Yes, you can ask pray to ask God for stuff, but sometimes you need to pray to remember who God is, and that above all he loves you. These prayers are the foundation that our spiritual lives are built on.

We kick off a new series about prayer. Alex shares about his trouble praying the last few years, and we look at some of Jesus' teachings about prayer.

In our Feb 4 Sunday gathering, we finish our series entitled No other Gods, by talking about why Christianity provides unique tools to help people find meaning, satisfaction, identity, justice, and hope and our band leads us in worship.

What happens to the faithful follower of another religion who never hears about Jesus? Is there any hope for them in the day of judgment? We discuss Christianity's different answers to this question as our series nears the end.

We continue our series entitled No Other Gods, by discussing the ways Christianity has treated other faiths throughout history and how Jesus would want us to approach our neighbors, coworkers and friends of different faiths.

We cancelled our January 21 Sunday Gathering due to inclement weather. Alex takes a few minutes to nerd out about what the Bible has to say about snow.

Sometimes we create a Jesus who never existed, a Jesus who always agrees with us, who never challenges us -- recreating Jesus in our image is another form of idolatry.

We kick off our first series of 2024 by talking about idolatry, Jesus and other religions and the exclusivity of the Christian faith.

In our online only Dec 31 service, we discuss where we are at in our spiritual growth and what we can do to become more like Jesus in 2024.

Happy Christmas Eve, we continue our advent series by lighting the fourth candle of a traditional Advent wreath and discussing the candle of love.

We continue our Advent series by talking about Joy and how important it is to living a fulfilling life.

Guest Speaker Sam Spatafore continues our series about Advent, explaining how Jesus if the Prince of Peace and as his students we should know peace and share it with a world desperate for peace!

In the first message in our 2023 Advent series, we explore the Hope candle sometimes called the prophecy candle and talk about how to be hopeful in a culture that often is hopeless.

In our November 26 Sunday gathering, Alex describes the reason he is a Christian despite all the disappointments he's had with Christian people and the church at large. *Our originally planned extended worship gathering was delayed due to sickness.

In lieu of our Nov 19, Sunday Gathering we are encouraging people to put last week's message about healthy rest into practice. Alex explains what it looks like to carry the spirit of Sabbath into our modern lives.

We conclude our series about contentment by talking about rest, and how practicing healthy rest can help us become content and become people of love.

We're nearing the end of our series on contentment and we explore the concept of wisdom and how to avoid making the wrong choices that lead to a life of chaos instead of flourishing.

We continue our series on contentment in our Oct 29 Sunday gathering.

In our October 22 Sunday gathering, we explore the biblical commands to rejoice and live thankful lives and how that cultivates contentment in our souls.

We continue our new series about finding meaning, purpose and contentment in mid-life with a message about generosity, greed and the way money gets entangled in our hearts.

We continue our series about midlife and finding meaning and purpose in our discussion of contentment by examining apathy, ambition and the spiritual practice of indifference.

In the message from our October 1 Sunday gathering, we kick off a new series about becoming like Jesus and finding contentment, that corresponds to Alex turning 40 and having a midlife crisis.

We wrap up our series on what the Bible says about the role of women with a message from Marisa and Darby, recounting their experiences in church and discussing Galatians 3:28.

As we near the end of our series on what the Bible says about women, Alex tackles the controversial verses in Ephesians 5 about women submitting to men.

When it comes to the subject of women and what the Bible says about them, there is no bigger problem than the passages written by the Apostle Paul. In this message, we wrestle with how to interpret difficult passages, how to make sense of the narrative arc of the Bible and why Paul often seems to contradict himself. Strap in, this is the essential message in our series about Biblical womanhood.

We continue our series on the Biblical role of women and we discuss how the earthly ministry of Jesus was funded by women, and how brilliant this was in a male-dominated culture, as it allowed the most vulnerable people in his society to have a voice in his organization.

We continue our series on the Biblical role of women, by exploring the idea of authority and the story of Deborah from Judges 4.

We kick off a new series about what the Bible says and doesn't say about the role of women.

We conclude our series in Matthew for the year by finishing out Matthew 10. When we love God the most, we love others better.

We continue our series in Matthew 10 as Jesus discusses why we shouldn't be afraid.

As Jesus sends his students out into a hostile world he has some advice about how to operate.

We continue our series in Matthew 10, with a look at what it means to be a disciple and how we are sent out as disciples to make disciples.

After two chapters of healing various ailments in the broken kingdom we call home, Jesus invites his disciples to share the good news by healing and offering hope.

We continue our series in Matthew, but exploring Jesus' encounter with two daughters and why we often have to wait for his healing.

In our July 2 Sunday gathering, we discuss Jesus' invitation to Matthew and how he failed to meet some people's expectations about how the messiah should act.

We continue our series in the gospel of Matthew. In Matthew 9, Matthew argues that Jesus has the authority to forgive sin -- even before he dies. Jesus' death deals with our sin, but his forgiveness is not dependent on his death, but his character. We explore the historic Christian positions on atonement.

We continue our series in Matthew by examining how Jesus has authority over the forces of darkness and can heal the damage they do in our world and to us.

We continue our series in Matthew, by talking about the curious conversation Matthew records in-between stories of healing, about some would-be disciples and their barriers to following Jesus' way of life.

Guest Speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series in Matthew 8 in a long extended passage about Jesus healing.

We continue our series through Matthew in a long extended section about Jesus healing. This week we examine the healing for the centurion's servant and how Jesus heals because of who he is, not who we are.

We kick off Act 3, of our longtime seasonal series on the gospel of Matthew. After a quick review, we jump into Matthew's account of Jesus healing what is broken in our world and his invitation to join him in healing the world.

We conclude our series about tree imagery in the Bible by talking about Jesus and the fig tree and what it means for us about bearing good fruit and trusting God.

