Westside Gathering - Audio

How big is your view of the world and God's mission for it? We start a new series discovering God's bigger story of redeeming the world he loves. Check out www.westsidegathering.com/enlarge for ways you can join Westside's global partnerships. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150503_DaveM.pdf

What would a Christian radical look like if it means getting to the roots of its founder? Today we explore the 'way' of Jesus and how he expected his way of life might be embraced and expanded in our world. Bonus: listen to this Sunday's interview with special guest Hermine Melkonyan from the Ukraine. http://gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150426_Hermine.mp3 Our message not...

The series continues as Bruxy interviews Sadat Anwar about the Muslim faith. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Acqb92lss Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150419_DaveM.pdf

This week we track with Bruxy Cavey of The Meeting House and his message, "Responding to ISIS" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W5NWWFFJMg (Here is the Vice News video he refers to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUjHb4C7b94 ) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150412_DaveM.pdf

Your worst thing is not your last thing. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150405_DaveM.pdf

Jesus walked through the cross as he walked to the Joy set before Him (Heb. 12:2) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150403_DaveM.pdf

Too often our faith is pursued and shared individually. This final message on relationship and responsibility turns plural with an understanding of community - because Jesus has a body called the church. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150329_DaveM.pdf

This series continues with a focus on the identity one receives from the accomplished work if Jesus on the cross. It changes the way you live as you find incredible security from being in Christ. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150322_SeanB.pdf

Do you know who you are? Do you know who loves you? Jesus launched into ministry and life affirmed in identity rooted in his Father's love, but he wasn't immune to resistance. Like Jesus, your identity will be tested, but you can overcome! Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150315_DaveM.pdf

Responsibility without relationship can be dangerous. This week we examine the life of Moses and the models of God-Authority-Power and Father-Identity-Obedience. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150308_DaveM.pdf

God doesn't just invite us into relationship, but entrusts us with responsibility. Looking at the life of Joseph, we discover the shift from a self-centered to a God-centered heart, preparing us for the kind of responsibility God wants to entrust us with. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150301_DaveM.pdf

This new series looks at two major themes in scripture called Covenant and Kingdom - Relationship and Responsibility. Like DNA, you'll catch these themes all over the Bible. It'll help you understand the Bible, God, and your place in His story. Today we kick off looking at how God initiated a committed relationship with humanity that gives us a renewed identity and confident access to him. Our mes...

While culture describes success in a variety of ways, we explore what a fruitful life looks like when someone is in relationship with Jesus. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150215_DaveM.pdf

Is vision for life in Jesus enough for the kind of relationship he invites us into? Jesus gave his disciples some clues in John 15 about some practices that could fuel a growing relationship with him. Listen in as we explore three key practices. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150208_DaveM.pdf

Nathan Whatley on how Jesus redefines friendship and our relationship with Him as we abide. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150201_NathanW.pdf

Is there anything stopping you from thriving? Learn how God is invested in your growth and why like a gardener he prunes things in and around you that stop you from thriving. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150125_DaveM.pdf

You can grow in Jesus as you align yourself more with his way of life and love. Listen in and discover. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150118_DaveM.pdf

Too often our ambitions are ahead of our resources. "If we don't abide, we'll never thrive." Join us as we begin a new series exploring John 15:1-17 to understand what deeper relationship with Christ is like, and the fruit that can come from being connected to him. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150111_DaveM.pdf

From the world of sex-trafficking to steet life, a true story of courage in the face of hopelessness, of God's power in the fiercest darkness. Also see Candace's spoken work video at http://vimeo.com/78415512. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20150104_CandaceD.pdf

Christmas Celebration! Discover why the most widely published carol is about way more than Christmas. It's good news for your future and your everyday present. Merry Christmas! Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20141223_DaveM.pdf

Discover how God wants to work in us so we can experience Joy from a deeper source, beyond our efforts to manufacture pleasure. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20141221_DaveM.pdf

Why have joy and how to have Joy is an everyday modern struggle. Listen in as we explore the WHY and HOW of experiencing Joy through the 1st century life of Paul writing a letter from a not-so-joyful-place like prison. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20141214_DaveM.pdf

Discover joy in anticipation and formation so you experience it in any season life brings you. (Isaiah 35; Luke 7:18-22) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20141207_DaveM.pdf

Be rich in helping others' is more than just a mind set or feel good invitation. It's rooted in God's very nature, modelled for us, inviting us to live in this same way (1 Timothy 6:17-19). Listen in as we understand 'rich' not as status but privilege. (This is also the 'why' behind our Be Rich campaign in November.) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathe...

Listen to Barbara share about her faith journey during a difficult season of life - filled with authenticity, community, struggle, reality, and hope. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20141130_BarbG.pdf