Damascus Road Community Church

All of us want a hero. Whether we're looking for a white knight to sweep us off our feet, a political leader who can push our agenda through, a pastor who can help us make spiritual sense of the world around us or just someone to come in and make us feel like everything is going to be okay. Those longings and desires to be saved by someone are natural. We all want a hero, and yet through lived experience, we know heroes will eventually let us down. Or worse, they actually get eaten by the dragon. It seems like all our heroes end up dead.So, what happens when the one person we thought could be our real hero dies, too?Join us for Easter as we celebrate the risen Christ, who flipped the script in "Not All Our Heroes are Dead."

Palm Sunday:The rise and fall of a hero is a story we know all too well. At some point or another, we will get let down by someone we put our hope in; whether a family member or friend, a mentor or boss, or a political leader or pastor. Power has a crazy way of corrupting even the most promising heroes among us, turning into pride or leading to downfall. Join us this Sunday as we continue week 2 of All Our Heroes are Dead as we examine the story of three kings and their relationship to power, and what it tells us about who we put our hope in.

In his groundbreaking book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell, a professor of literature and comparative mythology, proposed the idea of the “universal hero story.” Through his exhaustive study of world religions and thousands of years of ancient mythology, he shows that hero stories have existed in every culture and at every time, from cavemen to corporate America.Although heroes take many forms, Campbell shows they all follow a similar narrative journey—whether Osiris of the Egyptians or Luke Skywalker of Tatooine.This says something about the human condition – it says something about our hearts. We all want a hero to save the day, someone to fix our messes, defeat our enemies, and make everything right when it all seems so out of sync.This week, we will look at the idea of heroes and ask the dual questions: What kind of hero do we want, and is it the kind of hero we see in the person of Jesus?

So many things in our life seek to pull us off course - either violently, like the hurricane, or subtly, like the drift of a current. Life throws us both traumas and mundane disappointments. And always, the temptation to fear, to doubt, and to wonder if God really does care about us, if Jesus really does love us, or if his Spirit really is with us. And with that comes the temptation to think it's all up to us - up to our effort, our choices, our ability to protect ourselves. These questions and doubts and temptations are not new. They have always pulled at God's people. Hebrews challenges us to hold fast to our confession and our faith - because we have a certain hope in Jesus.

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone sharing a struggle or experience and you can tell that they just can't relate? When it comes to our pain and struggles, it often feels like others don't fully understand, not to mention the God of the universe. He seems so far off and disconnected. But, what if God fully understands and has experienced it? Would that change my perspective? How do we have hope when things seem hopeless and dark? Join us for week two of our Anchors series!

Life can be hard. Through our various experiences we can find ourselves challenged to “drift away” from Jesus. We're often times looking for hope in all the wrong places. For many of us we'd rather go back to what is known or comfortable rather than inviting God into those difficult spaces of life. But when we recognize the complete Jesus, we see God as being big enough to work through our greatest difficulties but also personal enough to care about us as individuals and the things we're facing. When we surrender to him and choose to trust him despite what is going on around us, he becomes an anchor that keeps us from drifting, a hope that can get us through any circumstance and point us to a future that is better than anything we could imagine. Join us this Sunday as we study Hebrews 1:1-2:1 and see Jesus as the anchor of hope in our lives.

Each of us probably have our idea of a “Dream Home!" Maybe it's a 2-story colonial with a white fence on 20 acres or maybe it's a penthouse condo in a high rise in the city. God has a “Dream House” as well. As we wrap up our “Room for One More” series we are going to look at what God's dream house looks like and what that means for everyone who calls or will call the church home!"

Join us this Sunday as we officially launch three services at DRCC! We're on a mission to create Room for One More; one more person, one more family, one more community to experience the hope of Christ and catch the vision for how our lives can make a difference in the Kingdom of God. As we celebrate the launch of our third service, we'll dive into the story of two sons and their desperate attempts to find vision and purpose for their lives. What does it mean for us to create room for others or accept the room created for us? Let's discover it together!