We continue our series exploring the promises of God given in and around trees in the story of the Bible. This week we talk about how our pain and our mistakes don't keep us from being used by God to help hurting people.

We continue our series about the promises of God given in and around trees! This week we discuss Abraham and the provision of God, and how we can position ourselves to receive what we need from God.

We continue our series about tree imagery in the Bible and the promises of God given in and around trees, by discussing the olive branch in the story of Noah and how Jesus brought peace between heaven and earth.

We kick off a new series about how the biblical authors are obsessed with trees, and we look at the promises of God given around trees throughout the biblical story.

In our Easter 2023 message, Alex explores the question at the root of human suffering: how can a good God allow such evil in our lives and world. By exploring the cross and resurrection, we find hope in our moments of hurting.

Horizon turns five, and guest speaker David Pearson encourages the church to look outward and bring hope.

Guest speaker, Al DiSalvatore shared this message during our March 26 Sunday gathering.

In the final message in our series about the upside down kingdom values of Jesus, we get practical about how to live and love like citizens of the upside down Kingdom of Jesus in our every day lives.

Guest speaker, Al DiSalvatore continues our series about Winning by Losing.

We continue our series about the upside down values of Jesus' kingdom, but discussing his role reversal statement the first will be last, and the last will be first.

Guest speaker Sam Spatafore continues our new series on the upside down values of the Kingdom of Jesus by talking about the insidious ways that worldly wisdom pervades the people of God.

Jesus never told us to fight for him. He took us to take up our crosses and follow his example of sacrifice. In the subversive ethic of Jesus' kingdom we win by losing.

We conclude our series about eschatology by talking about the new heavens and earth and the garden city where all nations will gather and live in harmony with each, with nature and with God.

We're almost to the end of our series about eschatology -- the theology of how things end and we're discussing the mysterious anti-christ and what it means for us as followers of Jesus in the world.

We continue our series on eschatology by talking about how to read passages about dreams, visions and trances and we discuss how to avoid common pitfall approaches to reading the Bible.

We continue our discussion about eschatology by talking about Rev 20 and how your view of Millennialism or the thousand year reign of Jesus effects how you read and interpret a lot of other passages of scripture.

We continue our series on eschatology -- the theology of how things end by defining the word apocalypse and finding the biblical definition surprising.

We kick off our first series of 2023, by exploring Eschatological passages of scripture and exploring what we should do with end times sections in the Bible.

We kick off 2023 with an online only Sunday gathering and a discussion about change, and how we can make lasting meaningful changes in the new year.

Merry Christmas from Horizon. We conclude our series on the songs in the birth narrative of Jesus, by talking about the chorus at the heart of the cosmos and our band leads us in festive song!

In our December 18 service we continue our series on the curious songs in the birth narrative of Jesus by considering the bizarre messengers of the Bible: the angels.

We continue our series on Advent by talking about Zechariah and his Advent song of doubt.

We kick off Advent, by looking at the political and provocative Mary sang.

We conclude our series on the Holy Spirit by asking a question that has sparked debate throughout church history. Is the Holy Spirit female? We explore whether there is any orthodox truth to this claim, and how it might effect us as we encounter God.

We continue our series on the Holy Spirit by exploring the idea of being filled with the Spirit.

We continue to explore the person of the Holy Spirit by discussing spiritual gifts.

We continue to explore the person of the Holy Spirit but discussing the fruit -- the byproduct of the Spirit of God living with us.

We continue talking about the Holy Spirit and explore what we can learn from Pentecostals and the Charismatic Movement.

We continue our series on the Holy Spirit, by discussing Jesus' controversial statement that it is better to have the Spirit in us, than him beside us.

We kick off a new series about the Holy Spirit!

In our Oct 9 Sunday gathering, Alex concludes our series on hope, by talking about how to practically lean into Jesus the source of our hope.

In our Sept 25 service, guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series on hope.

Guest Speaker, Al DiSalvatore continues our series about hope.

Spiritual Formation Groups: Hospitality by Horizon Community Church

As we meet with our spiritual formation groups to practice the ways of Jesus to begin to live and love like he did, we realize not everyone loves to read, so we're recording a practice each week on our podcast.

We kick off a new series about hope, how to get it, how to keep it and why we desperately need it.

Not everyone iikes to read, so we're posting a different spiritual discipline to our podcast each week!

In our final message from the Sermon on the Mount, we talk about how to examine our spiritual maturity with three warnings from Jesus.

Not everyone likes to read, so we're posting a different spiritual discipline to our podcast each week! Don't have a spiritual formation group? Start one! Gather a few friends, neighbors, or coworkers and agree to meet together in each other’s homes or at a local coffee shop or park each week. Throughout the week, remind each other about the spiritual discipline. Pray for each other, and share your successes and struggles with each other.

In our Sept 4 Sunday gathering, we continue to explore Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, by talking about what to do when heaven is silent to our desperate prayers.

In September, we're launching Spiritual Formation Groups. Not everyone likes to read, so we're posting a different spiritual discipline in our podcast each week! Gather a few friends, neighbors, or coworkers and agree to meet together in each other’s homes or at a local coffee shop or park each week. When you meet, read one of the spiritual disciplines out loud together. You can go in order or skip around in the guide. End each session by asking people if they feel confident or challenged by the practice. Discuss together how to take the practice deeper if someone feels confident, or how to start smaller if someone feels challenged by it. Throughout the week, remind each other about the spiritual discipline. Pray for each other, and share your successes and struggles with each other.

In our August 28 service, we near the end of our series on the Sermon on the Mount and talk about Jesus' command to not judge each other, and how condemnation doesn't produce life change.

As we continue our series in the Sermon the Mount, we wrestle with Jesus' teaching to not be anxious and talk about how his life equips us to live as agents of love and people of peace.

