As we move further into the Book of Acts, we see the disciples waiting in preparation for the sending of the Holy Spirit. This, in essence, is the story of our church. Those who were part of the Jesus Movement saw the need in the culture, prayed, and prepared. They were ready with grace, wisdom, and discipleship when God brought droves of hippies to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.
What about us today? Are we preparing ourselves to receive the harvest as the Spirit of Jesus draws people to himself?
Listen as Char continues our series, "To the Ends of the Earth."
"The God Who Has a Name" Recap
May 7, 2026
Listen in as Hannah Colt reminds us of how each name of God we've studied reveals His character, His ways, and His love.
To the Ends of the Earth
May 3, 2026 • Char Brodersen
As we begin our journey through the Book of Acts, we step into the continuation of the story we’ve just seen unfold in the Gospel of Mark—the ongoing work of the risen Jesus advancing his kingdom through people empowered by the Holy Spirit. Listen as Char Brodersen begin this new series, reminding us that the mission given to the Early Church is still ours today: to proclaim the good news of Jesus. This beautiful message of God’s present and coming kingdom must be shared with all people, to the ends of the earth, until Jesus returns.
The God Who Is Making Us Holy
April 30, 2026 • Exodus 31:13, Leviticus 20:8
We often work so hard when God is inviting us to rest. In this message, Hannah Colt takes us through our final study, "The God Who Is Making Us Holy." We are reminded that holiness begins with resting in our identity in God, for He has accomplished our salvation. Resting in God produces the obedience He asks of us; holiness is the outcome and the outworking of our relationship with Him.
The Songs of Jesus
April 26, 2026 • Char Brodersen
Did you know that Jesus quoted the Psalms more than any other part of Scripture? The early church followed him in this, as we’ll soon see in our study through the Book of Acts.
The Psalms helped shape Jesus’ life, his prayers, and his teaching. In his suffering—even in the agony and shame of the cross, and in his experience of feeling forsaken—Jesus turned to the Psalms. They became his prayers, his language, and his source of hope.
Listen as Char Brodersen invites us, as fellow Jesus followers, to bring the Psalms into the rhythm of our daily lives—that they would comfort us in affliction, become our songs in suffering, and anchor our souls in every season.
God Who Is Our Rallying Point
April 23, 2026 • Exodus 17:10–16
In today’s message, we walk through what it truly means to say “YHWH Nissi: The LORD Is My Banner.” Nikki Walker shows us that a banner is a covering, but it is also a rallying point. In a world that chooses love over division, where people pick camps and sides, as followers of Jesus, our banner should be His love.
Easter Sunrise
April 22, 2026
Entering the World of the Psalms
April 19, 2026 • Jordan Taylor
It’s often said that while the Bible speaks to us, the Psalms speak for us. They give voice to the full range of human experience—our anger and fears, our failures and doubts, our joy, gratitude, and questions. In the Psalms, nothing is off-limits in prayer.
And yet, as we journey through them, we find that every path ultimately leads to praise.
Listen as Jordan Taylor begins a supplemental series through the Book of Psalms.
The God Who Is Salvation
April 16, 2026 • Matthew 1:18–23
In today's message, Hannah Colt shows us how this God Who Is Salvation is the God who is compassionate and gracious, stooping down to rescue His people. As we live in a world that is broken and corrupted, we can take hope in the fact that the salvation God offers is personal, communal, and cosmic. We are saved, we can be reconciled to one another, and God is making all things new. As we approach the end of our "The God Who Has A Name" study, we will continue to see how salvation is woven into each of His names.
Remember Your Baptism
April 12, 2026 • Char Brodersen
Char Brodersen reminds us from Romans 6 that baptism is a beautiful picture of dying to our old life and being raised to a new one. It’s a public declaration that we are, first and foremost, beloved children of God.
Watch and pray for those taking this step of faith.
Name Above Every Name
April 5, 2026 • Jordan Taylor
If you did not hear it clearly already, hear it now …
Because of Easter, you are not alone.
Jesus went before you.
Jesus went alone.
Jesus was raised to glory.
Jesus walks with you now.
We walk with you.
You are not alone.
Happy Easter.
