Seacoast Stories: find god

A Better Life

#Discover Your Purpose #find god
From an orphanage, to seeing God’s love in a forever family, Sara Jenkin’s experiences the better life she had only heard about.

A Fresh Start

#find god #Giving #Small Group
Sometimes you just need someone to give you a little push. If the leader of Will and Meredith Huggin’s married small group hadn’t encouraged the [...]

A Lifestyle of Forgiveness

#21 Days Of Prayer and Fasting #Counseling #find god #Forgiveness #Michael Morris #prayer
It’s a new year—a new decade—and here at Seacoast we’re in the thick of our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. Of the many things [...]

A Lot More Than Water

#Baptism #find god
However long we’ve stayed away, God never gives up on us. This past winter, two men with very different stories found their own unique ways [...]

A Simple Ask

#find god
Citadel Cadet, Jason Pinnow, makes a life changing decision after being asked to attend Seacoast Church.

An Amazing Recovery

#find god #Manning Campus
A health crisis can hit when we least expect it. This was the case for Doug Ridgeway, a 55-year-old retired police officer who has been [...]

At The Movies: The Real Hidden Treasure In Moana’s Journey

#At The Movies #find god #Fulfillment #Gospel #Mac Mood #Moana #Restoration #Truth #West Ashley
As a father of two daughters under the age of 10, I’ve seen my fair share of Disney Princess movies. Moana became one of my [...]

Beauty from [Broken Heart] Ashes 

#find god
February 15th is Singles Awareness Day, the day after Valentine’s Day which is the most “romantic” (or commercialized) day of the year. For many singles, [...]

Camp Changed My Life

#Camp #find god #myseacoaststory #summer camp
"Attending Summer Camp was the best decision I’ve ever made. And my relationship with God transformed."

Defying a Legacy

#addiction #alcoholism #care #Dream Center #Encouragers #find god #Griefshare #Jasmine #Legacy #recovery #Sisterhood
We will all leave a legacy—and our choices will determine what kind. Yvonne hadn’t been to church since age 11—and she hadn’t even liked it [...]

Delivered In A Box Truck

#Asheville Campus #Baptism #find god #Healing #Jessica Fackler #Shamanism #Trauma
What’s the best thing since sliced bread? Mail order! You can literally get anything delivered right to your door. From socks to kumquats, anything can [...]

Does Prayer Matter?

#care ministry #find god #prayer
When we’re going through something hard, it can feel like we’re alone. But that’s not true—and that feeling we have is not from God. God [...]

Experiencing God in Nature 

#find god #fishing #Laura Hawk #Lowcountry #Response Time
With only the low hum of his boat motor to break the silence, William experiences a sense of stillness as if time has slowed down. [...]

Finally Home

#Baptism #Chosen Women's Conference #find god #Jessica Fackler #Mount Pleasant Campus
Sara grew up with a revolving address. She and her siblings spent most of their childhood moving from home to home all over the state [...]

Finding An Anchor For The Soul

#Chris Russo #coronavirus #Covid-19 #find god #Hope #Trust #West Ashley Campus
We live in uncertain times. We’ve probably always sensed this, but it’s been accentuated strongly by the spread of the Coronavirus. In times like these, [...]

Finding My Way

#find god #small groups #Welcome Home
My husband and I were not mega church, multisite people. I had to be divinely convinced Seacoast was where we belonged. For three months, we [...]

Forgiving the Unforgivable

#battles to breakthrough #find god
Forgiveness is one of the hardest things God asks us to do. Why is it so important to forgive someone who has hurt us?

Have You Heard of the Holy Spirit?

#find god #Ghost Stories
When I chose to read Acts though—that was the beginning of an amazing journey into knowing God more fully through the Holy Spirit. 

How A Game Of Hoops Changed A Young Boy’s Life

#find god #myseacoaststory
From an interview with Dylan White. When I was 6 years old, I would go with my brother to play basketball on an outside court [...]

How To Be a Man

#custom #Dream Center #find god #North Charleston
DayDay grew up in the Lincoln Projects of New York City. Alone, he took a bus to Charleston, South Carolina—where his life did an about-face. [...]

In The Waiting, Redefine Valentine’s Day While Single

#find god #Haley Walters #Single #single woman #Valentine's Day #Women
In 2008, I was 15 and dating my very first boyfriend. A few days prior to Valentine’s Day, I found out that he was rekindling [...]

