Onechurch spent this past weekend in celebration. Sunday, September 29th, 2024 marked a major milestone for our church: Grand Opening!

As the first message from our new venue, Nippon Kan Theatre, Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares a word of grace, hope, and reconciliation.

We often tend to think that our value before God is predicated on how well we behave or what we know. Our minds are filled with our merits and accomplishments. Many of us like to live as if God grades our lives on a curve. Not only that, but we set other people as our standard in the midst of having these thought patterns. In the process, heaven becomes an image where good people abide and we forget that we are saved by the grace of God.

Speaking from the Parable of the Lost Sheep, Luke 15:1-7, and Mark 2:17, Pastor Filmore reminded us of Jesus counteracting cultural perspectives of self-righteousness and good merits. During his ministry, Jesus was disliked for hanging around those disapproved by religious leaders. But why did He do this? Because He sought the lost. He pursues them. Heaven is not where good people go because Jesus doesn't search for good people - He searches for those who need healing. We don't serve a God who meets us halfway but searches for us intensely.

The intensity of a search is predicated on the value of what is being searched.

Onechurch is here to show the city of Seattle that there is a God who loves. This church started to join the pursuit God was already on. We are pulled to God not by our words, efforts, or accomplishments but by grace. In this message, we are called to stop trusting our own perceived goodness and fully trust Jesus as the guide to our lives. God has a bigger picture for our lives and our city. God doesn't love from a distance.

Get excited. Jesus is calling us to join the celebration in heaven.


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Message: Filmore Bouldes
Videography: Isaac Solomon & Onechurch Creative
Production: Aa Hernandez & Onechurch Productions