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Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Nicholas González "Worship and Gratitude" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Gratitude". Digging Deeper Questions: The sermon highlights how our desire for more can overshadow our gratitude for what we already have. Where do you experience this tension in your own life? How can you recognize when a good desire has become something you're depending on for happiness or fulfillment?   Read Genesis 3:1–7. How did the serpent lead Adam and Eve to question God's generosity? In what ways do we fall into a similar temptation when we focus more on what we lack than on what God has provided?   The sermon reminds us that gratitude doesn't require us to pretend life is good, but instead invites us to recognize that God is still good even when life isn't. How does this distinction change the way we approach suffering, disappointment, or uncertainty?   The sermon suggests that sometimes gratitude leads us into worship, while other times worship helps us rediscover gratitude. Have you experienced a time when participating in worship changed your perspective, even though your circumstances hadn't changed? What does this teach us about the importance of regularly gathering for worship?   The sermon concludes with three daily practices: recognize what is shaping your desires, remember God's goodness, and respond in worship. Which of these three practices would be most meaningful for you right now? What is one specific way you can put it into practice this week? Scripture Reading: Psalm 100 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2     Serve the Lord with gladness!     Come into his presence with singing!   3 Know that the Lord, he is God!     It is he who made us, and we are his;     we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.   4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,     and his courts with praise!     Give thanks to him; bless his name!   5 For the Lord is good;     his steadfast love endures forever,     and his faithfulness to all generations. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    Gratitude CCLI Song # 7158417 Brandon Lake   CCLI License # 11254293

What does it mean to live with gratitude, even when life isn't going the way we hoped? In this final message of our Made to Worship series, Psalm 100 reminds us that gratitude isn't rooted in our circumstances but in the goodness and faithfulness of God revealed through Jesus Christ. Discover how gratitude shapes our worship, redirects our desires, and transforms the way we live, not just on Sundays, but every day.   Scripture Reading: Psalm 100   Digging Deeper Questions: The sermon highlights how our desire for more can overshadow our gratitude for what we already have. Where do you experience this tension in your own life? How can you recognize when a good desire has become something you're depending on for happiness or fulfillment?   Read Genesis 3:1–7. How did the serpent lead Adam and Eve to question God's generosity? In what ways do we fall into a similar temptation when we focus more on what we lack than on what God has provided?   The sermon reminds us that gratitude doesn't require us to pretend life is good, but instead invites us to recognize that God is still good even when life isn't. How does this distinction change the way we approach suffering, disappointment, or uncertainty?   The sermon suggests that sometimes gratitude leads us into worship, while other times worship helps us rediscover gratitude. Have you experienced a time when participating in worship changed your perspective, even though your circumstances hadn't changed? What does this teach us about the importance of regularly gathering for worship?   The sermon concludes with three daily practices: recognize what is shaping your desires, remember God's goodness, and respond in worship. Which of these three practices would be most meaningful for you right now? What is one specific way you can put it into practice this week?

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Worship and Word " and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Your Words". Digging Deeper Questions: Where have you seen the different soils in the world?    Have you been different soils at different times in life? Multiple soils at once?    Have you encountered any "rocks" that tested the "roots" of your faith?   What does it look like to hold fast to the seed of the gospel? Scripture Reading: Luke 8:4-15 4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."   9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.' 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    Your Words CCLI Song # 7032685 Third Day   CCLI License # 11254293

In the parable of the sower Jesus teaches us how God's Word gives new and abundant life in the soil of our hearts. Our invitation is to hear His Word and hold fast to it, that it might bear fruit in us.   Scripture Reading: Luke 8:4-15

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Randy Duncan "Worship and Mission" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "O Come To The Altar". Digging Deeper Questions: Romans 12:1 begins with "therefore" and points back to God's many mercies. Which mercy of God do you most need to remember right now, and how does remembering it move you toward worship?   The message says that Christians do not simply bring something to God, we belong to God. What would it look like to offer your whole self to God in one ordinary area of life this week?   Where do you feel the pressure of the world trying to shape your definition of success, happiness, or identity? How can corporate worship and Scripture help Jesus reshape your thinking?   The message warns against disconnecting worship from mission. What are some signs that this disconnect has happened, and how can a church or individuals guard against it?   Think of your home, workplace, classroom, neighborhood, or campus. Where might Jesus be sending you to carry worship into mission through a specific act of love, service, justice, or Gospel witness? Scripture Reading: Romans 12:1-2 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    O Come To The Altar CCLI Song # 7051511 Elevation Worship   CCLI License # 11254293

Pastor Randy Duncan continues our series Made to Worship with a message on Worship and Mission. In this sermon, Pastor Randy outlines how the radical love of Jesus gives us reason to worship, transforms us to become an offering, and sends His transformed people into the world.   Scripture Reading: Romans 12:1-2   Digging Deeper Quesitons: Romans 12:1 begins with "therefore" and points back to God's many mercies. Which mercy of God do you most need to remember right now, and how does remembering it move you toward worship? The message says that Christians do not simply bring something to God, we belong to God. What would it look like to offer your whole self to God in one ordinary area of life this week? Where do you feel the pressure of the world trying to shape your definition of success, happiness, or identity? How can corporate worship and Scripture help Jesus reshape your thinking? The message warns against disconnecting worship from mission. What are some signs that this disconnect has happened, and how can a church or individuals guard against it? Think of your home, workplace, classroom, neighborhood, or campus. Where might Jesus be sending you to carry worship into mission through a specific act of love, service, justice, or Gospel witness?

