Living Hope Church

Living Hope Church All are welcome! Sundays
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Contemporary Worship
11:00 am Contemporary Worship

06/07/2026
Volunteers or Desserts Would Be Great!We are taking two shifts at the local food ministry, Monday June 1st and Monday Ju...
06/04/2026

Volunteers or Desserts Would Be Great!

We are taking two shifts at the local food ministry, Monday June 1st and Monday June 22nd. We could use help with prep or clean up or a donation of some home-made desserts. Please contact Jeanne at [email protected] to be involved.

Drawing from John 4:43–54, our message on Sunday centered on the story of royal official who made a challenging 25-mile ...
06/02/2026

Drawing from John 4:43–54, our message on Sunday centered on the story of royal official who made a challenging 25-mile journey over mountainous terrain to beg Jesus to heal his dying son. This father willingly ignored his higher social status, refused to delegate the task to a servant, and repeatedly pleaded with Jesus in a way that conveyed the full weight of his need. Far from being a weakness, this desperation became the very thing that launched his faith. We were reminded that all of us are, at our core, desperate for Jesus — whether we feel it in the moment or not.

We considered a key distinction between believing who Jesus is versus believing what He can actually do in our daily lives. The official first believed in Jesus' power before he fully believed in His person, in who He was, the Messiah come to redeem the lost. We considered that modern believers tend to have the reverse problem: we affirm Christ's identity and saving work theologically, but fail to let Him into the practical, messy, desperate moments of our lives. Jesus' healing of the boy — from a distance, at the exact moment He spoke — confirmed both His authority and His compassion, and resulted in the official's entire household coming to faith.

We closed with a passionate call to stop treating Jesus as a distant spectator and to fully and practically embrace Him as our indwelling God. Rather than focusing on the size of our problems, the congregation was challenged to "stop telling Jesus how big your problem is, and start telling your problem how big Jesus is." True faith isn't just bringing our burdens to Jesus — it's obeying His Word, picking up our faith, and allowing Him to mature us. The altar call invited people to run to Jesus in their moments of desperation rather than deferring, delegating, or remaining stuck in analysis.

Jesus is with you - this week - in the rhythm and challenges of your daily life - never forget who He is and what He does in our lives. -Pastor Shad

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This Sunday in John’s Gospel, another scene opened and the curtain was pulled back once again on who Jesus truly is.John...
05/27/2026

This Sunday in John’s Gospel, another scene opened and the curtain was pulled back once again on who Jesus truly is.

John brings us to a well in Samaria where Jesus meets a woman carrying shame, confusion, disappointment, and deep spiritual thirst. And in that conversation, we are reminded that Jesus sees people more deeply than anyone else ever can — and still moves toward them with grace and truth.

One of the striking parts of this passage is the contrast between Nicodemus in John 3 and the Samaritan woman in John 4. Nicodemus comes at night — respected, educated, morally serious, a teacher of Israel. The Samaritan woman arrives in the middle of the day — socially rejected, spiritually confused, and carrying a painful past. From the outside, these two people could not seem more different.

And yet both are thirsty.

That contrast matters because John is showing us something important about the human condition. Religious achievement cannot satisfy the soul any more than worldly escape can. Both the insider and the outsider stand in need of the same thing: the life that only Jesus can give.

Throughout the sermon, we traced the theme of living water through Scripture and through the Gospel of John itself. Again and again, Jesus presents Himself as the fulfillment of humanity’s deepest longing. He is not merely offering better behavior, moral improvement, or religious activity. He offers life with God Himself.

The Samaritan woman came looking for ordinary water and found herself standing before the Messiah.

And maybe that is part of why this story continues to resonate so deeply. Many people are exhausted from returning again and again to things that never truly satisfy. But Jesus still speaks the same invitation today: “Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again.” - Pastor Shad

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This past Sunday, we sat in a tension most of us know well—the feeling that we’re not enough. Not strong enough, not fai...
05/06/2026

This past Sunday, we sat in a tension most of us know well—the feeling that we’re not enough. Not strong enough, not faithful enough, not consistent enough. And if everything depends on us, that’s a heavy place to live. Then we come to John 2 and find a scene that feels surprisingly familiar. At a wedding in Cana, the wine runs out. It’s a small detail, but in that moment it’s everything—the celebration is about to fall flat because there simply isn’t enough. And that’s exactly where Jesus steps in.

He takes ordinary water, set aside in jars for purification, and turns it into something entirely new—not just enough to get by, but the best wine. Abundant, overflowing, better than what came before. John tells us this is a sign, a window into who Jesus is. He meets people right at the point of lack and doesn’t just patch things up—He brings something better. And that’s the good news for us. Our lives aren’t held together by finally becoming enough; they’re held together by trusting the One who already is. Jesus is enough—for your real life, your real struggles, your real need—and often it’s right in the places where we’ve run out that we begin to see Him most clearly. - Pastor Shad

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