Savannah Christian Church

Strangers in a Strange Land

Started on May 20th, 2012

A summer book study of I & II Peter

Ever traveled overseas and felt completely out of place? No one thinks like you. No one talks like you. No one lives like you.

That’s how fully-devoted followers of Christ feel today. We’re citizens of the Kingdom of God as we move through this world. We’re for this world, but not of this world.

Our beliefs about what’s right and what’s important are often in conflict with our culture. It’s easy to grow discouraged and confused, to feel the gravity of two worlds pulling us in opposite directions.

That’s exactly how believers felt 2,000 years ago. A man named Peter wrote letters to those believers to clear the chaos. His godly wisdom can encourage us today as we live for Christ as strangers in a strange land.

Sermons & Worship

05/20/2012: Strange is Good

Just Married

Started on April 15th, 2012

Are the wedding gifts waiting to be unwrapped? Or is the china chipped and the towels a bit timeworn?

After the honeymoon comes a long stretch of life. Newlywed bliss can settle into everyday “just married and going through the motions.”

The Bible teaches that marriage can be more. What if there was a way to have a new marriage with the same spouse?

Join us for “Just Married?” This new sermon series will explore what needs to change to create a marriage – and a love – that lasts a lifetime.

“Behold, I make all things new.” Revelations 21:5

Sermons & Worship

04/15/2012: Re-Visioning Your Marriage
04/22/2012: Men and Marriage
04/29/2012: Why Marriages Fail
05/06/2012: Taking Out The Trash
05/13/2012: Reverse Engineering Your Marriage

Christian Atheist

Started on February 12th, 2012

“They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny Him.” Titus 1:16

We say we believe in God. And we do. We store information about Him in a far corner of our mind.

But when it comes to real life, we worry all the time. We don’t think God is fair. We’re ashamed of our past.

So what’s going on? We call ourselves Christians but then we often live as if God doesn’t exist and His promises aren’t true.

There’s good news. We can examine our faith in an honest, deep, real way and begin moving toward a more authentic God-honoring life. True Christianity awaits. Find it!

Sermons & Worship

02/12/2012: I Believe In God But No One Would Know It
02/19/2012: I Believe In God But I Am In Charge Of My Sex Life
02/26/2012: I Believe In God But Worry All The Time
03/04/2012: I Believe In God But I Don’t Pray
03/11/2012: I Believe In God But I Don’t Think He’s Fair
03/18/2012: I Believe In God But I’m Ashamed Of My Past
03/25/2012: I Believe In God But I Don’t Talk About It
04/01/2012: I Believe In God But I Don’t Forgive
04/08/2012: I Believe In God But I’m Afraid To Die

Wednesday’s with Jon Weece

Started on February 1st, 2012

Sermons & Worship

02/01/2012: Joy
02/08/2012: Joyful Humility
02/15/2012: The Day God Descended On Whembly Stadium

The Blessed Life

Started on January 8th, 2012

What’s the secret to a blessed life? To a life of abundant joy? To a mind at peace and a heart content? Is it even possible?

Imagine if God changed your heart from selfish to generous. How would your life be different? What if your love for God changed how you spend your time, how you invest your talents, how you use your financial resources?

Our God is a generous God. We can’t out give Him, but we can experience the joy of trying. Our life can bear fruit beyond what we dreamed. Welcome to the blessed life.

Sermons & Worship

01/08/2012: Why God Chooses To Bless
01/15/2012: Positioning Your Finances For Blessing
01/22/2012: Living In Community
01/29/2012: Blessed By Serving
02/05/2012: My Legacy

Authentic Faith

Started on January 4th, 2012

Harrison Huxford presents a four week study about the book of James.

Sermons & Worship

01/04/2012: Authentic Faith
01/11/2012: Authentic Faith Part 2
01/18/2012: Authentic Faith Engages Others
01/25/2012: Authentic Faith Engages Myself

One Church Service

Started on January 1st, 2012

We are ONE in Christ.
Gathering for ONE service.
To worship the ONE True God.
On Day ONE of 2012.

View a gallery of photos taken during the service

Sermons & Worship

01/01/2012: One Church

Christmas Conspiracy

Started on December 4th, 2011

The story of Christ's birth is a story of promise, hope, and revolutionary love.

The Christmas season is a time to love, to feel the ultimate peace He brings, and to celebrate our newborn King with complete abandon, with an overwhelming passion.

So what has happened? When did this celebration turn into stress, traffic jams, and shopping lists?

What if Christmas became a world-changing event again? What if we reclaimed this holy season?

It’s time for a Christmas Conspiracy.

Sermons & Worship

12/04/2011: Worship Fully
12/11/2011: Give Presence
12/18/2011: Love all
12/21/2011: God With Us

Wednesday Missions

Started on November 9th, 2011

Sermons & Worship

11/09/2011: Missions with Brock Johnson

Forgotten

Started on November 5th, 2011

Ever grown discouraged as you seek to do God’s will? Ever been ridiculed or reviled for living out your beliefs? Ever felt lonely, even invisible or ignored, as you serve humbly and quietly?

Don’t lose heart. You're in good company. Sometimes the greatest good is done as we persevere in tough circumstances.

Remember this. Those who are out of sight and out of mind here on earth are never out of God’s heart.

Sermons & Worship

11/06/2011: Pray-Send-Give-Go
11/13/2011: This Is Not Right
11/20/2011: Take Courage
11/27/2011: Acts 29

Lost & Found - The Parables

Started on September 14th, 2011

Sermons & Worship

The unKNOWN God

Started on October 9th, 2011

Finding our way to Truth

In ancient times a missionary named Paul visited Athens and saw an altar inscribed “To The Unknown God.”

