New Song Presbyterian

The third Psalm plants us firmly in a time and place of confusion, fear, and danger. But it's also a model of how to talk with God at the start of a day that feels scary, pleading for God to be with us and make right the things that are wrong all around us. It's timely and meaningful for us to consider this week as we see and feel confusion, fear, and danger all around us.

Sometimes prayer can seem really complicated, but the simple heart of prayer is communion with God.

When we feel alone and ashamed, prayer can feel like the last thing we know how to do. Psalm 22 gives us words to cry out to God during those times. More than that, it gives us a direct line to Jesus, who prayed these very words on the cross. As we enter into the season of Lent, listen in as we ask God to teach us to pray when we feel alone and ashamed.

To teach us to pray, God has given us the gift of the Psalms. But we need to know how to use them. This week, we will use Psalm 2 as a case study for helping us to use the Psalms well, as we ask God to teach us to pray. Listen in and join us!

I've yet to meet a Christian who feels entirely comfortable with their prayer life. The most common thing I hear: I know it's important but I'm not praying as much as I'd like to. But I also believe there is a deep, God-given reason that we are all still drawn to wrestle about prayer. So, we're starting a new sermon series at New Song. We'll use a wide selection of the Psalms, starting with the first one, as we ask God to "Teach us To Pray." Listen in and join us!

Jesus' first followers had the same question we often do: why didn't Jesus just stay on earth to help us? If he left, where did he go, what's he doing now, and what does that mean for us? Listen in as we consider two profoundly important implications of Jesus' return to heaven.

It’s not hard to describe what kind of church we wouldn’t want to be part of; but can we picture the kind of church that we actually want to be? We've spent four weeks talking about what we do as a church. Now, we will put it all together and envision the church we want to be - joining all that God is doing to make things new in us and around us. Listen in and join us!

Mercy is the work of making life better for others when things are hard; sharing mercy will stretch us, cost us… and grow us, into the kind of people, the kind of church, we were always mean to be. Mercy will bring us face to face with Jesus and His great mercy for us. Listen in as we dig into the beauty of the mercy of God, for us and through us.

Jesus liked to use images we could understand, so He often talked about His Kingdom as a big meal. That's why our church is committed to hospitality, to creating spaces where people can belong, especially by sharing meals together. This Sunday, we'll dive into why and how we practice hospitality as a church family. Hope you can listen in and learn!

Jesus liked to use images we could understand, so He often talked about His Kingdom as a big meal. That's why our church is committed to hospitality, to creating spaces where people can belong, especially by sharing meals together. This Sunday, we'll dive into why and how we practice hospitality as a church family. Hope you can listen in and learn!

Community is a buzzword in our culture today, but consumerism is a much better description of what we actually experience in our day and age. In this sermon, we unpack the difference between consuming and communing, and we seek to follow God’s lead deeper into community.

What makes you go to church? What makes you not go to church? This month, we're embarking on a short sermon series on who we are and what we do as a church. We will use the memorable and encouraging picture of the early church in Acts 2 to highlight our four strategies as a church: Encountering God, Community, Hospitality, and Mercy. This week, we'll dive into a conversation about encountering God in our Sunday morning worship gatherings. Hope you can listen in.

What is the worth of Worship?

It’s here; we’ve lit the candle; we’ve sung our favorite carols; we’ve heard the story; now listen in as we spend a few minutes together reflecting, considering how the wonder of Christmas might change us. We’re going to read a few verses from about a month after the birth of Jesus, when a mysterious man named Simeon meets the baby and realizes the world is forever changed.

For Israel, the Jubilee was everything. It was offered as a once every fifty years celebration that promised liberty, feasting, forgiveness of debts, and restoration for the downtrodden. Every longing in our hearts for the perfect community would point us to Jubilee. Unfortunately, there's no evidence that Israel ever actually did it. Listen in as we explore how the Jubilee reflects the longings of our hearts and directs us to the Good News of Christmas.

I came to Isaiah 35, and I read these words: "Say to those who have an anxious heart, 'Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God.'" And I thought, that's something I need. Maybe you do too. Listen in as we explore how God takes us from an anxious heart to full of joy.

There's turmoil in our time, in our world, in our hearts. There's a lot of ideas to calm things down, but none of them seem to help as much as we would hope. What, or who, could possibly put an end to the turmoil and bring real peace? That's a question for Advent, and a question we hope you'll listen in to explore.

Advent asks us to do one of the things we least like to do: wait. But waiting isn't so bad if we know something wonderful is coming. This week, we'll look at the first of four life-changing realities that we wait for during Advent - justice. Listen in as we wait and long for justice together.

Does the God of the universe really care what you want? Is that something he even thinks about? If he ever asked you, “What do you want me to do for you,” how would you respond? Do you even know? Join us Sunday as we look at how Jesus meets the deepest desires of those whom he has called to follow him.

Where is God in the midst of the darkness; the darkness of our lives, those we care about, and the world as we experience it today? What do we do when it hard to pray, hard to believe, and no easy answers are available to us? Join us Sunday as we look at one of the most honest, gut wrenching hymns in all of the Bible.