Venture Church

This week, Patrick Harrison brings a lesson on community that you don't want to miss.

This is week one of a series focused discovering the power of community. God created us to function best in a community. We are better together! This week we look at the earl church in Acts to see how they modeled this togetherness and the difference it made.

We've all made mistakes, experienced failure, and dealt with sin. And the result is Guilt. How do we worship God from a place of being guilty? Let's take a look at how King David worked through a major sin and guilt in HIs life through the prayer he penned in Psalm 51. 

Happiness can be hard to hold onto. Someone once said "happiness is slippery." But God offers something better, Joy. Today we explore Psalm 126 and the question of finding joy even when life is hard. 

We spend a lot of time celebrating things that we thing are great. It comes very naturally to us. And no one deserves or desires as much celebration as our God. We call that celebration of greatness worship. Let's take a look at Psalm 103 and what it can teach us about worshiping God. 

Few things can move a group of people like a song. It's no surprise that the Bible has a book completely devoted to songs of worship. Songs to God and about God. This week we dive into our first of the series, Psalm 42. What does it mean to quench the spiritual thirst of our soul? Let's talk about that. 

In this final week of our Study through 1 Timothy, we take a look at a battle strategy for taking on greed and other sins that place material things on the throne of our hearts. This final chapter is rich with teaching on overcoming the pitfalls of this world. 

This week, Joe Cartwright brings a lesson about the dangers of comparison and the joys of leaning in to who God created you to be. 

This week we move on through our study in 1 Timothy to chapter 5. As this letter to Timothy progresses, Paul addresses a group of overlooked people in need of special love. He also gives some advice on how to discern who is is in the most need. This message is brought to you by the one and only, Patrick Harrison. Enjoy! 

This week we hear from our Summer Ministry Inter Perry Garza! Perry is a rising Sr. at Mid-Atlantic Christian University and studying to be a youth minister. Today he's unpacking chapter 4 of 1st Timothy.

One again, Timothy is dealing with some difficult people in the church at Ephesus. This time it's a group of ladies. 1 Timothy chapter 2 has been a difficult passage for the church to fully understand for generations. Thankfully chapter 3 helps us find some resolution. Let's talk about that! 

Today, In Christian circles, if someone comes to faith in a local church family and then goes out as a missionary or preacher we call that person, “A Timothy." Let's meet the original Timothy in a letter written to Him in our Bible.

As we wrap up this teaching series, let's take a look at one of the most vulnerable areas of our life... our personal weakness. The Apostle Paul wrestled through a weakness that he couldn't shake. Let's talk about that. 

People have been wearing masks since long before the pandemic. It's called hypocrisy and it's so easy to fall in to. But Jesus can help us as we take on the mask. Let's talk about that. 

One of the hardest things for us to wrap our minds around is suffering. Why does it exist? What does God have to say about it? Today we look at the ancient story of Job to learn more. 

What do you do when you are absolutely broken? Where do you turn? And what can you do in this world if you turn to Him? Let's take a look at the life of a lady who found out. Let's talk about Hannah. 

In this series we'll be looking Biblical figures who wrestled through life with God. Today we kick off with the man who set the standard for what that means.. 

What can we learn from a towel and a bowl of water? Let's learn from Jesus about what it means to serve. 

Our job is so much more than to just "get stuff done." We have a role in shaping the world in which we live. Let's talk about that. 

Believe it or not, work was something God gave us as a gift. If that's true, why does it so often feel like a curse? And is there anything we can do to fix that? Let's talk about that. 

In this final installment of "Lost Arts" Patrick Harrison discusses the art of hospitality and what it means to let someone crash on your couch.