We kick off a brand new series this weekend titled, "Room for One More," where we will be talking about how, at some point in our lives, we have all faced a task, challenge, or situation we felt was much larger than what we could handle on our own. Larger-than-life issues need solutions that are larger than this life. This is why we rely on the strength, wisdom, and power of Christ working in and through our lives.Over the past few weeks, we have been focused on answering the question: “Who's your one?” This Sunday at Damascus Road, we will be looking at how we can invite the Spirit of God into our lives to reach our one and face some of life's other challenges. Join us for what we anticipate great things to happen!

The loneliness epidemic continues to grow. While it might be tempting to diagnose the contributing factors such as Covid-19, social media, or the rise of the one-person household; the reality is connection between humans has always been complicated. The faithful questions we need to wrestle with are, “What is God's response to our loneliness, and does the church have a role to play?” Throughout scripture, we read about a triune God who exists in perfect community all the time and actually sets up social structures in families and the church to help us ward off isolation. But considering that loneliness is only growing in our world, something must be off about the way we're trying to live out God's design for human connection today. This week we wrap up our series, Church, But Make It Better, and explore the question, “How do I Make Friends at Church?” Won't you join us?

his shouldn't even be a question! In a world full of selfishness and hate, Jesus said, "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."Love is literally the main identifier for Jesus followers!So what's going on? Join us this weekend as we talk about the way we treat each other, what that says to a world hungry for love, and what it looks like to live in a way that makes others want to know Jesus.

Why does the church want my money? Join us as we continue our series "Church, But Make it Better" where we will explore the ever-sensitive topic of tithing. First, we will put everyone at ease and let you know that this Sunday will not include a giving push or any hard sell on why you need to give more to the church. Second, this week will include authentic wrestling and frank confessions over money's complicated role in our lives. And finally, if you show up this week, we guarantee that you will walk away with a richer understanding of how God and the church relate to you and your money – if not, we'll personally refund the price of your ticket.

Most of us have what appear to be never-ending to-do lists. As we complete one list, another one begins, and we find ourselves behind when we feel like we have just gotten ahead. Life is filled with problems to be solved, tasks to be completed, and issues to be addressed. Church is really no different. As we seek to do the work of a “Life Saving Station,” there is no shortage of jobs to be completed. It can be overwhelming with all that needs to be done to figure out where we focus our efforts. This Sunday, we will look at what the church is supposed to be and how, when we focus on “being” instead of “doing”, we will find fulfillment. This happens when we all take our place in the body of Christ and live a life focused on revealing who Christ is through His church. Join us again this Sunday as we look at: “Church – But Make It Better!”

One of the most amazing truths of the human experience and one of the most glorious realities of God is that there is always a new day coming and a subsequent opportunity to choose who we want to be and how we want to live. When the calendar flips each year, it brings this reality into clear focus with the freshness of a new start and all the resolutions and changes that come with it. What is true for us individually is also true for us as a community. What choices and changes might God be calling us to as a community this year? Join us this week as we begin a new series on us—the community of God. This week, we start a series called "Church, But Make It Better." We'll discuss who we are as a church and what God might call us to choose together in 2025.

Kick off the New Year with us at Declaration Sunday! On the first Sunday of 2025, we'll gather to worship, pray, celebrate baptisms, and take communion together as we consider what we want this New Year to be like for ourselves, our church, and our community. We're expectant for how God will meet us as we come curious and open-handed for the year ahead. See you on Declaration Sunday!

Merry Christmas and Happy (almost) New Year! We're shaking things up this week and creating space for our volunteers and staff to rest and celebrate the holidays with their families by experiencing church online.Join Pastor Faith, Andy and the team, and a few special guests for worship, a word, and an activity for the whole family. We'll wrap up our series "Same Story: Always Changing" as we explore what the transformative power of the hope of Christ means for us today.

