The Gathering: Weekly Teaching Time

As the Holy Spirit sprung the message and hope of Jesus from the Jewish community to the nations of the world, the church had lots of changes and even conflict to process. What can we learn about our own posture toward those around us who are different than us? Text - Acts 11:1-24 Speaker - Brian

In a dramatic encounter between Peter and a bunch of Roman God seekers, the Holy Spirit breaks the message of Jesus out of its captivity within the Jewish story and begins to launch it out to the peoples of the world.  Passage: Acts 10:24-48 Teacher: Brian

A Roman centurion and the Apostle Peter both experience visions sent from God that bring them together in a way that reveals God's heart for the peoples of the world. Scripture: Acts 10:1-23 Speaker: Levi Adams

Who is He? This could be the most important question that anyone every asks! We explore how Saul answered the question just days after he encountered Jesus.  Scripture: Acts 9:17-31 Speaker: Brian 

What happens when a hard-core, anti-Jesus extremist, encounters Jesus Himself? And what does that tell us about Jesus and about ourselves? Scripture - Acts 9:1-19 Speaker: Brian

The Holy Spirit is breaking through ethnic, cultural and religious barriers to reveal Jesus to new people. But the Holy Spirit uses people who already know Jesus to do it!  Text - Acts 8:25-40 Speaker - Brian

God gives Isaiah a message of hope that is as much needed today as it was then. And we jump forward to the encounter between Mary and Gabriel to see how God intends to fulfill His promises to humanity. Passage - Isaiah 11:1-10, Luke 1:26-38 Speaker - Brian

This is the first Sunday of Advent. In an uncertain world, the ancient message of Isaiah prompts us to look beyond our immediate surroundings and find hope in God's vision for the future.  Scripture: Isaiah 1:1 - 2:5 Speaker: Brian

Another amazing story. This time of a sorcerer who comes to Christ and seeks to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit so he can generate some business. This raises a few questions!! Speaker: Gil Klassen Text: Acts 8: 1- 25

Jesus calls us to follow Him in life and in death. This week we explore Acts 7 and the amazing example of Stephen who lived well and died well. Scripture Passage - Acts 7 Speaker: Brian

The rapid growth of the church led to a potentially explosive ethnic conflict among the new believers and tough leadership choices for the Apostles. This week we sift through what we can learn from how the church responded.  Scripture - Acts 6:1-7 Speaker - Brian

This is another dramatic account of the apostles witnessing to what they have experienced with Jesus. How does that translate into our lives? What is the reality of God's grace at work in us and how do we tell people about that? Scripture: Acts 5:12-42 Speaker: Karen Block

One of the new things that resulted from the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was a radical generosity in which people who had more shared freely with those who had less. The church became a source of practical help for people as well as spiritual help. We explore where that impulse originated. Scripture - Acts 4:32 - 5:11 Speaker - Brian

Peter and John get thrown in prison and then hauled into court. Their response reveals loads about what it can look like to be faithful to Jesus in difficult and dangerous spaces.  Text-Acts 4 Speaker - Brian

It turns out that pulling U-Turns is actually pivotal to living well. This Sunday we are exploring the account of thousands of people who changed their minds about Jesus and what happened as a result.  Scripture Passage: Acts 2:22-41 Speaker: Brian

The outpouring of the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost brought some unexpected new experiences to the first disciples. We explore what this tells us about what God is up to in the world. Scripture passage: Acts 2:1-21a Speaker: Brian

We are starting a teaching series based on the book of Acts. This week we explore the initial significance of the promise of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus pours out on all who choose to follow Him. Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 Speaker: Brian

What does the process of restoration and transformation look like for us, this community and this city when we have abused the power that God has entrusted to us? Speaker: Katelyn Siggelkow Bible Passage: Psalm 51:10-12 Date: August 10th

When you long for God and God seems to be absent, when you are discouraged or depressed, when all you have are your memories of past experiences with God, what do you do?  Speaker: Joel Reimer Bible Passage: Psalm 42-43 Date: July 20th

Hurt at the hands of people whom we have cared for and trusted can shred our hearts. Injustice and oppression can plant anger and even hatred in our souls. What is one to do with that kind of injustice. Psalm 109 provides some insight--painful as it is.  Text: Psalm 109 Speaker: BW

Sometimes the songs we have just won't do! We explore Psalm 33 and the call to praise God for who He is and what He has done.   July 6 Scripture: Psalm 33 Speaker: BW

To whom do you cry when life is just too much and you feel abandoned, even by God??  Text - Psalm 13 Speaker - BW

How do you process fear? In Psalm 27 we catch a glimpse into how the writer handled visceral fear and brought it into his relationship with God. Speaker - Brian 

This week we explore how we can be spiritually prepared for each day. Jesus teaches us how to watch and pray.   Scripture: Matthew 6:13 Speaker: Brian

Daily Bread -  Matthew 6:10  Speaker: Karen Block How do we pray, "Give us this day our daily bread", when so many of us have never been short of daily bread? We continue to explore how to pray (and live) like Jesus did.