Westside Gathering - Audio

Resurrection launched a new life available to anyone who would come to trust in Jesus. If this is true, what are some signs of this life? Through some post resurrection scenes in John's gospel, we start a new series exploring these signs of life available to you. We start with signs of PEACE. (John 20:19-23) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podc...

Baptism alongside faith in Christ marks our identity, inclusion and immersion into Christ and his Kingdom community. If you trust Jesus have you considered baptism? (Gal 3:26-28) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240407_DavidM.pdf

The world longs with hope for a newness of life, but how is it even possible? What happened in and through Jesus - resurrection - invites us into a new quality of life that promises a future, but available in the present. (Romans 6:4-11) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240331_DavidM.pdf

Sitting with Jesus and his disciples during the last supper helps us understand God's desire and action on and through the cross to be with us and suffer for us - so we can find life in him. (Luke 22:14-21) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240329_DavidM.pdf

Jesus gets pretty serious with anything that detours or damages those trying to, or those already, following him. This final 'hard ask' of Jesus gets graphic! (Mark 9:42-49) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240324_DavidM.pdf

Jesus challenges His disciples that it is not enough to simply be good to enter the kingdom of God. Have your "good" circumstances been your motive to follow Jesus? (Mark 10:17-27) (Kelly Orellana) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240317_KellyO.pdf

While love can often be defined by one's experiences or choices, when we hear the call to love from Christ we are called into a love that fulfills but also demands something of us. (John 14-15, 1 Cor. 13) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240310_JohnW.pdf

Jesus uses some real life metaphors when describing what it means to follow him. He talks about families and commitments. How do we listen and live into these invitations that lead to a truer life? (Matthew 10:31-38, 8:18-22) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240303_DavidM.pdf

Jesus seems to define someone who follows him as one who would deny themselves and take up their cross, either a promise that they’ll find true life in the process. (Matt. 16:24-28, Mark 8:31-38) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240225_DavidM.pdf

As we begin Lent, we often want to give something up. But remember that Jesus went ahead of you, giving up way before he asks us to. He initiated his steps to the cross before he invites us to pick ours up and follow. (Mark 8:31-38) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240218_DavidM.pdf

Are you following Jesus from a distance or close-up? Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240211_PatriceN.pdf

In a season of growth, the question of capacity often comes up. Colossians casts a vision of "why" we pay attention to our outer capacity if helping more people encounter Christ but calls us even deeper towards our inner capacity of the life available to us in Christ. (Col. 2:1-15) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240204_DavidM....

One main reason Jesus invites us to trust his words and ways is because He is the only secure foundation that will get us through - regardless of the storm (Matthew 7:24-29, 14:22-33) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240128_DavidM.pdf

Is it possible to use Christian words and Christian practices and yet still be building on sand? Nathan Whatley speaks on Jesus' invitation to make our home in the love of Jesus. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240121_NathanW.pdf

Jesus' 2-part recipe for building a foundation for your life is more than in his words, but also in his ways. Are you missing out on the foundation Jesus invites you to? (Matthew 7:24-29) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240114_DavidM.pdf

What grounds you as you anticipate decisions, opportunities, surprises or storms? Jesus ends his most famous sermon on the mount with an invitation to build your life on foundation available to everyone... who is listening. (Matthew 7:24-29) Join us for this new series, FOUNDATION. Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20240107_DavidM....

Light in Darkness (Christmas 2023) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231223_DavidM.pdf

If Advent is about waiting for God to finally bring about new creation and the fulfillment of his good news, what do we do while we wait? Isaiah 61:1-9 Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231217_DavidM.pdf

God commissions comfort for for you and from you. We're reminded of how God would bring this about in us and for the world. (Isaiah 40:1-11) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231210_DavidM.pdf

What does it feel like to anticipate something we long for? We start ADVENT considering who God is, who we are, what we long for, and how we can practice a kind of waiting that helps us experience and know God deeply this season. (Isaiah 64:1-9) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231203_NathanW.pdf

From the prophets in the Old Testament through the gospels and into the letters of the New Testament, there’s a declaration that God became king in Jesus, the king Israel longed for and the world needs. We pause for this theme before we start advent next week so we can be reminded of who leads and shapes our journey towards Christmas, and ultimately our lives. (Jeremiah 23:1-6, Luke 1:68-69, Colos...

Our guest, Kenzo, will bring us back to Abraham, a key figure in scripture, and one that reflects a decision and life of faith. (Gen. 11-12) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231119_KenzoM.pdf

Listen to stories about our church's history and future from our members Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg20231112_DavidM.pdf

Is there practices people would describe in your life as normal, common, frequent? What does it look like for fasting to become more normal? We explore a moment in the early church that points to fasting as periodic, regular, and interconnected to other spiritual practices - with outmodes too! (Acts 13:1-3) Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podca...

In our hunger for justice, the spiritual practice of fasting helps us stand in solidarity with the suffering of the world, experience a small part of one's suffering, and intercede more specifically alongside those who do. Listen in as we explore a strong but beautiful challenge through Isaiah 58 Our message notes can be found here http://www.gatheringcafe.com/thewestsidegathering/podcasts/WSGmsg2...