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Diving into the Beatitudes of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, lead pastor Josh Kelsey explores the upside down blessings of the new Kingdom. In this Kingdom, God transforms even our brokenness into an access point for the blessed life.

Jesus declared that the Kingdom of God is at hand and reveals his kingdom of reversal in the Beatitudes. The same way every king has a way of ruling that is unique to them, so it is with God and the way he has called us to live. This Sunday, Pastor Jon unpacks the Beatitudes as we learn what Jesus' ministry was and is for us today.

We all face moments or even seasons of discouragement, but how do you recapture a proper perspective? Looking at 1 Samuel 30:6, lead Pastor Josh Kelsey shares part two of a message on being spiritually formed by encouraging yourself in the Lord.

What if we realize that the challenges we are facing is Jesus trying to get our attention? That is the story of the road to Emmaus. The issue was not that they men on the road to Emmaus did not believe. The issue is they were believing the wrong story. In this message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey gives us four points on how believing the right narrative about Jesus transforms our hope and faith in God.

Lead pastor Josh Kelsey preaches from 1 Samuel 30 where David encourages himself in the Lord. They key to your leadership is self-leadership, learning to take every thought captive and renewing not just your mind but your self-talk.

In Christ, through the reality of the cross and empty grave, we have an inheritance in the Kingdom of God. Knowing that we have an inheritance changes the way we live. Pastor Jon Laurenzo preaches in our King series that our true inheritance is that we have resurrection power in both this life and the next.

In Eastertide, we reflect on the 40 days that the resurrected Christ appeared to his disciples and followers. In this time, he gave the Great Commission, which shapes our calling as believers today. In staff meeting, lead pastor Josh Kelsey shared on the power of these forty days in establishing Jesus' resurrection and how the way we make disciples today should be fully immersed in the love of the Trinity.

Our understanding of a powerful King is misguided. But this King shows us He is powerful, not in political or military might, but in restoration of His world and His people. In this message, Jon Laurenzo preaches on the power of the King, revealing that just as Jesus restored Peter after his denials, so God's power can work through us and transform us, even in our darkest moments.

The King is alive! This Easter, lead pastor Josh Kelsey celebrated the death of death and that our King rose to give us new life. Looking at Luke 24, we dive into the power of the resurrection and how we can reach out, like Thomas feeling Jesus' scars, to touch and experience Him.

On the cross, Jesus called out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Quoting Psalm 22, in His moment of deepest pain, Jesus cries out for relationship. Why did he take on the cross and bear the weight of our sin and death? For you. This Good Friday, Pastor Josh preached a powerful message on remembering the King who became a servant, a Savior who surrendered His life for us.

Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey shares at the C3 NYC staff meeting on how Jesus' death ushers in resurrection life for us as believers and why it's important for us to die to ourselves in order to be alive in Christ.

Palm Sunday is the first day of the week that changed the trajectory of human history forever. Holy Week, the week leading up to Jesus's death and resurrection, begins with Jesus's humble entry into Jerusalem on a colt. In this Sunday's message, Ps Filmore Bouldes kicks off our KING series and gives us three things to learn about Jesus from Palm Sunday.

In the final Sunday of our PRACTICE series, David Chan preaches on simplicity, the act of intentionally getting rid of that which distracts us or hinders us from our relationship with God. This can be anything—but it especially refers to materialism, status, success, money and now, technology. Through simplicity, the Lord calls us to contentment and a deeper relationship with Him.

In the creation story, we see that God rested on the seventh day because His work was finished and good. This rhythm of rest is exampled by God for each of us, that we would find time in our busy schedules to slow down and acknowledge we are not God of our lives. This Sunday, Pastor Jon Laurenzo shares the importance of Sabbath for the follower of Jesus and how carving out time to stop, rest, delight, and worship shapes the way we approach our circumstances.

New Yorkers are not known for being silent or having much time alone, but we're called to be still and know God in the solitude. Today, lead pastor Josh Kelsey preached on six reasons we need the spiritual practice of silence & solitude. Join us as we step deeper into this practice this week—learning to stop doing, stop producing, stop pleasing people, stop entertaining, stop obsessing, to simply stop and rest that we might know God more deeply.

Lead pastor Josh Kelsey shares on the cost of discipleship at the C3 NYC staff meeting, and how, in order to have the joy of revival, you need the sorrow of repentance.

