Let's Talk About That

Text Us Your Questions This week Pastor Chip Parker and AJ Stevens discuss how the Father is lavish (prodigal) with His grace and love towards us. Just like the father in the parable of the lost son, Jesus is ready to accept us back into His arms.   If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you! Visit our website at theorchardcc...

Text Us Your Questions We're back, and we are diving into a new sermon series on the story of the prodigal son.  Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker with Pastor AJ Stevens, talks about how this parable in particular has helped shape his faith as a believer. References: The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller Safely Home by Randy Alcorn Eli by Bill Myers Sermon Audio Podcast If you have any questions a...

Text Us Your Questions Can doubt and faith coexist? Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens discuss what doubt is and how it effects are lives. We must choose to have faith even in the face of our doubts.  References: More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller If you have any questions about this podcast...

Text Us Your Questions Welcome back to Let’s Talk About That! Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens wrap up our series on the book of Jonah. As we see with Jonah, we can only have God’s grace or His judgment. We can’t want judgment for others and grace for ourselves.  If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you...

Text Us Your Questions As we continue with week 3 of our sermon series in the book of Jonah, we see that unexpected grace demands a response .   Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens are joined by special guest Pastor Matt Pennington as they discuss how we should respond to God's grace and what that means for those around us. References: https://www.amazon.com/Halleys-Bible-Ha...

Text Us Your Questions This week we continue our discussion about Jonah and the revelation that the storm and the fish was God's grace, not His Judgement. Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens discuss that whatever God uses to bring us back to Himself, out of our sin and rebellion, is grace. If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, w...

Text Us Your Questions Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens recap Bold weekend with some talk about Gen Z lingo and then discuss the new sermon series on the book of Jonah.  If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you! Visit our website at theorchardcc.org and fill out our contact form, or send us a message on...

Text Us Your Questions Welcome back to Let’s Talk About That! On today’s episode, Pastor Chip Parker is joined by a special guest, Pastor Eddie Blalock, founding pastor of The Orchard Community Church and current OCC Branford location pastor.  In this podcast, they continue the discussion on our “Excuses” sermon series, all while Pastor Eddie shares about his personal journey of starting The Orcha...

Text Us Your Questions Welcome to a special bonus episode of "Let's Talk About That!" On today's episode, Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens are joined by our two other OCC pastors, Pastor Eddie Blalock and Pastor Matthew Pennington, to dive deeper into a conversation related to our sermon series "Excuses." In this episode, they unpack the idea of hearing from G...

Text Us Your Questions This week as we continue our conversation around our sermon series “Excuses,” we shifted from saying to God, "you can't" to "I can't." Why do we struggle to believe that God can use us despite our shortcomings? Just like Moses being called to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, we often believe that God has made a mistake and that there is someone...

Text Us Your Questions When our excuses say “You can’t,” God’s faithfulness shows us “He can.” Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens discuss the difference between an excuse and a reason, and why we are so quick sometimes to doubt God.  If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you! Visit our website at theorchar...

Text Us Your Questions In this podcast, Pastors AJ and Chip delve into the topic of baptism and celebrate all that happened on Baptism Sunday. They are joined by a special guest as they discuss the importance and meaning of baptism, as well as their experiences as fathers. If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you! Visit our...

Text Us Your Questions As we finish out our sermon series “The Table,” we are taking the opportunity to look around. Communion is not just an individual experience, but rather one we share together as believers. In this episode, we explore the idea of communion in community and what it means to be unified. Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens discuss how communion unifies us and r...

Text Us Your Questions As we continue with Week 3 of our sermon series “The Table,” we look inward. What does it mean to repent? Can we come to The Table as a believer who is still struggling with sin? Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens answer questions like this, and help us to better understand the significance and importance of the Lord's Supper. If you have any question...

Text Us Your Questions As we continue with week 2 of our sermon series “The Table,” we are not only remembering what Jesus has done, but also what is to come.  Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor Matt Pennington help us to better understand the significance and importance of the Lord's Supper. If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would...

Text Us Your Questions We’re back with the first podcast episode of 2024! Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens help us to better understand the significance and importance of the Lord's Supper. Through this understanding we can better receive, enjoy, and grow in the grace of Jesus, given to us through this Table. If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orch...

Text Us Your Questions We’re back with the final podcast episode of 2023! This week, Pastor Chip Parker is joined by OCC Location Pastors Eddie Blalock, AJ Stevens and Matthew Pennington for a round table of final thoughts from our vision series, “Formed.” If you have any questions about this podcast, or about The Orchard Community Church, we would love to hear from you! Visit our website at theor...

Text Us Your Questions What does it mean to be formed in faith? In today's podcast episode, Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens unpack Sunday's message and dive deeper into the idea of being "Formed in Faith."  If you have been with us at The Orchard for awhile, you may know that November is a special month of the year. It's a time where we reflect on our values and m...

Text Us Your Questions What does it mean to be formed in life? As we continue to unpack our vision casting series "Formed: Moving Jesus to the center of our hearts and lives," we are diving deeper into Sunday's message about being Formed in Life. Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens discuss topics like boundary markers, bearing fruit, and rhythms and routines for li...

Text Us Your Questions What does it mean to be formed in mission? As we finish out our sermon series “Formed,” today’s podcast episode is all about being formed in mission. Our goal as a church is to be fully formed by moving Jesus to the center of our hearts and lives, but how do we tangibly do this? Listen in as Pastor Chip Parker and Pastor AJ Stevens dive into the idea of loving God and loving...