Today, centuries later, many of us still worship an unknown God. We practice religion. We try to do the right things, but something is missing. It feels empty.

The good news is that the living God - who crossed heaven and earth to reveal Himself to us in Jesus - wants to be known. This is the stark difference between religion and relationship. We can know God! And He wants to be KNOWN by us.

Join us as we continue our study of Acts and examine how Jesus changes everything.

Sermons & Worship

Exponential

Started on September 4th, 2011

Igniting a world wide web of faith

When Christianity was new, it exploded. Believers couldn’t stop talking about Jesus. Addition turned to multiplication as the number of new believers grew exponentially. Village after village lit up with Christianity, igniting a world wide web of believers.

Today the good news is still great. Are we still amazed? Still urgent to reach the ends of the earth?

Sermons & Worship

Collide

Started on August 7th, 2011

Alive on Impact

We all fear a head-on collision. Should we?

People who follow God hit the ways of the world head-on. The force of impact can rock us, creating either deep pain or divine passion.

When Christianity first hit the world, the church came alive on impact. We can, too.

Sermons & Worship

08/21/2011: Dying For What You Believe In
08/28/2011: A Life Totally Changed By Christ

Shift

Started on June 26th, 2011

This changes everything

Part of a study of the Book of Acts

Can you imagine it? All together the disciples wait. Jesus, in whom they placed all hope and belief, was gone, leaving only His promise that the Holy Spirit would come. Suddenly like a loud, rushing wind from heaven, the Spirit arrives.

And in that moment - recounted in the book of Acts - everything changed. The course of the world made a mighty shift. The trajectory of our own lives began to turn.

Acts is our story, the ancient story of how Christianity began and changed how we all encounter God. Today, as we study the age-old text, what can we learn about ourselves and our God? What can we discover about our lives as we examine a time when Christianity was bursting forth with a new power?

Find out how Jesus changed everything as we begin our in-depth study of Acts.

Sermons & Worship

06/25/2011: The Message And Mission Of The Church
07/03/2011: Preaching That Changes Everything

From This Day Forward

Started on May 21st, 2011

Transform your marriage starting today

Wedding days are happy and full of hope. For some couples the celebration continues through life. For others the secret to a happy marriage remains a secret. Day-to-day life turns out for worse, not better.

What's missing? What's going wrong? When there are grounds for divorce, why can't we find grounds for marriage?

Whether your marriage is loving, luke-warm, or nearly lost, you can take steps today to save and protect it, reinforce and enrich it. From this day forward it can be different.

Sermons & Worship

05/21/2011: Choosing The Love of Your Life
05/28/2011: The Rituals of a Healthy Marriage
06/04/2011: Managing a Spiritual Mismatch
06/11/2011: We Can Work It Out
06/19/2011: Leaving a Spiritual Legacy

Doubt

Started on May 1st, 2011

Sermons & Worship

04/30/2011: The Upside of Doubt
05/08/2011: Dealing With Doubt

Come Alive

Started on March 13th, 2011

Can we make a tree grow? Can we, by our own will, force it to develop deep roots, expand its trunk, extend its branches, sprout leaves, and bear fruit?

No. We can't.

We can, though, cultivate the ground, plant a seed, and water a growing plant. If we do the right things consistently, a powerful force takes over. A tree becomes rooted and grows into a towering giant.

What about our spiritual life? Are there ways of cultivating growth? Of placing ourselves before God so He can transform us? So He can make us fully alive and give us the power to flourish?

Join us as we talk about things we can do, ways we can cultivate our daily lives, to open ourselves to God's power to work and bring change.

"I am the Vine. You are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5

Sermons & Worship

03/13/2011: Apart From This Nothing Happens
03/19/2011: Connecting With Jesus
03/26/2011: Supplementing Your Faith
04/02/2011: Spiritual Force Multipliers
04/09/2011: The Best Time to Begin Walking With Jesus
04/16/2011: The Heroic Death of Jesus
04/23/2011: Where New Life Begins

Status Update

Started on February 13th, 2011

What's your status? What's tapping from your fingertips or slipping from your lips? Anger? Greed? Jealousy? Anxiety? Hate?

Where'd that come from? What's welling up inside? Filling your heart and overflowing?

What we speak and do is based on what's in our heart. The only way to update our real status is by changing our heart.

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." Luke 6:45

Sermons & Worship

02/13/2011: The Monitor of Your Heart
02/20/2011: That’s Weird
02/27/2011: The Antidote for Worry
03/06/2011: Developing a Love That is Stronger Than Prejudice

Ripple Effect

Started on January 2nd, 2011

How simple choices create wide circles of change

You will make decisions today about how you spend your time. Where you invest your energy. How you use your resources.

Each choice - however small or insignificant it may seem - can have a lasting, even eternal, effect on your life. And on the lives of those you love. Even the lives of people you've never met.

What impact are you making? What's radiating from your life to those around you? Can you use everyday opportunities to pour out life-changing truth that ripples around the world and across generations?

Simple Christmas

Started on November 28th, 2010

Go to the parties. Wrap the gifts. Deck the halls. Roast the turkey. Send the cards. Hurry. Rush. Buy. Go. Spend.

Or don't.

Do you need a silent night? Are you overwhelmed by all the activity? Or are you lonely and longing for peace and joy?

Join us as together we find our way back to the simple Christmas story. As we follow the star not the latest sale. As we receive and give the overwhelming love that came to earth 2,000 years ago, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.