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//God Can

August 22, 2010 – 2:52 pm

Prayer
Week 5: God Can
August 22, 2010
Pastor Jon Hand

Podcast Listen to Sermon: God Can

Prayer by Philip Yancey. This is one of the best books on prayer that I know of. If you want to go deeper in this area of understanding prayer, please read this book.

Practicing the Presence of God: Learn to Live Moment-by-Moment by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection and introduction and notes by Tony Jones. This book is a classic written by a spiritual leader in 15th Century France. Millions have read this book and have been compelled by the level of spiritual union Brother Lawrence enjoys with God through prayer.

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//Does prayer change me or does prayer change history?

August 15, 2010 – 1:42 pm

Prayer
Week 4: Does prayer change me or does prayer change history?
August 15, 2010
Pastor Jon Hand

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Does prayer change me or does prayer change history?

Prayer by Philip Yancey. This is one of the best books on prayer that I know of.  If you want to go deeper in this area of understanding prayer, please read this book.

Practicing the Presence of God: Learn to Live Moment-by-Moment by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection and introduction and notes by Tony Jones.  This book is a classic written by a spiritual leader in 15th Century France.  Millions have read this book and have been compelled by the level of spiritual union Brother Lawrence enjoys with God through prayer. 

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//Prayer… Does it do Anything

July 11, 2010 – 2:44 pm

Prayer
Week 2: Prayer… Does it do Anything
July 11, 2010
Pastor Jon Hand and Deb Brensinger

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Prayer… Does it do Anything

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//Decision Makers

June 27, 2010 – 9:34 am

Meet the Family
Week 4: Decision Makers
June 27, 2010
Pastor Jon Hand

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Decision Makers

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//Unexpected Peace

June 20, 2010 – 4:39 pm

Meet the Family
Week 3: Unexpected Peace
June 20, 2010
Vern Hyndman

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Unexpected Peace

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//Who do you say that I am?

October 18, 2009 – 6:08 am

“Who do you say that I am?” — Jesus
October 18, 2009
Tucker Brown, MDiv
Mark 8

Secular people tend to think he’s a great guy who made the world a better place, but he’s not God.

Religious people often think he’s God so he’s there to meet our expectations.

Jesus takes a very different angle from the other two perspectives. See Mark 8:34-36

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Who do you say that I am?

Podcast Listen to Music: Music by Stephen Santos

Tucker Brown, MDiv is good friends with our pastor Jon Hand. Tucker and Jon met in theological school and were known for secretly watching funny internet videos on their laptops on nights when the prof was a little boring. The professor always liked Jon and Tucker because they would always laugh hilariously when he cracked jokes….little did he know :)

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//Joy and Happiness

October 11, 2009 – 7:10 pm

Stuck: Joy and Happiness
October 11, 2009
Pastor Jon Hand
Matthew 5:1-16, John 15:11, John 16:24

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Stuck: Joy and Happiness

Podcast Listen to Music: Stuck: Joy and Happiness by Stephen Santos

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//Look Around You

August 30, 2009 – 1:47 pm

Prayer: Look Around You
August 30, 2009
Pastor Jon Hand
Philippians 1:1-9, 3:18-19

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Look Around You

Podcast Listen to Music: Look Around You by Stephen Santos

Digging Deeper:

Book: Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference–Philip Yancey.  Yancey exposes some of the myths about prayer.  Prayer is often shrouded in obligation or guilt for not doing it enough. Or, prayer is used as a means to earn God’s favor so He does what we want Him to do for us.   Prayer is religious hocus pocus to get well meaning people to feel better about their lives. Prayer is a cosmic vibe we send people that really has nothing to do with a personal God.  These are just a few of the myths about prayer that Yancey tackles with a straightforward  thoughtful response.

Question: If you were to ask God one question, what would it be?

Challenge: So prayer seems too hard or boring? Or you don’t buy this Jesus thing. Try this. Pray for 10 minutes a day for two weeks. Read the Gospel of John- one chapter a day for two weeks, journal your thought and ideas. Ask questions of God, ask questions of people who  follow Jesus. You cannot know God without relationally opening yourself up to Him. If you push through the boredom, if you seek out answers when you don’t feel like it, if you seek to experience God in your daily life, I am betting that you will not be disappointed. Try it. Let me (Jon Hand) know if it doesn’t change you for the better in some way.

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//Discover and Embrace Who You Are

August 9, 2009 – 4:03 pm

Be Who You Are: Discover and Embrace Who You Are
August 9, 2009
Pastor Jon Hand
1 Corinthians 12

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Discover and Embrace Who You Are

Podcast Listen to Music: Discover and Embrace Who You Are by Stephen Santos

Digging Deeper:
Here are some tools to take you to the next step in discovering who you are:

Books-

To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future. Dan Allender PhD. God is writing a story in your life using your experiences, passions, parents, pain and joys to shape an unshakable identity in us.

The Power of Uniqueness: Why You Can’t Be Anything You Want To Be-Arthur F. Miller, William D. Hendricks—this book gives you a process for discovering exactly who God created you to be and how to use that to find fulfillment and make your contribution to the world around you.

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron.

Helpful Personality Tests:

www.enneagraminstitute.com—Enneagram looks at what motivates us to do what we do and how to use our natural God given desires to make a mark.

www.ministryinsights.com/purchase-lfys-profiles.php-this profile is meant to help you understand who you are as you work with teams and lead from your greatest abilities.

www.strengthsfinder.com

www.onlinediscprofile.com

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//Judgment

August 2, 2009 – 11:39 am

It Matters: A Jesus Vision of Life - Judgment
August 2, 2009
Pastor Jon Hand
Romans 2:5-11

Podcast Listen to Sermon: Judgment

Podcast Listen to Music: Justice and Love by Stephen Santos

It seems capricious that God would judge all of us and some go to hell unless we believe that God is both 1. Good and 2. Relational.

Can you trust the goodness of God’s ability to judge others? Can you give up trying to judge others and leave that to a good God?

C. S. Lewis said, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ ” Lewis continues, “The doors to hell are locked from the inside.” Problem of Pain page 126. Lewis is saying that God gives us freedom to go in the direction we want to go…he does not force us to spend forever with him. He gives us space to live far away if that is what we choose.

Digging Deeper:
How do you feel about a God who judges people for what they have done or not done?

How do you feel about a God who forgives those who want forgiveness?

What difference does this understanding of God make in your life?

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