Hillside Christian Fellowship

Pastor Steve incorporates communion with a line-by-line study of Psalm 103. During the message, Pastor Steve encourages us to forget ... Read More

Do you recoil at the sound of the word submission? In some circles, it may even be considered a swear ... Read More

Todd speaks this week about limits. Why do we need limits? How did Jesus deal with the limits of being ... Read More

Calling all leaders! Did you know that you were a leader? Pastor Steve encourages us with a kingdom reality that ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about the difference between fathers and teachers (referencing ... Read More

This week, Pastor Steve teaches us on what it means to be spiritual fathers. Pastor Steve answers questions like these: ... Read More

Pastor Steve and Todd talk about the temple veil – was it restored/resewn after Jesus's death and resurrection? We also ... Read More

Join us for a special Easter Sunday message. Pastor Steve teaches about the effects of Jesus's death and resurrection, specifically ... Read More

“…If you're looking at your past and you don't see God's mercy and grace, you need new glasses…” Pastor Steve ... Read More

This week we are joined by Pastor John Shuey who preaches on an important value of spiritual fathers and mothers ... Read More

If we're to be a supernatural body, we are in need of gifts that go far beyond our natural abilities. ... Read More

We were thrilled to have Bill Vanderbush with us last week – Pastor Steve asks him some more questions about ... Read More

No, Pastor Steve isn't opening up a CrossFit gym or recruiting Arnold to come show us how to pump iron ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Pastor Steve talks with Todd about the power and longevity of blessing ... Read More

We welcome special guest Bill Vanderbush to Hillside! This Sunday, he spoke about the baptism of fire, and the desire ... Read More

In this week's sermon, Pastor Steve speaks about the power of generational unity, and the importance of older generations not ... Read More

This past Sunday, we had the privilege of hosting a team from MAPS Global – a ministry with a mission ... Read More

In this week's Your Questions Answered, Todd and Pastor Steve discuss what the Bible teachers about church services – what ... Read More

Pastor Steve revisits the tabernacle in this week's sermon. As we walk through the tabernacle, we're reminded of the simplicity ... Read More

Pastor Steve and Todd talk how Jesus connects us with the sacrifices mentioned in the Old Covenant. We also talk ... Read More

In this week's message, Pastor Steve continues his Relationship-Based Church series with Part 6, where the emphasis is learning the ... Read More

This week Brian shares about the importance of coming to the Lord with our WHOLE hearts – bringing every part ... Read More

In this week's sermon, Pastor Steve continues with Part 5 of his series on Relationship-Based Church. This series has been ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd talks with Pastor Steve about returning back to the simplicity of ... Read More

In Part 4 of Relationship Based Church, Pastor Steve talks about the practice of communion. As he explains in his ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about fellowship and discipleship – and we continue ... Read More

In Part 3 of the Series Relationship Based Church, Pastor Steve talks about the Gift of Fellowship. When you think ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about “program-based” church and why each member of ... Read More

In Part 2 of the Relationship Based Church series, Pastor Steve dives into why relationship is at the core of ... Read More

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Pastor Steve and Todd discuss why there is a need for face to face fellowship with the Body of Christ, even in our modern age of communication.

The Kingdom of God is expanding all around us. This week, Pastor Steve challenges us to participate in the Kingdom in order to truly experience and enjoy all of what God has for us. In order to do that, we must live in relationship, and one the primary ways we live in relationship is through church that is centered and ... Read More

Pastor Steve opens up Ephesians 5 to teach us the wisdom of God. God's wisdom doesn't come by filling our heads with facts, but rather by living in a certain way around people who keep God in mind in all they do.

In this video, Todd asks Pastor Steve about the each Gospel's perspective on the Christmas Story (why the Wisemen are mentioned only in Matthew, and the Shepherds only in Luke), and we finish by talking about the line from O Holy Night which reads: “when He [Jesus] appears, the soul felt its worth”.