Life moves fast—trends come and go, news changes every minute, and it's easy to feel like you're just trying to keep up. But what if, in the middle of all this change, there's something constant, something solid?The Christmas story is 2,000 years old—angels, shepherds, a baby in a manger—but it's not just history. It's hope that doesn't fade, love that doesn't fail, it's a God who stepped into our chaos to bring peace and joy.This good news wasn't just for one time, one group, or one generation. This Christmas, come discover how the same story still matters—and how it can make a difference in your ever-changing life today. Timeless truth. Real hope. For you.

So… what is your favorite moment in the whole wide world of Christmas movies? Is it when Buddy screams out “SANTA!!!!” in the middle of the department store from the movie Elf? Maybe it's the moment when Kevin McCallister breaks the fourth wall and says directly into the camera: “This is it. Don't get scared now,” in the 90's classic Home Alone. Or maybe you are more in favor of young Tiny Tim when he exclaims “God bless us, everyone!” from A Christmas Carol. If you're anything like me, it's probably any one of the several wild and unrepeatable phrases from the lips of Clark W. Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Whatever it is, there always seems to be one moment in any great story that sticks with you for good. It's a moment that you know is coming, but every time it does, you love it again and again each year you watch it. Join us as we explore some of the most memorable and enduring parts of the true Christmas story and we ask – how can this moment hit us in a fresh way this year?

What are you feeling as you come to the end of 2024?Joy? Hope? Fear? Loneliness? Confusion? Assurance? Anger? Peace? All of these emotions are part of the human experience - impacted by both our personal circumstances and the state of our world. God understands all of these emotions because He came and shared our life.  He experienced and bore the same weakness that we often feel.  He came, not as a rich and powerful ruler - protected from life's losses and dangers, but as a baby - dependent, vulnerable, needy. God came and trusted a teenage girl to take care of him. God came to show us who He truly is and who He planned for us to be. The wonder of Christmas is this incredible paradox of God With Us - not as the most powerful being in the universe but as the most helpless participant in his own creation. How? Why?

Join us this weekend as we begin a new sermon series focused on the Christmas story. Over the next five weeks, we will examine this familiar story through a different lens wrestling with the question “What relevance does the Christmas story have in my life today? “ As we embark on this journey together, our hope and prayer is that God will speak to each of us in a powerful way, helping us experience a renewed sense of hope and purpose, despite the ever-changing circumstances of our lives. This Sunday we will begin our journey together by looking at “The Birth of Jesus Foretold” from Luke 1:26-38. What does the town of Nazareth and the message from the angel Gabriel have to do with our lives today? Come and find out!

When you think about eternity, what comes to mind? For some of us, eternity looks like pearly gates and streets paved with gold. Others envision disembodied spirits floating on clouds playing harps. Still others envision… nothing. In our series Kingdom Come, we've been on a five-week journey examining what it means to be a part of the Kingdom of God. As we wrap up this series, let's take a look at what scripture has to say about what the Kingdom will be like for eternity. Is it really one, long worship service in the clouds? Will there be a physical dimensions to our forever? And who gets to be in eternity? Join us as we wrestle with the question, What is Eternity Like?

Everyone wants to be an influencer it seems. Maybe we can learn from the greatest Influencer the world has known. His influence has nothing to do with marketing or style or getting people to buy stuff. Rather his influence led people to abandon their old life and their old way of evaluating what's valuable. And He invites us to influence others like he did - through the example of lives that are compellingly attractive.

When I was in middle school, all the kids identified with one of two distinct groups. You were either a “head banger” or you were a “yo boy or yo girl.” To identify with one group or the other came with a whole list of activities, music, clothing that were associated with each group.The "bangers" skateboarded, listened to grunge music, wore JNCO jeans and grew their hair long. The "yo boys and yo girls" played basketball, listened to hip hop, wore FUBU, silver chains and an uncomfortable amount of cologne.It all seems kind of silly to me now looking back – dressing the same, listening to the same music, using the same lingo, and mimicking a pre-determined set of behaviors based on cultural archetypes that we saw on MTV. But this type of thing isn't confined to just middle school culture – it is one example of how we as humans act when we attach our identity with one cultural group or another.Republican or DemocratMillennial or Baby BoomerGamer or Sports FanEach group defines right belief and right action for its members.Join us this week as we talk about the distinctives of being a follower of Jesus when we ask the question: How should I dress?