When we slow down, we create intentional space to hear from God. This Sunday, lead pastor George Kelsey preached from John 15, reminding us to abide and connect with the Father like the vine & the branches. In the gospels, Jesus often withdrew from the crowds to meet with the Father, and as we model our lives on His during this Practice series, we're encouraged to cultivate a slowed-down spirituality that matches the Jesus' pace.

What is true repentance? At ALLIN on Wednesday, Pastor Josh Kelsey challenged us to surrender our hearts and turn back to God through fasting, weeping and mourning. In this season of Lent, may we be a people who seek God in repentance and believe for revival.

Pastor Josh Kelsey shares on Isaiah 55 in at the C3 NYC staff meeting on seeking God's presence and feasting at a Kingdom table. Being hungry and thirsty is a sign that this world can't satisfy, only God.

In Luke 11, Luke puts a great emphasis on prayer before something happens. Jesus doesn't just give the disciples words to say, he shows them his heart for communion with the Father. Prayer is talking with God, seeking communion and partnership. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Jon Lorenzo continues our Practice series and gives us three points on how to shift our understanding of prayer so that our lives revolve around communion with God.

We live in a culture that worships pleasure, but the truth is that we can be surrounded by excess but left empty. When we fast, we choose to abstain from food in order to feast on the Lord. In the first Sunday of our Practice series, Pastor Jon Laurenzo shares why we fast and how this discipline can transform your life.

Jesus is our merciful savior, the God whose mercy is like a the sunrise—warming our hearts, bringing life and light to our lives. This Sunday, Ps Josh Kelsey preached on the mercy and compassion of God, and how this draws us deeper into His character and love.

Our ALLIN message on Rhythms of Revival challenges us to think beyond our own desires and short-sigted dreams. Revival starts in us but moves around us and to the next generation. Preaching from Acts 5, Ps Jon encouraged us to allow prayer and seeking God to be the engine room of our church so that revival can flow through our city, for the people and the future of NYC.

Pastor Josh Kelsey shares at our C3 NYC staff meeting, aligning our team to have eyes fixed on Jesus Christ. Teaching from Philippians 3:12, Ps Josh points out that we don't need motivation when we know how valuable Christ is.

Peace is fleeting for most. It can feel tangible for a brief time, but it comes and goes. But Jesus says he gives us his peace. It was Jesus's mission to bring peace into our world. This Sunday in our Epiphany series, Pastor Josh shared on Jesus as our Prince of Peace, reminding us that the greatest thing you can set your vision on is Jesus.

This Sunday in our Epiphany series, David Chan preached a message on Jesus, our Champion in whom we find strength. Jesus embodies the power and might of God—and in Him, we find that our weakness is where God's power is made perfect.

The Bible is a story about Jesus. From Genesis to Revelation, it points toward God's ultimate plan of God's people being reunited with him through his son, Jesus. In this Sunday's message, Jon Laurenzo teaches about Jesus as the one who God appointed to save humanity. Jesus is the one the prophets spoke about in the Old Testament, and he is the reason we are able to participate in covenant relationship with God today.

Pastor Filmore preaches on how Jesus is the Epiphany of God, meaning that you can know who God is through the person of Jesus. Instead of remaining distant from us, God brings His word to us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

With all the hustle of Christmas, we can lose touch with its true meaning. This Sunday's message from Pastor Josh Kelsey, "Why Christmas?" reminds us of the importance of Christ's birth and the love poured out as God stepped into humanity. God redeems, shows, forgives, and frees us. What good news this Christmas season!

In this C3 NYC staff meeting, Pastor Josh Kelsey shared a word on finding our joy and peace in the presence of Jesus. This Christmas, the birth of Christ reminds us that the solution God brings is not always immediate. but it is everlasting.

No matter how many Christmases you've experienced, you can discover a new understanding of what Christ's birth really means and what fresh outpouring of joy we can have in our lives. This Sunday, David Chan preaches from Luke 2 and reminds us to find our true joy not in the world but in Christ.

Where is your hope anchored? In this Sunday's message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey kicks off our Advent series with a message on the hope that is unseen—our hope in Jesus Christ. Pastor Josh gives us three things that make up the hope we have in Jesus, an anchor that we can rely on and remind us of the peace that comes in Jesus.

This Sunday, Jon Laurenzo preaches on the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin from Luke 15. He encourages us to see our city and our neighborhoods not as problems to be solved but people to be loved!

Jesus taught in parables, in earthly stories with heavenly meaning. This Sunday in our HIDDEN series, we dove into the Parable of the Sower, learning the importance of checking our hearts so that we can truly receive God's word. What a message to live out as we allow the seed to take root in our hearts!

