New series this month. "Post It"

Post It Week 1: Followers – What you post MATTERS. Sometimes it can feel like social media is the perfect outlet for everything we want to say. The positive. The negative. The hurtful. And without the face-to-face interaction, it can feel like the words we say are less powerful and less harmful than if they were said to someone’s face. But the truth is, what we say—what we post—matters. It determines how others see us. So what are you posting that helps? And what are you posting that hurts

Come join us this week as we start our new series called "Alter Ego".

No Worries – When God’s worrying about your worries, you don’t have to.  What do you worry about? Your looks? Reputation? Whether your parents will get you a Chihuahua for your birthday? Everybody worries. We stress about our family, school, future, friends, and about a million other things. Unfortunately, our worries don’t seem to accomplish much. Think about it. Have you ever stressed out about something so much it fixed itself? Probably not. But what’s the alternative? The Apostle Paul had plenty to worry about .He had been threatened, beaten, shipwrecked, and arrested, but he still found the courage to say, “Do not be anxious about anything.” As we take a closer look at Paul’s words, we find that God has given us an alternative. He has provided a way for us to give away our worries and replace them with peace.

PARADOX Youth service August 27th from 6-8pm

Paradox Youth service is this Wednesday from 6-8pm. Come join us for week 2 of "The Comparison Trap". FREE meal we will be served at 6pm. Invite a friend and enjoy small groups as we learning and grow together in Christ. 

Session 1 Bottom line

August Sermon series, "The Comparison Trap"

BOTTOM LINE: THERE’S NO WIN IN COMPARISON.

INTRODUCTION

Have you ever heard of a win-win outcome? Comparison is the opposite of that. When we look to our left and our right to compare ourselves to others, we are engaging in a lose-lose activity. And, we may not even realize how destructive it is. Being smart-er or funny-er or awesome-er may feel like a short-term win, but for ourselves, our friends, and our family, comparison is a game with no winners. King Solomon was wise-er (not to mention rich-er, cool-er, and powerful-er) than anyone around him. And what he says about all of it may come as a surprise. Through his words we find that real satisfaction may not come from winning the game of comparison, but from bowing out of the competition altogether.

Back2School Bash Wednesday Aug 6

New Series "BUILD" starts this week:

·       Home sweet home – Your place is part of His plan.

Think about where you live for a minute. Do you like it there? And what about your school? Is it the perfect place to be or are there some things you wish you could change? It’s easy for the place we live and go to school feel like a placeholder—somewhere that we wait for our real life, as an adult, to begin.  Maybe you’ve never thought about it before now, but what if God placed you there on purpose?  What if there was a reason for you to live where you live and know who you know? Nehemiah found himself in a similar situation. Growing up in a country where he didn’t fit in probably didn’t make Nehemiah feel like he had any real purpose or that God was even paying attention.  But as he began to pray, Nehemiah discovered that couldn’t be farther from the truth. In fact, his situation was anything but random. And as we take a closer look at his story, we discover that, like Nehemiah, where we live may matter more than we ever dreamed. It may just be the exactly where God has positioned us to become part of a much bigger Story.