As we continue our exploration of the Sermon on the Mount, we examine the counter cultural path that Jesus says leads to happiness.

We continue our micro series on the basics of the church and talk about the Biblical basis for baptism and the complicated church history associated with it.

We continue our series in the Sermon on the Mount by discussing the Lord's Prayer and how prayer we can develop a desire for prayer in our lives.

We continue our series on the sermon on the mount by asking what is the motivation behind our acts of service. Does bad motivations spoil our good deeds?

Marisa leads us in worship, and guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series in the Sermon on the Mount.

We continue our series on the sermon on the mount and by talking about Jesus' subversion of popular spiritual teachings of his day. Just like them, Jesus continues to subvert the spiritual things we have heard, but that aren't true.

We take a break from our series in the Sermon on the Mount to talk about communion, the Lords Supper or Eucharist and what it means and why we do it.

We continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount and wrestle with Jesus' teaching about how righteous we have to be to enter his kingdom.

In our June 19 service we continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount, by talking about Jesus' metaphor of salt and light.

June 19 is Juneteenth! In this bonus episode, Alex interviewed Pastor Gerald Waters of Proclamation Community Church about the holiday and ways we can support our black family, friend, neighbors and coworkers.

We continue our series on the sermon on the mount by talking about how to define blessing and how to position ourselves to be blessed.

Did Jesus expect us to take the Sermon on the Mount seriously? Did he really think people could live this way? Join us as we continue working through the gospel of Matthew ad introduce the Sermon on the Mount.

We conclude our series on sexuality, church and culture by asking if sex is merely physical or could it be spiritual?

The church teaches true things about sexuality when it aligns with the Bible, but not everything we hear in church comes from the Bible. Sometimes, presuppositions about sex effect how we read a passage. We continue our series on sexuality, church and culture.

We continue our Birds + Bees series about sexuality, church and culture with a discussion about why Christianity has such restrictive commands about sex, and how culture and the church often miss what will ultimately fulfill us.

This week, we kick off a new series called Birds + Bees about sexuality, the church and culture. We discuss how the church has resorted to stone throwing as culture as moved away from being influenced by the church's moral positions.

We wrap up our series on how God is portrayed in the Old Testament by talking about his controversial command to wipe out the Amalekites.

In our April 24 service, we continue our series on how God is portrayed in the Old Testament, by discussing the disturbing story of Abraham offering his son Isaac as a sacrifice.

In our Easter message, we consider how people responded to news of the resurrection, and how we still wrestle with the same responses today.

In our April 10 service, we continue our discussion about how God is described in the Old Testament, by talking about the Bible's weird fascination with blood.

In our new series about the character and nature of God as displayed in the Old Testament, we kick off with a message about the most quoted verse in the Bible by the Bible Exodus 34:6-7.

Guest speaker Al DiSalvatore concludes our series on deconstruction, and our band leads us in worship.

In our online only service, we talk about contracting a rule of life to be sure we're rebuilding our faith healthy and connected to Jesus and our band leads us in worship. In the message, Alex references some guides to developing a rule of life. Those resources can be found here: https://practicingtheway.org/unhurrying-with-a-rule-of-life/workbook https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RULE-OF-LIFE-WORKBOOK.pdf Alex's Rule of Life Daily Write down three things that I’m grateful for Get outside and look at the sky Pray on my knees Listen to a spiritual podcast Read scripture Limit cellphone use Sleep 8 hours Weekly Gather with others learning to live and love like Jesus Turn off my cellphone Read a book that impacts my spiritual life Date my wife Take a day off to rest Memorize scripture Connect with friends Monthly Fast from food to focus on prayer Have time with a mentor Get away for a day Random act of generosity Give something away Quarterly Take a day in silence to learn to listen for God

As our series on deconstruction winds down, we look at the how to reconstruct our faith as something stronger.

We continue our series on Deconstructing by talking about our need to deconstruct the tone we use to talk about faith.

As we continue our series about deconstruction we talk about our opinions, and how we need to hold them looser and Jesus tighter.

In our new series on deconstruction, we talk about how we need to deconstruct the way we were handed the Bible, and how we often misuse the Bible as a weapon.

In our new series on deconstruction, we talk about about what is essential to the Christian faith, and whether or not Jesus would be pro-deconstruction.

In our final message in our series, we talk about the followers of the King in Matthew 4:18-25, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and our band leads us in worship.

We continue our series in the book of Matthew by talking about Jesus' move from Nazareth to Capernaum and how Jesus understands rejection, and will never reject us!

In our online only service, we continue our series in the book of Matthew by talking about the devil -- the false king and the primary way that he attacks us -- by encouraging us to believe lies.

In our online only service, we continue our series in the book of Matthew, by talking about what it means to follow Jesus. The will of God isn't safe. If the will of God led Jesus to the desert to fight the devil and to the cross to defeat sin and death, we should expect the Spirit of God to lead us to the front lines in a cosmic battle for the souls of men, women, and children on this planet.

In our January 9th service, we continue our series in the book of Matthew and our band leads us in worship.

We continue our series in the book of Matthew by looking at John the Baptist and his mission and message in Matthew 3:1-12.

In our online only Dec 26 service, Alex discusses how to regain our faith in 2022.

In our December 19 service, guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series in the book of Matthew.

In our December 12 service, guest speaker Matt Loveland continues our series in the book of Matthew. Jesus > all other kings.

In our December 5 service, guest speaker Sam Spatafore continues our series in the book of Matthew and our band leads us in festive music. The King is both God with us, and the God who rescues!

In our November 28 service, we kick off a new series in the gospel of Matthew. We explore the genealogy of Jesus, and talk about why it isn't just wasted space to record the bloodline of the King. The message comes from Matthew 1:1-17.

