Joy

Ecclesiastes | The End Of The Matter | July 13

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 13, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

At the end of his extensive teaching about wisdom, the preacher leaves us with one command that is he says is the whole duty of man. As we conclude our sermon series, we'll gain understanding in what it truly means to fear God and how fearing God leads to enjoying the life God has given us.

Ecclesiastes | The End Of The Matter | July 13
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | Live with the End in Mind | July 6

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 6, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20

What if the reason money never feels like enough is because it was never meant to be? Solomon doesn’t just critique materialism—he unveils a deeper invitation to contentment in God’s provision and presence.

Ecclesiastes | Live with the End in Mind | July 6
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | The Disease of More | June 29

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 29, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20

What if the reason money never feels like enough is because it was never meant to be? Solomon doesn’t just critique materialism—he unveils a deeper invitation to contentment in God’s provision and presence.

Ecclesiastes | The Disease of More | June 29
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | Two Are Better Than One | June 22

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 22, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

In a culture chasing status and striving to measure up, Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes 4 point us to a richer life—one found in relational depth, not personal gain.

Ecclesiastes | Two Are Better Than One | June 22
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | Everything In Its Season | June 15

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 15, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Life brings seasons we can’t predict or control. But in Ecclesiastes 3, we’re invited to be spiritually prepared—not by mastering outcomes, but by entrusting ourselves to a God who sees the whole story.

Ecclesiastes | Everything In Its Season | June 15
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | Toil, Vexation and the Gift of Joy | June 8

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 8, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-18-26

Does your work ever feel like it owns you? Ecclesiastes exposes the futility of toil “under the sun”—yet points us to a God who meets us even in our weariness with purpose and joy.

Ecclesiastes | Toil, Vexation and the Gift of Joy | June 8
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | That Won't Fix You | June 1

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 1, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 17 and Mark 8:36

What if the life you’re building still leaves you empty? Solomon had it all—pleasure, power, wealth, and wisdom—and still found it meaningless. What are you chasing, and will it really satisfy?

Ecclesiastes | That Won't Fix You | June 1
Ant Frederick

Ecclesiastes | Is This It? | May 25

SUNDAY sermon

Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 25, 2025.

Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

“Meaningless, meaningless… everything is meaningless.” That’s the opening line, and somehow the beginning of hope. Week one in Ecclesiastes shows us why everything “under the sun” eventually lets us down—and how life with God brings joy to even the most ordinary days.

Ecclesiastes | Is This It? | May 25
Ant Frederick

Stand-Alone | Harmonious Joy | November 24

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YEAR OF BIBLICAL LITERACY overview

Sermon by Justin Gates on November 24, 2024.

We are often distracted many different things that gain our attention and focus.  This week we look at the Apostle Paul's words that show us 3 distinct benefits of focusing our attention on the Lord.

Stand-Alone | Harmonious Joy | November 24
Justin Gates

Advent | Love | December 17

Sermon by Ant Frederick on December 17, 2023.

Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Love.

Advent | Love | December 17
Ant Frederick

Advent | Joy | December 10

Sermon by Chet Phillips on December 10, 2023.

Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Joy.

Advent | Joy | December 10
Chet Phillips

Advent | Peace | December 3

Sermon by Will Broadus on December 3, 2023.

Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Peace.

Advent | Peace | December 3
Will Broadus

Advent | Hope | November 26

Sermon by Ant Frederick on November 26, 2023.

Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Hope.

Advent | Hope | November 26
Ant Frederick

Fruit of the Spirit | Self-Control in a time of Self-Fulfillment | August 7

Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 7, 2022.

As we wrap up our series we look at the final fruit of the Spirit: self-control. How do we live into this when our world seems to view self-control as repressive or at the very least, something we don’t want to emphasize in our lives?

Fruit of the Spirit | Self-Control in a time of Self-Fulfillment | August 7
Ant Frederick

Additional Resources

Fruit of the Spirit | Joy in a Time of Cynicism | July 31

Sermon by Tim Olson on July 31, 2022.

When our expectations don’t line up with reality, we can often it meet it with cynicism or naïveté. So how can we become people of joy no matter what life throws our way?

Fruit of the Spirit | Joy in a Time of Cynicism | July 31
Tim Olson

Fruit of the Spirit | Kindness in a Time of Polarization | July 24

Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 24, 2022.

From Mr. Rogers to Ted Lasso, we love seeing snapshots of kindness. But what does this fruit of the Spirit actually mean? And how can we access radical kindness in a world that so desperately needs it?

Fruit of the Spirit | Kindness in a Time of Polarization | July 24
Ant Frederick

Fruit of the Spirit | Goodness in a Time of Brokenness | July 17

Sermon by Michael Bailey on July 17, 2022.

“To live according to the purpose you were created for,” this is goodness. "When all is as it should be," this is the fruit of the Spirit we’re looking at this week. But how do we know what we’re created for, especially when there is so much confusion around this?

Fruit of the Spirit | Goodness in a Time of Brokenness | July 17
Michael Bailey

Fruit of the Spirit | Gentleness in a Time of Harshness | July 10

Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 10, 2022.

We live in an age where often times, the more forcefully and bluntly you state how you feel about an issue, the more you’re celebrated by those who hold the same beliefs as you. So for us, how can we press into the fruit of gentleness in an age where harshness is seen as virtue?

Fruit of the Spirit | Gentleness in a Time of Harshness | July 10 (Coming Soon)
Ant Frederick

Fruit of the Spirit | Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise | July 3

Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 3, 2022.

This week we look at the fruit of faithfulness and how God’s faithfulness towards us is meant to move us towards faithfulness to Him and others. But in an age of continual compromise, how do we as followers of Jesus fight to live this out?

Fruit of the Spirit | Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise | July 3
Ant Frederick

Fruit of the Spirit | Patience in a Time of Irritability | June 26

Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 26, 2022.

In our culture, we can easily be a people of reactivity, impulsivity, and immediacy. We want it all and we want it now. But in this weeks sermon, we see that God is patient. His patience for us creates time and space for growth, maturity, change, and redemption. And by the Spirit, we can exhibit that same attitude towards others.

Fruit of the Spirit | Patience in a Time of Irritability | June 26
Ant Frederick