Valley Creek Church Weekend Messages

In the kingdom of God, fire starts with water. We may not understand how it's possible, but Jesus is both the living water and the consuming fire. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we celebrate baptisms and explore how we can live out Acts 2 and set the environment for God's fire to fall.

There's something about Easter where we ask all sorts of questions like who we are, who God is, and what we were created to do. There's a longing and yearning for something more within each of us. What if the answers that we're looking for, that are from deep within our souls, were spoken from the cross? Though Jesus didn't say much in His final moments, what He did say changes everything for our future. In our Easter experience, Pastor John Stickl walks through the 7 statements of the cross and shares how Jesus' final words can become the first words for the rest of our life.

The normal response to an experience with the resurrected Jesus is to tell people. This is especially true at Easter. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we see the pattern in Scripture: Jesus appears to us, He sets our hearts on fire, we go on mission to tell the world about who He is and what He's done for us.

Are you looking for a way to slow down from the speed of your life? You're looking for Selah. Selah is a word we find in the Psalms that translates to "interlude' – it's a time to pause, rest, and take a breath. In this Selah Experience, Pastor Jason Hillier leads us through a time where God's truth about who we are and who He is washes over us.

What kind of life are you building? Is it the kind of life you can't wait to take a vacation from, or is it a life of rest in Jesus? In today's message, Pastor Jason Hillier reminds us that we don't rest from our life; we rest for our life. Humility, gratitude, and margin are how we build and experience that kind of rest with Jesus.

We are called to create the future with God. As a church, we've chosen to do that in what we call Missional Move: Create the Future. It's a five-year journey to create five initiatives – and we're already one year in! In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we get an update on all of our initiatives. We’re starting to see it!

The most important thing we leave behind is the fire of God we carried. We can't control what was passed down to us, but we can control what we choose to hand down to those in our lives. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we continue our conversation about God's consuming fire and how we can respond in faith and humility.

Whenever we do something important, we prepare. Our intensity of preparation matches the level of importance. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we continue our conversation by looking at the life and example of Elijah and his preparation for calling down the fire of God.

Has your fire gone out? Is it different than you thought it would be or just barely hanging on? Is it vibrant, but you still want more of God? In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we continue our conversation on fueling the fire by talking through what to do when your fire goes out – it's simpler than you think!

Have you ever had someone interrupt your conversation? Those moments tend to reveal what's already in our hearts - either frustration, indifference, or grace. We want to be a people who choose to see God's surprises as Him calling our names and getting our attention so He can fuel our fires.

What do you really want? No really... do you know what you want? This question seems simple until you try to answer it. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we get to the heart of what we desire and what we're beholding - ourselves or the cross.

A great campfire draws you in. It lights up your face and keeps you warm. But a fire must be tended. In this message from Pastor John Stickl, we start a conversation on tending and fueling the fire in our lives.

What does God want to "RE" in your life? Revive. Release. Redeem. As we wrapped up our three day encounter with God, we focused on Jesus and His kingdom. This is the year of the Lord's favor!

What does God want to "RE" in your life? Revive. Release. Redeem. As we continued our three day encounter with God, we focused on Jesus and His presence. This is the year of the Lord's favor!

What does God want to "RE" in your life? Revive. Release. Redeem. As we started our three day encounter with God, we focused on Jesus and His grace. This is the year of the Lord's favor!

Jesus is our one thing, our only thing, our every thing. The whole service was focused on Jesus - talking to Him, praising Him, and ministering to Him together.

Christmas is when Jesus came to be with us, and it proves that God is good, Jesus has forgiven me, I am loved, and everything is possible.

How are you responding to God's goodness this Christmas? In this message from Caleb, Pastor Todd, and Eric, we're shown how being present, being generous, and making room for Jesus can help us respond well this Christmas.

What are you focused on this Christmas? In this message from Dawson, Karrie, and Justin, we're shown how focusing on the joy, amazement, and faith of the season can draw us closer to Jesus this Christmas.

What two words come to mind when you think of "Thanksgiving"? Maybe food and football or friends and family? But what about grace and gratitude? Those two words capture the heart of Thanksgiving because grace is the undeserved favor and supernatural empowerment of God, and gratitude is the normal response to receiving that grace. In today's experience, we took time to reflect on the grace that brought us to Jesus, and then we gave thanks for His grace in our lives.