The Gospel and Shame | God and Our Bodies | Dr. Curt Thompson

May 7th, 2023  |  51 mins 40 secs

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For Part 3 in our God and Our Bodies series, special guest speaker, Dr. Curt Thompson, guides us on the topic of The Gospel and Shame, focusing on how shame shapes us.

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Moving Away from Condemnation | God and Our Bodies | Pastor Sherin Swift

April 30th, 2023  |  56 mins 34 secs

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In the second week of this series, we continue to explore the ways our spirituality is connected to our sexuality and the ways this profound connection gets twisted. Pastor Sherin explores the way Jesus confronts these distortions without the condemnation we come to expect in religious spaces.

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The Connection between Spirituality and Sexuality | God and Our Bodies | Pastor Rich Villodas

April 23rd, 2023  |  54 mins 23 secs

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In this series, we will explore the connection between spirituality and sexuality. Pastor Rich opens our series with a message focused on the big picture. We will learn why this is a vital issue to prayerfully examine, and identify essential truths from scripture to help us follow Jesus faithfully in this area of our lives.

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Reimagining Resurrection - Pastor Shauna Rushing

April 16th, 2023  |  52 mins 12 secs

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As we continue to celebrate our risen Jesus, we are invited to reimagine what resurrection means for our lives in seasons of transition, loss, and pain. Like Mary Magdalene in her encounter with Jesus outside of the garden tomb, Jesus wants to give us eyes to see new possibilities.

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The Resurrection of Jesus Makes All Things New

April 9th, 2023  |  37 mins 29 secs

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Welcome to Resurrection Sunday at New Life! Today's message is all about the good news that all can be made new in Christ. We’re excited to worship with you and hear a message from Pastor Rich!

The Work of Justice

April 2nd, 2023  |  43 mins 15 secs

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This Sunday, Pastor Rich closes our Good and Beautiful and Kind series. We explore the call to justice in a fractured world.

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Becoming a Calm, Loving Presence

March 17th, 2023  |  53 mins 54 secs

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This Sunday, Pastor Rich leads us through the next them in our Good and Beautiful and Kind Series. In a world that is torn apart by anxious reactivity, we wexplore what it means to remain close to God, to ourselves, and to one another. Please take some time to read through John 15 before Sunday.

Powers and Principalities

February 27th, 2023  |  53 mins 58 secs

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Pastor Andre continues our lenten series based on Pastor Rich's book entitled Good and Beautiful and Kind. He explores powers & principalities as invisible forces that fracture our visible existence and how the gospel empowers us to do the work of resisting their schemes.

Humility: Lowering Our Defenses

February 27th, 2023  |  52 mins 38 secs

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This Sunday, Pastor Rich leads us through Philippians 2––a passage of scripture known as the Christ hymn. He shares how Jesus models and invites us into a life marked by humility. This series will have important implications for all of our relationships, and how we move toward the wholeness we desire.

Sin: The Fracturing of Reality

February 19th, 2023  |  47 mins 43 secs

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This Sunday, we begin a new series entitled Good and Beautiful and Kind that will take us through the season of Lent. Pastor Rich will open the series focusing on Sin. We explore ways to better understand this word and the good news that opposes it in our lives and the world. Please take some time to read through Romans 3.

Wise Counsel and Discernment

February 1st, 2023  |  49 mins 51 secs

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In this sermon, Pastor Andre explores the essential role community and seeking wise counsel play in our decision-making when discerning God's will.

Prudence and Discernment

January 25th, 2023  |  43 mins 17 secs

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The 3rd part in our #discernment series is all about what it means to "use our heads" as we seek to discern God's will.

Discernment: Learning to Listen to Your Heart

January 15th, 2023  |  44 mins 47 secs

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In this sermon, Pastor Rich explores the importance of understanding and discerning the movements of our heart as an important element of discerning God's will. This sermon explores commonly held ideas about the role of our feelings in gaining clarity about the direction God is calling us to move towards. Pastor Rich is preaching from Phillippians 2:12-13. Feel free to spend some time in the passage.

Discernment: Delighting in God’s Will

January 10th, 2023  |  48 mins 8 secs

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To kick off the new year, Pastor Rich leads us in a new sermon series entitled Discernment: Learning How to Discover God’s Will. If you are facing important decisions that require special direction from the Lord, this is a series you don’t want to miss. Pastor Rich will be preaching from Psalm 40:1-8.

Advent - The Gifts of John the Baptist

December 23rd, 2022  |  42 mins 25 secs

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Despite John the Baptist's austere lifestyle being wildly off-brand for the holiday season, John brings three gifts we need this Christmas. This Sunday, guest speaker Jason Gaboury, Director of Alumni Relations with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, will continue our series through Advent with a message on John the Baptist.

Advent: The Surprising Call of Mary

December 13th, 2022  |  49 mins 29 secs

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This week, pastor Rich continue our series through Advent. We explore the surprising way God encounters Mary, and how God encounters and invites us to be part of his bigger story.