Kindred Church

Tonight we ask a simple yet difficult question, "What are we living for?" Paul's relentless commitment to Jesus above his comfort, above his own achievements, and even above his own life challenges us to consider what things - good and bad - have eclipsed Jesus in our own life. How we answer this question is the secret to living with kind of persevering joy, confidence, and hope rev...

We begin our study of the book of Philippians with a few important introductions. Tonight we meet the founding members of this first century church in Philippi; a widow, an orphan, and a jailer. We explore what these three unlikely characters reveal about the way God moves and what it means to share life as a community connected by the way of Jesus.   This message is from our Wednesday night servi...

Tonight's message is an intentional deviation from our usual flow. The team shares candidly about the change we are navigating as a community. As we reflect on the nature of our unchanging God and the stability found in our church values, we look to the future with great hope and expectation.  This message is from our Wednesday night service on July 19th, 2023.   We gather for weekly services...

Our guest teacher this week is our good friend, Jared Hart, from the Foundry Church in Kansas City. Jared unpacks Psalm 61 and asks us to consider the things that keep us from experiencing God as the biggest and highest rock on the trail of life. This message is from our Wednesday night service on July 512th, 2023.   We gather for weekly services on Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm & 7:00 pm at The...

The collection we call Psalms was intentionally crafted to tell us something. But tell us what, exactly? Tonight we look at Psalm 1, this short but powerful poem that challenges us to get our lives on track so we can share in the blessings of the covenant we live under. We ask the invasive questions, “Who influences you?” and “Who do you listen to?” in order to get to the real question, "Who...

Board member, Lara Veve, dives into Psalm 142 with us tonight. David writes this psalm from the depths of a cave, mirroring the dark and desolate seasons we experience in life. We explore four essential lessons from the cave that draw us nearer to God in our desperation and comfort us in our suffering.   This message is from our Wednesday night service on June 28th, 2023.   We gather for weekly se...

Guest teacher, Lindsey Zarob, explores Psalm 18 with us tonight. David writes this psalm from a place of victory, though tonight we ask the question, “What if we’re still waiting on our victory?” We are comforted by the truth that our hope, our encouragement, our perseverance doesn’t lie in an outcome but it lies in the person of Jesus. This message is from our Wednesday night service on June 21st...

We celebrate the dads and father figures in our church and in our lives by talking about what Jesus was like as a Father, as he is described in Isaiah’s prophecy. What does it look like to be less so that others may become more and how does it make us understand our Creator more? This message is from our Wednesday night service on June 14th, 2023.   We gather for weekly services on Wednesday night...

At the end of our six-month journey through Exodus, what sticks out is that God rescued a people out of hopelessness; he gave them a new vision for their life together, for their community, and their future as a people shaped by the presence of God among them. Tonight, Lindsey shares a message out of Ephesians 4 that echoes this same vision; a vision for the church - the people belonging to God -...

We have reached the final chapters of Exodus! Moses is leaving behind a legacy of law and obedience; his life represents sacrifice in service to God and a commitment to the rhythms and ways of God’s people. While his life is exemplary in many ways, he ultimately points us forward to the saving work of Jesus Christ. Tonight we take comfort in remembering the faithfulness of Jesus, that he has done...

Moses has received instructions for creating a grand place to worship the LORD, but like the Creation story of Genesis, peoples’ need for control gets in the way. What are the things that we lean on, turning them into idols that cause us to miss the simplicity and beauty of the invitation from Jesus to be free? We explore this question by looking at a party, a Golden Bull, and our own hearts. This...

As we move into chapters 24-31, we find that God desires to dwell among his people. It is this motivation that inspires him to instruct the people of Israel to build a Tabernacle – a home for the presence of God. As we explore the incredible detail, precision, and architectural specificity for this tent in the wilderness we will discover echoes of Jesus, his life, death, and resurrection, and the...

In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, we explore the way motherhood uniquely illuminates dimensions of God’s character, the way God purposefully chose maternal images , pictures and metaphors to describe and reveal God’s own posture and love for us, dignifying women and moms, and lastly, how healthy expressions of motherhood can provide us a window into God’s heart, enriching our own connection and...

