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Join us for the third week in our series on Colossians!

the Bible is a collection of correspondence. Stories recounted to communities. Accounts of Jesus' life to confirm the faith of new believers. Letters written to new communities, like the Colossians. What is the central message of Paul's correspondence with the Colossians? How does Paul guide us to be correspondent people?

Tune in for our first week in our series on the letter to the Colossians. Pastor Katie gives us a great foundation to understand what this letter is all about and how it can point us to Jesus.

"We're so divided!" they say, but can following Jesus teach us anything about what it means to live life together? Do our politics matter? Can we have different politics, but one aim in our spiritual lives?

We want to be humble, but we also want to make something of ourselves. How do we balance that? When do we know to get out of the way? How can we simultaneously see our value before God without propping ourselves up unrealistically?

Facing pain and heartache isn't a matter of "if" but "when." When we are in pain or suffering, is there anything we can do to reduce it? Are there some things we can't alleviate? Has Jesus really "overcome the world?"

We live in a world of distraction -- so how do we keep centered on the spiritual life in the middle of all that? How do we simplify our practice and concentration on God? How can we have less vying for our minds?

Why should I invite someone to church? Why should I make the case for following Jesus? As we wrap up this series, consider what it means to share Jesus with someone else in your life.

Okay, you want to follow Jesus, by why should we follow Jesus with others? What's the value of circling up with other people? Why does God want us in community?

Okay, so Jesus apparently rose from the dead. Why should I care? Why should I follow him, let alone organize my whole life around him? Of all the people I could choose to follow, why Jesus? Hop in to the first week of our series "Why" as Colin tackles the central question of who Jesus is and why we should follow him. Colin even shares his love/hate relationship with the show Love is Blind.

Don't miss it! Something happened on Resurrection morning that shook the very foundations of reality and sparked the start of a movement. The light from that early morning still shines today -- don't miss it! Make the story of the new life of Jesus bring new life to you.

On Good Friday we experience the depths Jesus went to in order to save us, and during Holy Week we go through it with him.

On this Palm Sunday Colin talks about how God is faithful in prayer. He answers our prayers. And praying connects us to the story of his faithfulness, including the story of his entry into Jerusalem in the story of Jesus.

What do you say to God when you pray? What if we just said what we thought? In week two of talking with God, Colin encourages us to be honest, direct, and frequent in our prayers to God.

In Psalm 46 we're invited to believe in a God that holds it all together, even when things are tough and crumbling around us. That's the God that's on the other end of our prayers. But what do we say to God? What does he say back? Listen as Colin invites us to lay a foundation of listening when it comes to prayer.

Join us for our Ash Wednesday reflection from Colin as we begin the season of Lent

Michelle wrapped up our series about heaven by tackling a really tough text in Revelation. Heaven is coming to us, and there's reason for hope!

As we continue in our series about Heaven, we tackle a pretty tough teaching of Jesus -- the Sheep and the Goats. How can you tell them apart? Why is their punishment so harsh? How can we see Jesus' face in the face of the poor and oppressed in our society?

We started a new series this month talking about Heaven and how God's Kingdom comes to us in Jesus. Listen this week as Colin asks what it means to be "saved" and what God's vision is for us in Houston.

Join us as we close out our series, Crowded Table where Colin breaks down the ways we think about the Table and what it means for branches to celebrate it every week.

Join us for week 3 of Crowded Table and a celebration of our 3rd graders receiving their Bibles in worship today!

Join us for week two of our series, Crowded Table and listen to Colin share about what it means to let Jesus carry our forgiveness.

Is love just a sentimental feeling, or is love deeper than that? What if love is just paying attention? As we wrap up Advent, Colin explores what it means to have a mutual love relationship with others and with God

How are joy and happiness different? How do we find joy even in difficult circumstances? As we continue in the season of Advent, listen to Colin explore what it means to find a deep joy that only comes from God

Isaiah paints a vivid picture of God's peaceable kingdom. Where do we fit in that picture? Listen as Colin invites us to live lives of peace, as much as it depends on us.

Join us for the first week of Advent, for a conversation between Colin Bagby and Dr. Tom Pace in which they ask, "what is hope?"

The second and final week of our series on formation. God wants to shape and form your life to his likeness. Accept the invitation!

What is spiritual formation? How can we be formed as we follow Jesus? Listen to Colin invite us into a life of formation in the first of a two-part series on what it means to become more and more like Jesus.

Our last week of the unhurried series, Colin centers our sabbath on worship -- the heartbeat of what it means to rest in God.

"Let delight find you." Listen as Rev. Manuel shares the good news that God pursues us with delight when we rest in God.

We live in a frenetic and hurried world, and we all need a break from it. Listen as Colin shares the invitation from God to rest in the welcoming embrace of God.

As we begin this new series on Sabbath, we start with the foundation. Sabbath can literally mean, "stop." How can we stop in our everyday lives to experience the love of God?

Jesus says, "abide in me and you will bear much fruit?" How do we practice abiding as a core value? What does it mean to stay connected to Jesus?

Join us for the third week of our vision series. How can we dare to reach our city? What risks does it take to follow Jesus?

In our vision series, Colin shares our three core values as a new community -- belonging, daring, and abiding. Listen as Colin shares what it means to be a community that begins and ends with belonging.

Listen to our launch Sunday sermon, as Colin celebrates the beginning of our new community and shares what it means to be a people who seek to celebrate

Listen to our second preview Sunday sermon as we prepared to launch branches in September!

Listen to our very first preview Sunday morning!