Christmas Talk with KUSI NEWS
Great to talk about Jesus and Skyline’s Christmas Eve services on Good Morning San Diego with Kacey at KUSI NEWS. Services tonight (Saturday) at Skyline Church Rancho and at Skyline Church Lakeside are at 5PM. See all the service times across all our campuses this weekend at SkylineChurch.org. Read More
What To Focus On This Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS! At Skyline Church it has been such a joy to experience Christmas with you this December at our Christmas Tree Lighting events, in worship, daily devotionals, and during services on Sunday. We’ve been talking about the Christmas story and how it applies to us today. Many of you may be familiar with this story but […] Read More
2008 McGarity Family Christmas Letter
As 2008 comes to a close, we’re reminded how much we have to be GRATEFUL for in our lives! This past year has been an amazing, crazy, sometimes scary, but ALWAYS blessed ride for the four of us. So,it’s with true THANKS that we give God all the credit for: 1. Ten years of marriage, […] Read More
McGarity Family Update: Focused On Winning This Battle
Dear Skyline Church Family, As many of you know, in October of last year, my wife Janie, was diagnosed with cancer. This journey has required much strength, faith, and attention. After much prayer and consideration, and with the support of the Skyline staff and Local Board of Administration, I believe that taking time away temporarily […] Read More
Wonder
Wonder Don’t you love the wonder of Christmas? The lights, sights, sounds, tastes, expectation–Christmas is an exciting time! At Skyline Church especially, it’s a beautiful time of year. We go all out this time of year at our Christmas Eve Services! Around the world, in different countries, people commemorate the birth of Jesus in several […] Read More
Unwrap The Gift
Advent Whether or not you are lighting the Advent candles this year, I want to make sure that we understand the themes, gifts, and promises from God laid out in the Bible. I did a message series covering the advent themes of Love, Joy, Peace. You can check out that series here Unwrapped Christmas Series […] Read More
Slow Grow
Slow Grow Is Better Than No Grow We’re in a teaching series at Skyline Church that focuses on nine characteristics that God wants to see in growing Christians. These nine characteristics in Galatians are known as the fruits of the spirit. Notice the metaphor “fruit.” The original audience of the Apostle Paul’s writing was an agricultural community. […] Read More
Do You Believe In Jeremy?
My Ant Problem The other day, I was sitting in my backyard and I was staring at my ant problem. We live on a verifiable ant hill. So, I am always seeing ants around. Believe me. Even though I try to keep them away, they are always around. As I was sitting there, I decided to […] Read More
2022 Word Of The Year
Every year I pray and go through a process for a Word of the Year for our church for the coming year. For 2021 God gave me the word THRIVE. In all the chaos of the season when people were suffering and reeling from Covid and all the governmental mandates and division that came from […] Read More
Beat Anxiety, Depression and Omicron
How do you beat anxiety, depression, coronavirus variants (omicron…really? come on!) and the negative news we get every day from the lamestream media? The attitude of gratitude is a powerful pill against viruses of all kinds. Give Thanks Thanksgiving is more than a one-time holiday during the year. Biblically, we’re to give thanks consistently to […] Read More
Three Kings Follow A Star
Have you taken down your Christmas lights yet? Me either! For many, the holiday season runs through January 6th, the 12th day of Christmas. If you’ve never celebrated Three King’s Day, this might be the year to start a new tradition! What I love about this holiday is the story behind it. This Bible story can be […] Read More
Word Of The Year
Whenever it came time to make a tough decision in 2020, which happened often, we came back to one word. Our word of the year, at Skyline Church, was Model. Whether it meant pivoting to online services, reopening our doors, or keeping our doors open, we have strived to exemplify a Model Church. Every year, through prayer and […] Read More
Fear
Fear is a great deterrent to God’s promises. We see this over and over in the Word. Most of the things we fear are irrational, they will never come to pass. But, we spend a great deal of energy thinking about a particular fearful situation. Mark Twain once said, “I’ve been through some terrible things […] Read More
Kids Matter Safety Fair Huge Success!
Today was a win. A win in community service speak is an event that turns out to do just what one envisions and even more. Over 500 people came today to the Kids Matter Safety Fair. I have an awesome team to work with and they really pulled this off. Jules Sneddon is a huge […] Read More
Preview #3 and Kids Matter
Preview #3 is behind us and through the wind, the rain and the cold, the Chargers and Christmas shopping season we had a great turnout! Thanks to everyone who braved the elements to see this new church continue to put its roots down. Sam Hart and his band did a fantastic job leading the music […] Read More
Launch Party! Music, and Projects
Looking forward to our Third Preview service on Sunday. Tonight we take the launch team to Cheesecake Factory and then to Balboa Park for the Christmas Nights Production. The entire place is decked out, a great scene. Prior to each preview service we have done a Launch Party. If the rain holds off for us […] Read More
The Stirring
The Stirring comes at various hours and in various stages. Sometimes I wait for the stirring and it’s not there. I hope for the stirring and I’m let down. When The Stirring is not there it forces me to be patient, to wait for God’s timing, to rest in His sovereignty, knowing He’s in control, […] Read More
