Venture Church

#wisdom #ateachingseriesonthebookofproverbs For this series we dive into a book of the bible called Proverbs. Proverbs contains bullet point phrases of straight wisdom that if you applied to your life you'd want to post that phrase with #wisdom. This week we learn about Solomon, the writer of Proverbs, and His wise words on where knowledge begins. 

To complete this four week series on the 4 vital parts of God's plan to build you, we finalize on a topic that can be mistaken if not communicated clearly. Baptism. Throughout the New Testament of the Bible we can see that baptism is a vital part of God's plan to build you. Baptism is an action of a believer in Christ submerging a person who wants to accept Jesus, accept the life that He brings, a...

When you're cleaning your house, your car, or even your hard drive on your computer one could argue the trash is the most valuable tool in the whole process. Yes cleaning supplies and different techniques help the shine but if you have no where to put the garbage then you're stuck with the mess you cleaned up for. This week Chris talks about the meaning of repentance and how vital it is to the cle...

Tier 2. A place where once the foundation is laid you start to see the character of what is to come. A place where bystanders can see what's being built. A place that's "Under Construction." This week Chris talks about confession, confession of faith. Last week we learned about faith from a enlightening story of Abraham and how God challenged Abraham's faith but God was always faithful to His prom...

Much like construction to any building comes phases that are vital to the next. Have to have foundation before the walls, walls before rafters, rafters before the roof. In this series we will take four weeks to see the "4 vital parts of God's plan to build you." This first week is laying the foundation, Faith. This week we will talk about Abram and how God continues to show him that God is who He...

10... 9... 8... Because of the fall of man and sin entering the world, God put a plan in motion. 7... 6... 5...  a plan that involved His own son Jesus coming to this earth, living a pure sinless life, and teaching the truth about His father, God. 4... 3... Jesus was then put on trial and crucified for our sake like the prophecy proclaimed and payed a permanent price for our sins 2... but the grav...

The third part of Love that we seem to be more timid about than we should be is, speaking up! We need to open our stinkin' mouth and speak with truth and love. To love like Jesus loved the church means to speak up when needed and build each other up in love and that requires conversation between one another. This week we get to hear from two people. The first bit is Venture Church's pastor, Chris...

The second color of the primary color wheel... Community. This series we are learning about the three "primary colors" of love. Last week we learned about the first color, character. That we speak from the heart and to love we have to have a character like Jesus. This week we learn about the second primary color of the art of love and that is community. Sharing life and investing time. This day an...

With only three primary colors in art there have been some magnificent paintings we have seen in life. Artist have an breathtaking gift of taking those colors combining them to create masterpieces that are historical to this world. From looking in the Bible we can find that there is an art to love. There are primary components to love that if you only have one component you aren't loving to the fu...

There's only one way to end a series that is about cultivating a vibrant life in God. That way is talking about the only way to true life. Listen up to this series wrap up as our pastor talks about the life that Jesus promises. Jesus doesn't promise better life circumstances, He promises a better life. Sometimes we try to fit God in a box and make Him work for us but we have to be transformed in t...

Part of thriving and not just surviving comes down to the source of life. Comes back to where our nourishment comes from. One would say to be healthy you need to start eating healthy. Get a good diet and lay off the potato chips and sweets. Where does your nourishment for your mind and soul come from? C.S. Lewis once said “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy,...

Do you feel like you're just squeezing by? In every avenue you feel like when you climb one mountain as your scaling down peacefully another mountain arrises sooner than before. "I want to thrive, not just survive." - Switchfoot. Switchfoot has a great take on living life in their song "Thrive" that we can pull from. Join us in listening this series in how Jesus calls us back to him so that our li...

What happens when you get to the YMCA and find out that it caught fire the night before? You send out mass messages and move to Empie Park! The YMCA had a tragic accident happen to their facilities. No one was hurt in the situation. If you want more information check out the Wilmington News article about it. As soon as we get word of a way we can "be The Church" to the YMCA we will send it out. Wi...

Anxiety controls 18 percent of The United States' population. This week we confront that statistic with the fact that God's peace that surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts from that anxiety. Check out the ending of this series with the thought of losing our worry by finding peace in God.

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Breathing Room

Yup. You read it right. The question is for you. Do you think that is true? "Mo' Money Mo' Problems?" When it comes to breathing room, it is found often that people are trying to find the surface to come up for air in their finances. No wonder. The average household holds $15,000 of debt! Money becomes less of what it was designed for and more of a means to fill a void in our heart. Find out three...

When someone you haven't seen in a while asks you this questions, "How've you been?", what's your initial response? Busy? Tired? "Life's good but..." or "I'm doing great but...". Throughout life we assume the right and normal thing to do is to be busy. With a packed schedule we forget to leave space. To plan breathing room. To have space for a breath of fresh air. God designed us to need rest. Why...