Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we find out what happens when the resurrected power of Jesus meets people in the act of searching.

Missed us Sunday morning? Catch the recap! And join us at our regular time and location, Sundays at 10am at Berkeley Arts Magnet School.

Supporting Scripture:

Acts 17:16-28, Isaiah 55:1-3

Slide Deck:

05/17/26

Preaching Team: Mike Chen

Description:

This week we look at what happens when we see our stories as part of God’s larger story.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 13

Slide Deck:

05/10/26

Preaching Team: Bora Reed

Description:

The Holy Spirit is active and moving ahead of us…will we follow?

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 10

Slide Deck:

05/03/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we’re challenged to be aware and pay attention to how we can care for everyone in our community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 6:1-7

Slide Deck:

04/26/26

Preaching Team: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week we begin our deep dive in the book of Acts, and are reminded that we are invited to participate in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:36-52

Slide Deck:

04/19/26

Guest Speaker: Rev. Ieisha Hawley

Description:

We kick of a new Eastertide sermon series challenging us to listen to the Spirit and live out the gospel together in community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 8:26–40

Slide Deck:

04/12/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This Resurrection Sunday we celebrate that Jesus is alive in us!

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 28:1-10 & 18-20

Slide Deck:

04/05/26

Preaching Team: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the arrival of Christ and hear about deeper kind of welcome.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 19:37–40 and Romans 15:7

Slide Deck:

03/29/26

Guest Preacher: Rev. Brandi Sanders

Description:

This week we are challenged to strengthen our whole community through building one another up.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Thessalonians 5:9-18

Slide Deck:

03/22/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we hear about a community built by the Spirit that enables us to share our burdens and be present for people in need.

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Supporting Scripture:

Galatians 5:22–26, 6:1-5 (NASB)

Slide Deck:

03/15/26

Preaching Team: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week we are reminded that spiritual growth can be painful, but we can bear it with one another in community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Colossians 3:11–17

Slide Deck:

03/08/26

Preaching Team: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week we are encouraged to use our freedom in Christ to love our neighbor as ourselves instead of looking inward with self-indulgence.

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Supporting Scripture:

Galatians 5:13-18

Slide Deck:

03/01/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we hear about what it truly means to “love one another” and are challenged to follow the countercultural example of Jesus.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 13:33–35 

Slide Deck:

02/22/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

We mark Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent and a shared journey of repentance and renewal in community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Joel 2:12-13

Preaching Team: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

This week, we are called to bring ourselves freely to our community through service, rooted in a “here we are” posture.

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Supporting Scripture:

Nehemiah 1:2-4, 2:2-5, 2:17-18

Slide Deck:

02/15/26

Preaching Team: Deanna Chow Trotter

Description:

This week, we are reminded how our own attitudes towards God can foster or threaten belonging in our own community.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Samuel 3:1-10

Slide Deck:

02/08/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, we are invited to sit with this honest question: Will you answer the call you already know is yours?

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Supporting Scripture:

Exodus 3:7-12, Exodus 4:10-13

Slide Deck:

02/01/26

Preaching Team: Mike Chen

Description:

This week, we talk about worship as reasonable service, thoughtfully offered in response to God’s mercy.

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Supporting Scripture:

Romans 12:1-8

Slide Deck:

01/25/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

A new sermon series starts, reminding us that we are not waiting to be chosen into the body of Christ because we’ve already been called to belong as we are.

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Supporting Scripture:

Ephesians 4:1-16

Slide Deck:

01/18/26

Preaching Team: Dana Lundblad

Description:

This week we celebrate Epiphany with a festive All Family Worship.

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Supporting Scripture:

Slide Deck:

01/11/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

We kick off the new year with a reminder that God will finish what he started.

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Supporting Scripture:

Philippians 1:3-6, Hebrews 1 3:8

Slide Deck:

01/04/26

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

In our final week of Advent we are reminded that even though human love has limits, the love of God does not.

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Supporting Scripture:

Lamentations 3:21-24

Slide Deck:

12/21/25

Preaching Team: Bruce Hansen

Description:

In our third week of Advent, we celebrate our encounters with God while we wait for His Kingdom.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 1:39-45

Slide Deck:

12/14/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

For the second week of Advent, we are reminded that we are not the ones who maintain peace in our lives, but that it’s the peace of God that sustains us.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 14:26-27, Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 26:3

Slide Deck:

12/07/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

During this season of Advent, we are reminded that anxiety grows when we focus on delay, but that hope takes root when we focus on God’s presence.

