Hometown Church Podcast

Pastors Deacon Ales and Jim Bosholm join the podcast to discuss the importance and challenges of running a successful kids ministry, their roles in it and why it is one of our Divine Focus ministries at Hometown.  Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

Tom McManus joins the podcast to discuss the importance of teen ministry at Hometown, his new role as deacon and how we go about discipling our youth.  Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

Pastor Kitt Guerrier joins to talk about his new role overseeing leadership development at Hometown, why this is something so important to us and what the fundamentals of good leadership is. Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

Pastors Jeff Groen and Mike Langlois join the podcast to talk about one area of our Divine Focus as a church: Small Groups. Over the last few years, we have narrowed down our church's focus into 5 specific ministries to become more effective in carrying out our mission to make healthy disciples who passionately love Jesus and authentically love people. Pastors Jeff and Mike oversee one of tho...

This week we break down the final chapter of Colossians and look back on the message of Paul's letter as a whole. Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

This week we continue our journey through the Letter of Colossians. Paul begins to move away from the behaviors and attitudes that we need to avoid and into the behaviors and attitudes we must adopt. How do we live out the new nature in Christ? How do we express that new nature? How does that new nature affect our relationships? Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

This week we continue into chapter 3 of the Letter to the Colossians as Paul begins to describe what the transformed life of a Christian should look like beginning with putting our old life to death. Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

This week we continue our journey through the Letter of Colossians unpacking Paul's warning to beware of false teachings.  Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

We continue our journey through the letter of Colossians discussing the suffering of Paul and the mystery of the gospel. What does it mean for Paul to “complete in his flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body?” Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

As we continue our study through the book of Colossians, we unpack Paul's poetic description of the identity and supremacy of Christ and what that means for us today. Understanding Eternal Security: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5ebae0906778cb4708ca1cc0/63c2b44c6a006244a70e3b35_Eternal%20Security%20A.pdf Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

We continue our study through the Book of Colossians breaking down Paul's intercessory prayer for the church in Colosse in Col 1:9-14 including what it means to discern God's will, what fruit we are looking for, why endurance and gratitude matter and the theme of redemption and rescue.  Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

Today, we are starting a new series going through the letter of Colossians. This last Sunday as a church we began a new sermon series called Colossians: A Blueprint for Faith that Lasts where we will be going through the letter of Colossians over the next 8 weeks learning about how to build a foundation on the gospel that sets us up for a life of faith that endures. And so, what we are going to do...

Colossians A BLUEPRINT FOR FAITH THAT LASTS A lot of people start strong in their faith—but not everyone finishes well. What makes the difference? In the book of Colossians, Paul gives us a blueprint for building a spiritual life that’s rooted in truth, fueled by grace, and centered on Christ. This 8-week series is for anyone who’s started walking with Jesus and wants to keep growing stronger. We’...

Today we are continuing our look ahead to MTOC which is our annual local mission trip that we do as a church. And in preparation for that we wanted to have a few conversations centered around outreach and sharing our faith. And so joining us for this  to help us get ready for this is Pastor Rob. Today will be the second in a two part conversation where we first looked at 10 lies that people believ...

Today we are continuing our look ahead to MTOC which is our annual local mission trip that we do as a church. And in preparation for that we wanted to have a few conversations centered around outreach and sharing our faith. And so joining us for the next couple of weeks to help us get ready for this is Pastor Rob. Today will be the first in  a two part conversation where we first look at 10 lies t...

About two months ago, we sent a team to Milan, Italy to work alongside our mission partners at Le Refugio church led by Pastor Frank Apisa and his wife Pam as well as missionaries, Justin and Amanda, who moved to Milan several years ago to help build the church and bring the gospel to the people of Italy. This week, we have assembled all 9 members from that trip to share some reflections and lesso...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 16. Last week, we read about the death of Jesus, his trial before Pilate, the suffering he endured on the cross and his final moments as he offered up his life as a sacrifice for our sins. This week we reach the good news and we finish the gospel of Mark and discuss the strange ending to the story. Contact us at podcast@hometownchurch.com

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 15. Last week, we read about Jesus’ final moments before being arrested as he taught his disciplines about the meaning of his death through the symbolism of Passover, prayed in the garden in agony, was betrayed and abandoned by his disciples and eventual arrested and handed over to the Jewish council for an unjust trial. This week reach the hardest moments o...

This week we continue with chapter 14 of the Gospel of Mark. As Jesus reaches the final hours of his life, he's has an interaction with a woman who wants to give him a generous gift, he teaches his disciples about the meaning of his death through the symbolism of the passover meal and is betrayed and abandoned by all of his disciples as he is arrested and taken before the Jewish council. Cont...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 13. We find ourselves right in the middle of Holy week. Jesus has made his way to Jerusalem for the Passover and has been spending the days leading up to the feast speaking in the temple being challenged by Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians and an many others trying to get him to slip up so that they can arrest him. Now as he and his disciples make their way o...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 12. Jesus has made his way to Jerusalem for the big showdown with the those in positions of authority. And last week he made his presence felt as he rode into town on the back of a donkey fulfilling prophecy, cleared out the temple courts and challenged the Pharisees as they tried to test him on his authority. This week Jesus continues to be tested in a vari...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 11. And here we reach the beginning of the end of the story as Jesus and his disciples reach Jerusalem. The first 7 chapters we focus on Jesus and his ministry in the region of Galilee as he proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom of God slowly revealing himself as the Messiah along the way. Then in chapters 8 through 10 we transitioned as Jesus began his jo...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 10. For the last couple chapters, Jesus has been traveling with his disciples on their way to Jerusalem for the Passover and ultimately for the big confrontation with the powers that will culminate in his death as he unpacks for his followers what it means for him to be the Messiah. Last week we covered the transfiguration, a story about Jesus healing a demo...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 9. Last week we hit a major transition moment in the story as Jesus took his ministry which had been primarily focused on the region of Galilee and began make his way south towards Jerusalem. The focus had been really on who Jesus is and what he was doing and how people were responding to him, but as we transition in the story, so does our focus go from who...

This week we continue with Mark Chapter 8. To this point, Jesus has been traveling around the region of Galilee performing miracles, casting out demons, upsetting the status quo and teaching about the kingdom of God. Last week we read stories of Jesus pushing the boundaries when it comes to religious traditions and expanding the kingdom outside the bounds of the people of Israel. This week we get...