Conoy Church Podcast

Series: Advent 2020 Speaker: Pastor Nick Date: December 13, 2020 Synopsis : Good morning! We are so glad that you could join us this morning. Please note: With the announcement of new restrictions based on the increasing risk associated with COVID-19 we have made the decision not to meet in person on 12/20. We are VIRTUAL ONLY through the end of the year. This morning we continue in the season of...

Series: Advent 2020 Speaker: Pastor Nick Date: December 6, 2020 Synopsis:  Today we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent where we'll talk about peace in a sermon entitled "The Gift of Waiting." Join us now for some awesome worship, prayer and scripturally rooted teaching. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the Brethren in Christ please check out the information...

Series: Jonah     Speaker: Pastor Nick   Date: November 29, 2020 Synopsis: Today is the first Sunday of Advent and the last Sunday of our Jonah series. In both places we have a message of hope. Pastor Nick will guide us through the final chapter of the book of Jonah and we'll engage some subjects like hard heartedness, forgiveness and enemy love. If you are interested in learning mo...

Series: Weekly Devotional Speaker: Pastor Nick   Date: November 25, 2020 Synopsis: Today, we continue in 1 John by starting chapter 2. Chapter two is a little bit longer than chapter one which means that we have a little bit more to work through. But man, the Apostle John does not mince his words with us. Chapter two is a mixture of beautiful poetic language and truth on fire. So grab a cup o...

Series: Jonah     Speaker: Pastor Nick   Date: November 22, 2020 Synopsis: Pastor Nick teaches us from Jonah 2 & 3 today. We'll learn about the Assyrians, that our greatest trouble may actually be God's work to draw us near, we'll talk about half-hearted obedience and the bigness of God as he prepares people to hear his word. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BI...

Series: Weekly Devotional Speaker: Pastor Nick   Date: November 18, 2020 Synopsis: Rather than continuing in our topic focused Weekly Devotional series we're going to jump into a book of the Bible. Imagine all of us sitting down in a circle, cracking open our Bible and reading 1 John together. As we read we discuss the verses and ideas. In these next few devotionals - I'm hoping that you get...

Series: Jonah     Speaker: Pastor Nick   Date: November 15, 2020 Synopsis: Today we begin our new series in Jonah. Jonah is a super relatable book to each of us and Pastor Nick takes us through a variety of reasons why that might be - we're judgmental, we're not perfect, we judge whole people groups, we've had moments in our life where we have spiraled downward ... so many reasons....

Series: Jonah     Speaker: Rev. Dale Ressler   Date: November 8, 2020 Synopsis: Reverend Dale Ressler joins us from RFC (Racers For Christ) to share with us a message that forces us to look in the mirror before we look around the room. It begs its to realize that the plank in our eye is the same materials as the speck in our neighbors. This message inspires hope for the future in a...

Series: Story Sunday     Speaker: Scott Boyer & Kyle Stone   Date: November 1, 2020 Synopsis: Good morning! We're glad you could join us for the conclusion of our Follow series. Today we’re talking about Matthew the disciple, power, Genesis 3 and Philippians 2, stories about juice and we’re finishing our time togethe with communion. So have your cup and bread ready at home! If y...

Series: Follow     Speaker: Nick Ressler   Date: October 25, 2020 Synopsis: Good morning! We're glad you could join us for the conclusion of our Follow series. Today we’re talking about Matthew the disciple, power, Genesis 3 and Philippians 2, stories about juice and we’re finishing our time togethe with communion. So have your cup and bread ready at home! If you are interested in l...

Series: Follow     Speaker: Nick Ressler   Date: October 18, 2020 Synopsis: Did you know that the Sermon on the Mount ends with a series of warnings? The final two warnings seem to imply that there is a connection between following Jesus and obedience. That following Him is more than just words. Join us as we work through these warnings and they take us into James 2 where we settle...

Series: Follow   Speaker: Nick Ressler   Date: October 11, 2020 Synopsis: We’re in week 6 of our “Follow” series and this week we’re grounded in Acts and John in a discussion about the Holy Spirit. We’re looking at Jesus words “it is better that I go” and asking how can that be? What could be better than God with us? If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the Br...

Series: Follow Speaker: Nick Ressler Date: October 5, 2020 Synopsis: Week 5 of our “Follow” series. Today we’re going to intentionally place ourselves in the shoes of the religious elite that Jesus is talking to in Matthew 23. His words to them are full of “woe” and we need to honestly grapple with whether any of them are meant for us. Lord, give us the strength we need to be authentic. Holy Spiri...