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Supporting Scripture:

Isaiah 40: 28-31, Romans 5:1-5

Slide Deck:

11/30/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we declare that the walls of injustice must fall, and we practice prayer together with an intergenerational prayer walk.

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Supporting Scripture:

Joshua 6:1-5, 15-16, 20

Slide Deck:

11/23/25

Prayer Walk Guide

Next Gen Minister: Alex Zarecki

Description:

Prayer reminds us to examine our internal selves as we pursue alignment with God’s will.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 John 5:14-15, John 14:14

Slide Deck:

11/16/25

Preaching Team Member: Bob Lee

Description:

This week, the words of the Apostle Paul call us to pray against the systemic institutional powers that oppress our world today.

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Supporting Scripture:

Ephesians 6:10-18

Slide Deck:

11/9/25

Elder: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

This week, we are reminded to look to God in prayer first, with a specificity that builds our relationship with him.

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Supporting Scripture:

Phil 4:6-7, Psalm 34:17-18

Slide Deck:

11/2/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, we are reminded that where there is no communication, there is no relationship with God, and we’re called to reconnect the line.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 11:1-13, James 1:6-7

Slide Deck:

10/26/25

Special Guest Preacher: Christine Ingebretson

Description:

This week, our special guest speaker from Foster The City preaches on how God is speaking to us through the experiences that move us.

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Supporting Scripture:

Nehemiah 1:2-3, Psalm 126

Slide Deck:

10/19/25

Preaching Team Member: Mike Chen

Description:

Our series finale looks at the transformative power of the Holy Spirit working in our lives through Pentecost and Ordinary time.

Missed us Sunday morning? Catch the recap! And join us next week at The Way Christian Center for a special Baptism service at 3pm.

Supporting Scripture:

Acts 2:1-4

Slide Deck:

10/12/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, we look at the challenging, faithful, and conquering love of God through the five moments of Holy Week.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 3:16-18, 1John 4:9-11

Slide Deck:

10/05/25

Lead Pastor: Rev. Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, through the season of Lent, we are reminded that even if we can’t control our circumstances, we can change and deepen our posture towards God.

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Supporting Scripture:

Joel 2:12-13, Luke 4:1-13

Slide Deck:

09/28/25

Teaching Team Member: Dana Lundblad

Description:

How do we practice faithful feasting in our daily lives in the spirit of Christmastide and Epiphany?

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Supporting Scripture:

John 1:1-5, 14, Matthew 2:1-2, 10-12

Slide Deck:

09/21/25

Teaching Team Member: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

This week, we learn that the spirit of Advent can help us form and reflect on our journey with Jesus year round.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 1:30-35, Isaiah 9:6-7

Slide Deck:

09/14/25

Teaching Team Member: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week, we kick off our new sermon series on the liturgical calendar with a look at how we experience shalom in our community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Genesis 1:31-2:3, Mark 2:23-28

Slide Deck:

09/07/25

Maranatha Covenant Church: Pastor Evelyn Perez

Description:

This week, a special guest closes out our series with a look at what motivates us to love our neighbor.

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 25:37-40

Slide Deck:

08/31/25

Preaching Team: Mike Chen

Description:

This week we learn that loving the bible is more than just studying.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Slide Deck:

08/24/25

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week focuses on the significance of community and what it means to “together become…”.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

John 13:34-35, 1 John 4:7-12

Slide Deck:

08/17/25

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

We kick off a new sermon series that breaks down our mission statement. This week focuses on diversity and curiosity.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

John 15:9-17

Slide Deck:

08/10/25

Elder & Teaching Team Member: Deanna Chow Trotter

Description:

This week we return to our previous sermon series for a breakdown of why we would should participate in God’s justice in our world today.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

Zechariah 7:7-9

Slide Deck:

08/03/25

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

The fruit of the Spirit is not light work. It’s heavy. But it’s good weight. It’s the kind of weight that makes us grounded, rooted, and whole.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

Galations 5:22-23

Celebration Slides:

7/27/2025

Student Ministry Director: Alex Zarecki

Description:

Patience and self-control are like tough-shelled fruits—coconut and pineapple. They take effort to get to the sweetness inside, just like the discipline it takes to grow these fruits of the Spirit. And for fun? Jolly Ranchers—slow to eat, but worth the wait.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

Galations 5:22-23, James 1:2–4, Proverbs 25:28

Kid’s Ministry Director: Deborah Zenor-Davis

Description:

Kindness is active—it crosses lines and shows up when others don’t. Like peeling and sharing an orange, kindness is meant to be divided and given away.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

Galations 5:22-23, Luke 10:25–37

Celebration Slides:

6/13/2025

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we talk about the real joy and peace that comes from trusting God and not from perfect circumstances.

