We headed 'into the wilderness,' our Lenten series today. Do you think of the wilderness as wasted time or empty space or are you looking at it as a solitary place to find Him? The answer to this question could determine your perspective; have you been filled with the Holy Spirit? We hope you’ll will journey with us through the wildness toward the cross. Toward Jesus!
As we conclude our Glory Revealed, Ps Aaron shared a message of encouragement titled What are you Waiting for? Just as Simon Peter’s mother-in-law was healed and got up to WAIT on them, what has Jesus done for you and what are you gifted to do now that His glory has shone on you? If you are in need of prayer or have a testimony to share, please let us know. You can email us at hello@wearepurposechurch.com
In the conclusion of our tag team messages, His glory was revealed through Peyton Tillman today. He shared that Jesus saved him from a life of darkness and anxiety but that he had to submit to God for it to happen. What powerful and hope filled message today. We pray it encourages you as much as it encouraged those in the room.
Glory was revealed today through Renee Barber and John Walker as they participated in our Tag Team preach. Renee posed the question, Are you prepared, while John challenged us to ‘keep turning’ in his message, Set Free. We hope these messages help you to Know Jesus and Discover His Purpose for your life. If you are in need of prayer or have a testimony to share, please let us know. You can email us at hello@wearepurposechurch.com...
Our series, “Glory Revealed,”continues, in this season of Epiphany, with a message from Purpose Worship’s very own, Will Hamilton titled, The Fish ain’t bitin’. He uses the text from Mark 1:14-17, when Jesus was calling his disciples to come and follow him. Will shares a wonderful story of growing up in East Tennessee and his own “fishing boat” to help in illustrating the meaning of glory. He uses examples from his own experience of becoming self-reliant in response to circumstances in his life,...
Our new series, “Glory Revealed” embraces this season of Epiphany, where the majesty of Jesus shines bright among us. As part of this series, Ps Aaron is thrilled to pass the torch to voices like Brandon Gilbert, our esteemed youth leader. Brandon shared his message titled, Three ‘Sees’, where he used John 1:43-51 to illustrate his points around Come and See, Jesus Sees Us, and We Will See. No matter what stage of faith you are experiencing right now, greater things are still to come. The challe...
For a child has been born—for us! The gift of a son—for us! He’ll take over the running of the world. His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness. Isaiah 9:6 MSG These are not intended to be the literal names of Jesus . Instead, they are a fulfillment of a promise, aspects of His character. They describe who HE is and what He has come to do FOR US. This Christmas, our prayer is that wherever you find yourself, you would come to KNOW that the promise we r...
For Us, our Advent series continues with Everlasting Father this week.! Our text is from Isaiah 9:1-7, and each week we learn more about the characteristics of Jesus from the different names prophesied about Him hundreds of years prior to His birth. We learn about the origin of the words Father and Everlasting in the Hebrew, and that together they mean “possessor of” and “without end.” He is our eternal protector. As we have been discussing darkness each week, this week’s question is simply, “Ar...
The awe and wonder of the Advent season is here! Our series, For Us, began with a look at Isaiah 9:1-7 and this week we focused on another aspect of Jesus character, as a Mighty God. Our Mighty God is truly the only hero we need! Possibly the reason why there are so many hero movies is because everyone truly wants to be rescued, or to be saved. Who have you looked to as a hero? Are you now ready to turn to the ultimate hero, who will never fail you, Jesus? We hope this season of Advent and, more...
The awe and wonder of the Advent season has begun! Our series, For Us, began with a look at Isaiah 9:1-7 and the first of four names that were prophesied in this text, Wonderful Counselor. Just as the people of Israel were facing darkness when this beautiful hope was spoken out, we may find ourselves in a season of darkness. It may be caused by distress, mourning, sin or struggling with a secret. Darkness is not a promise. It is not the end. Jesus is the promise. Are you or someone you know walk...