Pastor Steve shares a word from James 4:8, where “Draw Near to me and I will draw near to you” is both a command a promise. It's a promise, because the Christmas story is Jesus coming to earth to make a way for us to be near to Him. It's Love manifest in human form. It's Jesus making room for ... Read More

In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve how to accept that we're accepted in the family of God and we talk about why a relationship with God affects and transforms our relationships with each other.

This Sunday's service was a bit different, and the podcast will reflect that. Instead of chairs facing forwards, we had groups split up into separate tables, with 4-8 people at each table. Each table discussed questions and experiencedcommunion as a small group. If you're listening to this later on, we highly encourage you to experience communion as you're able – ... Read More

Ted Book is an art teacher, master potter, and most importantly, loves Jesus. Listen into this week's message as he talks about the connection between clay, water, the potter's wheel, and our lives with Jesus.

In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about Pain and Suffering, especially as we're pursuing our calling. We also talk about who is called (hint: we all are!) and explore some practices we can do as we wait in the space between our calling and its manifestation.

So you've received a call from the Lord, but it hasn't yet come to pass? What do you between the time of your call to the time it manifests? In this week's message, Pastor Steve tells us about a percussionist, the dreams of Joseph, and Pauls' thorn in the flesh. Through those stories, Pastor Steve shows us how to experience ... Read More

Joanna Hextall shares a word about the necessity of pruning in our lives. Pruning looks brutal and feels like a loss in the short term, but the ultimate goal of God's pruning our lives is fruitfulness in the long term. Joanna goes on to encourage us in the proper and healthy response to God's pruning, which is ultimately to stay ... Read More

Brian Diffenderfer shares a message today on not just how to mourn, but why it is vital to mourn and involve Jesus in the process. Using vignettes from his own story, Brian tells of the importance of being honest with Jesus – and being willing to explore the depths of our own souls (the good and the bad) with the ... Read More

As Pastor Steve continues the series on Freedom From the Religious Spirit, he explores what to do when discovering someone else has sinned. Do we overlook it? Do we confront? If we confront, how do we go about doing confrontation? These questions and others are explored in today's message.

Pastor Steve continues his sermon series on Freedom From The Religious Spirit with Part 6. This week, Pastor Steve talks about the process of forgiveness, and learning to shift our thinking from law and punishment to grace, kindness, and love. As we start to engage in conflict resolution, there are things that can be roadblocks to seeing clearly, but ultimately, ... Read More

Pastor Steve continues with Part 5 of his series on Freedom From the Religious Spirit. This week, he talks about having a posture of forgiveness and openness to reconciliation. Forgiveness from the heart can only truly happen if we've first recognized and experienced forgiveness from our Father in heaven.

In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Pastor Steve and Todd talk about forgiveness: how to encounter the forgiveness God gives each of us, how to forgive ourselves, and the freedom that comes to us in forgiveness!

Pastor Steve and Todd talk more about politics in today's YQA. Topics include political parties, how to pray for governmental leaders, and why involvement in government is so much more than just voting.

Pastor Steve continues with part 4 of his series Freedom From the Religious Spirit. In today's sermon, Pastor Steve talks about the power of forgiveness, which comes down to making our hearts more available to love. If you've ever struggled to forgive or be forgiven, consider that forgiveness is not something we do, but an outcome of what we have ... Read More

In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd and Pastor Steve talk about God's plan for a church service, and the need to listen to and be flexible to what God is doing! This podcast references a sermon we uploaded here.

Church + Politics. Do those two words, when put together, make you nervous? Even as you ponder the why behind your discomfort, prepare to be encouraged and challenged, and firmly planted in heaven's realities concerning our role as followers of Jesus in a very political world. Most of all, we are challenged to be active participants in seeing the kingdom ... Read More

This Sunday's podcast is different – intermingled within worship is a flow of testimonies, healing, prophecy, and exhortation. It is, as Pastor Steve shares, worship in an “orderly way” as God intended it!

In this week's episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about religion and relationships, and the problems associated with fixating on behavior rather than heart issues. We also discuss some forgiveness and a vision for true connection and closeness.