12/7/2025 | Elder Ordination and Guest Pastor Phil Cappuccio | SUNDAY SERVICE

Today’s podcast is longer than usual, because there was a whole lot going on during the service! First, three new elders were ordained at Hillside – Corey Spotts, Brian Diffendurfer, and Paul Smucker. We were privileged to have Pastor Phil Cappuccio – a spiritual father of Hillside – oversee the ordination as well as deliver a message of a continued …

11/30/2025 | The Ministry of Reconciliation – Part 1: Speaking The Truth In Love

Pastor Steve has been teaching recently on forgiveness. Today, he dives into reconciliation. We’ve been entrusted by Jesus in exactly this: the ministry of reconciliation, and the best place to practice is within our family and church community. Pastor Steve tweaks what may be a common misunderstanding of Matthew 18 – it isn’t a process with a goal of punishment, …

11/23/2025 | The Best Forgivers Make the Best Communities | SUNDAY SERVICE

If you’ve ever struggled with holding a grudge, felt hurt by someone close, or wondered how to truly let go and move forward, this week’s sermon is for you. Pastor Steve reminds us that while opportunities to be offended are unavoidable, but what we do about that offense can make all the difference. As we learn to be the best …

11/16/2025 | Forgiving From the Heart of God | SUNDAY SERVICE

The key to being able to forgive like God is to truly understand God’s heart towards us. In Part 3 of Pastor Steve’s series on forgiveness, we learn about the problem of unforgiveness, but also of the power of allowing the fruit of God’s love to grow in our hearts. When we let God’s love grow in our hearts, we …

11/9/2025 | Guard Your Heart | SUNDAY SERVICE

Proverbs 4:23 says to “Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.” In this week’s message, Pastor Steve talks about how to watch our over hearts, particularly in the area offense. He discusses this from two angles – how to avoid hanging on to offense, and also how to receive the grace to …

11/2/2025 | Freely Receive | SUNDAY SERVICE

In this week’s message, Pastor Steve brings us back to the Gospel. Knowing what we freely received allows us to freely give in ways that have “no strings attached”. When we understand how much we’ve been forgiven, we are able to forgive in that same extraordinary, extravagant measure.

10/26/2025 | The City of Refuge | SUNDAY SERVICE

Pastor Steve talks about Cities of Refuge – a concept introduced in Numbers 35:9-29. Cities of Refuge were something needed for the Israelites living in a very rough, uncivilized society, but they need not be read and understood as purely dead history. As Pastor Steve teaches, he introduces a powerful concept – the Church is now the modern City of …