Briarwood Church http://briarwoodchurch.org/ Briarwood Church briarwoodchurch@outlook.com Briarwood Church Our Vision is to Connect to God, Connect to Each other, and Connect to the World Our Vision is to Connect to God, Connect to Each other, and Connect to the World en © 2026 Briarwood Church | Pampa, TX no Unsung Heroes The Person Who Showed Up Jamisen Hancock <p>Some of the greatest heroes in the world will never make the news; they simply show up. In the first week of Unsung Heroes, Pastor Jamisen looks at Onesiphorus, a man we meet in just three verses of 2 Timothy, who searched Rome until he found Paul in chains and was never ashamed to stand beside him. You don't have to fix someone's pain to be present in it, and faithfulness that keeps showing up, even when it costs, is never unseen by God. This week, ask yourself one question: who needs you to show up for them?</p> <p>Some of the greatest heroes in the world will never make the news; they simply show up. In the first week of Unsung Heroes, Pastor Jamisen looks at Onesiphorus, a man we meet in just three verses of 2 Timothy, who searched Rome until he found Paul in chains and was never ashamed to stand beside him. You don't have to fix someone's pain to be present in it, and faithfulness that keeps showing up, even when it costs, is never unseen by God. This week, ask yourself one question: who needs you to show up for them?</p> Some of the greatest heroes in the world will never make the news; they simply show up. In the first week of Unsung Heroes, Pastor Jamisen looks at Onesiphorus, a man we meet in just three verses of 2 Timothy, who searched Rome until he found Paul in chains and was never ashamed to stand beside him. You don't have to fix someone's pain to be present in it, and faithfulness that keeps showing up, even when it costs, is never unseen by God. This week, ask yourself one question: who needs you to show up for them?

]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2626 1 effede1a4a3e7aec8dc1543276c1820d no Rooted To Reach Jamisen Hancock <p>Roots were never the destination. In the final week of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 and at Jesus calling Zacchaeus down from the tree in Luke 19 to show that God grows something in us so He can give it through us. What is rooted in you will eventually come out of you, and God has placed people around you on purpose. This week, ask yourself one question: who is God trying to reach through you?</p> <p>Roots were never the destination. In the final week of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 and at Jesus calling Zacchaeus down from the tree in Luke 19 to show that God grows something in us so He can give it through us. What is rooted in you will eventually come out of you, and God has placed people around you on purpose. This week, ask yourself one question: who is God trying to reach through you?</p> Roots were never the destination. In the final week of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 and at Jesus calling Zacchaeus down from the tree in Luke 19 to show that God grows something in us so He can give it through us. What is rooted in you will eventually come out of you, and God has placed people around you on purpose. This week, ask yourself one question: who is God trying to reach through you?

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2621 2 7949f0e15d81ebaca4a1ede436bbcbd3 no Rooted In Community Jamisen Hancock <p>Jesus saves us personally, but He never leaves us on our own. In week three of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the early church in Acts 2 and at Moses on the hill in Exodus 17 to show why a faith rooted in Christ is meant to grow in community. We all need people who know our name and hold us up, and somebody else needs us to hold them up too. This week, don't just ask who will be there for you. Ask who you can be there for.</p> <p>Jesus saves us personally, but He never leaves us on our own. In week three of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the early church in Acts 2 and at Moses on the hill in Exodus 17 to show why a faith rooted in Christ is meant to grow in community. We all need people who know our name and hold us up, and somebody else needs us to hold them up too. This week, don't just ask who will be there for you. Ask who you can be there for.</p> Jesus saves us personally, but He never leaves us on our own. In week three of Rooted, Pastor Jamisen looks at the early church in Acts 2 and at Moses on the hill in Exodus 17 to show why a faith rooted in Christ is meant to grow in community. We all need people who know our name and hold us up, and somebody else needs us to hold them up too. This week, don't just ask who will be there for you. Ask who you can be there for.

]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2430 3 0bc22ad5396e3aa19ddfd695187638c4 no Rooted In the Word Jamisen Hancock <p>Every one of us is being discipled by something — and what we allow in is what shapes us. In Psalm 1, the blessed life doesn’t begin with visible fruit; it begins with roots forming beneath the surface as we delight in God’s Word. Pastor Jamisen Hancock unpacks the difference between hearing the Word and obeying it, and why deep roots always take time. The goal isn’t to know more Bible — it’s to become more like Jesus.</p> <p>Every one of us is being discipled by something — and what we allow in is what shapes us. In Psalm 1, the blessed life doesn’t begin with visible fruit; it begins with roots forming beneath the surface as we delight in God’s Word. Pastor Jamisen Hancock unpacks the difference between hearing the Word and obeying it, and why deep roots always take time. The goal isn’t to know more Bible — it’s to become more like Jesus.</p> Every one of us is being discipled by something — and what we allow in is what shapes us. In Psalm 1, the blessed life doesn’t begin with visible fruit; it begins with roots forming beneath the surface as we delight in God’s Word. Pastor Jamisen Hancock unpacks the difference between hearing the Word and obeying it, and why deep roots always take time. The goal isn’t to know more Bible — it’s to become more like Jesus.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2411 4 e1832a56e8bd14414c81979bf3812da9 no Rooted In Christ Jamisen Hancock <p>Fall Launch Sunday opens a new season at Briarwood with a series called Rooted. Starting in Colossians 2, we’re reminded that the part of a tree nobody sees — the roots — decides everything everyone does see. Success, money, reputation and control all hold up fine under blue skies, but only a life rooted in Christ stands when the storm hits. What you’re rooted in determines what you’re built on, how strong you stand, and the fruit your life produces.</p> <p>Fall Launch Sunday opens a new season at Briarwood with a series called Rooted. Starting in Colossians 2, we’re reminded that the part of a tree nobody sees — the roots — decides everything everyone does see. Success, money, reputation and control all hold up fine under blue skies, but only a life rooted in Christ stands when the storm hits. What you’re rooted in determines what you’re built on, how strong you stand, and the fruit your life produces.</p> Fall Launch Sunday opens a new season at Briarwood with a series called Rooted. Starting in Colossians 2, we’re reminded that the part of a tree nobody sees — the roots — decides everything everyone does see. Success, money, reputation and control all hold up fine under blue skies, but only a life rooted in Christ stands when the storm hits. What you’re rooted in determines what you’re built on, how strong you stand, and the fruit your life produces.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2258 5 752af927d1f89fe03a34acf815edb459 no A Seat At The Table Jamisen Hancock <p>In A Seat At The Table, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in 2 Samuel 9 with the story of Mephibosheth—a forgotten, crippled grandson of King Saul who finds himself invited to dine at King David’s table. The message traces the movement of grace: it finds you where you are, brings you where you could never go on your own, and restores what you thought was lost forever. Like Mephibosheth, you may still carry a limp—but grace doesn’t change your condition first, it changes your position. Because of Jesus, there is a seat at the King’s table with your name on it.</p> <p>In A Seat At The Table, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in 2 Samuel 9 with the story of Mephibosheth—a forgotten, crippled grandson of King Saul who finds himself invited to dine at King David’s table. The message traces the movement of grace: it finds you where you are, brings you where you could never go on your own, and restores what you thought was lost forever. Like Mephibosheth, you may still carry a limp—but grace doesn’t change your condition first, it changes your position. Because of Jesus, there is a seat at the King’s table with your name on it.</p> In A Seat At The Table, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in 2 Samuel 9 with the story of Mephibosheth—a forgotten, crippled grandson of King Saul who finds himself invited to dine at King David’s table. The message traces the movement of grace: it finds you where you are, brings you where you could never go on your own, and restores what you thought was lost forever. Like Mephibosheth, you may still carry a limp—but grace doesn’t change your condition first, it changes your position. Because of Jesus, there is a seat at the King’s table with your name on it.

