Awaken Westchester Church

At the cross, Jesus revolutionizes the idea of sacrifice and invites us into a new way forward. Listen this week as we look at how the cross tells a new story about humanity and how we are to build our lives on a foundation of love and compassion.

Our Lenten series on the cross begins this week! Listen as we look at how the cross corrects our faulty understandings of God by showing us the truest picture of a God who is endlessly committed to his creation with boundless love and presence.

This week, we look at a parable where Jesus shows what true love looks like. It's a conscious decision to step toward someone in need and place dignity and compassion at the center. Together, we'll see how love never walks past human suffering.

Why are we here? What's to be our main purpose in life? Join us as we look to the person of Jesus as a model for leading us into a life that is full and deeply satisfying.

In this week's sermon we celebrate our ministry highlights from 2025, and look ahead to 2026. Listen as Dave reminds us what it truly means to be a church community, and hear from our Awaken members as they share how they've grown in their journey of following Jesus over this past year.

Before Jesus began his ministry, he was tempted to embrace a path that wasn't true to the life the Spirit was inviting him to live. We also face these same temptations. Learn this week how to overcome any shadow missions that sabotage your truest life so you can walk your path of following Jesus.

As we begin 2026, guest speaker Joe Mrugalski explores how we can live into Peter's invitation to be holy as God is holy.

Listen now as we look at the birth of Jesus as a birth that brought together people of all different political, social, and economic backgrounds because of common longings shared by all. Instagram video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSAUqMykd9h/?igsh=bGRiZjV3a3F4aWtr

At the heart of the Christmas story is an invitation to join in God's work of bringing restoration and renewal to our world. Mary and Joseph both said "yes" and through their obedience, Jesus was birthed and rescued from Herod. We are being given that same invitation today, as God invites us to follow the path of Jesus and live into the hope and love that brings healing to our lives.

Throughout our lives, we find ourselves separated from home, a place of safety, security, and rest. This longing we have to return home is expressed throughout the pages of the Bible and finds its ultimate expression in the birth of Jesus as the Gospel writers anticipate how this child will lead us home, into a place of true love and salvation. Join us as we begin Advent, preparing ourselves to receive the hope and peace that Jesus brings. I'll Be Home for Christmas. August 24, 1943, by Walter Kent (music) and James “Kim” Gannon (lyrics). Recorded by Bing Crosby

The character of Jonathan in 1 Samuel 14 shows us that faith moves, even in the midst of uncertainty or when the odds look impossible. This week, we're challenged to resist waiting for the "right moment" and embody the good God is inviting us to step into, despite the risk involved.

What is God like? How does God desire for us to live? As we close our Stranger Things of Scripture series, we look at a story that shows how easily we can lose sight of God when we look to the surrounding culture for our understanding of God. Join us as we look at how easily we can lose sight of God and how to reclaim a true picture of God by looking to the person of Jesus.

The story of Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones is a well-known, memorable scene in the Bible. Given a divine vision of hopelessness and death in a barren wasteland, Ezekiel is shown how the spirit of God promises to restore and bring hope to the dry and lifeless parts of our lives. 

The story of Balaam and his talking donkey is filled with irony and wisdom. Listen today to see how this weird story offers powerful truths that bring encouragement and deepen our relationship with God.

Are there any names or identities we've taken on that are not our truest identity? In any way, have we been haunted by past words spoken over us? This week, Sam Castro challenges us to explore the names we've been living under as we look at the story of Jesus healing a demon possessed man. Just like the peace this man found, Jesus desires to lead us into healing as we embrace our true God-given identity.

As we begin our Stranger Things of Scripture series, we first look at one of the oddest stories in the Bible: Saul visiting the medium at Endor to resurrect the ghost of the prophet Samuel. Filled with many questions, the heart of this story invites us to reflect on where we turn in moments of desperation and how we build an inner life that can sustain us through life's challenges.

As we conclude our Solomon series, we look at the larger familial, cultural, and religious stories Solomon is born into to reflect on the stories that are shaping us.

The Bible offers a sobering commentary on how King Solomon used his wealth. Even Jesus comments on Solomon and his wealth when he spoke about worry and anxiety. Join us this week as we explore Solomon's wealth as a warning and discover how Jesus invites us into less worry and anxiety through a life of generosity.

King Solomon is known for his great wisdom. Just as God grated wisdom to Solomon, God also desires to gift you with wisdom. Listen this week as we discover how to find the wisdom that's always present to you and how to use it in a way that brings healing and goodness to our world.

How does religion get corrupted? And how do we reclaim true worship and live as the people God desires for us to be. This week, we look at these questions through the lens of Solomon's temple. A building that on the outside portrayed religion at its finest, but under the surface was a much different reality.