Point Loma Church Podcast
Our desire at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church is to love everyone to LIFE with everything we have. We strive to become an authentic community who seeks to EXPERIENCE Jesus, JOURNEY into deeper faith, STRENGTHEN the Church, and TRANSFORM our world. For more information, visit www.pointlomachurch.org.
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Concerning Edmund"
12/28/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Concerning Edmund"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. Among all the Pevensie children, Edmund is unique. He is duped by the White Witch, enslaved by her promises and judicious giftings of Turkish delight. He struggles to know what is true. He turns on his siblings and endangers all of Narnia. And then he is found, redeemed, and returned to service as a soon-to-be-King of Narnia. This week, Evan Gratz discusses how at this time of year, when we set aside what we have been and work to set new patterns and habits for the new year, Edmund’s story might inspire all of us to seek forgiveness, redemption, and new work as a part of Christ’s kingdom. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Us Lions"
12/24/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Us Lions"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. There is a wonderful scene in chapter 16 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in which Aslan is instructing all the Narnian creatures where they will go and what they will do in the battle with the White Witch. He says, “Those who are good with their noses must come in front with us lions to smell out where the battle is.” A recently de-petrified lion bounds in and among the other warriors exclaiming, “Us Lions. That’s what I like about Aslan. No side, no stand-off-ishness. Us Lions. That meant him and me.” In this we hear again the good news of the incarnation. God does not declare humanity too broken or earth too dirty. Nothing is beneath him. God, in Christ, came to earth so that he might also declare, “Us Humans.” This is the miracle we celebrate on Christmas Eve: God has become one of us humans. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Awaiting Aslan"
12/21/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Awaiting Aslan"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. When the Pevensie children hear Aslan’s name for the first time it does different things in each of them, revealing their hearts’ truest needs. The names of Christ—“Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”—do a similar work in us. What are we most waiting for this season? Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Father Christmas’s Gifts"
12/15/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Father Christmas’s Gifts"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. A thaw has come to Narnia, and with it comes a forerunner of Aslan: Father Christmas bringing gifts to all the Narnian animals, the Sons of Adam, and the Daughters of Eve. The gifts he brings are meant to prepare the Pevensie children for the hard work of following Aslan, who is coming. Isaiah 35 tells the story of a spring thaw too. Meanwhile, we remember that Christ also had a forerunner in his cousin, John the Baptizer. And in baptism we receive the gifts we need to follow Christ, who is coming. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Wonder"
12/08/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "Wonder"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. C. S. Lewis writes this story against the backdrop of war. Little children are shipped to the North of England, away from London bombings. Imagine the Pevensie children’s fear and powerlessness, but also the power of a story like this to restore their hope. Two thousand years before, a girl not much older than Susan wondered, “How can this be?” The truest things are not always the most probable. Salvation comes in extraordinary ways. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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ADVENT IN NARNIA | "War and a Wardrobe"
11/30/2025
ADVENT IN NARNIA | "War and a Wardrobe"
Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way. C. S. Lewis writes this story against the backdrop of war. Little children are shipped to the North of England, away from London bombings. Imagine the Pevensie children’s fear and powerlessness, but also the power of a story like this to restore their hope. Isaiah 2:1–5 is also a text of hope against the backdrop of war. One is coming who will “judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "Becoming a Compassionate People"
11/24/2025
THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "Becoming a Compassionate People"
Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world? This week, as we close this short series on the Compassionate Life, Pastor Karla reminds us that compassion is not a task but a transformed identity. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. Annual Giving Campaign We are currently in our annual giving season at Point Loma Church. This provides an opportunity to support the work that God is doing here for anyone who has been impacted by this ministry. To learn more about the impact your donations had in 2025 as well as what we hope to do in 2026, visit this link: Will you prayerfully consider giving to Point Loma Church this year? To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "Suffering With: Compassion as Solidarity"
11/16/2025
THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "Suffering With: Compassion as Solidarity"
Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world? This week, Pastor Karla examines the Levitical law for caring for the poor and what it has to say to us today about caring for our brothers and sisters in need. She discusses the beauty and the pitfalls of the system, and what the system has to say to us about compassion. Compassion means entering into the suffering of others, even when it hurts. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. Annual Giving Campaign We are currently in our annual giving season at Point Loma Church. This provides an opportunity to support the work that God is doing here for anyone who has been impacted by this ministry. To learn more about the impact your donations had in 2025 as well as what we hope to do in 2026, visit this link: Will you prayerfully consider giving to Point Loma Church this year? To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "The Way of Voluntary Displacement"
11/09/2025
THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "The Way of Voluntary Displacement"
Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world? This week, Rev. Dr. Chris Lenocker shares some of his own personal journey towards learning compassion in his own ministry. Then transitions to how Jesus moved toward pain, not away from it. Compassion requires that we get close enough to be changed. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. Annual Giving Campaign We are currently in our annual giving season at Point Loma Church. This provides an opportunity to support the work that God is doing here for anyone who has been impacted by this ministry. To learn more about the impact your donations had in 2025 as well as what we hope to do in 2026, visit this link: Will you prayerfully consider giving to Point Loma Church this year? To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 6 | Lynn Ziegenfuss
11/04/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 6 | Lynn Ziegenfuss
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes Spiritual Director, Lynn Ziegenfuss, where they discuss different prayer practices to help calm and give perspectives to our hard feelings. Additional resources related to this week's topic: Referral list for Spiritual Directors at
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THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "The Call to Compassion"
11/03/2025
THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE | "The Call to Compassion"
Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world? Pastor Karla begins this short series looking at how compassion is the essence of Christian life, not an optional virtue. God’s compassion toward us invites us into a radically different way of seeing and living. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. Annual Giving Campaign We are currently in our annual giving season at Point Loma Church. This provides an opportunity to support the work that God is doing here for anyone who has been impacted by this ministry. To learn more about the impact your donations had in 2025 as well as what we hope to do in 2026, visit this link: Will you prayerfully consider giving to Point Loma Church this year? To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 5 | Dr. Emery Cummins
10/28/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 5 | Dr. Emery Cummins
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes our fifth professional, Emeritus Professor of Counseling at San Diego State University, Dr. Emery Cummins to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss emotional maturity. sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw Additional resources related to this week's topic: 1. Peck, M. Scott. Simon & Schuster, 1979. This extraordinary book begins with the statement, "Life is difficult." Life was never meant to be easy and is essentially a series of problems that can either be solved or ignored. He shows how these techniques enable the pain of problems to be worked through and systematically solved, thereby producing growth. He argues that most people try to avoid the pain of dealing with their problems, when it is through facing the pain of problem-solving that life becomes more satisfying and meaningful. 2. Frankl, Viktor. . Beacon Press, 2000 First published in 1946, Dr. Frankl recounts his experiences surviving the death camps of the Holocaust and describes how it gave him a new understanding of the way people find meaning for their lives. According to Frankl, one can find meaning in work, in love for another, and in the courage required to endure suffering. While passing through the darkest pits of the human capacity for evil, he didn’t emerge angry, resentful, or nihilistic; rather, he was encouraged, optimistic, and hopeful by observing what he describes as man’s ultimate freedom and responsibility—to choose one’s atitude in any given set of circumstances. 3. Martin, James. . HarperOne, 2012. While not primarily addressed to the non-believer, non-believers will profit from reading this book for an intelligent, rational explanation on why it is important to pray, to examine one's actions, and to hold those actions up to a higher standard. Martin is unlike most contemporary American religious writers. Rather than offering words of disapproval and judgment, he writes words of understanding, wisdom, justice, acceptance, and love. The Jesuit Guide is not only filled with helpful advice on living the examined life, but it faithfully describes Christianity as a place of hope, faith, and caring.
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HARD FEELINGS | Emotional Maturity: "Becoming Whole in Christ"
10/26/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Emotional Maturity: "Becoming Whole in Christ"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. As we close out our Hard Feelings Series, Pastor Karla talks about how emotional maturity reflects spiritual growth. Following Jesus transforms how we feel, respond, and relate to ourselves and others. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 4 | Kayla Karesh, LMFT, ATR
10/21/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 4 | Kayla Karesh, LMFT, ATR
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our This week, we welcome our fourth professional, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist, Kayla Karesh to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss confusing and competing emotions. sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw Additional resources related to this week's topic: INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY (IPNB) by Daniel J. Siegel by Louis Cozolino by Curt Thompson An Introduction to Interpersonal Neurobiology INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS) by Mary Steege by Donna Glaser with Molly LaCroix
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HARD FEELINGS | Envy: "The Thief of Joy"
10/19/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Envy: "The Thief of Joy"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. This week, Pastor Karla discusses how envy destroys relationships. If we can learn to celebrate with others, God restores us with joy. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 3 | James Grisolia, MD
10/14/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 3 | James Grisolia, MD
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our This week, we welcome our third professional nuerologist, Dr. James Grisolia, to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss the feeling of depression. sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw Additional resources related to this week's topic: by Rachel Remen – Linda Feinberg A variety of resources, but might be the most helpful.