Good Friday
April 3, 2026
Today, we commemorated the events of Good Friday—the setting, the stooping, the washing, and the exchange. We contemplated the horrific and the beautiful of Jesus’ death on our behalf.
Come behold the Man upon the Cross.
The Servant to the Cross
March 29, 2026 • Richard Cimino
The One who, for all eternity, was clothed in glory—worshiped and praised by the host of heaven—became one of us, became the servant to humanity, became the ransom for our own sin and rebellion on the cross.
Listen as Richard Cimino speaks the on physical and emotional suffering of Jesus, wherein we see the glory of God’s sacrificial love, his matchless grace, and his victorious power over sin and death.
The God Who Is Our Righteousness
March 26, 2026 • Jeremiah 23:1–6
In this message, Keilah Gaviria takes us through Jeremiah 23:1-6, where the LORD promises that a new King would come and restore hope, security, and peace as “The LORD our Righteous Savior.” As we look at this passage and to Jesus, we find that there is nothing we can do to make—or keep—ourselves righteous, other than faith in the One who is goodness Himself.
The Human Servant
March 22, 2026 • Jordan Taylor
Christlikeness should be the ultimate pursuit of our lives, and that looks like giving up our own interests and advantages for the sake of others—just as Jesus did.
Listen as Pastor Jordan Taylor hones in on the selflessness of Christ, asking us to consider how we respond when humility, obedience, or submission feels unfair or unseen?
The God Who Is Provider
March 21, 2026 • Genesis 22:7–14
In our message, Nicolette Walker takes us through the story of Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 22. The question we often ask ourselves is, “Will God provide?” In God’s name, YHWH Jireh, we see that He is the God who sees ahead and the God who will see to it. In Abraham’s story, we see that God provides for the need when in the eleventh hour and in an unexpected way. For us today, we are reminded that delay does not mean abandonment and that faith sometimes requires moving forward without full understanding, trusting in God’s active provision.
The Preexistence and Incarnation of the Son of God
March 15, 2026
Each year, we gather to celebrate the story of Easter—its power and impact. And while these truths never change, our familiarity can make it harder to feel the wonder and weight of what Jesus has done. Have you ever found that to be true?
For this reason, Char Brodersen begins to unpack Philippians 2:1–11, a remarkable passage of Scripture, helping us to see more clearly and gain more appreciation for the incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and glorification of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
The God Who Is Aware
March 12, 2026 • Genesis 16
In this study, The God Who Is Aware, we look to the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar. Though this story is full of shame, faithlessness, cruelty, and pain, we still see so clearly the God who is compassionate, loving, and moved to action by the suffering of the broken. Keilah Gaviria encourages us with the fact that just as God was aware of Hagar, He also made her aware of who He was and how He was providing for her, and He does the same for us. May we have eyes to see the way He sees, aware of those who are overlooked, overpowered, or overwhelmed.
Loving the Stranger
March 8, 2026 • Char Brodersen
As we close out our three-part series on "A Hospitable Community," Char Brodersen invites us to take an honest look at how each of us can cultivate a life of hospitality.
Biblical hospitality can be a bit messy. As Christine Pohl says in "Making Room," hospitality is both "costly and wonderfully rewarding," but can often involve "small deaths and little resurrections." This description is a powerful picture of what God is calling us into—following in the way of Jesus to give our lives over for the sake of others. Yet this kind of welcome is deeply needed. May we be those who open our lives, our homes, and our hearts to those around us.
First Thursday Gathering: Sharing Your Testimony
March 5, 2026
As part of our regular rhythms, we dedicate every First Thursday of the month to setting down our usual study time and enjoying one another, and hearing from different women in our community. This month, Sharon Fischer shared with us a beautiful story of healing and new mission given to her by the Lord. Grace Brodersen shared on the why and how to share your testimony--in this way, we create a holy space for people to be known and received as they are.
Welcoming the Stranger
March 1, 2026 • Char Brodersen
When a wave of hippies began showing up at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in the late 1960s, they didn’t find rejection—they found the welcome of Jesus through the people of God. That spirit of hospitality became the soil through which God did extraordinary things through the church. Listen as Char Brodersen teaches from Romans 15 about what it truly means to welcome the stranger.