Tonight we are joined by law student Graham Stevenson to discuss the next section of law in Exodus (chapters 21-23). Then, we explore the way Israel was shaped by law, and we ask the question: what shapes each of us? This message is from our Wednesday night service on May 3rd, 2023.   We gather for weekly services on Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm & 7:00 pm at The Establishment in Bradburn (11885...

Commandments 5-10 of the famous Ten Commandments focus on the way we relate to one another and what it really means to love our neighbor as ourself. Ultimately, they all point to how We Belong to Each Other. Tonight, we unpack the point of the Ten, and the challenge of the Two that Jesus boils them down to as we hit the halfway point in the book of Exodus. This message is from our Wednesday night...

In our fourth month of Exodus we encounter the Israelites as they enter their third month of this move to toward the Promised Land. Moses and a Cloud that is Yahweh deliver 10 famous Laws or Commandments to the people. In Part 1, we explore numbers 1-4 and they tell us loud and clear that We Belong to God. This message is from our Wednesday night service on April 19th, 2023.   We gather for weekly...

Tonight, we find ourselves in chapter 18 with the reunion of Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro. Their interaction inspires us to reconsider our judgments of those outside our own tradition and familiarity, those that are different from us. We explore the way God uses the stranger or the outsider to teach, shape, and shepherd his people. This episode features an interview with Globalscope Directo...

Today we celebrate that Jesus is alive! As we trace the events leading up to his death and resurrection, we see that the story of Exodus and the story of Easter boast of God’s saving power to make a way for his people when there seemed to be no way.  Resurrection is hope for life after death and for new life here and now, reaching into every dark corner of our world and our hearts.  This message i...

Fifteen chapters into the book of Exodus and the Israelites are now a free people, no longer in Egypt and no longer enslaved. As God guides them into the wilderness, he establishes some rhythms for their new life together as a free people. We explore how these rhythms are also for us today - for building a life of worship helping us to cultivate a deeper love for God, greater sensitivity to his Sp...

The exodus is happening – finally! The Israelites trek toward the vague promise of a new land and are met by a pillar of cloud and smoke that becomes their guide. The beginning of this journey shows us the difference between running from something and running toward something as Israel gets led to the Red Sea with no place to go but into the impossible. This message is from our Wednesday night ser...

What does it mean that “We Belong to God”? As we continue in Exodus, we find the concept embedded in the story of Passover and freedom from slavery – that each of us is God’s and that it is something that matters more than we maybe ever imagined. This message is from our Wednesday night service on March 8th, 2023.   We gather for weekly services on Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm & 7:00 pm at The...

Tonight we explore the tenth and deadliest plague that initiated the Israelites escape from Egypt. We trace the inauguration of the Passover feast, learning the cost of rescue and the price of sin has always been blood. As we learn how deeply connected this first Passover is to the crucifixion of Jesus, we remember we are sheltered and reflect on what it means for us to be covered by blood.  This...

As we reach chapter 7, we approach one of the more infamous and gruesome parts of our story - the plagues. We explore the first nine plagues or rounds in this battle between the will of Pharaoh and the power of God. Paying close attention to their unique order and patterns in language, we discover that God does not compromise his integrity in delivering justice to Egypt but always couples his just...

Have you ever done the right thing at the wrong time? Chapter 5 opens us up to a look at the kind of life that was being offered to the Hebrew slaves in the actual act of leaving Egypt: freedom. Tonight we explore how, specifically, we are offered freedom in the easy and light teaching and example of Jesus today. This message is from our live stream on February 15th, 2023. You can watch the full m...

Exodus is a story of deceit, danger, and death – written long ago likely after generations of handing it down orally. Sometimes, without further examination, things can seem a little strange. Tonight, seemingly out of nowhere, we find ourselves in one of those moments. As Moses and his family head back to Egypt tonight, Kindred Church, Let’s Get Weird. This message is from our Wednesday night serv...