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Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric helps us wrestle with slaves and masters and how the gospel invites us into the imbalanced power structures of the world. Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Mark talks about Paul's instructions on how young men and women are called to engage the gospel in church and family life. Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confron...

Send us Fan Mail In this sermon podcast, Pastor Eric focuses on Titus 2:1–4 and the surprising way Paul ties healthy teaching to healthy people. Paul moves from appointing elders in chapter 1 to calling older men and older women to carry real weight in the life of the church, not as background characters but as stabilizers and mentors. We unpack what “sound” means in the Greek, how dignity and sel...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Sermons podcast in Tucson, AZ, Pastor Eric Cepin continues our series through the Letter to Titus: Building a Community That Lasts . Eric explains why Paul urges Titus to appoint elders in Crete, and how faithful leadership brings stability and helps shape a community that stands apart from the surrounding culture. He then walks through the qualific...

Send us Fan Mail  In this Village Sermons episode, Pastor Mark kicks off our new series on Titus by introducing Paul, Titus, the region of Crete, and what Paul was asking Titus to do and prepare for. He invites us to consider where we may be following the Cretan way, and to reflect on who our spiritual parents are and who our spiritual children might be.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan...

Send us Fan Mail The Village Church Sermon Podcast is here to help you pray your way into 2026. In this season we’re practicing our “20 Prayers” rhythm: five prayers for yourself, five for your family, five for your church, and five for your neighborhood.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Sermons podcast, Pastor Mark continues our Advent series on the Holy Spirit with a conversation about how the Spirit sends and sustains us. He reflects on what it means to be clothed by the Spirit and how, as we go, we are cared for, encouraged, and upheld as we bear witness to the Gospel.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and oth...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Sermon Series on Advent 2025, Eric continues with Week 2 by focusing on the Holy Spirit who forms us and equips us for Kingdom life. He reminds us that Advent begins with the Spirit overshadowing Mary, the moment when Jesus was conceived. From there, he traces how Advent speaks of arrival and coming, and how we now live between Jesus’ first breath i...

Send us Fan Mail John 14:16–18, Romans 8:15–16, Ephesians 2:18 In this episode of The Village Church sermon podcast, Pastor Mark opens the Advent series by exploring the arrival of Jesus and His promised return. He invites us to consider what it means to live in the in-between, and he centers the message on the vital work of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Ma...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast from the Village Church in Tucson, Pastor Eric Cepin concludes the A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission series with a focus on prayer, both speaking and listening. He reflects on how the Trinity shapes the practice of prayer, highlighting that we pray by the Spirit, through the Son, and to the Father . He guides listeners to see prayer not as a formula, but as relational...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode from the Village Church sermon series, Pastor Eric continues the journey through A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission by reflecting on Rest. He names the cultural fixation on escape, “me time,” and wellness, then offers a biblical reorientation. Rest, he explains, is woven into our design. It is an invitation to cease, to reflect, to settle into what has already been ac...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric Cepin continues the sermon series on a neo-monastic life on mission. In this podcast, he turns to the theme of servanthood. Eric explores the structure of being a servant, the identity that grows from it, and how God calls us into serving through the example of Jesus on the cross and in the resurrection. He also offers a set of questions you can use to reflect on what...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Church podcast, Pastor Susan Cepin continues our conversation about A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission with a teaching on hospitality. She traces the generous way God welcomes His people and invites us to offer that same kind of welcome in our own lives.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures a...

Send us Fan Mail  In this podcast of The Village Church’s sermons, Pastor Mark continues our series on A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission by reflecting on celebration and why it matters for the people of God. He explores how our culture tends to celebrate, how the Old Testament commands Israel to mark their life with feasts, how Jesus Himself participates in moments of joy, and how all of this points...

Send us Fan Mail In this sermon from The Village Church’s series A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission , Daniel McConnell reflects on the sacred act of eating together. He explores how meals are woven throughout Scripture and how God continually invites His people to share life around the table. At the heart of our faith is a meal—the body and blood of Christ. Daniel unpacks how something as simple as ea...

Send us Fan Mail  In this sermon podcast from The Village Church in Tucson, Pastor Eric continues our series on a neo-monastic life on mission by exploring the theme of blessing. He highlights three ways blessing is expressed in both the Old and New Testaments, seeing people, knowing people, and calling people out. Drawing from Genesis 1, Genesis 12, and several New Testament stories, he unfolds h...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of the Village Church in Tucson’s Sermons podcast, Pastor Mark continues our series on A Neo-Monastic Life on Mission . He invites us to share our own stories, how Jesus has brought us out of darkness and into the light, and to celebrate the beauty of Christ’s work in the lives of others.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village...

Send us Fan Mail  In this message from our Neo-Monastic Life on Mission series, Pastor Eric looks at listening—why it matters, how it shapes us and the people we love, and why it sits at the heart of following Jesus. He offers simple, practical ways to slow down, attend to the Spirit, and honor the person in front of you. Tune in and take the next faithful step.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mar...

Send us Fan Mail In this sermon, Pastor Mark continues our series on what a monastic community looks like when it lives on mission. Looking at the early church, he unpacks how the Spirit shaped their life together and challenges us to consider what it means to walk in step with the Holy Spirit today Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures a...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered what it might look like for a church to live as a neo-monastic community—rooted in ancient practices yet fully present in the streets and neighborhoods of our city? In this episode of the Village Church’s sermon podcast, Pastor Eric opens a new series exploring just that. He lays the foundation for what this kind of life together means: not retreating from t...

Send us Fan Mail  In this Village Sermon podcast, Pastor Daniel returns from vacation and shares why he believes people should seriously consider committing to the Village Church for the year. He explains the importance of belonging, first to God, and then to one another. Part of being connected to a church, he says, is agreeing to communicate that shared belonging in Christ to each other.  Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail  Ron Layman explores what it means to live in Christian community when it feels broken and messy. Drawing from Psalm 133, Bonhoeffer’s Life Together , and the image of grace as God’s “mercy rule,” this sermon unpacks how Jesus mediates our relationships and makes true unity possible. Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Church podcast, Pastor Eric Cepin continues in the sermon series titled This is Us ; in particular, he discusses the five ways of following drawn from the Greek word for “follow” found in John 8:12; if you are interested in discovering what type of follower you are, click the link below.  https://www.villagersonline.com/follower/ Support the show Pa...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Village Church sermon podcast, Pastor Mark explores what it means to lead in weakness. He examines how various biblical figures led from a place of weakness, and then considers how Jesus Himself led out of His own—choosing not to resist, but to embrace the cross.  Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Village Church's sermon podcast, Pastor Eric kicks off a new series called This is Us with a sermon on creativity and how it is essential to being a formed person in Christ. He explores how truth without imagination is dead; and how imagination, without a foundation of truth, is flimsy and lacks a real grasp on meaning or reality. He talks about how cre...