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Untitled Document Parenting 4 Success - Jan 8th- Feb 12th
What’s the role of a parent? Disciplinarian, Trainer, Coach, Friend? Maybe all of the above? There’s no magic formula, but the Bible offers proven principles to “Parenting 4 Success”.

2-12 Post-Game Evaluation
2-5 Legacy

1-29 Coaching

1-22 Training

1-15 Discipline

1-8 Fundamentals

Vision

1-1 Why We Do What We Do

Christmas at the Movies
"What do Hollywood and Bethlehem have in common? What can Christmas movies teach us about Christmas reality? How can a Grinch, an Elf, a "Clause", and an angel named Clarence give us a better glimpse of Christ? Come and see..."

12-24 "It's A Wonderful Life" - Hope

12-18 "Elf" - Search

12-11 "The Grinch" - The Gift of Joy

12-4 "The Santa Clause" - When God Doesn't Make Sense

Gratitude
Are you a grateful person? Would your boss say you are? Your spouse? Your kids? Your neighbors?
What about God? What would He say?

11-27 Be Content

11-20 Attitude of Gratitude

11-13 In All Circumstances

180
Have you ever made a 180, a u-turn, a complete change in direction? Maybe you did it literally, maybe morally, maybe spiritually. The Bible tells story after story of people who changed course. That could be you.

11-6 Multiple Choice

10-30 Change of Mind

10-23 Change of Heart

10-16 Change of Circumstances

10-9 Change of Direction

App of the Week
Apps...people use them every day. Applications help us do...accomplish...discover... Well, God has some apps of His own.

10-2 What Matters to God

9-25 Stuff

9-18 Self-Investment

9-11 Forgiveness

9-4 Authenticity

8-28 Ask

8-21 Treasure

Unbreakable.
What if someone told you your relationship with God could be unbreakable? Is that really possible? Find out more in this series from one of the greatest chapters in the Bible, Romans 8.

8-14 Overwhelming

8-07 Defending

7-31 Everything

7-24 Nothing

Hereafter
Heaven? Hell? Purgatory? Reincarnation? Nothing? Everybody has an opinion about what happens when this life is over. Better to sort that out now than hereafter...

7-17 What Will Heaven Be Like?
7-10 When is Jesus Coming Back?
7-03 What Happens When We Die?
6-26 Why Does the Hereafter Matter?

6-19 God Wants to Be First in Your Life
6-12 Service at the New Property (no recording)

@work...continues

6-5 influence @work

5-29 stress @work

imagine a church...over the "TOP"!

We are ready to build! May 15 and 22 will tell you how you can help push us "over the top"!

5-22 Over the Top - Part 2

5-15 Over the Top - Part 1

@work

Jesus said He came to do His Father’s work. He also said that our work glorifies Him. Sure pastors and missionaries, maybe teachers and nurses can glorify God by what they do. But what about the rest of us? My work doesn’t have anything to do with God. Does it?

5/8 you @work

5/1 excellence @work

4/24 Jesus @work

Lies...:

4/17 God Doesn't Want You Anymore

4/10 Just Once Won't Hurt

Crux:

Ever wondered what it means to be a Christian? There are all different brands of churches, all different flavors of believers in Christ. What are the bottom line, absolutely essential, core elements to Christianity? What is...the crux of our faith? Find out March 6 - April 3.

4/3 One Church

3/27 One Plan

3/20 One Book/Truth

3/13 One Savior

3/6 One God

Vision Talk:

2/27 Why Mildred Liked The Ridge

Marriage Crashers:

2/20 Unfaithfulness

2/13 Apathy

2/6 Super Bowl Sunday!

1/30 Selfishness

1/23 Unrealistic Expectations

1/16 Unresolved Conflict

1/9 Baggage

A Christmas Carol:

It’s no children’s fairy tale. Charles Dickens’ story offers a raw and candid look at life and death, bitterness and joy, sin and redemption. When his fictional story crosses paths with the real Christmas story, your life might never be the same.

2011-1-02 A New Year, A New Start
2010-12-26 Death by Default
2010-12-19 Death by Adrenaline
2010-12-12 Your Past is Your Friend
2010-12-05 Change Will Do You Good

The Book:
It’s been burned and banned, studied and scrutinized, translated and taken around the world. What is it about the Bible that makes it unlike any other book in history? And why do we stake our lives on the message it contains?

