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At C3 NYC's staff meeting, Pastor Josh Kelsey continued our series in Revelations, diving into the letter to the persecuted church in Smyrna. Jesus is the First and the Last, the Alpha and the Omega. He is not just Creator, but He is eternal—meaning He is faithful to complete the good work He began in you!

Conviction flows from connection. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore preached on the compromised church of Pergamum in Revelation 2—and how we can learn awareness, conviction and repentance that will reconnect us to a full life of freedom. When we create margin to be abide in His word and with the Holy Spirit, we'll be a church that lives with conviction, a city on a hill that testifies to God's glory and grace.

At C3 NYC's staff meeting, Pastor Josh shares a message on rekindling and returning to our first love. Teaching from the letters to the churches in Revelations, we can learn to rekindle our holiness, truth, authentic faith and purpose!

In this message Pastor Josh reminds us of the importance of coming back to our first love, and keeping our desire for him above all other desires. When we see him truly in all He has done for us, the only proper response is to love Him with all our hearts.

Generosity is trusting God with what's already His. This Generosity Sunday, Pastor Filmore preached on contribution over consumption, teaching from the building of the temple in Exodus. The vision of God is always outworked through the generosity, gifts and giving of His people.

This Sunday, lead pastor Josh Kelsey preached on having a single vision from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6. It can be easy to call Jesus King but not allow Him to rule our finances, so as we kick off our Vision Week, we'll see that God has given us vision for that see beyond the short-term and seeks first the Kingdom!

Generosity flows from a healthy heart. At C3 NYC's staff meeting, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached on giving with all our heart. Instead of calculating or holding back, we can have a lifestyle of generosity where we see our joy become other people's freedom.

The Bible tells us to guard our hearts, and yet we often let social media, our friend's opinions, our boss or romantic relationships be the surgeon who does heart surgery on your core identity. In our With All My Heart series, Pastor Josh shared a message asking, "How healthy is your heart?" When we invite God to search me and know me, we will develop a genuine faith and look forward to the future with a healthy heart.

In the scriptures, the psalms are not just filled with praise but lament. At C3 NYC's staff meeting, Pastor Georgie Kelsey shared on the power of lament. When we allow ourselves to be unfiltered and raw before God, we grow in intimacy and faith. Through lament, we can see our prayers shift from being transactional to transformation!

Where we give our hearts, we give our lives. This Sunday, we kicked off our new series, With All My Heart, with Pastor Filmore teaching out of Jeremiah 29. Do we give our hearts to lesser loves? Because what grows in our treats will grow in our church and create a vision that will flow out to the city.

A life of faith looks forward. In Hebrews 11, we see that Abraham looked forward to a heavenly city, a vision beyond his own lifetime. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore preached on beginning with the end in mind. The way forward is through surrender and worship.

God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him! In the life of Noah, we see that faith brings a greater reward than our comfort and convenience. Continuing in our Things Unseen series, Pastor Filmore Bouldes preached from Hebrews 11, revealing how we can live by faith in the gap between God's promise and fulfillment.

This weekend we heard from Vapor Ministries founder Micah Mcelveen. Our hearts yearn for meaning-filled lives. Our hands call us to make the difference we were designed for. We were made on purpose for a purpose, yet we are tempted to waste our lives. So how do we uncover the purpose we are all dying for?

Faith puts the first things first. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore unpacked the faith of Abel from Hebrews 11:4-6. It takes no faith to give God leftovers, but rather we're called to love God with all of our hearts, minds and souls so that we can love our neighbors well.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore kicked off our new series in Hebrews unpacking the power of faith, a personal trust in God that results in obedience. Faith isn't a life of perfection but a life of growing in trusting relationship with a perfect God.

In the finale of our BETTER NOW series, we heard from 6 tag-team preachers on better relationships. Focusing on the later chapters of Romans, the writings of Paul call us to see how salvation transforms not only our lives but the relationships and people around us.

"The Holy Spirit comes and prays for us — instead of praying for a thing to be fixed, He wants to fix us." This Sunday, Pastor Ryan Schlachter shared a message on Better Hope, and how hope helps us make sense of the world around us, because we can look ahead to eternity to endure our current circumstances.

Author Philip Yancey once said, "If I could sum up the whole Bible in one statement it would be this: God gets his family back." From Genesis to Revelations, the entire biblical drama involves what was lost being found, like the parable of the lost son in Luke 15. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore unpacked our perception of identity and how the truest thing about us is our identity as a child of God.

This week, Kevin Smigielski shared on the power of having a Better Mind in Christ. What are we setting our minds on? Are we setting our minds on the flesh, the circumstances of our lives and the opinions of others, or are we setting our minds on Jesus? As his followers, we have the mind of Christ, and we are no longer bound by our circumstances and other people. So let us set our minds on Jesus, and let the Holy Spirit transform us by renewing our minds daily.