In our November 21 Sunday service -- the final message in our series on relationships, we discuss how to love our enemies.

We continue our series on becoming people of love, by discussing our relationships at work and our band leads us in worship.

Guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series about relationships by talking about parents and children and our band leads us in worship.

In our October 31 service, we continue our series about becoming people of love by discussing what Ephesians 5 says about marriage, romance and being single and our band leads us in worship.

We continue our series in Ephesians 5+6 by discussing how the Bible talks about women. Is the Bible sexist? Do men always get the final word in relationships? Can we trust what the Bible says about becoming people of love, if it promotes men over women? We cover all this and more!

We kick off a new series about relationships in our October 17 service. We need to go back to school and learn at the feet of Jesus how to become people of love to build successful and fulfilling relationships.

Join us for the conclusion of our Wonder series as we talk about meditation and prayer.

Join us for October 3 service, as we continue our series on Wonder, by talking about how loving others, and being loved reveals God.

Our band leads an extended worship set, Alex talks about the wonder of music and Darby shares about how she sees scripture as art.

In our first ever outdoor service we explore the wonder of nature, and our band leads us in acoustic worship. References https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_makes_you_kinder_happier_more_creative https://www.bustle.com/p/5-ways-being-in-nature-changes-your-brain-according-to-science-15827469 https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-nature/ https://www.warnell.uga.edu/sites/default/files/publications/WSFNR-16-43%20Coder.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir https://www.banyanmentalhealth.com/2019/03/11/why-is-anxiety-so-common/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerard-manley-hopkins

In our online only service, guest speaker David Pearson shares about a moment when life flashed before his eyes, and our band introduces new music.

Join us as we continue our series about Wonder. Today, we explore the moments that make us wonder why we had to experience them — moments of suffering and pain. References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascendi_Dominici_gregis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanence https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/divine-transcendence-immanence/ https://blogs.blueletterbible.org/blb/2015/01/22/god-is-both-transcendent-and-immanent-and-this-is-good-news/ https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/whats-your-pain-tolerance https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-purges-bad-memories/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/251655#why_are_bad_memories_so_vivid https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/when-god-doesnt-feel-like-enough/

Guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series about Wonder.

We kick off a new series about Wonder from Isaiah 55. Moments of wonder are the moments that make our life matter. We think God speaks in the language of wonder!

In our August 15 service, guest speaker Sam Spatafore brings a powerful message from Matthew 7 and our band leads us in worship.

In the final message in our future church series we describe how churches of the future won't worry about attracting the rich or the influential, but will focus on reaching the outcast.

In August 1 service we continue our series about the future of the church by talking about Stephen, the first Christian martyr in Acts 7.

We continue our series about the future of the North American church, by discussing how the way we do church is attracting toxic narcissistic leaders and our band leads us in worship.

Join us as we explore the mindsets needed for a future church, a church that will thrive and survive in our culture.

Join us for our July 11 service as we continue our series about the future of the North American Church. The mission that Jesus gave the church was not to keep the world out of the church, but to get the church into the world! They forgot the church was founded on the impossible: a dead man coming back to life. I think boldness about the right things could catch the attention of our culture too. When you’re LOUD about the things that don’t matter people won’t listen when you talk about the things that do.

Join us for our July 4 online only service, as our band leads us in worship and we continue our series about the future of the church. Things to consider after watching: 1) Who is someone who is hurting? 2) Position yourself to listen to their story, and share in their burden. 3) Do what is in your power to help them.

Join us for our June 27 service. We continue our new series on the future of the church, by discussing how the early church was marked by no agenda meals open to everyone.

We kick off a new series on the future of the church. Together, we explore the early church in the book of Acts and the mindset churches in America need to recapture to survive and thrive in the future.

Join us as we conclude our series on heaven and hell with a message from Al DiSalvatore and our band leads us in worship!

In our June 6 service, we celebrate communion, our band leads us in worship and guest speaker Matt Loveland continues our series about common misconceptions about heaven and hell.

In this online only message, Alex talks about the biblical imagery of the lake of fire in our series about common misconceptions about heaven and hell.

Join us for our May 30 service, as we continue to explore a series about common misconceptions about heaven and hell, and our band introduces new music!

We continue our exploration about heaven and hell by discussing what Jesus meant when he used the phrase Gehenna.

Join us for the latest message in our series about common misconceptions about heaven and hell, as we explore how the word heaven is used in the Old Testament. Our band introduces a new song, we interview Angie about her work, and celebrate communion together.

Join us for our May 9 service as we continue our series The Good Place. In this message about misconceptions about heaven and hell, we explore the absence of hell in the Old Testament and talk about what the ancient Jewish concept of Sheol or "grave" means for us today.

In our May 2 service, we kick off a new series about heaven and hell and our common misconceptions about both!

In our April 25 service, we discuss how God has faith in us, even when we fail! Guest speaker Al DiSalvatore concludes our series on faith.

In our April 18 message, we discuss how living by faith is an adventure! How will you change the world with your faith?

In our April 11 service, we discuss if faith excuses inaction or if faith requires action. We also interview Darby about her work, and the band leads us in worship in our new meeting space.

In our April 4 service, we examine what it means for the story we're in if Jesus actually came back from the dead. We also interview Alex about his work, and the band leads us in worship in our new meeting space.

In our March 28 service, we continue our series about faith from Hebrews 11. Jesus isn't looking for perfection, he's looking for people that trust him. We also interview Sean about his work, and the band leads us in worship.

In our March 21 service, guest speaker Al DiSalvatore continues our series about faith from Hebrews 11. You're not God's plan B, you're God's plan A!

In our March 14 service, we kick off a new series about faith from Hebrews 11. How do you relight your faith if it has fizzled? How do you start a flame of faith when it seems impossible?

