Weekly messages from our Sunday morning services at Community Church Playa located in Playa Vista, California.
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Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 16 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 6 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 67 reminds us that God’s blessings are not meant to stop with us, but to flow through us into the world around us so that He might be made known. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 67, Psalm 96, Psalm 112 Let these Psalms shape your prayers this week and remind you that God faithfully guides us, remains with us through every season, and invites us to entrust our lives to Him.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 9 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 5 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 23 shows us that we can trust Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who knows us, provides for us, walks with us through every valley, and gave His life to bring us home. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 23, Psalm 25, Psalm 27 Let these Psalms shape your prayers this week and remind you that God faithfully guides us, remains with us through every season, and invites us to entrust our lives to Him.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 2 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Week 4 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 73 shows us that doubt is not the enemy of faith but can become the place where God leads us into deeper trust in Him. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 73, Psalm 42, Psalm 77 Let these Psalms shape your prayers this week and remind you that God hears every cry and welcomes you to bring every part of your life before Him.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 26 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 3 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 116 reminds us that the God we pray to is a God who truly listens. He hears our prayers, responds with compassion, and invites us to find rest in Him. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 116, Psalm 34, Psalm 130 Let these Psalms shape your prayers this week and remind you that God hears every cry and welcomes you to bring every part of your life before Him.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 19 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 2 of our series, Psalm 139 shows us that God knows us completely and still invites us to come to Him honestly. Because He knows every part of us and remains with us wherever we are, we can bring our whole selves to Him in prayer. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 139, Psalm 17, Psalm 62 Let these Psalms shape your prayers and give you words to bring every part of your life before God.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 12 by Pastor Amen Bains. In the opening message of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, we begin with the disciples’ simple request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” Psalm 19 shows us that prayer begins by paying attention to the God who makes Himself known – through creation, through His Word, and most fully through His Son, Jesus Christ. WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 19, Psalm 8, Psalm 104 Let these Psalms shape your prayers and give you words to bring every part of your life before God.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 28 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In the final week of our Exiles series, we are reminded that God is faithful even when we are not. We often abandon the promises of God for lesser things, but Scripture calls us to trust the God who restores, renews and keeps His word. Scripture References: Jeremiah 33:12-24 Weekly Reflection Questions 1. What “lesser thing” tempts you most when God’s promises feel slow or uncertain? 2. Where might God be inviting you to abide in Him this week instead of reaching for something temporary?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 21 by Pastor Amen Bains. In this sermon from Jeremiah 33, we see that God’s restoration is not quiet: where devastation once silenced joy, He brings back the sounds of healing, worship, thanksgiving, and life with Him. As Jeremiah speaks hope from the middle of Jerusalem’s collapse, we are reminded that God’s final word over His people is not silence, shame, exile, or death, but restoration in Him. Scripture References: Jeremiah 7:34; 33:1-11; Ezra 3:10-11; Nehemiah 8:9-12 Weekly Reflection Questions 1. What sound is loudest in your life
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 7 by Pastor Markel Croston. Faith does not wait for circumstances to improve; it trusts God enough to obey Him in the middle of uncertainty. In Jeremiah 32, while Jerusalem is under siege and the future looks impossible, Jeremiah buys a field as a tangible act of hope in God’s promises. This message reminds us that even when life feels unresolved, God invites us to trust Him not just in theory, but through faithful action. Scripture References: Jeremiah 32:3–10 Weekly Reflection Questions 1. Where is God asking me to trust Him in action,
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 7 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:31–34 and God's promise of a New Covenant. In a world where we often look for hope in better circumstances or greater effort, God offers something deeper – a transformed heart, a restored relationship with Him, and the forgiveness made possible through Jesus. Scripture References: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 10:11-18 Weekly Reflection Questions 1. What areas of my life reveal my ongoing need for God to transform my heart? 2. Where do guilt, shame, or regret sti
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 31 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:15–30 and discover how God meets us in our grief without leaving us there. His promises give us a hope that can endure even when our circumstances have not yet changed. Scripture References: Jeremiah 31:15–30 Weekly Reflection Questions 1. Where has suffering tempted me to believe that God is distant, indifferent, or absent? 2. What grief or struggle am I finding hardest to trust God with right now?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 24 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:1–14 and discover how God meets weary people with His restoring love. Through the Good Shepherd, we’re reminded that true rest is not found in easier circumstances, but through relationship with Jesus. Even in seasons of sorrow and exhaustion, God leads His people from mourning into joy and from striving into rest. Scripture References: Jeremiah 31:1–14 John 10:1–19 Matthew 11:28 WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. What burden, sorrow, or weariness do I need to bri
