Relationships
Here to There
Six Marks of a Strong Family
June 16, 2019 • Pastor Dave Engbrecht
Healthy families don’t automatically happen. So how do you know if you are on the right path towards being a healthy family? What’s it like to be part of a healthy team? It’s fascinating that secular research fully supports sound Biblical principles on the characteristics of a healthy family. Let’s take the test together and discover what changes and adjustments we need to make to move towards health.
Healing for Damaged Relationships
June 9, 2019 • Pastor Dave Engbrecht
Moving parts can cause friction. Friction creates heat, and heat can cause damage. That’s the way it often works in our relationships. Whether it’s with a friend, at church, at work, with a neighbor or in our family, it’s easy to relationships to become strained. Because God is a God of relationships, He desires His children to work towards healthy relationships. That means for us to take the right steps towards repairing damaged relationships.
You are Welcome
June 2, 2019 • Pastor Tim Veenstra
There is tension building. Wherever there is an established community, it will always be difficult to invite new people into the fold. New people bring different—different customs, different beliefs, and different ways of doing things. At the extreme, new people sometimes don’t share our core values. In the midst of all the tension, can the Body of Christ welcome in new and different?
Building Blocks for Healthy Relationships
May 26, 2019 • Pastor Dave Engbrecht
Healthy relationships aren’t automatic. They don’t just happen. It’s not about being lucky. Healthy relationship take work—hard work. It takes intentionality. It takes time. It takes humility. It takes God’s perfect love flowing through us. Fortunately, God loves us so much that He gives us a blueprint for constructing healthy relationships. When we follow His blueprint and put the building blocks in place, we can move towards healthier relationships and deeper joy.
The Greatest Relationship Killer
May 19, 2019 • Pastor Dave Engbrecht
God is a God of relationships. He desires to have a personal relationship with us. Out of that relationship can come healthy relationships with each other. When our vertical relationship is right, our horizontal relationships become healthier. Yet because of our bent towards sin, we often mess up our interpersonal relationships. Only when we deal with the greatest relationship-killer will we truly experience what God intended for us.
The Hand-Off
May 12, 2019 • Pastor Dave Engbrecht
No one lives to themselves. We didn’t arrive to where we are without others. We won’t get to where we are going without impacting others on the journey. Life isn’t a sprint. It’s a relay. In any relay, the hand-off is essential to winning. Dropped batons ruin the race. Learning to receive the baton correctly and handing it off precisely makes for a winning race.