For the next three weeks, we will dive into the contemporary relevance of the book of Haggai (the current focus of the Haggai sermon series), and the Inside Forum will help to supplement and provide additional content and concepts we won't explore during our Sunday gatherings. The Book of Haggai offers several valuable lessons that can be applied to almost any modern reader or time period due to its overarching principles and themes. Our current context is vastly different, and our language and cultural setting are also wildly dissimilar. Still, the connective tissue that ushers us into the ..read more

With over a month of swimming (summer pun) in the Shema, we have made it to our final installment of how an ancient prayer can impact our modern ears. We have done an overview, explored other connected passages, discovered how the Shema can help reorient our prayers, considered the ethical implications, and today we will see how this prayer might impact not just us but those who inhabit future generations. It seems audacious, even brash, to think prayer could somehow impact future generations. Still, even a surface-level look at this section in Deuteronomy 6 might encourage us to think otherw ..read more

1.CONNECT EVENT: Whether you are new to Forum, have questions about our beliefs, or just want to know more about our different ministries, we would love to see you at our next Connect Event on Sunday, February 11 during the 11:30 AM service.  This is a great opportunity to learn, meet some of our ministry leaders, and get connected. Lunch is provided— just make sure you sign up so we can plan accordingly! Sign up HERE. 2. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Every second Sunday in February, we gather together for our Annual Membership Meeting for a chance to hear a few highlights from the past yea ..read more

1. NEW SERMON SERIES: Join us this Sunday as we begin a new series entitled “Side Effects". Over the next six weeks we will explore the natural consequences, byproducts, and side effects of saying yes to Jesus. Both in what we would say are positive and somewhat negative. This would be a great sermon series to invite a friend or neighbor to! If you can't join us in person you can watch online HERE. 2. EQUIP PARENTING EVENT: Parents and caregivers of kids of all ages will not want to miss our Equip Parenting Event on January 13 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. This will be an opportunity to hear ..read more

At last Sunday's gathering, we began section two of our series 'Come Together,' focusing on the great command of Jesus to love in Matthew 22. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?" Jesus replied," 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love ..read more

Spread the Christmas cheer throughout our city during our Community Caroling Event on Wednesday, December 20. Sign up as a family or small group and join us from 6:00 - 8:00 PM as we gather together for fun, disperse to our designated destinations to carol, and return to celebrate with Christmas treats. Sign up HERE. We are having five identical, family-friendly Christmas Eve services on December 24. The service times are 9:15 / 10:30 / 2:00 / 3:15 / 4:30. KIDS and student programming will not be offered as we desire to make this an opportunity for kids to not only watch the example of th ..read more

Before we engage with our text to read, verse to concentrate on, and a few questions to consider, I invite you to fill out a brief (4-question) survey. We provided a companion guide for our 1 Peter series, and we would love to hear from you about your experience with that (or lack thereof). It will take less than two minutes and can help us as we consider creating helpful tools and resources for our church in the future.  With that out of the way, let me welcome you to the final installment of our 1 Peter devotional companion featured only on our Inside Forum. We will close out our fall ..read more

It's easy to overlook. It has a place in nearly every home we have ever been in. It drives a large segment of our consumer spending (nearly 900 billion in 2019). Whether large or small, opulent or impoverished. Wooden, metal, or glass. Round, square, or rectangle. The table is the unsung centerpiece of our lives. In Native American cultures, the table is often seen as a symbol of the circle of life. The circular shape representing the cycle of birth, life, death, and the act of sharing food represents the interconnectedness of all living things. Italian dining tables are known for their elega ..read more

As we go through 1 Peter in our Sunday gatherings, our Inside Forum will help create a space to explore additional devotional ideas and questions to help spark conversations over the weekend. You will notice a simple format intended to help us go deeper into God's word and, more broadly, into our daily practice of following Jesus. Each day, starting on Friday, there is a text to read, a verse to concentrate on, and a few questions to help us pray more specifically. Friday Reading: 1 Peter 4:1-6 A Verse to Concentrate On: "And so, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves w ..read more

As we go through 1 Peter in our Sunday gatherings, our Inside Forum will help create a space to explore additional devotional ideas and questions to help spark ideas and conversations over the weekend. You will notice a simple format intended to help us go deeper into God's word and, more broadly, into our daily practice of following Jesus. For each day, starting on Friday, there is a text to read and consider, a quick idea to help jumpstart a time of prayer or application. Friday: Submission and Context Reading: 1 Peter 2:13-25 Consider This: Today's reading explores the idea of submissi ..read more