The LVfirst Podcast

This Sunday, we were joined by Rev. Dr. Heather Jallad to kick off an amazing week of Campmeeting. Heather prepared us for a week of services at the campground by encouraging us to think about the greater things God has in store for us if we center our lives around His mission.

This Sunday, we continued our series - Produce - centered around the Fruit of the Spirit. This week we're looking at how living a life having accepted God's love for us can allow us to live a life of endless Joy.

This week we're celebrating Pentecost and the unity of the Christian Church. Come, Holy Spirit!

Tune into this week's sermon where we talk about how following God's way makes us better at navigating life and relationships.

This week, we had the opportunity to hear from our Director of Student Ministry - McKade Stewart, as head lead us and our students in a message about abiding in the love of God.

Tune in to this week's sermon where we break down the walk to Emmaus and talk about how Jesus renews our hope by drawing near to us.

In this Sunday's sermon, we're talking about what it would look like if we truly lived - not just as Christians - but as Disciples (Apprentices) of Jesus Christ.

In this week's sermon, we're looking at what it truly means to be fishers of men and what it looks like if the Church turns its attention to connecting with the community. Want to learn more about LVfirst? Visit us online at www.lvfirst.org

In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam leads us in a conversation about doubt and faith.

On Easter Sunday we started a new series titled "What If?" Pastor Adam started the series by encouraging us to start asking "What If? as opposed to asking "what now?"

In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam challenges us to get uncomfortable and start taking small steps daily towards obedience to God. "Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience."

In this week's sermon, we're called to set ourselves and our self-interests aside an come together as a collective to lift up and glorify Jesus.

In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam leads us in a conversation about shame and how shame affects our ability to connect with God.

This Sunday's scripture lesson was John 2:13-22. We talked about how growing in our faith often requires us to do things that aren't comfortable. Using the story of Jesus over-turning the tables, we are called to look at our lives and turn over the tables in the areas we need to grow in.

This Sunday we got to hear from our Director of Student Ministries, McKade Stewart. McKade encourages us to learn to "lose" in order to gain and grow in our faith.

This week we're kicking off a new sermon series titled, "Comfort Creep". In today's message, you'll hear encouragement from Pastor Adam to use this season of Lent to get out of your comfort zone and encounter Jesus in new ways.

It's Transfiguration Sunday this week and we're talking about how we can live into Jesus's transfiguration by using the past to inform our lives instead of defining our lives.

In this week's sermon, we're getting real and talking about some upcoming debates in the United Methodist Church - but we're also calling for Methodists and all Christians to acknowledge our differences and choose to not let them divide us. Paul calls us to be a UNITED church, not uniform.

This week, we’re having a real conversation around politics and leaning on the 3Practices from Jim Hancock and Jim Henderson: Be unusually interested in the other, stay in the room with difference, and stop comparing my best with your worst.

This Sunday, Pastor Adam invited ReCAST Program Director Marcus Thorne to come and have a conversation around the difference divide and how we can approach the divides around race.

We're kicking off 2024 with a new series titled, Uncommon Ground. This week, we're launching into this new series by talking about getting over the differences that divide us.

In this week's sermon, we hear about the Angels appearing to the Shepherds first to announce the birth of Jesus. When we are able to get over our fears, we find peace in the manger.

In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam encourages us to look for hope in the unexpected moments.