Conoy Church Podcast

Weekly Talkback Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: October 13, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick shares the story of the Rich Young Ruler from Matthew 19. He point’s out that our possessions aren’t the problem - our hearts are. We need to be people who are unwilling to allow living in the wealthiest nation at the wealthiest time in history to stand between us and doing what God is calling us to. How many...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker: Pastor Nick Ressler Date: October 13, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick leads a time of teaching regarding the complicated life and the simple life. He shares a top ten list of the traps that we fall into that complicate our everyday life and then shares four areas that we need to maintain simplicity in: schedules, possessions, speech and our church. If...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: October 6, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick talks about being a people who are intent on meeting the needs they see in front of them. Not just of the people they love and want to care for - but for those who inconvenience us, are less fortunate than us and even for those who do not like us. God places people in our path for a reason and we cannot contr...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker: Scott Boyer, Church Board Chair Date: October 6, 2019 Synopsis: Scott Boyer shares his heart with the congregation about God’s call on us to serve the world around us. He helps our community understand that there are places to serve within the church and people to serve outside of it. God calls us to serve in both places. If you are interested in...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 29, 2019 Synopsis: God created this world to be a world of shalom. Its in our base code. God also makes a way for us to be restored when shalom has been broken. The restoring of shalom requires a willingness to come to the proverbial table - are you willing to come to the table? If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Chu...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 29, 2019 Synopsis: God has given us his shalom (peace) and we need to be bearers of it to the rest of the world. We do this through listening, understanding, forgiving and having a high value of life. Pastor Nick takes us through these areas but doesn’t pretend like we have all the answer or like finding the a...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 15, 2019 Synopsis: Scott Boyer did a fantastic job of walking us through this week’s Core Value. Pastor Nick takes a moment to emphasize that we are bearing witness to something and it isn’t always to Jesus. What are you bearing witness too? And are you willing to give it us so that you bear witness to the work of Jesus in your life? If...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Scott Boyer, Chair of Conoy Church Board Date: September 15, 2019 Synopsis: Scott leads by example in this core value, not just with his message but with his life. Scott shares from personal examples of both success and failure. He challenges our congregation to truly live out their faith, take ownership of their belief and intentionally witness...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 8, 2019 Synopsis: How good it was to share our morning with LifeGate Church! Some may ask, “How can we partner with other churches when we disagree with some of their beliefs?” Pastor Nick engages that very question with a little bit of history and the idea of dogma, doctrine and differences. If you are interested in learning more about...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Pastor Don Lamb & Pastor Nick Ressler Date: September 8, 2019 Synopsis: LifeGate Church and Conoy Church combine for a special service and both Pastor Don and Pastor Nick engage and approach the importance of community and how easy it is for us to walk away from it. But, we are created and called for community. If you are interested in learn...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Rev. John Henry Date: September 1, 2019 Synopsis: Retired Minister and Conoy Church congregant Rev. John Henry brings us the word on what it means to follow Jesus. Pastor John tells us that we’ve been given an invitation to follow Jesus and its an invitation that affects our whole lives. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Chu...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 25, 2019 Synopsis: Have you considered that the whole world is at worship? Sometimes for people, the worship is misplaced. But, as Jesus said, even the rocks cry out to the glory of God. Perhaps we simply need our eyes to be opened. Pastor Nick challenges us to daily pray for opened eyes and see what happens. If you are interested in learn...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 25, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick approaches the concept of Worship by engaging our identity in Christ. More often than not, we pay attention to what the world tells us that we are not. Instead we should be paying attention to  who God tells us we are: beloved children of God. If you are interested in learning more about C...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 18, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick reviews our BIC heritage in Anabaptistm, Pietism, Wesleyanism and Evangelicalism and then dives in to Core Value # 2: Believing the Bible. Rather than use words like infallibility or inerrancy the BIC choose to use the words that scripture uses to describe itself: revelation , autho...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 18, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick shares about different types of translations and where they fall on the translation spectrum. Pastor makes a few suggestions to add to your library and explains what translation Conoy uses on a Sunday morning. Lastly, we discuss how to interpret scripture and the importance of using the community that God has...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 11, 2019 Synopsis: Pastor Nick shares about discussing the ten core values with some Japanese BIC Church members and how Warren Hoffman gave helpful framework and story behind the distillation of the core values. An analogy about cookies and crackers becomes particularly helpful in the conversation. If you are interested in learning more a...

Series: The Brethren in Christ Core Values Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 11, 2019 Synopsis: Who are the BIC? Pastor Nick shares the 4 streams of influence the river that is the BIC. And then, we jump into our first Core Value. It’s the story of the early life and ministry of Moses that gives shape to our message about a God who is active , who is relational , who saves and who transfo...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: June 9, 2019 Synopsis: Let’s take a second look at the list of things that we fill our lives up with. Those are the things that demand our attention and time. Those are the things that are whispering in our ear and rather than let God tell us who we are - we let those things define us. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church...

Series: 7 Letters Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: August 4, 2019 Synopsis: The only letter to have zero positive things to say about one of the churches should make us pause and consider what Jesus means when he tells the Laodicean’s that they are lukewarm. What does it mean for us to repent from our indifference? If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the Brethren in...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: July 28, 2019 Synopsis: Which do you think you are? Do you think its possible that you believe that you are one thing but you are actually portraying something else entirely? We discuss postures and gestures and difference between the posture of a guard and the posture of a greeter. Which do you want to be? If you are interested in learning more...

Series: 7 Letters Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: July 28, 2019 Synopsis: The letter to the ancient city of Philadelphia pushes us to explore the points of our life when our own world has been turned upside down. It pushes us to know that God stands beside us in the midst of that life. It pushes us to consider that others have an equally difficult experience and our job is not to stand in thei...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: July 21, 2019 Synopsis: In our sermon we briefly mentioned the idea of moral deism and how it relates to both our modern tendency and the historic Sardinian desire to pay attention to the outside - what do people think? But, we should be asking: What does Jesus think? If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the Brethren i...

Series: 7 Letters Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: July 21, 2019 Synopsis: Together we look at the city of Sardis in Revelation 3 where God calls them to the carpet on a reputation of liveliness despite being nearly completely dead in spirit. Pastor Nick encourages the congregation to consider what God is saying to us as individuals and as a community of believers. If you are interested in lear...

Weekly Talkback Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: June 30, 2019 Synopsis: This week we tackled a difficult topic - that our patriotism can be an idol if we are not careful. Pastor Nick takes time to further clarify this question and explain the denominational standpoint on flags and non-violence. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the Brethren in Christ please check...

Series: 7 Letters Speaker : Pastor Nick Ressler Date: June 30, 2019 Synopsis: The letter to the church in Thyatira brings up the issue of idolatry and false teaching that is present in the church. Pastor Nick provides a foundation for being willing to ask ourselves the hard questions about the idols that are present in our life. If you are interested in learning more about Conoy BIC Church or the...