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Spring of Life Messages
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Episodes
- Spring of Life Messages
Covenant Renewal (January 5th, 2025)
King Josiah makes covenant with the Lord and then follows it up with a removal of all the things that were distorting and distracting from the covenant. When…
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Jesus At The Temple (December 29th, 2024)
We continue on the Christmas story just over a week later, Simeon and Anna speak a word of blessing and truth to Jesus and his parents the first time he comes…
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Christmas Eve (December 24th, 2024)
The lessons and carols format will allow us to reflect on many scriptures we have used in advent. We invite people to see themselves in the lives of Zechariah…
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Unlikely Shepherds - An Unlikely Advent (December 22nd, 2024)
The birth of Christ was first celebrated by humble workers without benefits. Every day people celebrate and participate in the story of God as they did when…
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Curious Magi w/ Bishop Tom Berlin - An Unlikely Advent (December 15th, 2024)
God’s unfolding Grace invites people who seem to be beyond the scope of the faith community into the heart of the celebration. The birth of Christ challenges…
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A Villain - An Unlikely Advent (December 8th, 2024)
Even Herod, the villain has a role in shaping the story of Christ. How do we recognize the Herod within each of our hearts that prioritizes our own wants and…
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Did I Miss It? - An Unlikely Advent (December 1st, 2024)
Zechariah and Elizabeth wonder if the dream they are waiting on will ever come to happen. They had a dream of being parents and they were waiting not passively…
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Give - Earn, Save, Give (November 24th, 2024)
Giving is the goal of earning and saving. Having Christ at the center of every area of our life includes our finances and allows us to have a life filled with…
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Save - Earn, Save, Give (November 17th, 2024)
How do we save in a way that is responsible and not greedy? By saving we look towards a bigger future than our immediate wants and needs. We earn and save with…
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Earn - Earn, Save, Give (November 10th, 2024)
Earn but not at the expense of your health, soul, neighbor, honor God. What is our relationship with money? We work hard to earn money and we need wisdom. This…
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Every Voice Matters - Politics of Faith (November 3rd, 2024)
Jesus spent his ministry seeking out people who were overlooked, forgotten, on the margins. If we believe that everyone is made in the image of God then we…
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Overcoming Partisanship Matters - Politics of Faith (October 27th, 2024)
Jonah can only see the Ninevites as the bad guys. Jonah is an Israelite partisan who can’t understand God’s heart for people beyond his partisan beliefs. God’s…
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Caring For Others Matters - Politics of Faith (October 20th, 2024)
We see repeatedly in scripture a call to care for others. This is an act of worship to God and our shared political life together gives us opportunities to do…
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Understanding Grace (October 13th, 2024)
Nicodemus doesn’t understand grace so Jesus explains it to him in a way that he could understand. How would God describe grace to us today? Our lives look…
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Serve Impactfully - Wesleyan Rooted (October 6th, 2024)
Jesus was a servant who invites us into a life of servant. Truly following God means that we have to be willing to love others through service when it is…
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Embrace Widely - Wesleyan Rooted (September 29th, 2024)
We are able to love others because God loves us. Jesus loved people who were often excluded. This call from God to start with embracing people is connected to…
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Read Faithfully - Wesleyan Rooted (September 22nd, 2024)
Why and how to read the Bible are hotly contested questions. A Wesleyan reading of scripture understands God inspired the authors of the Bible and us when we…
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The History and Composition of the Bible
Join Rev. Mike Luzinski and Dr. Jennifer Holloran as they discuss the history and composition of the Bible.
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The Inspiration of the Bible
Join Rev. Mike Luzinski and Dr. Jennifer Holloran as they discuss the Inspiration of the Bible and how it inspires us today.
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Love Actively - Wesleyan Rooted (September 15th, 2024)
Love is a verb and the life of Jesus embodies what true love is even more than the word agape. Love made real includes acts of mercy and justice. Jesus…
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Wesleyan Rooted - Grow Deeply (September 8th, 2023)
We are called as people of faith to be rooted and grounded in love. This requires spiritual practices to with the goal of growing deeply. John Wesley and the…
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Guest Preachers - Pam McMillan (September 1st, 2024)
Everyone can relate to cleanliness. We'll discover how "spiritual hygiene" helps keep our hearts pure and is just as important as washing our hands. And we…
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Guest Preachers - Rev. Brian Carr (August 25th, 2024)
God can use simples acts of generosity to transform lives and build community in ways that make a kingdom impact.