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HARD FEELINGS | Confusion: "When Chaos Reigns"
10/12/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Confusion: "When Chaos Reigns"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. Confusion can send us seeking sources with unhelpful answers. In Christ, clarity is given through wisdom. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 2 | Deanna Lazaro, LCSW
10/07/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 2 | Deanna Lazaro, LCSW
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes our second professional social worker, Deanna Lazaro, to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss the feeling of anger. Sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw Additional resources related to this week's topic: "The Power of Vulnerability" by Bren Brown - TED Talk
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HARD FEELINGS | Shame: "The Silent Weight"
10/05/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Shame: "The Silent Weight"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. Pastor John Moser joins us to broach the topic of shame aand how it distorts identity, but grace restores it. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 1 | Claudia Grauf-Grounds, PhD, MFT
09/30/2025
HARD FEELINGS PODCAST | Episode 1 | Claudia Grauf-Grounds, PhD, MFT
Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is also available in video form on our Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes our first professional therapist, Claudia Grauf-Grounds, to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss the importance of our God-given feelings. Sermon by Rev. Karla Shaw Additional resources related to this week's topic: 1. 2. 3. 4.
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HARD FEELINGS | Sadness: "When the Tears Don’t Stop"
09/28/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Sadness: "When the Tears Don’t Stop"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. Pastor Karla considers how God meets us in our sorrow. Grief is not the enemy—lament is a path to healing. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS | Fear: "When Anxiety Takes Over"
09/21/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Fear: "When Anxiety Takes Over"
Fear is real, but not final. Perfect love drives out fear and God offers in return His peace. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS | Anger: "The Fire Inside"
09/14/2025
HARD FEELINGS | Anger: "The Fire Inside"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. In our sermon this week, Pastor Karla helps us to discover how anger can either heal or harm. Humility is the pathway through our aggression. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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HARD FEELINGS | "Created with Feeling"
09/07/2025
HARD FEELINGS | "Created with Feeling"
There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. Pasgtor Karla kics off the new series by identifying how emotions are part of being made in God’s image to promote relationship with God and with one another. God expresses emotion perfectly. Where have we gone wrong? Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Longing: "A Psalm of Desire"
08/31/2025
Longing: "A Psalm of Desire"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Pastor Karla delves into our heart's ulitmate desire. We assume Jesus, but she puts before us that question for us to answer for ourselves. And with all that is competing for our attention, we are asked when is the last time you swooned over God? Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Unchanging: "A Psalm of Consistency"
08/24/2025
Unchanging: "A Psalm of Consistency"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Pastor Karla visits the most referenced Psalm by the writers of the Gospels. She reminds us that in our world that is constantly changing, our God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Compassion: "A Psalm of Generations"
08/17/2025
Compassion: "A Psalm of Generations"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Pastor Karla returns to the pulpit with a timely message reminding us about our place/ranking in the history of humanity. She calls us to a life of faithfulness in passing down the story of God, rather than perfection. And Despite our constant unfaithfulness God suffers with us. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Goodness: "A Psalm of Experience"
08/10/2025
Goodness: "A Psalm of Experience"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Evan Gratz, our Director of Community Life, leads us in the reading of Psalm 34. What do hot wings, sunflowers, and David acting crazy have to do with us and our relationship with God? Find out as we discover that to know God is good is to take a step of faith and trust. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Refuge: "A Psalm of Protection"
08/03/2025
Refuge: "A Psalm of Protection"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. Today, we have the privilege of hearing from Rev. John Moser examine Psalm 91. John engages us and leads us on a journey with well-timed wit and humor, along with vulnerable honesty as he conveys that God is a sanctuary meant for all people. Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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Known: "A Psalm of Belonging"
07/27/2025
Known: "A Psalm of Belonging"
Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we’ll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let’s learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. Pastor Karla presents to us a timeless truth in one of the most beautiful and poetic psalms. The only issue is do we believe it? Do we believe that God knows everything about you and will never let you go? Passage: We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Service Please consider joining us for one of these services. To view past worship services along with other digital content, go to our @PointLomaChurchOnline. To get involved in what God is doing within our community, please visit our website at . For event happenings: To register for any event: If you would like to give to the ministry: or through our Venmo account: @Point-Loma-Church
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