The BASIC Podcast

Andrea Verburg shares her story at BASIC. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

In this series, we’re walking through the life of Elisha and learn from his example of what life can look like when you let go and decide to live with ridiculous faith. Juli continues by sharing with us what a ridiculous faith looks like and what God does when we take a step in faith. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work tha...

Ellie shares about her jet ski accident, her injury and recovery, and how that has shaped a new passion for her life. She and Carter Moore also discuss what it's like to be an 'eight' on the Enneagram. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

In this four-week series, we’ll walk through the life of Elisha and learn from his example of what life can look like when you let go and decide to live with ridiculous faith. Carter kicks us off with the idea of obedience to God, even when we don't understand everything God is asking of us. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' w...

This powerful, student-led service features five members from our college-age worship community sharing their stories through the lens of the events leading up to the arrest of Jesus and remembering the Last Supper. College-Age Speakers: Skylar Loop Steven Acklin Amanda Ferry Ellie Taylor Curren Matthias Watch the full service here: youtu.be/z7JIcj1f0bg

In this five-week series, we’re asking a foundational question to the Christian faith: “Who is Jesus?” We're using the book of John to help us answer this question, and better understand why God would become human. This week, Kurt revisits the entire book of John so far and then sheds light on Jesus' resurrection, what it says about his character, and what it means for our lives. BASIC Worship Com...

In this five-week series, we’re asking a foundational question to the Christian faith: “Who is Jesus?” We're using the book of John to help us answer this question, and better understand why God would become human. This week, Q walks us through who Jesus is in John chapters 13-16. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that me...

In this five-week series, we’re asking a foundational question to the Christian faith: “Who is Jesus?” We're using the book of John to help us answer this question, and better understand why God would become human. This week, Andrew asks the hard question: "Why would a good God allow bad things to happen?" Using the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, we see something brand new about Jes...

In this five-week series, we’re asking a foundational question to the Christian faith: “Who is Jesus?” We're using the book of John to help us answer this question, and better understand why God would become human. This week, Brooke continues exploring some of the miracles Jesus performs and what those reveal about who he is. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on...

In this five-week series, we’re asking a foundational question to the Christian faith: “Who is Jesus?” We're using the book of John to help us answer this question, and better understand why God would become human. This week, Alice kicks us off in the first chapter of John, exploring the truth that Jesus is God. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting peopl...

We had the opportunity to sit down with Maddie Poppe just before Christmas to talked about her experience with church growing up, winning American Idol, what she's been up to since then, and other important topics like Walmart and Crocs. You can listen to Maddie's music anywhere you stream music. And you can find videos, merch, and more on her website . BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and...

Dave joins us to discuss some of the hard questions that arise when we face hardship and how he has been able to find hope and maintain faith in his most difficult storm. Watch the "Derailed" series from Orchard Hill Church, covering more on the journey of healing from storms, here . Hear more of Dave's story, the first time he shared publicly after the accident, here . BASIC Worship Community is...

Ron Gruber shares his story of redemption and God's grace through his past experiences of being involved in a gang and serving multiple terms in prison. You can listen to more of Ron's story on this podcast episode . BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

In the kickoff for our new series, "God in our Storms," Q and Carter share the stories of the biggest storms in their lives—the deaths of their fathers. Then they explore what storms might look like in our lives, where Jesus is at in the midst of our storms, and why Jesus would ever even invite us into a storm. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people...

Brynn Vander Beek shares her story at BASIC. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

We had the opportunity to sit down with Stuart Hall and talk about how to deal with conflict —not only as leaders but in our everyday relationships with others. He also shared with us about his life-threatening battle with COVID earlier this year, and what he's been learning after recovery. Watch Stuart and his wife's interview, "Surviving COVID" with Andy Stanley here . https://northpoint.org/mes...

Listen in as we hear from 5 students as they share their stories through the lens of the Advent themes of Hope, Joy, Peace, Love & Light and hear about the story of prophecy, birth and life of Jesus. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

This week, Karla Chestnut reveals how, by nature and design, light is born in the darkest times. For example, we celebrate the birth of Jesus—the Light of the World—just after the darkest day of the year. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

This week, Kurt Vander Wiel poses the question, "what is powering us right now?" Based on Colossians 3:2, "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things," Kurt opens our eyes to where our minds may actually be set now and gives us some guidance about the things we should be powering ourselves with and how to do it. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on un...

As a follow-up to our recent series, Preston Taylor joins Carter Moore and Andrew Sladky to share more of his story and continue a conversation about racism, how it relates with our faith, and how we can actionably take a next step toward combating racism. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls...

With an election looming, our nation is the most divided it’s been in recent history. There is so much competing for your attention. God has some bigger things in store than this election though, and just a hint—it all points toward UNITY. Dave wraps up this series by discussing how we can live on the edge of a two-sided coin—one where we know the answer, and one where we can't see a possible outc...

Haley Langstraat shares her story at BASIC. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry focused on uniting people to join in Jesus' work that meets weekly in Cedar Falls, IA. Thursdays | 8p basicworship.org

With an election looming, our nation is the most divided it’s been in recent history. There is so much competing for your attention. God has some bigger things in store than this election though, and just a hint—it all points toward UNITY. This week, Kevin teaches on how we can move forward with a Kingdom mindset as we navigate one of the largest communication shifts in history. BASIC Worship Comm...

With an election looming, our nation is the most divided it’s been in recent history. There is so much competing for your attention. God has some bigger things in store than this election though, and just a hint—it all points toward UNITY. This week, Jesse teaches on how we can navigate disagreement with others through a story of Paul. BASIC Worship Community is a young adult and college ministry...

We can’t stay silent about the racism and oppression happening in our nation and world today. In this series we’ll hear different perspectives about racism and have a conversation about how our faith can influence how we respond. Q closes out this series by sharing Biblical truth about the vision God has for the world and how we can join into that—and create incredible change—by simply loving our...