The Church Has Left The Building
I packed up my office supplies in preparation to spend the next few weeks working from home, and then I walked across the street to our Granite Bay campus. As I stood in the courtyard and looked around me, I … Continued
Confidence in Chaos
“When will things actually get back to normal?” From coast to coast, this unfathomable question echoes throughout our morphing country. New York City is looking more like Gotham, and the 405 is deserted, suspended in time, movie-like. There is eeriness … Continued
Sandcastles
We were not listening. We were not listening and now we are grounded, stuck in place. We were not listening to His heeds, His gentle nudges and His calls. And, now we are grounded; sheltered in place and only He … Continued
Walking with God Through a Sea of Chaos
Today I stared out my kitchen window for quite some time. It was a quintessential California day in April. Mid-sixties, not a cloud in the sky, with a cool 13MPH breeze coming from the south. As I watched the leaves … Continued
Apart from One Another, but United in Hope: There is Confidence in the Chaos.
Unprecedented uncertainty calls for unprecedented faith. This Easter season we are reminded, more than ever, to rejoice in the good news that is Jesus. He is faithful, He is steady, and He died for our sins so that we’d receive … Continued
Mexico Outreach
My senior year of high school, I was convinced my parents were the meanest parents in the world because my friends were all going to Mexico for Spring Break, and they wouldn’t let me go! That was the first year … Continued
Thrive Conference 2019
When Bayside was just a couple of years old, Pastor Ray took a group of 90 Baysiders to Chicago to the Willow Creek Leadership Conference in order inspire these young Bayside leaders to get a bigger vision to reach the community. At Willow Creek the group not … Continued
Twelve Years of Rescuing Kids Out of Poverty in Jesus’ Name
Close to 12 years ago, some pastors from Bayside Church traveled to Kenya Africa with Compassion International to see how they were working with the local church to rescue kids out of poverty in Jesus’ name. After that trip, our … Continued
What the Church Was Made For
We’ve all had moments of need. But we’ve also had moments where someone showed up for us. This is someone who came through for you, loved you, believed in you. Someone just simply showing up can make all the difference. Aren’t … Continued