What will you choose? Romans 6:16 points out that we can surrender to sin or surrender to God—but we're all surrendered to something. In this message, David Chan shares the beauty of surrendering fully to God. There is no limited to what God can do in and through a yielded vessel.

"Freedom is free, but it takes work to walk in it. Our automatic is to let sin reign - we have to retrain ourselves in the things of God so we can step into practical freedom." After salvation breaks us from the penalty of sin, how do we become free from the power of sin? This Sunday, Pastor Janel Navran shared a message on how we can walk in true freedom and the process of sanctification — what it takes to unlearn our automatic patterns of living in bondage.

Join us in our new BETTER NOW series as we kick off in Romans 5, looking at the good news of how humanity's ruin is followed by Christ's rescue and a new reign of grace. Our old life, inherited from Adam's sin in Genesis 3, is nothing in comparison to what we've been given freely in Christ!

This past Sunday, guest Pastor Dan Lian shared with our church some of misunderstandings about the character of who God is. As we take a look at Luke 15 with the Parable of the Lost Sheep, we can see that God is concerned with our return to Him as He chases after us and carries us home.

Jesus doesn't call us to be customers, He calls us to be partners in spreading the gospel. Partners are committed no matter the benefit to them. This Generosity Sunday, Ps. Filmore shared a message on why we give, and how it transforms not only our hearts, but furthers God's mission.

As believers, we are united together in Christ and loved by our Heavenly Father; and the world will know we are sons and daughters of God by our love for one another. This past Fourth of July Sunday, Filmore Bouldes concluded our CHURCH IS: series with CHURCH IS: God's Family.

As believers, we are on a mission to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love others as we love ourselves. This Sunday, Ryan Schlachter preached on how CHURCH IS: A People on a Mission –– a mission to make disciples of all the nations: disciples who will also love God and others. God has called us to do these things, and we do them for God's glory.

A great church is made up of people who embody forgiveness. This Sunday, Filmore Bouldes preached on how CHURCH IS: A People of Forgiveness. We can forgive when the memory of the sacrificial love and grace of Jesus is a stronger memory than our pain. We need His Holy Spirit power in us in order to see His fruit in our lives and truly impact and change the world around us!

This Sunday, Pastor Janel Navran preached a message on how CHURCH IS: Friendship! In a city coming back to life, we have the opportunity as God's people to invite others into the love of Christ through community and friendship. This takes boldness, commitment and sacrifice. As John 13:35 says, "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Boldness is available to all, it comes from our relationship with the Lord. The Lord is reminding us to use the boldness He has given. This Sunday, David Chan shared a powerful message on the boldness we receive through the Holy Spirit. This boldness is not determined by our personality, or age or our background, it is available to all of us because of who Jesus is. Let us take on the boldness from the Holy Spirit to impact the world around us this week.

Prayer is a conversation and encounter with God that has power over people's lives. It is an opportunity to learn more about God and declare our love for him. It has the ability to change us and establish God as our utmost priority. Prayer brings peace and can lead to miracles. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore Bouldes shared on how we are a church devoted to prayer. By committing to the habit of prayer, our desires will begin to change, as our cravings are indicators of our habits.

The Holy Spirit and the church go hand-in-hand; they're intertwined. As such, we cannot be the church that Jesus calls us to be without the Holy Spirit He has given to us. Jesus gives Him to us as a gift for the purpose of building up the church through us. So, to fully utilize this gift, we must learn about and understand the Holy Spirit. This Sunday, Pastor Ryan Schlachter shared on the Holy Spirit who convicts, empowers, and comforts us.

We are called to live on purpose, to live on the mission Jesus has laid out in front of us. That purpose is to make disciples, to live like Him and let our life reflect His glory. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares a powerful message on how following a life after Jesus gives us purpose. This true purpose for our lives is to live as disciples and to make disciples in the world around us.

The Lord will never leave you alone. He is near to the brokenhearted, and He is here with you, right now, in any situation you are facing. When we surrender our circumstances and our emotions to Jesus, He transforms our vision, and in exchange, He gives us His love, presence, mercy, and comfort. We can look to Jesus today in whatever situation we find ourselves, and He will meet us there to hold our hands as He walks with us through it. This Sunday David Chan shared a powerful message on the transformation we have in Jesus.

God uses the storms of life to soften hard hearts. The shaking from the storms breaks up the ground and foundations to rebuild our faith and trust in Jesus. He uses our fear, showing up in the midst of it, as a gateway by which to have us receive His Spirit. This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey shared a message out of John 20 of Jesus showing up in our fear and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Guest Pastor Simon McIntyre shares at our C3 NYC staff meeting for staff and leaders on praying through the psalms and how the psalms connect to our our every day life. There is a psalm for every human emotion and these words were intended for us to read aloud and sing aloud to God. As we build a consistency life of prayer to God, our lives will be more honest and more filled up with God's word and heart for us rather than just led by our human emotions and circumstances.