]]> Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2039 6 73c9c685677e21dcc9ce52b82b686d0f no Reset - An Uncluttered Faith (WEEK 5) Jamisen Hancock <p>A reset isn't complete until it reaches the place where you actually live. In the final week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock brings the series home literally asking what it would look like for Jesus to be the true center of our families. Drawing from Joshua 24, Deuteronomy 6, and Psalm 78, he gives five action steps to reset your home: decide what your home is going to be about, look at what your family is learning from you, build God into the rhythm of everyday life, make room for what you don't want to lose, and build something that outlives you. On what would have been his father's 74th birthday, Pastor Hancock shares how his parents' faithful example — not their perfection — became the greatest legacy they could have left behind. Your children don't need a perfect home. They need to see that Jesus is real in yours.</p> <p>A reset isn't complete until it reaches the place where you actually live. In the final week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock brings the series home literally asking what it would look like for Jesus to be the true center of our families. Drawing from Joshua 24, Deuteronomy 6, and Psalm 78, he gives five action steps to reset your home: decide what your home is going to be about, look at what your family is learning from you, build God into the rhythm of everyday life, make room for what you don't want to lose, and build something that outlives you. On what would have been his father's 74th birthday, Pastor Hancock shares how his parents' faithful example — not their perfection — became the greatest legacy they could have left behind. Your children don't need a perfect home. They need to see that Jesus is real in yours.</p> A reset isn't complete until it reaches the place where you actually live. In the final week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock brings the series home literally asking what it would look like for Jesus to be the true center of our families. Drawing from Joshua 24, Deuteronomy 6, and Psalm 78, he gives five action steps to reset your home: decide what your home is going to be about, look at what your family is learning from you, build God into the rhythm of everyday life, make room for what you don't want to lose, and build something that outlives you. On what would have been his father's 74th birthday, Pastor Hancock shares how his parents' faithful example — not their perfection — became the greatest legacy they could have left behind. Your children don't need a perfect home. They need to see that Jesus is real in yours.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2377 7 8398356eace87afaff770f20b2522407 no The Puzzle - Every Piece Matters Family Sunday Jamisen Hancock <p>What if the church is less like a crowd and more like a puzzle — every piece different in shape, size, and color, but each one essential to the picture? On Family Sunday at Briarwood Church, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the image of a puzzle built piece by piece throughout the service with the help of the kids to show what the body of Christ is meant to look like. Drawing from Mark 10, 1 Corinthians 12, and Psalm 78, he walks through five truths: every piece is welcome, every piece has a place, every piece needs another piece, every piece adds to the picture, and every piece leaves a legacy. Whether you feel like you've had it all together for decades or like you don't belong at all — this message is a reminder that God's picture isn't complete without you.</p> <p>What if the church is less like a crowd and more like a puzzle — every piece different in shape, size, and color, but each one essential to the picture? On Family Sunday at Briarwood Church, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the image of a puzzle built piece by piece throughout the service with the help of the kids to show what the body of Christ is meant to look like. Drawing from Mark 10, 1 Corinthians 12, and Psalm 78, he walks through five truths: every piece is welcome, every piece has a place, every piece needs another piece, every piece adds to the picture, and every piece leaves a legacy. Whether you feel like you've had it all together for decades or like you don't belong at all — this message is a reminder that God's picture isn't complete without you.</p> What if the church is less like a crowd and more like a puzzle — every piece different in shape, size, and color, but each one essential to the picture? On Family Sunday at Briarwood Church, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the image of a puzzle built piece by piece throughout the service with the help of the kids to show what the body of Christ is meant to look like. Drawing from Mark 10, 1 Corinthians 12, and Psalm 78, he walks through five truths: every piece is welcome, every piece has a place, every piece needs another piece, every piece adds to the picture, and every piece leaves a legacy. Whether you feel like you've had it all together for decades or like you don't belong at all — this message is a reminder that God's picture isn't complete without you.

