Reach Church - Everett

Retrospective means “looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.” There are some things we’re all probably excited to leave behind, but a few things we should hang onto. Join us as we look back on 5 themes we’ve covered this year, all while looking forward at the next season God is leading us into.

You can't create peace for the whole world, but you can fight for peace in your world.

You’re not called to “be agreeable,” but rather, to pay attention and be intentional in how you engage your community. You’re a representative of Jesus Christ - when people see you, what does it say about Jesus?

If you’re postured to be a blessing, God can use you. If you’re postured to curse, everybody loses. Blessing and cursing reveal how we view other people. How you view other people is tied to how you view the imago Dei in them.

As we continue walking through Romans 12, we see Paul exhorting the church in Rome not to just receive the love of God, but to live that love. Often our culture expresses love as either sappy sentimentality or just a practical reality, but for the disciple of Jesus, love in action is authentic and comprehensive. This week we hear from Leland Rounds who has served as Lead Pastor at New Hope Foursquare in Bellingham, WA for the past 5 years. He recently transitioned to a position with the Foursquare North Pacific District in Portland. He and his wife Ashley have 2 wonderful kids and have been good friends with Pastor Sean’s family for years. Leland’s faithfulness to Jesus, love for his family, and hilarious personality make him a delight to hear from at Reach!

In the body of Christ there is unity, but not uniformity. We're united, but we're distinct.

If you’re going to be a blessing to others, you’ve got to get real with yourself.

The world doesn’t need you to conform. Everybody is doing that. The world is completely clueless to it, but desperately needs you to let Jesus transform you and to live accordingly.

On September 27th, we celebrated our first in-person Sunday AM gathering in our new home in downtown Everett! God has given us this home, but why? Why did he gather us to this place in this season? Pastor Sean walks us through a few key reasons.

Dr. Gerry Breshears helps us get practical, using the biblical example of Elijah to show us how to respond to depression and anxiety. Includes live Q&A immediately after the message.

We start our conversation on mental health by establishing a shared vocabulary, declaring shared convictions, and pointing to a shared hope. For further conversation on this topic, check out our sermon series entitled “Anxious and Depressed”.

As we learn the rhythms of abiding in Christ, what flows out of us matters greatly. It's only when the Holy Spirit is empowering us with the truth that we are able to testify to Christ and make an impact on our world. Stop striving, start abiding, and watch what God will do through you!

"I must be liked!" It's the cry of many of our hearts, and yet Jesus promised that we would be hated because we associate with him. Is there any hope in that? What should our posture be? There is, and Jesus shows us the way.

In a world where love is defined however one chooses, Jesus calls us to something higher.

Loving God and loving others is not at odds with obeying God. Jesus Himself is the example for us to follow of what it looks like to be in the world and not of it.

As the Father loves the Son, so does the Son love you and me! There is an INCREDIBLE joy that follows those who experience that kind of love.

In order to live an abiding lifestyle, you'll need a perspective shift, you'll need support, and you'll need some tools. We circle back on the words of Christ to abide in him while laying out some practical next steps.

It turns out that God’s loving means for making us more fruitful comes by way of the strategic reduction and thoughtful thinning of areas in our lives that are experiencing limited yield in order to bring forth multiplied abundance.

God’s desire for your life is to produce fruit. The single most defining attribute of an abiding life, is the result of fruit. It’s not in your striving that fruit is produced. It’s in your abiding. NOTE: We apologize that there is no video (and subpar audio) this week. We had some issues with our livestream that impacted our recording this weekend.

Pruning is a natural process in which branches are able to produce more fruit. Nothing is off limits. On the other side is a deeper intimacy with him. Abiding is hard, but it’s worth it.