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Guest Preachers - Pastor Erwin Lopez (August 18th, 2024)
Did you know that MLK Jr. believed there were three main evils in this world? As United Methodists, understanding this is crucial because we have vowed to…
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Guest Preachers - Pastor Iván Gonzalez (August 11th, 2024)
What does love require? children model to us what it means to be a people known for how we love and build one another up? Today we celebrate and honor those…
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Guest Preachers - Alina Saucedo (August 4th, 2024)
Jesus contests preconceived judgements and barriers. She focused on the crowd as an obstacle between him and Jesus. Connect to our mission statement, embracing…
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Our Own Limitations - The Gospel in Toy Story (July 21st, 2024)
We as humans have limitations, many things beyond our control. What do we do in these moments? How do we respond with trust in God? With faith like a mustard…
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Why Would God Want Me? - The Gospel in Toy Story (July 14th, 2024)
Woody is wrestling with a question, “why would Andy want me?” Sometimes we ask the same question of God. Paul wrestles with that question in Ephesians 1. God…
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Insecurity - The Gospel in Toy Story (July 7th, 2024)
Will I be loved if I’m not the best? What if a cooler and newer toy is gifted to Andy? Will we be replaced? We all ask that question in one way or another…
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Nehemiah's Wall (June 30th, 2024)
Nehemiah was a leader who accomplished incredible work for the people of God by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. We can learn a lot about being a leader…
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Healed Together (June 23rd, 2024)
God has called us to work together for the healing of the world and the people around us. Each character had a different role in the miracle, idea, ladder…
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Formed by the Potter (June 16th, 2024)
God has made each of us uniquely and there is nothing we can do to change that. Even when we struggle or make mistakes. We are formed by you going all the way…
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The Baptism of Jesus (June 2nd, 2024)
Jesus is baptized and this offers the most dramatic appearance of the trinity in the gospels. The three persons of the trinity are foundational to…
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Ezekiel Dry Bones w/ Residing Hope (May 26th, 2024)
By the power of the Holy Spirit resurrection is possible even when it looks like we should give up. The prophet Ezekiel offers an inspiring vision of the dry…
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Pentecost (May 19th, 2024)
We’ll tell the story of Pentecost by breaking up the scripture into pieces. A group of people are transformed from anxiously waiting around to becoming…
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The Tower of Babel (May 12th, 2024)
Tower of babel reveals things about human beings and it is a confusing story. The motivation of the people who built the tower and the challenges around…
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Welcoming All - Giving Up On Church (May 5th, 2024)
Statistics clearly show Americans are more lonely and unhappy then they have ever been. It also seems we are more afraid of people who are different than ever…
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Sharing Joy - Giving Up On Church (April 28th, 2024)
It is easy to feel despair in modern America. There are so many things that can steal our joy. God offers us the gift of joy and invites us to share it in…
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Enriching Families - Giving Up On Church (April 21st, 2024)
Most every family is dysfunctional in one way or another. Jesus invited his followers to redefine family in new ways. We believe in enriching families because…
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Healing Hearts - Giving Up On Church (April 14th, 2024)
Too many people have been hurt by the church and unfortunately this is not a new phenomenon. By faith we are invited to experience healing rather than lashing…
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Pontius Pilate - The Third Day (March 24th, 2024)
Pilate meets Jesus and is amazed by how he responds to the accusations brought against him. Pilate washes his hands of the whole encounter. We don’t know the…
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Paul - The Third Day (March 17th, 2024)
Paul lives his life persecuting Christians and believing that the resurrection of Jesus is a scam. It's on that fateful day on the road to Damascus that Paul…
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Cleopas - The Third Day (March 10th, 2024)
On the road to Emmaus, the resurrection of Jesus went completely unnoticed. It wasn't until their perception changed that they recognized him and proclaimed…
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Thomas - The Third Day (March 3rd, 2024)
When Thomas was told of the resurrection of Jesus, the first thing he did was doubt the news saying "until I put my hand into his side, I will not believe."…
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Mary Magdalene - The Third Day (February 25th, 2024)
Mary Magdalene is considered by many to be the "apostle of the apostles", the first one to deliver the news of the resurrection. The hope that Mary held on to…
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Simon Peter - The Third Day (February 18th, 2024)
After experiencing the resurrection, Simon Peter goes back to exactly what he was doing before he first encountered Jesus: fishing. Maybe it was all he knew…
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Serve - Strategy (February 11th, 2024)
We let the Holy Spirit call us to serve, not only with our own gifts but the community around us. The early church was inspired to serve in the same ways that…
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Connect - Strategy (February 4th, 2024)
God changes our lives through more ways than just worshipping together, he leads us into connection with people to help us grow. The second part of Spring of…
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Worship - Strategy (January 28th, 2024)
Strategy is the most essential thing that leads to success. Do I take this continent in Risk? Do I make this deal in Monopoly? Do I trade with this person in…
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Holding On To Hope - Good Grief (January 21st, 2024)
Psalm 23 has some of the most well known verses in the Bible. There's a good reason for that! It's because it's God's promise of guiding us through grief to a…
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Jesus, Man of Sorrows - Good Grief (January 14th, 2024)
It seems almost wrong to say that God experienced grief, but that's exactly what Jesus did.