HopeUC Nashville Word of the Week

September 6th - The Church | The Purpose of the Church by Pastor Dustin Smith

Join us in this episode as Pastor Dustin explores what it really means to be the church Jesus is building. Moving beyond Sunday services and spiritual consumption, he unp

August 23rd - Community | Making Room For Community by Trey Rose

Join us in this episode as Trey shares a powerful message on authentic community and how God often builds it through interruption, presence, and grace. Through the story

August 16th - Community | Spirit-Led Community by Pastor Dustin Smith

Join us in this episode as Pastor Dustin shares a powerful message on Spirit-led community and the kind of unity only the Holy Spirit can form. Through personal stories,

August 9th - Community | Biblical Community by Trey Rose

Join us in this episode as Trey shares a powerful message on biblical community and the kind of unity Jesus prayed for in John 17. Through personal stories, humor, and pr

August 2nd - Community | The Strength Of Belonging by Pastor Dustin Smith

Join us in this episode as Dustin shares a powerful and timely message on identity, obedience, community, and the strength of belonging. Through the baptism and temptat

July 12th - Generations | Marked by the Kingdom by Rick White

Join us in this episode as Rick shares a powerful and practical message on kingdom culture, discipleship, and what it means to be formed as a follower of Jesus. Through

July 26th - Generations | Legacy Builders by Stevie Mitchell, Ryan Mitchell, and Meaghan Mitchell

Join us in this episode as the Mitchell family shares a heartfelt, practical conversation on Generational Legacy and what it means to pass faith, wisdom, healing, and tes

July 19th - Generations | Generations On Fire by Elliot Rudell

Join us in this episode as Elliot Rudell shares a fiery, vulnerable message on "Generations" and what it means to follow Jesus in a world God Himself is shaking. Drawin

July 5th - Generations | Passing The Torch by Pastors Tom Trout, Dustin Smith, and Jordan Smith

Join us in this episode as Pastor Dustin Smith, Pastor Tom Trout, and Jordan Smith sit down together to talk about "Generations" and how God weaves old men's dreams and y

June 28th - Keys to the Kingdom | Walking in Kingdom Authority by Pastor Dustin Smith

Join us in this episode as Pastor Dustin Smith unpacks "keys of the kingdom" and how they unlock God's rule and reign in our everyday lives. Walking through Peter's revel

June 21st - Keys to the Kingdom | Jesus' Call to the Disqualified by Shane Willard

In this episode, Shane Willard takes us into the Jewish world of Jesus to show Him as a real first‑century rabbi—and what it means to actually live under His yoke today.

June 14th - Keys to the Kingdom | Faith Over Comfort by Pastor Dustin Smith

In this episode, Pastor Dustin shares a passionate, practical message on faith as a "key to the kingdom" in a culture of comfort, convenience, and quitting when it gets h

June 7th - Keys to the Kingdom | Endurance As Worship by Rick White

In this episode, Pastor Rick shares a honest, practical message on endurance as a "key to the kingdom" in a world obsessed with ease, speed, and instant results. Preach

May 24th - Beatitudes | Blessed In Dependence by Pastor Dustin Smith

In this episode, Pastor Dustin shares a bold, practical message on the Beatitudes and what it truly means to be "blessed" in a world that celebrates strength, success, an

May 17th - Beatitudes | Trusting His Presence by Brad Bichsel

In this episode, Brad shares a practical, story-driven message on living aware of God's presence in everyday life—not just in church services or "spiritual highs," but in

May 10th - Beatitudes | Carriers Of Hope by Autumn Darden

In this episode, Autumn shares a deeply personal and powerfully hope-filled message on what it means to live as people of hope in the middle of real pain, loss, and delay

May 3rd - Sunday Sermon With J. John | What Is Christianity?

In this episode, we welcome special guest J. John, who brings a clear and compelling message on what Christianity really is—not a vague label or a religious system, but a

April 26th - Worship | Presence Over Presentation by Kat Huskey

In this episode, we explore how worship becomes the place where God quietly builds something in us that can hold when life falls apart. Through Kat Huskey's story of walk

April 12th - Worship | Unity Releases Power by Pastor Dustin Smith

In this episode, we explore what it means to live in the "power of all" in a culture that disciples us to do faith as individuals. Starting in Ecclesiastes 4, we look at

April 12th - Worship | Prayer As Worship by Pastor Tom Trout

In this episode, we look at what it really means for God's people to be a "house of prayer" in a culture that treats prayer as a last resort. Starting in Mark 11 and Isai