Palm Sunday: Praising God Even If

Have you ever been in a public place as a kid and mistook another adult as your parent? Do you remember the horror that comes when you discover that that person is not actually your parent? I once was with my dad at a store, not paying attention, and wandered. I eventually found him again … Read more

Step on the Gas or Hit the Brakes

In college, my Opel had numerous starter problems. I often had to push start the car. In other words, I’d get the car moving, then put the car in gear. Since it was a manual transmission, that would turn the engine and often get it started. If I parked on top of a hill, all … Read more

Names of God: Immanuel

According to my parents, I was afraid of sharks as a kid. My mom tells a story about going to one of those aquariums where you look through a tunnel where there are fish around and above you, but in this one it was for sharks. I would not go through that tunnel and you … Read more

A hand holding a card that says "Hello, my name is Jehovah Nissi, and the caption reading "Names of God: Jehovah-Nissi" by Pastor Charles Postell.

When God is Our Banner

This is the fourth week of our “Names of God” series, where we intend to develop a deeper understanding of God by understanding the various names that He holds. There are several names and titles presented to us in scripture, with each teaching us something unique about God. We have a lot of symbols in … Read more

Conversations on Missionality

Wrapping up this ministry emphasis week, I have my friends Tony and Freddie Herrera joining us here today.I met them in 2021 when I was working at Mountain View. Actually, I met Tony before that in 2020, but I don’t remember it because there was a lot that was happening that year. They were in … Read more

Names of God: El-Kanna

We are in the third week of our Names of God sermon series. God has many titles and names that He presents to us in scripture, each revealing something unique about Himself. However, this one can make us uncomfortable. Jealousy is an uncomfortable topic. This week’s name has us talking about jealousy. As a human … Read more

Does God Know I’m Here? Does He Care?

We are in week two of our “Names of God” series, where we intend to begin the year developing a deeper understanding of who God is. We’re doing so by understanding His different names and titles. We started the series with a look at the name “Adonai.” It means Lord, and tells us that we … Read more

When the World Feels Out of Control

Names of God: Adonai This is the start of our new series called Names of God. For the next six weeks we’ll look at some of the different names that God holds in scripture. Jen and I have been talking about doing this series since around last April, but we held off until now. We … Read more

Good and Holy

God is good. God is also holy. Those things do not contradict. Pastor Charles shares how we need to let those things increase our reverence and worship. This was a special devotional. Due to extreme temperatures we chose to have a simplified service, postponing the start of our Names of God series by a week.