Does God's purpose and plan for his people stop after a certain age? Are those who have retired from professional work assigned to just sit and rest, or is there still an opportunity for spiritual impact? In this final message in the series You are Here Pastor Fikre Prince shares some priorities for maximizing spiritual impact opportunities in our senior years.

Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-3; 4:6-8

Sermon Summary:
Big Idea: Our final years provide irreplaceable opportunities for spiritual impact.

Key Question: What should our priorities be for maximizing the opportunity of our final years?

1. Godly impact. (2:1)

2. Gospel urgency. (4:6-7)

3. Confident hope. (4:8)

Are you a single person? Do you feel like you are missing out on something? I'm sure you have heard that God has a plan for you, but what if that plan is to feel and be complete in your singleness. This may sound like an oxymoron but in this message Pastor Fikre Prince shares that singlness is a gift from God and he can equip you to maximize this gift for his glory and your blessing.

Text: 1 Corinthians 7:25-38
BI: Singleness is a gracious gift of God
Why would God gift singleness?
1. Singleness avoids certain worldly troubles(v.25-31)
2. Singleness enables undivided devotion (v.32-35)
3. Singles can expereince God's empowering grace (v.36-38)

There are so many wonderful aspects of being married. There are also many challeneges. How do we navigate the challeneges in a way that keeps the realtionship thriving? In this message Pastor Fikre Prince shares that God's plan for marriage has always centered on Him being the bedrock of the relationship and each husband and wife remembering how to be honor the other well.

Text: 1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: Spouses are called to mutually honor one another.

Key Question: How do wives and husbands show honor to one another?

1. Wives, follow your husband with respect. (vv. 1-6)

2. Husbands, lead your wife with love. (v. 7)

Do you have a good friendship? A person you can talk to and grow with, who will encourage you in your walk with Christ. Do you desire to be in a relationship? There are similarities in the qualities of life long friends and spouses that we should look out for if we hope to have lifelong companionship.

Text: Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: Dating is for discerning a gospel partner.

Key Question: How do you discern if a person is a good gospel partner?

1. Do they love and follow Jesus. (vv. 22-30)

2. Are they a lifelong partner. (v. 31)

3. Will they help you embody the mystery of the gospel. (vv. 32-33)

Are you waiting for something to happen before you begin your life? Do you need just one more degree, one more promotion, or one more thing before you will follow what God has called you to do? In this message Pastor Fikre Prince encourages those who are in waiting to trust the Lord and utilize the spacees they are in and the time that the have to influence the world for Christ.

Text: 1 Timothy 4:12

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: God is calling you to lead by example right now.

Key Question: How can I live out my purpose right now?

1. Set an example in speech.

2. Set an example in conduct.

3. Set an example in love.

4. Set an example in faith.

5. Set an example in purity.

The church has a particular mandate from Jesus to develop believers and to go and carry the gospel message to new places. Where are you your journey? Developing? Or going? In this final message of the Reach series Missionary Pastor Victor Nuwamanya shares that there should be a commitment from every believer to go and share the gospel. The mandate is to go to near neighbors and to far off people, vut we all should be a part of the sending and going process.

Text: Acts 12:25-3:3

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: The Church is not just a gathering place but a sending place.

Key Question: What does our gathering and sending look like?

1. A church that fasts and prays. (v. 2)

2. A church that is led by the Holy Spirit. (v. 2)

3. A church that sends the called. (v. 3)

In this life you have undoubtably faced opposition. Does that mean that God is not with you? Not neccisarily. In this message pastor Fikre Prince shares that if you choose to follow after Jesus their will be opposition to the gospel and your daily living, but scripture encourages us by telling us that though we face trilas of many kinds, the work of God will prevail.

Text: Acts 12:1-24

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: God’s mission will not be stopped.

Key Question: What common hurdles must be overcome to advance the gospel?

1. Persecution can’t stop the mission. (vv. 1-5)
2. Prison can’t stop the mission. (vv. 4-6)
3. Powerful opponents can’t stop the mission. (vv. 19b-22)

The Message of the Gospel is not only for those in the church, it is for everyone. So what methods does God use to spread the message of Jesus, it's not what you would think. In this message PAstor Ryan Russell shares that God uses a gospel centered church to carry the good news to a world in termoil.

Text: Acts 11:1-19-30

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: Gospel centered churches reach out—to proclaim, to send, and to serve.

Key Question: What does a gospel centered church look like?

1. A church that proclaims the gospel wherever it goes. (vv. 19-21)

2. A church that raises up and sends out leaders. (vv. 22-26)

3. A church that serves others with sacrificial generosity. (vv. 27-30)