Join us as we conclude our series on Genesis 1-3 and discuss how East of Eden our work is our worship.

Join us for music and a message as we continue to explore Genesis 1-3 and discuss the curse of sin.

Join us for music and a message as we continue to explore Genesis 1-3 and talk about the shadowy figure the serpent and the fall of mankind.

Join us for music and a message as we continue to explore Genesis 1-3 with the story of the creation of women.

Join us for music and a message in our online only service as we continue our series on Genesis 1-3. Questions to discuss after the service. 1. God has the patience of a gardener. Where are you hoping God would work faster in your life? 2. Where have your seen God curate goodness and beauty in your life? Thank him for it! 3. What can you do to live in closer proximity to God?

Join us for music and a message as we explore the principle of Sabbath in Genesis 2.

Join us as we explore what it means to be made in the image of God from Genesis 1:26-31.

Join us for encouraging music and an exploration through the text of Genesis 1 as we explore the theme of creation.

Join us for encouraging message and an exploration of Genesis 1-3 as we kick off a new series on the first book of the Bible.

We kick off the new year with a message about developing a routine of life that makes us people of joy, peace and love! In the message, Alex references some guides to developing a rule of life. Those resources can be found here: https://practicingtheway.org/unhurrying-with-a-rule-of-life/workbook https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RULE-OF-LIFE-WORKBOOK.pdf

Join us for our last message of the year as we explore how to become people of hope in this online only service.

Join us for a candlelight Christmas Eve service on demand from your house or apartment!

Our worship band plays festive music and guest speaker Al DiSalvatore reminds us of the most repeated command in the Bible: do not be afraid! Join us as we celebrate the arrival of Jesus!

Join us our band presents some new twists on some holiday classics and guest speaker Matt Loveland shares how John the Baptist announced the arrival of Jesus the King.

We kick off the Advent season with a new series on the reality of God's presence in our every day lives.

Join us for music and a message as we finish our series on the Sermon on the Mount with an online only service. We resume in person services on Dec 6.

Be encouraged with a series of songs from Horizon's worship team.

Listen as Alex continues our series in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount as we explore what Jesus teaches about living and loving like He did.

Jesus wanted his students to understand that they could approach the world with confidence, because a loving generous Father was with them and for them. Join us for music and a message as we explore the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 7:7-12

Join us as we explore the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. This week we explore Matthew 7:1-6 where Jesus teaches his students not to judge.

We continue to explore Jesus' teachings from the Sermon on the Mount by exploring Matthew 6 and his insight into the human tendency to worry.

Listen to the message from our October 25 service from Matthew chapter 6, as we explore Jesus' teaching on money and self denial.

Join as we explore the Lord's Prayer during our Oct 18 service.

Watch our October 11 service online as we continue to explore the Sermon on the Mount.

Watch our in-person service as we continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount and our band leads us in worship.

Join us for our Sunday service as we introduce our new worship leader Marisa and continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount.

Listen to our Sept 20 online service where we continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount.

Join us for our Sept 13 Sunday service as we explore what Jesus taught about living and loving like him.

We continue our series on the sermon on the mount, by talking about Jesus' offer to taste and see that His way of life is good and reveals God to us.

Join us for our online service as we kick off a new series on the Sermon on the Mount.

Join us for our online only service as we conclude our series on reasons to become a student of Jesus. If you find this online service helpful or encouraging, share it with your friends and family online!

Join us for our August 16 service as we continue our series on reasons to become a studnet of Jesus.

Listen to the message portion of our August 9 service, as we continue our series on reasons to be a student of Jesus.

Listen to our August 2 service now. We continue our series on Why Am I A Disciple by talking about the Holy Spirit.

We continue our series on reasons to become a student of Jesus. Christianity reframes our minds to see life as a gift.

There's Something About Jesus July 19 Service by Horizon Community Church

We kick off a new series on the Christian faith, starting with the question: "are you a Christian or disciple?"

Our final message in our series on lament.

Join us for music and a message and a special announcement as guest speaker Gerald Waters shares Jeremiah's lament.

When we take the time to process the pain in our past and our present we can walk into the future with hope. Join us for music and a message as we explore the spiritual practice of lament.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

This is the message portion of our online service from June 14.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

Join us for a new series as we learn the spiritual discipline of lament.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

For thousands of years, followers of Jesus have found peace and solace by meditating on the Psalms.

For thousands of years, followers of Jesus have found solace in the Psalms.

During this time of crisis we are recording a Psalm every day to help us process our grief and bring hope for a better tomorrow.

The Psalms teach us to pray, help us grieve, and encourage us when we are exhausted. Each day during this crisis, we are recording a Psalm to help you spiritually process what you are experiencing.

This is the message portion of our May 31 service, you can watch the entire service online on our website, instagram, facebook or youtube.

We are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

During this time of crisis we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

You can listen to the message portion of the online service here, or watch the entire service on our website, instagram page, facebook page or youtube page.

During this unprecedented time, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

Each day we are recording a Psalm to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to help encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis, we are posting a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

Listen to the message portion of our May 17 online service.

During times of crisis students of the way Jesus lived and loved often find solace in the Psalms.

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During times of crisis, followers of Jesus often find solace in the Psalms.

Join us for another message in our series on the short stories Jesus told. Visiting with us for the first time? Please fill out a connection card at https://horizonphilly.com/contact After the message consider these questions: What did you hear? What do you need to do as a result of what you heard? When are you going to do it? Who can help you?

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm everyday to encourage and inspire you.

Each day during this crisis we are recording a Psalm to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We continue our series on the stories Jesus told by looking at his parables about money.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We are recording a Psalm every day to meditate on during this time of crisis.

During this crisis, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this crisis, we are releasing a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you!

During this unprecedented time in human history, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

This is the message portion of our online service for April 26. View the entire online service on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram TV, or our website horizonphilly.com as we explore the stories Jesus told.

