Have you ever wondered whether you missed your calling? Many of us think “calling” is meant for pastors, missionaries, or people with dramatic burning-bush stories. We imagine one perfect plan for our lives and worry we’ll never find it or that we’ve already gotten it wrong. In this week’s installment of our Churchy Words series, we explore a word that carries a lot of baggage and discover that calling starts with a simple truth: if there’s a calling, there’s a Caller.

Drawing on Jeremiah’s letter to exiles in Babylon and Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, written from prison, this sermon looks at how God calls us in the middle of uncertain, unchosen, and even painful seasons. It speaks to anyone asking “How did I get here?” or “What comes next?”, whether you’re starting out, changing course, or retired. God’s call isn’t a blueprint to solve. It’s an invitation to live faithfully right where we are, to seek the good of our neighbors, and to walk together as a community. Join us to hear why the most important question may not be what God wants you to do, but who God is calling you to be.

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What does it actually mean to be a disciple? Is discipleship about knowing the Bible, going to church, praying regularly, or simply trying really hard to be a “good Christian”? This Sunday, our Churchy Words series continues with DISCIPLESHIP. Through Micah 6:6–8 and Philippians 3:12–17, we’ll discover that following Jesus isn’t about achieving spiritual perfection or finally “arriving.” It’s about learning a way of life—doing justice, loving kindness, walking humbly with God, and continuing to take the next faithful step.

The good news is that discipleship doesn’t begin with our efforts to earn God’s love. It begins with grace. As Paul writes, we “press on” because Christ Jesus has already made us his own. We are all unfinished disciples, learning and practicing together as God continues to shape us. Join us this Sunday as we ask what it means not simply to believe in Jesus, but to learn to live in the way of Jesus.

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This Sunday, we kick off our new fall sermon series, “Churchy Words: Unpacking the Vocabulary of Faith,” by exploring one of the biggest words in the Christian vocabulary: SALVATION. We may think we already know what salvation means—but have we made it too small? Through Isaiah 43:1–7 and the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1–10, we’ll discover that salvation is about more than what happens someday when we die. It is the good news of a God who calls us by name, claims us in love, meets us in the midst of life, and brings rescue, restoration, reconciliation, and new beginnings. Salvation isn’t only a promise for someday; it is God’s transforming work already unfolding among us.

And what better day to talk about new beginnings than Rally Sunday! As we begin a new season of worship, learning, fellowship, and service together, we’ll celebrate the joy of being part of a community God continues to shape and renew. After worship, everyone is invited to our annual Rally Sunday picnic, coordinated by our Deacons. Come for worship, stay for good food and fellowship, reconnect after the summer, and help us celebrate the beginning of another year of life and ministry together!

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This Sunday, we conclude our Forgotten Books of the Bible series with a book that may not exactly be forgotten—but is certainly one of the Bible’s most misunderstood: Revelation. With its dragons and beasts, mysterious numbers, cosmic battles, and strange visions, Revelation has sometimes been treated as a secret code predicting how and when the world will end. But for its first readers—Christians living under the shadow of the Roman Empire—Revelation offered something much more important: hope, courage, and the assurance that the powers of fear, violence, and oppression will not have the final word.

Rather than inviting us to escape this world, Revelation ends with God coming to dwell among us and declaring, “See, I am making all things new.” As we finish our summer series, we’ll explore Revelation as a book of faithful imagination: an invitation to resist the forces that diminish life, to trust that God is still at work even when the world seems chaotic, and to live right now as citizens of the new creation God has promised. In the end, Revelation is less about predicting when the world will end and more about helping us decide how we will live while we wait for God to make all things new.

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This Sunday, we continue our Forgotten Books of the Bible series with Philemon, one of the tiniest books in Scripture—just 25 verses—but one that asks some enormous questions. In a deeply personal letter about Onesimus, an enslaved man, Paul challenges Philemon to receive him “no longer as a slave…but as a beloved brother.” Together, we’ll explore what happens when the gospel changes the way we see another person: beyond labels, status, past mistakes, or the categories that divide us. And we’ll consider an even harder question: If Christ teaches us to see one another differently, shouldn’t that also change the ways we treat one another—and perhaps even the systems we are willing to accept?

Then, following worship, stick around for our annual Milestone Birthday Bash! We’ll celebrate everyone who is turning an age ending in -5 or -0 this year—with plenty of joy, fellowship, and birthday fun for the whole congregation. Whether or not this is your milestone year, come worship, celebrate, and remind one another that every member of God’s family is worth honoring!

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