We continue our “Kingdom Come” series this weekend as we look to answer the question: “WHY AM I HERE?” So often, we ask ourselves questions about life and its meaning. Given the circumstances and situations we face today, we can develop legitimate feelings of confusion, doubt, and anxiety. Could this be due to viewing our lives and existence from the wrong perspective? Do we feel like there has to be more to this life because there is actually more to this life? We were made for more! This week, we will continue to explore a Heavenly Perspective, so that as Citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, we can live lives of Power and Authority through Jesus Christ.  Join us as we seek to see “His Kingdom Come and Will Be Done, On Earth As It Is In Heaven”

Have you ever woken up, maybe when you were on vacation, and it took you awhile to figure out where you were?Or, have you ever thought you knew where you were but then looked around and found you were in a completely different location than you thought?The technical term for these feelings is “disorientation,” and we have all experienced them at one time or another. Disorientation can happen in our relationship to geographic places, but it can also happen in our spirit as well.Sometimes we don't quite know where we are at with faith and with God and it takes time to figure it out. Or sometimes we feel like we know where we are, but the reality is we are a bit lost and need help to reorient.

Jake and Elwood knocked on the door and said: “We are on a mission from God” in the classic film “The Blues Brothers." They really weren't, but those who have experienced God are. Why? Because the reality of meeting God changes you into a person of mission: one who is willing to leave what is comfortable in order to love and serve others. As you take risks to bless others, you will find yourself receiving not only the gifts and resources necessary to do so, but the greatest blessing of all will be – His presence in your life.See with God, anything is possible!

I saw a guy at a coffee shop last week wearing a shirt that said "What is your WHY?"  I have been thinking about that question a lot ever since. I'd like to make that a two-part question: "What is your WHAT?" and then, "What is your WHY?" Serving is my WHAT... but that isn't my WHY…Would you join me in reading Isaiah 58:6-12 every day between now and Sunday?We get to do this!

Indescribable.Devastating.Unbelievable.If you have watched any news recently, you have likely heard these adjectives employed in attempt to capture the effect Hurricane Helene had on communities across the southeastern United States.Many prayed to be spared from the disaster, but the reality is that storms happen. Storms large and small are a fact of life – when they blow in, they can leave homes and communities, even entire regions destroyed and laid bare.What is true for the environment is also true for us personally.Following Jesus is not a strategy to escape the inevitable storms of life, but Jesus does offer us a place we can build that is guaranteed to hold up against the fiercest of hurricanes and the floods that are destined to come our way.

Do you ever wish others could see the world as clearly as you do? If only other people could see where they mess up, surely the world would be a better place. Sound familiar? There is little we love more as a society than pointing out where others are wrong; and Christians are no exception. Call it accountability, helping a struggling friend, or even Christian love; the propensity to make judgments runs deep. Isn't it our responsibility to help others see where they are messing up? As we explore the beginning of Matthew 7, we'll encounter a passage that has a lot to say about judgments, who should be making them, and ultimately what they teach us about ourselves.

Ever heard the quote “you can't take it with you?” This can have two meanings and presents us with two options: consume and accumulate as much as possible now while you can OR consume and accumulate no more than you need because abundant, eternal life isn't found in the abundance of stuff.  How do we live in a way where our money and possessions don't own us? How do we overcome anxiety and find contentment as we're constantly bombarded by advertisements from algorithms? Jesus offers us a more life-giving way - an invitation to freedom and contentment. Realizing that less is actually more in the Kingdom of God. When this becomes our reality, our lives are turned inside out and it's an adventure of a lifetime!