In this time of crisis and confusion, we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

Each day we are recording a Psalm to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis we are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis, we are releasing a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

We are recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

Jesus told stories about every day elements to provide commentary on the way he lived and loved.

During this unprecenteded time in human history we are posting a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

In times of trouble, followers of Jesus often find comfort in the Psalms.

In times of crisis, students of the way Jesus lived and loved have often found solace in the Psalms. In this unprecedented time in human history, we're recording a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

In times of trouble, the followers of Jesus often find comfort in the Psalms.

During this crisis, we are recording a Psalm everyday to encourage and inspire you.

During this time of crisis and uncertainty we're releasing a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

This is the sermon portion of our Easter service online. You can listen to the entire online service on our website, youtube, facebook and instagram.

In times of crisis, followers of Jesus found solace by meditating on the Psalms.

During times of crisis, the followers of the way Jesus lived and loved often find encouragement by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of the way Jesus lived and loved often find solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms. In this crisis, we are releasing a Psalm every day to encourage and inspire you.

During times of trouble, followers of Jesus often find comfort in the Psalms.

For thousands of years, students of the way Jesus lived and loved have found solace during times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

During this unprecedented time, we're posting a daily Psalm to inspire and encourage you.

This week Horizon turns 2! Celebrate with us by watching and sharing our April 5 Online Service.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

In times of trouble, students of the way Jesus lived and loved found solace by meditating on the Psalms.

For thousands of years, the apprentices of how Jesus lived and loved have found solace in the Psalms during times of trouble.

The followers of the way Jesus lived and loved have found comfort in the Psalms during times of trouble for thousands of yeas.

Followers of the way Jesus lived and loved throughout history have often found solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Join us online as we conclude our series on the character and nature of God.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Followers of Jesus for thousands of years have found peace and solace in times of trouble by meditating on the Psalms.

Listen to our March 22 online only service.

We continue our series on the nature of God, by discussing how God often seem mysterious.

The most important detail of the Christian God may be that he is a trinity.

God is not an abstract idea or a force, he is a relational being with a name.

Guest speaker Al Disalvatore shares that nothing can be everything because God is gracious.

We continue our series on the nature of God by talking about the tension between God being loving and just.

In our first message in our new series we talk about how knowing Jesus is essential to knowing and understanding who God is.

We conclude our series about joy by discussing how to become people of joy.

Joy is a byproduct of the Holy Sprit working in us and through us.

Sometimes we don't find joy because we assume something painful would never have joy in it, but God has lovingly hid joy even in our biggest disappointments and most painful moments.

The tagline for the Christian faith is joy now and forever, but how do we position ourselves to experience joy. Over the next few weeks we're going to be talking about how to lean into Jesus so that we can experience his love and enjoy his joy!

Alex shares five simple shifts to make 2020 the best year yet. Set small goals, be grateful, pray, keep it simple, and rest more to make your new year a great year.

Alex celebrates what Jesus did in 2019 and dreams about what is to come in 2020.

There will be no live service at the Rock on December 22. Please enjoy our online only service and use the extra time to rest and recover during this busy holiday season!

Guest speaker Kyle Vatt explains how the magi found Jesus, despite being from a different corner of the world and worshipping a different religion.

Guest speaker, Matt Loveland shares about the unlikely audience to receive the angelic announcement of Jesus' birth.

Because of his death we can live his life. Because of his resurrection we have no fear of death! In this final message in our series on the good news, Alex shares how becoming like Jesus is the answer to the world's greatest problems and the only hope for the planet!

The gospel elevates ordinary people and knits their story into a divine story that started long before you were born and will continue long after you and I are gone!

Anything lost for the sake of the gospel, Jesus said, will be multiplied back through the reality of the church.

The gospel will cost you everything, but it promises you a new life that is worth the cost.

Guest speaker Sam Spatafore talks about how to talk about the gospel with others.

When Jesus talked about the gospel he was usually talking about the Good News. What did Jesus mean when he said Kingdom and why is it good news for us today?

The gospel is the central message of Christianity, but most of us would struggle to define it or explain it, and often our explanations sound like bad news, not good news.

As we conclude our series on fame, we look at how Jesus responded to fame.

Big isn't bad, but it isn't better.

Is it wrong for a follower of Jesus to be ambitious? Is it wrong to want to be your department supervisor? Is it wrong to want to start your own business or write a book? If I’m trying to learn to live and love like Jesus, should I abandon all personal ambition? The short answer is no, ambition in and of itself is not wrong. But, I think in order to answer that question we need to clarify something: What is your ambition? Why is that your ambition?

We continue our series on Fame, by discussing how pride sneaks Into our lives and poisons our souls.

Make the kingdom of God your first priority and God makes your needs His priorities. Too often, we focus on the urgent, instead of the important. We focus on our crisis instead of on Christ! Fame is when our needs and desires are our top priority, instead of making Jesus our top priority.

Our culture is obsessed with Fame, but we're famous in the eyes of God when those who know us best respect us most.

We conclude our series on faith. An unshakeable faith is only found in the arms of an unshakeable King! Sometimes God shakes the things we hold onto so we cling tightly to the only secure thing: Him!

From the Peter walking on the waves, we explore the ways to tell the difference between faith and foolishness.

In Matthew 8, Jesus encounters a centurion with faith that amazes Him. By believing without having to see the results, we too can have a faith that amazes God.

Sometimes God asks us to do something we don't want to do so we try to run away and we end up running from a God who is with us and for us, who is the source of every good gift in our lives!

What would our lives be like if we lived in the holy confidence that God was with us and for us? What if every obstacle we encounter, we remembered that a good God had led us here not to defeat us, but to reveal his power through us to the world? What if we lived like conquerors instead of living like the conquered? I think it would change everything!

