God’s love is different. It changes things. It’s active. It works. It risks. It fights for. God’s love does surprising and unexpected things when it gets a hold of our lives. We’re starting a new series all about what “Love Does” when it is understood and embraced by a community that follows Jesus. This Sunday, we’re starting where it all begins: hearts that overflow with Jesus’ extravagant love.
This Easter at PCC we celebrate the greatest comeback story ever told! May the hope of Easter, history’s greatest comeback, be our hope everyday as followers of Jesus.
Twelve weeks. One book. Countless stories. Since January, we've been journeying through the story of Nehemiah, the Israelites, the building of a wall, and the opposition they experienced, from without and from within. And we've seen over and over again how our God is the One who restores, rebuilds, and renews - and invites us into that journey with Him. What awareness have you gained through Nehemiah? How have you been inspired by others who are living this out? This Sunday, we gather for final ...
With two weeks left in our Nehemiah series, we're coming to the end of the book and seeing that building a wall was easier than building hearts and a community. This week, we'll dive into Nehemiah chapter 13 and see more fully how we can guard against drifting from our heart relationship with Jesus: through God's power, not our will power.
What do you do when you come to an understanding that you're not where you want to be spiritually? This Sunday, we'll dive back into Nehemiah 9 and 10 and see how the people of God can experience revival in our own hearts, based not on our own empty will power, but on Jesus' resurrection power.
What do you do when you come to an understanding that you're not where you want to be spiritually? That's exactly where we find the community in Nehemiah chapter 8 - and their response was the first recorded revival in all the Bible. This weekend, we'll continue in our journey through Nehemiah and look at the indispensable elements of spiritual renewal.
A city is more than walls, buildings and houses; a city is people. And the people are Nehemiah’s focus in chapter 7, which we'll see as we continue in our series and jump into chapter 7 this week. And it's time for our annual PCC-CPC pulpit swap! Gary heads over to preach at Central Peninsula Church, while CPC's lead pastor Mark Mitchell will be speaking.
What's your section of the wall? What's the great project - the God project - that you're involved in? Do you ever face opposition or discouragement in seeing it through? As we continue in our series this week, we'll dive into Nehemiah 6 and see how Nehemiah resisted quitting when the going got tough.
Let's recap: The walls are down. Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and organizes the people to begin rebuilding. But he finds that challenges come not only from outside the walls, but within. This week we look at what God has to show us through Nehemiah about rebuilding from the inside out.
As we seek to partner with God in restoration, we need each other! What's your section of the wall? How are you experiencing a "dislocated" heart for where you live, where you work, where you learn, where you play, and where He sends you? We're continuing in our series this weekend looking at the opposition that inevitably comes when we move into spiritual restoration, rebuilding, and renewal.
Restoring is God's business! As we partner with Him in restoration, the journey involves both waiting and work. Nehemiah knew he couldn't do the work of rebuilding the wall alone - it would take a team. As we continue in our series, we're opening up Nehemiah 2 and looking at the key principles of God-honoring teams - and how we can be prepared to bless as we restore.
At PCC, we’re about restoration. Restoration brings hope! The hope that we live in is that there is Good News for every broken human being as well as the broken systems in the world. God is the ultimate Fixer Upper – He loves to rebuild, restore, and renew what is broken. This Sunday, we will learn about what it means to be a restorer. (Nehemiah 2)
At PCC, we’re about restoration. Restoration brings hope! The hope that we live in is that there is Good News for every broken human being as well as the broken systems in the world. God is the ultimate Fixer Upper – He loves to rebuild, restore, and renew what is broken. This Sunday, we will learn about what a dislocated heart is and what it has to do with being a restorer. (Nehemiah 1:1-11)
At PCC, we're about restoration. Restoration brings hope! The hope that we live in is that there is Good News for every broken human being as well as the broken systems in the world. God is the ultimate Fixer Upper - He loves to rebuild, restore, and renew what is broken. This Sunday, we jump into a new series on the book of Nehemiah, looking at the most famous restoration project in the Old Testament: the rebuilding of the walls and people of Jerusalem.
