Mission Ventura

10/26/2026

Everyone carries a story. Some of it the world can see. Some of it only you know. But Jesus knows all of it, and he still stops for you.

In Mark 5, a woman defined by 12 years of suffering reached out and touched the edge of Jesus’ cloak. She just wanted to be healed and disappear back into the crowd. But Jesus would not let her stay nameless. He looked until he found her, and called her “daughter.”

That is who you are. Not your issues. Not your past. Not the worst thing that happened to you or the worst thing you have done. A much-loved son or daughter of God.

If you have been marked by that kind of compassion, let it flow outward. The world around you is waiting.

10/19/2026

What lies are you believing about yourself? That you are not good enough. That you are too far gone. That God could never love someone like you. Those chains are real — but they do not have to be permanent.

In Mark chapter 5, Jesus crosses a stormy lake just to reach one man tormented and living in chains. He did not have to. He chose to. Because that is who Jesus is — he moves toward the pain.

Jesus said that the truth will set you free. Freedom does not start with changing what you do. It starts with renewing what you believe. Transformation happens as God changes the way we think — from the inside out.

You do not have to stay stuck. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. That freedom is available to you today.

10/12/2026

Your worst moments do not get naming rights over your future. That is the heart of what we explored this week in Mark 2, where four friends refused to let an obstacle become an excuse and lowered their paralyzed friend through a roof just to get him in front of Jesus.

Jesus saw the obvious problem. But he went deeper. Before the healing, before the crowd applauded, he looked at that man and said “son.” Not what you have done. Not what has been done to you. Son.

The same is true for you. Romans 3:23 reminds us that all have sinned, but 1 John 1 promises that God is faithful to forgive when we bring him the truth. The mat that once carried him, he now carries as a testimony of what God did.

Your story is not over. Change is possible.

10/08/2026

What if the most ordinary moment of your day became the turning point of your life? That is exactly what happened to four fishermen when Jesus walked up to the shore and said two words: “Follow me.”

Jesus does not wait for you to have it all together. He does not call the qualified — He qualifies the called. As 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 reminds us, our ability comes from God, not from ourselves. Peter, Andrew, James, and John were ordinary men. But they said yes, and nothing was ever the same.

We are kicking off our new series, Marked, looking at real encounters with Jesus that changed everything. This week we are asking: what do you need to leave behind to start following him? Because a life marked by purpose is waiting on the other side of that yes.

09/28/2026

09/28/2026

Life has a way of leaving its mark. Regret. Addiction. Hurt. Fear. Failure. But whatever has marked your past doesn’t have to define your future. During this series at Mission, we’ll walk through four real encounters people had with Jesus in the book of Mark and see how He replaces shame with forgiveness, bo***ge with freedom, wandering with purpose, and isolation with compassion. Jesus still marks lives today when we encounter Him. Don’t miss a week of this series as we discover together that change is possible.

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09/28/2026

Baptism is not about perfection. It is about direction. It is going public with the new life that Jesus has given you.

This weekend, dozens of people took one of the most spiritually significant steps of their lives. Romans 6:4 reminds us that just as Christ was raised from the dead, we too may live a new life. The water is not magic, but what God does in the human heart is transformational. Baptism is a visible picture of an internal miracle.

If you have been following Jesus but have never taken this step, ask yourself honestly: what is underneath the no? Fear, embarrassment, procrastination? Following Jesus is more important than managing everyone else’s opinion of you.

The old life is gone. The new life is here. And we will cheer like crazy people every single time someone goes public with their faith.

09/21/2026

2,026 years later, one question still echoes through history: “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus asked his disciples in Matthew 16, and that question reaches straight into our lives today.

Jesus is prophet — the exact representation of God, not just speaking on God’s behalf but showing us exactly what God is like. He is priest — the one who paid the price for our sin once and for all, giving us direct access to the Father. And he is King — reigning over a kingdom we are all invited into.

This is the hope we have built this church on for 15 years: no matter what you are carrying, there is hope for you through Jesus Christ. His grace is sufficient. His love never changes. His word is enough.

09/14/2026

No one gets through this life unscathed by suffering. And when the pain hits, the question rises fast: if God is good, why does He allow this?

This week at Mission Church, Mike reminded us that God does not watch suffering from a distance. He enters it. Jesus knew rejection, betrayal, grief, injustice, and physical pain. The cross does not answer every question about suffering, but it does answer whether God cares (John 1:14, Isaiah 53, Psalm 34).

You are seen. You are not forgotten. If you are hurting today, let someone in.

09/12/2026

Kicking off the fall run of Men’s Second Saturday! What better way than an arm wrestling competition?! Make sure to jump in this fall as we lean in together to grow in our spiritual walks together as men.