New City Church

New City Church

We invite people to love God, find freedom, discover purpose and make a difference. We are called to share a message of new life in Jesus, and to mobilize God's people to be living examples of hope, family, prayer, action, generosity, creativity and celebration.

  1. 3d ago

    Moving From Bitter to Blessed | Moses | Pastor Steve Andres

    New City Church

    53 min

  2. Jun 21

    When Your Back is Against the Sea | Moses | Pastor Joaquin Pardo

    What do you do when your back is against the sea? This weekend, Pastor Joaquin continued our MOSES: Live No Lies series by examining one of the most famous miracles in Scripture: the crossing of the Red Sea.  Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Exodus 14:21- 22 After 400 years of slavery, God’s people were finally free. Yet, instead of taking the shortest route to the Promised Land, God led them toward what appeared to be a dead end. With the Red Sea in front of them and Pharaoh’s army behind them, Israel found themselves trapped, afraid, and questioning God’s plan. 1) Trust his route. When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” Exodus 13:17  God did not lead Israel by the shortest route because He knew they were not ready for what was ahead. The route that looked better to God’s people wasn’t actually better for God’s people. Sometimes what feels like a delay is actually God’s protection. What feels like a detour may actually be God’s grace. God sees what we cannot see, knows what we do not know, and leads His children according to what they need, not simply what they want. 2) When we forget, we fear. “They did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.” Psalm 106:7  Psalm 106 reveals something surprising about the Red Sea story. The real issue wasn’t Israel’s fear; it was their forgetfulness. They forgot God’s power, God’s provision, God’s promises, and God’s steadfast love. Their forgetfulness opened the door for fear. Yet even after they complained, doubted, and rebelled, God remained faithful. The miracle of the Red Sea is not ultimately about Israel’s faith. It’s about God’s faithfulness despite their forgetfulness. 3) Faith moves forward. When the Israelites found themselves trapped, God gave Moses a surprising response: The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” Exodus 14:15  There are moments in life when prayer must lead to obedience. “There are times when prayer is not enough—when prayer itself is out of season. When we have prayed over a matter to a certain degree, it then becomes sinful to tarry any longer; our plain duty is to carry our desires into action.” Charles Spurgeon The miracle belonged to God but the movement belonged to his people. Faith doesn’t just believe God can make a way. Faith moves forward when He makes that way.

    46 min

  3. Jun 14

    Power to Witness | Pastor Jamie Kemp

    New City Church

    41 min

  4. Jun 7

    How to Win With God | Pastor Cody Adams

    New City Church

    50 min

  5. May 31

    Confronting the Counterfeits | Moses: Live No Lies | Pastor Steve Andres

    New City Church

    48 min

  6. May 24

    When Pain Gets Too Loud | Moses: Live No Lies | Pastor Joaquin Pardo

    What happens when pain gets so loud that it affects your ability to hear God? This weekend, Pastor Joaquin continued our MOSES series with a message reminding us that even when pain is present, God is still speaking, still faithful, and still moving towards broken and hurting people.  Exodus 6:9 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.  Israel had reached a breaking point. Their suffering intensified, their hope faded, and the Bible says they could not listen “because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.” 1) Pain can affect your ability to hear God’s promises. Pain has a way of distorting perspective, shrinking faith, and making God feel distant. But the good news is that God does not abandon people simply because they are struggling to hear Him clearly. Even in weakness, discouragement, and exhaustion, God continues pursuing His people. 2) God speaks in the middle of suffering. While Israel focused on bricks, bondage, and survival, God was already speaking liberation, redemption, and promises over their future. God did not begin by explaining everything; He began by revealing Himself: “I am the LORD.” Their suffering was loud, but God was still in control, still faithful, and still working even when they could not see it clearly. 3) Jesus is God’s loudest Word. All throughout Scripture, God reveals Himself through His Word. And when God wanted to speak most clearly to humanity, He sent Jesus. The Word became flesh. Jesus is the greater Deliverer who stepped into our bondage to bring us freedom by grace. He did not come merely to inspire broken people, but to rescue enslaved people who could never save themselves. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus breaks the power of sin and brings people into true freedom and new life! Disappointment, anxiety, exhaustion, grief, or sin may have made it difficult to hear God clearly. But the good news of the gospel is this: God still speaks. God still pursues. And through Jesus Christ, freedom is still possible.

