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#349: Restorative Prayer

Listen to this informative podcast led by Pastor Nic as he sits down with two guests from our prayer team, Christina Sekutowski and Jean Collins, to discuss resources for prayer at High Point as well as a new restorative prayer program. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchurch.org/podcast](http://highpointchurch.org/podcast) Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ([https://midwestcoll...

May 23, 202453 minEp. 349

#348: Engage & Equip Live // Drawing Close to God // April 2024

Nic's Slides: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/2/0e17982004_1714490198_240422-engage-and-equip-live.pdf Engage and Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ( https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night )...

Apr 30, 202454 minEp. 348

#347: Parenting, the Holy Spirit, and the Occult

Join our student ministries team of Paxton, Amber, and Pastor Mike as they discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in parenting and combating the allure of the occult with the power of the Gospel. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchurch.org/podcast](http://highpointchurch.org/podcast) Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ([https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)]...

Mar 27, 202439 minEp. 347

#346: Digital Intentionalism and a Way of Disciplineship [AMA]

Listen as Pastor Adam Darbonne and Pastor Nic Gibson take another look at the sermon and the remaining AMA questions from February 18, 2024, the last sermon from the Technopoly series. 6:10 - Please elaborate on what you mean when you say things like “the technopoly is trying to control you”? 14:18 - What is your foundation for, and purpose in, directing our awareness to some cabal of elites being in control of this? At what point can we talk about demonization? 27:41 - What do you think is the ...

Feb 20, 20241 hr 14 minEp. 346

#345: Monona Oaks Town Hall Meeting

This episode is a recording of the Monona Oaks Town Hall Meeting from February 4, 2024. If you’d like any more information on this topic, or see any of the documents referenced during this meeting, go to highpointchurch.org/mononaoaks. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ( https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-ni...

Feb 05, 20242 hr 17 minEp. 345

#344: Monona Oaks FAQs

Monona Oaks Community Church has voted to give their building to High Point Church, and in this episode of E&E, Nic and Mike answer some of the FAQs about the situation as we prepare for the upcoming congregational vote as to whether or not receive the building. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ( https://midwestcollective.bandc...

Feb 02, 20241 hr 2 minEp. 344

#343: Technopoly, Faith, and the Way of Jesus [Cutting Room Floor + AMA]

This episode is a combination between Cutting Room Floor and an Ask Me Anything. Listen as Adam and Nic dive deeper into the content and cover some of the questions from last Sunday, January 28, from the sermon: Technopoly, Faith, and the Way of Jesus. The AMA portion begins at the 23 minute mark. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wro...

Feb 01, 202458 minEp. 343

#342: Engage & Equip Live // Outreach // January 2024

Listen or re-listen to the main session talk from the Engage and Equip Live main session from Nic and Adam on Outreach. This Engage and Equip Live was on January 29, 2024. Reference the episode notes for Adam's slides and handout. Adam's Slides: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/2/0e17040312_1706636234_240129-engage-and-equip-live.pdf Handout on Spiritual Conversation Starters: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/2/0e17040351_1706636691_240129spiritualconver...

Feb 01, 202445 minEp. 342

#341: All About Anxiety Part 6: Chronic Anxiety Within Organizations

This is the sixth episode of our series we are calling “All About Anxiety”, talking about how anxiety affects us as people, but more importantly: how it affects us as Christians. This episode is a recording of a training that Nic did with the staff of High Point Church on chronic anxiety within organizations. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed...

Jan 24, 202455 minEp. 341

#340: All About Anxiety Part 5: Anxiety as an Opportunity and Embodied Maturity

This is the fifth episode of our series we are calling “All About Anxiety”, talking about how anxiety affects us as people, but more importantly: how it affects us as Christians. In this episode, Jill and Becca talk about anxiety as an opportunity to grow in maturity, and how maturity works to counteract and heal anxiety and its roots. Here is the packet from the retreat: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/l/0e16995885_1705509722_leaders-retreat-practices-packet-anxiety-as-an-...

Jan 17, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 340

#339: All About Anxiety Part 4: Jesus and Our Anxiety

This is the fourth episode of our series we are calling “All About Anxiety”, talking about how anxiety affects us as people, but more importantly: how it affects us as Christians. Join Becca Cooks and Pastor Mike Beresford as they talk about how the peace of Jesus frees us from our anxiety. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ( ht...

Jan 10, 20241 hr 23 minEp. 339

#338 All About Anxiety Part 3: Anxiety Between People

This is the third episode of our series we are calling “All About Anxiety”. This episode is a recording from a training that pastor Nic Gibson gave to the staff team of High Point Church, where he talks about the way anxiety affects relationships between people, and how to interact with those who are anxious. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed...

Jan 03, 20241 hr 16 minEp. 338

#337: All About Anxiety Part 2: Anxiety in Individuals

This is the second episode of our series we are calling “All About Anxiety”, talking about how anxiety affects us as people, but more importantly: how it affects us as Christians. This episode, Nic Gibson and Becca Cooks talk about the difference between the psychological definition of anxiety and biblical fear and worry, which we would define as anxiety, and how to deal with it as Christians. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find mor...

Dec 20, 20232 hr 22 minEp. 337

#336: How to Save the Holy Day from the Holiday [Cutting Room Floor]

Join us for this Cutting Room Floor episode to hear more from Nic about his sermon on Sunday: How to Save the Holy Day from the Holiday. The theme of this sermon was that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. We will review the first two points and cover the third, and spend some time highlighting eight different ways to give offerings at a local church. You can view the slides from Nic’s sermon here: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/2/0e16879779_1702220943_231210-sermo...