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 17 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in Exiles, we explore Jeremiah 30:11–24 and how God meets us in the reality of our sin and suffering. Our deepest wounds cannot heal themselves, but through Jesus, God brings restoration, healing, and new life. Scripture: Jeremiah 30:11-24; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 2:3-5 WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. Where am I resisting God’s correction or conviction in my life? 2. How is Jesus inviting me to stop hiding my brokenness and receive His restoration?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 10 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 30:1–11 and how God speaks hope into seasons that feel unstable and uncertain. Even when fear shapes our present reality, God’s presence, promises, and restoration are greater than what we can currently see. Scripture: Jeremiah 30:1–11 | Psalm 30:1–5
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 3 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 29:15–32 and what it means to discern truth when competing voices promise easier paths and quicker hope. Even when false voices distort reality, God calls us to trust the True Prophet, knowing our future is secure because Jesus has already made the way home. WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. What lies do you tend to believe about God, the world, and yourself? 2. In what ways is God calling you to live a “long obedience in the same direction”?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on April 26 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 29:8–14 and what it means to trust God when life isn’t going as planned. Even in seasons that feel uncertain or unclear, God calls us to trust Him and seek Him, knowing He is present and at work. WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. What voices have been shaping your thinking in this season? Are they leading you toward trust in God or away from it? 2. What would it look like for you to seek God in that place this week, not for answers, but for Him?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on April 19 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 29:4-7 and what it means to follow God when life isn’t going as planned. Even in seasons that feel temporary, uncertain, or out of place, God calls us to faithful presence, not passive waiting. 1. Where is God calling me to be faithful in places that feel temporary or incomplete? 2. What would it look like for me to pray for, not just tolerate, those I tend to oppose or avoid?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on April 12 by Pastor Amen Bains. We begin our new series Exiles by looking at Israel’s story of being removed from the Promised Land, and what it reveals about our own lives when things don’t go as planned. Even in exile, God is not absent. He meets us there, reshapes us, and calls us back to Himself. 1. What places in your life feel like exile, far from what you planned? 2. What disappointment or disruption am I trying to escape instead of allowing God to use?
Easter Message give by Pastor Amen Bains at Community Church Playa on April 3, 2026. As we look at the resurrection of Jesus, we recognize that sin and death do not have the final say, and that nothing in our lives is beyond His power to restore.
Good Friday message from Community Church Playa given on April 3 by Pastor Amen Bains. Peter walked closely with Jesus, yet in His final hours, he drifted, grasped for control, and ultimately denied Him. In this Good Friday message from Mark 14, we’re invited to see our own story in Peter, and to discover that even in our failure, Jesus remains faithful, offering a hope that meets us right where we are.
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on March 29 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Mark 11, Jesus enters as the King we welcome, yet reveals a kingdom that confronts everything we thought we wanted. 1. Where am I drawn to a version of Jesus that fits my expectations rather than the King He actually reveals Himself to be? 2. What outcome am I hoping Jesus will deliver that may be blinding me to what He’s actually doing?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on March 22 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Mark 9 and 10, Jesus reveals how self-reliance quietly shapes our lives around the world’s values, and calls us into a better way: dependence on Him that forms surrender, humility, and service. 1. Does my prayer life reveal a deep desire to depend on Jesus? 2. Where am I most tempted to measure life by the world’s standards of success, value, or power?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on March 15 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Mark 9, Jesus reveals His glory not apart from suffering but through it, pointing us to the cross where God shows that suffering does not have the final word. In the middle of your own uncertainty or pain, He is inviting you to trust Him, knowing that what feels broken is not where your story ends. 1. Where am I tempted to interpret my suffering as God’s absence? 2. Which promise of Jesus do I most need to hold onto in this season?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on March 8 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Mark 8, Jesus shows that following Him is more than acknowledging who He is; it is an invitation to a life shaped by Him. 1. What might it look like in everyday life to deny yourself and follow Jesus as King? 2. Is there an area of your life where it is difficult to surrender control to Him?
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on March 1 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Mark 6, we see Jesus draw us close to form who we are and then send us out to meet the tangible and spiritual hunger of the world around us. Reflection Questions: 1. Where is Jesus shaping me right now for a purpose bigger than myself? 2. Where might Jesus be inviting me to step toward the tangible or spiritual hunger around me?