The center of the Sermon on the Mount is The Lord's Prayer - a prayer still prayed daily by Christians all over the world. It's more than a few familiar stanzas to hurriedly rehearse. In fact - it summarizes and empowers Jesus's teaching. It has shaped Christian hearts and minds for 2000 years - and it has the power to do the same for us today. Join us this weekend as we sing and pray and study the prayer that Jesus taught us.

Does your life make for great theater? “All the world's a stage” according to Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Regardless of whether or not you consider yourself a “performer,” you don't have to put on “an act” to earn the applause of Christ. No matter what “stage” of life you are in, Jesus wants to be your secret “Audience of One.” Join us this Sunday for part 3 in our series on the Sermon on the Mount entitled “Inside Out” as we discover how diving into greater intimacy with our Lord and Savior will reap relational rewards with God and everybody else!

In Jesus' most iconic sermon, he drops a truth bomb on his audience, declaring, “You've heard it said… but I say to you…” What's Jesus saying? Today he might have said it like this, "You think you know, but let me tell you the real deal.” Life in His Kingdom is a game-changer. It's not just surface-level, it's a deep dive into the core of our being. This is where true life begins; coming into a right relationship with God, which leads us into right relationships with others. Get ready to explore the teachings that shook the world and inspired great leaders like Ghandi, MLK Jr, and the civil rights movement. Join us as we continue this message series at wwww.damascus.com/inside-out.

Jesus has this way of turning our culture inside out and society upside down. He has this way of doing and saying things, and even blessing people, that is counter-cultural and revolutionary. It doesn't always make sense to us. This Sunday kicks off our Inside-Out, Sermon On The Mount, 7-week Fall series, along with our new LifeGroups launch. Together we will explore some of the best-known verses in the Bible that still echo throughout our culture - “The Golden Rule”, “love your enemies”, “kingdom come”.  This week as we tee-up the series, we will answer the question: “Who is Jesus' sermon for?" And we will take a look at His opener, “The Beatitudes” – you know, the “‘Blessed are…” statements of Jesus. That word ‘blessed', well, it can be a blessed problem. In fact, all the Beatitudes seem to be totally out of step with our culture, and pointing in the wrong direction, especially for those of us looking to climb the cultural ladder. What's up with that, Jesus? Come. Listen. Learn. Apply. From the Master Preacher, Jesus. 

Come join us as we wrap up the Chosen series with a focus on Jesus' words in Matthew 5:13-16. As followers of Christ, we are called to be “salt” and “light” in this world. What exactly does this mean and is it possible? Together, let's explore what Jesus meant when He first issued this challenge to His disciples and the vision that He is holding out for in our lives today.

Imagine you are one of the disciples who did life with Jesus each and every day. You saw Him turn water into wine and feed thousands. You were there when He healed the woman with the issue of blood. You witnessed Him eat with sinners, inviting them into new life and relationship with Him. You were there with a front row seat to the raising from the dead of the widow's son and Jairus's daughter. Hearing His teaching, you were radically changed by His call to love our enemies and live non-judgmental lives filled with compassion.Seeing all of this, when given the opportunity to ask for more insight on one subject, what would you ask? In their one request, the disciples asked Jesus to teach them and tell them more about only one thing. Their request was, “Teach Us How To Pray!” The disciples saw a direct connection between who Jesus was, how He lived and how He addressed life's circumstances and His prayer life.Join me as we go to Jesus' school of prayer and learn how we too can draw from our time of prayer to face life's greatest challenges today!

Most of us have a funny relationship with freedom and control, don't we? We love the idea of freedom for ourselves and wouldn't hesitate to say: “I don't need anyone telling me how to live my life!” But we're also very quick to fight against what we believe is wrong. We often try to control the behavior of others, especially when we think it will affect us in some way and are ready to shout: “Not In My Backyard!” Nowhere is this freedom/control dynamic more vividly played out than in the arena of faith and religion. We are told that Christ came for our freedom yet many of our experiences with Christianity feel completely opposite; it can sometimes feel more like behavior control than freedom. Join us this week for Season 2 Episode 6 of the Chosen, titled Unlawful; we are going to ask what it looks like to have a freedom that truly feels like being free!

