In the closing message of Premier Winterfest 2025, Pastor Joel Reyes gives one final challenge: Don’t let this weekend just be a memory—make it a movement.

Preaching from Psalm 77:11–12, Joel calls this generation to remember who God is and remember who you are. He warns that the same struggles, temptations, and battles we left behind will still be waiting when we return home, but if we anchor ourselves in God’s goodness, truth, and identity, we can walk in lasting freedom.

Pastor Josh Carter challenges this generation to move from casual faith to total commitment—to go overboard for Jesus.

Preaching from John 21, Josh warns against drifting back to old ways, settling into comfort, or living on borrowed faith. He exposes the “ships” the enemy uses—relationships, friendships, and influences—to take us further from God than we ever intended to go. With boldness, he calls students to leave behind the boat of compromise, leap into the waters of obedience, and swim toward the living God who’s been waiting on the shore the whole time.

Pastor Aubrey Roach preaches from Mark 5:21–34 about the woman with the issue of blood—reminding us that our identity is not our struggle, our label, or our past.

With boldness, humor, and compassion, Aubrey calls listeners to reject the lies of the enemy, reclaim their God-given name, and push past fear, shame, and opposition to touch Jesus. She challenges us to stop settling for temporary fixes and to run to the only One who can truly make us whole.

Pastor Bo Madden challenges this generation with a simple but life-changing question from Jesus: “Who do YOU say that I am?”

Drawing from the life of Jacob, Bo speaks directly to students who’ve grown up hearing about God but haven’t truly encountered Him. This is more than just another youth service—it’s a call to step out of religion, out of routine, and into real relationship with Jesus.

Brian reminds students that culture, peers, even religious spaces can push them to perform—to be liked, accepted, or praised—while never delivering on the promises they make. But Jesus doesn’t ask for a performance. He offers life. In a world full of pressure and confusion, you decide who sits in the seat of your identity. You decide who you follow.

With passion, humor, and powerful vulnerability, Quantel Lindsey delivers a deeply moving sermon titled “Rescued, Restored, Released.” Preaching from personal testimony and scripture, he declares that God is still in the business of rescuing the lost, restoring the broken, and releasing them for His glory.

Quantel recounts his own journey—from gang life and incarceration to preaching in the White House—emphasizing that no story is too far gone for God to redeem. He connects his message to Peter, reminding listeners that even when we fail or deny Christ, Jesus still calls us by name. This generation, Quantel declares, is not lost—it’s hungry. And God is feeding according to appetite.

🔥 “If you’re hungry for revival, it’s on the menu.”
🔥 “God rescued me, restored me, and released me—and He wants to do the same for you.”

Whether you’re far from God, fighting for your faith, or wondering if you’re still called, this message will challenge you to believe in grace, stand on truth, and run into your divine assignment.

Daniel Maples passionately declares to students: you are that generation. Preaching from Acts 2 and drawing from the history of the Church of God, Pastor Daniel challenges students to become a Spirit-filled, set-apart, Holy Ghost-empowered generation that doesn’t settle for compromise, confusion, or complacency.

This message calls for a return to the upper room, where the Spirit moves freely and students receive the power to walk in boldness, purity, and victory. Pastor Daniel reminds students that they are redeemed, victorious, anointed, and chosen—not just to survive in this culture but to transform it. He calls for altars to be rebuilt, for young people to walk by the Spirit, and for a generation to declare without shame: “We are that generation.”

The night culminated with a powerful altar response, as students were baptized in the Holy Spirit—many speaking in tongues for the first time—as the presence of God swept across the room.
This is that. And you are them.

Christy Sawyer issues a clear and urgent call for a generation of truth tellers. Preaching from 2 Timothy 4, she challenges students not to conform to the deception of culture—or even the shallowness sometimes found in the church—but to preach the Word, speak the truth, and walk in real surrender.

With the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes as a metaphor, Christy exposes the pressure to “go along with the crowd” and calls out the dangers of a form of godliness without power. Her message weaves in personal testimony of identity, pain, and redemption—proving that truth sets people free and Jesus is the only truth that heals.

This isn’t a message for the faint of heart—it’s a call to rise up, endure suffering, preach the Word, and fulfill your purpose in a world desperate for real hope.