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Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Jeremiah-Called to Courage" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Bless God". Bless God: https://open.spotify.com/track/4nhLPA3DAMEOj92U5i2cOk?si=980b91d17a874cab   Digging Deeper Questions: Who you think of God's calling on your life, what does that mean to you?   Pastor Gabe shared that we tend to run from God's call, has that ever happened to you? What did that look like?    God equips Jeremiah for his calling. How has God equipped you?    How does the word made flesh, Jesus Christ, give you moral courage?  Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-12 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,   5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."   6 Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth." 7 But the Lord said to me,   "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord."   9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,   "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."   11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch." 12 Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it." Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "Bless God" CCLI Song # 7206380 Brandon Lake, Brooke Ligertwood, and Cody Carnes   CCLI License # 11254293

As Pastor Gabe continues our series on the calling of the prophets, we look at the prophet Jeremiah. In Jeremiah's call we see that God calls us, equips, and sends us out with his powerful word of grace in Christ Jesus.   Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-12   Digging Deeper Questions: Who you think of God's calling on your life, what does that mean to you?   Pastor Gabe shared that we tend to run from God's call, has that ever happened to you? What did that look like?   God equips Jeremiah for his calling. How has God equipped you?   How does the word made flesh, Jesus Christ, give you moral courage?

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Isaiah-Called to be Sent" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Holy Forever". Digging Deeper Questions: The late pastor and author AW Tozer famously said, "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." What comes into your mind when you think about God?    In many ways, the modern world does it's best to remove concepts like sin, guilt, judgement, holiness, atonement etc. Why do you think that is? And where/how do these concepts still rear their head?    Who are some of the saints God has sent in your life? Who has God sent you to?  Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:   "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"   4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!"   6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."   8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am! Send me."  Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "Holy Forever" CCLI Song # 7201044 Chris Tomlin   CCLI License # 11254293

Pastor Gabe continues our series on Prophets by looking at the call of Isaiah. As Isaiah encounters the throne room of God he is frightened until his sin is atoned for and guilt removed and then he is sent out on God's mission. Isaiah's story is our story too. Forgiven and sent.   Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8   Digging Deeper Questions: The late pastor and author AW Tozer famously said, "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." What comes into your mind when you think about God?    In many ways, the modern world does it's best to remove concepts like sin, guilt, judgement, holiness, atonement etc. Why do you think that is? And where/how do these concepts still rear their head?    Who are some of the saints God has sent in your life? Who has God sent you to?

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Nicholas González "Elijah-Called to the Overlooked" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "The Lord Will Provide". Digging Deeper Questions: God sent Elijah to Zarephath, a place outside Israel, to meet a widow who had almost nothing. Why do you think God chose this particular person and place? What does this reveal about God's character?   Read 1 Kings 17:13–16. The widow was asked to trust God's Word before she saw His provision. What does her response teach us about faith? Where in your life is it difficult to trust God's promises when your circumstances haven't changed?   Elijah tells the widow, "Do not fear," and then shares God's promise with her. What's the difference between telling someone that everything will be okay and pointing them to God's promises? How can we encourage others with God's Word during difficult seasons?   The sermon emphasized that God's grace isn't something we earn or deserve. How does understanding grace as a gift through Jesus Christ change the way we view ourselves, our relationship with God, and the people around us?   The sermon highlighted that God's grace reaches people the world overlooks. What assumptions or boundaries might we create today that keep us from recognizing God's grace at work in unexpected people or places? Who are some people in our communities, campuses, workplaces, or neighborhoods who might feel unseen or forgotten? How can we intentionally demonstrate God's love and share His hope with them? Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 17:8-16 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you." 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink." 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." 12 And she said, "As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die." 13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.'" 15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah. Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "The Lord Will Provide" CCLI Song # 7227727 Passion   CCLI License # 11254293

What happens when God sends someone to a person the world has overlooked? In 1 Kings 17, God sends the prophet Elijah to a desperate widow in Zarephath, revealing that His grace reaches beyond the boundaries we create and His promises bring hope even in our most difficult circumstances. Through Jesus, we discover that God's grace is a gift we could never earn, and one we are called to share with others.   Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 17:8-16

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