Narrate Church

This week we hear from Rob Cameron on baptism.

For Father's Day 2020, we heard from Justin Willcut.  Justin explores the thoughts around not being enough and how that can show up in our kids and other relationships. 

In the final week of the Eternity is Now series, Adam explores questions such as: What if it's not important to Jesus the you identify as "Christian"? To the extent that is true, what is important to Jesus?

Is it behavior modification or heart transformation? What if Jesus came to first save us from the evil in us? What about the contrast between the internal and external? Adam explores these questions and more in week 4 of the Eternity is Now series.

What does it mean to steward awakenings? What if awakenings show up to point us outward? What can we do with awakenings?  Adam presents these and more in the third week of the Eternity is Now series.

What does it mean to be a Christian? What if neither the Bible, nor Jesus, ever calls anyone to be a Christian? What if Jesus does not define Christian but he does define disciple? Adam addresses these questions an more in the second week of the Eternity is Now series.

What if eternity is not somewhere else or some other moment? What if, by Jesus’ definition, eternity is now - this moment, with God? Not the ideal moment, not the next moment, not the post-COVID-19 moment - this moment? 

What's it been like being a parent these past few months? Tune in to learn from Hannah and some of the mothers in the Narrate community.

What if exile was a time to notice your fears and be intentional about what you give your attention to?

Life In Exile, Week 3  What if exile is about waiting? 

Adam continues to explore the question of What if "this" (Covid-19 pandemic) is a little like exile? What can we learn from exile? What if the Bible invites us to make sense of our exile by seeing how Judah made sense of theirs?  What if this slowing down, this disorientation, is a chance to do the work of self-assessment, repentance, and worship? Adam explores these questions and more i...

After you finish tuning into the Easter In Exile gathering, hop in your car, on a hiking trail, or on a neighborhood walk for our "Easter in Exile Roadshow Experience." This is a supplemental podcast with some additional questions and reflections from Adam that are best processed with friends or family. We think it will be a meaningful experience for everyone.

With all that is going on right now, life as we knew it is at the very least on hold, if not forever different.  We have this sense that we’re living in the midst of a before and after set of circumstances. It’s a little like exile.  Much of what we knew by way of normalcy and routine is gone and we have no idea as to what extent or for how long. Exile is brutal. But what if exile is also an oppor...

On a scale of 1 to 10, how forgetful are you? What if the coronavirus is exposing our human tendency toward forgetfulness? What's the cost of forgetting what it means to be human? Adam spends time in Genesis and Psalm 103 looking at what it means to be human and the benefits of remembering we are dust.

Psalm 77 Questions to take with you: Next to this, what was the most disorientating season of your life? How did that story end? In what ways do you see the "not so easy to see at the time" footprints of God? What can we take from that experience and apply to this one?

In the third week of the Poor Choices series, Adam asks the question: What does it look like to practice generosity in this season of coronavirus? How might that impact our shopping? How might it impact the support we lend people suddenly without work? What about small businesses and restaurants? What about services like the YWCA? How might generosity change our community’s emotional experience of...

In the second week of the Poor Choices series, Adam talks about what if we are already rich?  Have you ever known someone who was good a being rich? What if before you can be good at being rich, you first have to accept that you are rich? What if being good at being rich is an acquired skill?  This message and more are also available on Narrate Church's YouTube channel. 

In the first week of the Poor Choices series, Adam talks about a legacy of generosity.  What do you believe about labor? What do you believe about providing for your family? What do you believe about using some of what you have to bless others? These questions and more are explored in this week's message. Narrate gathers every Sunday downtown at Grandstreet Theatre at 9:00am and 10:30am. You...

Pastor Stan Simmons from Hope Center talks about Jesus calling us to love people and how challenging that can be.  Who did Jesus die for on the cross?  Who does God want to be saved?   Narrate gathers every Sunday downtown at Grandstreet Theatre at 9:00am and 10:30am. You can also watch live on YouTube.

In the final week of the Save Me From My Cell Phone series, Adam brings back the question "What if Jesus is in the business of raising the bar on what it takes to make us happy?" What if we used to make things, now we just buy and consume things? What if we used to do stuff, now we watch others do stuff on our screens? What if we used to have hobbies and now we have screens and iPhones?...

What if the quality of our relationships is determined by the quality of our interludes? Adam dives deeper into questions around interludes in the third week of the Save Me From My Cell Phone series.  Narrate gathers every Sunday downtown at Grandstreet Theatre at 9:00am and 10:30am. You can also watch live on YouTube.

There's silence and solitude that's counted in hours and days and then there's silence and solitude counted in minutes and seconds. What's the cumulative value of those minutes and seconds? What if the greater value of the little moments is creativity, relational connection, gratitude, emotional health, and connection with God? Adam presents these questions and more in the seco...

What if we don't succumb to our devices because we're lazy but because billions of dollars are spent to make this outcome inevitable? What if the key to thriving in our high tech world is learning to spend less time using technology?  Adam presents these questions and more in the first week of the Save Me From My Cell Phone series.  Narrate gathers every Sunday downtown at Grandstreet Th...

This week we heard from Tim Weidlich in a message titled When Will God Grow Up? Tim presents several questions including What if my beliefs about God are trapped in my childhood? Where did I get my perception of God that can't handle the complexities of my adult experience? What if my perception of God needs to expand with my understanding of life and of the universe? Narrate gathers every Su...

Updates and Upcoming Scattering Events While we gather for Sunday services at Grandstreet, we “scatter” the other six days of the week. Our mission is to be the church nearby that exists to benefit everyone within our community, not just our membership. We reach out to those in need with the hope that the most avid critic of Christianity would be disappointed if our church suddenly ceased to exist...