]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2550 8 18662c4a98a93fe4f5ad21aa40e4c4bd no RESET - An Uncluttered Faith (week 4) Jamisen Hancock <p>We can spend our whole life building something and still be building the wrong thing. In Week 4 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to the often overlooked book of Haggai where God's people returned from exile, rebuilt their own homes and businesses, and quietly let God's house fall into ruin. Through four honest questions — What am I building? What am I chasing? What is it costing me? And what needs to change? — this message invites us to stop long enough to examine whether the evidence of our lives actually reflects what we say matters most. God doesn't want to be added to your list of priorities. He wants to be at the center of them.</p> <p>We can spend our whole life building something and still be building the wrong thing. In Week 4 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to the often overlooked book of Haggai where God's people returned from exile, rebuilt their own homes and businesses, and quietly let God's house fall into ruin. Through four honest questions — What am I building? What am I chasing? What is it costing me? And what needs to change? — this message invites us to stop long enough to examine whether the evidence of our lives actually reflects what we say matters most. God doesn't want to be added to your list of priorities. He wants to be at the center of them.</p> We can spend our whole life building something and still be building the wrong thing. In Week 4 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to the often overlooked book of Haggai where God's people returned from exile, rebuilt their own homes and businesses, and quietly let God's house fall into ruin. Through four honest questions — What am I building? What am I chasing? What is it costing me? And what needs to change? — this message invites us to stop long enough to examine whether the evidence of our lives actually reflects what we say matters most. God doesn't want to be added to your list of priorities. He wants to be at the center of them.

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2114 9 516068d312a56c9b44507df39fbdad1a no RESET: An Uncluttered Faith (week 3) RESET your relationships Jamisen Hancock <p>We all carry relational clutter, bitterness, unresolved conflict, old wounds, and unforgiveness that silently weigh us down and keep us from walking freely with Jesus. In Week 3 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Colossians 3:12–15 to walk us through four steps to a relational reset: putting on a new heart shaped by who Christ says we are, releasing what we've been carrying through forgiveness, humbling ourselves for reconciliation like Jacob before Esau, and letting the peace of Christ have the final word in our hearts. Drawing from the stories of David and Saul and Jacob and Esau, this message closes with three questions for the week: Who do I need to forgive? Who do I need to pursue? And what does Jesus need to reset in my heart?</p> <p>We all carry relational clutter, bitterness, unresolved conflict, old wounds, and unforgiveness that silently weigh us down and keep us from walking freely with Jesus. In Week 3 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Colossians 3:12–15 to walk us through four steps to a relational reset: putting on a new heart shaped by who Christ says we are, releasing what we've been carrying through forgiveness, humbling ourselves for reconciliation like Jacob before Esau, and letting the peace of Christ have the final word in our hearts. Drawing from the stories of David and Saul and Jacob and Esau, this message closes with three questions for the week: Who do I need to forgive? Who do I need to pursue? And what does Jesus need to reset in my heart?</p> We all carry relational clutter, bitterness, unresolved conflict, old wounds, and unforgiveness that silently weigh us down and keep us from walking freely with Jesus. In Week 3 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Colossians 3:12–15 to walk us through four steps to a relational reset: putting on a new heart shaped by who Christ says we are, releasing what we've been carrying through forgiveness, humbling ourselves for reconciliation like Jacob before Esau, and letting the peace of Christ have the final word in our hearts. Drawing from the stories of David and Saul and Jacob and Esau, this message closes with three questions for the week: Who do I need to forgive? Who do I need to pursue? And what does Jesus need to reset in my heart?

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2612 10 881d84b5d8a3f991d8c9d56d336baccd no RESET: An Uncluttered Faith (Week 1) Jamisen Hancock <p>We all carry more than we need, not just in our closets and calendars, but in our hearts. In this first week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks us through the story of the Rich Young Ruler to show us how even good things can become distractions that divide our focus from Jesus. Using Hebrews 12:1–2 as the anchor for the series, this message challenges us to Recognize what is distracting us, Release what is competing with Jesus, Replace distraction with devotion, and Resolve to seek him first. If life feels cluttered and Jesus has slowly drifted from the center — this is where the reset begins.</p> <p>We all carry more than we need, not just in our closets and calendars, but in our hearts. In this first week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks us through the story of the Rich Young Ruler to show us how even good things can become distractions that divide our focus from Jesus. Using Hebrews 12:1–2 as the anchor for the series, this message challenges us to Recognize what is distracting us, Release what is competing with Jesus, Replace distraction with devotion, and Resolve to seek him first. If life feels cluttered and Jesus has slowly drifted from the center — this is where the reset begins.</p> We all carry more than we need, not just in our closets and calendars, but in our hearts. In this first week of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks us through the story of the Rich Young Ruler to show us how even good things can become distractions that divide our focus from Jesus. Using Hebrews 12:1–2 as the anchor for the series, this message challenges us to Recognize what is distracting us, Release what is competing with Jesus, Replace distraction with devotion, and Resolve to seek him first. If life feels cluttered and Jesus has slowly drifted from the center — this is where the reset begins.

]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2505 11 3aaa469e5afed0c5f8476d7624a6f7b4 no RESET: An Uncluttered Faith (Week 2) RESET your focus: Unclutter Your Vision Jamisen Hancock <p>Life doesn't slow down on its own — and if we're not careful, we'll rush right back into the same cluttered schedules that wore us out before. In Week 2 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the story of Mary and Martha to show us that you can be busy doing things for Jesus and still miss being with Jesus. Through four powerful choices — presence over performance, peace over pressure, calling over clutter, and intimacy over activity — this message challenges us to stop giving God our leftovers and start building a daily rhythm that makes room for him. Because nobody finds time for God. You build a rhythm with God.</p> <p>Life doesn't slow down on its own — and if we're not careful, we'll rush right back into the same cluttered schedules that wore us out before. In Week 2 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the story of Mary and Martha to show us that you can be busy doing things for Jesus and still miss being with Jesus. Through four powerful choices — presence over performance, peace over pressure, calling over clutter, and intimacy over activity — this message challenges us to stop giving God our leftovers and start building a daily rhythm that makes room for him. Because nobody finds time for God. You build a rhythm with God.</p> Life doesn't slow down on its own — and if we're not careful, we'll rush right back into the same cluttered schedules that wore us out before. In Week 2 of RESET, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses the story of Mary and Martha to show us that you can be busy doing things for Jesus and still miss being with Jesus. Through four powerful choices — presence over performance, peace over pressure, calling over clutter, and intimacy over activity — this message challenges us to stop giving God our leftovers and start building a daily rhythm that makes room for him. Because nobody finds time for God. You build a rhythm with God.