Series: Follow Speaker: Nick Ressler Date: September 27, 2020 Synopsis: Good morning! In Luke 14 Jesus says some really difficult things to those who are following him: hate your family, count the cost before you follow and when those who were invited to a wedding feast don't show up - He invites the uninvited! Whoa! What do we make of that? This morning we'll lean into the hard truth of Jesus wor...

Series: Follow Speaker: Nick Ressler Date: September 20, 2020 Synopsis: Today we continue in our series "Follow" with a sermon grounded in Luke 7 called "Know." We're going to talk about intimacy, the birds and the bees, do a little Mad-Lib, talk about Pastor Nick's friend Lauren Daigle and read about a Pharisee named Simon. Join us as we engage transactional relationships, prosperity gospel and t...

Series: Follow Speaker: Scott Boyer Date: September 13, 2020 Synopsis: Scott Boyer brings us the second installment in our “Follow” series. Scott speaks out of Matthew 4 & 9 and the calling of the disciples by Jesus. Have you noticed that the response of so many people is complete transformation as they make the choice to drop everything and follow Him? In Matthew, Jesus is looking for discipl...

Series: Follow Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 6, 2020 Synopsis: Today, we begin a new series called “Follow.” It’s loosely based on the book Not A Fan by Kyle Idleman which we would recommend picking up and reading. We’re going to be digging deep and asking the question: Are we truly Followers of Christ? Or have we been acting more like Fans? The story of Nicodemus from the Gospel of...

Series: Ceasefire Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 30, 2020 Synopsis: Are you living now, the way you want to live forever?” This is the resounding question that leads us into our final Ceasefire Series sermon entitles “Territory.” It’s all led to this week - The Good Samaritan, risky love, Saul, inclusion, Ananias, Torah, The Rich Young Ruler and Jesus ... don’t miss out on the conclusio...

Series: Ceasefire Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 23, 2020 Synopsis: Welcome to Week 8 of our Ceasefire Series. Today’s message is called “Temple: Sacred Space.” We're excited that you've chosen to join us for genuine and heartfelt worship and a Biblically grounded message.  We’re going to be in John 2 with Jesus cleansing the temple, Mark 9 with the transfiguration and even in 2 Pe...

Series: Ceasefire Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 16, 2020 Synopsis: Week 7 in our Ceasefire series! We’re leading into a time of communion, as brothers and sisters, by engaging the idea that we’re called to go from Enemy to Friend with a risky love exemplified by Jesus on the cross. It’s so easy to think that that kind of love is only present in God and Disney Movies but we’ll hear a co...

Series: Weekly Devotional Speaker: Thomas Hallman Date: July 15, 2020 Synopsis: These times have been hard, and some of us are feeling hard things. is that bad? Is that wrong? Is it a sign of poor faith or a scrawniness of heart? This devotional offers a short "no" to those questions. The hard things we feel, the doubts and anxieties and sufferings that meet us in the nitty gritty, gooey-gooey gre...

Series: Ceasefire Speaker: Nick Ressler Date: August 9, 2020 Synopsis: J oin us for genuine and heartfelt worship, prayer and week 6 in our Ceasefire series: Tribalism. We’re going to talk about Bob Marley, Greek city-states, the conversation before the Good Samaritan, Gentiles and being people who consistently choose to risk to love. Today’s message is centered in the conversation leading up...

Series: Weekly Devotional Speaker: Nick Ressler Date: July 8, 2020 Synopsis: Lets take a moment to chat about "theology of father." If theology is the study of God then theology of father is the study of God as father. Jesus helps leads us to the conclusion that we can address God as "Abba" or "Father." And then, during his life on earth, Jesus gives us a number of stories, instructions and teachi...

Series: Ceasefire Speaker: Pastor Nick Date: August 2, 2020 Synopsis:  Week 5 of our series - Ceasefire. Today we’re discussing traditions (good or bad?). We’ll also talk about birthday cake for Jesus, Pastor Nick’s judgmental driving, Holy Cats and the eleventh commandment: thou shalt not sit in brown chairs with black legs. Don’t miss out on heartfelt worship, todays scripture (John 7:1-13)...

Series: Weekly Devotional Speaker: Thomas Hallman Date: July 2, 2020 Synopsis: We're told that God hears us and that He responds to us. We're told that the Spirit moves but sometimes that can be a really difficult idea to understand. Pastoral Intern Thomas Hallman takes a swing at these difficult questions and relates the movement of the spirit to the song of a bird that you cannot see - you know...