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Waypoints: Belong and Become

Week two of Waypoints explores Rosewood’s value of Belong and Become through the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19. Jesus chooses relationship and proximity with Zacchaeus before Zacchaeus has done anything to change. And that belonging becomes part of his transformation. We’ll explore why genuine belonging means more than being welcomed on Sunday, how authentic relationships help us become more like Jesus, and why people who are different from us may be exactly who God uses to shape us. This…

Waypoints: Bridges Not Walls

In the first week of Waypoints, we explore Rosewood’s first value: Bridges, Not Walls. Looking at Acts 15 and the Council of Jerusalem, we see that the early church had to decide whether it would require outsiders to become like insiders before they could fully belong. The verdict was clear: “We should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.” This message invites us to recover something deeply rooted in the foundation of the church: a…

City on a Hill: Earn Your Voice

In week two of City on a Hill, we look at Luke 10 and the story of the Good Samaritan to ask what Christian witness looks like in a world where the Church no longer has an assumed voice. Trust in institutions may be declining, but spiritual hunger has not disappeared. Jesus has not lost his power, even if the Church has lost its assumed platform. So how do we respond? Not by getting louder, winning arguments, or demanding influence,…

City on a Hill: You Are the Message

In week one of City on a Hill, we look at Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:13-16 to rethink what it means to share our faith.  For many of us, evangelism feels like a high-pressure situation of arguing, selling, or having all the right answers.  But Jesus begins with identity: we are salt, light, and a city on a hill.  Faith is something people should be able to see.  And Jesus has not just given us a message, he has made us messengers.

Never Enough: Expensive Sand

In the final week, we look at Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well and the deeper thirst beneath our desire for more.  Money can do many helpful things: pay bills, create options, and reduce pressure.  But money cannot make us known, loved, valued, dignified, or whole.  Like drinking sand to quench thirst, asking money to satisfy the soul only leaves us wanting more.  Jesus meets thirsty people at the wells that aren’t working and offers himself as…

Never Enough: The Myth of God’s Ten Percent

“Firstfruits” taught God’s people to trust him before they knew how much they would have, while the tithe gave structure to that trust in Israel’s worship and community life. But in Jesus, the invitation goes even deeper. God is not asking for a religious percentage of an otherwise self-directed life; he calls us to offer all of ourselves to him. That means what we give, what we save, and what we spend can all become ways to honor God. Because…

Never Enough: The Lie of More

In the first message of the Never Enough series, we look at Jesus’ warning in Luke 12 about the subtle danger of believing that “just a little more” will finally make us secure.  Money matters, but when more becomes our strategy for peace, our plan for security, or our substitute for God, it quietly takes hold of our hearts.  Through the parable of the rich fool and the story of the widow’s offering, we see that “rich toward God” has…