Westside Gathering - Audio

The pursuit to know what life is meant to be like can be found everywhere. What kind of Life does resurrection make possible? (John 14:19-20 and various scripture) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260405_DavidM.pdf

On this final week of Lent - Palm Sunday shifts our focus to Jesus' path towards the cross, but look for the surprising ways Jesus asks us to participate in the ways he intends to save the world. What would make you say yes to a movement? (Matthew 21:1-11) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260329_DavidM.pdf

How does siting at a tale with Jesus and your enemies change your enemies’ effect on you? Listen to Greg’s story and an invitation from Jesus to remain-abide-surrender. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260322_GregL.pdf

The process of repentance and renewal towards abundant life in Jesus is a lifelong journey. What satisfies and sustains in the middle?(John 6:25-40) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260315_DavidM.pdf

Sometimes it feels like we’re assaulted with temptations to detour away from God’s will and way. Jesus knows what that feels like. His 40 days in the wilderness encourages us: it reminds us that we’re not alone in the struggle and equips us to overcome.(Matthew 4:1-11) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260308_DavidM.pdf

What do you do when you have sinned - when your actions have hurt yourself or others? How does someone repent and hope for renewal? We explore the power of confession in a famous prayer from an ancient King for clues. (Psalm 51:1-12) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260301_DavidM.pdf

One of the earliest calls to repentance helps understand why someone would change their mind and their life in response to something bigger than themselves. (Matthew 3:1-12) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260222_DavidM.pdf

Being a Christian includes a life of repentance. Lent is a season that intensifies the posture of repentance as we journey towards Easter. Do you need to turn, return or be renewed? (Joel 2:12-17, Ps. 51:10-12) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260215_DavidM.pdf

Spiritual community is more than just getting together. Repeated phrases in the New Testament point us to community, practices and tradition - the very things Christians also believe some myths about. (Eph. 5:18-20) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260208_DavidM.pdf

We so long to fully experience the light and life of Jesus but we often don't consider it's a life we are formed into by being part of a community of the Spirit (church) - with some singing along the way. (Eph. 15:14-20) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260201_DavidM.pdf

Bill Morrow has served the church in Canada for over 50 years. This message on one of Jesus' famous lines - a new commandment, love one another - is one that's been brewing in him for awhile with fresh light. (John 13:35-35) // Speaker: Bill Morrow Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260124_BillM.pdf

Waking up to life available in Jesus requires more than just receiving that life, but a growing wisdom to light this way of life for us in the middle of the darkness and brokenness of our world. (Eph. 5:8-17) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260118_DavidM.pdf

We all long for renewal and life to the fullest but do we recognize the obstacles to it? Are we ready to let the light of Christ expose sin so we can confess and repent and move into his light? Ephesians 5:1-14 Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260111_DavidM.pdf

Do you need a wake up call? Rather than simple resolutions or goals, we spend the next few weeks reflecting on a deeper kind of awareness and change that only Jesus can bring us to. (Ephesians 5:8-17) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20260104_DavidM.pdf

Join us for our Christmas eve – eve celebration, as we spend time contemplating on the beauty and purpose of Christmas. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251223_DavidM.pdf

Have you ever wanted a sign from God? Maybe you didn't, knowing that if you got one, you'd have to respond? We look into a wild story in Isaiah where God offers a sign; this sign has a double meaning, pointing to the arrival of Jesus. This sign still demands a response and trust. (Isaiah 7:1-16) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20...

Jon Waind continues our Advent season with a focus on God's kingdom. "The kingdom of God Is not from this world, but it is emphatically for this world" (NT Wright and Mike Bird) (Isaiah 35:1-10) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251214_JohnW.pdf

When something breaks, do you see the potential for beauty again? God does! Advent reminds that God brings beauty out of brokenness. He promises it fully in the future, yet we can experience part of it today. (Isaiah 11:1-10) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251207_DavidM.pdf

We start the season of ADVENT learning from Isaiah's vision of God's renewed future. If God has a promised future where all things are made right, how do we wait and walk in hope today? (Isaiah 2:1-5) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251130_DavidM.pdf

Speaker Daniel Decary // Luke 24:13-36 Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251123_DavidM.pdf

If God owns it all and we steward it all, where does our money fit in? We explore how the early church not only managed their money for themselves but saw God provide through them for his mission and others. It led them to a life of enrichment - something our modern use of money rarely gets us to. (2 Corinthians 9:1-15) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidega...

If God owns it all, how do we steward what he gives us? We learn from Jesus how to steward what he entrusts to us in all aspects of life. It fits into how we participate in God's creation mandate and gospel mission. (Matthew 25:14-30) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251109_DavidM.pdf

When God called Israel to live the life he envisioned for them, he rooted them in stewardship, the idea that all things are his and we're created to steward them - develop and enjoy yet holding lightly. (Deuteronomy 10:12-22) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251102_DavidM.pdf

God has designed it that followers of Jesus are part of Christ's body, called to practice service in the church and with the church - for God's mission. (Romans 12:1-8) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251026_DavidM.pdf

In a culture that trains us to be completely self-sufficient, while our souls long for wholeness, Jesus invites us to be made whole (washed) by him. (John 13:1-17) To watch the baptism stories go here https://vimeo.com/1126612504?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20251019_DavidM.pdf