2010-11-28 A Lamp

2010-11-21 A Mirror

2010-11-14 A Sword

Digging Out:
Money...Economy...Budget...Bottom Line...
Cutbacks...Overdraft...Debt...Foreclosure...

Ever feel like you’re in over your head? Ever feel like you’re drowning in bills? The Bible offers some sound advice on digging out!

2010-11-07 Filling the Hole

2010-10-31 In Over Your Head

2010-10-24 The Bottomless Pit

The Church Has Left the Building: People are the church. The building isn’t the church. 51 N. Brooks Street isn’t the church.
We are the church. And God told us to go and serve, not sit and listen.
We gather here on Sundays to get focused and inspired for our real impact Monday - Saturday.

2010-10-17 The Church Has Left the Building (Part 3)

2010-10-10 The Church Has Left the Building (Part 2)

2010-10-03 The Church Has Left the Building (Part 1)

Got Questions: Do you have questions about the church? The Bible? God? Jerry? Mark? We did a Q & A on September 26.
People came with questions and we did our best to answer them.

2010-09-26 Second Service

2010-09-26 First Service

Facebook: It keeps us in touch, it gives us a voice, it makes our social network bigger, and the world a little smaller.
It’s about friendship. What can friendships in the age of “The Book” teach us about friendships in the age of Facebook?

2010-09-19 We're Good

2010-09-12 Can't We All Just Get Along?

2010-09-05 I've Got Your Back

2010-08-29 You the Man!

2010-08-22 I Feel Your Pain

iJesus...
Who is Jesus? How does His first-century identity impact our twenty-first-century lives?
Somewhere underneath the layers of history, tradition, art, church, and culture lies a real person...a real Savior.
It really is all about Him.

2010-08-15 So...Who is the Holy Spirit?

2010-08-08 The One Thing

2010-08-01 I Am the Vine

2010-07-25 I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

2010-07-18 I Am the Bread of Life

2010-07-11 I Am the Son of God

2010-07-04 I Am the Light of the World

2010-06-27 I Am the Good Shepherd

Fear...
Fear of failure. Fear of the future. Fear of losing control.
Worry. Worry about a decision. Anxiety. Anxiety over my kids. Stress. Stress about losing my job.
What commandment does God give more than any other? "Do not fear!"
Imagine your life without fear...

2010-06-20 The Fear of Failure

2010-06-13 What to Do About Worry

2010-06-06 Good Fear

2010-05-30 How to Overcome Fear

2010-05-23 What Fear Costs You

The Monster Within...
That one thing. You know what it is. It’s that thing that’s keeping you from doing what you want to do, from becoming who God created you to be. Self-help, willpower, Twelve-Steps, accountability...all great things. But the battle rages on...

2010-05-16 I Can Help

2010-05-09 I Will Press On

2010-05-02 I Am Sorry

2010-04-25 I Must Change

2010-04-18 I Need God

2010-04-11 I'm Not God

GPS: How to Get Where You Want to Be - Everybody’s on a path heading somewhere, and the direction you’re heading will determine the destination you reach. How can you end up where you want to be? Let God’s commands serve as your GPS.

2010-04-04 Easter!

2010-03-28 Vision

2010-03-21 Warning Signs

2010-03-14 The Pretenders

2010-03-07 Contentment - Do Not Covet

2010-02-28 Integrity - Do Not Steal or Lie

2010-02-21 Love - Do Not Murder

2010-02-14 Faithfulness - Do Not Commit Adultery

2010-02-07 Super Bowl Sunday! Special Guest Michael Cobb

2010-01-31 Submission - Honor Your Parents

2010-01-24 Balance - Honor The Sabbath

2010-01-17 Respect - Honor God's Name

2010-01-10 Priorities - No Foreign Gods or Images

2010-01-03

God's Path - 2 Greatest Commandments

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Holiday Stress - For many, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. But not for everybody. December can be tough, if not for you, definitely for someone you know. Don’t miss this series as we find real answers to some of life’s greatest challenges.

2009-12-27 Help, My Family's a Mess!

2009-12-20 Help, I'm Lonely!

2009-12-13 Help, I'm Depressed!

2009-12-06 Help, I'm Worried!

2009-11-29 How Do I Forgive?

2009-11-22 The Hard Side of Thanksgiving

"3:16"
2009-11-15 1:1 -- The Number of Truth

2009-11-08 3:16 -- The Number of Hope

"Family Matters"

2009-11-01 Aging Parents

2009-10-25 Blended Families

2009-10-18 Sibling Rivalry

2009-10-11 Releasing Children