Azure Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church

All Things Made New | Minute to Thrive

There is a day coming when all things will be made new. Take a minute to Thrive with Pastor Tara VinCross.

Dirt, Seeds, and Tears | Psalms of the Summer, pt. 3 | Pastor Tara VinCross

Are you growing a garden this summer? Or even a tomato growing in a pot on your doorstep? It takes work! Dirt, plus water equals soil. Soil plus seed equals life. We want to cut out parts of the process or oversimplify. Yet we don’t get life (ie the taste of a juicy tomato) without dirt or tears or seeds.

Daniel knew this from personal experience. The fruit of God’s Spirit grew in his life as he demonstrated courage in captivity. Right in the midst of the challenge, God turned his tears into songs of joy, his seeds into full-grown sheaves. This is the story our kids have been focusing on all week during Vacation Bible School, and the story that will shape our reading of the Psalm. We will discover, like Daniel, that through it all, our God is growing good things in our lives.

Pastor Tara VinCross will preach the next sermon titled, “Dirt, Seeds, and Tears” in the series Keep a Song in Your Heart: the Psalms of Summer.

Freedom in Jesus | Minute to Thrive

In Jesus Christ, there is freedom! Take a minute to thrive with Pastor Tara VinCross!

Who’s Winning? | Psalms of the Summer, pt. 2 | Pastor Tara VinCross

Have you ever been in a hard place? Feeling like the “enemies” against you are multiplying? That there is no way out? Wondering if God is listening to you? David is in that place. He is fleeing. He’s on the run from his own son. This journey shapes the language of this lament-turned-psalm-of-praise. Even before David knows how things will end, he can’t hold back his adoration.

 

Pastor Tara VinCross will preach the next sermon titled, “Who’s Winning?” in the series “Keep a Song in Your Heart: the Psalms of Summer.” 

Thy Will Be Done | Minute to Thrive

What does it mean to pray, "Thy Will Be Done?" Take a minute to thrive with Pastor Tara VinCross!

Overcoming Fear | Psalms of Summer, pt.1| Pastor Gatra Suhari

Fear often leads us to places, some, very unhelpful. David reminds us that the real antidote to fear that we experience is God’s Presence. This weekend, we kick off our Summer sermon series on the book of Psalms. I invite you to join me in reading Psalm 27 and glean how we can best deal with fear by leaning on the everlasting arms of God.

The Love of the Father | Minute to Thrive

There’s a compelling image of God, our Father, found in Luke 15:20. Take a minute to thrive with Pastor Tara VinCross!

Why Give? | Pastor Steve McHan

How is your experience with money? Are you at peace with your finances? Has your practice with tithing brought promised blessings? Pastor Steve looks forward to having fun with the topic of giving and sharing encouragement from an exceptional story from Exodus 35 and 36. Yes, he will bring something from his garden to illustrate God’s abundance. 

Love Never Fails | Minute to Thrive

Love never fails. Your love is never in vain. Keep showing up to love! 

Take a minute to thrive with Pastor Tara VinCross.

Being Human: living imago dei: Fear | Pastor Tara VinCross

The American Psychiatric Association reports that, "Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and affect nearly 30% of adults at some point in their lives.” Fear is something that all of us experience, triggered by input from our senses (seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling). Anxiety is our reaction to fear.

Many of us know this reaction. You’re awake long into the night, wishing you could sleep…You may sweat or tremble…Your heartbeat races as you think about a situation you’re facing...

We’ve been looking at emotions through the lens of the experience of Jesus. Compassion, Joy, Anger, and Sadness. But, did Jesus feel fear? Did Jesus experience anxiety?

Pastor Tara VinCross will preach the final sermon in the series Being Human: living imago dei on the theme of Fear. You’re invited to engage with God, this scripture, and one another as we worship our Jesus.