]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2323 12 4b00d5841a5a0fe222a9dff5052d4194 no God Broke In Jamisen Hancock <p>Christmas is not about people finding God — it is about God breaking in to find us. In this Christmas message, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to Luke 2 and the story of the shepherds to show us four truths about how God still breaks in today: he breaks into ordinary places, he uses unexpected people, he brings unstoppable hope, and he breaks into our lives when we open our hearts to him. The shepherds were not searching, praying, or prepared — they were simply doing their jobs in the dark. But heaven broke in anyway. That is the message of Christmas. Not a feeling, not a tradition, not nostalgia — but an invasion of hope. The same God who broke into Bethlehem is still breaking into fields of worry, loneliness, and brokenness today. </p> <p>Christmas is not about people finding God — it is about God breaking in to find us. In this Christmas message, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to Luke 2 and the story of the shepherds to show us four truths about how God still breaks in today: he breaks into ordinary places, he uses unexpected people, he brings unstoppable hope, and he breaks into our lives when we open our hearts to him. The shepherds were not searching, praying, or prepared — they were simply doing their jobs in the dark. But heaven broke in anyway. That is the message of Christmas. Not a feeling, not a tradition, not nostalgia — but an invasion of hope. The same God who broke into Bethlehem is still breaking into fields of worry, loneliness, and brokenness today. </p> Christmas is not about people finding God — it is about God breaking in to find us. In this Christmas message, Pastor Jamisen Hancock takes us to Luke 2 and the story of the shepherds to show us four truths about how God still breaks in today: he breaks into ordinary places, he uses unexpected people, he brings unstoppable hope, and he breaks into our lives when we open our hearts to him. The shepherds were not searching, praying, or prepared — they were simply doing their jobs in the dark. But heaven broke in anyway. That is the message of Christmas. Not a feeling, not a tradition, not nostalgia — but an invasion of hope. The same God who broke into Bethlehem is still breaking into fields of worry, loneliness, and brokenness today.

]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 1870 13 fb5c94b2d1ae8677b0b5695553f1d940 no If Then Will Howell <p>What if the most important question you could ask isn’t whether God exists — but whether the Bible is true? On the last Sunday of 2025, Pastor Will Howell brings a message built around a simple logical structure: if the Bible is true, then we should do what it says. Drawing from 2 Timothy 3, Luke 3, James 1, and Matthew 22, he walks through historical, archaeological, and manuscript evidence for Scripture’s reliability — from King Jehu’s obelisk to the deaths of the disciples — and lands on what that evidence demands: not just agreement, but full submission to God’s Word. The Bible is not just a book to examine — it’s a mirror that reveals your reality and demands a response. And the response it demands is this: love God with everything you have, and love those around you as yourself.</p> <p>What if the most important question you could ask isn’t whether God exists — but whether the Bible is true? On the last Sunday of 2025, Pastor Will Howell brings a message built around a simple logical structure: if the Bible is true, then we should do what it says. Drawing from 2 Timothy 3, Luke 3, James 1, and Matthew 22, he walks through historical, archaeological, and manuscript evidence for Scripture’s reliability — from King Jehu’s obelisk to the deaths of the disciples — and lands on what that evidence demands: not just agreement, but full submission to God’s Word. The Bible is not just a book to examine — it’s a mirror that reveals your reality and demands a response. And the response it demands is this: love God with everything you have, and love those around you as yourself.</p> What if the most important question you could ask isn’t whether God exists — but whether the Bible is true? On the last Sunday of 2025, Pastor Will Howell brings a message built around a simple logical structure: if the Bible is true, then we should do what it says. Drawing from 2 Timothy 3, Luke 3, James 1, and Matthew 22, he walks through historical, archaeological, and manuscript evidence for Scripture’s reliability — from King Jehu’s obelisk to the deaths of the disciples — and lands on what that evidence demands: not just agreement, but full submission to God’s Word. The Bible is not just a book to examine — it’s a mirror that reveals your reality and demands a response. And the response it demands is this: love God with everything you have, and love those around you as yourself.

]]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 1400 14 78d8aafcf4ba1252e4b9e045c0c9d618 no The Greatest Gift Ever Given Jamisen Hancock <p>Every Christmas we shop, wrap, and stress over gifts that break, fade, or end up in a garage sale. But there is one gift that never fades, never breaks, and never stops giving. On the last Sunday before Christmas 2025, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through Isaiah 9:1–7 — written 700 years before Christ — to show four truths about the greatest gift ever given: it came to a dark world, it was given out of extraordinary love, it meets our deepest need (not finances or circumstances, but a Savior who forgives sin), and it demands a response. A gift unopened is still a gift unreceived. Jesus is standing at the door and knocking. The question this Christmas isn’t whether the gift exists — it’s whether you’ll open it.</p> <p>Every Christmas we shop, wrap, and stress over gifts that break, fade, or end up in a garage sale. But there is one gift that never fades, never breaks, and never stops giving. On the last Sunday before Christmas 2025, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through Isaiah 9:1–7 — written 700 years before Christ — to show four truths about the greatest gift ever given: it came to a dark world, it was given out of extraordinary love, it meets our deepest need (not finances or circumstances, but a Savior who forgives sin), and it demands a response. A gift unopened is still a gift unreceived. Jesus is standing at the door and knocking. The question this Christmas isn’t whether the gift exists — it’s whether you’ll open it.</p> Every Christmas we shop, wrap, and stress over gifts that break, fade, or end up in a garage sale. But there is one gift that never fades, never breaks, and never stops giving. On the last Sunday before Christmas 2025, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through Isaiah 9:1–7 — written 700 years before Christ — to show four truths about the greatest gift ever given: it came to a dark world, it was given out of extraordinary love, it meets our deepest need (not finances or circumstances, but a Savior who forgives sin), and it demands a response. A gift unopened is still a gift unreceived. Jesus is standing at the door and knocking. The question this Christmas isn’t whether the gift exists — it’s whether you’ll open it.

