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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired And Then….

September 12, 2021

Passage: Luke 24:13-32
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired by the Fish Stories

August 29, 2021
Jesus's instructions to us are to look outside ourselves, outside our comfort, and find his promise and support in the work that we do to bring all people into our…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 21:1-13
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired by Gospel Stories

August 22, 2021
People who grow up as Christians sometimes miss out on the experience of encountering the Gospel for the first time. For the woman at the well, being known and seen…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 4:7-24
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired by the Resistance Stories

August 15, 2021
The Bible is peppered with stories of resistance, of people in the midst of oppression or suppression somehow finding ways to express some power. The book of Esther is one…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Esther 1
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

When the Advice is Unhelpful

August 8, 2021
As we continue Rachel Held Evans's book Inspired, we look at Job's friends, or "How NOT to be helpful".
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Job 10-11
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired at Beer LaHoi Roi

July 11, 2021
Hagar and Ishamael run from Abram and Sarai's house. Rachel Held Evans teaches us to not forget their story as we search for the magic of the Bible.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Genesis 16:1-15
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired at the War Stories


Preacher : Nathan Willard
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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