Life can be going well when suddenly… A chance encounter; an unguarded moment; a painful betrayal... and all seems lost! Mary Magdalene has one of those days and suddenly finds herself walking down steps into a dark and dimly-lit past. Jesus tells a story in Luke 15 about a lost sheep and how the shepherd drops everything and runs to rescue... our stumble unleashes His rescue! This week the Waterboyz choir will be worshiping at Damascus Road. Join us as we experience a life changing encounter with the God who rescues.

He was exhausted. The disciples? They were comfy around the campfire, until tensions arose after a long and exhausting day. Now they were waiting on Jesus. The conversation is being driven by four brothers whom Jesus recently called to join him in full time ministry. They are core members of his small group (Matthew 4:18-22). What starts out as fun banter becomes weaponized religious nationalism targeted at Matthew, a recent Jesus follower, who would later write this gospel.  The tense scene is interrupted when Jesus, exhausted from healing (Matthew 4:24), stumbles past the quarrelsome disciples, stunning them into silence. Matthew's recounting of the stories in chapter 4, verses 18-25, tells us so much about ourselves, and about a God who loves us with an unfailing love. Come and see.

The Beatles once sang “All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?”One of the greatest desires of the human heart is finding a place where we belong – a place to fit in – in a world that can, at times, feel lonely and unfamiliar. In fact, of all the topics that singers and songwriters mine for inspiration (after love), I would guess that loneliness or searching for a place to belong has got to be up near the top of the list.Join us as we look at episode two and explore a Jesus that not only sees people where they are, but sidesteps social norms in order to interrupt their loneliness and provide a place for them to truly belong and be themselves.

Last year, we journeyed through scripture (inspired by Season 1 of The Chosen) and this year we will pick up where we left off with Season 2. From James and John wanting to call down fire on the Samaritans to the breaking of the Sabbath laws, see the adventure of the four gospels come to life.  Together, we will explore the parable of the Lost Sheep from Luke 15:1-7 (which is also featured in Season 2, Episode 1).

Come join us this Sunday as we wrap up the "Between the Lines," series with a focus on the Book of Isaiah. Our key passage of scripture will be Isaiah 52:13- 53:12. Referred to as the gospel of Isaiah, this is one of the clearest references to Jesus Christ in the entire Old Testament. Written 700 years before Jesus showed up, the prophet Isaiah foresaw a coming day of great hope for all people. And this great hope was only made possible because of a suffering servant that would emerge on the scene.

Most of us contain multitudes – human beings are complicated and often confusing.Once when asked to “just be yourself,” Bob Dylan responded with: “no problem, but which self do you want me to be?” Many of us can relate to this because we can be one way in one situation but completely different in another. We're all a complicated mix.Our temptation however, when it comes to other people, is to simplify them or label them with a word or a phrase; often that word or phrase is drawn from a person's worst moment. We see the complexity in our selves, but we deny it in others when we label them.Murderer.Adulterer.King David was both yet somehow, he was also called a man after God's own heart. Not only that, but David is also often identified with the messianic identity that Jesus came to embody. That kind of complexity can be hard for many of us to reconcile.Join us this week as we look at the towering figure of King David and try to figure out where we can see Jesus in his story.

The book of Ruth is a pretty wild story… A young woman with her whole life in front of her, leaves everything familiar and goes to a place she's never been, with her mother-in-law no less. (anyone?) The story includes famine… loss of loved ones… unexpected kindness of strangers… a dramatic rescue… and a surprise ending… and Jesus has His fingerprints all over the story!Here is my challenge… would you read the 85 verses of Ruth before Sunday? Count the number of times the word ‘redeemer' shows up… find the word ‘rest' and spend some time asking God what is being said when that word shows up.