Missed us Sunday afternoon? Catch the recap! And join us in person Sundays at 5pm at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.

Supporting Scripture:

Galations 5:22-23, Philippians 4:6-7

Celebration Slides:

6/7/2025

Elder & Teaching Team Member: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

This week we are challenged to answer the call from Jeremiah and follow the example of Jesus through actions of Justice, guided by the Holy Spirit.

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Supporting Scripture:

Jeremiah 22:1-5, Jeremiah 6:13-15

Teaching Team Member: Dana Lundblad

Description:

This week we remember the words of Isaiah and the call to escape the inertia and numbness of privilege by practicing a justice that calls for restoration and re-creation.

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Supporting Scripture:

Isaiah 61:1-4

Supplemental Materials:

Original Poem

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we celebrate Pentecost with a picture of justice that flows out of Sunday and activates the rest of our lives.

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Supporting Scripture:

Amos 5:21-24

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani kicks off a new sermon series reminding us that justice is more than a just buzzword or an optional activity, but the foundation of the church and the Gospel in action.

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Supporting Scripture:

Micah 6:6-8

Preaching Team Member: Bob Lee

Description:

This week we wrap up our sermon series with a look at the act of communion as the antidote to alienation and a moment of true resonance in our lives.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week we are reminded that communion is not a passive ritual, but a powerful act of protest on both a personal and collective way.

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Supporting Scripture:

Mark 14:22-24, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Preaching Team Member: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week we look at the cup as a communally practiced act of covenant.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Preaching Team Member: Bruce Hansen

Description:

This week our new series kicks off with a look at how the act of communion compels the church into existence.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Special Guest: Rev. Dominique Dubois Gilliard

Description:

Special guest Reverend Dominique Gilliard challenges us to know the Jesus who stands in solidarity with the “least of these” and to connect with others’ experiences of injustice.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 3:16-17

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Youth Ministry Member: Nico Smok-Blanchard

Description:

This Resurrection Sunday, we celebrate the Jesus who has conquered fear, loneliness, sorrow, suffering, and death!

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 28:1-10

Teaching Team Member: Deanna Chow Trotter

Description:

Our series concludes with the reminder that the true hospitality of Jesus is expressed with enthusiasm that reflects meaningful relationship.

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 21:1-11

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, we see how Jesus makes space for us to be with him and that it’s up to us to make the conscious choice to engage no matter what is happening in our lives.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 11:28-30

Guest Speaker: Javier Tarango-Sho

Description:

This week, we are invited to move beyond relational misunderstanding and historical conflict to follow Jesus’ example of persistent hospitality in our communities.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 4:1-30

Teaching Team Member: Loretta Matty

Description:

This week, we are challenged to remind one another of all the ways that God has met us, and to be open to encountering Jesus as we sojourn together.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 24:13-35

Teaching Team Member: Mike Chen

Description:

This week, we hear about a radical hospitality that isn’t about hosting parties, but about making space for human connection.

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Supporting Scripture:

Mark 2:13-17

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

Our new sermon series starts off with a look at the messy, vulnerable, and deep hospitality of Jesus.

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Supporting Scripture:

Luke 4:14-21

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

Our series on the faithfulness of God, ends with a look at how the good things that God has done gives us hope for the future when we can’t see what’s coming.

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Supporting Scripture:

Jeremiah 29:11-13

Teaching Team Member: Bruce Hansen

Description:

A reminder that we need to stay connected with Jesus or our faith will fail, and that in order to stay connected to Jesus, we’ve got to lean into prayer in a big way.

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Supporting Scripture:

Mark 9:14-29

Elder: Loretta Matty

Description:

When it can be hard or costly to find faith in God, He reminds us that faith is authored by Him in community with one another. Only a partial recording is available this week.

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Supporting Scripture:

Hebrews 10:24-25

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

When following God feels like a game of Jenga, Pastor Dani exhorts us to trust and reflect on God’s promises.

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Supporting Scripture:

Romans 4:18-21

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

In a world in need of radical responses, Pastor Dani reminds us that faith requires prayer and bold action.

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Supporting Scripture:

James 2:14-26

Special Guest: Bishop L.C. Oldums

Description:

Special guest, Bishop Oldums ask us to rethink our perspective on prayer and challenges us to make space for daily prayer with God.