Jesus has shown us a new way to be human—that it first starts in the heart. Rain, winds, floods, will beat down on your life trying to make your life fail. But when your life's foundation is built on Jesus, you will never fail. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Kevin Smigielski gives us 3 things to remember when storms come our way.

Pastor Filmore unpacks a biblical perspective of Kingdom generosity, reminding us that even our ability to produce wealth comes from God. In the New Testament book of Philippians, we find a a thank you letter to a church who supported Paul in his ministry, and Paul refers to the Philippian church as his "partners." We are called to be good stewards of our finances, not just consumers but partners of God's mission.

After Jesus washed the disciples' feet in John 13, he continues to prepare them for what is to come. In John 17, Jesus passes the baton to the disciples, instilling in them confidence and courage to carry out the responsibilities given to them. In this Sunday's message, guest speaker, Pastor Kevin Loo, brings a word reminding us to remain faithful in the world while not being of the world.

Why is it so challenging for believers to pray? Are you busy? Distracted? Feel distant from God? Maybe it's spiritual indifference, but God wants to bring back a spirit of zeal into a culture of indifference. Not only should we pray because everyone needs grace and mercy, but also because God moves and works through our prayer.

In our context today, we don't often associate the word "praise" with the word "sacrifice." Sacrifice is costly. It implies we have to give up something. But we are able to bring a sacrifice of praise before God because Jesus was first sacrificed for us on the cross. And that is something to praise God for. In this Sunday's message, David Chan gives us 4 points to consider in our sacrifice of praise to God.

This ALLIN word from Pastor Josh Kelsey reminds us to follow Christ, our Good Shepherd, so we can lead others well! Like sheep, we are vulnerable and easily led astray, but when we know and follow the voice of the Shepherd, we find wholeness in Him and can call others back to Christ.

Humanity was designed to worship, and we will continue to crave to worship something. God provides us with the blueprint for how we are to guide our souls into worship. What we worship is formed by what we believe, and what we believe is formed by our view of Jesus. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Josh Kelsey breaks down the structure of the tabernacle into the way, the truth, and the life that we are to follow in order to experience the richness of God's presence.

A lot of human hope is contingent on something that has not yet happened; but our hope is clear because we are leaning on something that has already happened. In this week's leadership lessons, Pastor Josh Kelsey discuses the clarity of hope that comes from the resurrection life that has already been accomplished on our behalf.

Jesus gave us the responsibility to be light to those around us. As C3 NYC celebrates 9 years, Pastor Mark Kelsey brings a message this Sunday reminding us of the calling Jesus gives to us as disciples of light by giving three keys to help us be "that church"—the church full of people that show the glory of Jesus to all they encounter.

God calls us to present our bodies and our lives as living sacrifices to him—this is our response to God's love and mercy towards us. In this message, Lead Pastor Josh Kelsey walks us through four different "therefores" from the book of Romans. We cannot have theology without praise, but we have to know who we are praising and why we are praising him. The true knowledge of God will always lead us to worship him.

What we give our attention to can become an altar in our life. Our attention is a higher place in our heart that should be reserved for Jesus, but so often it is occupied by the things of this world. In this week's Leadership Lessons, Pastor Josh Kelsey outlines ten outcomes from giving your attention solely to God.

The attention of our heart is an altar that is reserved primarily for sacrifice and worship unto the Lord, but yet so often we pledge our allegience to other people, places, & things. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Filmore Bouldes unpacks key truths we become aware of when we devote our attention solely to God.

If you have a brain you have mental health. But what does it mean to wrestle with mental health while being a follower of Jesus? What do our struggles say about the nature of God? In this Sunday's mesage, Pastor Brittany Smigielski unpacks how to approach the struggles of mental health from the perspective of worship and praise.

Sex deeply matters to God. He wants to speak to, inform, and heal our view of sex so that it aligns with His. In this Sunday's message, pastor Filmore Bouldes unpacks the biblical view of sex and how it fits into God's perfect will for our lives.

Communication can be difficult because each individual has a different background and experiences. There is no connection in our relationships without healthy communication, and bad communication creates disconnection. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Filmore Bouldes teaches us how to communicate effectively with those around us.

Even in the garden of Eden, God said that it was not good for man to be alone. We are created for friendship with one another, and in a city like New York, it's easy to feel alone, misunderstood, or unknown. But friendships are an integral part of our emotional and spiritual health, as well as our emotional and spiritual growth. In this Sunday's message, Pastor Janel Obando teaches us more about kingdom friendship and how to love one another as Christ loved us.