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This Sunday is the start of Advent, the season in which we anticipate the coming of our Savior at Christmas. This year, our Advent sermon series seeks to connect Israel’s anticipation for the Messiah leading up to the birth of Jesus and our own longings as we wait for Christ to come again. How do we pray between these two Advents? 

Jesus spoke more about money than about faith and prayer combined; eleven of His forty parables are about money. How we use and approach it reveals a lot about our hearts. Jesus not only understood this but directed much of His teaching to challenge the destructive ways in which our hearts tend to get wrapped around money. Pastor Rick McKinley continues our series.

Description: As Kingdom Citizens, we are called to be agents of healing in the world. At the close of an election that has shown us how severely divided we are as a nation, God’s people have work to do. We must not lose sight of each other’s humanity—no matter how different our views and experiences—and practice loving each other with sincerity, honor, goodness, and devotion. Pastor Rick McKinley...

Pastor Rick McKinley explores the book of Acts for insight about the relationship Jesus and the Apostles had to political power. As Kingdom Citizens, we continue to write this story by orienting our lives around Jesus and His reign.

The way we behave in the public square communicates who we are and what we believe to those around us. Do we act as if we are God-shaped and belong to Him? In this Sunday’s powerful and practical sermon, Pastor Michelle Jones explores what Scripture tells us about how we should speak, debate, win and lose as we engage others with different views and experiences.

This episode includes greetings from: Joshua Ryan Butler - pastor at Redemption Tempe & former Imago pastor Heather Thomas - pastor at Missio Dei in Salt Lake City & former Imago pastor Eric Knox - executive director of HOLLA Mentors & former Imago pastor The Isensee & Dale Families - Imago global staff in Nepal Jillana Goble - Founder of Every Child Oregon Mark Strong - Pastor of Life Change Chur...

Pastor Rick McKinley begins a new series that delves into the theology of the Kingdom of God. Our God calls us to be citizens of this Kingdom, a people redeemed by the power of Christ’s blood, a family that belongs to one another. What is this Kingdom of God, and what difference does it make as we engage the world we live in today? 

September 20th, 2020  Pastor Mike Dean wraps up our sermon series Jars of Clay. This Sunday we dig into the gift of reconciliation and why it is not something we can keep to ourselves.

What does it mean to live not for ourselves but for Jesus? Pastor Rick McKinley explores the picture Paul paints of a life compelled by love as our Jars of Clay series continues.  Give to wildfire relief: https://idcpdx.com/outreach/wildfire-relief/  See fall 2020 groups: https://idcpdx.com/community/

September 6th, 2020 God is not calling His Church to just get "back to normal." How might we learn to see with new eyes the Spirit-led opportunities in our current moment? Michelle Jones continues our Jars of Clay series.

We are being formed by the Spirit into the image of Jesus, who lives through us for the sake of others. What do we do with the tension between this hope-filled process and the reality of the brokenness that exists within us and within our world? Pastor Rick McKinley continues our Jars of Clay series.

August 9th, 2020 How do we resist the constant pull toward distraction in our on-demand, technology-filled culture? What’s really at stake in this struggle over what we allow to capture our attention? AJ Swoboda returns to wrap up our sermon series.

August 2nd, 2020     Pastor Michelle Jones continues our Undistracted series with a sermon on Mark 5:25-34. God calls us to notice people and pain that often go unseen in our world. How can we learn to listen for the moments when we need stop and pay attention to this call?

July 26th, 2020 Professor and Author AJ Swoboda continues our series, Undistracted. This week, AJ highlights the power of paying attention in three biblical stories: Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3), Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4), and Peter heals a man at the temple gate (Acts 3:1-10).

July 19th, 2020  Professor and author AJ Swoboda leads us in a new sermon series focused on finding freedom from the distraction of our non-stop, technology-filled world and creating space for the Word and the Spirit of God to move and work in us.

June 12th, 2020  We have extended our We Are The Church sermon series one more week! This Sunday Pastor Michelle Jones speaks on injustice and how we as the church are called to actively care about doing justice, loving mercy, and entering conversations about race and reconciliation.  Give to Imago Dei http://idcpdx.com/give/ ⁣

July 5th, 2020  Prayer is the uniquely, unified, and prophetic picture of the kingdom. All nations, different people, speaking with one voice, declaring the gospel with that voice. Pastor Michelle Jones shows us the picture of how the first church prayed, and how we should practice prayer as the church today.  Give to Imago Dei Community idcpdx.com/give

June 28th, 2020  What is the church's role in the kingdom? This week Pastor Rick Mckinley focuses on how we as the church are supposed to be active participants in bringing light to the darkness. As believers, we often set aside the keys to the kingdom for keys to our church building but God is calling us to do more.  Matthew 16    To give to Imago you can click the link below  idcpdx.com/give

June 21st, 2020  This week Pastor Rick Mckinley preaches from 1 John 1 and challenges us to be the light in the darkness. We are called to live in the light and love of Christ so that we can give it to others.  To give to Imago Dei you can go to idcpdx.com/give  To join Be the Bridge 101 you can go to idcpdx.com/be-the-bridge-101 To check out the 2019-20 impact report you can go to idcpdx.com/impa...