Sometimes our step of faith drops us into a deadend between two bad options, but God shows up and shows off in the places that seem hopeless.

Sometimes we miss what God wants to do, because we give up before God shows up. Our faith needs some faithfulness.

Sometimes it seems like our step of faith is dead in the water, our God sized dream is past its expiration date and then God steps in. Somewhere we’ve decided how long things should take and if they don’t happen in our expected window we give up on them. Experts or the majority tell us that is how things work, but God rarely works in the window of availability we expect him to.

We kick off our new series on developing an Unshakeable faith.

We conclude our series on the spiritual disciplines by discussing the importance of scripture in building our souls!

We discuss the important spiritual discipline of prayer.

We continue our series on practicing the spiritual disciplines to develop our spiritual muscles by talking about the importance of Worship.

We continue our series on the spiritual disciplines of Jesus by talking about the importance of having a spiritual authority who can tell you when you are wrong.

We continue our series on building our spiritual muscles by practicing the spiritual disciplines of Jesus. This week we talk about simplicity and how when we try to have it all, we overburden our soul. Simplicity is reverse FOMO -- it is missing some things so you can enjoy the best things!

We continue our series on the spiritual disciplines by talking about the importance of Sabbath.

We continue our discussion of the spiritual disciplines that Jesus practiced by talking about how self denial and serving others builds our spiritual muscles!

We kick off our new series about practicing the spiritual exercises of Jesus with the spiritual discipline of Silence and Solitude. In a busy, noisy world we need moments were we stop and listen to our soul.

Guest speaker Sam Spatafore concludes our series on the Bible with a personal and moving message about why the Bible means so much in his life.

We continue our series on the Bible by talking about whether or not God wrote the Bible.

Every Sunday all across the world people gather to bear testimony to an event -- two thousand years ago something happened, and it changed everything.

In our Palm Sunday message we discuss the question on everyone's lips as Jesus entered Jerusalem, "who is this Jesus?"

Guest speaker David Pearson explains that the Christian life is about relationships not religion.

The Bible includes a lot of different types of literature. When we fixate on certain sections of the Bible and avoid others we put ourselves in a dangerous place where we misuse the Bible.

Many of us come to the Bible to affirm what we already think. If we do that we will never grow! We must approach the Bible to listen and learn if we are going to grow and change!

We like to treat the Bible like a RULEBOOK and not a LOVE LETTER because a rulebook lets us keeps score and we love winning! The Bible doesn’t exist so you can beat someone spiritually. The message of the Bible is simple: only Jesus is winning, but He loves us so much we can share in His win!

The Bible is written from a Middle Eastern Jewish perspective. It naturally challenges our Western American perspective. When we twist the Bible to fit our western perspective we miss out on the Bible’s power to challenge mistaken Western presuppositions about life, love, purpose and family.

The Bible is the record of two promises God made to mankind.

Guest speaker Sam Spatafore concludes our series on forgiveness in the book of Philemon.

When we apologize we remind ourselves that we make mistakes too and that makes us more likely to forgive others in the future.

We kick off a new series in Philemon by talking about the importance of forgiving those who have misused and wronged us.

Alex celebrates what we've seen God do in 2018 and what we're planning for 2019.

We conclude our Christmas series with a message about the arrival of Jesus and the peace He is bringing to the world.

Isaiah a special messenger from God came to the Jews, the special people God created to be a platform for His rescuer which a confounding message. God's Messiah, would be both a conquering hero and a suffering savior.

Guest speaker Matt Loveland continues our series on The Greatest Story by talking about Abraham!

We kick off our new Christmas message series! The story of Jesus is the greatest story and it changes everything about our story because it proves that God is WITH us and FOR us!

The final prayer of Jesus reveals his deepest passions and final requests before laying down his life.

In part 3 of our bonus series on how to talk to people about Jesus without being weird Alex breaks down how to have an apologetic of authenticity by being intentional relational and explicitly Christian.

Something happens when we start listing all the things we have to be thankful for instead of the the few things we have to complain about. If we aren't intentional about being thankful, we will naturally start complaining. It's our tendency to complain -- we have to train ourselves to be thankful.

Guest speaker Kyle Vatt shares about the importance of praying specific prayers.

We continue our prayer service by dissecting the Lord's Prayer.

In part 2 of our discussion about how to talk about Jesus without being weird, Alex shares how our focus should be on building trust not trying to coerce a decision out of people.

Nick Snyder continues our series on prayer by explaining why mindlessly repeating someone else's prayer is never what God intended.

In this bonus six part series, Alex shares practical steps on how to talk about Jesus without being weird.

Some people think fasting will bump their prayer up in line and get God’s attention faster. Fasting doesn’t win us God’s favor. He looks at us as being His children in good relationship with Him because of Jesus — not because of our good deeds or sacrifices. Fasting changes US not how He LOOKS at us.

Sometimes, we worry that God will send us something BAD because of what we asked for in haste or we won’t get something GOOD because we didn’t form our request the right way. God responds to every prayer with LOGIC + LOVE. He knows what will be best and what we need. He’s not a cosmic vending machine that we have to worry about spitting out the wrong thing because we hit the wrong button. He’s a living Person who understands more about what we ask for and need than even we do!

Sometimes we use prayer as an excuse to keep from doing something we don't want to do. Prayer should empower our action, not replace it. If someone needs a friend, don't pray for them to have one, be one!

The best spiritual indicator of your spiritual maturity is not your theological knowledge or your devoted service to the church. It’s your prayer life. We’ve been told that prayer is making God do what we want. If we can get the wording right or the combination right, we can have access to the biggest genie in the universe. That’s not the purpose of prayer. Prayer is not us wrestling God into giving us what we want, but us conforming to what Jesus would want. Prayer is encountering God and coming away wanting what he wants for our world and inviting God to use us to do it.