Sunday was special, profound and life giving. We are so incredibly proud of our Purpose panel! This past Sunday, Ps. Aaron led a conversation around our Purpose as a church, Make Disciples, with four people from our community: Renee, Kathy, Will and Luke. They are all on different journeys in their discipleship formation. Our text was from Matthew 28:20, TEACH these new disciples, and the question posed was simply ‘What have you learned?’ From being enough, to finding security in Jesus, to reali...
We had the privilege of having Ps John Scott, his family and part of their @christ2culture family worshiping with us at Purpose Church. Ps John, who we all consider family, brought an incredible word that was right on time, as Ps Aaron was away at a conference this Sunday. He continued our Vision Sunday Continued series with a brilliant message, Partnering with God. The main text was Isaiah 6:8, which was familiar, but the teaching around it was life changing. It was only after the purifying enc...
Purpose Church shone brightly in our new home at Shiloh Gardens on Sunday! Our series Vision Sunday - Continued with the title, Our Mission. The entire morning was a great reminder that we are still the same amazing church in a new home. Our mission has not changed; to serve our community in love. In Galatians 5:13, we are called to live in freedom, not for ourselves, but to use our freedom to serve one another in love. As Ps Aaron explained, when this journey began 8 years ago, the very first m...
What an amazing Sunday to close out our time at ROAM as Purpose Church! The message, Keep Going, was perfectly timed, as we launch into this exciting season at our new venue next Sunday at Shiloh Gardens. Ps Aaron shared about his personal journey that God has taken him on through this transition. In telling his story, we were encouraged about how God knows exactly where you are and how He perfectly positions people, sometimes neighbors or new acquaintances, to bring precisely the right words th...
This week’s message, Press On, is a message recalibrating our vision as we launch into this exciting new season as Purpose Church. Our vision remains clear; that you would KNOW Jesus and DISCOVER His purpose for your life. Our text was from Philippians 3:7-14, as the apostle Paul encourages us from his own experiences that ‘whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ’. The question of the week is what gains do you still hold on to? Or what gains are keeping you from wal...
We concluded our EXCEL series with the message It’s Time to Excel. We looked at Acts 16 and found 3 different people, who seemingly had nothing in common, in the natural. There was the Jewish woman who was a business leader, the slave girl and the jailer, who each heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ and were overcome with joy as they had come to believe in God. When people hear the Good News of Jesus, they are filled with joy. That joy wells up in rich generosity, even when they have just become be...
We continued our EXCEL series with some very practical stats of our community, inside and outside the church. This information led well into our big announcement that PURPOSE CHURCH IS MOVING October 29th to Shiloh Gardens. The story of the journey to this new location is powerful and a great reminder that God has guided our steps, has closed doors that needed to be closed and has prepared a place for us in His perfect timing. We are so thankful to Roam and the blessing they have been to us in t...
BUT SINCE YOU EXCEL IN EVERYTHING In your Faith - In your Speech and in your Knowledge, then I encourage you in earnestness and in the Love we have ignited in you, - be sure you also Excel in this grace of giving. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Ps Aaron continued our EXCEL series as we continue to Reflect, Pray and Respond to the message from last week regarding giving. In this week’s text from Malachi 3:6-12, God asks us to ‘Return to Me,’- Bring - Test - See. The question of the week was ‘What do you worry...
BUT SINCE YOU EXCEL IN EVERYTHING In your Faith - In your Speech and in your Knowledge, then I encourage you in earnestness and in the Love we have ignited in you, - be sure you also Excel in this grace of giving. 2 Corinthians 8:7 This past Sunday Ps Aaron took some time to speak to us around the subject of finances. In his message, he shared how asking us and speaking to us specifically in the area of money has been a struggle for him. He came to this revelation that he was fearful of asking u...
This week’s message wrapped up our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit by discussing Galatians 5:24. After teaching on the character virtues of the Spirit, Paul stresses that “against such things there is no law.” Author Christopher Wright explains it like this; “This kind of Christ-like character does not come from submitting to the law, but from submitting to Christ by faith, and living your life under the power and guidance of His Spirit.” As the Jewish people’s population grew, they atte...
