Listen in to one of our Sunday morning messages. Below you will find a link for each message along with a brief description of the particular day or series. You can click on the message to listen online or right click and select “save link as” to download the MP3 to your computer.
Sunday Messages:
Get Fit
Most people know that in order to stay physically healthy you need consistent exercise and a healthy diet, but most people don’t do consistently do these two things because they are just one step in the process towards becoming and staying fit. And just like there is a process for becoming and staying physically fit, there is also a process for becoming and staying spiritually fit. Listen in to find out more about both.
05.13.12 - Get Fit: Acceptance – John 4:4-30 – Nathan Dean
05.06.12 - Get Fit: Revelation – John 4:4-42 – Nathan Dean
Fearless
After the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter, Jesus gave his followers a gift, a gift that began making them fearless in the face of oppression, injustice, hardship, and uncertainty. Jesus is still giving this gift to his followers today.
04.15.12 - Fearless Actions – Matthew 5:38-48 – Carrie Dean
04.22.12 - Fearless Thoughts – Luke 12:22-34 – Nathan Dean
04.29.12 - Fearless Words – Ephesians 4:17-25 – Carrie Dean
Easter 2012
Easter is the most holy day of the Christian year. It is the day that we celebrate God’s victory over death, darkness, and brokenness in all their forms. It is a celebration of hope and new beginnings.
04.08.12 – Why Does Easter Matter? – John 20:1-21 – Nathan Dean
Last Words
Almost anyone’s last words – the things they most want to say while they have a chance – are really important. So, when it comes to Jesus, listening carefully to his final words in what he knows are the final days of his life is particularly important. During this holy season of Listen In to the Last Words of Jesus.
04.01.12 – Last Words: Denied – Luke 22:54-62 – Nathan Dean
03.25.12 – Last Words: Surrender – Matthew 26:36-46 – Adam Hoyt
03.18.12 – Last Words: Serve – John 13:1-7 – Yolanda Fountain
03.11.12 – Last Words: Life – John 15:1-17 – Sam Chinn
03.04.12 – Last Words: Compassion – Matthew 23:37-39 – Nathan Dean
02.26.12 – Last Words: Zeal – Mark 11:15-19 – Carrie Dean
Relationships
God created us to live in life-giving relationships with each other, but those kind of relationships don’t always happen as easily as we’d like. In this series we talk about advice God has for us on how to have those life-giving relationship we were meant to live in.
02.19.12 – Relationships: When Things Get Tough (Conflict Negotation) – Philippians 4:1-9 – Nathan Dean
02.12.12 – Relationships: Don’t Go There! (Healthy Boundaries) – 1 Timothy 4:9-16 – Nathan Dean
02.05.12 – Relationships: A Little Respect – Ephesians 5:21-6:9 – Carrie Dean
01.29.12 – Relationships: Roll Up Your Sleeves – 1 Thessalonians 5:11-24 – Carrie Dean
Habits: 3 Steps to a New Life
What if things were different…What if you were different…What if you were different in any situation that life throws at you…What if any situation was different because you were in it, and you were different…What if different was only three steps away?
01.22.2012 – Habits: Love God – Matthew 22:34-40 & John 10:7-18 – Nathan Dean
01.15.2012 – Habits: Love Others – Matthew 22:34-40 & Luke 15:1-7 – Nathan Dean
01.08.2012 -Habits: Love Yourself - Matthew 22:34-40 & Luke 15:1-7 – Nathan Dean
Once Upon a Time
Christmas is a time to remember – remember the real people and the real events that God used to help us understand who God is. These are their stories, the Christmas story.
12.18.2011 – Once Upon a Time: Peace for All – Matthew 2:1-16 – Carrie Dean
12.11.2011 – Once Upon a Time: Purpose-Filled Joy – Luke 1:8-20 – Carrie Dean
12.04.2011 – Once Upon a Time: Love Wins - Luke 1:28-38, Matthew 1:18-24 – Carrie Dean
11.27.2011 – Once Upon a Time: Hope Breaks Through – Luke 2:7-15,20 – Carrie Dean
Responsible
At first glance, finding out that you are responsible for one more thing – especially finding out that you are responsible for everything you’ve been given – doesn’t sound like Good News, but actually it is. It means that our lives and all we’ve been given matter. We are responsible because us and our decisions matter matter to God, to other people, and to the world around us and that is Good News, Good News that beats the alternative every time.
