Submerge Sermons

(1/5/25) The Big Picture: Creation

What is your real origin story? In this new series we're submerging into the big picture story of the universe & the Bible to see how our stories fit in. And it all starts with Creation! We discover that the creation story is less about "How? / When? / How long did it take?" and more about "Who is the Creator? / Why did He create?". And we learned that God is not done creating--and we get to join Him in co-creating!

(12/29/24) "God with Us in the New Year"

What will the sequel to your life in 2024 be? How will you follow God in the new year, and how do we make sure we don't miss what all He wants to in us? Learn with us from the sequels to the Christmas stories in the Gospels...

(12/22/24) "God with Us in Our Relationships" (Love)

Everything Christmas is about comes down to love--because that's everything Jesus is about. And everything God has always been about. So how do we experience more of Jesus' kind of love in our lives, as more than just a nice sentiment? How do we let His love flow into even our toughest relationships and help us love even the hardest people--and feel more loved in return? Learn with us as we celebrate week 4 of Advent!

(12/15/24) "God with Us in Our Suffering" (Joy)

In this service we experienced more Advent together as we learned how to experience more JOY in our world even when it doesn't feel very joyful. We learned two big reasons that Mary in the Christmas story gives us to find a lasting joy from God that can carry on long after the holidays are over...

(12/8/24) "God with Us in Our Stress" (Peace)

How do we find real peace this Christmas season--the kind that can enter into our chaos & our conflicts and flow deeply through all of it? The kind that isn't so fleeting, but can remain in our hearts & minds through this season and beyond? This is exactly the kind of peace Jesus offers us & Christmas can bring us, so learn with us from the ancient Bible Christmas stories about how to find it!

(12/1/24) "God with Us in Our World" (Hope)

To kick off the Christmas season, we submerge into the first week of Advent--which is all about HOPE! Something we all need more of in our lives...Learn with us about how to find hope, why we can hope, and why hope isn't just feeling that comes & goes, but how it can actually become a daily choice for us...

(11/24/24) The Path of Becoming: Trusting God's Plans

Life always seems to turn out so much messier than we had in mind--how do we make sense of it all? Understand where God is in it all? See how it can possibly be used for good? In this service, we learned more about what God is up to in our lives, how to find purpose in it all, and how to stop settling for being villains/victims...

(11/17/24) The Path of Becoming: Learning Forgiveness

The most important skill to learn & grow in, for all of our relationships (and for our world)--is forgiveness. Join us as we submerge into forgiveness and learn why unforgiveness is so addictive, why forgiveness is different than trust, how to do better than "forgive and forget", and much more...

(11/10/24) The Path of Becoming: Seeking Shalom

"Shalom" is a theme all throughout the Bible, and was a founding principle for Submerge. AND it's meant to become and important & meaningful part of your daily life. Learn with us all about how to experience and live out "shalom"!

(11/3/24) The Path of Becoming: Navigating Guilt

Many of us grew up associating God/church with guilt, and we've carried around guilt & shame our whole lives. So what do we do with all this guilt/shame? And how do we learn to still listen when God is trying to show us we're off-track? On Sunday we learned from more of Joseph's powerful story (Genesis 42-44) about how to process all of this, so we can become people who learn how to listen to God, while being free of guilt/shame!