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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

Mat and Matthew talk about confession/self-reflection.

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

Matthew gives a short teaching during Ash Wednesday service.

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

Matthew sits down with Miranda Shumaker to talk about prayer.

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

Matthew and Mat sit and chat about Lent and Ash Wednesday. “What’s that?”

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together.

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Who do you think you are? How you see yourself will affect how you live… and how you relate to others… and how you engage in every other aspect of your life. God speaks to us about this clearly and compellingly in the book of Ephesians. We’ll walk through this book, strengthening our identity (alive in Christ) and focusing our purpose (living in the world) - and doing so all together. Join us for this new series, beginning this Sunday, January 14th at our 9:00am and 10:45am services!!

Join us for a special interactive service lead by Nicholas and Stephanie Winn!

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Join us for a special New Year’s Eve service with our Elders!

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Happy New Year SunHills! Let’s begin 2018 in the spirit of prayer together. Today we ask that the Holy Spirit would fill us with unshakeable confidence that does not come from ourselves as we seek God in prayer this new year.

Join us for our Christmas Eve service!

Join us as we explore the original Christmas story and how our stories can be shaped by this story. Each week in this series we’ll take a fresh and fun look at personal encounters with the birth of Jesus. It’s going to be a great journey as we enter into A Christmas Story.

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Join us as we explore the original Christmas story and how our stories can be shaped by this story. Each week in this series we’ll take a fresh and fun look at personal encounters with the birth of Jesus. It’s going to be a great journey as we enter into A Christmas Story.

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Cheryl Finch sits down with Mat and Matthew to talk about Advent, Christmas traditions, and Christmas outreach!

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Join us as we explore the original Christmas story and how our stories can be shaped by this story. Each week in this series we’ll take a fresh and fun look at personal encounters with the birth of Jesus. It’s going to be a great journey as we enter into A Christmas Story.

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I DON’T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD ‘READ ALONG.’

All this ‘Christmas Story’ stuff is the same old story.
Nothing new here.

Like read Luke 1 verse 3. Same old stuff right?

Hold on… What is this?
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As we are in the week leading to Thanksgiving, we invite you to read Psalm 103. In fact, I encourage you to read it every day… yep, every day. It will be a great prompt for you to orient your soul to blessing, thanking and praising the Lord.One of my professors in seminary called Psalm 103, in his opinion, “the loveliest of all the Psalms”, and he strongly encouraged us to memorize it (also a good idea).

Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Get to know Stacey Rogers our new Women’s Ministry Coordinator, and hear about the many upcoming events that you can be a part of!

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Stefan Sorgea joins Mat to talk about his heart behind the upcoming Night of Worship. What is it? Why worship?

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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Sit down with Bob and Tina Moore as we talk about living out the mission of God in our lives and in the world.

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge, Justin Waisner & Mat Craig

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Focusing on the meals Jesus shared with people during his life and ministry!

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In our Core series we dig in to what it means to be finding our JOY in Jesus. Join us for this three week message series!

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Join Mat and Taylor for a time of reflection as Taylor introduces a new song for this coming Sunday. “Reckless Love of God” by Bethel Worship.
Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Here’s what I want you to do…

Step 1

Think about Luke 15 now – you and God should pick a few things in Luke 15 that seem important or meaningful to you. Do that now.

Step 2

In our Core series we dig in to what it means to be finding our JOY in Jesus. Join us for this three week message series!

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This week Matthew and Mat discuss the realities of the culture we’re living in, Finding Joy In Jesus, and Apple Retail.
Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

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In our Core series we dig in to what it means to be finding our JOY in Jesus. Join us for this three week message series!

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Mat and Matthew sit down with Cheryl Blake, the Guest Services Coordinator at SunHills, to talk about serving, body parts, and the joys of Guest Services.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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This message is brought to you by Erich Grunder, the Student Ministries Pastor here at SunHills Church.

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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Two segments, four people, one podcast. Jeff Jacobstein talks Men’s Ministry at SunHills and Matthew sits down with Pastor Dan to talk about patience.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge, Justin Waisner & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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Great joy was had last week in celebrating the sacrament of baptism as a church! This week we come back to our study of James 5:7-11. Please read along with us.

