Vermont Prays

A giant thank you to all the Dad's out there leading their households in the way God intended. Hope you feel honored by this Father's Day message. If you enjoy it, please consider subscribing and sharing with a dad in your life. Join us Sundays sat 1030a at Connect Church on 127 Webster Road in Shelburne for live music, hot coffee, and a family friendly service everyone enjoys! See you soo...

Get ready! We're about to venture into the desert! Pastor Dan invites us to explore the implications of Exodus and why it's such an important book of the Bible for us to understand. If you enjoy the episode please consider sharing with friends and joining on Sunday 1030a at 127 Webster Road to dive into our first chapter!

This is the last in our series in Apologetics: how to defend the faith with non-believers. We have covered the case for God in episode #16 and the Authenticity & reliability of the Bible in Episode #17. Today we're discussing how the case for Christ stands even without the Bible: but using corroborated, circumstantial ,and even physical evidence. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider s...

What does the Bible have to say about Education? As school draws to the year end in Vermont, we should consider what we are trying to achieve as parents. What exactly should we be prioritizing in our child's lives when it comes to the acquisition knowledge? The book of Proverbs has some thoughts for us. If you enjoy this, please consider sharing with your friends & family, and join us on S...

If God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and all-loving, why is it so hard for us to grasp the concept of an infinitely just God? It's our inability to account for the tab of sin in our lives that made it necessary for God to send a check in the form of Jesus Christ to cover the bill for us. Let's discuss why and how infinite justice fits into God's plan. Please join us at 127 Webster Road in...

Completing the series "Make Room" with now discussing the role of the attendee, the congregant! Dan helps us understand how we fit into the big church picture. Join us live at Connect Church on Sundays @ 1030a at 127 Webster Road in Shelburne, VT for a family friendly service everyone can enjoy. Hope to see you there.

Think about how nuts it is that Abraham just walked into the desert to follow God. He trusted God through wars, through wanderings, infertility and even eventually demonstrated so much trust in God that he was said willing to sacrifice his son. Abraham is an incredible model of both faith, but also humility. What it means to allow God to guide our lives...because if we're not allowing God to d...

Today we post the sermon from 24 May 2026 where Dan discusses the purpose of the leadership team of a church. This is the 4th in his series called "Make Room" where he discusses where each layer of our Church fits in the context of broader Christianity. Join us for service at 127 Webster Road in Shelburne for service at 1030a on Sundays!

Some of the most upsetting verses in the bible are about Jesus telling us to "abandon our families" or leave people behind. To a newcomer to the Bible, these can be particularly upsetting when not reasoned through critically. Today, we highlight the verses in question, and talk about what Jesus is actually saying so that, when you read something that sounds like it's telling you to l...

Why should the Bible be taken seriously at all? Who wrote the books of the New Testament? We dive into the authenticity & reliability of the Bible to determine why--from a secular perspective--it is completely reasonable to take the New Testament seriously as a newcomer to faith. Join us at 127 Webster Road in Shelburne for live music, hot coffee, and a family friendly service everyone enjoys!

It takes more faith to be an atheist than to believe in a God. Today, we're discussing apologetics 101--the secular reasoning approach to concluding there is a God. We'll go over the three most powerful arguments: The Teleological, Cosmological, and Moral Arguments for a God. Join us at 127 Webster road in Shelburne on May 17 to Part 2 in the series!

Proverbs 27:6: "The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive" Friendship comes in many form. There are friends of utility, friends of convenience, friends of amusement...but today we're going to talk about Friends of Virtue- the kinds that lift us up and make us live closer to our values, and hold us accountable. Join us at 1030a at 127 Webster Roa...

We pray for all the mothers-past, present, future, biological, spiritual, and otherwise. Thank you for all you do, especially the parts that no one notices. We love you!

Our amazing Worship Director, Brooks, gives us his thoughts leading into the Mother's Day sermon: both the joy & the heaviness. Join us at 127 Webster Road in Shelburne at 1030a for live music, hot coffee, and a service the entire family can enjoy. Happy Mother's Day!

Seven Days ran an front page article on Vermont having the lowest birth rate in the nation The Modern Wisdom did a great podcast on the birthrate issue from an economic perspective: " Why Population Collapse is Closer Than You Think" This is not an economic problem, it's a spiritual problem. We need God to remind us that we are so much more than careers, than our fancy trips, than our fancy houses...

Pastor Dan continuing on his series on Making Room: going from the Big C church down to the little C Church, and today he's talking about the role of a pastor to a congregation. Please consider sharing the episode with your friends, and join us at 127 Webster Road in Shelburne Sundays for a family friendly service everyone enjoys!

Have you ever seen a 12 year old fill his or her plate at Golden Corrall or the Sizzler? They don't come back with broccoli, rice and beans,  Nope...they come back with pizza, mac & cheese, 4 types of cheesecake desserts, and a giant cup of coke. Cause that's what makes them feel good!! At least in that moment. But parents, we know better. Thats why we tell our kids to eat their vegeta...

I have lots of friends, as do you, who will say that "I don't really  think there's a God because I can't see them, I can't touch them, I can't taste them...I don't think there's a God beacuse all i see in the world is pain and suffering. I don't think a God would allow that to happen."  The problem is that the people who are saying these things are using...

If you missed it, you can hear Pastor Dan's "Little C" Church sermon here. Dan and Rajiv recap last week's sermon and give a heads up for the one ahead. Consider reading 1 Timothy as you head to service.

Lots of people hear the phrase "God has a plan for you!" and it can start to sound cliche. But is it possible? Join us Sundays at 1030a on 127 Webster Road in Shelburne for Service at Connect Church--live music, hot coffee, and a family friendly service everyone enjoys. See you soon!

Continuing in his series, Pastor Dan discusses the importance and the role of "Little c" church in our community. What does it mean to be a church? Why is the community church a source of pain and poor examples of Christ? Enjoy this episode and let us know what you think! See link to the 1st part of this series here

Let's say you're a believer talking to a non-believer. And you were able to convince the non-believer that, yes, there 100% is a God. We know it, we see it, they've confirmed. Would you be willing to yield your moral frameworks to them? Even if it meant changing your behaviors? Changing your beliefs? This is an interesting test to determine someone's spiritual status. Do they actua...

Read David & Goliath at this link. I'm taking Spring Break with my kids and taking the time to share some inspiring stories just like this one. D&G is filled with lots of virtues of self-confidence, versatility, and playing the game with your own strengths. Spring Break is an excellent time to pour into our kids with what makes ourselves unique. Enjoy this episode on an idea to enrich...

The most important journey in someone's spiritual life is the moment they go from being hostile towards a faith, to simply just being skeptical. This is the difference between hating something blindly versus judging something critically. The moment someone makes that shift, they put down their armor and their weaponry towards the concept of faith...and they just might be able to hear the message t...

Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the "church" in your community and "The Church", the institution. Pastor Dan takes time to break down how we fit into the larger ecosystem of the Christian faith. If you enjoy the episode, please let us know! Consider sharing with friends and family and subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Join us live at 127 Webster Road...