August 18, 2024 • Willy Verduzco • Isaiah 53:10–12, Isaiah 54:1–5, John 12:24, Hebrews 12:2
Willy Verduzco from Origen Church in Guadalajara, Mexico - part of our Confluence family of churches - encourages us as a family of churches to sow the seed of our lives, just as Jesus did, for the joy of many people coming to know Jesus and his love. He encourages us from the book of Isaiah to "enlarge our houses" and to fix our eyes on Jesus and his mission.
Session 2 - Rhys Scott
August 17, 2024 • Rhys Scott • 1 Kings 19:1–8, 1 Kings 19:15, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:1–2, 1 Kings 18:36–40
Rhys Scott from Trinity Central Church in Vancouver, BC - part of our Confluence family of churches - takes us on a tour of the life of Elijah, helping us see the deep and amazing truth of God's great care for his people. God walked with Elijah in times of triumph, depression, and recommissioning. As individuals, as churches, and as a family, God is doing the same with us. Rhys calls us to be open to God resetting us, calling us and recommissioning us into mission.
Session 1 - Bo Noonan
August 16, 2024 • Bo Noonan • Philippians 4:4–23, 2 Corinthians 11:21–29, Philippians 3:7–11
Bo Noonan kicks off Celebration NW 2024 by laying out the biblical vision of how being churches rooted in joy will lead us into the mission of Jesus. Joy is the awareness of the grace of Jesus, and as we see throughout the life of Paul, that awareness of grace brought a contentment that allowed him to endure all things so that many could come to know Jesus.
