Hope City Church Sarasota Fl

Is prayer really that important? Do I need a seminary degree for God to answer my prayers? Does God answer prayers at all? Join Pastor Peter as he teaches us on the importance of prayer, and how the Lord teaches us to pray.

I can't escape my 9-5! No matter what I do I feel like my job gets everything I have to offer. Join Pastor Peter Gowesky as he teaches about what the Lord has to say about Godly work.

Get to work! Does God really care about what I do 9-5? Is my secular job really that important? Join our Lead Pastor as he dives into why God cares about your job, and how to make the most of it.

Is being grateful truly that important? When we look at our lives what moments are we grateful for? What moments are we ungrateful for? Why is it so hard to be grateful in the face of adversity? Join Pastor Skylar as he teaches us on what it truly means to be grateful, and how we can practice gratitude in our everyday lives.

Having friends and surrounding yourself with people that care is a natural human effort, but what do we give back to the community? Join Pastor Peter as he teaches us why God intends for us to have God centered community. 

Does God know what I've been through? Does he even care? Join Guest speaker Pastor Mark Mateer as he gives us a word of encouragement, and teaches us what it means to be biblically restored. 

It is better to give then to ____. We all know the end to that statement, we've heard it a million times over. Giving is not something that should only be thought of around christmas. Join Peter as he dives into what generosity truly is and why it is a biblical truth.

Love. The most defining characteristic about a follower of Jesus should be love. When we take a look at how Jesus lived, the most defining part about his life was how he loved. Join the Hope City family as we discover what it means to love like Jesus.

"Didn't you see what I posted on Facebook?" Social media has completely taken over our lives. We send hearts, thoughts, and prayers instead of showing up in person. Join as Pastor Peter dives into what it truly means to be empathetic.

We all want loyal people in our lives, but how truly loyal are we? Loyalty is highly valued by Jesus, and we see that several times throughout the Bible. Join Pastor Peter as he dives into what God says about loyalty, so we can better understand this biblical art-form.

"I will be happy when ...." In the first week of our Summer School series Matt Leicht, the worship pastor here at Hope City Church Sarasota, dives into contentment. He teaches us about how satisfaction and momentary happiness will never be enough to truly satisfy us. Join us as Matt walks us through the guide to finding true happiness the only way we can.

No one ever said that becoming a man was easy. It takes work & dedication. It's easy to stumble into adulthood, but a whole different thing to move into manhood. Together we're going to discover what it means to become a man who makes a difference.

If we’re not careful, PAST SHAME & FUTURE FEARS CAN PREVENT YOU FROM BEING FULLY HERE.  It’s easier to slip away than ever before.  Social Media is jealous of our attention. The news cycles want a piece of you.  And before you know it your mind is spread so far around that there is very little of you where you actually are.  What if it's time to recalibrate to the ways and rhythms of Jesus' presence.  Join us for week 3 of our series Recalibrate.  

Life moves quickly, and sometime we work hard to make it move quicker.  Rushing from place to place and season to season.  We want to rush our careers, our children, and our just about every other aspect of our lives.  What if our rushing bypasses more than just time?  What if hussle and hurry bypasses what God wants to do in your life?  

We wake up day after day trying to do all the right things and check all the boxes, but life seems to stay the same. Sometimes it feels like nothing is working. So we ask the question, how can we find the life we're longing for? Together, we’re going to discover how to RECALIBRATE our lives to the rhythms of Jesus.

Here's the problem we all face.  WHAT WAS ONCE GOOD IS NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH.  Many of us suffer from fulfilment fatigue.  Listen in as we discover why contentment matters. 

Many of us want to see big results in our life. We want to see big gains, we want to be successful. But what if we're trying to be successful in all the wrong ways, and all the wrong places? Today we're going to discover how God uses faithfulness to help us succeed in life. Join us as we ask the question, "How do I pursue faithfulness?" Like, comment & subscribe to stay updated with the latest content! Plan a visit to our church at https://hopecitysrq.com/ways-to-connect FOLLOW Hope City Church: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopecitysrq/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HopeCitySRQ/ Website: https://www.hopecitysrq.com #forsarasota #forthenextgeneration #fortheone

Success is chased after by every person that has ever walked planet earth.  We want success like we want the next breath of air.  But what if God has a different way of measuring success.  Join us today as we investigate the success equations that direct our life, and explore the success equation Jesus pursued.    

Some things in life need to be experienced to be understood.  It's just too hard to explain what it's like to be a parent 24-7, 365!  It's hard to explain merging onto the highway to a student driver.  They just need to do it to learn how!   In the same way, KNOWING FACTS ABOUT JESUS IS NOT THE SAME AS EXPERIENCING LIFE WITH JESUS.  Listen in to week 4 of IN HIS OWN WORDS as we discover what Jesus has to say about Himself and how it applies to us.  Listen in today and learn what it means when Jesus says I am the Resurrection and the Life.   Like, comment & subscribe to stay updated with the latest content! Plan a visit to our church at https://hopecitysrq.com/ways-to-connect FOLLOW Hope City Church: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopecitysrq/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HopeCitySRQ/ Website: https://www.hopecitysrq.com   #FORsarasota #FORtheNextGeneration #FORtheOne