Arbor Church

Garrett Shelp explores Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6:19–34 to contrast the values of God’s kingdom with the false security of wealth and worry. He invites listeners to focus their lives on God, invest in relationships, and take the next faithful step as they trust God’s provision.

Josiah examines Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6 on generosity, prayer, and fasting. He calls disciples to practice these disciplines from the hidden well of God’s grace rather than as an outward performance.

Scott continues The Mount by exploring Jesus’ call in Matthew 5 to fulfill the law through a transformed heart rather than outward performance. Through anger, desire, marriage, integrity, retaliation, and enemy love, he shows how disciples receive Christ’s grace and grow into whole people.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16 Alison continues our series The Mount with an exploration of the metaphors of salt and light that Jesus used, and how we can become influencers for God’s kingdom.

Then he began to teach them by saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.” – Matthew 5 This week, Scott opens our new series The Mount with a tour of the Beatitudes, or – as he had printed on a shirt, once – what be your attitude?

Garrett shares his own story of pastor grief and 5 principles that he “sort of stumbled into” in the years that followed, as he and his family moved towards hope.

Allison Nacone, a pastor and hospital chaplain, explores the tangled grief of sudden pastoral loss. She discusses communal mourning, God’s nearness to the brokenhearted, and how grief reveals the cost of love. A vivid “grief smoothie” metaphor blends sorrow, numbness, anger, betrayal, and anxiety, while 2 Corinthians offers a framework for honest suffering, dependence, and hope.

Caleb’s story unfolds from the twelve spies’ terrifying report to his unwavering call to trust God. The message explores wholehearted faith through decades of wandering, disappointment, and waiting. At 85, Caleb still chooses the mountain filled with giants, offering a compelling picture of courage, endurance, and finishing faithfully.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? – Psalm 42

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. – Psalm 100 Scott Hetherington leads us through Psalm 100, five short verses containing Scripture’s clearest invitations to worship.