Carrie Jacobstein and Carolyn Oliveira join us on the show to talk about their journey as friends.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This week we cover the fact that our life is vapor or mist compared to the eternity of God’s plan.

Please read along with us in James 4:13-17. We often make plans for ourselves, but in this section James is cautioning believers about making decisions independent of God. The proper Christian response is to humbly come before the Lord to ask about His plans. What is His mission and direction for our life? It has been often quoted during our James study, but Matthew 6:26-30 really speaks to this fact:

Tom and Kris Britting share their experiences and story of living up to God’s call to be good stewards. Email the Brittings at tkbritting@sbcglobal.net or call at (530) 409-6266.

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Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This week we are jumping ahead a little in the book of James, but we will circle back to the end of chapter four next week. Please read along with us in James 5:1-6.

This week focuses on the accumulation of wealth for only the benefit of ones self.

Jim Finch shares his testimony. Email Jim at maranathajfinch@yahoo.com or call at (209) 304-5882.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Justin Waisner & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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Please read along with us in James 4:1-10 as we prepare for the sermon on Sunday. It’s wonderful that we have this time to prepare in advance to receive God’s word and have the Spirit work in our hearts. This passage points to the reality that our time on Earth is limited and what we do with it matters. Focusing on what truly brings peace and joy will certainly store for us treasure in Heaven. Reading ahead a little, James 4:14 reads, “…What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.”

Matthew, Mat, and Erich sit down to tell Hume stories and share what God did at Hume Lake this year. We also get to hear from students about the ways God was working in them.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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Matthew and Taylor sit down to talk about worship.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This week we get to talk about controlling the tongue. Please read along with us in James 3:1-12. If you have ever had young children you quickly realize that the “little sponges” are hanging on every word that Mommy and Daddy say. Children show you where your heart really is; they act as a mirror for our souls. If we are quick to anger or say hurtful things, they mirror it. At the same time we have all known Godly men and women who are slow to anger and abound in love, these wise believers set a wonderful example of bridling their tongues.

A fun look back at Kids Camp 2017 with Jill Vogel.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This is a discussion with Erich Grunder about partiality, mercy, and colors.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Works of Grace

This week we continue in James 2:14-26 on how works play out with our faith. Please read the passage along with us. This week may seem like a simple passage, culminating in the truth that faith without works is dead. However, there is a lot of rich theology and old testament references in this passage. It is important to remember Jesus’ words in John 15:1-5:

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing…”

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This is an interview/testimony with Rob and Danielle Skaggs and their own amazing story of adoption.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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A discussion/look-back with Pastor Dan that dives into some of the realities of living out our faith when facing temptation in this life.

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Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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Dan has mentioned that James is a “punchy” book and this section is no exception. Here we uncover the difference between relationship and religion and at the apex we learn what true religion is.

Read James 1:19-27.

Reflection Questions:

What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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This is a preview to what our Finding Joy In Jesus podcast is all about.

Hosted by: Mat Craig & Matthew McCleary

Audio Production by: Taylor Hodge & Mat Craig

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We all face various forms of temptation throughout this life and this section gives us hope in the Word of Life.

Read James 1:12-18.

Reflection Questions:

Verses 12-15 show the progression of sin that takes place. Read Psalm 1 – what correlations do you see between the passages? Notice the progression of Walk, Stand & Sit that Psalm 1:1 shows. Have you seen this progression in yourself or others? What does this passage show about worldly council versus Christian community? How do we avoid accidentally falling to temptation?
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What good is it if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? These words, from the book of James, call us to live out our faith. That is the focus of our summer series – ‘work it out’.

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We are excited to start our Summer series in James and hope that you will read along with us. Church history teaches us that James was most likely the brother of Jesus. James speaks in a direct manner teaching us about life: how to live, what to expect and how to react.

Please read along with us in James 1:1-11.

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Join the team as they spend a week together serving along side our partners, Torre Fuerte Church, in Ensenada, Mexico!