Send us a text Matthew 9 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a docto...
Aug 09, 2022•53 min
Send us a text Never read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witne...
Aug 03, 2022•44 min
Send us a text Never read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witne...
Jul 26, 2022•55 min
Send us a text Never read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witne...
Jul 20, 2022•48 min
Send us a text Never read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witne...
Jul 12, 2022•43 min
Send us a text (Note: We had some audio issues) Never read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas b...
Jul 05, 2022•43 min
Send us a text 2 Timothy 3: 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[ a ] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Holy Bi...
Jun 27, 2022•49 min
Send us a text Galatians 5: 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Agains...
Jun 27, 2022•52 min
Send us a text Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a week...
Jun 13, 2022•51 min
Send us a text Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a week...
Jun 13, 2022•41 min
Send us a text Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and...
May 31, 2022•35 min
Send us a text Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and...
May 24, 2022•54 min
Send us a text Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and...
May 17, 2022•47 min
Send us a text Fruit of the Spirit Peace Colleen and Corey Gilchrist May 8, 2022 Colleen: Prayed a blessing over all the mothers: Thank you, God for all mothers. I have nothing to offer of peace of my own; Jesus, we want your living peace that roots us that we are enough and loved. I am honored and frightened to be speaking to you about peace: we are having the imposter syndrome because we both don’t have this. We are honored and excited to engage in peace. Here is my daughter’s painting from la...
May 10, 2022•48 min
Send us a text Fruit of the Spirit: Peace Eric Cepin May 8, 2022 Indulge me for a second and think about how you might have the Fruit of the Spirit in your life. Rom 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. A Roman would say with his mouth that Caesar is Lord…Paul knew, however, that they really didn’t believe this. There is another TRUE kingdom and if you want to be saved, you can make a declaration ...
May 10, 2022•47 min
Send us a text Galatians 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekl...
May 04, 2022•39 min
Send us a text Galatians 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekl...
Apr 26, 2022•45 min
Send us a text Galatians 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekl...
Apr 26, 2022•50 min
Send us a text He has risen Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renew...
Apr 20, 2022•30 min
Send us a text Notes coming soon. The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender Center's podcast Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode ...
Apr 13, 2022•42 min
Send us a text Notes coming soon. The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender podcast . Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a ca...
Apr 05, 2022•48 min
Send us a text Mark Crawford 3-27-22 The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender podcast . Holding the Tension: You should also watch Corey and Colleen’s sermon from this morning! Today we will talk about holding the tension between grief and gratitude: last week we talked about these two disciplines. How do we hold the tension? What does that look like? We’re going to look at a few of my stories and expand on how we understand grief and then we will read Psalm 77...
Mar 30, 2022•56 min
Send us a text Grief and Gratitude: Our Story Colleen & Corey Gilchrist 3-27-22 Prayer: Use us as instruments of your peace and that our words would be heard with kindness and mercy. Prevent the enemy from deceiving and distracting us. Our background: We’ve been Villagers for a long time, me since 2007, Colleen longer than I. We’ve both been on the leadership team and our experiences with grief and gratitude. We will not be talking about new content but reviewing what has been discussed and ...
Mar 29, 2022•53 min
Send us a text Grief and Gratitude: The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender podcast . Engaging Eric Cepin 3-20-22 We are in this series, and this is the third week. There is a movie star named Keanu Reeves who is supposed to be a nice guy. When asked where people go when they die, he responded, “What I do know is that the people they leave behind will miss them.” Heb. 10:24,25: A sense of sadness and grief: Dr. Larry Crabb passed away last year, and I spent ti...
Mar 23, 2022•52 min
Send us a text The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender podcast . Eric: Grief and Gratitude are always about loss…you are actually always losing because you are moving forward. Ie: Babies don’t stay babies: this can be a loss and maybe even grief. And more intense losses of spouses, countries, friends, etc. In the world of psychology there are many processes of grief. We've studied it to death! Aren’t grief and gratitude hard to put together? Gratitude will eme...
Mar 15, 2022•45 min
Send us a text The Cross Series (Lent, 2022) The Grief and Gratitude series is based on a podcast series on the Allender podcast . Grief and Gratitude 3-5-22 Rod Hugen In high school bible class, I was invited to pick out a life verse. I had difficulty memorizing things, so I told the teacher I was picking John 11:35, the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” I could memorize that! My teacher laughed and was a good sport but then he assigned me a long verse and gave me after-school detentio...
Mar 08, 2022•52 min
Send us a text This is the last in the series Encounters with Jesus. In my PG, we meditated on the feeding of the 4000 and I wondered what kind of fish they were. Ron Layman said they were Tilapia because at Christmas he wanted to have Jesus’s favorite food so he looked this up. To know this got me into the story. My invitation is during Lent, continue to come back and read through these encounters with Jesus. We are going to talk about Christ on the cross today. We know he’s no longer on the cr...
Mar 02, 2022•47 min
Send us a text Mark 10:17-31 Michael Cousineau 2-20-22 The Rich Young Ruler If you want to talk about this passage in the usual way, listen to the podcast from 2019 evening. I think it was a good sermon! I listened to and I said, “this guy is really on point!” However, today we will do things differently. Let’s go back to kindergarten…put on your imagination hat. Pick our someone you know well, the way the move and talk. Imagine them walking through the door right over there and wave happily and...
Feb 22, 2022•54 min
Send us a text What does it mean to be with Jesus? What are the implications of Jesus’s compassion? Eric’s Story: 9th grade at Rincon HS Physical Science class. There were mostly other students who were not headed to college in this class. Sam had stolen the workbook answer key. He offered it to me, but I declined. A couple of days later, the teacher found out someone had stolen the answer key and asked who had done it. Eric (full of wisdom) raised his hand and told the whole class that Sam had ...
Feb 09, 2022•53 min
Send us a text Support the show The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and...
Feb 02, 2022•51 min
