Mission City Church w/ Pastor Josh Hershey

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (PART 28) - 'THE ANOINTED KING’

In John 12 Jesus comes to Judea as He begins His final week of ministry before His crucifixion. Two very important acts take place in this chapter. Jesus is anointed by Mary of Bethany and He rides into Jerusalem on a donkey fulfilling a prophecy from Zechariah. Both actions powerfully declare what kind of king Jesus would be! Join us as we begin the New Year looking to King Jesus! There are so many powerful lessons in John 12 for you and me!

ENTERING THE NEW YEAR FULL OF FAITH

Join us as we worship the Lord and seek to enter the New Year full of faith! No matter how you feel about your current situation in life the good news is that God's mercy is new every morning (Lam. 3:22-23). As we enter the New Year let's rededicate ourselves to the Lord and His purposes in our lives. Let us look to the examples of Samson and Joshua as people who put their faith in the Lord and saw mighty victory in their lives. God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Eph. 3:20). 

OVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS

One of the central truths of Christmas is John 3:16. "God SO LOVED the world that HE GAVE His one and only begotten Son..." The first Christmas was motivated by love. In fact, it is LOVE Itself that became incarnate in our world for God is Love! May this season in our life be filled to the full with the love of God and love for one another!

CHRISTMAS AS A TIME OF JOY AND SONG

Join us as we worship the Lord, fellowship together, and continue our Christmas series! Followers of Christ are to be people who "admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord" (Col. 3:16; cf. Eph. 5:19). Do you follow this instruction? Is your heart bubbling over with joy? If not, allow the Christmas Season to get you into this posture again. Look to the One True God made flesh for your salvation. Look to the Savior in the manger. Look to all the characters (Mary, John, Zechariah, the Heavenly Host) who sing and dance for joy, and enter their joy!

GOD AND SINNERS RECONCILED

Join us  as we worship the Lord and begin a new Christmas series. God has brought about reconciliation through the gift of His Son. The Bible teaches that "God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:19). What God has done through Christ truly transforms not just our relationship with Him, but our relationships with one another. We are called to be a people of reconciliation as we preach the Gospel of reconciliation. A Gospel that began at Christmas!

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

Join us for our fourth Theology Night! Did you know that we know exactly what the night skies looked like 2,000 years ago? Did you know that we can put ourselves in the position of Eastern Magi and see what they saw the years leading up to Christ's birth? And what they saw was absolutely ASTONISHING! No wonder Matthew was inspired to write about it in detail and describe why an entire caravan of magi traveled hundreds of miles to come and worship the little baby! Join us as we look back to this historical event in the heavens! This was no fable!

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (PART 27) - ‘LAZARUS, COME FORTH!'

Join us  as we worship the Lord and continue our journey through the Gospel of John! At the end of John 11 we encounter Jesus's last and greatest sign in this Gospel. As the Resurrection and Life, He comes to the tomb of His beloved friend and declares, "Lazarus, Come Forth!" And what happens? Death yields to Life! This disciple of Jesus who had been decaying for four days and was stinking, walked out of the grave and Jesus called on all of his loved ones to "unbind him!” There are so many powerful lessons in this great miracle of Jesus for you and me!

THEOLOGY NIGHT - ‘HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS APPROACH LGBTQ'

Join us for our third Theology Night! We will be looking at what the Scriptures teach about issues relating to LGBTQ, as well as looking at common questions that come up regarding this subject.  We want to be faithful and loving witnesses for Christ in our lives and our culture, and this certainly is always a hot topic in our culture, especially today. 

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (PART 26) -‘DEALING WITH DEATH’

Join us as we worship the Lord and continue our journey through the Gospel of John. In John 11 we encounter three siblings who are dearly beloved friends and followers of Jesus—Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. The brother, Lazarus, suddenly has a turn for the worse and dies. And four days pass while Jesus is absent! How does Jesus handle the situation? How does He speak to both Mary and Martha who are emotionally handling the situation differently? How does Life confront Death? Join us as we learn several powerful lessons from our Omnipotent Loving Lord!

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (PART 25) - ‘UNSNATCHABLE!’

Join us as we worship the Lord and continue our journey through the Gospel of John! Jesus declared, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand." (John 10:27-28). There are so many powerful truths in the second half of John 10. One major one being that NO POWER, physical or spiritual, can snatch us out of the hand of Christ! We are unsnatchable! Safe and secure!