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November 14_Faith & Doubt: Psalm 77

What does the role of memory play in our faith journeys and in that of a community? Psalm 77 gives us a window into that journey and how we hold it all as a community.

November 7_Faith & Doubt: Jesus

Throughout the gospels, Jesus teaches by saying "You have heard it said...but I say unto you..." as a way to show there's more. There's a deeper, fuller view than you've seen so far. What if we carried this on as a community? What would that look like?

October 31_Faith & Doubt: Thomas

This morning, we continue our series on Faith & Doubt with the quintessential doubter of the scriptures - Doubting Thomas. But could "Doubting Thomas" actually be someone to look up to instead of an example of what not to do?

October 24_Faith & Doubt: Nicodemus

The stories of Nicodemus illustrate the ways in which a question or a doubt can be the opening of a path to a deeper spiritual life.

October 17_Faith & Doubt: Introduction

To start off our new series, Micah introduces Brian McLaren's framework for the stages of faith and how doubt is a much closer friend to faith than we might think.

October 10_Sent: A Missional Theology_Acts 1:1-11a

In Acts 1, Jesus send his disciples out in concentric circles of influence. This morning, we talk about who or what we are called and also sent to.

October 3_Sent: A Missional Theology of the Church_Acts 1:1-8

Pastor Judy Howard Peterson joins us again this morning to talk about reframing the mission of the church and how it can transform how we show up as the body of Christ in the world.

September 26_ Sent: A Missional Theology of the Church

Why do people go to church? Why are we here? Why are you here? This morning, Micah talks about the point of this whole thing called church.

September 19: Fall Kickoff!

Rev. Kelly Chatman joins us this morning to talk about what it looks like for a community to be a place of welcome, safety, and belonging.

September 12_Proximate: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Part 2

Pastor Judy Howard-Peterson is with us again teaching from Paul's letter to the Corinthians. Expanding from last week's message reminding us of our deep need to be connected to the source, Judy talks about generosity and living congruent lives.