Veronica Springs Church

06/22/2026

On Sunday, June 21, 2026 this Father's Day sermon, delivered by guest speaker Chad Dedmon (alongside his wife Julia) of Catch the Wave Ministries, centers on knowing God as a loving Father rather than a distant authority figure, illustrated through Chad's "Monks of Stoke" street evangelism ministry — where his team wears colorful robes to minister at secular festivals like Coachella and Santa Barbara's Summer Solstice, using "celebration tosses" (tossing people in the air after praying for them to release pain and receive healing) that have led to testimonies of physical healing and deliverance from suicidal ideation and self-harm. Weaving in his own journey of maturing from dependent to "co-laboring" sonship with God, his evolving relationship with his earthly father, and the importance of forgiveness, Chad closes with a video story of a paralyzed father being carried into the ocean to surf with his sons before his death, using it to model sacrificial love as the truest representation of God's fatherly heart, then leads the congregation in prayer for the "spirit of adoption" and freedom from trauma blocking their relationship with God.

06/16/2026

On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Pastor Bob of Veronica Springs Church delivered a sermon centered on the truth that God's presence is not something believers must strive to attain, but a reality they already inhabit through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Drawing from Acts 17:28, John 14:20, and Colossians 1:27, he emphasized that Christ in us is the hope of glory, and that practicing the presence of God is simply the intentional cultivation of awareness of what is already true. He shared deeply personal testimonies — from a spiritual awakening during a yoga retreat in Denmark, to a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit on a rainforest trail in Kauai, to ultimately surrendering his life to Christ at age 30 — illustrating how God relentlessly pursues people regardless of where they are spiritually. Inspired by the 17th-century monk Brother Lawrence and his classic book The Practice of the Presence of God, Pastor Bob encouraged the congregation to replace religious striving with simple, frequent prayers like "Jesus, I love you" and "Jesus, I trust you," as a way of staying rooted in God's presence throughout the day. The message was delivered during Veronica Springs Church's ongoing season of consecration.

On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Pastor Bob of Veronica Springs Church del...

06/16/2026

Sunday, June 7, 2026 - During Veronica Springs Church’s 40 Days of Consecration, Cheryl and Richard share powerful personal testimonies of encountering God’s presence through prayer, worship, healing, and spiritual renewal. Cheryl describes experiencing God’s peace, strength, and freedom as burdens were lifted during dedicated times of prayer, while Richard recounts a remarkable healing from arthritis and profound encounters during worship that renewed his spiritual vision and awareness of God’s nearness. Pastor Graham then delivers a biblical message on what it means to “host God’s presence,” exploring God’s original design from Eden, the priesthood of all believers, and the invitation for every Christian to minister to the Lord. Through Scripture, he explains how Jesus made access to God possible and challenges believers to move beyond simply receiving from God into a deeper life of worship, devotion, prayer, and love. The service concludes with communion, prayer, and a renewed call to become a people who create space for God’s presence to dwell among them.

Sunday, June 7, 2026 - During Veronica Springs Church’s 40 Days of ...

06/14/2026

Veronica Springs Church

06/06/2026

On Sunday, May 31, 2026, Veronica Springs Church Pastor Bob Ryan continues the church's 40-day season of consecration with a message centered on prayer as the catalyst for a consecrated life. Drawing from Philippians 4:6-7, Joshua 1:8, and 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Pastor Bob shares a personal prophetic vision he received on Refugio Mountain of a massive Jesus whose very presence caused the earth of Santa Barbara to collapse under the weight of His glory, and how the Lord revealed that worship and prayer are what will sustain and welcome that presence into the city. He then teaches on three forms of prayer, petition (Lord, help me), intercession (Lord, help them), and meditation and abiding (simply resting in the Father's presence), encouraging the congregation that meditating on the Word of God is the most powerful weapon against the strongholds of the mind. Pastor Bob closes by leading the congregation in communion as an act of consecration, inviting each believer to make a great exchange, surrendering burdens, sin, and self-built striving in return for the freedom and resurrection life found in Christ.