This week’s message explores the significance of self-control in our Christian faith. We discuss the protective role of self-control, and why it is not a characteristic of God, but a vital gift He offers to us. We also dive into its Greek roots, exploring the true meaning of self-control as a dominion from within that proceeds outward, a vital tool in resisting temptation and keeping in step with the Spirit. Through biblical examples of impulsivity, specifically focusing on the lives of Saul, Da...
We continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled, Be Faithful. God's boundless faithfulness and Jesus's unwavering loyalty to his disciples are perfect examples, giving us hope in our most challenging times. The biblical teachings warn us against opportunism and fair-weather friendship, challenging us to be faithful and dependable companions. We learned how to cultivate faithfulness in our own lives from 1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP; Bearing all things, Believing all thin...
This Sunday was filled with celebration for many reasons! This week we prayed over all of our students and faculty who have all gone back to school this week. We also had 10 people who decided to go public with their faith by being water baptized. As part of this special day, we departed from our Fresh Series and Ps Aaron gave a message titled Made New. Our text today was Matthew 28:18-19 and Mark 16:15-16. In both examples, Jesus was instructing his disciples to make disciples and baptize them....
This Sunday, Ps Aaron continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled DO GOOD. This week’s text took us to Titus 3:1-8 which discusses being “ready for every good work” and to “be careful to devote themselves to good works, these things are excellent and profitable for people”. By definition, goodness is to do good; to be one with moral virtue and character; having integrity. The opposite of goodness is phoniness and hypocrisy. We can’t talk about it and not be about ...
This Sunday, our fearless Youth leader, Brandon Gilbert, continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a message titled, Kindness. By definition, it means taking action with a lot of inner security without thought of anything in return, as in a random act of kindness. We learned that the opposite of kindness is envy, or the inability to rejoice in someone else’s joy. How do we cultivate kindness? We can show mercy, love when we don’t feel like it, and choose to be kind. It all comes...
This Sunday, Ps Aaron Snow continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit with a challenging message titled BE PATIENT. Our text is centered around Galatians 5:22-26. As we continued on the list of 9 attributes of the Fruit of the Spirit, he shared a quote from author Christopher Wright, “The first three items in Paul’s fruit basket sound very spiritual, heavenly almost. Very nice for Sundays at least. But his next one, patience, brings us back down to earth on a Monday. What are we like ...
This past Sunday, Ps Caity Snow continued our FRESH series on the Fruit of the Spirit. Her beautiful message, Peace, gave us clear definitions of what peace is, what it is not, the enemies of peace, the counterfeits of peace and how we can cultivate peace. In Philippians 4:6, Paul explained that we should not worry about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present our requests to God. Out of the assurance of our salvation, we need to trust Him, no matter ...
We had an incredible Sunday as Ps. John Scott, Lead pastor of Christ Culture Church, continued our FRESH series around Galatians 5:16-26 and the Fruit of the Spirit. He taught on the second characteristic in the Fruit of the Spirit in a message titled, “CHOOSE JOY.” We learned that Joy strengthens (Nehemiah 8:10), Joy is an offering (Psalm 27:6), Joy is a gift (Ecclesiastes 2:26) and Purpose instinctively responds with Joy (Luke 1:41). We also learned what to do when we are running low on joy. W...
This Sunday, our FRESH series continued around Galatians 5:16-26 and the Fruit of the Spirit. Around verse 22, specifically, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. This week we focused on love, in the message titled REAL LOVE. To learn what love is and is not, we studied I Corinthians 13:1-13. Ps Aaron explained that this is an easy assessment if you are wondering if you have more ‘love is’ or more ‘love is no...
This Sunday, our Purpose Church Dads were celebrated for Father's Day in many ways, including an encouraging message from Ps Aaron from a Father's Heart. We took an unexpected pause from our Fresh series so that Fathers of every age could be reminded that the Lord is proud of them and that He loves them. Also, since we are all sons and daughters, we need to not let our earthly experience with a father limit our view of our Heavenly Father. We hope this message encourages you and you are able to ...
