Seneca Community Church Messages

We all have favorites. Favorite pizza toppings, favorite Christmas songs and movies, a favorite coffee place(!!!), favorite seats to sit in at church... Parents - do you have a favorite child? We like to say we don't, but deep down we often do. Join us this Sunday as we talk about some of Jesus' favorites and how this applies to the shepherds in the Christmas Story. Spoiler alert - there's more to it than is usually portrayed in children's books.

12/10/2023 - Christmas (What You Thought You Knew) - Part 2: Meet the Angels by Dave Spencer

12/03/2023 - Christmas (What You Thought You Knew) - Part 1: Meet the Parents by Dave Spencer

How difficult is it to be close to a friend who is also a friend to someone you have a fractured relationship with? How do you navigate the relationship and remain close when you're holding something back? This Sunday we will finish up our series, Remember the Titans, as well as look at our fifth core value, "We build authentic community" as we unpack the statement, “We can’t be fully present with others unless we are present with God.”

How does it affect your listening when you know someone cares? When was the last time you listened to some hard stuff from a person that cares for you? How did it affect your response? How well do you find people are listening to you when they know you genuinely care? What are some of your obstacles to Daring to Care? This week in Remember the Titans, we continue to see how their team had to have stated and unstated principles for the way they would play the game. These were more than just rules for the game of football. These principles would reflect who the Titans were and who they were becoming. On a personal level, principles like these reflect how we live life. As a church, we refer to these principles as core values, which are like anchors for how we interact with the world around us. Seneca Community Church has five Core Values. This Sunday we will look at a fourth core value under the heading "Daring to Care."

11/12/2023 - Remember The Titans - Part 6 - Whose Is It? by Dave Spencer

11/05/2023 - Remember the Titans - Part 5: Listen by Dave Spencer

10/29/2023 - Symbols by Dave Spencer

Join us this Sunday as we continue where we left off last week with Remember the Titans: Keep Your Eye on the Ball. Have you notice since last week it really is true that “Your car goes where your eyes go”? In this message, we will continue to see the implications of that truth in our spiritual lives. Hope to see you this week as we finish up unpacking the idea that what our eyes are on will almost always pull our life and even our church in that direction.

10/15/2023 - Remember the Titans - Part 4: Keep Your Eye on the Ball by Dave Spencer

"I completely disagree!" It’s a phrase we think often, even if we don’t say it out loud. Friendships break, families splinter, and churches split over disagreement. While there is a time and place for going separate ways, what if most disagreements are meant to draw us closer together? In Acts 15, we find the early church handling one of their first theological disagreements. Is compromise possible when truth and doctrine are on the line? How did the early apostles, elders, and church leaders handle this disagreement and what can we learn from them? Join us as we explore biblical conflict resolution and learn together the crucial differences between disagreements of doctrine, conscience, and opinion.

10 - 01 - 2023 - Remember The Titans - Pt 3 by Dave Spencer

“All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on Him being with them.” (Hudson Taylor) Is there a recurring thought, dream, or vision of something that you need to do for God that keeps popping up in your thoughts over the years? Are your lack of qualifications and insecure feelings holding you back from stepping out in faith for God? You won't want to miss it as guest speaker Mike Tison (also presenting at the Game Dinner at SCC this Saturday) shares a message inspiring hope for the men (and women) God chooses. Join us for Reluctant Misfits. If you have a chance, prepare by reading 1 Corinthians 1:26-31.

Welcome to Williams High School in Alexandria, VA! Your homework for Sunday: Assignment #1 - Watch this video clip. Assignment #2 - Answer these discussion questions: The question “Who's your Daddy” at first could be offensive but when Coach Boone asked it in Remember the Titans, what is he getting at? Who are the so-called “Daddies” in our world, our culture, our community? Have you ever seen or had a person, a way of life, a pursuit, or a desire in a sense become someone else’s or your “Daddy”? What happened? Assignment #3 - Read 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (p 779 in an SCC chair rack Bible). Fortunately, our homework policy is very lenient. Even if you don't complete all of it, you are invited to join us for Remember the Titans - Part 2: Who's Your Daddy?

Most of us run from disagreements. It's just too easy for them to get out of hand. What are some of the simple disagreements that you have seen just go too far? In the first part of Remember the Titans, we will try to unpack how we can, in a healthy way, avoid disagreements going too far and how to come back from them when they create a disagreeable spirit. If you have a chance, prepare by reading 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 (page 778 in an SCC chair rack Bible).

This is a video message from Life Church.

This weekend, we are going to look at God's goodness. None of us want to miss out on it and from a theological perspective we never do, but we sure can miss out on enjoying it. Hopefully, after looking at Jonathan, David, and Saul, we will be able to increase our enjoyment of God's goodness. For some of us, the first step will be seeing it. Join us Sunday as we continue to look at the story of David and see how being who we are and who God created us to be is a part of religion VS relationship. If you get a chance, prepare by reading 1 Samuel 18:1-16 (page 196 in an SCC chair rack Bible).

What did you like to pretend to be when you were a kid? A super hero? A policeman (or policewoman)? An animal? Why do kids like to pretend to be someone else? When is it time for kids to realize who they are and stop pretending? Join us Sunday as we continue to look at the story of David and see how being who we are and who God created us to be is a part of religion VS relationship. If you get a chance, prepare by reading 1 Samuel 17:32-58 (page 196 in an SCC chair rack Bible).

What do you think of when you hear the word "underdog?" Have you ever been an underdog and on the losing end of things when all of sudden you discovered you had a fighting chance because someone become your champion? It's encouraging to remember that as a Christ follower, you always have a champion, someone who will go to bat for you! Join us as we look at a story that may be familiar to most of us and see how fear and anxiety can turn into victory when we follow God. If you get a chance, prepare by reading 1 Samuel 17:1-31 (page 195 in an SCC chair rack Bible).

8/06/2023 - The Seeking King - Part 1: Restlessness by Dave Spencer