11.20.2011 – Responsible: Attention – Matthew 25:14-30 & Luke 11:33-36 – Nathan Dean
11.13.2011 – Responsible: Time – Matthew 25:14-30 & 6:31-34 – Nathan Dean
11.06.2011 – Responsible: Money – Matthew 25:14-30 & 6:24 – Nathan Dean
10.30.2011 – Responsible: LIfe – Matthew 25:14-30 – Nathan Dean
Signs of the Kingdom
The Kingdom of God, or the Dream of God, is God’s personal mission to heal the world of all the things that cause God’s heart grief and to restore life to all that God created it to be. It is a bottom-up, grass roots movement. God came in the form of a Palestinian peasant named Jesus because God knows the way to change the world is from the inside out – one person, one heart at a time. (Click Here to Read More).
Signs of this mission, this movement, are all around us. For followers of Jesus these signs help guide our lives, give us purpose, and give us hope.
October 23 – Signs of the Kingdom: Hope – Revelation 20:11-15 & 21:1-5 – Nathan Dean
October 16 – Signs of the Kingdom: Joy – John 15:9-11, 16:16-24 – Yolanda Fountain
October 9 – Signs of the Kingdom: God’s Presence – Acts 9:1-20 – Carrie Dean
October 2 – Signs of the Kingdom: Rebuilding of Community – Nehemiah 4:6-15, 5:1-12 – Courtney Gibson
September 25 – Signs of the Kingdom: Healing – Matthew 9:18-36 – Yolanda Fountain
September 18 – Signs of the Kingdom: Justice – Matthew 5:14-22,27-48 – Nathan Dean
September 11 – Signs of the Kingdom: Peace – Mark 9:33-50 – Carrie Dean
September 4 – Signs of the Kingdom: Rescue & Deliverance – Luke 23:32-46 – Nathan Dean
Heroes
In this series we look at regular people like you and me from the Bible who have become heroes of faith because through their amazing acts of faith, they point us to the real hero of history: God.
July 31 – Heroes: Sarah – Genesis 8:1-15, Heb. 11.11 – Jason Lumpkin
July 24 – Heroes: Elisha – 2 Kings 6:8-23 – Nathan Dean
July 17 – Heroes: Noah – Genesis 6:9-22 – Jarrett Wallace
July 10 – Heroes: Esther – Esther 4:5-16 – Carrie Dean
July 3 – Heroes: Peter – Matthew 14:22-33 – Nathan Dean
June 26 – Heroes: Naomi – Ruth 1:1-18 – Jason Lumpkin
June 19 - Heroes: Jonah – Selections from the book of Jonah – Carrie Dean
June 12 - Heroes: Daniel – Daniel 6 – Nathan Dean
June 5 – Heroes: David – 1 Samuel 17 – Carrie Dean
Special Forces
In this series we are looking at how after the resurrection of Jesus, God began using a small group of normal men and women with jobs and families just like you and me to continue Jesus’ huge mission of rescuing the world from the inside out, one heart, one person at a time. In time these people who followed the “Way of Jesus” became known as Christians and this movement they were a part of became known as the Church.
The Church has had its setbacks and missteps along the way – as any great movement will that is comprised of people, but neither internal corruption or external threats have ever been able to stop this movement of God from bringing its precious gift to the world: the gift of the Gospel, God’s transformational message of Good News to the world. The message of God, the creator of the universe, coming to live among us as a man named Jesus to show us who God is, dying on the cross to show us who we are, and coming back from the dead to show us what God is doing about it.
