Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on February 1 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. As we continue our journey through Mark 3 this week, we see how grace threatens every system built on control, but it gives real rest to those willing to receive it.

Reflection Questions:

1. Where might judgment, contempt, or quiet resentment be signs of a “shriveled heart” in you?

2. Where are you still relating to God as a taskmaster rather than a Father?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 25 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week, as we continue our series through Mark, we see Jesus calling others to follow Him, reminding us that every call toward Him is also a call into the community He is forming around us.

Reflection Questions:

1. What habits can you build into your life to be more fully shaped by Jesus?

2. How can you intentionally invest in the community God has placed around you?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 18 by Pastor Amen Bains. As we continued our study of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus reveals that the greatest miracle He offers is not physical healing, but forgiveness of our sins that secures eternity with Him.

Reflection Questions:

1. In what ways has suffering shaped your faith? (Whether in positive or negative ways)

2. What does it look like for you to pray with faith while also surrendering the outcome to God?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 11, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we’re launching a new series in the Gospel of Mark, discovering how Jesus offers a better hope and calls us into a life marked by true joy, deep purpose, and lasting peace.

Reflection Questions:

1. Where are all the places that I place my hope into?

2. What area in my life do I struggle to trust God’s best for me?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on January 4 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains studying Numbers 13. As we step into the New Year and wonder what 2026 may hold, Jesus invites us to step forward in faith, allowing us to walk into the unknown with a God who desires to be known.

Christmas Eve message from Community Church Playa given on December 24 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In the quiet and humble way Jesus chose to come into the world, through ordinary people, we see the beautiful truth that the Good News bringing great joy is meant for all.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 21 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Advent journey, we recognize that Jesus reveals a new standard of love, defined by service and sacrifice. We celebrate the enduring truth that God loves first.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 14 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week in our Advent series, we’re reminded that joy is not a fleeting happiness dependent on circumstances, but a lasting gift made secure through Jesus.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on December 7 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we continued exploring Advent by reflecting on how God brings His peace into the world, a peace we can receive and carry. We recognize that His promise is not the absence of conflict but His presence within it.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 30 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week we opened the Advent season by reflecting on Isaiah’s message that hope breaks through the darkness. He declares that light has come, bringing joy and the promise that God’s light will never be overcome.

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 23 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Jeremiah 31, we’re invited by Jesus into a new covenant, one that doesn’t depend on our own works or accomplishments, but allows us to rest in the fact that He has already finished the work for us.

1. How is Jesus inviting you to rest in His mercy instead of your performance?

2. Hebrews 8 describes a covenant built on “better promises”. What promises of God feel especially meaningful to you right now?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 16 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. Isaiah 53 reveals a Messiah who would suffer and die, but also promises hope, showing that His sacrifice opens the way to eternal life.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. What assumptions about God have made it difficult for me to trust Him fully?

2. Where do I struggle most to surrender my own plans and follow God’s direction?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 9 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. All throughout Scripture, we see God’s relentless desire to draw near and dwell with His people. In Sundays message, we’ll explore how God’s nearness invites us to draw closer – not only to Him, but also to one another.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. What tangible reminders help you remember that God is with you?

2. What distractions in your life that can make it difficult to hear God’s voice in your life?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on November 2 2025, by Pastor Markel Croston. Last Sunday, through Exodus 16, we were reminded that God desires to meet our daily needs while drawing us closer to Himself, where our deepest spiritual needs are fulfilled.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. How have I seen God provide for me in unexpected ways?

2. How does remembering God’s past provision strengthen my faith for today’s challenges?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 26, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In Exodus 12, the Passover shows us a remarkable picture: the blood of the lamb marking Israel’s homes so that God Himself would stand between them and judgment. This event points forward to Jesus, the Lamb of God, whose shed blood now stands between us and our sin, cleansing us and giving us new life.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. In what ways do these verses challenge or confirm my view of God’s goodness and mercy?

2. How is God inviting me to place fresh trust in the protective covering of Christ’s sacrifice?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 19, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. In Genesis 22, God searched Abraham’s heart, inviting him to trust completely by surrendering what he loved most, his son, Isaac. This moment foreshadows the ultimate act of love, when God gave His own Son, Jesus, for the redemption of humanity.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. Are there areas of my life where I’m settling for less than God’s best for me?

2. How have seasons of blessing and hardships shaped my view of God?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 12, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. Genesis 15 reveals Abram's ongoing struggle to walk by faith, even as he's surrounded by doubt, fear, and uncertainty. Yet through it all, God proves Himself faithful to His promises.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. Do you struggle to believe that God will keep His promises? What makes it hard to trust?

2. Can you recall a time when you saw God’s timing was better than your own, even if it didn’t make sense at the time?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 5, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week’s message centers on faith, illustrated through the story of Abram in Genesis 12. Walking in faith means more than just following God’s call, it’s about trusting His promises, even when they don't make sense.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. What step of faith is God calling you towards in this season?

2. How do you respond when God's promises don't make sense or seem so far away?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 28, 2025, by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week's message highlights the powerful truth that God's wrath and mercy are deeply connected, meeting at their fullest expression on the cross through Jesus. The story of Noah and the flood reveals that God is not only just, but also the God of second chances.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. How have you seen God offering you new beginnings in your life?

2. The ark was a place of safety during the flood. How do you find safety and peace in God, especially in hard times?

Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 21, 2025, by Pastor Amen Bains. This week, we see that even as sin first enters the world, God draws near, speaking words of hope and life and the promise of Jesus who would rescue.

As you watch this week's message, consider these two questions:

1. Do you tend to view God's provision in your life through the lens of abundance or scarcity? Why?

2. How can you spend time this week reflecting on God's covering over you and His promise to restore and redeem?