Bethany Covenant Church

The Third Sunday in Advent: Joy  Nehemiah 8:9-10, Luke 2:8-12  Pastor Christopher Ek  www.bethanycovenant.com

Advent 2024 Week Two: Jesus is Our Peace  Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 1:68-79 Pastor Christopher Ek  www.bethanycovenant.com

The First Sunday in Advent: Jesus is Our Hope  Psalm 25:1-7, Luke 1:24-38  Pastor Christopher Ek  Listen this we as we begin our journey towards Christmas by lighting the candle of hope and see the ways Jesus is our hope in life.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Twelve - The One about the Big Banquet  11/24/24  Luke 14:16-24  Pastor Christopher Ek  The parables of Jesus are aspirational, practical, and devotional. This week we conclude our Storyteller series with a powerful parable of God's invitation.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Eleven  Psalm 103:8-13  Matthew 18:23-25  Pastor JT Shupe  Jesus tells another story, this time with three main characters dealing with debts owed. Listen this week as we learn about forgiveness, grace, and mercy.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: The One About the Rich Man and Lazarus  Luke 16:19-31  Pastor Christopher Ek  Listen this week as we focus on words of Jesus that are challenging for us, but open up a new way to live that it now available to us.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Storyteller: Week Nine- The One About the Shrewd Manager  Luke 16:1-9  Pastor Christopher Ek  Jesus offers a brilliant and confusing ending to this parable about the shrewd manager to help the disciples see something about Jesus' call in their lives that they had not seen before. Listen this week as we learn how Jesus uses a parable about a dishonest manager to clarify our own calling in life...

Storyteller: Week Eight - The One About the Sheep and the Goats  Matthew 25:31-46  Pastor Christopher Ek  Listen this week as we take a close look at another of Jesus' parables. Jesus' teaching on the sheep and the goats is a parable of high challenge and high calling as we follow Jesus each day.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Storyteller: Week Seven- The One About the Ten Maidens  Matthew 25:1-13  Pastor Christopher Ek  This week, we turn our attention to the parables Jesus tells about the future. Listen as we hear a parable from Jesus that gets very little attention but is important for the decisions we make about our future.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Storyteller: Week Six  Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43  Pastor JT Shupe  This week we explore the Storyteller as a patient gardener, revealing how the Kingdom of God is nurtured and grown in our lives.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Storyteller: Week Five Mark 4:26-34  Pastor David Wall  Listen this week as we wrestle with Jesus's unexpected description of the kingdom of God through two more parables.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: The One About The Good Enemy - Week Four  Luke 10:25-37  Pastor Christopher Ek  What must I do to inherit eternal life? That is the question that spark this discussion between Jesus and a lawyer that eventually led to the telling of this parable. This well known parable has impacted the world in significant ways since the first time Jesus told it. Listen this week for a fresh look at...

Storyteller: Week Three - The Ones About the Generous Landowner  Matthew 20:1-16  Pastor Christopher Ek  This is a parable that could only come from Jesus. It will challenge how we see the world, how we see God, and how we see others. This parable is subversive and disorienting, and it will turn our world upside down by introducing us to the promise of God's word.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Storyteller: The Ones About Being Found Luke 15  Pastor Christopher Ek  The parables of Jesus are aspirational, practical, and devotional. This week we engage with three parables filled with God's calling and God's vision for life and for our world.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week One  Fall Kick-Off at Bethany  Luke 8:4-8 Pastor Christopher Ek  We are kicking off the fall with a brand new sermon series about the parables of Jesus called, Storyteller. Jesus engaged people in his teaching through stories. Stories and parables challenge, inspire, and enlighten us to God's greater vision for our lives and for the world.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth: Week Ten  1 Corinthians 14  Pastor JT Shupe  Are certain gifts ever restricted in the church? What does Paul say about using our gifts in worship and in community? Listen this week for another Summer in Corinth day as we explore 1 Corinthians 14.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth 1 Corinthians 12  Pastor David Wall  Paul calls us to unity but not to sameness. How can our differences equip us to do the work God has prepared for us? Listen this week as we take a deeper look at Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 12.   www.bethanycovenant.com 

Summer in Corinth  1 Corinthians 11  Pastor Christopher Ek  www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth: Week Seven 1 Corinthians 9  Guest Pastor, Samuel Schreiner  Can you believe that Paul was criticized by some people in Corinth because he preached the gospel for free? You can't please everyone, but this week, we will learn in Chapter 9 what Paul tried to do for anyone if it would bring them even on step closer to Christ.  www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth: Week Six - Question and Controversies 1 Corinthians 8 Pastor Christopher Ek  1 Corinthians 8 addresses a very specific problem in Corinth, but through it, we get to explore the tension between freedom and legalism.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Summer in Corinth  1 Corinthians 7:1-40  Pastor JT Shupe  In Chapter 7, Paul pivots to respond to their specific questions: Should one marry? Stay single? Stay married? Leave an unbelieving spouse? He responds pastorally. Paul shares the godly wisdom to help all followers of Jesus stay faithful and live simply.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Summer In Corinth  1 Corinthians 6:1-20  Pastor Christopher Ek  Listen this week as we continue to study the church in Corinth. This is a week of high legal drama and high personal stakes.  www. bethanycovenant.com 

Summer In Corinth: Week Three- Facing Adversity  1 Corinthians 4:1-21  Pastor Christopher Ek  The culture of Corinth made it nearly impossible for the Corinthians to see what Paul would reveal to them in the next part of his letter. It was a teaching and way of life they needed to embrace to grow deeper in their faith. It was timely in Corinth and it will be timely for us today.  www.bethanycovena...

Summer in Corinth: Signifiers - Week 2  1 Corinthians 2:6-3:23  Pastor David Wall  We continue our summer in Corinth series this week by looking deeper into how to build our best lives.  www.bethanycovenant.com 

Summer in Corinth: A Letter Arrives  1 Corinthians 1:1 - 2:5  Pastor Christopher Ek  This summer, we are taking a trip to the ancient city of Corinth. We will dive deep into the culture of Corinth and the letter of 1 Corinthians to gain insight into following Jesus in our world today. Listen this week as we begin our journey.  www.bethanycovenant.com