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The Life of a Lighthouse

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Do you know what the purpose of a Lighthouse is? Have you ever lost or misplaced something in your home you really need? The remote control maybe? Your phone? When something with purpose is missing, its function can't happen. We are spiritual lighthouses with purpose placed by God and when we are missing, our function is missing. [...]

Why Waste Your Time?

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Have you ever wasted your own time? Wasting your time on a day off is the worst. This is the next message in our "Change Your City" series titled - "Don't Waste Your Time". Our district supervisor told us about when he had cancer and God placed a word on his heart "don't waste a good cancer". [...]

Why Is a Distracted Driver a Dangerous Driver?

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Have you ever been caught behind or next to a distracted driver? So scary. "Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaging in other activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road." This is the latest message in our "Change Your City" series, titled "Distracted Driver". We've been looking at Jesus and his [...]

New Year, New You

January 5, 2021 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Have you made a New Year's resolution? I have heard some good ones, bad ones, ridiculous, amazing resolutions over the years. A favorite one that I heard was "I wanna take naps on boats". I asked about where or if they had a harbor in mind. They said "nah, just wanna be more like Jesus." The #1 [...]

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All I Need For Christmas

December 27, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Ever see a child open a present they "needed" at Christmas but not what they "wanted"? Thanks for the socks and underwear Grandma. As a society we have come to place greater value on what we want than what we need. But Jesus was the ultimate need gift and still is today. We are in [...]

Church in Ventura live from the front lawn message on dealing with change

How Do You Deal With Change?

December 17, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Change is part of life. How do you handle change? Do you handle it? Avoid it? Hold on to what was for as long as you can? In this message "Dealing With Change" in our Change Your City series, we're going to look at why we might be feeling like we can't make a difference [...]

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How Do You Get Past Obstacles in Your Life?

November 26, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

How do we move past the road blocks that try to stop our faith? Listen in to this next message in our Change Your City series - "Faith Blocks". Follow along to find out... What happens you face an obstacle, a roadblock, or a barrier? Do you shut down? Get frustrated? Avoid or walk away? Matthew [...]

Hope is in Session

July 26, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Do you remember high school math? There was always that one teacher that was super passionate about math even 1 week before summer vacation. Every other teacher had the AV kids roll in that old tv strapped down to the cart to watch a movie; but here you are in math with a teacher pouring [...]

Ventura Church pastors talking about Hope during coronavirus

Hope is 6ft Away

July 12, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Have you ever felt so alone it weighs on you? Where you're longing for an answer that seems forever away or impossible? Not actually talking about coranvirus and the ongoing stay at home orders. I'm actually talking about leprosy. Lepers were required to stand 6ft away and wear cloth face masks. Crazy similarity to today, right? [...]

Hope Is Now

June 21, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

What do you do when you feel stuck? Or are in fact stuck… like we’re all stuck at home right now. Stuck with limited options for how we’re used to living our lives these days. Do you panic? Do you fight it? Do you shutdown? We’re in our “Can’t Cancel Hope” series where we look [...]

Hope IS On the Way

June 7, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Have you ever waited too long? When we feel stuck for too long; hope becomes hurt. Proverbs 13:12 says, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick..." Moses is the perfect example. This is the latest message in our “Can’t Cancel Hope” series, about people stuck in places, holes, caves, boats, isolation… They are separated and we have [...]

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Find Hope in a Hopeless Situation

May 30, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

How do you find hope in a hopeless situation? It is so hard to keep hope alive when it feels like there’s no way out, no other side, or no possibility for a good outcome. We are continuing in our Can’t Cancel Hope series. That’s why it’s so important to be tethered and connected to [...]

Why Waste Your Time?

Why Is a Distracted Driver a Dangerous Driver?

New Year, New You

All I Need For Christmas

How Do You Deal With Change?

How Do You Get Past Obstacles in Your Life?

Hope is in Session

Hope IS On the Way

Find Hope in a Hopeless Situation

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