This little happening church truly astounded me! I came here with my college-aged daughter, because she knew Pastor Matt before he came out to this church, and said that she really speaks to her, to her generation especially. I found that not only was he very contemporary and engaging, but he is extremely funny as well as profoundly deep!
Pastor Matt is energetic, young, with a beautiful wife and 2 young daughters and another child on the way. He's clean-cut, almost low-key in jeans and shiny white sneakers, yet charismatic in manner and tone; you really want to hear what he's going to say next.
He has well thought-out themes with PowerPoint overheads, great anecdotes, even very personal and interesting ones, and very well presented biblical concepts for practical every day life, as well as in-depth exegesis. I think he does an unusually fine job of presenting content that is interested for somebody who has never even been to a church before, and yet enough thoughtful content for even the veteran Christian.
I enjoyed the coffee, brownies, and fruit and cinnamon rolls before the church service started. I found the people very warm and friendly, eager to connect if I wanted to reach out, yet chill enough to leave me alone when I didn't. Not everybody looked like me! There was young & old people, seasoned and new, and reasonably culturally diverse as well.
The service then starts out with a fine little rock concert; an acoustic guitar, electric bass, two keyboards and several singers, singing contemporary Christian music that was very upbeat and engaging.
They have lots of activities and things to get involved in, small groups from arts and crafts to prayer groups to basketball, and after church in-depth studies with (I loved this!) "clear on/ramps to kick-start your spiritual life."
The church I had attended previously was five minutes from my home, and I seriously wondered about driving about a half an hour to attend the service here. But I decided to do that; it's well worth it. read more