Before We’re Ready
1/4/26 – 3/1/26
We tend to think faith begins once we’re prepared, confident, and in control. Scripture tells a different story. Again and again, God moves first; before clarity, before certainty, before we feel ready. This series explores what it means to be called, named, and led by God in seasons of disruption, uncertainty, and ordinary faithfulness. From baptism to wilderness, from mountaintop clarity to everyday obedience, we’ll discover that faith isn’t about having the map; it’s about trusting the God who meets us on the way. Not after we’re ready. Before we’re ready.
God Comes Anyway
January 4, 2026
Before we ever feel ready, God is already moving toward us. In this week’s message from the opening of John’s Gospel, we hear the startling good news that Jesus enters the world without waiting to be recognized, understood, or approved. God comes into human life in vulnerability, offers belonging before understanding, and sustains us with grace upon grace. If God waited for us to be prepared, Jesus never would have come. This sermon invites us to rest in the truth that faith does not begin with our readiness, but with a faithful God who comes anyway.
Out of Order
January 11, 2026
Before Jesus preached a sermon, healed a single person, or called anyone to follow him, God spoke. And what God said wasn’t a command or a critique. It was a name. In this sermon from Matthew 3, we look at a moment where everything happens out of order. Belonging comes before achievement. Identity comes before performance. And God speaks love before anything is proven. If you’ve ever felt like you had to earn your place with God, this story might change how you hear your own name.
The Next Step
January 18, 2026
Most of us want the whole map before we move, but faith rarely works that way. In today’s Gospel, Jesus doesn’t give a plan or an explanation. He simply says, “Come and see.” The Next Step explores what it means to follow Christ without having everything figured out, to trust God with what’s right in front of us, and to discover that God is already at work long before we feel ready.