]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 1887 15 a040ac0f29c98c4c90dba45d142b6e97 no Are We There Yet Jamisen Hancock <p>The journey to Jesus is rarely a straight line — detours, delays, and dead ends have a way of making us ask, “Are we there yet?” In this closing message from Briarwood’s Family Christmas Program, the wise men’s winding road becomes a mirror for our own. A delay is not a denial, a detour is not a disaster, and no mile is wasted when Jesus is the destination.</p> <p>The journey to Jesus is rarely a straight line — detours, delays, and dead ends have a way of making us ask, “Are we there yet?” In this closing message from Briarwood’s Family Christmas Program, the wise men’s winding road becomes a mirror for our own. A delay is not a denial, a detour is not a disaster, and no mile is wasted when Jesus is the destination.</p> The journey to Jesus is rarely a straight line — detours, delays, and dead ends have a way of making us ask, “Are we there yet?” In this closing message from Briarwood’s Family Christmas Program, the wise men’s winding road becomes a mirror for our own. A delay is not a denial, a detour is not a disaster, and no mile is wasted when Jesus is the destination.

]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 769 16 9d0fbf6b1ac8f2fcb98d5e06474228e4 no Align: Align Your Daily Walk Jamisen Hancock <p>Inspiration happens in moments, but transformation happens in rhythms. In Week 3 of the Align series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Acts 2 and John 15 to challenge us to stop chasing spiritual mountaintop moments and start building daily patterns that keep us connected to God. What we do daily determines what we experience spiritually.</p> <p>Inspiration happens in moments, but transformation happens in rhythms. In Week 3 of the Align series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Acts 2 and John 15 to challenge us to stop chasing spiritual mountaintop moments and start building daily patterns that keep us connected to God. What we do daily determines what we experience spiritually.</p> Inspiration happens in moments, but transformation happens in rhythms. In Week 3 of the Align series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Acts 2 and John 15 to challenge us to stop chasing spiritual mountaintop moments and start building daily patterns that keep us connected to God. What we do daily determines what we experience spiritually.

]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2191 17 a2c31ab97d6e15c3c1daa056ca29044e no Align Your Life With Others Jamisen Hancock <p>God never designed faith to be a solo sport. In the final week of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Ecclesiastes 4 and Hebrews 10 to show that alignment with God requires alignment with God’s people. You are stronger than you think — but weaker than you realize when you’re alone.</p> <p>God never designed faith to be a solo sport. In the final week of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Ecclesiastes 4 and Hebrews 10 to show that alignment with God requires alignment with God’s people. You are stronger than you think — but weaker than you realize when you’re alone.</p> God never designed faith to be a solo sport. In the final week of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Ecclesiastes 4 and Hebrews 10 to show that alignment with God requires alignment with God’s people. You are stronger than you think — but weaker than you realize when you’re alone.

]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1802 18 c0b0f910811bde563aa10da808b20eca no Align Your Priorities Jamisen Hancock <p>You can be moving forward and still be misaligned. In Week 2 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Matthew 6 and Isaiah 58 to show that spiritual strength flows from intentional priorities — not busyness. Put God first and everything else fits the way it was meant to.</p> <p>You can be moving forward and still be misaligned. In Week 2 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Matthew 6 and Isaiah 58 to show that spiritual strength flows from intentional priorities — not busyness. Put God first and everything else fits the way it was meant to.</p> You can be moving forward and still be misaligned. In Week 2 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock uses Matthew 6 and Isaiah 58 to show that spiritual strength flows from intentional priorities — not busyness. Put God first and everything else fits the way it was meant to.

]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1789 19 5ceca7818ec990dd87501aaceeae5230 no Align Your Perspective Jamisen Hancock <p>You don’t need a new life — you need a new perspective. In Week 1 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in Isaiah 43 and challenges us to stop chasing what’s next and start seeing what God is already doing right where we are. See it, release it, declare it.</p> <p>You don’t need a new life — you need a new perspective. In Week 1 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in Isaiah 43 and challenges us to stop chasing what’s next and start seeing what God is already doing right where we are. See it, release it, declare it.</p> You don’t need a new life — you need a new perspective. In Week 1 of Align, Pastor Jamisen Hancock opens in Isaiah 43 and challenges us to stop chasing what’s next and start seeing what God is already doing right where we are. See it, release it, declare it.

]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1841 20 eb8e9764c9213b94baf70698f92e89ef no Into Your Mission Jamisen Hancock <p>God never draws you in just to keep you in. In Week 3 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock closes the series in 1 Kings 19 — where Elijah, fresh off restoration, is immediately sent back out on mission. Commission begins with movement, grows through investing in people, and is fulfilled through surrender. God draws you in for intimacy, calls you up for identity, and sends you out for impact.</p> <p>God never draws you in just to keep you in. In Week 3 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock closes the series in 1 Kings 19 — where Elijah, fresh off restoration, is immediately sent back out on mission. Commission begins with movement, grows through investing in people, and is fulfilled through surrender. God draws you in for intimacy, calls you up for identity, and sends you out for impact.</p> God never draws you in just to keep you in. In Week 3 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock closes the series in 1 Kings 19 — where Elijah, fresh off restoration, is immediately sent back out on mission. Commission begins with movement, grows through investing in people, and is fulfilled through surrender. God draws you in for intimacy, calls you up for identity, and sends you out for impact.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2264 21 b68048d6db5ed3350f298d75e075089a no Into Your Presence Jamisen Hancock <p>Life gets loud — but God speaks in a whisper. In Week 1 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through 1 Kings 19, where Elijah goes from his greatest victory straight into exhaustion and despair — and God meets him there. Not with rebuke or noise, but with rest and a still, small voice. God doesn’t raise his voice to compete with culture; he lowers it to invite closeness.</p> <p>Life gets loud — but God speaks in a whisper. In Week 1 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through 1 Kings 19, where Elijah goes from his greatest victory straight into exhaustion and despair — and God meets him there. Not with rebuke or noise, but with rest and a still, small voice. God doesn’t raise his voice to compete with culture; he lowers it to invite closeness.</p> Life gets loud — but God speaks in a whisper. In Week 1 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through 1 Kings 19, where Elijah goes from his greatest victory straight into exhaustion and despair — and God meets him there. Not with rebuke or noise, but with rest and a still, small voice. God doesn’t raise his voice to compete with culture; he lowers it to invite closeness.