On Sunday, May 31, 2026, Veronica Springs Church Pastor Bob Ryan co...

06/06/2026

On Sunday, May 24, 2025, Veronica Springs Church Pastor Bob Ryan delivers a Pentecost Sunday message on the call to consecration through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. Anchoring in 2 Corinthians 5:17 and the outpouring of the Spirit in Acts 2:1-4, Pastor Bob argues that Pentecost was not merely a historical event to celebrate, but the consecration of a people called to host God's presence as a daily lifestyle. Using Solomon's rise and fall as a sobering warning, and drawing from his own time at a house of prayer in Kansas City, he calls the congregation to enter a 40-day season of consecration, not through striving or religious performance, but through surrender to the Holy Spirit, trusting that God's grace will uncover and free whatever hinders full communion with Him. Pastor Graham and Anna talk about the prayer sessions scheduled during this 40-day consecration.

On Sunday, May 25, 2025, Veronica Springs Church Pastor Bob Ryan de...

05/22/2026

On Sunday, May 17, 2026, Pastor Bob Ryan opened the service by unveiling Veronica Springs Church's newly completed vision blueprint, the result of a year-long process of prayer and discernment around the church's mission, values, and strategic priorities. He shared that the leadership felt strongly led to begin with the church's first and most foundational priority, hosting the presence of God, and announced a 40-day season of consecration beginning on Pentecost Sunday, May 24th and running through July 3rd, noting with excitement that the dates aligned both with Pentecost and with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's national 50-day prayer initiative, which he saw as a sign that God was aligning the church with something larger. He anchored his remarks in Joshua 3:5, where Joshua calls the people to consecrate themselves before crossing the Jordan into the Promised Land, drawing the parallel that Veronica Springs stands on the cusp of a new season and must be prepared by the Spirit before moving forward.

Pastor Graham Vernall then took over and delivered an in-depth teaching on the biblical meaning of consecration, defining it as the act of setting something apart and devoting it entirely to God's purposes, and distinguishing it clearly from simply not sinning. He traced the pattern of consecration throughout Scripture, from Israel's repeated need to return to pure devotion, to David's prayer in Psalm 51, to Jesus fasting 40 days in the wilderness, to the disciples waiting in the upper room before Pentecost, making the case that every major movement of God in the Bible was preceded by a season of consecration. He then outlined four practical ways the congregation could personally engage during the 40 days, fasting from food, abstinence from pleasures and media, freewill financial offerings, and the removal of idols, explaining the spiritual purpose behind each one and sharing his own personal story of discovering hidden idols during an inner healing season. He closed by calling the church to yield to whatever the Holy Spirit was personally speaking and to prepare their hearts for what God wants to do in and through Veronica Springs in this new season.

On Sunday, May 17, 2026, Pastor Bob Ryan opened the service by unve...

05/17/2026

On Sunday, May 10, 2026, Veronica Springs Church member Michelle Ryan delivered the Mother's Day sermon, opening with honest acknowledgment that the day carries a wide range of emotions for women, from joy and gratitude to grief, longing, and loss, and creating space for all of it before diving into her message. Drawing from the stories of three women in Scripture, Hannah, Naomi, and Mary, she wove together a central theme that it is often in the place of greatest suffering and loss that God plants a seed of purpose destined to bless not only the individual but generations to come. She connected each biblical story to the messianic line, showing how God used women in pain to help bring forth the kingdom that would ultimately produce Jesus. Michelle then shared her own deeply personal story of losing a stillborn son, Judah Joseph, on the eve of his due date, and how God's faithfulness in the aftermath led her family to adopt a baby boy named Stefan, whose life had been intertwined with theirs in ways they could not have orchestrated themselves. She closed by inviting the congregation to sit quietly before the Lord and ask what imperishable seed he wants to plant, grow, and birth through them, anchoring the message in Romans 8:18 and the conviction that no present suffering can compare to the glory God intends to reveal in and through his people.

On Sunday, May 10, 2026, Veronica Springs Church member Michelle Ryan delivered the Mother's Day sermon, opening with honest acknowledgment that the day carr...