Venture Church

In John 17, as Jesus was mere hours away from facing the cross, he stops to pray. This series is an in-depth look at what has been called "the greatest prayer ever prayed." In this first week, we unpack the very first sentence to see the true weight of this moment and how amazing God's love or us is. The hour has come.

In this conclusion to our series on loving people the Jesus way, we address what many find to be the greatest obstacle to neighboring well; the fear of actually doing it! Fear can be an unfortunate motivator (or de-motivator in this case) and in this lesson, we'll look at an instance where Jesus set the pace for what it looks like to cross that line and love someone regardless of whatever is keepi...

We'd all better at loving people if we just had more time! Right? In this second week, Patrick Harrison steps in to talk about the "Time Factor" of good neighboring. 

What does it mean to "Love your neighbor?" It's one of the core concepts of Christianity, it's something that most people want to do well. But what does it mean? This week we kick off a series to address the question, "How do we love our neighbor the Jesus way?" Week one is a look at Luke 10 and the story Jesus told about a man who kept his eyes up, looking for a need to meet.   Additional Resourc...

This final installment of “Building Bridges” is all about what it looks like to walk on the bridge of grace that God built. What does it look like to actually FOLLOW Jesus? This week is a lesson on being a disciple.

Building bridges with people who have not yet made the choice to follow Jesus can be hard. But it is a privilege and a responsibility! This week we check out what it looks like to build bridges with people so they can know the love of God.

Bridges are everywhere! Crossing difficult terrain, spanning massive bodies of water, and making life simpler. A bridge is a solution to a difficult problem. It’s also the pathway of connection between two places. In a deeper sense, “a bridge” is the coming together of two parties. This intro to “Building Bridges” is about the problem in our lives that God built a bridge to solve.  

Love. It's complicated. It hurts. Yet we all seek it! In this conclusion to "With God" we explore what it means to know the love of God and how a life lived in love is a life lived with God. 

In this third installment of "With God," we explore the question of hope. What does it mean to have life "With God" while we're in the hardest parts of life?

Living life "With" God sounds like a great goal right? But what does it mean? This week we're looking at replacing fear with faith and learning to sail through the hardest moments by trusting God. 

This series kicks off with a look at 4 postures we take when relating to God. Each posture comes with a caution. In the end, we discover the true treasure of life WITH God.   This series is inspired by the book "With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani    https://smile.amazon.com/Reimagining-Way-You-Relate-God/dp/1595553797/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547744487&sr=8-1&keywords=With...

Patrick steps in this week to bring an amazing behind the scenes story to the song O Come All Ye Faithful. He brings edifying knowledge about the wise men and the importance of faith.  

Christmas is full of many traditions. None may be as lasting as the songs we sing! Songs are also one of the best tools we have for learning and remembering important things. Everything from from a preschooler’s “ABC’s” to Biggie’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” can teach us in a way that sticks and stays. Join us this December as we take a look at some of the greatest Christmas songs that teach about th...

This final installment of "Enemies of heart" wrestles with one of the most sneaky and corrosive emotions... Jealousy.  

As we continue this series we touch on an enemy of the heart that has corrupted many to the core. We may not even know it but the American culture is full of greed. It has become normal to be greedy and the Bible teaches the opposite. If you struggle with greed or you want to be more like Christ, this episode is for you.

This is the big one. Anger is corruptive, and for most people, we don't recognize the symptoms until it is too late. It is truly an enemy of the heart and this week we tackle anger put it under a spotlight and give practical biblical teaching to eradicate it from your life. 

With this new series, we take a week to discuss one of four enemies of the heart. Guilt is one that will stick with you and eat you alive if you don't address it and release it in a timely manner. The Bible is clear about what keeps our spiritual lives healthy and when we don't take care of our spiritual heart it will lead us to poor decision making and a life of regret. Jesus wants us to live lif...

As we wrap up this series we end with the most important character trait needed for being the hands and feet of Jesus. Humility is one that many people struggle with because it goes against our human nature, but we are taught all throughout God's word that it is essential for being like Jesus. 

When the cell phone was first invented, it was a game changer! Instant communication across the city without having a landline. That's just one example of the many game changers we have experienced in our lifetime. This week we dive into the game changer that is the Gospel. It's such a game changer that you should be changed by it and live it out as Jesus explains to us. It's different and better...

It took several weeks to get back from Florence, but here we are, our first week back at AMC theater. With everything that has happened, we decided to start a new series that is all about being the hands and feet of Jesus. The Church is the answer to the mess Florence left behind and to kick this week off we are reminded of an incredible life-changing story.

This week we have our youth leader, Patrick, share with us during our teaching time. He shares about one of the biggest obstacles we have in life, fear. Fear can be debilitating especially when we don't have a reason why to push on past it. Tune in this week as we dive into God's word and learn how we should approach fear.

This week we take a look at another iconic movie of the 90's "The Trueman Show." This movie launches us into God's word for learning about our identity. All of us struggle to some degree of finding our identity in the wrong things. Tune in this week to learn from the Bible to who God says you are and how to finally feel at peace with your identity.

This year for our "At The Movies" series we are going through 90's movies to use as a launch pad into God's word. Men in Black is a classic movie to start our series off with. It has a great mixture of action, sci-fi, and comedy with fantastic actors. The underlying theme of this film is one to glean some principals from. Tune in this week to learn how Christians are supposed to live in an opposin...

We took all of our equipment and had our morning service at Hugh Macrae Park, and it was a perfect ending to this series. We strive to be God Chasing, Grace Shaped, Love Agents. There is a reason we have hope in Jesus and we need to share that with others. You don't want to miss out on this empowering ending to Manifesto. 

Many things in life have shaped us into who we are today. "Grace Shaped" is one of our values at Venture and it simply means instead of being defined by our past, we are defined by God's grace. Jesus paid the ultimate price for us to have life to the full and it comes with a sense of peace that says you are not who you were anymore, but who you are in Christ.