Sunday: Keep Seeking the Things Above / Colossians 3

We gather in worship that our eyes and actions might be adjusted.

• Worship: Mike Neelley - 0:00

• Prayers of the People: Lise Bennett - 19:45

• Message: Gracie Ekblad - 25:35

• Closing Song: I Just Want to Praise You - 42:44

• Call to Action: Danielle Riley - 45:52

• Blessing of Lucy Capron - 47:26

• Closing Blessing: Andrew Lewis - 55:16

Colossians 3:1-3 (ESV): Put On the New Self

1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Sunday: God Saved Us For a Purpose / Ephesians 2:10

Sunday! We gather in worship, saved and created for good works.

• Worship: Lucy Capron - 0:00

• Prayers: Danielle Riley - 24:27

• Announcements, Message: Mike Neelley - 26:33

• Closing Song: Beautiful Things - 49:54

• Call to Action: Kevin Riley - 54:55

• Blessing: Andrew Lewis - 56:27

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Colossians 3:17 (ESV)

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

The Righteous One / His Mercy Reigns: Morning Song with Kevin and Lucy / Psalm 64

Kevin receives restoration from the actual source of the wicked and evildoers. Lucy sings of God’s complete love.

Psalm 64 (ESV): Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
6     They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
    all who see them will wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind fears;
    they tell what God has brought about
    and ponder what he has done.

10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
    and take refuge in him!
Let all the upright in heart exult!

God is a Consuming Fire / Through It All: Morning Songs with Andrew, Alvin, and Lucy

Start the day in worship and re-posturing.

Nothing I Hold Onto

Hebrews 12:1-2, 28-29 (ESV)

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

28 let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

It Is Well

Sunday: What is the Gospel? / Ephesians 2:1-7

Sunday! We gather in worship together, celebrating our brought-back-to-life status as God’s beloved.

• Welcome and Worship: Lucy Capron

• Prayers and Call to Action: Bob Ekblad

• Message: Mike Neelley

• Closing Blessing: Andrew Lewis

Ephesians 2:1-7 (ESV)

1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Sunday: We Are in a Battle / Ephesians 6:10-13

Sunday! We gather in worship of our loving, equipping God. Service is held via Zoom and Facebook Live.

• Welcome and Blessing: Danielle Riley

• Worship: Lucy Capron

• Time of Greeting: Kevin Riley

• Prayer and Call to Action: Andrew Lewis

• Message: Mike Neelley

Ephesians 6:10-13 (ESV): The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

Anti-Racism Resources for White People

The Anti-Racist Curriculum White Evangelicals Need: Essential Tools for Understanding Systemic Racism

How LatinX People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture

Why Black Lives Matters Movement Resonates with American Indians

And more resources on our Seek Justice page.

Sunday: Jesus Recruits Those Sitting in Darkness / Matthew 4:16-22

Sunday! June 7, 2020. We gather in worship for guidance in a broken world.

Welcome and Blessing: Andrew Lewis

Worship: Lucy Capron

Prayers of the People: Danielle Riley

Testimony: Lorinda Conley

Message: Bob Ekblad

Call to Action: Mike Neelley

Matthew 4:16-22 (NASB)

16 “The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

The First Disciples

18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Sunday: Pentecost and Unity / Acts 1:3, 6-8

Sunday! We gather to worship that we might be unified and transformed from our individual selves into one spirit.

• Introduction: Mike Neelley

• Welcome and Blessing: Gracie Ekblad

• Worship: Andrew Lewis

• Prayers of the People: Lucy Capron

• Message: Mike Neelley

• Call to Action: Bob Ekblad

• Closing Blessing: Gracie Ekblad

• National Day of Mourning and Lament: Sojourners

Acts 1:3, 6-8 (ESV)

3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Sunday: Mike Neelley: Green Light for the Gospel

Sunday! May 10, 2020 at Tierra Nueva.

• Welcome and Benediction: Danielle Riley

• Worship: Lucy Capron

• Prayers of the People: Lise Bennett

• Message: Mike Neelley

Philippians 1:3-14 (ESV)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The Advance of the Gospel

12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Kings Become Fools For You: Worship with Lucy Capron

Lucy Capron leads worship and soaking in the Holy Spirit.

Spirit Break Out / Breathe / Vapor / Extravagant

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Gracie Ekblad: Jesus Empowers Us With His Holy Spirit, Peace and Forgiveness

Sunday! We continue to celebrate the risen Jesus.

• Worship: Lucy Capron

• Prayers of the People: Danielle Riley

• Testimony: Jessica and Jason Cargill

• Message: Pastor Gracie Ekblad

• Closing Blessing: Pastor Kevin Riley

John 20:19-23 (NRSV): Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

My Fear Turned to Faith: Worship with Lucy Capron

Lucy Capron leads Thursday worship the week after Easter: The Stand, You Came, Death in His Grave, For The One, Overcome.

I Will Sing of the Goodness of God: Worship with Lucy Capron

Lucy Capron leads Thursday evening worship: Yeshua, Goodness of God, and It Is Well.

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Gracie Ekblad: Who/What Do You Magnify?

Sunday! Lucy Capron leads worship and Pastor Gracie Ekblad shares encouragement and mission from Psalm 34.

Psalm 34 (ESV): Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
    Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

11 Come, O children, listen to me;
    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is there who desires life
    and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
    seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
    and saves the crushed in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
    not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.