Big House Church Sermons

After two weather-influenced Sundays (one canceled and one we made do!), it was so good to be together again in our usual rhythm. Pastor Matt Ruckel brings a word to shed light on the hardships and breakdowns of last season and the great potential of breakthrough in the power of Holy Spirit for the days ahead. May you be infused with courage and revived with the strength of the love of God!Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Our worship director, Olivia Dyer, brings an inspirational message about creativity and expression. The first thing we read about God in the Bible is that He created and that we are created in his likeness. If we are created in His likeness, then even if you don't believe you are a creative person, He has made you to create. May you be encouraged this week to approach creativity in worship as we finish our 21 day fast! Book references from sermon: "Naming the Animals" by Stephen Roach"The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell BerryIn addition to this message, we encourage you to look at our 21 Day Fast website at www.bighousechurch.com/fast26 for more details, instructions, and especially to view our "Ways to Worship" PDF, which provides daily prompts on a weekly basis, which were intentionally crafted to partner with each week's message. Be blessed in your fasting and worship!---Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it

Pastor Matt continues into our second week of fasting by teaching on the infinite ways to worship God through spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines can sound like mere religious practices, or even a means for us to get God to do what we want. But they are actually tools to increase our hunger and desire for deeper measures of the Lord. In addition to this message, we encourage you to look at our 21 Day Fast website at www.bighousechurch.com/fast26 for more details, instructions, and especially to view our "Ways to Worship" PDF, which provides daily prompts on a weekly basis, which were intentionally crafted to partner with each week's message. Be blessed in your fasting and worship!---Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Ian Thornton shares an inaugural teaching on the theme and vision of this year's 21 day church wide fast "Infinite Worship." Giving applicable steps to consecrate every day life, our hope for this month and this week is that we would explore the infinite ways to worship an infinite God - even in the finite moments.In addition with this message, we encourage you to look at our 21 Day Fast website at www.bighousechurch.com/fast26 for more details, instructions, and especially to view our "Ways to Worship" PDF which provides daily prompts on a weekly basis, which were intentionally crafted to partner with each week's message. Be blessed in your fasting and worship!---Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we enter the new year and our annual fast, Pastors Matt Ruckel, Ian Thornton, and Jacob Dyer share their hearts and expectations for the coming year. Moving into our own building will be one of the biggest transitions we will face as a congregation, and our leadership team desires for our hearts and spirits to be prepared and fully engaged with what the Lord is doing through it. Join us as we enter 2026 with great anticipation for God to move in a mighty way in our church and in our region!Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we celebrate the birth of our Lord, Pastor Matt brings our Make Room sermon series to a close as he teaches on the almost natural reaction to worship the Lord, with awe, fear, and wonder like the shepherds on a hillside in response to the glory of God and the heavenly display of angels. May our hearts expand with a desire to worship Christ the King - our long expected hope of glory.'Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Kristi Ruckel, director of Harbor (our women's ministry), shares some powerful perspective on the silence of Zechariah when he is muted in doubt and restored with faith. If you're in a season of silence, be encouraged that can God can form you for the moment He will speak again - and when He does, your voice can carry a new anointing that will prepare the way of the King. Don't be afraid to make room for Jesus in the silence.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Matt Ruckel takes us deeper into the story behind Christmas and focuses on the joyful receiving heart and life of Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, who would give birth to John the Baptist in her old age - a glorious promise fulfilled! Through waiting, suffering, and with rebellious hope - Elizabeth shows us the supernatural and proven joy of the Lord and how it centers us on the things and really, the One that matters most.We make room for the King of Glory with joy!Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

For the first week of our advent sermon series, Ian Thornton takes us into the story of Mary, mother of Jesus, and her "Yes" to God. Her obedience even without fully understanding God's will shows us the beautiful way of fearing God and loving Him, expressed through trust. Our desire is to give the same prayer of Mary, "Lord, I am your servant. Let it be done unto me according to Your will."We make room for the King of Glory through obedience.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Ian Thornton shares a powerful message on one of our core values which is to live a life of worship that the Father is seeking - in Spirit and in truth. We dive directly into John 4 and explore the beautiful desire and longing of God to receive us through the power of Holy Spirit and with total honesty with nothing hidden. It's time to put away performance and the tendency for hiding the ugly parts from God, when all he has asked is that we come before Him with all that we are.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

