This week at Gathering House, Pastor Aj steps straight into the ache most of us try to hide: the distance we feel between us and God. But what if that distance isn’t truth… just a story pain told us? In this message, Aj walks us through the ancient meaning of presence, the gift of a God who pitches His tent among us, and the stunning reality that the “empty spaces” in our lives may actually be where God is waiting to be found.

If you’ve ever wondered where God is in the silence, this is the message you need to hear. Let it challenge you. Let it steady you. Let it draw you close.

This week Pastor Aj takes us into the parable of the wise and foolish builders, showing us that storms don’t expose who we want to be but where we chose to build. It’s a message about proximity, not performance, and how walking closely with Jesus is the only way to build a life that can stand when pressure hits. If you’ve ever felt the crash of a “quick and easy” foundation, this teaching will challenge you, steady you, and pull you closer to the Rock who holds. Lean in… this one might shift the ground you’re standing on.

This weekend at Gathering House we step into a holy collision of baptism, communion, and encounter, remembering that Jesus did not invite us into dry religion but into a living covenant that overflows. Pastor Aj walks us through the story behind the water and the cup, calling out the misbelief that we have to fix ourselves before we come, and revealing a God who has already made the first move. If you have ever wondered what baptism really means, or struggled to believe you are truly wanted by God, this weekend will meet you in that tension. Listen in and let the Spirit nudge you from observing faith to entering it.

This week at Gathering House, we were honored to welcome special guest Tracy Rice and his ministry team from Bethel Church in Redding, California. In a service marked by deep worship, prophetic encouragement, and a fresh sense of God’s nearness, Tracy shared stories of God’s faithfulness and invited us into a greater expectation of His presence in our everyday lives.

This weekend we celebrated three years of God’s faithfulness, and caught a glimpse of what’s coming next. In this message, Pastor Aj invites us to move beyond “just enough” faith and step into the kind of presence that changes everything. It’s not about being filled; it’s about being flooded. If you’ve been dry, tired, or ready for renewal, this message will challenge you to let God pour again, to wash away the old, awaken what’s been buried, and live drenched in His Spirit.

When the world feels heavy and faith feels fragile, what does it really mean to hold fast? In this powerful closing message to the Dear Church series, Pastor Aj reminds us that faith isn’t about holding it all together, it’s about holding on when everything feels like it’s falling apart. Hebrews calls us not to perfection, but too endurance, because the One who called us is faithful. This isn’t a message for the perfect, it’s for the weary, the doubting, the ones still standing in the storm.

This week, Pastor Aj takes us deep into one of the shortest, yet most powerful letters in Scripture, Philemon. In a message that’s raw, honest, and deeply personal, we explore the space between offense and grace… between slave and brother. This is a call to release the chains we’ve been holding, to forgive when it costs us something, and to let the Gospel redefine what was broken. If you’ve ever struggled to forgive, or to be forgiven, this is the message your soul has been waiting for.