Holy and Whole: Be My Peace

 March 5, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 In this sermon, we look to Jesus as our source of peace, while naming the human reality of anxiety in our lives. The hope is that Jesus becomes our center as we seek a peace of mind. While also being compassionate to ourselves in […]

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Re-Wilding Joy

February 19, 2023 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Phil. 4:4-7 NRSV Joy is such a wild and elusive word that the Apostle Paul invites us not once, but twice to rejoice! He writes from the prison of his own house arrest in Rome and yet has the audacity to call us to rejoice, to not be […]

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An Invitation to Desperation

January 15, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Matthew 2:22-36 As we continue in our Rhythms of Justice series, we look at Peter’s “desperate” prayer in Matthew 14. And in so doing, we allow ourselves to be inspired to cry out to God in our desperate places just as Peter did to Jesus.

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A New Wine Community

June 5, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Acts 2, Acts 1, Joel 2-3 On Pentecost Sunday, we center in on Acts 2. And we look at not only the Holy Spirit flame, but we also take a step back to see how the disciples prepared for the fire to come. We then turned to the […]

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Praying Like We Mean It

In this message, Pastor Bobby has us look at how boldly the psalmist prays in Psalm 143. And how this is the spiritual heritage we inherit from the Saints who’ve gone before us over the centuries. We can talk freely like this to God because God wants to hear and hold our whole hearts.

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Drenched Altars Still Burn

Teaching from 1 Kings 18:23-39 Pastor Gail Song Bantum shows us that Elijah was a human being like us, yet he was desperate and gritty as he called out to God, “Answer me, oh God!” He drenches the altar with water three times in faith because he knew God begins at impossible.

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Illumine Playback Theater

Guest artists Illumine Playback Theatre led a special advent church service on December 20, 2020. Playback Theatre is a form of improvisational theatre in which members of the audience share stories from their lives, then the troupe retells it on the spot using movement, improvisation, and music. Illumine Playback Theatre uniquely weaves together elements of […]

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Entering Divine Space

Our brother and friend, Pastor @philallenjrig, brought us a word on prayer that impacted us greatly. He brought us into the presence of God and placed our hands in God’s hands. May this message bless you as it did us. And head over to our Facebook page to see the full sermon and service.

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