Evergreen LA

This week's podcast is a discussion on purpose and calling living in Los Angeles and the various difficulties many face living in their greater purpose living here. 

In this week's Easter message, "Lives that Demonstrate Resurrection Power," Pastor Tommy Martinsen shares the importance of the cross and resurrection of Jesus and how these events change the entirety of how we live and see all of life. 

In this week's message, Pastor Tommy brings us into the story of Palm Sunday, as we see Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem see the impact of His Kingship transforming our lives. 

What happens when the doors don’t immediately open? How much do you pursue vs. let the favor fall in your lap? How do we deal with comparison and a desire for shortcuts to success? What does healthy promotion look like vs. an unhealthy self-promotion? When we don’t get our way or what we think is the best roadmap to success, what do we do with that?

We'll be discussing all of these questions in this week's Sermon of the Week!

In this episode, Bryan Seefried and Tommy Martinsen discuss wisdom from Proverbs surrounding the topic of finances and kingdom-focused work. 

This teaching is all about God being a Refiner's Fire in our lives, what we do with hardship, and how the Holy Spirit also moves within us with holy fire, that compels us into bold faith and power. 

From our series: Purpose & Passion: Fueling Individual and Community Vision, Pastor Tommy addresses the main hindrances from fulfilling your destiny. 

In this episode, Bryan Seefried and Tommy Martinsen discuss wisdom from Proverbs surrounding the topic of lust, sexuality, and how to approach it as a follower of Jesus. 

The most important thing in fulfilling your calling is to be led by the Spirit. Many Christians don't know how to follow the leading of God, but in this message Pastor Tommy looks at ways to identify how God is speaking and moving, in order to better follow His leadership. 

Larah Seefried joins Tommy Martinsen to discuss a biblical response to receiving and giving correction well. Who should we be receiving correction from? How will correction feel? Is it ok if it hurts a little? What is a good culture of humility?

Pastor Tommy brings us deeper in the topic of our purpose, as we lay a foundation of the WHYS of our specific calling -- Why is it important to KNOW your calling? And why is it important to LIVE in your calling? 

As part of our "Purpose & Passion" series, Pastor Tommy brings us into a discussion on calling, where we discover our general calling and specific calling. 

Week 1 of our Greenhouse Homegroups Series // Unveiling Wisdom and Discernment: Navigating Life's Difficulties // This week we talk how to approach anxiety with God's wisdom.

The Holy Spirit is invisible – but the way that we “see” God is how he demonstrates himself by what He does. The ways that God shows up are the ways that he confirms the truth of who He is and the confirmation of the Gospel message. 

Pastor Tommy teaches a short message followed by a gospel presentation by Bryce Crawford. 

In our series "Purpose & Passion: Igniting Personal and Community Vision," Pastor Tommy desires to set you on fire with the all-consuming fire and passion of Jesus, and to find vision for your own life and part of the greater church body and regional move of God – to discover what you were born for and what that looks like operating in vision-filled community with a sharpened aim and focus to bring the Kingdom of God.

Jesus is the fulfilled longing for peace we all deeply crave. The amount of revelation that we have as we BEHOLD the Son of God at Christmas, the direct result will be a flooding of that perfect peace and loving light into our hearts as we BEHOLD, TREASURE, and PONDER this glorious truth. A savior has been born. Come, see, receive. 

Does your calling feels too intimidating? Maybe you feel unqualified or even disqualified to what you believe God is drawing you into... 

In this message, we look at Luke 1, which gives us a look into Mary’s process of hearing some complicated, life-changing news, and what her response would be as it settled, and it serves as a model for us in our moments of doubt where we need faith ignited.