May 29 – Special Forces: Finishing Well – Heb 12:1-3, Phil 3:7-14 – Nathan Dean
May 22 – Special Forces: Facing Obstacles – Acts 6:1-7 – Nathan Dean
May 15 – Special Forces: Equipped – Acts 2:1-17 – Nathan Dean
May 8 – Special Forces: The Other Guys – Acts 1:1-11 – Nathan Dean
Easter
Easter is the time of year when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It is a time of joy, hope, and celebration!
April 24 – Easter: Dead People Don’t Come Back – selected readings from the Gospels – Nathan Dean
Lent
Lent is a special season in the Christian year that begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter. Lent is a time of year where we prepare ourselves for the joy of Easter by clearing out space in our lives and our hearts for God to work. It is a call to weep for what we could have been and are not. Lent is a space to grieve for what we should have done, but didn’t do. Lent is the opportunity to change what we ought to change but have not changed.
Lent is about becoming, doing and changing whatever it is that holds us back from being completely open to God. Lent is an invitation to die…so that we can begin really living. (This series description was adapted from the writings of Sister Joan Chittister, OSB)
April 17 – Lent: Service – Matthew 20:25-28, 31-46 – Carrie Dean
April 10 – Lent: Generosity – Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Luke 16:19-31 – Carrie Dean
April 3 – Lent: Reconciliation – Hosea 3:1-3, Matthew 5:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 – Nathan Dean
March 27 – Lent: Forgiveness – Matthew 18:21-35 – Nathan Dean
March 20 – Lent: Repentance – Repentance Verses (click to download script/texts)
March 13 – Lent: Fasting - Matthew 6:16-18, Isaiah 58:2-9 – Carrie Dean
Who We Are, Where We’re Going
March 6 – Who We Are & Where We’re Going – Luke 13:19-21 – Carrie & Nathan Dean
Rhythms
As we go through life we all develop a kind of rhythm, or a set of habits, that shape our life. These can be everyday things like whether we brush our teeth before we go to bed, what kind of food we eat, or how much TV we watch. They can also be things like what we do when we are depressed, how we respond when someone makes us angry, and what things we celebrate. There is a rhythm to the way we spend our money, the way we spend our free time, who we hang out with, and the things we think about. All of these smaller rhythms come together to form the rhythm of our life. They shape who we are, how we think, and how we live.
When God came among us in Jesus Christ he also had a rhythm to his life. A rhythm, a set of habits, a way of being, that shaped his life and defined who he was. It is this rhythm of the life of Jesus that has and continues to change the world from the inside out, one heart, one life at a time. The trick for those of us who are followers of Jesus then, is to get the rhythms of our lives in sync with the rhythms of the life of Jesus.
February 27 – Rhythm: Scripture – Psalm 119:9-16, 105, Matthew 4:1-11 – Nathan Dean
February 20 – Rhythm: Truth – John 3:19-20 & 14:6 – Carrie Dean
February 13 – Rhythm: Prayer – Luke 5:16 & 11:1-4 – Nathan Dean
February 6 – Rhythm: Resurrection – Luke 7:11-17 – Nate Mutispaugh
January 30 – Rhythm: Pulling Back - Exodus 20:8-11, Mark 2:23-27, Isaiah 30:15 – Carrie Dean
January 23 – Rhythm – Life on a Mission – Luke 4:14-21 – Nathan Dean
January 16 – Rhythm: All In – Luke 14:25-33, Philippians 3:12-13 – Nathan Dean
Advent
Advent means “coming” or “arrival.” The season of Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas. It is the time of year that Christians celebrate that God has come among us in Jesus Christ and that God is coming again soon to bring an end to evil, injustice, and sorrow in our world.
December 19 – Advent: Finding Peace on Earth – Isaiah 11:6-9 – Carrie Dean
December 12 – Advent: Joy & Celebration – Luke 2:18-12 and Matthew 1:20-23 – Carrie Dean
December 5 – Advent: Powerful Love – Romans 8:31-39 – Carrie Dean
November 28 – Advent: Our Coming Hope – Romans 8:18-28 – Carrie Dean
Thanksgiving
November 21 – A Grateful People – Philippians 4:4-9, 11-14 – Carrie Dean