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Nicholas González "Worship and Community" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on Nate's song "In Unity (The High Priestly Prayer)". Digging Deeper Questions: Read Hebrews 10:19–25. What stands out to you about how often the passage uses words like "us" and "we"? What does that teach us about the Christian life?   The sermon says, "Sometimes simply showing up to worship is an act of hope." When have you experienced worship differently because of something you were carrying into it?     How have the presence, prayers, singing, or faith of other Christians helped you hold onto hope during a difficult season?   What makes it difficult to believe that your presence in a worshiping community matters to other people? How might believing that change the way you approach gathered worship?   Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." What does it look like for a Christian community to help one another hold onto that hope in everyday life? Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:19-25 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    In Unity (The High Priestly Prayer) Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    CCLI License # 11254293

We were made to worship and we were made to worship together. In Hebrews 10, we are reminded that Jesus opened the way for us to draw near to God and has gathered us into a community where we help one another hold onto hope. Sometimes simply showing up to worship is an act of faith, and our presence, prayers, and voices can remind the people around us that they are not alone and that the God who promised is faithful.

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Worship and Song" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Revelation Song". Digging Deeper Questions: Have you ever been in a hard time or stressful situation and found singing or a song recenter you in what matters most?    Do you sing in worship? Why or why not?   What does it mean to sing from the heart?    Jesus sings on his way to the cross, how might singing shape what's in front of you this week? Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:12-17 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "Revelation Song" Jennie Lee Riddle CCLI Song # 4447960   CCLI License # 11254293

When we sing in worship we are centered in reality, shaped to love God and others, and sent out into the world to face whatever is in front of us with the God who sings over us in Christ.

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Nicholas González "Worship and The Sacramental Life" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Give Me Jesus". Digging Deeper Questions: The sermon describes worship as a place where God "re-centers" our lives. What tends to pull your life off-center during the week, and how has worship helped re-orient you?   Read 1 Corinthians 10:20–21. The sermon describes achievement, approval, escape, relationships, and control as possible "other tables" we return to. Which of these, or something else, do you think is especially tempting in our culture? Why?   The sermon says, "Who we receive here is meant to shape who we become out there." Where do you find it hardest to connect your Sunday worship with the way you live the rest of the week?   Read 1 Corinthians 10:31. What is one ordinary part of your life this week: studying, working, eating, driving, spending time with friends, something else, where you could intentionally remember and reflect God's grace? Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:14-31 14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18 Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? 19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?   23 "All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof." 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?   31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "Give Me Jesus" Jeremy Camp CCLI Song # 4874344   CCLI License # 11254293

In 1 Corinthians 10:14–31, the apostle Paul reminds us that what happens in worship is meant to shape the way we live when we leave. This sermon explores the sacramental life and how God uses ordinary things like water, bread, and wine to deliver His extraordinary grace. In receiving these gift, God invites us to see every ordinary moment of the week as an opportunity to remember, reflect, and live out that grace.

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "How to Worship" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "The Joy". Digging Deeper Questions: What is challenging about "living for something bigger than yourself?"    What does it look like for you to worship God in "spirit and truth?" Do you struggle with this?    Jesus is the messiah who brings us into God's presence. How does his grace make a difference in a life of worship?  Scripture Reading: John 4:19-26 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." 25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things." 26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he." Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "The Joy" The Belonging Co (feat. David Dennis) CCLI Song # 7209419   CCLI License # 11254293

In his conversation with the woman at the well, Jesus teaches us to look beyond ourselves to worship God in spirit and truth as we look to him our messiah.   Scripture Reading: John 4:19-26   Digging Deeper Questions:  What is challenging about "living for something bigger than yourself?"    What does it look like for you to worship God in "spirit and truth?" Do you struggle with this?    Jesus is the messiah who brings us into God's presence. How does his grace make a difference in a life of worship?

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "What is Worship?" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "The Lord Will Provide". Digging Deeper Questions: What is worship? How do you define it?    What are some common objects of worship we can default to?    How does the gospel free us from false worship? Do you have an example?  Scripture Reading: Romans 1:18-25 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.   24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "The Lord Will Provide" Passion with Landon Wolfe CCLI Song # 7227727   CCLI License # 11254293