March 2nd, 2025 Pastor Ken Daniel 9:4-5 (NIV) I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed : “Lord, the great and awesome God, who deeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your command and laws.” You often hear me say that, in the New Testament, the word “confess” is synonymous with agreement. The same idea exists in the Old Testament, but with a tw

The Parable of the Talents Pastor David In Matthew 25, Jesus tells the Parable of the Talents. In the story, three servants are given different amounts of money to take care of while their master goes away on a trip. Two of the servants do well and double what they were given. The third servant, though, is afraid and decides to bury the money so he won’t lose it. When the master returns, he praises the two servants who grew what they were given, but the third servant has the

Humility Pastor Joy The Oxford Dictionary defines humility as possessing a modest view of one’s worth or importance. For Christians, humility does not mean undervaluing oneself but prioritizing others above oneself. It involves placing others' needs before our own. True humility reflects a balanced attitude—valuing oneself while genuinely caring for the needs of others. Jesus demonstrated that humility was not a passive characteristic, but rather it was a choice. He washed fe

Homesick for Heaven Pastor Rachael The week that I was writing our weekly devotionals, the song Homesick for Heaven by Phil Wickham came on the K-LOVE radio station SO MANY TIMES. That’s when I decided I wanted to dive deeper into what that song meant, instead of just listening to it. The Bible reminds us in Philippians 3:20 that “ our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ” which means that although we live our daily lives

Where are you Living? Pastor Ken Mark 12:28-34 (NIV)One of the teachers of the law…asked [Jesus], "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these."    "Wel

January 26th, 2026 Pastor David Yesterday we had our annual business meeting where the board and the staff had the chance to be transparent with the income and spending done by the church in 2025. Which makes this a great time to examine our generosity. You can debate whether we are to give a tithe to the church under the new covenant we’re in, but you can’t debate that we have a mandate to be generous whether that is a lot of generosity or a little (2 Corinthians 9:6-7-Remem

January 19th, 2026 Pastor Joy The Bible Recap Study has just begun, you are about 3 weeks in and your New Years Resolutions are still going strong! Things are looking up! Life is on track! 1. Read my bible every day 2. Eat healthy 3. Exercise 5 days a week 4. No yelling at the dinner table 5. No speeding on Hewitt Dr. 6. Get straight A’s this semester Oh, wait...oh no! The transmission just went out in my car, my kid just got sick for the 3rd time in 4 weeks, another fight wi

You are a Miracle Waiting to Happen Pastor Rachael Today I would like to share with you an excerpt from a book that I am reading titled You are a Miracle Waiting to Happen by Ken Houts. You are doing everything you know to do to be a good Christian. You go to church every week (sometimes three times a week). You pray and read God’s Word, but you are still dry. Now the “dry bones” are not bad folks at all. In fact, most of the dry bones I find are really good church folks! The

The Genealogy of Christ Pastor Ken Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV) Forgetting what is behind and straining forward toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew opens with the genealogy of Christ and if you look closely you will discover that His family tree is full of peculiar, irresponsible, and contemptable people; everything from liars and philanderers to murderers and prostitutes.

The Greatest Evidence of God’s Love Pastor David It’s Christmas week! You might be looking forward to spending time with family or opening gifts or even just sitting on the couch watching hallmark Christmas movies, but this week is also a time to remember that God loves us. We celebrate the birth of our savior, which is evidence of this. Probably the most popular verse out there (John 3:16) attests to this: John 3:16-“For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one an

December Devotional Today marks day 349 of your bible reading plan. You have 16 days left until the year is over. This means you have 16 days until you start reading in Genesis as we start to read through scripture together in January. Many of us will have New Year’s resolutions. This might be the most important one you can resolve to achieve: read, study, and meditate on the Word of God in 2026. Let's do this together! The following devotional comes from Gretchen Martin, wee

The Lord is My Shepherd Pastor Rachael When asked, a lot of Christians say that their favorite passage(s) of Scripture is Psalm 23. While it may seem cheesy, I have to agree with them. The first time this passage of Scripture really stuck with me was at my mother’s funeral back in 2021. I read it as a part of her eulogy: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in path

December 1, 2025 Pastor Ken The National Retail Federation predicts that, this year, holiday spending will surpass $1 trillion. That said, I’ve always felt that gift-giving was more than just spending money; there’s a diplomacy to it because through the gift you’re revealing yourself to the recipient. In the book of I Samuel there are two young men, David, and Jonathan. Despite being on opposite ends of the social spectrum (David is a shepherd and Jonathan is a prince), they

Blue Belt Blues Pastor David In Brazilian Jiujitsu there is something called the blue belt blues. There’s a study that shows that for every 10 white belts that start jiujitsu, 1 will make it to blue belt. Then that single blue belt comes across those blue belt blues. A lot of the time the upper who were letting them work at white belt are now no longer holding back and allowing them to work anymore. And as a blue belt, this person now has a target on their back that every whi

November Devotional 2025 Good Morning HCC Family! Today is Day 321 of your bible reading plan. You’ve got 44 days left and then you’ll have read through the entire Bible! Congratulations! What an awesome thing to accomplish. My prayer and hope is that you are learning more about the character of God and you are also unlearning things that weren’t true to begin with. That can be difficult, so give yourself grace. Keep reading, be steadfast, pursue the Lord! Turn Your Eyes Upon

Veteran’s Day Pastor Rachael John 15:12-13 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” Many people get Veterans Day and Memorial Day confused. Memorial Day is to remember those who have served, who have passed on (In Memory Of…). Veterans Day is to remember those who have served and who are still with us. It is a day to say thank you for their service and their sacr

Pastor Ken Leviticus 25:18-19 (NIV) Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. Then the land...

Faithfulness Pastor David In the genealogy of Jesus found in Matthew 1, there are three individuals mentioned who are not of Jewish/Israelite decent. They are Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. Tamar (a Canaanite) was the daughter-in-law, twice over, to Judah. According to Israelite custom, since Judah’s first two sons died before providing an heir to Tamar, it was up to Judah to give his youngest son to Tamar when he was of age. That time came and went, and Tamar knew it wouldn’t happe

Church family! Welcome to Day 293! You have 72 days left for reading through the entire Bible in a year! You’ve completed the Old...

Columbus Day Pastor Rachael As today is Columbus Day, I would like to share this short Columbus Day prayer with you. Dear Heavenly...