this week to experiment with fasting and nourishing for godliness?

What priorities does your time audit show?

What are three things that you hope people say about you at your memorial service?

What do you hope that God says about you when you stand before Him?

Sermon | July 18, 2021

What are you actively or passively training to become?

In what area of your life are you just building bigger barns?

What are some spiritual fitness goals that you can set for yourself this summer?

Sermon | July 11, 2021

What “lies” about your life are your tempted to believe?

What have you been training your mind and heart for recently?

What are some spiritual fitness goals that you can set for yourself this summer?

Sermon | July 4, 2021

What is a piece of evidence in your life that you belong to God?

What is one thing that you can begin to do to more accurately represent Jesus in your sphere of influence?

What is the growth area for you: humility or repentance?

Sermon | June 27, 2021

Do you feel like our church welcome mat says “Welcome guest” or “Welcome home” to you?And why?

How can you do a better job of noticing people around you?

What can you do to help us be a church whose mat says “welcome home”?

Sermon | June 20, 2021

Do you use God’s truths as a tool to correct yourself or as a weapon to hurt others?

What lies are you telling yourself?

How is that causing division with others?

What truth does God want you to hear the most right now?

Sermon | June 13, 2021 How does knowing you are a son or daughter of God give you hope for the future? Where do you need more of the Spirit in your life? What fills your list of praise today?

Sermon | June 6, 2021

What aspect of creation speaks to you most about who God is?

Why do you think God cares about anything besides people?

What is one thing you can do this week to be a good steward?

This week to whom or to what will you look for the mission and purpose of your life?

What is the thing most likely to derail you from following God's purpose for your life?

What one thing can you either start or intensify this week that will help you to grow closer to Jesus.

Sermon | May 23, 2021

If you were to show Jesus your current priorities, what suggestions would he make?

What new habit can you form to make sure your priorities reflect your commitment to Jesus?

In the people you will come across this week, where do you think you might see Jesus?

Sermon | May 16, 2021

Which do you tend to focus on more; the storm or Jesus’ presence with you?

Over what event in your life do you long to hear Jesus say, “Peace be still.”?

How can knowing Jesus is in the boat with you help you to weather the storms of your life?

Is there an area of your life where you need to receive the forgiveness God offers?

Where are you getting information about what a healthy relationship looks like?

If there is person that you need to forgive, how will you begin that process?

Are there people in your life that you think don’t deserve God’s grace? What do you think is the most important truth of the Bible? How does that play out in your life?

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Sermon | April 25, 2021

Are the relationships you are building encouraging you in your relationship with Jesus or pulling you away from him?

What prevents you from gathering with the church?

In what ways are you encouraging others in the church?

What would you say are the top three purposes of your life right now?

If those are not what they should be, what step can you take to realign your purposes with what God has for you?

What do you really think the purpose of the church is?

Sermon | April 11, 2021 How would things be different if you realized that Jesus was there with you? When was the last time you saw Jesus? What’s one thing you can do to ground yourself further in God’s word?

April 4, 2021 Sermon Is the story you are living in bringing you life or is it eating you alive? In what area of your life would you like to experience new life? What does Jesus being raised from the dead mean for you?

What do you think that Jesus is praying about for you right now? Think of a person who is suffering right now, how you can you encourage them? What do you believe the cross means?

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What is something you know now about yourself or about God that you wish you knew earlier in life? Why? What are the external standards you are trying to live up to and what are they doing to your heart and mind? What choice do you think God is presenting you? How are you going to respond? Why?

How serious are you about the vow you have made to God? Semi? Or totally?

Is your voice encouraging people towards faith?

What things have you seen God do?

What have you learned about yourself this year?

Who have been people who have helped you along the way?

What new thing can you do to become more thankful?

What god of this culture are you most likely to follow? In what ways have you been syncretistic? Is there anything that you need to ruthlessly remove from your life?