Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you get to spend time with family and friends, relaxing, eating, watching football and most of all, being thankful! I loved the reminder last weekend from Kenton about how Thanksgiving moves us closer to who God is and who we are called to be as His kids…so keep making your list of things to be grateful for everyday.

This weekend, I’m excited as we lean into Christmas together. That’s right, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday…the shopping season has begun! The world is going to try and steal our time, our money, our relationships and our hearts. This weekend, we’re launching our Christmas Is series. I’ll be talking about what we need in order to make sure we don’t miss the beauty, the wonder, the truth and the hope of the Christmas season. Grab family and friends and come – let’s move through this season together with God and one another.

Peace,
Kyle

Join us for a time of giving thanks, reflecting on the year, and worshiping God together. More info here.

Wednesday, November 26, 6:30p
Worship Center, Irvine Campus

Who is your Jethro? I loved the wisdom we received from God’s Word last weekend and Moses’ father-in-law who taught us that we need to seek out people in our lives who can give us Godly wisdom and wise counsel, and challenge us to be more like God designed us to be.

This weekend, we’ll come together for our final weekend of Obsessed as the world continues to shout at us about Christmas, surrounding us with sales, music, decorations, lights and things we’re convinced we need to buy. This message will give us the antidote we all need to avoid being pulled into the rush and craziness of the holiday season.

Be sure to add our special Thanksgiving service to your calendar, next Wednesday, November 26, at 6:30p, in the Worship Center. This is one of my favorite services of the year as we let God’s people tell His story about how He is working in the lives of our church family. We get to see the power and presence of God expressed in and through our lives. I can’t wait to be with you guys these next two weekends as we aim our hearts at gratitude and thankfulness.

Looking forward to seeing you guys. Bring a friend and join us.

Peace,
Kyle

How often do we live our lives wanting, grasping, looking for more? Join us for a new weekend series about everyday obsessions like time, money and self, and how we can refocus on what matters most.

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Sunday, December 14
J. Warner Wallace, Author of Cold Case Christianity, talks about “The Cold Case Reliability of the Gospels.”

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Can you see it…hear it…feel it? The sights and sounds of Christmas are already encroaching with the mad rush of advertisements screaming at us that we need to acquire more stuff. But what if all of this bombardment of advertising was not the real issue? What if all of that is simply a litmus test for what is already within us? What if it simply exposes the truth of what we’re desperately longing for and the anxiety we feel about how much money we spend, or how many people we’re willing to step over just to get what we want? What if we are the issue that really needs to be solved this year and not the advertising? People everywhere are longing for a different kind of life than the one that can be bought in a holiday season.

I’m so excited to for the new series we’re launching this weekend, Obsessed, where we get to consider moving from selfishness to selflessness. As a people, we discover more joy, more hope and more freedom when the world and our stuff doesn’t own us but we get to give courageously and generously to the world around us. This will be a great series to invite friends who are looking for a way to make sense of a crazy world filled with obsessions. I look forward seeing you guys this weekend. Don’t forget to bring back all of those bags and spend some time serving as we “tag, bag and serve” together.

Peace,
Kyle