SMCC Messages

What It Means to Be Just | What It Means to Be Pt. 4

What does it really mean to pursue justice in a broken and polarized world? In this message, Trevor explores a biblical vision of justice rooted in God’s character—one that seeks redemption over condemnation, expands our circle of concern through relationships, and calls us to make one problem our own. Ultimately, this sermon points us to Jesus as the clearest picture of justice lived out through mercy, compassion, and sacrificial love.

What It Means to Be a Man | What It Means to Be Pt. 3

What does it really mean to be a man in a culture full of confusion and contradiction? In this message, Pastor Eric Nelson explores biblical masculinity as male strength harnessed under God’s control and deployed in God’s story. Rooted in Genesis and lived out through worship, work, relationship, and protection, this sermon calls men to move from passivity or aggression into purposeful, life-giving strength.

What It Means to Be an Influencer | What It Means to Be Pt. 2

In part two of What It Means to Be, we explore what it means to live as an influencer—examining the voices we welcome into our lives and the impact we have on others. Through Scripture, we discover how maturity, discernment, and delight in Jesus guard us from unhealthy influence and empower us to build others up. This message reminds us that true influence isn’t about platforms or popularity, but about joyfully reflecting Christ in everyday life.

What It Means to Be Spirit Filled | What It Means to Be Pt. 1

What does it really mean to be Spirit-filled in a world full of noise and conflicting voices? In this message, Pastor Eric Nelson walks through Scripture to show who the Holy Spirit is, what His role is in our lives, and how the fruit and gifts of the Spirit always point us back to truth and to Jesus. Discover how living Spirit-filled isn’t about hype or weirdness, but about clarity, unity, and a life that consistently glorifies Christ.

Thank You, Goodbye, I Agree, and Please | Reflection Sunday

In this reflective message, we pause in the quiet space between Christmas and the new year to thank God for His greatest gift, honestly say goodbye to past seasons, and realign our identity with what He says is true. Through Scripture, stories, and guided moments of prayer, we’re invited to agree with God about who we are and where He’s leading us. Together, we learn how to close the year with gratitude, honesty, trust, and a simple, faith-filled “please.”

Christmas Eve 2025

On this Christmas Eve, Pastor Eric invites us to see the familiar nativity story from a surprising angle—revealing Christmas as a cosmic battle, not just a sentimental holiday. Drawing from Revelation 12, this message shows how the birth of Jesus marks God’s decisive rescue mission against evil, with heaven breaking into earth in a moment of ultimate victory. This sermon reframes Christmas as a story of hope, courage, and peace rooted in the truth that the battle has already been won.

The Christmas Feels | Open Heaven Pt. 3

In this message from week three of Open Heaven, Pastor Eric explores a question many people ask at Christmas: What does knowing Christ actually feel like? Rather than chasing spiritual highs or emotional moments, Scripture reveals that the Christian life is rooted in ongoing fellowship with God—an everyday alignment of our head, heart, and hands with His truth. When that fellowship is real, emotions like joy and peace follow naturally, grounded in the objective reality of who Jesus is and what He has done.

The Threshold of Heaven | Open Heaven Pt. 2

Most of life’s most significant moments happen on the other side of a door—and Jesus says, “I am the door.” In week two of Open Heaven, Pastor Eric shows what it actually looks like to live under an open heaven through the stories of Nathanael and Stephen: believing God is still transforming lives, and learning to join, pray for, watch for, and celebrate God’s work in ordinary places. Because heaven is open, ordinary moments can become an extraordinary life.

The Real Meaning of Christmas | Open Heaven Pt. 1

In this message, Pastor Eric launches our Christmas series Open Heaven by exploring why the “magic of Christmas” is really the longing of humanity for God’s world to break into ours. From Genesis to the manger, he shows how the story of Scripture reveals heaven opening through the incarnation—God coming down the ladder to us. Discover how Christmas is not fantasy but ultimate reality, and why heaven is open and God is near right now.

It's Your Choice | The Seven Woes Pt. 7

In the finale of The Seven Woes, Pastor Kelly McCoy unpacks Jesus’ final warning to Israel’s leaders and shows how every woe is really a loving wake-up call. Through humor, challenge, and deep compassion, this message exposes the traps of moral superiority, ignored warnings, and rejected love—and points us back to a God who longs to gather us close. In the end, Jesus makes it clear: He has shown us His heart, and now the response is ours—it’s your choice.