Gulf Coast Community Church

09/05/2026

WHEN SOMEONE LIVES RENT-FREE IN YOUR HEAD
Have you ever had someone who wronged you continue to live rent-free in your head?

You rehearse the conversation. You remember the offense. You imagine what they might say next. Before long, the conflict occupies far more of your attention than you ever intended to give it.

I have.

Paul’s words in Philippians 4:4–9 were written to a church dealing with real conflict. His counsel is surprisingly practical.

This Sunday in worship, we’ll pick right up where Zach concluded last week and consider how Paul’s instructions to a church in conflict can help form us into people who forgive from the heart.

Jerry

08/15/2026

FOLLOWING IN THE WAY OF FORGIVENESS
Jesus tells His disciples to forgive even when someone sins against them repeatedly. Their immediate response is understandable: “Increase our faith!”

But what if forgiving well doesn’t require some extraordinary kind of faith available only to spiritual giants? What if it requires discipleship—a life in which we are formed over time to obey Jesus?

This Sunday as we explore Luke 17:1-10 and Matthew 28:18-20 we’ll look at how baptism, worship, prayer, communion, and the examples of other Christians can cultivate habits of forgiveness and unlearn habits of bitterness, vengeance, and retaliation.

We cannot prepare for every conflict or tragedy. But we can be formed into a people prepared to face them as followers of Jesus.

Join us in worship and in the journey of becoming a forgiving people.

Jerry

08/01/2026

THE GREATEST GIFT THE CHURCH CAN GIVE THE WORLD
Just two days after the horrific Charleston church shooting (2015), grieving family members stood before their loved ones’ murderer and spoke words of forgiveness. They did not deny their pain. They did not deny his evil. But they offered forgiveness.

They gave the world a gift that day.

We live in a world that knows how to expose evil and punish evil – but often has no idea what to do after that.

What if one of the greatest gifts the Church can offer the world is a model of forgiveness? Not the kind that ignores evil or pretends it never happened, but the kind that is learned at the Cross.

Join us this Sunday as we continue our Cultivating Forgiveness series and discover how the Cross teaches us what forgiveness really looks like.

Jerry

07/29/2026

We live in a world that constantly pulls at our attention.

There is always another notification, another responsibility, another reason to keep moving. Even our prayers can become rushed and distracted.

Yet throughout Scripture, we see God's people stopping to seek Him together. Not because He needs our attention, but because we need His presence.

Some of the deepest prayers in the Bible aren't simply prayers to admire. They're prayers to pray.

This Fifth Wednesday, we'll spend an evening praying through the prayers of Paul, singing together, opening God's Word, and asking Him to shape us into the people He is calling us to become.

If you've been weary, distracted, or simply longing to slow down and seek the Lord with your church family, we'd love for you to join us.

📍 Wednesday, July 29
🕖 7:00 to 8:15 PM
👶 Childcare provided

"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ... may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better."
Ephesians 1:17

07/25/2026

HAS THE CROSS CHANGED YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF JUSTICE?
Has the cross changed more than your eternity?

Has it changed the way you think about justice... mercy... and forgiveness?

Most of us assume forgiveness means overlooking wrongs or pretending everything is okay. But Scripture paints a far richer—and far more demanding—picture. The cross doesn't abolish justice; it transforms it for those who have received God's grace.

This Sunday we begin a new series, Cultivating Forgiveness, by exploring a foundational question: What does it mean to forgive as a Christian?

Join us Sunday at 10:00 as we discover why forgiveness is hard, why it is rooted in grace, and why it is necessary for everyone who has been forgiven.

Jerry

07/16/2026

Does work have a purpose beyond making a living? As followers of Christ, surely our theology of work goes beyond Paul’s exhortation to the Thessalonian church, “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat” (2 Thess. 3:10). While there is certainly more than one purpose for our labors, is there a significant purpose of work that is often neglected?
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07/15/2026

What is the church meant to be? Christiana and Andy found the answer in one of the hardest seasons of their lives. ❤️

Watch their full story: www.gulfcoast.community/stories-gulfcoast