]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2162 22 d3ecadd068ce143849a506711de8d181 no Into Your Purpose Jamisen Hancock <p>In Week 2 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock shows that purpose doesn’t begin when you feel ready—it begins when you say yes. Drawing from 1 Kings 19, Jeremiah 1, and Isaiah 6, this message reveals how God calls the discouraged, the ordinary, and the overlooked into lives of lasting impact. Your obedience today may become someone else’s greatest legacy tomorrow.</p> <p>In Week 2 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock shows that purpose doesn’t begin when you feel ready—it begins when you say yes. Drawing from 1 Kings 19, Jeremiah 1, and Isaiah 6, this message reveals how God calls the discouraged, the ordinary, and the overlooked into lives of lasting impact. Your obedience today may become someone else’s greatest legacy tomorrow.</p> In Week 2 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock shows that purpose doesn’t begin when you feel ready—it begins when you say yes. Drawing from 1 Kings 19, Jeremiah 1, and Isaiah 6, this message reveals how God calls the discouraged, the ordinary, and the overlooked into lives of lasting impact. Your obedience today may become someone else’s greatest legacy tomorrow.

]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1793 23 8b95763e34debaab8df942f5cde26a0f no From the Crowd To the Cross Jamisen Hancock <p>Before launching the “When Love Shows Up” series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock asks the church a hard question: are you in the crowd, or are you carrying a cross? Drawing from Luke 9:23 and John 6, this message challenges us to move beyond admiration of Jesus into daily surrender and committed discipleship. Miracles attract crowds, but crosses reveal disciples — and resurrection power belongs only to those who embrace crucified living.</p> <p>Before launching the “When Love Shows Up” series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock asks the church a hard question: are you in the crowd, or are you carrying a cross? Drawing from Luke 9:23 and John 6, this message challenges us to move beyond admiration of Jesus into daily surrender and committed discipleship. Miracles attract crowds, but crosses reveal disciples — and resurrection power belongs only to those who embrace crucified living.</p> Before launching the “When Love Shows Up” series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock asks the church a hard question: are you in the crowd, or are you carrying a cross? Drawing from Luke 9:23 and John 6, this message challenges us to move beyond admiration of Jesus into daily surrender and committed discipleship. Miracles attract crowds, but crosses reveal disciples — and resurrection power belongs only to those who embrace crucified living.

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2252 24 d1d9fdf84c6c65cdd748bcfed272660c no When Love Shows Up Week 3 Jamisen Hancock <p>Tables have a way of revealing people. In Week 3 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen takes us to the Last Supper in John 13 and Luke 22, where Jesus knelt to wash the feet of a doubter, a denier and a betrayer, and still handed Judas the bread. Love shows up knowing hearts are complicated, serves when it is not deserved, and refuses to become bitter. Everyone at that table failed, but our failures are never greater than His love, and your seat at His table is still there.</p> <p>Tables have a way of revealing people. In Week 3 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen takes us to the Last Supper in John 13 and Luke 22, where Jesus knelt to wash the feet of a doubter, a denier and a betrayer, and still handed Judas the bread. Love shows up knowing hearts are complicated, serves when it is not deserved, and refuses to become bitter. Everyone at that table failed, but our failures are never greater than His love, and your seat at His table is still there.</p> Tables have a way of revealing people. In Week 3 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen takes us to the Last Supper in John 13 and Luke 22, where Jesus knelt to wash the feet of a doubter, a denier and a betrayer, and still handed Judas the bread. Love shows up knowing hearts are complicated, serves when it is not deserved, and refuses to become bitter. Everyone at that table failed, but our failures are never greater than His love, and your seat at His table is still there.

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1874 25 e294b1914f6c00f9837abec14d03dbb0 no When Love Shows Up Week 1 Jamisen Hancock <p>Before there was a resurrection, there was a wilderness. In Week 1 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen opens Luke 4, where the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness and He answers every temptation with 'It is written.' For the believer walking in obedience, the wilderness is not punishment but preparation, and what God builds in private He displays in public. We are not fighting for victory; we are fighting from victory.</p> <p>Before there was a resurrection, there was a wilderness. In Week 1 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen opens Luke 4, where the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness and He answers every temptation with 'It is written.' For the believer walking in obedience, the wilderness is not punishment but preparation, and what God builds in private He displays in public. We are not fighting for victory; we are fighting from victory.</p> Before there was a resurrection, there was a wilderness. In Week 1 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen opens Luke 4, where the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness and He answers every temptation with 'It is written.' For the believer walking in obedience, the wilderness is not punishment but preparation, and what God builds in private He displays in public. We are not fighting for victory; we are fighting from victory.

]]> Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1969 26 36b77f960c7e37180f97e46739fb7269 no When Love Shows Up Week 2 Jamisen Hancock <p>Storms reveal what we really believe. In Week 2 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through Mark 4, where the disciples, right where Jesus told them to be, wake Him in a sinking boat and ask, 'Teacher, don't you care?' Following Jesus does not mean avoiding storms, and His silence never means His absence; one word from Him changes everything. Sometimes Jesus calms the storm and sometimes He calms us in it, but either way, fear does not get the final word.</p> <p>Storms reveal what we really believe. In Week 2 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through Mark 4, where the disciples, right where Jesus told them to be, wake Him in a sinking boat and ask, 'Teacher, don't you care?' Following Jesus does not mean avoiding storms, and His silence never means His absence; one word from Him changes everything. Sometimes Jesus calms the storm and sometimes He calms us in it, but either way, fear does not get the final word.</p> Storms reveal what we really believe. In Week 2 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through Mark 4, where the disciples, right where Jesus told them to be, wake Him in a sinking boat and ask, 'Teacher, don't you care?' Following Jesus does not mean avoiding storms, and His silence never means His absence; one word from Him changes everything. Sometimes Jesus calms the storm and sometimes He calms us in it, but either way, fear does not get the final word.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2005 27 f0faed2797287097cc23cb01d107c3ad no When Love Shows Up Week 4 Jamisen Hancock <p>The nails did not hold Jesus to the cross; love did. On Palm Sunday, in Week 4 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through the crucifixion in John 19 and shows that the cross is not decoration but the greatest picture of love the world has ever seen. Jesus paid the full price, forgave us while we were still breaking it, and broke the power of death so new life is possible. The cross is not just a moment to admire; it is an invitation to lay down sin and shame and receive what He has already finished.</p> <p>The nails did not hold Jesus to the cross; love did. On Palm Sunday, in Week 4 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through the crucifixion in John 19 and shows that the cross is not decoration but the greatest picture of love the world has ever seen. Jesus paid the full price, forgave us while we were still breaking it, and broke the power of death so new life is possible. The cross is not just a moment to admire; it is an invitation to lay down sin and shame and receive what He has already finished.</p> The nails did not hold Jesus to the cross; love did. On Palm Sunday, in Week 4 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through the crucifixion in John 19 and shows that the cross is not decoration but the greatest picture of love the world has ever seen. Jesus paid the full price, forgave us while we were still breaking it, and broke the power of death so new life is possible. The cross is not just a moment to admire; it is an invitation to lay down sin and shame and receive what He has already finished.

