Sermons

This week we returned to our Prophets of the Kingdom series. It’s time for our church to begin nominating people from within the church to take on the role of elder and join Garden City’s spiritual leadership team. Pastor Dennis walked through a quick biblical theology of eldership starting in Exodus and ending in 1… Read...

Easter isn’t just about what happened to Jesus—it’s about what’s possible for us. This Easter, Pastor Dennis explores how resurrection invites us to remember who we are, rise to new life, and live like God’s Kingdom is breaking in right now. The empty tomb means death doesn’t get the final word—and neither do fear, shame,… Read...

It’s Palm Sunday and Jesus arrives in Jerusalem. The people are ready to inaugurate Him as Israel’s conquering King, one who will overthrow Rome’s oppressive rule, liberating them from their godless occupier. But, as Pastor Shaq Hager prophetically communicates, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, sees the city, and weeps. He knows that the thing the people… Read...

In the fifth week of our Lent series, Carrie Buckner talks about justice as a natural outgrowth of fasting, repentance, confession, and renewal. This week, we talked about the biblical call to justice and righteousness, emphasizing restorative justice, which involves uplifting the oppressed and vulnerable. Justice can be practiced on individual, community, and societal levels,… Read...

This week, Dennis Allan walks through the story of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at a well and how this woman’s interaction with Jesus leads to her renewal. In and through Jesus her longings, desires, will, actions, and thoughts are made new. This story is the kind of story available to every person who professes… Read...

Confession is more than words – it’s about the posture of our hearts. In this sermon, Julia Allan walks through a story in Luke where a woman with a troubled past pours out her love at Jesus’ feet. Through her actions, we see that true confession brings freedom, not condemnation, and that forgiveness leads to… Read...