Jesus does not wait for you to get out of your despair to bring you joy, He meets you in your despair and injects joy. Pastor Ryan Schlachter shares in our ENCOUNTERS series of how Jesus meets us in our despair and restores our joy. The joy that Christ brings is not one from the world, not one that can be taken away, it's forever and we have access always.

We all have those moments of life that we wish we could get back; moments where we wish we could have a delete button. These moments can lead us to shame—not just feeling guilty for what we've done, but feeling guilty for who we are. As a result, we may withdraw, but no amount of hiding from our shame will make it disappear. The only way to overcome shame is for Jesus to meet us in it, restore us in it, and replace our shame with purpose. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares on how Jesus meets us in our shame and restores us.

Thomas' nickname was "Twin", which fits because, in a way, he is a twin to all of humanity; we can all relate to him in having seasons where it's hard to believe. But just because we have doubts doesn't mean we are disqualified from all the things He wants to do in our lives. Even in our doubting, He wants to encounter us, and He'll present the scars for us to recognize Him by. Pastor Filmore Bouldes kicks off our new series: ENCOUNTERS sharing on how Jesus meets us in our doubt.

When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were going out to visit the tomb, they had very little expectation, very little hope. But we can get our hopes up this Easter. Because we can trust in Jesus, for He keeps His word, having risen just as He said He would. And because He is risen, not just alive then but alive now, we get to interact with and be influenced by Him in the here and now. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares this Easter at C3 NYC of the difference the resurrection makes in our lives.

The Israelites were set free, but they were unclear how they would get through the Red Sea and then God parted the waters . Every human will have a Red Sea moment. An opportunity for an Exodus, a way of getting out. We are in chains apart from Christ. We are all trying to get out of slavery, bondage, shame, guilt, fear, our past. No matter how much we swim on our own we can't get out. On Good Friday God parted the waters for us. Jesus became our Exodus, our way out. Hear Pastor Josh's Good Friday message about the way Jesus made for us.

Guest Pastor Dan Lian brings a powerful message about how Jesus can restore our joy through His presence! Joy is the natural fruit of Jesus. It's the extension of His presence, and when we look at life through the lens of gratitude, we find we experience more joy with Him.

God does not work according to our will but His will. God has a word for us in the middle of what we're facing today. He's just waiting for our faith. Pastor Josh Kelsey shares a powerful word on the story of Lazarus about what God is doing 'in the middle' seasons of our lives. In the middle, there's still something for us to do. Jesus gave the Word but we still need to roll away the stone!

When you are planted by faith in Christ, you will flourish in every season. Pastor Josh Kelsey shares out of Psalm 92 "The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree." Let us take on this message and grow deeper roots in Christ so that we may flourish in every season. As we trust in Him we gain His righteousness and are able to live in strength just like a palm tree weathering a storm, we will not be wavered by the world around us.

We live from the health of our soul. Out of the overflow of our inner world is how we will relate to those around us. God wants us to direct our soul. If we want a healthy soul the greatest and highest praise in our inner most being should go to the One who created us. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares a powerful message on the health of our soul from Psalm 103.

Pastor Josh Kelsey shares an impactful word on Psalm 16 on God being our refuge, our Lord and our counselor. God is our wonderful counselor. He wants to counsel you in all your decisions, and we will not discover the safe refuge in God unless we see Him as our counselor. Let us run to Him and let Him guide our lives so that we can continue to live and lead from a place of victory to attract many to His great love in our city!

Pastor Josh shares a powerful message in our C3 NYC Staff meeting out of Psalm 23 and the seat Jesus has prepared for us. As we read Psalm 23 and know that Jesus is our Shepherd and that we are all sheep, God doesn't want to just keep us in a sheep mindset, but to step into a kings mindset when we accept Him and follow Him. He invites us to the table where we have a seat and are anointed by Him. As we trust God in the valley and hear our way out, we will see we have a seat at the table.

Pastor Josh Kelsey continues in our Show Me the Way series with part two of a message out of Psalm 23. Even when we are in the valley seasons of our lives, God's presence and His voice give us a way out. Darkness cannot turn the volume down on God's voice and His voice gives vision even when we can't see.

Whoever is your lord, will be your shepherd and will be your guide. This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey preached on Psalm 23 in our Show Me the Way series and identifying who is the true shepherd of our lives.

Pastor Filmore Bouldes kicks off our new series: Show Me the Way with a message focused on Psalm 1 preaching into the path we follow. Jesus lays out a direction and path for our lives that leads to life and fruitfulness. He gives us the control of choosing which way we will go.

Guest Pastor Banning Liebscher shares a powerful message to encourage our trust and intimacy with God. We have the opportunity and choice everyday which door we are going to walk through, one that trusts man or one that trusts God. Let us choose the door of trusting God and open up our lives to a greater depth of reliance on Him so that He may show us the path for living.