PowerHouse Church is a Christian community in Ventura, CA that seeks to live in the way of Jesus.
We continue to explore the revelation of God in Christ Jesus in in this season of Epiphany. In Mark 1:21-28 we see the significance and impact of an embodied kingdom, making what was on the outside now on the inside.
In the third week of the season of Epiphany we explore the call story of Simon, Andrew, James, and John in Mark 1:14-20. We see in the text Jesus' call and the disciples' obedience; these are the ingredients of faith.
We continue on in our sermon series on James. This week we examine the effects of partiality in the church and how the church ought to respond to the temptation to play favorites.
This week we examine the path toward good religion according to the epistle of James.
This is the second week in our sermon series in James. We are examining the necessity of reordering desires of the heart this week.
Our guest preacher Holly Bailey starts out our sermon series in the book of James.
Part 3 in our series in Jonah. The belly of the fish looks like the worst part of a series of judgements of God on Jonah. It is, though, the place where Jonah begins to find redemption.
Part 2 in our series in Jonah. We consider how the God of Israel is also the God of Nineveh. God desires that none should perish...not even Ninevites.
This is part 1 of our Lenten series in Jonah. We consider why the debate on the historicity of the fish is not the point of the story of Jonah.
The ninth part in our series titled Rebuilding Church.
The eighth part of our series titled Rebuilding Church.
The seventh part of our series titled Rebuilding Church.
Pastor Ken Chamberlain offers a word to cultivate congregational life.
Pastor Tim Olson offers a word on the God who is already at work in the world.
The sixth part in our series titled Rebuilding Church.
Part 5 in our series Rebuilding Church.
Fourth part in our series titled Rebuilding Church.
Third part in our series titled: Rebuilding Church.
Second part in our series: Rebuilding church.
We begin our series titled Rebuilding Church where we will be exploring the book(s) of Ezra-Nehemiah.
The infilling of the Spirit is the consecrating of God's people for the sake of mission and holiness.
In the final part in our series titled All Things New we reflect on the Great Commission and it's sending of Jesus' disciples with a message of Good News for the world.
In the fifth part of our series titled All Things New we explore how God makes His witness known in the world through His Church.
A New Family is the fourth part in our series All Things New. We reflect on the ways that God doesn't just call people to himself but to one another. The emergence of this new people is a family that we call the church.
The third part of our All Things New series. We're exploring what it is that God is doing in our church and in the world. This week we consider that God is make a new people in the world, a people we call the church.
Second part of our series All Things New. When God calls a person to himself he calls them into a new story, a new way to make meaning and find purpose in one's life.
First part in a new sermon series titled All Things New. We are exploring the work that Jesus does in a person's life and in creation in his saving activity in the world.
Each month we share some of the individual stories that collectively give shape to our story as a church. This month Pastor Aaron sat down with Elaine Cavaletto.
The Spirit turns many things into one thing.
Jesus' first miracle teach us one of the most important lessons in life: Listen to your mother.
On the baptism of our Lord Sunday we spend time doing some Disney theology.
This sermon was part of our annual Covenant Renewal Service.
Mary and Joseph lost the Son of God. May we, like them, find him in our own search for him.
A Christmas Eve meditation from Luke's gospel.
Our theme for the fourth Sunday of Advent is incarnation.
Our theme on this third Sunday of Advent is redemption.
Our theme for the second Sunday of Advent is redemption.
The first Sunday of Advent we explore the theme of mystery.
Every month we share some of the individual stories that collectively give shape to our story as a church. This month Pastor Aaron sits down with Mary Lee Ings.
Continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark, we explore the healing of blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52.
On Trinity Sunday we explore how we are caught up into the divine life of God.
On this Pentecost Sunday we see the great reversal of the Tower of Babel.
"Jesus is Lord." This is a summary of the gospel and the very thing we reflect on every year on Ascension Sunday.
We best bear witness to our faith in embodied love. This is the story of the church traditionally and our church historically. It's the story we ought to press into today.
In Paul's experience of the resurrected Jesus his faith is both shattered and fulfilled. Jesus ought to always be the measuring stick against which our faith is evaluated.
Doubt isn't the enemy of faith. And Jesus is not threatened by it. We must press into our doubts as people of faith.
We reflect on the Road to Emmaus story and are reminded that Jesus is at work in our lives even when we're unaware.
The church has a great need to embody the new life Easter comes to bring. That is the best witness we could have in the world.
He is Risen! We're reminded this year that Easter begins in a cemetery. New life emerges out of death.
We explore Ezekiel's vision of the dead bones coming to life, reminded that God can redeem all things.