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Meet Josh Pressley our new Community Life Pastor and hear his story. We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question"

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I’d like to be somebody on the move for God. But between work and kids, I am always busy and often exhausted. Seems I’m always on the move but not for God. How do I change this? Dave mentioned people who started serving in major ways at...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I have been married to an alcoholic for many years. I’ve tried everything i can think of to help him change. Our finances are ruined and kids want nothing to do with him. How can I be a better influence on him so maybe he’ll change? I h...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I get easily offended by certain groups of people. How can I learn not to judge them when they live such godless lives?  What about judging Christians? Aren’t we supposed to judge them according to 1st Corinthians 5? We encourage you to...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: If you are a nonbeliever where do you go until judgement day? Is Judgement day one time for everyone at the same time or does each person have their own judgement day at different times when they die? Can you ask for salvation on judgem...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Luke 6:27-30 appears to prohibit service in the military as loving your enemy and engaging your enemy in combat are not compatible. I'm sure I'm missing something here, as almost all commentaries I can find do not prohibit us fr...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Jesus gave clear instruction to pray to our father in Mt 6:9. And the father, throughout the OT, demanded we pray and worship only him. Jesus demonstrated prayer and worship to the father, not himself. So how is it justified to pray to...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: What are elders? How does someone become an elder? Who are the elders at Connections? We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question"

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: What does the Bible say about immigration?  How should we respond to the immigration issues going on  in Minnesota?  Does the Bible say anything about borders or border protection?  How should immigrants be treated? We encourage you to...

Learn more about Perry Hostetler. Hear his story, testimony, and calling on his life as we dig deeper into understanding him as a candidate for lead pastor. We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question"

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Can you explain partnership at Connections?  Is it different from membership? Could you please explain the process of voting? Unless I misunderstood, you said that after a certain period of time, the members of Connections will have an...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: With the announcement of Perry’s candidacy, it sounded like it was a done deal. Will the elders be reviewing other candidates? You said in the Q and A last week that our 3 part time staff members "could equal one person" in te...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: How are we going to pay for an additional full time staff member while we are trying to raise funds for a building expansion? When do you plan on retiring? How long do you think this founding pastor thing is going to last? Are you being...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: When the Bible says someone is blameless does that mean they are without sin? Would the apostles that heard the message regarding the yeast of Herod have been capable of holding a political position or have been a political activist? I...

Join Kristen and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I loved the sermons on prayer, but I always struggle with the part about forgiving those that hurt you. In regular circumstances I totally get this. However I struggle when someone continually hurts you and especially if they hurt som...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: You seem to have it all together spiritually. Did you ever struggle to learn to pray? What's your prayer life like now? We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question"

Join Steve and Perry as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Why are there so many different types of churches? Topics: Communion, Spiritual Gifts, Women in Leadership, & Homosexuality We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question&q...

Join Steve and Perry as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I appreciate the Q&A videos walking us through some of the major differences between us and the Catholic Church. Very insightful. And most of the time the differences in Christianity is seen through the lens of “protestantism vs ca...

Join Steve and Perry as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I know I should pray, but I feel like a hypocrite when I do.  It makes me not want to pray.  Anything I should do? Am I missing something? Does talking to our dead loved ones violate the biblical standard of summoning the dead? I don&#...

Join Steve and Perry as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: What does it mean to be Baptized? Are there foods we as Christians are not to eat? What ones? What is your take on the series “The Chosen” and should Christians watch it or not? We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: It looks to me like a lot of people who are not Christians have peace.  If God is the source of peace, how do you explain this? So there’s this person in my family that really pushes my buttons.  How do I not let them get to me? You sai...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: We have adult children who don’t go to church or live by Christian values.  When they are home we have conflicts over their lifestyles.  How do we bring peace to our family under these circumstances? Our family is very busy.  Our kids h...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: I give my problems to God and pray for peace but still worry a lot. What am I doing wrong? Jesus said He did not come to bring peace, but a sword.  How does this fit with the message on Sunday that God wants everyone to have peace? We e...

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Do you need to be baptized to be saved? What does it mean to be Baptized? Is there a right or wrong way to be baptized? We encourage you to submit your questions at my3c.org and click on the tab that says "Ask a Question"

Join Steve and Dave as they dig a little deeper into the questions that you have about our series, what we believe, and what to expect from Connections. Questions: Is Earth purgatory? Is it Hell? Is Earth the only place God made his image? In last Sunday’s sermon Perry talked about Jesus dying and going to Hell for 3 days. I always thought He was ministering to the dead there so all could have a c...