This week we will take on the book of Job, which inevitably leads us to the challenging subject of suffering. We'll take a look at how Job endures suffering, how we can support others in their suffering, and how those who are afflicted can find hope in Jesus. Come discover Jesus in the book of Job this Sunday!

Join us as we continue the Jesus in the Old Testament series with a focus on the book of Joshua. Our key passage of scripture will be Joshua 2:1-21. We would encourage you to read this ahead of time and ask yourself, “What does a prostitute and a scarlet cord have to do with Jesus? And how does this relate to our lives today?” Come find out as we explore the “scandal” of the gospel, which was set in motion well before the birth of Jesus. 

Following our 1st Corinthians sermon series, Damascus Road is offering a late Spring class exploring key themes in 1st Corinthians. This class will be co-taught by DRCC's retired Founding Pastor, Richard Fredericks, PhD, and Teaching Team Pastor, Michelle Rader, M.A. They will explore in greater depth some of the rich themes of 1st Corinthians, especially focusing on Paul's narrative of how the “message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18).They will explore how that “foolishness” plays out in counter-cultural ways for Christian community, including transformed ways of understanding weakness, unity, interdependence, honoring others, and interpersonal relations.If you want to “go deeper” in 1st Corinthians, this class is for you!

I had a friend who dreamed for years about building his dream house. I would stop by to visit him and he would have the plans spread out on the kitchen table… All the attention to detail… The fixtures in the bathroom… The size of the windows… Which direction should the house face to get the morning sun… should I build a one car garage or a two car?It turns out that God had a dream house in mind to build too. You can read about it in the last half of the book of Exodus. But wait, there's more to the story than meets the eye! Have you ever seen one of those pictures that if you look at it long enough another picture emerges… a hidden picture? What is the hidden picture buried between the lines in God's dream house? Join us this weekend to find out!

Following our 1st Corinthians sermon series, Damascus Road is offering a late Spring class exploring key themes in 1st Corinthians. This class will be co-taught by DRCC's retired Founding Pastor, Richard Fredericks, PhD, and Teaching Team Pastor, Michelle Rader, M.A. They will explore in greater depth some of the rich themes of 1st Corinthians, especially focusing on Paul's narrative of how the “message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18).They will explore how that “foolishness” plays out in counter-cultural ways for Christian community, including transformed ways of understanding weakness, unity, interdependence, honoring others, and interpersonal relations.If you want to “go deeper” in 1st Corinthians, this class is for you!

What word or idea do you most associate with the Old Testament? Scary? Ancient? Violent? Exciting? Weird? Lots of laws? Puzzling? Jewish scripture? God's story? Don't know where to start? The Old Testament is much longer and older than the New Testament. It has even more genres and authors and speaks from and to a wider variety of cultures and time periods.This can make it challenging for modern readers.   It's also the Bible of Jesus and the New Testament authors. Jesus said it "testifies about me." And the New Testament authors all quote extensively from the Old Testament, grounding the story of Jesus and their new Christian faith in those ancient stories. Join us as we start a new series: Between the Lines, Jesus in the Old Testament. We're going to learn to read Jesus's Bible the way his followers learned to read it – the way Jesus taught them to read it – as a story that he was in from the beginning, that was always leading to Him.

Following our 1st Corinthians sermon series, Damascus Road is offering a late Spring class exploring key themes in 1st Corinthians. This class will be co-taught by DRCC's retired Founding Pastor, Richard Fredericks, PhD, and Teaching Team Pastor, Michelle Rader, M.A. They will explore in greater depth some of the rich themes of 1st Corinthians, especially focusing on Paul's narrative of how the “message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18).They will explore how that “foolishness” plays out in counter-cultural ways for Christian community, including transformed ways of understanding weakness, unity, interdependence, honoring others, and interpersonal relations.If you want to “go deeper” in 1st Corinthians, this class is for you!