Callander Christian Fellowship Podcast

Sunday 30th March 2025 - This Sunday we are continuing on in our Nehemiah series as Pastor Nate Swisher teaches out of Nehemiah 7. He addresses the prevalent issue of loneliness and despair and how important fellowship within the church is.

Sunday 23rd March 2025 - This Sunday we are taking a break from our Nehemiah series to hear from guest speaker, John Caldwell out of Ephesians 4: 1-16. He shares some of his own personal testimony and reminds us about the importance of the church being outward focused, drawing attention to what God is doing in Scotland right now!

Sunday 16th March 2025 - This Sunday as we continue on in our Nehemiah series, Rebuilding and Restoring, we hear from Pastor Nate Swisher on a topic that is relevant to us all - Facing Temptation. Using the examples that Nehemiah 6 shows on this topic, Nate addresses the common misconceptions about temptation and how we can follow Nehemiah's example of resisting it.

Sunday 9th March 2025 - This Sunday we are joined by a guest speaker from our congregation, Sebastian Penn, continuing on our Nehemiah series, Rebuilding and Restoring. He speaks to us out of Nehemiah 5 on living a life filled with the fear of the Lord and the overflow of generosity towards others that that should cultivate.

Sunday 2nd March 2025 - This Sunday as we continue on in our series, Rebuilding and Restoring, Pastor Nate Swisher focuses on Nehemiah 4. He draws attention to the importance of knowing the bigger picture of what God's plan looks like and how what is taking place in Nehemiah 4 fits into that. Again, we see the importance of prayer and how we are called to action even as we wait on the Lord.

Sunday 23rd February 2025 - This Sunday we are continuing on in our Nehemiah series as we hear from Pastor Nate Swisher on what it looks like to have resilience in the face of opposition. Particularly focusing on when we see delays in the promises of God, Nate encourages us that resilience looks like placing our trust in who God is and not our own abilities. *Apologies for the lack of recording la...

Sunday 9th February 2025 - This Sunday we are resuming our Nehemiah series after our break last week. Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on the ideas of grace and favour shown in Nehemiah 2: 1-10.

Sunday 2nd February 2025 - This Sunday we hear from guest speaker Mike Bave from Acts 17: 26-28. Focusing on the theme of boundaries, Mike speaks about how each of us are exactly where we need to be in terms of time and location. We all have the same purpose within the boundaries God has placed us, and that is to seek Him.

Sunday 27th January 2025 - This Sunday we hear part two of last week's sermon on right perspectives. Using Nehemiah's prayer from Nehemiah 1: 5-11, Pastor Nate Swisher highlights the impact that our understanding of God's nature has on how we approach Him in prayer.

Sunday 19th January 2025 - This Sunday Pastor Nate Swisher is continuing on in our series in Nehemiah, Rebuilding and Restoring. Challenging perspectives, Nate talks about the true meaning of God's love, how it is far greater than just a feeling and how that impacted Nehemiah's prayers and should impact ours as well.

Sunday 12th January 2025 - This Sunday we are beginning a new series called Rebuilding and Restoring which is based out of the book of Nehemiah. Pastor Nate Swisher starts the series off with a historical overview of what was happening leading up to this book. He encourages us particularly in the state of the world today, to keep our eyes fixed on God.

Sunday 5th January 2025 - We are starting off the new year with a sermon all about the importance of gratitude! Speaking out of Psalm 100 and Ephesians 5:15-21, Pastor Nate Swisher emphasises the importance of cultivating thanksgiving in our day to day lives. He asks some challenging questions to help us rethink our perspectives and regain our wonder of our incredible God.

Sunday 29th December 2024 - We are back after the Christmas break for our final Sunday of 2024! This week we are hearing from Steve Burch on the different stages of the Christian walk based on the gates around Jerusalem. He explains the meaning behind each gate and how each has an important place in the Christian life.

Sunday 15th December 2024 - This Sunday we hear not only from Jon Connell, but from the voices of Callander Christian Fellowship! In our last week of our advent series, Jon takes us through multiple examples in the Bible of what peace means and calls on the congregation for their input as well.

Sunday 8th December 2024 - This Sunday we look at our third theme in our advent series, Joy. Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on the difference between joy and happiness, highlighting how our joy comes not from our circumstances but from God and His delight in us.

Sunday 1st December 2024 - This Sunday we are looking at the second theme in our advent series as we lead up to Christmas. Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on faith, tying it back to the topic of hope from last week. He focuses on what faith really means, highlighting the differences between it and religion.

Sunday 24th November 2024 - This Sunday we begin our four-part Advent series as we lead up to the Christmas season. Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on the hope that this season means for us as Christians. He acknowledges the pain of things hoped for that have been delayed and reiterates God's perfect timing in all things.

Sunday 17th November 2024 - This Sunday we are joined by Brian Gooding who speaks on the return of Jesus. Addressing the fact that we all might have slightly varying views on this topic, Brian encourages us to at least think about it. He also urges us as Christians to remember that in the waiting for His return, there is a job we all have to do - sharing the gospel with the world.

Sunday 10th November 2024 - This Sunday we hear from Pastor Nate Swisher on a topic we can all identify with- failure! He speaks out of John 21: 7- 19 on how failure is an inevitable part of being human and that we can never be good enough but we have a saviour who is.

Sunday 3rd November 2024 - This week we hear from Rob Westwood out of the passage 1John 4: 7-19. Rob speaks about the practical impact of agape love, challenging us on whether we are actually living out what love looks, making a difference in the world we live in because God has made such a difference in our lives.

Sunday 27th October 2024 - This Sunday we are joined again by Sam and Eva Kitalya. Sam shared from Isaiah on making change and the role that we as Christians have in bringing about change in our world today.

Sunday 20th October 2024 - This week is the last week in our Overcomers series based out of 1 John 5: 1-15. Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on the topic of heaven this week, challenging our often limited understanding of it. He talks about how heaven is not just an escape, it’s a restoration project from God and that there is so much hope to be had in that.

Sunday 13th October 2024 - This Sunday Pastor Nate Swisher continues our Overcomers series and tackles the sometimes difficult subject of spiritual warfare. He emphasises the importance of keeping our focus on Jesus rather than the enemy and highlights that the strategy of worship is the most impactful thing we can do in the area of spiritual warfare.

Sunday 6th October 2024 - This Sunday as we continue on in our Overcomers series, Pastor Nate Swisher continues to talk on what it means to have confidence in God, specifically in the area of prayer. With a re-cap of last week, again using some slides taken from the Bible Project Video, Heaven and Earth (link below), Nate really unpacks the significance of prayer and how it works. https://biblepro...

Sunday 29th September 2024 - This Sunday as we continue on in our Overcomers series, Pastor Nate Swisher sets the stage for next week as he begins to talk on what it means to have confidence in God. Using some slides taken from the Bible Project Video, Heaven and Earth (link below), Nate begins to talk about Heaven on Earth and why we can pray with confidence which he will elaborate more on next w...