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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology

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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
2016 Church Identity

Caring Within and Serving Beyond

May 15, 2016
The spirit touched us all. Each of our gifts comes together to form one body that is a Welcoming Church Family, Exploring Progressive Christian Theology, Caring Within and Serving Beyond.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Serving Beyond Life

May 8, 2016
Paul makes a passioned argument for what Christ's resurrection means for our bodies. We will be transformed at the end of time, he says. But in light of Christ's failure…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Corinthians 15: 51-56
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Love Is Challenging

May 1, 2016
Paul's meditations on love remind us that love is not always comfortable. Image: Socrates bekijkt zichzelf in een spiegel, Bernard Vaillant, Jusepe de Ribera, 1672, via the Rijksmuseum.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Corinthians 13:1-14
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Stewards Together

April 24, 2016
On the Sunday after Earth Day, how does our Progressive Christian Theology bear on our stewardship of creation?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Finding a Way

April 17, 2016
What does it mean to explore progressive Christian Theology? One thing is that it means understanding that the Bible was written in a time and a place, within its own…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 17:1-4
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Open Your Eyes. Then Open Them Again

April 10, 2016
Sometimes, we need to look with fresh eyes at the people and stories all around us. The graphs about dialogue in films can be found at polygraph.cool/films
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 3:1-10
Service Type: Sunday Worship
2016 Church Identity

Welcoming Choices

April 3, 2016
After being told that the kingdom wasn't being restored immediately, the disciples realized the world they had prepared for was not the world they lived in any longer. So they…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 1:1-14
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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