Evangel U.P. Houghton

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about the source of good, including: 1) The Gift of Enjoyment, 2) Nothing Good – Ecclesiastes 6:1-6, 3) Needing Good – Ecclesiastes 6:7-9, 4) Knowing Good – Ecclesiastes 6:10-12, and 5) The Gospel Connection. This episode of the Evangel Houghton podcast is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Hought...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about the love of money, from Ecclesiastes 5, including the chains of money and freedom through generosity. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, October 21, 2025.

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how love of money will not satisfy, from Ecclesiastes 5:10-15, including: 1. The Love that Money Demands (Ecc. 5:10), 2. The Lies that Money Tells (Ecc. 5:11-15), and 3. The Life that Sets Us Free (Matt. 6:26). This episode of the Evangel Houghton podcast is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church...

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about you can be in the house of God and still miss the reality of God. Worship must be approached with reverence, attentiveness, and integrity. Including 1. Guard Your Steps (Ecc. 5:1-3), 2. Watch What You Offer (Ecc. 5:2, 4-6), and 3. Remember the Reality of God (Ecc. 5:7). This episode of the Evangel Hought...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about about Ecclesiastes 3:16 through 4:16, including injustice, oppression, and loneliness. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, October 7, 2025.

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how life under the sun is broken by corruption, death, evil, envy, and loneliness, but there is hope because Jesus has already overcome everything under the sun. From Ecclesiastes 3:16 through 4:16, including: 1. Corruption Under the Sun (Ecc. 3:16–17), 2. Death Under the Sun (Ecc. 3:18–22), 3. Evil Unde...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about why we toil at work, from Ecclesiastes 2:17-26. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 30, 2025.

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about the tension we all feel, from Ecclesiastes 3, including 1 We Don’t Schedule Tears, 2 The Eternity Question Answered with Who not Why, 3 Gift vs. Gain, and 4 Hope in the Tears. This episode of the Evangel Houghton podcast is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 28,...

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about Solomon’s honest struggle with work, from Ecclesiastes 2:17–26, including 1) Why Work Feels Like Vexation, 2) From Vexation to Vocation, and 3) Living Out Your Vocation. This episode of the Evangel Houghton podcast is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 21, 2025.

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about paradoxes of knowledge and pleasure from Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 16, 2025.

In our sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about paradoxes from Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11, including 1) Knowledge Alone Brings Sorrow, 2) Pleasure Can Thrill You but Never Fulfill You, and 3) The Purpose of Pleasure. This episode of the Evangel Houghton podcast is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 14, 2025.

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about "hevel" vanity from Ecclesiastes, including Vapor / Breath, Having It All is Meaningless, and Seek First the Kingdom of God. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 9, 2025.

Pastor Levi Matteson kicks off our new sermon series, Everything is Meaningless... Or is it?, talking about Life Feels Like Cycles, The Context of Ecclesiastes, Vanity and Hevel, The Harsh Reality, The Gospel Pivot, Takeaways: From Vanity to Blessing, The Decision, and Which path Will You Choose? This podcast episode is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about evangelism, including misconceptions, sin, the God who loves, proclamation, prayer and conversation. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, September 2, 2025.

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how every generation of Christians drifts away from the gospel of grace in one of two directions: “Everyone’s basically good,” and “God only redeems the good.” He talks about the The Gospel Movement, including The God Who Loves and The God Who Sends, and addresses What Is Evangelism? This podcast episode...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about God's command to celebrate to gather his people and form their hearts. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, August 27, 2025.

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how God doesn’t just give us rules—He gives us rhythms. And when we step into the rhythm of celebration, we discover what it really means to “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”: 1. Celebration is a discipline, 2. Learning to delight, 3. God’s training plan: the festivals, 4.  The Festivals and Their F...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about generosity, including treasures of the heart, savings account vs generosity account, and giving from the heart . This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, August 20, 2025.

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how you will never open the door of generosity until you open your heart, including: I. Perspective Shapes Behavior (Matthew 6:19–24, Philippians 2); II. God Made You for His Purposes (Colossians 1:16–17); III. God Supplies the Seed (2 Corinthians 9:6–11, Ephesians 1:8); IV. Generosity as Spiritual Forma...

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about: I. Holiness Isn’t About Trying Harder, II. Baptism Isn’t the Finish Line, III. God’s Not Done With You Yet, IV. Marriage Isn’t Just About Love, and V. Don’t Just Settle for Forgiven—Step Into Transformed. We also hear the testimonies of Jordan (14:06), Jessica (25:14) and Joe (26:52). This podcast episo...

Pastor Levi and Lisa talk about holiness, including freedom, baptism, sanctification, marriage, and binding to Jesus. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, August 13, 2025.

Lisa and her dad, Pastor Richard Fellars, talk about the grace of sabbath rest, including an invitation for grace, how it's For our body and soul, making it rest from our own work. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, August 5, 2025.

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Richard Fellars talks about how service is not just something we do for God—it’s a sacred invitation to work with God in His Kingdom purposes. It is in the Work Room of grace that God shapes us through hands-on participation in His mission, including: 1. THE PATTERN OF SERVING IN SCRIPTURE, 2. THE PRINCIPLE OF SERVICE, and 3. THE...

Levi and Lisa continue their discussion on Deconstructionism. This is an episode of Pearls & Swine on the Evangel Houghton Podcast from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, July 29, 2025.

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Richard Fellars talks about how Sabbath rest is a gracious, God-ordained rhythm that invites us into holiness—not through striving, but by abiding in the finished work of Christ, including: THE PATTERN OF SABBATH REST IN SCRIPTURE (Genesis 2:1–3; Exodus 3; Isaiah 6; Hebrews 4:9–11; Matthew 11:28–30), THE PRINCIPLE OF SABBATH REST...