Is the Men’s Hike Really Life-Changing?

#find god #Marney McNall #Men's Hike #Men's Ministry
Back home in Germany, Thomas Giele and his family didn’t go to church often. “The shame is many Germans are losing their faith,” Thomas said. [...]

It Is Finished

#easter #find god #Good Friday #James Island
Good Friday tends to bring up lots of questions: How human was Jesus? How divine was he? Could he have avoided the pain? Is there [...]

Moving on Faith: Trusting God’s Next Step

#ARC #Dream Team #find god #Inside Track #Serving
It is scary to move into the unknown on faith; that’s why it is so hard.

No One Walks Away Unchanged

#Baptism #find god #freedom #Gospel #Jesus #John #Walking Away From Jesus
In the Bible, when people first meet Jesus, their reactions are never neutral. Some walk away confused, or even angry, while others are healed and [...]

Of the 400 Mistakes I Make a Day, Which Ones Really Matter?

#find god #Grace #Jessica Fackler #Quarantine
Is anyone else feeling like they can’t do or say anything right these days, or is it just me? From navigating the suggested path through [...]

Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

#find god #Grow Your Faith #kids
Last week we were having dinner and recapping our days when my 7 year-old son, Miles, announced that he needed my advice on something. At [...]

Relationships Can Be Hard, But This One’s Different

#Bible #Common Ground #find god #Love #prayer #relationships
Imagine you’re out with a friend one day and they announce that they’ve fallen in love. “That’s great!” you say, “who are they, what are [...]

Restoring Identity

#find god #Pastor Josh Surratt #Restoration
This past weekend, we started a new series, called Restoration. We serve a God who restores, a God who can take broken people and make [...]

Resurfacing

#find god #Global Missions #Grow Your Faith #Haiti
Guest post by Maggie Robinson I have gone on three mission trips to Morency, Haiti since last summer. Every time I’ve traveled there, I returned [...]

Reversing A Relapse

#Celebrate Recovery #custom #find god #SEU #summer camp
As soon as her dad dropped her off at church and his car turned the corner, Kayla, then in middle school, would leave to go [...]

She Is There

#find god #Grow Your Faith
John and Lorri’s Story A husband grieves, and hopes, as his wife battles cancer and comes to terms with her Savior.

The Audition That Changed A Life

#Ballet #Chosen #find god #The Thorn
We can all be dangerous—in a good way. We are all called to fight for what we believe in. What that looks like for each [...]

The Courageous First Step To Restoration

#find god #Restoration
Before I came to Seacoast Church, I was buried in shame, hurt, and insecurity. I had many labels for myself. But I kept returning weekly, [...]

The Tide Is Rising: Time To Return

#Adam Martin #find god #Series Article #Tide Is Rising
In the Old Testament, we meet a young prophet named Ezekiel. He happened to be one of the few that God appointed to see things [...]

The Unexpected Joys of Fatherhood

#Father's Day #find god #Grace #Love
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! Being a dad comes with a lot of surprises and we wanted to share some thoughts [...]

We Are All Part of a Symphony

#find god #James Island Campus #Robbie Madison #Seacoast Music #Seacoast Worship #Symphony #Undivided #Unity
When the baton hits the ictus, all barriers fall. You may ask what an ictus is. Well, it is the imaginary point at the bottom [...]

What Does it Take to Be Satisfied?

#At The Movies #find god #Satisfied #Seacoast Bookstore
I wonder what could happen if we all took something we usually consider an aspiration, and turned it into a declaration. Here’s what I mean: [...]

What’s God Saying To You?

#find god #Response Time
For over a decade, Response Time has been one of the most important elements in the Seacoast worship experience. When it was introduced in 2006, [...]

What’s God Saying To You?

#find god #Response Time
For over a decade, Response Time has been one of the most important elements in the Seacoast worship experience. When it was introduced in 2006, [...]

What’s God Saying To You?

#Candles #Cross #find god #Grow Your Faith #offering #prayer #Response Time #tithes
WHAT IS RESPONSE TIME? One of the things that makes worship at Seacoast a powerful experience is Response Time. Every service at every Seacoast campus [...]

Why I Came Back to Church

#find god #Kidscoast #Serve
If you didn’t count the mandatory masses at my Catholic school, I hadn’t gone to church in over a year. My friend Taylor had tried [...]