]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2041 28 331995aa3de25c398fe5beb6d61067e4 no When Love Shows Up - Easter Sunday Jamisen Hancock <p>Mary came to the tomb expecting to mourn, but love had already shown up. On Easter Sunday, the final week of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through John 20 and shows that God does His best work in the dark, rolls away the stones we cannot move, and calls each of us by name. If the grave could not hold Jesus, your chains cannot hold you. At the cross love stayed, but out of the grave love won.</p> <p>Mary came to the tomb expecting to mourn, but love had already shown up. On Easter Sunday, the final week of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through John 20 and shows that God does His best work in the dark, rolls away the stones we cannot move, and calls each of us by name. If the grave could not hold Jesus, your chains cannot hold you. At the cross love stayed, but out of the grave love won.</p> Mary came to the tomb expecting to mourn, but love had already shown up. On Easter Sunday, the final week of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through John 20 and shows that God does His best work in the dark, rolls away the stones we cannot move, and calls each of us by name. If the grave could not hold Jesus, your chains cannot hold you. At the cross love stayed, but out of the grave love won.

]]> Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1622 29 3dee4e737da81f160550b9cf76892bf3 no Don't Waste Your Waiting Jamisen Hancock <p>Pastor Jamisen is back after camp week, and he brings a message that hits right where a lot of us live. Using Jeremiah 29 — the full chapter, not just the verse on your coffee mug — he unpacks what God was actually saying to Israel while they were stuck in Babylon for 70 years: don't press pause on your life just because you're in a season you didn't choose. Through four practical challenges — build, bless, trust, and seek while you wait — Pastor Jamisen reminds us that our waiting seasons aren't wasted seasons. God is doing some of His deepest work in us right in the middle of the delay.</p> <p>Pastor Jamisen is back after camp week, and he brings a message that hits right where a lot of us live. Using Jeremiah 29 — the full chapter, not just the verse on your coffee mug — he unpacks what God was actually saying to Israel while they were stuck in Babylon for 70 years: don't press pause on your life just because you're in a season you didn't choose. Through four practical challenges — build, bless, trust, and seek while you wait — Pastor Jamisen reminds us that our waiting seasons aren't wasted seasons. God is doing some of His deepest work in us right in the middle of the delay.</p> Pastor Jamisen is back after camp week, and he brings a message that hits right where a lot of us live. Using Jeremiah 29 — the full chapter, not just the verse on your coffee mug — he unpacks what God was actually saying to Israel while they were stuck in Babylon for 70 years: don't press pause on your life just because you're in a season you didn't choose. Through four practical challenges — build, bless, trust, and seek while you wait — Pastor Jamisen reminds us that our waiting seasons aren't wasted seasons. God is doing some of His deepest work in us right in the middle of the delay.

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2343 30 4ffa5462e3157ff28945837a0f958c10 no Be A Refresher <p>Drawing from 2 Timothy 1, pastor Ben Graves unpacks the obscure but powerful example of Onesiphorus — a normal, non-platform man who tracked</p><p> down the imprisoned Paul and refreshed him when everyone else walked away. Through five points (stay, don't be ashamed, pursue, be consistent,  </p><p> make eternal impact), the sermon challenges the church to be intentional refreshers to broken, hurting, and overlooked people</p> <p>Drawing from 2 Timothy 1, pastor Ben Graves unpacks the obscure but powerful example of Onesiphorus — a normal, non-platform man who tracked</p><p> down the imprisoned Paul and refreshed him when everyone else walked away. Through five points (stay, don't be ashamed, pursue, be consistent,  </p><p> make eternal impact), the sermon challenges the church to be intentional refreshers to broken, hurting, and overlooked people</p> Drawing from 2 Timothy 1, pastor Ben Graves unpacks the obscure but powerful example of Onesiphorus — a normal, non-platform man who tracked

 down the imprisoned Paul and refreshed him when everyone else walked away. Through five points (stay, don't be ashamed, pursue, be consistent,  

 make eternal impact), the sermon challenges the church to be intentional refreshers to broken, hurting, and overlooked people

]]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2391 31 543b53fbe9f681decb87350ea900f806 no Seek The Creator <p>Using the illustration of training a horse over many years, pastor Brandon Booker delivers a three-point sermon: God as Creator (1) understands your life is a process, (2) sees a masterpiece where others see a mess, and (3) has already determined your value — not you. Anchored in Colossians 1 and the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7, the message calls listeners to stop defining their own worth and trust that the cross already settled it.</p> <p>Using the illustration of training a horse over many years, pastor Brandon Booker delivers a three-point sermon: God as Creator (1) understands your life is a process, (2) sees a masterpiece where others see a mess, and (3) has already determined your value — not you. Anchored in Colossians 1 and the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7, the message calls listeners to stop defining their own worth and trust that the cross already settled it.</p> Using the illustration of training a horse over many years, pastor Brandon Booker delivers a three-point sermon: God as Creator (1) understands your life is a process, (2) sees a masterpiece where others see a mess, and (3) has already determined your value — not you. Anchored in Colossians 1 and the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7, the message calls listeners to stop defining their own worth and trust that the cross already settled it.

