Portrait Church Podcast

This Sunday we look at one of the most surprising conversations in history as we consider our response to Jesus being crucified.  Luke 23:39-43 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

This Lent, Behold invites us to step away from distraction through prayer, fasting, and stillness so that, in truly seeing Jesus — the Lamb of God — we might be transformed not by trying harder, but by beholding him more clearly. This Sunday we explore what to do when God says no to our prayer(s). Psalm 145:13-21, Psalm 88 Download our 40 day "Behold" Devotional at https://shorturl.at/WXFJE

This Lent, Behold invites us to step away from distraction through prayer, fasting, and stillness so that, in truly seeing Jesus — the Lamb of God — we might be transformed not by trying harder, but by beholding him more clearly. This Sunday we consider the connection between fasting and solidarity to those in need of justice. Isaiah 58:1-11 Download our 40 day "Behold" Devotional at https://short...

This Lent, Behold invites us to step away from distraction through prayer, fasting, and stillness so that, in truly seeing Jesus — the Lamb of God — we might be transformed not by trying harder, but by beholding him more clearly. This Sunday Pastor Rich Villodas invites to consider contemplative prayer and the invitation of yes to the presence of God. Psalm 27:1-4 Download our 40 day "Behold" Devo...

This Lent, Behold invites us to step away from distraction through prayer, fasting, and stillness so that, in truly seeing Jesus — the Lamb of God — we might be transformed not by trying harder, but by beholding him more clearly. Matthew 4:1-11 Download our 40 day "Behold" Devotional at https://shorturl.at/WXFJE

This Lent, Behold invites us to step away from distraction through prayer, fasting, and stillness so that, in truly seeing Jesus — the Lamb of God — we might be transformed not by trying harder, but by beholding him more clearly. Matthew 6:5-13 Download our 40 day "Behold" Devotional at https://shorturl.at/WXFJE

This Sunday we finished our Remain series by looking at the life of Peter and how God can take a mess and turn it into a masterpiece. John 21:15-22 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

This Sunday we celebrate what God is doing in the next generation of our church through a testimonial from one of our college students and an encouraging word about investing in the next generation. 1 Peter 5:1-7 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue the start of the year with a series called "Remain," where we explore what it looks like to stay close to the source of life. This Sunday we explore the need to remain in Community. Hebrews 10:24-25 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue the start of the year with a series called "Remain," where we explore what it looks like to stay close to the source of life. This Sunday we explore how Jesus is the standard of love. John 15:12-17 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue the start of the year with a series called "Remain," where we explore what it looks like to stay close to the source of life. This Sunday we explore the joy of remaining with Jesus. John 15:9-11 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue the start of the year with a series called "Remain," where we explore what it looks like to stay close to the source of life. This Sunday we explore the lie of being self-sufficient. John 15:4-8 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We begin the year with a series called "Remain," where we explore what it looks like to stay close to the source of life. This Sunday we look at Jesus as the True Vine. John 15:1-3 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

In the final week of our Advent series called "The House of Bread" we were reminded that Jesus is the starter of our faith and his initiating love has changed us forever. Learn about our Renewed Vision end of year Fund: https://www.portrait.church/rvf

It's week 3 of our Advent series called "The House of Bread." We were reminded this message of joy and how we serve a God that has called us to be happy and has made joy available to us. Psalm 16 Learn about our Renewed Vision end of year Fund: https://www.portrait.church/rvf

It's week 2 of our Advent series called "The House of Bread." We were reminded this message of the Prince of Peace and his design for us to be Peacemakers not Peacekeepers. Isaiah 9:2-7, Matthew 5 Learn about our Renewed Vision end of year Fund: https://www.portrait.church/rvf

We kick off our Advent series called "The House of Bread." This series is designed to focus our eyes on the first advent - Jesus birth - so we can prepare our hearts for the 2nd advent - Jesus' return. We pray this series can leave your soul satisfied and filled by his presence. Learn about our Renewed Vision end of year Fund: https://www.portrait.church/rvf

Today we conclude our category of the Everday by looking at how anxiety can cause grief and how we can not only bring our requests to Jesus, but leave them with Jesus. We are led by guest speaker and former pastor John Onwuchekwa. He leads us through John 4 as we look at a story of a father who gets desperate enough to go to Jesus. Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at our last category of the Everyday. This Sunday we looked at the ryhthm between work and rest and how we are to work as a witness and rest as a worshipper.  Genesis 2:1-3 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at our last category of the Everyday. This Sunday we look at how the Son of Man came eating and drinking. We processed how the table could be one of our greatest tools of ministry that God wants us to use. Luke 7:33-35 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at our last category of the Everyday.  These are everyday rhythms like working, eating, grieving, rest and so many other daily rhythms, now under the direction of Jesus. If we are not careful we could miss out on what God is trying to show us in the mundane moments of our lives. Psalm 139:7-12 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.churc...

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at the category of Connections and exploring how honesty informs our connections in community. In this sermon, Rich Perez gives us a vision for creating a community shaped by honesty. Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at the category of Connections and talking about the power of listening and how we serve a God who listens to us and gives us the blueprint to incarnational listening to others. Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at the category of Connections and talking about forgiveness. In this sermon, Dale Chamberlain talks about what forgiveness is and isn't and how it is essential to our formation to become like Jesus. Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/

We continue in our Framework for following Jesus looking at the category of Connections and talking about the power of proximity. Jesus' life modeled getting close to people that others would avoid. This story is about him not only getting close for the sake of comforting, but also for the sake of confronting death.  Luke 7:11-17 Visit our website at: https://www.portrait.church/