Santa Maria Foursquare Church

Christmas: the Gift of Tradition

For those who are uncertain about celebrating a joy-filled Christmas, this message will bring you hope! We can find God's redemptive purpose for Christmas by developing traditions that reflect what's best and most beautiful about this season. 

Life's Too Short...to be Unthankful

A Thanksgiving message about gratitude. God's Word tells us to "give thanks for everything," but we need to find solutions for three things that can suck gratitude right out of our lives: immaturity, pride and pain.

Life's Too Short...to Live it Alone

Relationships are crucial for healthy, flourishing lives. Fourquare So Cal Supervisor, Dennis Easter, speaks from 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 about the need to have people in our lives who will encourage, comfort, and urge us forward — and that we do the same for others!

Life's Too Short...to Live in Fear

The Bible tells us to make "the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil" (Eph. 5:15-16). Life is just too short to lose out on the opportunities God provides — including to the grip of fear. How can we flip the script on fear and be lead by faith?

Stronger!

In this Fifth Sunday message, Pastor Tim talks with families about how to stay strong, using a simple strategy that the Apostle Paul gave to the Philippians: Stick together, Watch out, and Remember who you are!

Front Lines Faith - Pt 7

Being people with a FRONT LINES FAITH, we understand that spiritual conflict is happening all around us. Discovering the armor God has provided for us is intensely important in order to stand strong against hell's attacks.

Front Lines Faith - Pt 6

Being people with a FRONT LINES FAITH, we understand that spiritual conflict is happening all around us. Knowing who our enemy is and how he operates is important for overcoming darkness and evil in the world.

Front Lines Faith - Pt 5

As people with a FRONT LINES FAITH, we’re to take the message of salvation to those who don’t know Jesus. We can’t stand by and hope that people will seek out the church — we must be equipped to go to them! In this second of a two-part message, we learn WHAT we are saying YES to when we put our trust in Jesus.

Front Lines Faith - Pt 4

As people with a FRONT LINES FAITH, we’re to take the message of salvation to those who don't know Jesus. We can't stand by and hope that people will seek out the church — we must be equipped to go to them! In this first of a two-part message, we learn WHO we are saying YES to when we put our trust in Jesus.

Understanding God's Path

Life can be filled with challenges and pain, and if we mistakenly believe God will cause us to avoid all suffering, we may turn from Him when we experience trouble. To have a mature faith, we must understand that God will often take us through challenges, rather than around them. 

Front Lines Faith - Pt 3

As people with a FONT LINES FAITH, we’re to speak for Christ, sent as His ambassadors into the world with an amazing message of reconciliation. So it's important that we get His message right — using His words, not just our own.

Front Lines Faith - Pt 2

As people with a FRONT LINES faith, we're called to be Jesus's ambassadors — and He's given us His full authority to minister on His behalf. We have a mission and a message of reconciliation: you can be made right with God, because He doesn't count your sin against you!

Front Lines Faith - Pt 1

God hasn't called us to just huddle in the locker room, but to get out onto the field where the action is! We have been sent by Jesus into the "front lines" of the world as His ambassadors. Because of that reality, we need a FRONT LINES kind of faith.

How Faith Works - Pt 5

From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part Five, we discover two important truths about God's promises: they aren't all fulfilled in our lifetime and they rarely are fulfilled how we'd imagine!

How Faith Works - Part 4

From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part Four we look at two ways that hopelessness can leak into our lives -- through faulty conclusions and faulty promises.

How Faith Works - Part 3

From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part Three we see that our faith is never intended to just be good for us alone. Faith’s goal is to bring God’s goodness to the world around us!

How Faith Works - Part 2

From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part Two we learn that our faithful God is a promise maker! Discover four important truths about God's promises.

How Faith Works - Part 1

From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part One we see that we can become people of faith because of God's faithfulness alone.

What are You Doing Here?

From the story of Elijah, guest speaker, Melinda Scott, shares how God positions us for much more life — even when we think it's over.

The YES of Baptism

Choosing to be baptized in water is an important decision for those who follow Jesus. Baptism is a spiritual action that publicly affirms what we believe, and aligns our lives to what God has planned for us. Dive in!