A special message about reflection on 2017 and a look forward to 2018 by Sherman and Marti Williams.
A special message on Christmas Eve about how Christmas can change your life. (Luke 2: 8-15)
Dark days create a great backdrop for God’s intervention. Jesus came in an unexpected way during one of the darkest times in history. But what seemed like an interruption – a small child in a small town in Galilee – was actually the source of the greatest hope of the world. This Sunday, we’ll look at how the example of the shepherds can change how we receive and respond to the Good News of Jesus’ birth. (Luke 2:8-18).
Dark days create a great backdrop for God’s intervention. Jesus came in an unexpected way during one of the darkest times in history. But what seemed like an interruption – a small child in a small town in Galilee – was actually the source of the greatest hope of the world. This Sunday, we’ll look at how we can make the importance of the birth of Jesus cut through the hubbub of the season (Luke 2:1-7).
Dark days create a great backdrop for God’s intervention. Jesus came in an unexpected way during one of the darkest times in history. But what seemed like an interruption – a small child in a small town in Galilee – was actually the source of the greatest hope of the world. This Sunday, we look at the Mary’s response to the angel as a template for our response to God when it’s a change of our plans. (Luke 1:26-38)
What hinders hope in your life? In challenging times, there is something that transcends time and circumstances, something that pulls us through: hope! Listen this Sunday as we kick off the Advent season and our series called Christmas Hope.
How can we live significantly, from God's perspective? This is the final Sunday in our series Questions Jesus Asked, and we hope you've been encouraged and challenged these past 8 weeks by the questions of Jesus. This weekend, we'll look at a final question: "What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"
When was the last time you had a "DTR" - a conversation to "define the relationship" with someone? That may remind you of awkward dating interactions - but did you know that Jesus wants to define our relationship with Him, too? There are two Sundays left in our series Questions Jesus Asked, and this week we'll hear Jesus ask: "Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I say?"
Contrary to popular opinion, Jesus is not the ultimate “Answer Man.” The Gospels record that Jesus asked many more questions than He answered. Jesus’ questions have something to tell us about Him and His life, and more importantly, our response tells us something about what it means to follow him. This week, we will study how Jesus teaches that God can use anything we offer to Him. Mark 6:34-44
When you think about true greatness, what - or who - comes to mind? As we continue in our series Questions Jesus Asked, we'll dive into Mark 9 and the question Jesus asked his disciples: "What are you arguing about?"
Have you ever labeled someone? Have you ever been labeled? In Luke 7, we encounter a woman who's been labeled for a long time - and we hear Jesus' response to her, and to those who've labeled her: "Do you see this woman?" Listen as we continue our journey through Questions Jesus Asked.
Listen to interviews and messages from the 2017 PCC Fall Retreat. This year the PCC church family spent an amazing weekend of fellowship, teaching, food and fun in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains for an entire weekend while connecting with friends old and new. We were back at Mission Springs Camp & Conference Center for this annual time to recharge and refresh!
Contrary to popular opinion, Jesus is not the ultimate “Answer Man.” The Gospels record that Jesus asked many more questions than He answered. Jesus’ questions have something to tell us about Him and His life, and more importantly, our response tells us something about what it means to follow him. This week, as Janet preaches on finding physical, mental, emotional health.
Listen to interviews and messages from the 2017 PCC Fall Retreat. This year the PCC church family spent an amazing weekend of fellowship, teaching, food and fun in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains for an entire weekend while connecting with friends old and new. We were back at Mission Springs Camp & Conference Center for this annual time to recharge and refresh!
Listen to interviews and messages from the 2017 PCC Fall Retreat. This year the PCC church family spent an amazing weekend of fellowship, teaching, food and fun in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains for an entire weekend while connecting with friends old and new. We were back at Mission Springs Camp & Conference Center for this annual time to recharge and refresh!
Listen to interviews and messages from the 2017 PCC Fall Retreat. This year the PCC church family spent an amazing weekend of fellowship, teaching, food and fun in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains for an entire weekend while connecting with friends old and new. We were back at Mission Springs Camp & Conference Center for this annual time to recharge and refresh!