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Supporting Scripture:

Philippians 4:6-8

Elder: Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

Today we hear about God’s desire for growth and goodness even in the hardest of times.

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Supporting Scripture:

James 1:2-4

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani preaches on faith and reminds us that trusting in God is a journey we can take together with one another in community.

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Supporting Scripture:

Hebrews 11:1-3

Lead Pastor: Dani Kilgore

Description:

On Epiphany Sunday, Pastor Dani reminds us that God is revealing himself to us everyday, and she invites us to embrace God’s vision for our lives and our community as we look forward to what’s ahead in 2025.

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Supporting Scripture:

Isaiah 43:18-19 & Job 8:7

Kid’s Ministry Director: Deborah Zenor-Davis

Description:

Deborah Zenor-Davis guides us to look back with gratitude, live in the present with trust, and to look forward with hope.

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Supporting Scripture:

Hebrews 11:6 & 13:8

Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

This week, Pastor Dani concludes our Advent series with a challenge to give out of love and and invitation to receive the depth of God’s love this season.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 3:16, Matthew 2:9-11

Reflection Question:

How can these gifts inspire us to love and receive love more fully during this advent season? 

Mike Chen

Description:

What is Joy, Really?

Joy as a byproduct when we align with God’s purpose

The longing for truth, justice, & beauty is a gift from God.

Recognizing it is to experience joy.

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Supporting Scripture:

Hebrews 12:2 , John 15: 11-12

Next Generation Director Alex Zarecki

Description:

This week we hear about the pitfalls of false peace, and the liberation that we can only find in the true peace of Jesus.

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 5:9 & 10:34

Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani begins Advent with a powerful reminder of God’s assurance in our lives even when our futures seem uncertain.

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Supporting Scripture:

Romans 15:13 & Jeremiah 29:11

Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani closes out our series with a reminder to ask ourselves how we are inviting Jesus into the stories of our lives.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 20 & 21

Bruce Hansen

Description:

A teaching team member preaches on the cross, the mystery of our faith that is an invitation to ever growing wonder.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 19:28-30

Tim Zenor-Davis

Description:

A teaching team member preaches on how we can tell God’s story with our own lives, and what the Marvel universe has to do with God’s truth in the world.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 15-17

Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani reminds us of the profound impact of grief in our lives and invites us to carry the assurance of God’s love with us in all things.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 10, 11 & Psalm 23

Deanna Chow Trotter

Description:

A teaching team member shows the different ways that we can experience Jesus and encourages us to take hope from the example of the healing of the blind man.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 9

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Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani breaks down why it’s hard to transcend our cultural barriers and personal histories, and invites us to choose faith over facts.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 4, 5, 6

Bob Lee

Description:

A preaching team member kicks off our sermon series with a look at what it means to live in the active, dynamic and life shaping stories of God.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 1:1-18

Pastor Dani Kilgore

Description:

Pastor Dani breaks down what it truly means to be in communion with Christ and one another.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 2:42-47

Deborah Zenor-Davis

Description:

Today we hear about the impact of taking the time to listen with care.

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Supporting Scripture:

Acts 8:26-40

LORETTA MATTY

Description:

No matter what our feelings on “capital E” Evangelism, God has a word for us and is moving in our lives.

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Supporting Scripture:

John 3:3-21

PASTOR DANI KILGORE

Description:

Pastor Dani introduces us to BLESS and reminds us to be ourselves and trust in God.

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Supporting Scripture:

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

PASTOR DANI KILGORE

Description:

Pastor Dani preaches on the connection between faith, action and wisdom, and challenges us as a community to make Church Without Walls more than just our name.

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Supporting Scripture:

James 1:2-8, 12

Pastor Nicole Bullock

Description:

Pastor Nicole Bullock asks us to embrace the times when things don’t work out by asking “how do I grow from here?”.

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Supporting Scripture:

Matthew 11:1-6 (NLT)

BISHOP L.C. OLDUMS

Description:

Bishop L.C. Oldums preaches of word of encouragement as we face the fear and anxiety of constant challenge.

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Supporting Scripture:

Philippians 4:19, Philippians 4:6-7, Joshua 1:9, Matthew 20:28, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Psalm 66:12.

PASTOR DANI KILGORE

Description:

CWOW returns to BAM with a bang. Pastor Dani preaches on what it truly means to be a church without walls.

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PASTOR DANI KILGORE

Description:

Pastor Dani preaches on what the Lord requires of us when we are faced with what seems like endless injustice.

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Supporting Tools:

A clip from the film Hotel Rwanda