"God deserves our first and our best not our last and our leftovers."Our 11|28 Teaching Team and Church Board member, Natalia Roman-Galarza, continued The Generous Life series on Sunday. Natalia does a deep dive into the generos...

"Funding the work of God is worth putting on repeat."Mike looks at the parable of the Good Samaritan as well as the reality of those who traveled with Jesus. In both instances they funded the mission, they gave generously towards the he...

"Genuine generosity begins with a change of heart."Mike Francisco shares how he grew up with an understanding that you give to the church, you save, and then you can spend what's left. But the realities of life as you get older don't fi...

"you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8We're all asking the question "what's next". What's next for my family? What's next at my job? What's next in my marriage? What...

I wasn’t gonna have my last homecoming, I wasn’t gonna have my last winter formal, wasn’t gonna have any of my last anythings because of Covid. I was definitely feeling very down and lonely. Also, everything was virtual. I obviously didn’t feel...

"I remember that Tuesday evening that I was just like I have nobody. I don’t know who my friends are, nobody’s answering and I was sitting in a jail cell and I said I have nobody. You literally don’t have much in a jail cell, but I had this lit...

If we're going to love like Jesus, we've got to forgive like Jesus.Colleen explores the love and forgiveness of Jesus as He hung on the cross, praying for those who hurt Him. There are two simple things we should do when someone hurts u...

We got married and we were 19 years old. So my early 20s were a struggle because we had adult things to do when we weren’t really financially equipped to be adults. Those years were a big struggle, I was going to college and I was working. I’d ...

The Way of Jesus is upside down.Mike unpacks Matthew 16 and talked about what it really means to take up your cross and follow Jesus. It’s all about surrendering the things we’re holding too tightly—our worries, plans, and even our drea...

One of my friends was going to a psychic medium and I was like you know, just out of curiosity... I’ve got a healthy dose of skepticism there right, but she’s this sweet little grandmotherly figure I adore and I said make an appointment for me ...

Believing can change your life, but trusting initiates your healing.Mike Francisco walked through Jesus' interaction with Nicodemus in John chapter 3. Mike compared Nicodemus coming to Jesus in the darkness to our own seasons of wanderi...

I was 16 years old and I got robbed at gunpoint at a store. That day I literally thought I was done. Literally one of the guys had the pistol right next to my head and it was just such a scary moment. I was just praying at that moment, like I j...

Truth isn't a what, it's a who.Mike Francisco brought a message from the book of John where Jesus told his followers that he was the way, the truth, and the life. Mike contrasted that with today’s world and the constant need to “fact ch...

It was like six months of us hanging out and now like I’m gonna have a kid. It just really caught me off guard, you know. I kind of think that was God’s way of saving me because it was like the second I found that out, there was no more drinkin...

This one is different. It's too fresh and too raw to fully describe and capture in just a few paragraphs. It's powerful and emotional. It's definitely worth the 6 minute listen. Mel shared her story before being baptized at the Reu...

A year after choosing faith in Jesus I was diagnosed with cancer. Tumor the size of a golf ball hanging out of my thigh. I noticed it playing sports and just wasn’t functioning as well. At the end of the day it was friendly cancer, as friendly ...

Pastor Brian Hofmeister from Lakepoint Church in Muskego wraps up our Raised in the Likeness series before the baptism celebration with our family of churches on August 24, 2024.Brian got into what Baptism represents, who shoul...

I had to trust what God said and that I would take a six figure pay cut and my family wouldn't suffer, that we wouldn't lose our home and we wouldn’t be living in the alley next to the church. So I said okay I’m gonna quit and I quit. That was ...

Mike Francisco continued our "Raised in the Likeness" series leading up to the "family reunion" celebration with 11|28, Lakepoint and Revive on August 24, 2024.Mike brought a message about the importance of repentance as it relates to b...

I’m glad that we found a community that we are a part of.  I’m glad that we're part of  a life group, like I never thought I would’ve been part of a Bible study group three years ago. Three years ago I never would’ve thought that, but...

Pastor Ed Cook from Revive Life Transformation Church in Milwaukee kicks off a new series leading up to the "family reunion" celebration with 11|28, Lakepoint and Revive on August 24, 2024.Ed brought a message about Baptism by the Holy ...

Since there is no cast, I couldn't show them and be like this is what’s wrong with me. It was really difficult to explain to people because I didn’t know if I was overreacting or even underreacting in a sense. It definitely was more serious tha...

Christ's love encourages us to live better lives, not just for ourselves, but for others too.Natalia Roman-Galarza, from our teaching team, wonders why the Hebrews author finishes up with a stern (maybe even mean?) final chapter. Natali...

"I feel like a lot of people think of Christianity like it’s so judgmental, which it isn’t and it shouldn’t be. I mean, what Jesus said is to love your neighbor and I feel like people need to hear that and see that. I want to live by that and s...