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2023 32 8c068363cfe4290fdbaaae55e1da3f61 no Voices - Cut Through the Noise The Loudest Voice Wins Jamisen Hancock <p>Life gets louder in the summer, and the loudest voice usually wins. In Week 1 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through Matthew 14, where Peter walks on the water until the voice of the storm grows louder than the voice of the Savior. We are always being discipled by something, and the voice we trust determines the life we walk in. Turn down the noise and turn up the voice of God, starting with five minutes in the Word and five minutes of prayer, five days a week.</p> <p>Life gets louder in the summer, and the loudest voice usually wins. In Week 1 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through Matthew 14, where Peter walks on the water until the voice of the storm grows louder than the voice of the Savior. We are always being discipled by something, and the voice we trust determines the life we walk in. Turn down the noise and turn up the voice of God, starting with five minutes in the Word and five minutes of prayer, five days a week.</p> Life gets louder in the summer, and the loudest voice usually wins. In Week 1 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through Matthew 14, where Peter walks on the water until the voice of the storm grows louder than the voice of the Savior. We are always being discipled by something, and the voice we trust determines the life we walk in. Turn down the noise and turn up the voice of God, starting with five minutes in the Word and five minutes of prayer, five days a week.

]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1682 33 c7b53d45b16bda6bf9851089a2194ed9 no Voices - Cut Through the Noise The Voice Of God Jamisen Hancock <p>God still speaks; the question is whether we have gotten quiet enough to hear Him. In the final week of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through 1 Samuel 3, where young Samuel hears God call his name and does not recognize the voice until Eli teaches him to answer, Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. God's voice is personal, it never contradicts His Word, and it leads by invitation, not intimidation. Turn the noise down, open the Word, lean into prayer, and make room to listen.</p> <p>God still speaks; the question is whether we have gotten quiet enough to hear Him. In the final week of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through 1 Samuel 3, where young Samuel hears God call his name and does not recognize the voice until Eli teaches him to answer, Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. God's voice is personal, it never contradicts His Word, and it leads by invitation, not intimidation. Turn the noise down, open the Word, lean into prayer, and make room to listen.</p> God still speaks; the question is whether we have gotten quiet enough to hear Him. In the final week of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through 1 Samuel 3, where young Samuel hears God call his name and does not recognize the voice until Eli teaches him to answer, Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. God's voice is personal, it never contradicts His Word, and it leads by invitation, not intimidation. Turn the noise down, open the Word, lean into prayer, and make room to listen.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2265 34 566b3bc2b042429ca605f169146358e9 no Voices - Cut Through the Noise Father's Day Jamisen Hancock <p>The voice your family hears the most will shape the future they live. On Father's Day, Pastor Jamisen honors his late father and turns to Deuteronomy 6 and to Nehemiah rebuilding the wall in Nehemiah 4, where a leader's voice gave God's people courage under pressure. Whatever voice you were given growing up, you get to decide the voice you become. Your family does not need a perfect parent, just a present one whose voice protects them, shapes who they become, and points them to God.</p> <p>The voice your family hears the most will shape the future they live. On Father's Day, Pastor Jamisen honors his late father and turns to Deuteronomy 6 and to Nehemiah rebuilding the wall in Nehemiah 4, where a leader's voice gave God's people courage under pressure. Whatever voice you were given growing up, you get to decide the voice you become. Your family does not need a perfect parent, just a present one whose voice protects them, shapes who they become, and points them to God.</p> The voice your family hears the most will shape the future they live. On Father's Day, Pastor Jamisen honors his late father and turns to Deuteronomy 6 and to Nehemiah rebuilding the wall in Nehemiah 4, where a leader's voice gave God's people courage under pressure. Whatever voice you were given growing up, you get to decide the voice you become. Your family does not need a perfect parent, just a present one whose voice protects them, shapes who they become, and points them to God.

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2383 35 d00fff563c888a143e8ce77b25416aef no Voices - Cut Through the Noise The Voice Of Lies Jamisen Hancock <p>Just because a voice is loud does not make it true. In Week 2 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen goes back to the garden in Genesis 3 and to Jesus in the wilderness in Matthew 4 to show that the enemy does not defeat us by force; he deceives us with lies, and he still uses the same old playbook. A lie has no power over you until you agree with it. Recognize the lie, replace it with God's truth, and repeat that truth until it becomes the loudest voice in your life.</p> <p>Just because a voice is loud does not make it true. In Week 2 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen goes back to the garden in Genesis 3 and to Jesus in the wilderness in Matthew 4 to show that the enemy does not defeat us by force; he deceives us with lies, and he still uses the same old playbook. A lie has no power over you until you agree with it. Recognize the lie, replace it with God's truth, and repeat that truth until it becomes the loudest voice in your life.</p> Just because a voice is loud does not make it true. In Week 2 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen goes back to the garden in Genesis 3 and to Jesus in the wilderness in Matthew 4 to show that the enemy does not defeat us by force; he deceives us with lies, and he still uses the same old playbook. A lie has no power over you until you agree with it. Recognize the lie, replace it with God's truth, and repeat that truth until it becomes the loudest voice in your life.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2016 36 39b92d53bed88382335af6dc807eecde no Voices - Cut Through the Noise The Voice Of Shame Jamisen Hancock <p>Guilt says I did something wrong; shame says I am something wrong. In Week 3 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen looks at two women in Scripture, one carrying hidden shame in the crowd in Luke 8 and one dragged into public shame in John 8, and shows that Jesus responds to both the same way. He interrupts our hiding, silences every accusing voice, and speaks the only word that matters over who we are. The only voice qualified to condemn you has chosen to forgive you.</p> <p>Guilt says I did something wrong; shame says I am something wrong. In Week 3 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen looks at two women in Scripture, one carrying hidden shame in the crowd in Luke 8 and one dragged into public shame in John 8, and shows that Jesus responds to both the same way. He interrupts our hiding, silences every accusing voice, and speaks the only word that matters over who we are. The only voice qualified to condemn you has chosen to forgive you.</p> Guilt says I did something wrong; shame says I am something wrong. In Week 3 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen looks at two women in Scripture, one carrying hidden shame in the crowd in Luke 8 and one dragged into public shame in John 8, and shows that Jesus responds to both the same way. He interrupts our hiding, silences every accusing voice, and speaks the only word that matters over who we are. The only voice qualified to condemn you has chosen to forgive you.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2271 37 0fbaf6d842ac7eedc35739840b29a82e no