Weekly Celebration Services

Substance Weekend Services are in Three Convenient Locations:

Sun. 9 and 11am  -  at Fridley High School's Fine Arts Auditorium

Sun. 9 and 11am  -  at Northwestern College's Maranatha Auditorium

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You'll find that we like to keep things informal, impacting and fun. Come early to grab a cup of coffee in Cafe de Fide, hang out with friends, or make some new ones.  Afterwards come into the auditorium to experience a passionate contemporary worship experience (Warning: we like to keep everyone awake!), and a practical message from God's Word by one of our pastors.

If the idea of showing up at ANY church seems daunting, don't let that stop you. Thousands visit each weekend.  So, we're not the type of church that singles people out.  Instead, we just want you to be blessed and stirred up about God. Our goal is to remove the stigma of boring and judgemental religion and allow you to be changed by God. If you've got other questions, check out our Virtual Visit, a video explains who we are as a church and gives you a good idea of what to expect at our services. 

For those of you with kids, we have a great Children's Ministry for newborns up through 6th grade. All of our workers go through background checks, ensuring that your kids have safe, clean, fun, and exciting time. We want to make sure that everyone can relax and feel free to draw close to God. 

Even though we have an exciting service, full of multi-media, good music, and inspiring messages, what we're truly excited about is what happens after the service. That's right, we said after the service!

We measure our health as a congregation by how much our members gather together outside of church. So don't be surprised if you get invited to dinner the first time you come! After all, church should be so much more than just a weekly service. We believe a true church is a community of people who love, support, encourage, challenge and laugh with each other.

So throughout the week we have all sorts of common-interest groups, parties, home churches, and Bible studies happening. We call all of these smaller gatherings "Subgroups". You are bound to find one that will interest you.  Check out our current Subgroup Catalog.