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After the Error

- WE COME BACK TO OUR “REAL” SELF - WE TRY FIXING THE FAULT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH - THE SHAME WAVE - THE DROP OUT NO MISTAKE IS TOO BIG FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

Planters 05: The Outcome

BIG IDEA: What we put in the ground TODAY determines what we get out of it TOMORROW - Let us not become WEARY in doing GOOD - There is a PROPER time for HARVEST - We will REAP a HARVEST

Planters 04: Spiritual Community

BIG IDEA: CHURCH IS NOT AN EVENT WE ATTEND, BUT A COMMUNITY WE BELONG TO. - ISOLATION MAY BE CLEAN, BUT IT’S ALSO LONELY - COMMUNITY IS MESSY, BUT IT’S ALSO REWARDING - DAVID AND JONATHAN ENJOYED SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP - MOSES AND AARON ENJOYED SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP - ELIJAH AND ELISHA EXPERIENCED SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP

Planters 03: Spiritual Legacy

BIG IDEA: We need to pivot from SURVIVAL to SERVING - God’s purpose is not HALTED by HARDSHIP - Serving Gods PURPOSE means serving Gods PEOPLE - The higher the PURPOSE, the greater the SACRIFICE

Planters 02: Spiritual Maturity

BIG IDEA: The FURTHER we go in God, the DEEPER we should be in Him - The river of God brings LIFE wherever it goes - God isn’t discovered all at once but at various DEGREES - The river of God causes perpetual PRODUCTIVITY BRING IT HOME: It’s safe in the shallows, but we were made for MORE

Planters 01: Spiritual Intimacy

BIG IDEA: What we sow into our relationship with God TODAY determines what we harvest in the FUTURE

Endurance

BIG IDEA: There is a MANDATE for a HOLY ENDURANCE to rise up in God's people - Endurance is forged in the fires of ADVERSITY - Endurance is ANCHORED in God's PROMISES - Holy endurance leads to eventual ENJOYMENT

Easter Sunday Service

BIG IDEA: God is a WAY MAKER. He can turn ANY situation for GOOD. HE can REDEEM and rescue ANYTHING. - What you see as IMPOSSIBLE, God can make POSSIBLE - God will MAKE A WAY where we see NO WAY - God will make a way THROUGH - God will make a way TO - The PROMISES of God will become our TESTIMONY

Good Friday Service

- The Test of Sacrifice - The Pain in Sacrifice - The Providential Sacrifice

Scattered to Gathered

BIG IDEA: A crisis of ISOLATION can give birth to a new opportunity for DEEPER CONNECTION - The great SCATTERING turned into a great GATHERING - We are responsible FOR each other; and we are responsible TO each other - The Church is on a MISSION God's heart for the body of Christ: That ALL members have EQUAL concern for one another: 1. Find ways to CONNECT in a deeper way, RELATIONALLY 2. Serve SACRIFICIALLY

Divine Certainty

BIG IDEA: When life causes UNCERTAINTY, we can grab hold of a DIVINE CERTAINTY - Our uncertainty DECREASES as our understanding of Jesus INCREASES - We don’t know WHERE this is going, but we know the ONE who is leading us

A Message of HOPE

Pastor Jeff Johnston gives an update on Calvary's response to COVID-19.

Armour Up (Part 04)

Sword of the Spirit: The word of God is a POWERFUL WEAPON against a POWERFUL spiritual ENEMY Fitted Feet: Spiritual shoes help us STAND FIRM and GET MOVING GET MOVING: Gospel of Peace for UNBELIEVERS STANDING FIRM: Gospel of Peace for BELIEVERS Our Secret Weapon: PRAYING in the SPIRIT All OCCASIONS. All PRAYERS. All PEOPLE.

God of the Breakthrough

We don't seek the breakthrough, we seek the GOD of Breakthrough.

Frenemies (Part 03)

BIG IDEA: Comfort is HIGHLY OVER-RATED in our journey of faith. TARGET the big TROPHY. Take some BLACK-EYED selfies. (Push past the COMFORTS of the COMMONPLACE) Put a PURPOSE to your PAIN. FOCUS on the coming CROWN.

Frenemies (Part 02)

BIG IDEA: The constant roar of SOUND and MOTION hinders our ability to hear God's voice and know his heart. Noise will always FIND you to FILL you. We can be ADDICTED to noise and not even KNOW it. We have to create SPACE for SILENCE.

Frenemies (Part 01)

BIG IDEA: No one in the world has more power to SABOTAGE your life than YOU There is a BAD that is hard to STOP, and a GOOD that is hard to START. It may not be our ROOT, but it is our RESPONSIBILITY. Pay ATTENTION to the TENSION. If it is a DUPLICATE, return it.

Believe Again

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Mark 5:21-24 Jesus does not see you as an INTERRUPTION. Jesus is the HEALER. Jesus is GOD of the IMPOSSIBLE.

The Perfect Return Policy

BIG IDEA: There is nothing happening to us that Jesus cannot REDEEM, RESTORE, or REPLACE If it doesn't FIT, return it. If it doesn't WORK, return it. If it isn't BENEFICIAL, return it. If it is a DUPLICATE, return it.

It's a Wonder-Full Life (Part 04) CHRISTMAS EVE

Join us as we celebrate the wonder-full miracle of Christmas.

Full of Wonder (Part 03)

Full of Wonder (Part Three) Big Idea: Jesus is our greatest SOURCE of HOPE in the world. Our hope WAITS. Our hope is HEARD. Our hope does not LOSE HEART. Our hope is ANCHORED in a greater WORK.

Full of Joy (Part 02)

Full of Joy (Part Two) Big Idea: A relationship with Jesus that is missing JOY is incomplete. Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of SORROWS Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of STRUGGLES Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of STRESS Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of SUCCESS

Full of Peace (Part 01)

Join us as we kick off our Full of Wonder Christmas series with a panel of pastoral staff.

The War On Truth

BIG IDEA: The pathway to God is a passage of truth * The war on truth will attack it aggressively * The war on truth will avoid it at all costs * The war on truth will adjust it continually

Rededicated

BIG IDEA: We are called to be humbly dedicated to living for His glory instead of trying to win our own. Dedication One: We don't serve to deserve something. We deserve to serve for someone. Test One: Do I find myself complaining about where I'm not or content with where I am? Dedication Two: Our humility is best tested when someone other than us is succeeding. Test Two: Do I find myself comparing or celebrating when someone else succeeds more than me? Dedication Three: We are called to be faith...

Remember & Reach

Our 100 year Celebration Sunday Message.

Rows & Circles

BIG IDEA: There are incredible blessings of and responsibilities to spiritual community. Characteristics of Spiritual Circles: - All assigned by individual design. - All together in unity, not uniformity. - All included, no one excluded.

Celebration

BIG IDEA: The Kingdom culture of celebration invites us to continually life up and uplift. Kingdom Ethic of 'Lifting Up': To declare God's wonder, worth and works. Kingdom Ethic of 'Uplifting': To declare your approval & affirmation of someone else's performance or personhood.

Broken For Our Breakthrough

The Unoffendable Life

BIG IDEA: Everybody is going to be offended, nobody has to stay offended. 1. Our heart is in trouble if seeing someone troubles our heart. 2. Many offences have more to do with us. 3. Offended people give the worst advice. 4. The spirit of offence will eventually reverse your fortunes.