Sermon Series:
Mother's Day 2012 (May 13, 2012)
A mother's love - it's transformational, both for the mother and her child.
Prophetic Imagination (April 22 - May 6, 2012)
It's all to easy to become numb. Numb to others, to what is important. Technology allows us to 'communicate', and yet be disconnected from others. How can we move past the numbness?
Crucify This: God's Relentless 'If' (March 25 - April 8, 2012)
A story of 3 days. Friday: tragedy. Saturday: fear, anxiety, waiting. Sunday: victory. It's the spiritual journey of each of us. A transformation.
Prodigal God: The Story of a Banquet (March 4-18, 2012)
The Bible story of The Prodigal Son is really a story about our lives, and our relationship with God. So what is the real punishment in life? And what is our real inheritance?
The Matrix (February 26, 2012)
Computers can be a real time-saver. Yet they can also narrow our choices and limit what we see. Sites like Yahoo, Facebook, CNN, etc. help us see the world through our own interests. We surround ourselves with ourselves, with what we want to see. Is that the most important thing?
Single, Married, Divorced (February 5-19, 2012)
Is happiness dependent on our marital state?
Join us as we explore being single, married, and divorced.
Goodbye Perfection, Hello Courage (January 29, 2012)
We get messages that somehow we're not good enough, that there is a standard that we can't live up to. How can we deal with these standards & pressures?
A Prayer for the City... What is religion for? (January 8-22, 2012)
Life is not all about us. How can we fill our needs for worth & purpose, and find true significance? Let us join with others, join with God, and pull together; connecting, creating a beautiful world, bringing heaven as best we can into this world.
New Year's Resolutions (January 1, 2012)
How can we be awake as the New Year starts?
What are the odds of following through on resolutions? But maybe there can be movement...
Grab hold of your God-given purpose!
How is God Born in our Lives? (December 24, 2011)
We celebrate Christmas as the time when Christ came on earth. But it can be even more than that. Christ wants to come to us every day. Where is God born in our lives? And how?
What the Angels Saw (December 4-18, 2011)
What does Christmas really mean? We need to get rid of the illusions. God is not coming into our lives at Christmas so that we can get material things. It's not about man-made creations.
Do you plan to "observe" Christmas this year? Instead, how can we "live" Christmas? God is calling.
One Thousand Gifts (November 13-27, 2011)
How much do you have? Is it enough? Do you need more?
Can you imagine noticing the blessings you have right now?
Dare to Live Fully, Right Where You Are!
What is Success? (November 6, 2011)
Is it power? Winning? Control? Teamwork? Accomplishment?
Former NFL player Vaughn Hebron joins us to discuss success. How do we find our way to it?
Forgiveness (October 23-30, 2011)
The call to forgive... it's daily, deep, and personal.
What insults do you remember? What about grudges? What would life be like without them?
When a Young Person Dies (October 16, 2011)
Unexpected things happen. Your life was one way one minute, and a single event changes everything. Why does stuff like this happen? Where was God in that moment? How do we move through those times, in a way to make the world better?
Baptism (October 9, 2011)
Taking the plunge... We hold baptism as a starting line, not as the "win". A commitment. The win is your engagement in the world.
Gulp (God wants me to do WHAT?) (September 18 - October 2, 2011)
When the Lord speaks to us and asks us to do something, do we run the other way? Do we have our own plan? The Lord has a bigger plan...
Family Trees (July 24 - August 7, 2011)
Are you a parent? Do you feel like you are learning as you go? God has a plan to grow your family.
Weird (July 3-17, 2011)
What is "normal"? Is being "normal" going to get you what you want, and make you happy?
Love Wins (June 12-26, 2011)
In his bestselling book "Love Wins", Rob Bell asks questions that many of us wonder about. Is there a heaven and hell? Does Jesus rescue you from God? What kind of God is that? Let's look at these questions from a New Church perspective.
Finding Purpose at Work (May 15 - June 5, 2011)
Water bubbles at 211 degrees but boils at 212. How do we find that one degree that makes the difference in our lives? Much of our time is taken up by work so how do we find purpose there?
Stay Here and Watch with Me (April 10 - May 1, 2011)
Easter, a holiday long buried under ceremony, contains within it a story able to deeply open our hearts. Our job - to open ourselves up to watching as the story of resurrection unfolds - His story and ours.
Dream (March 27 - April 3, 2011)
We all have dreams - dreams of living life fully, with purpose, passion, and meaning. Join us as we talk about just how to do it.
Let's Build a Church (March 6-20, 2011)
What does it mean to "build a church?" Early churches were about a movement, not a building.
Heartbeat (February 13-27, 2011)
Working on Relationships: single, married, committed relationships.
Superfun Learning Time (January 9-23, 2011)
Jesus communicated a consistent message of love - a caring life informed by faith. His disciples, 12 very human people, mistranslated that message all the time. How do we move past mistranslation to really hear what God is saying?
Angels (November 28 - December 5, 2010)
What are Angels? The word means "messenger". Who are they and what role do they play in our lives?
U-Turn (October 31 - November 14, 2010)
Change. It happens to everyone. Sometimes an event forces you to do something you may not have wanted to. Sometimes you choose to change - you see that things aren't working, and you go back to see how you can do it better. Sometimes we need to look at what really governs our lives.
Producing Pearls (October 24, 2010)
Many families face challenges. Children struggle with learning disabilities, social-emotional challenges as well as physical limitations. How can we hold it? Hear from some who have made the journey.
Toxic (October 3-17, 2010)
We all harbor a degree of toxic thoughts. At times those create a cynical view towards life, a view in which we are contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives. How can we stop the contamination?
The Prestige (September 12-26, 2010)
A magic trick has 3 parts. Like magic, life has the same 3 parts: The Pledge (ordinary life), The Turn (it all disappears), The Prestige (it all comes back).
Stranger (August 15-29, 2010)
Ever feel like a “stranger in a strange land?” In a miraculous way, that can be the beginning of spiritual growth.
