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August 9, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series: Choices Along The Line #3 Bible Text: 2 Samuel 15:17-22. 18:2 Message begins at 28:30

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When circumstances scream “Flee,” the wise remain loyal to their king. In 2 Samuel 15, as David flees Absalom’s rebellion, the Philistine commander Ittai the Gittite faces a classic pressure point. David offers him an easy exit: “Go back… this is not your fight.” Instead Ittai answers, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.” His loyalty to the living God and God’s king later earns him command of one-third of David’s army.

The sermon draws the parallel to Peter in John 6, when many disciples turned back from Jesus. Peter’s response—“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life”—echoes Ittai’s settled resolve. Four truths emerge for every follower of Jesus: Your allegiance is to who or what you believe offers life; true allegiance is revealed the moment an easy exit appears; easy exits are always dangerous dead ends; and staying with the True King is public, costly, and rewarding.

August 2, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series: Choices Along The Line #2 Bible Text: 2 Samuel 17:27-29; 19:31-39 Message begins at 31:07

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Even when all seems lost, God uses the costly choices of faithful people to advance His kingdom. David’s private sin produced public consequence; Absalom stole the hearts of Israel and the king fled Jerusalem barefoot and weeping. Shimei cursed and threw stones. Yet God had already promised an everlasting kingdom, and the promise kept advancing through quiet, costly faithfulness.

Eighty-year-old Barzillai of Gilead opened the wagons—beds, food, cheese—knowing that if Absalom won, everything he owned and his life itself were forfeit. When David returned in victory, Barzillai refused the honor of Jerusalem, asked only that Chimham go in his place, and went home content. The same pattern appears in Joanna, wife of Herod’s household manager, who risked status and resources to fund Jesus’ itinerant ministry.

Those who have tasted God’s hesed keep the supply lines open—even when it costs them everything. True faithfulness is revealed while the outcome is still in doubt.

July 26, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series: Choices Along The Line #1 Bible Text: 2 Samuel 9 Message begins at 22:04

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The message explores how we all face seasons when life overruns us and we need friends who can cry through a crisis. 

The message opens with the gripping story of Lt. Col. Hal Moore in Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley, where he called “Broken Arrow” — a desperate plea for help even if it meant bombing his own position. This illustrates our human need for connection in adversity.

Drawing from Proverbs 17:17 and 18:24, the message shows God’s design for friendship that shows up in hard times and sticks closer than a brother. 

The ultimate “Broken Arrow” came when sin contaminated humanity, but God the Father sent Jesus to answer the call. On the cross, Jesus laid down His life for His friends, absorbing the full force of sin, death, and evil, and defeating them. Jesus calls us His friends if we trust and follow Him. 

The message challenges us to build deep friendships empowered by our friendship with Jesus so others can cry “Broken Arrow” and find real help.

June 28, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Friendship Sunday Bible Text: Prov. 17:17, 18:24, John 15:13-15, Gal. 3:13, 6:2, Rom. 8:2, Col. 2:13-15 Message begins at 22:04

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The message explores how we all face seasons when life overruns us and we need friends who can cry through a crisis. 

The message opens with the gripping story of Lt. Col. Hal Moore in Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley, where he called “Broken Arrow” — a desperate plea for help even if it meant bombing his own position. This illustrates our human need for connection in adversity.

Drawing from Proverbs 17:17 and 18:24, the message shows God’s design for friendship that shows up in hard times and sticks closer than a brother. 

The ultimate “Broken Arrow” came when sin contaminated humanity, but God the Father sent Jesus to answer the call. On the cross, Jesus laid down His life for His friends, absorbing the full force of sin, death, and evil, and defeating them. Jesus calls us His friends if we trust and follow Him. 

The message challenges us to build deep friendships empowered by our friendship with Jesus so others can cry “Broken Arrow” and find real help.

June 21, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Father's Day Bible Text: Gen. 3:1-5,15, John 8:31-32,44,10:10,14:6,9, Heb. 1:3 Message begins at 21:20

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The message explores how what comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. There are two fathers competing for our hearts: the Father of love, truth, and life, and the father of hate, lies, and death. The serpent’s lies in Genesis 3 still circulate today and distort our picture of God.

Jesus came to expose those lies and show us the exact representation of the Father—“Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). When our mental picture of God does not match the self-giving love of Jesus on the cross, it is polluted and harmful.

The sermon walks listeners through practical steps to identify the lie, replace it with truth, and confide in a trusted friend. On this Father’s Day, the message ends with a warm invitation: stop running and come home to the Father whose arms have been open the whole time. How will this truth shape the way you see God and live this week?

June 14, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series:True Home #7 Bible Text:Matt. 28:18-20, Acts 1:8, Ephesians 2:10,19-21 Message begins at 23:00

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The message explores how Jesus’ deployment orders in the Great Commission and the beautiful identity language of Ephesians 2 call every follower to move from finding home to helping others find it. The sermon contrasts the common temptation to settle into comfortable “Not In My Pew” attitudes with the heartbeat of God for the isolated, the lonely, and the stranger.

It traces the progression: we Connect to belong, we Grow to become more like Jesus, and we Serve to bless. Because we belong to God’s household and are empowered by His Spirit, serving flows from overflow rather than overload. Simple availability, Spirit-empowered witness, and intentional hospitality open doors that programs alone cannot. We can serve to bless others with the True Home we’ve found in Jesus because we belong and we are being equipped.

June 7, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series:True Home #6 Bible Text: Colossians 2:6-7, Ephesians 4:15-15 Message begins at 27:18

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Connecting to Jesus brings you home to God and your family: the true home where you have always belonged. The message reveals our shared experience of being dead in trespasses, far off, and without hope. But God, rich in mercy and love, makes us alive together with Christ and seats us in heavenly places by grace through faith. The cross tears down hostility’s wall, forming one new people—strangers becoming family in God’s household. As new creations, we are now ambassadors entrusted with reconciliation.

May 31, 2026 Speaker: Mike Kleven Series:True Home #5 Bible Text: Ephesians 2:1-10, 14-19. 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 Message begins at 25:10

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Connecting to Jesus brings you home to God and your family: the true home where you have always belonged. The message reveals our shared experience of being dead in trespasses, far off, and without hope. But God, rich in mercy and love, makes us alive together with Christ and seats us in heavenly places by grace through faith. The cross tears down hostility’s wall, forming one new people—strangers becoming family in God’s household. As new creations, we are now ambassadors entrusted with reconciliation.