Swift Creek Students

This is the high school breakout teaching session at student collective conference on May 4, 2024. In this session, Dr. Mark Young provides a theological and practical foundation for living as biblical men and women of God. The end of the session provides students with four questions to ask before dating.

This is the final sermon in the Colossians series. In this message, Pastor Mark walks through Col. 4:2-18 to show how Sharing Christ is how we ought to spend our life, and this text shows us how we ought to do that. Preached 5/1/24.

Pastor Mark preached on Colossians 3:18-4:1 to show how real faith in Christ is revealed practically in real life. This sermon deals specifically with the topics of future marriage, obeying parents, and giving our best at work and school. Preached on 4/24/24.

Due to audio recording issues, the audio is difficult to hear. Forgive me for the low quality audio. You will need to crank it up and watch out for loud popping sounds! Dr. Mark Young preaches Col. 3:5-17 on killing our sin and putting on 12 qualities of the new self. 4/17/24.

Chris Derry continues our series on Colossians, preaching on Col. 3:1-4. Preached on 4/10/24.

Colossians 2:16-23 preached by Pastor Mark Young on 3/13/24.

Series: Colossians. In this message, Pastor Mark walks through Colossians 2:1-15 to encourage the students to walk in Christ, being unashamed of Christ and the cross. Preached on 3/6/24.

Colossians: We continue our series in Colossians by looking at the greatest certainty in the believer's life: Christ in you, the hope of glory. Preached on Col. 1:24-29 by Mark Young on Feb 21, 2024.

Series: Colossians. In this sermon, Pastor Mark preaches from 1:15-23 on Christ being supreme over all things. Preached on 2/14/24. We are troubles with audio recording in this sermon.

New Series: Colossians. In this message, Pastor Mark walks through Col. 1:1-14 to see three realities that are true of our faith in Christ Jesus.

Kelly Davis preaches a stand alone message from Acts 3:1-7. Preached on 1/24/24.

Our students submitted theological or practical questions prior to this week that we looked at answered from God's Word. The questions answered in this session (Jan 17, 2024): How were the Jews saved before Jesus? Is dating in high school biblical? Is it okay to struggle as a Christian? What does "the Lord is my portion" mean? Why did God put the tree in the garden of eden if he knew Adam and Eve would eat from it and sin? Does forgiveness mean to just act like nothing ever happened?

This message finishes off our Romans 8 series. Pastor Mark preaches from Rom. 8:31-39 on looking to the promises of God to have closeness to Christ. 12/7/23.

In this sermon, Dylan Rose continues our series on Romans 8. In this text, we see our future glory with Christ is our hope in suffering. Preached on 11/28/23.

Romans 8 - In this series, we are walking through the chapter of Romans 8 to build our lives on the gospel promises we have in Christ. In this message, Chris Derry preaches on Romans 8:12-17 on our Adoption in Christ.

Romans 8: A short series on Romans 8 to center our lives on the promises of Christ in the gospel. In this message, we see how Christ has Christ has set us free from sin, self, and separation. Preached by Pastor Mark Young on 11.1.23.

Series - Jonah: A Story of God's Mercy. In our last message in the series, we look at Jonah 4 to answer the question, "Is it ever right to be angry at God?" Preached by Mark Young on 10/25/23.

Series - Jonah: A Story of God's Mercy. In this message, Pastor Mark preaches from Jonah 2 to look at how we should respond to God rescue. Preached on 10.11.23.

Series - Jonah: A Story of God's Mercy. In this message, Mark Young preaches on Jonah 1:17 when Jonah gets swallowed by the big fish. We learn that when we hit rock bottom we begin to see God rescuing us from our running. Preached on 9/20/23.

Series - Jonah: A Story of God's Mercy. In this message, Pastor Mark walks through Jonah 1:11-16 to see how the One who brought the storm is also the One who calms the storm. We see that the storm only begins to lift when we repent. Preached on Sept 13, 2023.