Dec 15, 202357 minEp. 336

#335: All About Anxiety Part 1: Peace of God, Peace with God

This is the first episode of our new series we are calling “All About Anxiety”, talking about how Anxiety affects us as people, but more importantly: how it affects us as Christians. This episode is a repost of a sermon that Pastor Nic Gibson gave on October 29th, 2023 about how to have Peace of God and Peace with God and how that relates to Anxiety and Fears in our lives. If you would like to access Nic’s slides, click here: https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/21096/uploaded/2/0e16727424_169...

Dec 13, 202344 minEp. 335

#334: All About Anxiety Trailer

Welcome to our new podcast series all about anxiety. At High Point, we believe that part of the role of our pastors and leaders is to equip saints for the work of ministry. What that means is that we believe YOU are called to do the work of ministry, be it volunteering as a small group leader, mentoring, leading teens in youth group, serving at our reception desk, hosting, etc. We believe that the people of High Point Church make up doing the ministry of High Point Church. Our hope of this new s...

Dec 08, 20233 minEp. 333

#333: Managing Anxiety part 2: Solutions and Results

Pastor Nic and Erin explore the biblical narrative of anxiety, the solutions there are to managing it well, and the results that can come from doing so. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchurch.org/podcast](http://highpointchurch.org/podcast) Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ([https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)](https://music.midwestcollective.us/trac...

Oct 18, 20231 hr 18 minEp. 332

#332: Managing Anxiety part 1: Definitions and Its Problems

Pastor Nic defines anxiety from a variety of perspectives and fleshes out the numerous problems that it can cause on both an individual and corporate level. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchurch.org/podcast](http://highpointchurch.org/podcast) Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ([https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)](https://music.midwestcollective.us/...

Oct 18, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 332

#331: Oaks Summer Event: Processing your Emotions with God and Others

Take a look at the Oaks Summer event from August 4 at High Point Church. The talk in this episode is from our senior pastor, Nic Gibson, and the director of Oaks Ministry Collaborative, Jill Reasa, on processing our emotions with God and others. If you would like to listen to Dani Ebben’s talk from this event all about Identifying Our Emotions, click the link below: https://oaks-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/bonus-identifying-our-emotions-with-dani-ebben You can learn more about Oaks at highpo...

Sep 15, 202354 minEp. 331

#330: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood part 4: Gender Identity

For this parent training, Nic Gibson explored how God uses gender to reveal His glory as well as how the Christian can engage with culture on this topic alongside teenagers. Take a look at the slides Nic references during the podcast: https://s3.amazonaws.com/account-media/21096/uploaded/2/0e16308460_1692295466_230802parent-training-sexuality-and-gender-identity.pdf Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchur...

Aug 18, 202357 minEp. 330

#329: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood part 3: Shepherding Teens in a Genderless Culture

In this podcast, Nic talks about how modern gender ideology conflicts with the Biblical vision for gender and encourages parents and shepherds of teens to engage more deeply with this important topic. This podcast features Pastor Nic being interviewed by Curtis Diller, a parent of teens and elder of the Church, along with Paxton Bauer, the Student Ministries Director. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchu...

Jul 25, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 329

#328: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood part 2: June Parent Training

Our aim with this training was to understand what the Bible says about biblical manhood and womanhood. Young adults are constantly bombarded with gender ideology counter to the Biblical narrative, so their guardians must be equipped to counsel them in light of that worldly pressure.

Jul 07, 20231 hr 17 minEp. 328

#327: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood part 1: Raising Children in a Gender Fluid Culture

While the Bible teaches that male and female are core pieces of the human identity, our culture today is challenging that such categories are helpful or even real. This podcast explores how God uses gender to reveal His glory as well as how the Christian can engage with culture on this topic alongside teenagers. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at [highpointchurch.org/podcast](http://highpointchurch.org/podcast) Mus...

Jun 30, 20231 hr 6 minEp. 327

#326: Interview With Mike Woodruff from Christ Church

Pastor Nic, Andy, and Pastor Mike Woodruff from Christ Church in Illinois discuss service, evangelism, futurism, and more in this interview. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—Before The Night, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong ( https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night )...

May 10, 20232 hr 46 minEp. 326

#325: Do Not Give Up on Your Healing! [Cutting Room Floor]

The Cutting Room Floor is a mini-series focused on exploring topics from Sunday sermons more in depth. This is the stuff that's on the cutting room floor—things that needed to be removed from the sermon due to time.

Mar 30, 202337 minEp. 325

#324: What Is Oaks?

Jill and Nic introduce the Oaks podcast which exists to bring biblical clarity on psychological issues and equip the local church to be a rehabilitative community for people who are in the healing process. Oaks Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ve9ze5Kbz34vR3hdZZ6Mc?si=dbd54b3d0dda4687 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oaks-podcast/id1672867804 Get connected into rehabilitative relationships for your healing process at highpointchurch.org/oaks. Email your quest...

Feb 21, 202334 minEp. 324

#323: Engage and Equip Live // January 2023

Welcome to Engage and Equip Live! This is a recording from our most recent E&E on January 31, 2023. Pastor Mike, Nic, and Estel talk about hospitality. Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

Feb 14, 202344 minEp. 323

#322: Parenting Children Through Anxiety & Depression (Pt. 2)

On this podcast, Abby Romersberger, Curtis Diller, and Paxton Bauer tee up the Febuary 22nd Parent Training by answering questions from the previous training about Christian parenting and anxiety. Abby also outlines her perspective as a clinical counselor on how Christ, psychology, and parenting can all come together to benefit teens as they walk through anxiety.

Feb 09, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 322

#321: Contemplating and Emulating the Good [Cutting Room Floor]

The Cutting Room Floor is a mini-series focused on exploring topics from Sunday sermons more in depth. This is the stuff that's on the cutting room floor—things that needed to be removed from the sermon due to time.

Feb 02, 20231 hr 11 minEp. 321