SUmmer 2026
The Holy Spirit is the most talked about and least understood Person of the Trinity. Some have reduced Him to a feeling. Others have turned Him into a spectacle. But the Holy Spirit is neither a force nor a phenomenon; He is a Person, fully God, fully present, actively working in every believer's life.
Ruach to Pneuma: The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit is an eleven-week series that walks through the full scope of the Spirit's ministry from His movement over the waters of creation to His permanent indwelling of every believer today. From the Hebrew ruach to the Greek pneuma, the same Spirit has been at work across all of redemptive history, and He is at work in you. Join us this summer from June 7th - August 16th as we explore who He is, what He does, and how we yield our lives to His leading.
Ruach to Pneuma: The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit is an eleven-week series that walks through the full scope of the Spirit's ministry from His movement over the waters of creation to His permanent indwelling of every believer today. From the Hebrew ruach to the Greek pneuma, the same Spirit has been at work across all of redemptive history, and He is at work in you. Join us this summer from June 7th - August 16th as we explore who He is, what He does, and how we yield our lives to His leading.
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Like Never Before
August 21st, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened the Like Never Before series with the movie cameo, the famous face that flashes on screen and disappears. He said that is how Gentiles looked in Israel's story: Rahab, Ruth, Naaman, Nineveh, rare. Then Jesus arrives and the cameos become regular cast. In John 4:4, the word behind "had to pass through Samaria" is not geography. John uses it for divine necess...
The Holy Spirit and the Church Today
August 16th, 2026
On Sunday, Elder Greg Cryer closed the series with the road his family traveled up the mountain to Turpin, Haiti, more than ten years ago. It had a destination and it had been cleared, but it was never paved, and the ride was all ruts and gravel and dust. He said many of us travel the Christian life the same way: Father and Son, but no Spirit. Working from Ephesians 2:8-10 and the good works God p...
The Holy Spirit's Role in Sanctification and Transformation
August 9th, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened with Fletcher Reede in the 1997 film Liar Liar, a man who cannot make his hand write a lie about the pen he is holding. He said Romans 7 runs the same way in reverse: we want to do right and find ourselves doing the opposite. Turning to Romans 8:1-8, Pastor Russell traced a tightly argued chain. The word behind "no condemnation" points less to the verdict t...
The Holy Spirit in Prayer and Intercession
August 3rd, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened in Romans 8:26-28 with a memory from his years as a young youth pastor in Winnsboro, when a girl in his ministry lost her grandfather and met him in the hospital hallway, screaming and without words. Pastor Russell said those speechless moments are exactly where we experience the active presence of God. Our trouble in prayer is a content problem rather than...
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
The books of Ezra-Nehemiah tell the remarkable story of God bringing His people home from exile in Babylon to rebuild what had been ruined. This story follows three faithful leaders, Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, who are directed by Persian kings to lead the people back to Jerusalem. Against fierce opposition, the altar is restored, the temple is rebuilt, and the walls of Jerusalem stand once again, but even after all that hard work, the story ends with a surprising ache. Something is still unfinished. The people’s hearts remain unchanged, their obedience falters, and the long-awaited restoration never fully arrives. We hope you join us as we trace the faith, courage, opposition, and perseverance of God’s people. We will be reminded that outward rebuilding can never replace the deeper work only God can do within us. The exile’s story of return points forward to our story: we don’t just need rebuilt walls, we need renewed hearts. Only Jesus can complete the restoration we truly long for. Until that takes place, the work remains unfinished.
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Like Never Before
August 21st, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened the Like Never Before series with the movie cameo, the famous face that flashes on screen and disappears. He said that is how Gentiles looked in Israel's story: Rahab, Ruth, Naaman, Nineveh, rare. Then Jesus arrives and the cameos become regular cast. In John 4:4, the word behind "had to pass through Samaria" is not geography. John uses it for divine necess...
The Holy Spirit and the Church Today
August 16th, 2026
On Sunday, Elder Greg Cryer closed the series with the road his family traveled up the mountain to Turpin, Haiti, more than ten years ago. It had a destination and it had been cleared, but it was never paved, and the ride was all ruts and gravel and dust. He said many of us travel the Christian life the same way: Father and Son, but no Spirit. Working from Ephesians 2:8-10 and the good works God p...
The Holy Spirit's Role in Sanctification and Transformation
August 9th, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened with Fletcher Reede in the 1997 film Liar Liar, a man who cannot make his hand write a lie about the pen he is holding. He said Romans 7 runs the same way in reverse: we want to do right and find ourselves doing the opposite. Turning to Romans 8:1-8, Pastor Russell traced a tightly argued chain. The word behind "no condemnation" points less to the verdict t...
The Holy Spirit in Prayer and Intercession
August 3rd, 2026
On Sunday, Pastor Russell Johnson opened in Romans 8:26-28 with a memory from his years as a young youth pastor in Winnsboro, when a girl in his ministry lost her grandfather and met him in the hospital hallway, screaming and without words. Pastor Russell said those speechless moments are exactly where we experience the active presence of God. Our trouble in prayer is a content problem rather than...
The Holy Spirit as Guide and Teacher
July 27th, 2026
On Sunday, in Week 8 of the "Ruach to Pneuma" series, Pastor Rick Wilcox introduced the Holy Spirit as our Teacher, and the better Teacher at that. He opened with Dr. Al Collins, the professor who wrote Hugh B. Brown's prayer on the blackboard, "from the arrogance that thinks it has all truth, O God of truth, deliver us," and who corrected a fiery eighteen-year-old by planting a seed and walking a...
