Merge
The Community We Are Meant to Be
Part 8 - The Worshiping Community
July 3, 2016 • Pastor Herb Reisig
To often worship can be seen as an individual experience. While it does come out of a strong personal relationship with God, worship is also a highly communal activity that is designed to take place in the Body of Christ as a whole.
Part 7 - The Generous Community
June 26, 2016 • Campus Pastor Herb Reisig
What does it mean to truly be generous? Over the years, the Church has sometimes gone to extremes when dealing with the concepts of possessions and wealth. What Jesus shows us in the Bible is that true wealth is found in Him and gives birth to a spirit of giving.
Part 6 - The Encouraging Community
June 12, 2016 • Campus Pastor Herb Reisig
One of the biggest lies today is that we can find fulfillment on our own. Self-actualization is sometimes seen as the highest goal of human experience, but in the end it falls woefully short. What we see when we read the Bible is that Jesus tells us that humans can only reach our potential by connecting with other people.
Part 5 - The Reconciling Community
June 5, 2016 • David Sulcer
Have you ever had an experience that changed your life? Maybe it changed how you reacted to certain things or how you look at the world. That is how we should be as a Church when we experience the forgiveness of Christ. A community of forgiven and healed people who then turn to the world and become forgivers and healers.
Part 4 - The Serving Community
May 29, 2016 • Campus Pastor Herb Reisig
What is the Church here for? Is it here to compete with the other churches in town? Is it here to get the biggest numbers in the seats every Sunday? In Luke 22, Jesus shows us that to be His followers, we must become servants. As the Church, we are the Body of Christ, and as such, we too must exist to serve the needs of others.
Part 3 - The United Community
May 15, 2016 • David Sulcer
As the Church, we are the Body of Christ, and as such we are reminded constantly throughout the New Testament that we are to be unified. How does this work? In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul tells us that we are to be one, united together in the same Spirit, and pressing toward the same goal.