New Life Student Ministries

This week Pastor Mateo invites us into Daniel's honest, grief-filled prayer to show that prayer isn't about getting God to show up—it's about trusting His mercy, His love, and the truth that He's already holding our lives.

Pastor Taylor Mickelson from Good Shepherd Church unpacks the powerful truth from Daniel 4 and 5 that God humbles the proud but restores the repentant, challenging us to combat pride with humility, wisdom, and honest reflection.

Pastor Mateo explores Daniel 3 to show that true worship isn't about seeking rewards or avoiding hardship, but about a steadfast devotion to God because of who He is and what He has done.

This week, Pastor Mateo shared how a consecrated life—like Daniel's—isn't about comfort or control, but about confidently living out who God made us to be, stewarding everything for His glory and our good.

This week, Pastor Mateo reminds us through 2 Corinthians 12 that Jesus is always sufficient—that our weakness isn't a flaw to fix, but a place where God's power shows up, transforms us, and proves that His grace truly is enough.

Pastor Mateo shares how Jesus has reconciled us to God, setting us free from guilt and inviting us to live in union with Him—and to join His mission of healing and restoration in a broken world.

Aidan Corley brought the word tonight out of 2 Corinthians 8-9 to share on the endless generosity of God; he ended his message by giving our students the opportunity to be generous towards the work that the Lord is doing in the nations.

Pastor Mateo unpacks how the glory of Jesus—past, present, and future—transforms us from the inside out, revealing who God is, who we are meant to be, and the hope that is still to come.

Aidan Corley joins us as we explore the bold and world-shaking claim at the heart of Christianity—that Jesus really did rise from the dead—and why, if that's true, it changes everything about our faith, our future, and the story we're living in.

In today's message, Pastor Mateo reminds us that if we really believe God is a good Gift-Giver, we'll actually want to receive the gifts He gives—because they're meant to bring us joy, help us connect with Him, and build each other up.

In this episode, we discuss how true love, rooted in Christ, is the ultimate purpose of life, transforming us to love others selflessly.

This week, our very own Aidan Corley joins us in our Corinthians series as we dive into 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Exploring how love, not knowledge, should guide our decisions and how our choices can either build others up or cause them to stumble in their faith.

This week in our Corinthians series, Pastor Mateo shared how 1 Corinthians 6 reminds us that our bodies are valuable, created by God, and that we should use our freedom to honor Him rather than to indulge in sin.

As we began our new sermon series in Corinthians, Pastor Mateo spoke on how God's generosity allows us to have humility which enables us to bear fruits of unity.

Our very own Family Ministries Worship Pastor, Victor Mendoza, joined us to preach from John 21, where he teaches that Jesus calls us because He chose us, calls us to love Him above all else, and calls us to follow Him with all our hearts.

Pastor Mateo explains how John 20 highlights the Gospel's goal: to believe in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, whose resurrection offers eternal life as a gift from God, not earned, but given out of His desire for us to know Him. 

In another week of our John series, Pastor Mateo speaks on how the Holy Spirit is our divine Helper, guiding us to truth, leading us to Jesus, and transforming our understanding of God, ourselves, and the world.

Aidan Corley is back with us again, going through the book of John chapter 14 speaking on Jesus who is the way to knowing God, the only way to salvation, and the source of abundant life. By following Him we find the path to peace, purpose, and eternal hope.

In John chapter 13, Pastor Mateo highlights the beautiful humility of Jesus, who selflessly washed the feet of His disciples. He also emphasized the calling we have as followers of Jesus—to serve as He served, with intentionality and unconditional love.

Pastor Mateo, preaching from John chapter 10, focused on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, highlighting how He saves, protects, and leads His sheep.

Pastor Andrew Arndt from New Life East shared a powerful message from the book of John, emphasizing how God is deeply moved by our pain and offers us the gift of His presence in the midst of our suffering.

Pastor Mateo spoke out of the book of John chapter 9 on how Jesus is the light of the world and how in Him we can find freedom and are brought to conviction.

Guest Speaker Aidan Corley delivered a message from John 6, explaining how Jesus, the "bread of life," offers eternal life to all who believe in Him and promises never to reject or abandon anyone who comes to Him in faith.

Drawing from John chapter 4, Pastor Mateo spoke about how the Lord addresses our pain and shame, and from that place, He offers His living water—the Holy Spirit.

This past week, Pastor Mateo gave a powerful message from John 3, revealing how true freedom from shame comes through the transformative rebirth of the Spirit.

Pastor Mateo spoke from John 2 about Jesus' zeal and how His righteous anger stems from His deep love for us and His frustration with anything that obstructs our clear vision of Him.

As we enter into a new sermon series out of the book of John Pastor Mateo spoke on how Jesus, who has demonstrated what His Father is like, is worth receiving and that through Him we can have life. 

Continuing in our Thessalonians series, Pastor Mateo spoke about how Jesus returning to establish His kingdom provides us with hope and purpose through the trials we might experience today. 

This week in our Thessalonians series, we explore the belief that God is worthy of our work, emphasizing how it becomes an act of worship when we diligently steward what He has entrusted to us.

Pastor Tim Shepard came to be with us in the second week of our Thessalonians series where he spoke on the process of sanctification through our relationship with God.

Kicking off our summer series in 1 Thessalonians, Pastor Mateo shares on the importance of having complete faith in Jesus as the Christ and how that belief can change how we choose to live our lives.

Closing our Joshua series, Pastor Mateo gave a message on the worthiness of God and how we must put away our idols in order to enter into covenant relationship with Him. 

In week four of our Joshua series Pastor Mateo shares on how God saves us from a life of sin so that in Him and through the gift of salvation we can find rest. 

Pastor Mateo gave a message out of the book of Joshua speaking on the importance of remembrance and how we must, as believers, take time to pause and reflect on the faithfulness of God. 

In our last week of our Prayer Series, Pastor Mateo gave a message on the subject of God hearing our prayers of praise, anger, and lament; and how honest vulnerability with God results in a deeper intimacy with Him. 

In the second to last message in our 'Prayer Series' Pastor Mateo shares on the practice of intercession and how it reveals the heart of God for His people, will lead us into action, and is overall powerful.

Special guest Pastor Andrew Arndt from New Life East joins us for our Prayer Series to give a message on the presence of God and how we must wake up to His omnipresent nature in order to draw nearer to Him. 

We're in our first week of our brand new Prayer Series and Pastor Mateo gave a word on the statement God our Father, and how prayer is the act of us continuously engaging with Him. 

Pastor Mateo gives the last message in our Hebrews Series on "God is Father" sharing the truth of a God who loves us, knows us, and is working things out for our good even in the midst of His discipline and correction. 

Pastor Josh Dillon from New Life Young Adults joined us to share a message out of Hebrews 11 and 12 about how God is worthy of our faith. 

This week as we read out of Hebrews 10-11 we explore the truth of Jesus, our treasure, and the reality that if we don't hold onto Him we will lose heart and drift away. 

Pastor Nate shares a message on the unchanging character of God as shown in the book of Hebrews, and that because of His unchanging word and promises we can set our hope in Him.