One of our elders, Steve Elliott, ties up our Royal Priesthood Series with a bow as he identifies what Big House as a people really is - a dwelling place for God. He reminds us that each of us are a living stone added to the building of this house, but also THE house of God - His body, His church, His dwelling place.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

For a special combined service, we hosted Vision Sunday on November 9, 2025 at the Chesapeake Conference Center. Our heart is to give our church family a picture of settling into a new building, stepping into a vision that matches this season of preparation, and inviting everyone to take ownership through service, generosity, and faith.To give or learn more about our Time to Build: Finish Well building campaign and construction progress, go to bighousechurch.com/finishwell.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Heinrich Titus of Shofar Christian Church in South Africa joined us this Sunday to beautifully complete our Royal Priesthood Sermon Series this fall. With joyful encouragement, he took us to the place that will be our final destination every day - the feet of Jesus. He shows us as priests what it looks like to carry things on our heart before God, but never forsake returning to our place of need for Jesus and His beautiful light and easy yoke.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we finish our series on the Royal Priesthood, Pastor Matt Ruckel invites our new Outreach Directors, Josh and Ashley Pope, to share their testimony of how God has sent them into the Harvest from a place of priesthood. Filled with dreams, prophetic words, and confirmations, the journey that the Lord has had the Pope family on is one of radical transformation. May your hearts be stirred to give Him your "Yes" to wherever he is calling you to. If you'd like to apply to join our Outreach Team or learn more about this ministry, go to bighousechurch.com/outreach.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Matt Ruckel brings us into the "practicals" of what it looks like to be a priest of God in our everyday lives. It's important to build a life around God and not the other way around. Pastor Matt takes us through the steps of creating a priestly PLACE, a priestly PACE, and developing a priestly PICTURE with Holy Spirit, so that our lives look more like a living sacrifice and temple of the Lord rather than any human with good intentions. Listen, be encouraged, and then go dream and practice these things with God! He's worthy.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Fresh off his sabbatical, Pastor Ian Thornton continues our series on the Royal Priesthood by diving into the history of biblical priesthood, and contrasting it with what personal priesthood looks like for us. Our perception of royalty and priesthood may be skewed by images of ancient priests and even modern royalty, but we are called to imitate Jesus, our Great High Priest King. May our hearts be encouraged in our royal priestly calling through this word. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

A friend of the house from South Africa, Louis Kotzé, continues our series by diving into what it means to be consecrated unto the Lord and how to approach the communion table through that lens. Consecration may seem like a weighty word, but it begins with the simple revelation that your life is not your own, and every time we partake in communion, we are recommitting ourselves to Him. May this word encourage your heart as you walk in consecration.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Scripture tells us that we are more than believers—we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, set apart to carry God’s presence into every part of life (1 Peter 2:9). Pastor Matt Ruckel begins this new series that was born out of a revelation in Acts 13 where the believers were not simply singing songs, they were ministering to the Lord as priests. Join us throughout the month of October as we practically dive into this revelation, expecting the Lord to transform the outlook of our everyday lives. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Matt Ruckel continues in Ephesians 4, talking about the importance of having the mind of Christ, and aligning ourselves with HIS truth. Pulling out simple and practical ways from this Scripture to help us renew our minds daily, Pastor Matt encourages us from the Word and personal experiences about how we can apply Paul's teaching to our lives to walk in righteousness and holiness. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

On the first weekend of our bi-annual Small Group Sundays, Pastor Matt Ruckel teaches on the necessity and power of being a part of the body of Christ using Ephesians 4:1-4 as the blueprint. If you haven't had a chance to join or desire to lead or host a small group, go to bighousechurch.com/bhgroups.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.