Miracles - Wait by Horizon Community Church

Guest speaker Sam Spatafore continues our series about Miracles by reminding us that our relationship with God is more important than seeing our miracle!

Sometimes we position ourselves to see miracles, and sometimes we find ourselves stuck in a storm we didn't expect. Jesus shows up in the dark places, in the deep places -- the places we need Him most!

If we want to experience a miracle it will require an investment. Some miracles cost us money, some cost us tears, but Jesus also has abundantly more than we ever give up.

Most people quit before they see a miracle. They faithful stick around until Jesus shows up and shows off.

Guest speaker, Kyle Vatt continues our series on Miracles by talking about how we need to train our eyes to see small miracles so we don't miss big ones!

We kick off our new series by talking about Jesus turning water into wine. Obedience is key to seeing Jesus show up and show off in our lives.

We conclude our series on taking steps of faith by talking about the human tendency to let someone else do it. When we abdicate our step of faith we miss out on experiencing God in a new more meaningful way!

It's easy to take a step a faith and give up when it gets hard. Good preparation helps us take a step of faith and not give up!

Sometimes our step of faith leads us into a fire, but God always uses our step of faith to spiritually grow us, do good for others and to glorify Himself!

Guest speaker Alonzo Johnson shares about Daniel's step of faith.

One of the biggest steps of faith you can take is talking to someone else about Jesus.

A step of faith kills giants. A step of fear keeps the status quo. The world becomes a better place and we become better people when we live lives of faith, by taking steps of faith!

We continue our series on taking steps of faith by talking about how when we encounter a God who is with us and for us it doesn't matter if we have all the best resources or talents. What we lack, God has more than enough.

Pastor Alex Kranjec from The Mill Church continues our series on acts of faith in the Old Testament.

Having a right view of God enables us to respond to a crisis with faith instead of faith, just like Joshua did when he defeated Jericho.

Alex finishes up the Why Am I Here series by talking about the weaknesses God strategically places in our path in order to remind us that our purpose is not about us -- it's about God's glory and other people's good.

God surrounds us with people talking about our purpose, living our purpose, and pushing us toward our purpose!

There has never ever been someone just like you! That's a testament to the God that made you. God has uniquely designed you to accomplish the purposes that He has for you!

Why are you alive? What does God want you to do before you die? Alex explains how God uses the deepest burdens in our heart to heal the brokenness in our world.

Two couples share insights about how to manage healthy relationships in our busy lives.

You can't choose your family ... or your coworkers. In Ephesians 6, Paul gives some practical tips for loving your family and your coworkers.

You don't exist to find love and romance, you were made for exceptionally more important things.

Any relationship can be improved by changing the way we talk to people and the way we treat people.

Did the resurrection of Jesus really happen? And if so, what does it mean for our lives?

The way we talk to people and talk about people reveals whether or not we simply know things about Jesus or if we truly live and love like He does.

Who’s role is it? The difference between what we say we believe and what we practice is what we actually believe! Sometimes, we ask God to do the things He told us to do, and we try to do the things He said He would do. Sometimes we blame God for things we were supposed to fix. Knowing our roles is essential to living a practical Christianity every day of the week.

In the Old Testament, people would sanctify themselves to get ready to experience God, and have him work through them. Today, we sanctify ourselves to experience God and be used by Him by humbling ourselves. By choosing to be proud, we are choosing to contend with God rather than be used by Him! If we want to live out a real practical Christian life we need to humble ourselves!

We start our new series in the book of James!

If we don't intentionally love people well, we will naturally love money. The love of money is the root of all kinds of destructive things in our lives. We conclude our Money Matters series by looking at how to identify if we love money and what to do to correct it.

Does the Bible really tell us to give money to the church? How much should we give? Would Jesus be angry about churches collecting money?

Pastor Alex explains that Jesus isn't against the rich, He's just against anything that makes us feel like we don't need God.

Pastor Alex describes how our view of God effects our interactions and emotions. If we believe the universe is a place of scarcity, it is because we believe God isn't generous. But God IS abundantly generous, and we can be generous with others, because He is generous with us.

Pastor Alex continues our Money Matters series by discussing how we have a responsibility to the poor.

Pastor Alex continues the Money Matters series by discussing the importance of motivations when it comes to giving.

Pastor Alex continues our series on the spiritual ramifications of money by describing a proper, Biblical view of what it means to be blessed.

Pastor Alex shares a message from Matthew 6: what we treasure ends up controlling our emotions

Pastor Alex shares his vision to start a church, the recent successes he has seen and where he thinks God is taking us in 2018!

Merry Christmas to Horizon! We hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and enjoy watching this short video of the Christmas Story as read by our worship band leader Darby.

Nick Snyder, our college small group leader shares about how God used the shepherds, the most unexpected messages of a King's birth and how He continues to use unexpected people to build His kingdom today.

Pastor Alex shares how Jesus celebrated Hanukkah and how we as his followers have a responsibility to light up the darkness with the way we live and love.

Pastor Alex describes how Jesus is a declaration of God's love for humanity. The most powerful, most beautiful being in the universe is for us!

Pastor Alex explains from Romans 15, how we have an obligation to share what we have learned about living the abundant life with others.

Pastor Alex explains how we often get confused about what love is, and how we should show it to others.

Pastor Alex outlines how to live humbly in a proud, easily offended world.

Pastor Alex explains how serving others, rather than being served is the path to enjoying the abundant life in Christ.

Pastor Alex affirms that Jesus has a better life available to all who would willingly live it. 9/24 at the Ardmore Music Hall.

Pastor Alex explains how what it will cost us to enjoy the abundant life that Jesus offers. 10/1 online service.

Pastor Alex explains how God uses suffering to make us live and love like Jesus. 10/15 online service