    48 min

  7. May 17

    When the First Day Is A Failure | Moses: Live No Lies | Pastor Steve Andres

    Have you ever failed on your first day of obedience? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our MOSES series with a message about being faithful even when it feels fruitless. Exodus 5:1-2 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’” Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” The first day of Moses’ mission to rescue God’s people begins with a resounding thud. Instead of setting the Israelites free, Pharaoh makes their work even harder. What do you need to remember when your first day of obedience is a failure? 1) Failure isn’t final, but it might be a part of the plan. God needed to wrestle Moses from all things a leader loves to hear from his people. And God needed the people to see that their own efforts, even their own leaders, could not save them. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply. A.W. Tozer It might seem unkind, but only because we don’t always understand God’s wisdom, even in our wounds. 2) Sometimes obedience creates opposition before open doors.  Obedience doesn’t always yield the result we were imagining. We are confused when our obedience “doesn’t work,” But our obedience is not doing the work, God is. We obey because we trust that he is working even when we can’t see it. 3) Complaining is contagious. Behaviors spread through networks of family, friends and coworkers like a virus. When you complain you are infecting the people around you with a distorted view of God, a small view of his purposes and plan.  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. When we are grateful, we are eyes-open to God’s gifts and God’s will. When we grumble, we don’t just become bitter, we become blind to God’s plan. 4) Thorns are better than thrones. When Moses complains to God about his suffering, God reminds him that he had shown himself to Moses in a way his ancestors never knew. Just like the Apostle Paul boasted about the thorn in his flesh more than his vision of the throne of God, Moses could see purpose even in this moment of failure. Hebrews 5:8-9 Although Jesus was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him. Jesus was tested in every way we are, and he learned perfect obedience. When he went to the cross, the first day of his obedience looked like utter failure. It wasn’t until the third day that he was victorious, delivering his people from sin and death and into the promise of eternal life!

    48 min
  8. I Shall Not Want | Mother's Day 2026 | Jessi Andres

    May 10

    I Shall Not Want | Mother's Day 2026 | Jessi Andres

    Where do you turn when you feel anxious? This Mother’s Day weekend Jessi Andres brought a message about God’s care and sufficiency. Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. David wrote this song after facing battles, betrayals, loneliness and longing. It was all part of God’s preparation and purpose for David, just like it is for us. 1) Every calling exposes our character. We need to GROW, not GO. Motherhood, like every calling, demands the best of us and the most of us. In these moments, we find out the truth about who or what we turn to for meaning and comfort.  "An idol is whatever you look at and say in your heart of hearts, ‘If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.” Timothy Keller Even the best loves in our lives become liabilities when we put them before God. David learned to trust God before anyone or anything else. 2) Fear makes us foolish. Trust makes us wise. From the beginning, the strategy of the enemy of our souls has been to introduce FEAR into our relationship with God: fear that God isn’t as good as he says he is, fear that he is holding something back. Eve and Adam believed the LIE about God, and the FEAR it created caused their FOOLISH behavior. The trick was to convince Adam and Eve that they were being courageous by disobeying God instead of trusting him. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear. Fear is not driven out by perfect circumstances or perfect performance or a perfect family or a perfect home, but by trust that God loves us perfectly. 3) When the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. I SHALL NOT WANT is a declaration that is more than optimism. We are not glass half-empty people. We aren’t even glass half-full people. We are MY CUP OVERFLOWS people. Lamentations 3:21-24 Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in Him I put my hope.  To be committed to prayer and scripture, confession and community, generosity and rest - this is the way that we remind ourselves and each other that God can supply our every need. Are you living in that trust today? “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” Mother Theresa

    34 min
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We invite people to love God, find freedom, discover purpose and make a difference. We are called to share a message of new life in Jesus, and to mobilize God's people to be living examples of hope, family, prayer, action, generosity, creativity and celebration.

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    New City Church
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
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