Likewise Church

08/30/2026

Today was a beautiful picture of Acts 2:42. We devoted ourselves to the apostles’ teaching, to prayer, to breaking bread, and to fellowship!

After 24 hours of prayer, we gathered to celebrate our Lord and all He has done! What a joy it has been to live and love Likewise for these past two years!

And as we begin a 40-day fast tomorrow, our prayer is that we would humble ourselves before our Lord and seek His face together. May He prepare our hearts for this next year of living likewise: devoted to Him, attentive to His voice, and ready to join Him in His will and His work.

Here’s to another year of seeking Him together. May everything we do point back to Jesus!!

08/27/2026

This Sunday, August 30th, 10:00am at the Campgrounds

This Sunday will be a little different—and we’re looking forward to it!

It’s a 5th Sunday, so as we normally do, with a little extra celebration, we’ll gather together at the campgrounds for fellowship, communion, baptisms, food, and prayer.

Bring a dish to share, but even more importantly, prepare your heart to come ready to pray with one another, care for one another, and seek God together.

As we gather, let’s ask Him to show us who He is calling us to serve, who He is calling us to walk beside, and what it looks like for us to devote ourselves to one another as the church we see in Acts 2.

Together, we’ll give thanks for God’s faithfulness over this past year and continue to depend on Him for His leading as we celebrate another year of living Likewise.

Come ready to celebrate. Come ready to pray. Come ready to serve. Come ready to seek Him together.

08/21/2026

This Sunday at Likewise

Kingdom Come
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25–37

When you hear the word “neighbor,” who do you think about? Maybe the person who lives next door, someone you work with, or even someone you see at church. But Jesus takes this conversation somewhere much deeper. The question isn’t simply figuring out who our neighbor is—it’s whether we are willing to be a neighbor.
The lawyer wanted to define the limits of his responsibility, but Jesus shows us a Kingdom where love doesn’t look for limits; it looks for opportunities to serve, sacrifice, and show mercy.

The Samaritan didn’t simply notice someone in need—he stopped, moved toward him, and did something about it. That is what discipleship looks like. When God’s Kingdom comes into our lives, it changes the way we see people and the way we respond to their needs. We stop asking, “Do I have to?” and start asking, “How can I love?”

And Jesus doesn’t leave us with this story simply to admire the Samaritan. He ends with a command: “You go, and do likewise.” In other words, live this way. Be the neighbor. Show mercy. Move toward people. Put your faith into action.
Kingdom Come is not just something we believe—it is something we live.

So the challenge for us today is simple:
Will we be people who see the need, step toward it, and go and “Live Likewise”?

See you Sunday at Likewise,
Pastor Josh

08/17/2026

08/13/2026

This Sunday, at Likewise

Kingdom Come
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18:21–35

Forgiveness is such a difficult topic to discuss. We all want to receive it, but giving it, is hard.

What do you do when someone hurts you, and especially when they keep doing it?
Peter comes to Jesus with this question: “How many times do I have to forgive?”

Peter is looking for a limit, but Jesus gives him a Kingdom lifestyle. Jesus then tells a story about a servant who owes an impossible debt. The king has compassion, forgives the debt, and sets him free. But that same servant turns around and refuses to show compassion to someone who owes him far less.

Jesus exposes the problem: he received the King’s mercy, but he wasn’t living like the Kingdom had come.

That’s the challenge of discipleship. Kingdom Come doesn’t just change where we’re going—it changes who we’re becoming. When we understand the mercy and compassion we’ve received from the King, that same mercy should begin to shape how we see, love, and forgive the people who hurt us.

So the question isn’t simply, “Who do I need to forgive?” The deeper question is, “Has the compassion of the King changed the way I see and treat others?”
Because when Kingdom Come reaches our hearts, forgiven people become forgiving people.

See you this Sunday at Likewise,
Pastor Josh

08/06/2026

This Sunday, at Likewise

Kingdom Come
The Parable of the Friend at Midnight
Luke 11:1–13

The disciples had seen Jesus preach with authority, perform miracles, and cast out demons. Yet the only thing they specifically asked Him to teach them was this:
"Lord, teach us to pray."
They understood that everything Jesus did flowed from His relationship with the Father and His intimacy with Him.

Prayer is more than a discipline of discipleship—it reveals the heart of a disciple. It exposes what we truly depend on, what we value most, and who we trust. We may claim to follow Jesus, but our prayer lives often reveal whether we are relying on ourselves or living in dependence on God.

In Luke 11, Jesus teaches that prayer is about far more than asking for things. It is about seeking the Father's will, trusting His character, and pursuing His Kingdom. Before a disciple's faith is seen in action, it is first shaped in prayer.

As we continue our Kingdom Come series, this passage invites us to look beyond our words and examine our hearts.
Am I praying for my kingdom to come.....or for His?

Jesus invites His disciples—and us—not merely to say prayers, but to become people whose lives are shaped by continual communion with the Father. The Kingdom advances through disciples who pray because they know they cannot live the Christian life apart from God's presence and power.

Looking forward to this Sunday at Likewise,
Pastor Josh

08/03/2026

What an amazing evening to study Jesus together!

07/30/2026

This Sunday, at Likewise

Kingdom Come
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31

We live in a world that measures success by what we can accumulate—our income, our possessions, our comfort, our influence. We assume that if life is going well on the outside, then everything must be well on the inside. But Jesus tells a story that completely turns those assumptions upside down.

In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus pulls back the curtain between this life and eternity. One man had everything the world admired. The other had nothing the world valued. Yet when both died, everything changed. The one who seemed blessed was separated from God, while the one who was ignored and forgotten was welcomed into eternal comfort.

This isn’t a parable about wealth versus poverty. It’s about a heart that trusted in temporary treasures instead of God. The rich man wasn’t condemned because he was rich—he was condemned because his life revealed no love for God and no compassion for those made in God’s image. Lazarus wasn’t saved because he was poor—he was saved because his hope rested in the Lord.

The Kingdom of God has always challenged the values of this world. God’s Kingdom calls us to see people differently, hold possessions loosely, and live with eternity in view. True disciples don’t simply ask, “How much do I have?” They ask, “How am I using what God has entrusted to me for His glory and for others?”

Looking forward to opening up this parable this Sunday at Likewise.

Pastor Josh

Remember: THIS SUNDAY we will have Breaking Bread & Communion.