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Join the Family: Why Saints' Hill?
This last Sunday we talked about why Saints’ Hill exists. In a well-churched town, what is our unique purpose and how did we arrive there? Our founders had a…
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*FAMILY CONVERSATIONS* (week 2) / feat. Kenny Snyder
Thanks for joining us as Senior Leader Alex Rettmann sits down with leaders from our church family to reflect on last Sunday’s sermon and talk about life…
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Join the Family: Why the Church?
Last week we began our vision series laying a foundation for what this life is, who God is, and what our purpose is as humans. This week we zoomed in a bit…
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*FAMILY CONVERSATIONS* (week 1) / feat. Austin Smith
Thanks for joining us as Senior Leader Alex Rettmann sits down with leaders from our church family to reflect on last Sunday’s sermon and talk about life…
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Join the Family: What is this Life?
On Sunday we began a new series called Join The Family. This vision series is designed to show why we do what we do at Saints’ Hill and where we’re headed. Our…
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Life of the Church: Salt of the Earth
Because of what Jesus has done, our lives are no longer possessed by death, but we are on a journey towards union with God that Jesus has made possible for us…
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Life of the Church: Now and Then
On Sunday, we heard from one of our elders, Pete on the tension we are living in between the kingdom Jesus inaugurated with his death, burial and resurrection…
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Life of the Church: Living Letters
On Sunday, we had the privilege of hearing from one of our missionaries, Mariah Fredericks. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 3, Mariah spoke on how our lives are…
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The King is Here: Widows and Leaders
In Luke 20…Jesus continues his rebuke of the leaders of Israel. This time he points out how they are obsessed with elevating themselves, even at the expense of…
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The King is Here: Will I Be Married in Heaven?
On Sunday we continued in our Luke Series with a teaching from Alex on Luke 20v27-39. This time, it’s the Sadducees who try to lay a trap for Jesus by asking…
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The King is Here: Wisdom Outside Candy Land
In Luke 20v20-26, Jesus speaks to a profound issue that we all deal with. How do you live in the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of this Age? When the people…
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The King is Here: Cornerstone
On Sunday, we got to hear from one of our elders, Pete, on the Parable of the Tenants in Luke 20. Jesus rebukes the priests through this parable for abusing…
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The King is Here: The Return of the King Part II
This week’s passage from Luke 20v1-8 shows how Jesus uses his authority differently than the Pharisees, demonstrating the priorities of the kingdom of heaven…
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The King is Here: Becoming a House of Prayer
This week’s message from Luke 19:45–48 reminded us that the church is meant to be a house of prayer, not a place to hide lives disconnected from God. Jesus…
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The King is Here: The Power of Man and The Power of God
In Luke 19, Jesus tells a parable to juxtapose himself with Gentile rulers of the day. They come with power to dominate, but Jesus enters Jerusalem in humility…
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The King is Here: How Did Zacchaeus Get Saved?
On Sunday we jumped back into our series on the book of Luke. In the beginning of chapter 19 we read a story about the salvation of a man named Zacchaeus. In…
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Pentecost: How To Be Transformed
This last Sunday we continued in our Pentecost series with a teaching from one of our elders, Austin Smith, on how the Holy Spirit helps us grow and become…
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Pentecost: Spirit and Structure
On Sunday, Alex posed this question: How do you have a Spirit-filled and led people in a structure of church, authority, Scripture and interpretation, without…
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Pentecost: The Promise of Power for Purpose
On Sunday we continued in our Pentecost series with a teaching from Pete on Acts 1v1-9. In this key passage we find Jesus expressing a promise to His…
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Pentecost: Apocalypse Church
As we look forward to Pentecost, we want to spend a few weeks exploring the third person of the Trinity, Holy Spirit. This week, Alex shared how the Church is…
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The King is Here: Do You Know You Are Blind?
On Sunday we jumped back into our Luke Series with a teaching from Alex on Luke 18v35-43. On the surface, this is a story about Jesus healing a blind man. With…
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Life of the Church: Life With a Father
On Sunday we got to hear from one of our missionaries, Nicole Mosher, on what adoption into the family of God looks like. This new identity of adopted sons and…
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The King is Here: Resurrected Life
On Sunday Alex continued our Luke Series with a teaching from Luke 18v31-34. In this passage Jesus reveals to his disciples that He is the Son of Man who was…
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The King is Here: Moving Towards Dependence
This week’s message centered on the rich young ruler and Jesus’ invitation to “come, follow me,” highlighting how surrender is not about losing, but about…
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The King is Here: The Kingdom Belongs to These
On Sunday we got to hear from one of our leaders, Laura Sharp on the passage in Luke 18v15-17 where Jesus teaches his disciples about childlikeness. This story…
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Easter 2025: A Revelation of Jesus
This Resurrection Sunday we got to hear from one of our elders, Austin Smith. He shared from Scripture and personal experience what it means to encounter the…
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The King is Here: The Return of the King
On Sunday, we got to hear from one of our elders, Andoni Montaño on Luke 19v29-38. This passage retells the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem as He begins His…
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The King is Here: The Confidence of the Humble
On Sunday, Bria taught on Luke 18v9-14 where Jesus address the self-righteous with a parable about humility. True humility, Jesus illustrates, is rightly…
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The King is Here: Persistent Prayer
On Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from our friend, Pete Donor on the Parable of the Persistent Widow in Luke 18v1-8. In this string of parables in…
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The King is Here: Two Things Can Be True
On Sunday we resumed our Luke Series with a teaching from Bria on Luke 17v20-37. This passage highlights the dual realities of the kingdom of God and invites…
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Prayer: Chosen to Bear Fruit
On Sunday we wrapped up our series on prayer with a teaching on John 15 and our identity as those chosen to bear fruit. The fruit that we are appointed to bear…
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Prayer: Praying the Word of God
On Sunday, we continued this series with a teaching on declaring the word of God as prayer. David shows us in the Psalms that in prayer there is a time for…
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Prayer: Tilling Prayer
On Sunday, Alex humbly offered this passage in Jeremiah as a word for our church in this season, “This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to…
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Prayer: Out of the Garden, Into the Wilderness
This last Sunday, Chris explored the link between prayer and wilderness throughout the Scriptures. From Moses, to David, to Elijah, and ultimately to Jesus -…
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Prayer: May They Be One
Jesus reveals in John 17 what He prays for you, what He longs to be true of you…and its oneness. From the beginning of creation, God’s desire was to be with…
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Prayer: The War of Desires
Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane gives us the ultimate framework for how to pray and live in the midst of challenging circumstances and intense…
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Prayer: The Worldview of Jesus Pt. 2
If Jesus is giving us a worldview in the Lord’s Prayer, the first couple of verses show us how we are to view God. The remaining verses show us how our view of…
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Prayer: The Worldview of Jesus Pt. 1
Last week, Alex shared why we pray - for the reordering of ourselves and the world we have responsibility for. This week we will be looking at the Lord’s…
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Prayer: Why Pray?
