Columbia View Podcast

Is our society moving at a pathological pace? Sociologists and doctors alike have coined the phrase “hurry sick” to describe the abnormally fast pace that society is moving at, causing all sorts of health, relational, emotional, and spiritual collateral damage. Is there a better way? Join us for part 3 of our 8 part series entitled “Made New” as we explore the practice of weekly rest and worship c...

The Bible is chocked full of prayers that are ours for the taking! If you’ve found your prayer life as of lately is a bit stagnant or cool, then join us for part 2 of our 8 part series entitled: “Made New” as we explore the practice of praying scripture. Recommended Bible Engagement Resources: Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com Rightnow Media: https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/join/columbiavie...

How does reading a work of literature that is thousands of years old make people new? The Bible might be old in its origins, but it is making people new. Whether you are just exploring faith, new to the faith, or a seasoned follower of Jesus, you won’t want to miss this first teaching in our series “Made New” as we look at the practice of engaging scripture. Recommended Bible Engagement Resources:...

Feeling rushed and exhausted all the time? Is that the "life and life to the full" Jesus talked about in John 10:10, or is there a better way? Join us for our summer teaching series entitled “Made New" as we explore some of the practices of following Jesus that have the potential to make us into new people from the inside out.

Join guest speaker Ken as he teach us how to pray out of the bible from gods words.

When the title “Chrsitian” is used today, what associations are often made? Unfortunately over recent decades “Christian” evokes images of the Jan 6 2021 capitol storming, protesting outside abortion clinics, and judgemental hypocrisy. But how did the nickname come to be in the first place? Join us as we explore how being a Chritian is a call to radical unity in a culture of divisive tribalism.

When the title “Chrsitian” is used today, what associations are often made? Unfortunately over recent decades “Christian” evokes images of the Jan 6 2021 capitol storming, protesting outside abortion clinics, and judgemental hypocrisy. But how did the nickname come to be in the first place? Join us as we explore how being a Chritian is a call to radical unity in a culture of divisive tribalism.

Testimony (Mark & David) We as a church have a clear vision of inviting our community to belong to Jesus, believe in Jesus, and become like Jesus. I've asked Mark to share a brief testimony about how God has been opening doors and opportunities for him to do just that at his work place. 1. Tell us about the recent conversations you've been having with one of your co-workers who is from Cambodi...

Did you know Yahweh commanded His people to love foreigners (immigrants) more than 30 times in the Old Testament? In the biblical story there’s what we know as the “quartet of the vulnerable” which included the orphan, widow, poor, and the immigrant. Interestingly enough, the first three of this quartet was standard ancient near eastern practice and law during Old Testament times - it was common l...

 ALL CULTURES AND SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF TIME HAVE VIEWED IMMIGRANTS AS A THREAT OR A BURDEN OR BOTH… FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ARE CALLED TO SOMETHING RADICAL, UNCOMMON, AND COUNTER-CULTURAL WHEN THEY ARE CALLED TO LOVE AND WELCOME IMMIGRANTS. JOIN US AS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRANT CONNECTION PASTOR ZACH SZMARA BRINGS A COMPELLING WORD AND INVITATION TO US. MORE INFO ABOUT IMMIGRANT

Abram the wanderer… Joseph the trafficking survivor… Moses the refugee… Ruth the marriage-based petition… David the asylum seeker… Daniel the faithful exile... The reality is, the major biblical characters in the Old Testament tell both compelling and challenging stories of migration which ought to inform how we view trends in migration today. But how? Join us for part 3 of our series Migration an...

Why is there such a crisis at the southern border? Why is there great disparity between people groups today? Join us as we explore part 2 of our teaching series, “Migration and the People of God” through the account of The Fall in Genesis 3. In short, alienation and displacement are the result of the humanities fall, not God’s good creation.

In the biblical story, God is credited for the creation of everything - particularly humans, who in the words of the author of Genesis says are, “made in the image of God.” But what does that mean, and what are the implications in our conversation on migration? Join us this Sunday as we dive into part 1 of our 6 part teaching series entitled “Migration and the People of God” as we explore the firs...

What has influenced your perspective of foreign-born individuals? How much of that has been the Bible? Join us as we begin a new teaching series about becoming a faith community of loving welcome in a culture of fearful hostility. The Biblical story has a unique invitation for God’s people to embrace and welcome the sojourner… the foreigner… the immigrant. Join us as we dive into a 6 part teaching...

Greetings, We are so excited to host guest Global Partners missionary to Cambodia, Collette Nybakken, for worship tomorrow at 10am. While attending Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Collette felt the strong call on her life to serve God long-term overseas. She had the opportunity to spend the summer in 2016 serving alongside Global Partners missionaries in Eswatini, where God confirmed her call into m...

Welcome! Easter is an important event that discusses the resurrection of Christ.

Join us for a special Palm Sunday worship service as we bring our 21 days of prayer and fasting to a close! We’ll hear personal testimony from our people on how God showed up and moved in their lives - You won’t want to miss this!

When Jesus died, Matthew 27:51 tells us that the giant veil that separated everyday people from the holy of Holies was torn in two. At that moment, holy architecture was completely undone. It used to be that God was over there and I’m over here… but not anymore… God’s spirit is right here. The currency to build a pathway to God’s presence was blood - Jesus’ blood - the currency to enjoy the path i...

So last week we talked about why and how we fast, I want to take the next two weeks to have a conversation about why and how we pray.  And regardless of how this first week went for you, whether you felt like your prayer life was on fire or you just couldn’t get into it, I take a lot of solace from the fact that even Jesus’ first disciples took awhile to figure this out. In fact, they weren’t all...

Well here we are church, tomorrow is officially the first day of our 21 days of prayer and fasting… raise of hands if this is the first time you’ve ever participated in something like this? I’m super excited and a little nervous tbh for these next three weeks. I’m excited because I think the Church is at her best when she is seeking God intentionally and I am excited for the stories of breakthroug...

Join us guest speaker Ken shares the word today about focusing on God no matter what season of life we are in.

I really believe Jesus & His church are the hope of the world. I really believe eternity is on the line. I really believe the Kingdom of God is unshakable. I really believe the great commission matters. Our journey with Jesus starts something like it did with the disciples “come follow me.” The Bible uses this metaphor of “sheep” and “shepherd” to describe our relationship with God. We’re neve...

Why do I follow Jesus? Jesus has changed my life. I really believe Jesus & His church are the hope of the world. I really believe eternity is on the line. I really believe the Kingdom of God is unshakable. I really believe the great commission matters. Our journey with Jesus starts something like it did with the disciples “come follow me.” The Bible uses this metaphor of “sheep” and “shepherd”...

Welcome to the fourth part of the Soul shift. There are 5 shifts that we can follow to get us closer to our lord.

When thinking of the words "consumer" and "steward", what comes to mind? Is the former a person "consuming" and never caretaking? Is the latter a person that simply watches over what they have been responsible for, but never investing and making something better of it? When following Jesus and wanting to shift our soul to his image, we are all called to be good stewards of everything we are giving...