In Matthew 21v13 Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah when He says “My house will be a called a house of prayer”. As a church we are going to take several weeks to…
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2025: The Year of Depth Pt. 2 Mission
Last week we talked about depth in our gathering and how adding a cross to our physical space helps us view our gathering as sacred. This Sunday Alex shared…
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2025: The Year of Depth Pt. 1 The Cross
Every year our senior leader, Alex Rettmann, takes time to pray and think about a word that might give an aim for the coming year. This year that word is…
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Advent: God With Us
When was the last time you were filled with wonder? Advent invites us to remember, to long and to wake up to the reality of God with us. The incarnation of…
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Advent: Surprise
In this season of Advent we contemplate two things at once - the first coming of Christ and the second. Throughout Scripture we see that both come as a…
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Vision 2024: Legacy
This last Sunday, Andoni wrapped up the vision series with a teaching on our last core value: we have the privilege of leaving a legacy of heaven. Throughout…
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Vision 2024: A People Filled With Hope and Joy
On Sunday, one of our elders, Austin Smith, taught on our core value: we are a people filled with hope and joy. We as the Church do not define hope and joy…
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Vision 2024: The Church is a Family
This last Sunday Bria outlined how and why our primary metaphor for the Church is family. The family of God is a people led by the Spirit, who experience the…
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Vision 2024: Environment of Honor
As we continue in our vision series, Alex shared how the principle of honor is the gospel enacted relationally. We are defining honor as: thinking about people…
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Vision 2024: The Scriptures are Authoritative
The Scriptures are authoritative and tell us the truth that leads to freedom. As we continue in our vision series we want to expand on this value in a way that…
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Vision 2024: Nothing is Impossible
On Sunday, one of our elders, Andoni Montaño, taught on our core value: nothing is impossible. Through Andoni’s passage from Mark 11:12-25 we see that Jesus…
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Vision 2024: We are the Righteousness of God
This last Sunday we continued in our Vision Series with a teaching on our core value: We are the righteousness of God. Alex highlighted Jesus’ parable in Luke…
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Vision 2024: The Bridal Ache
The second identity that helps us host God’s Presence well is the ache of the Bride. All throughout Scripture the Bible gives us marriage as a picture of God’s…
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Vision 2024: The Ministry of Priests
This last Sunday Alex gave part one of his teaching on our fourth core value: we have the privilege of hosting the Father’s Presence. We believe the Scriptures…
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Vision 2024: Jesus is Lord
We come together as the church because for us there is but one God, one Lord - Jesus Christ who is worthy of our worship. This last Sunday, Bria taught on our…
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Life of the Church: People and Prayer
This past weekend we had our very first all church camp out at the Oregon coast. Our senior leader, Alex Rettmann, spoke from 1 Peter 4:7-11 about the two…
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Vision 2024: God is Good
This last Sunday Alex kicked off our annual Fall Vision Series with a teaching on our first core value - God is good. In the Old Testament, God declares that…
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The King is Here: Full Healing
On Sunday we spent some time looking at the incredible story in Luke 17v11-19. What we can ascertain from this story is that God’s intention behind signs and…
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The King is Here: Faith and Duty
On Sunday, we got to hear from one our deacons, Chris Sharp. Chris continued in our Luke Series with a teaching on Luke 17v1-10. All throughout the gospels…
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The King is Here: The Rich Man and Lazarus
This last Sunday we continued in our Luke series with a parable from Luke 16v19-31 about the relationship between worldly wealth and eternal wealth. In this…
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The King is Here: The New Marriage
On Sunday Alex led us through Jesus’ teaching in Luke 16v14-18. In this teaching, Jesus is highlighting the shift from the era of the law and the prophets, to…
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The King is Here: The Heavenly Truth and Earthly Lie
On Sunday we looked at an interesting parable in Luke 16v1-15 about a dishonest manager. Through this parable, Jesus teaches us that there is a way of using…