Pain & Gain - You Need People & People Need You | Amanda Duenk
The quality of our lives increases when we have quality relationships. Inviting people into your mess doesn’t make you weaker, it makes you smarter.

The quality of our lives increases when we have quality relationships. Inviting people into your mess doesn’t make you weaker, it makes you smarter.
Our faith is what saves us, it initiates reconciliation with God through Jesus. But having true faith changes your heart which then changes your actions. So what about your faith? Is it active or stagnant? This message will give you four practical ways to keep your faith alive and active.
It doesn’t matter how much you serve in the church, in your community, how hard you work to be good. If you're filling your heart and mind with the wrong things, you will reap the rewards of what you take in. In this message, Pastor Jeff gives us five ways to choose spiritual health instead of junk.
The most dangerous place for us to be as human beings is when we dehumanize each other and simply see others as 'them' instead of 'one of us.' This week we challenge you to pay special attention to how your heart is when dealing with conflict. Do you bless or curse the other person? Do you still see them as a person made in the image of God?
Pride promises to make us bigger, better, and more important. And we chase that feeling daily. It's in the process of chasing pride or puffing up our ego that we are stripped of our ability to connect with others or connect with God.
If your goal is to annihilate the other person, you do not speak for true Jesus based justice. True justice in the eyes of Jesus ends with growth and redemption.
God doesn’t want us to merely be gifted men and women who are outwardly empowered, he wants us to be individuals who are inwardly transformed. David's story shows we need to choose trust and mercy when we're confronted by our enemy. David chose to stay faithful to God even when it didn’t fully make sense and even when it felt like it was totally undeserved. How can you choose trust and mercy in your circumstances?
Hate is easy. Unity is hard. What would happen if we didn't cancel things or avoid things in our lives but rather acknowledged them and learn to grow from them? How we handle pushback and people will be a clear definition of what type of person you will be.
In the story of Joshua, we see what it means to be relentlessly resilient and how choosing comfort over a relentless faith will always leave you with unfulfilled dreams. We also got to celebrate a few baptisms from our community!
Resiliency is a learned behaviour that we have to fight for. Take a listen as Pastor Amanda talks about Paul and his amazing tenacity and shares practical tips on how to grow in your grit. Chapters: 0:00 - Worship 07:19 - Pre-Message Video (Leslie Knope Walks on Ice - Parks and Recreation) 09:16 - Message 39:39 - Video Moment (Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2015 MacArthur Fellow) 41:10 - Message 43:38 - Worship 57:58 - Credits...
While we all sin and fail, it's what we do with our moments of failure that matters most. This week we'll be talking about two of Jesus' followers who both failed miserably when Jesus was murdered, but they both took a very different approach to how to reconcile their action. Chapters: 0:00 - Worship 14:08 - Message 47:35 - Worship 53:54 - Message (cont.) 55:58 - Credits
The good news of Easter isn’t the death on the cross. It’s the hope that comes from Jesus conquering death for each of us despite our rebellion and contribution to chaos. Because of this we never have to face anything alone, we never have to face anything with fear, and there is nothing that can stop us. Chapters: 0:00 - Pre-show 01:19 - Announcements 03:59 - Easter Experience (The message and worship portion of the service are merged together.) 01:01:23 - Communion 01:10:50 - Credits...
In this series, we're covering everything that makes up The Project's DNA - Who We Are. Every week we'll be going through one of our foundational goals and giving you practical steps on how to live that out in your community. This week it's about developing leaders who develop leaders. In order to invest in others, you need to be willing to invest your time in others. To be patient with people as they navigate the roads you already know. And if you want to be invested in, it's paramount that you...
In this series, we're covering everything that makes up The Project's DNA - Who We Are. Every week we'll be going through one of our foundational goals and giving you practical steps on how to live that out in your community. This week it's about cultivating a life-changing community. There is a need for community at our core and we need other people to meet our full potential. When we can't carry the weight of life on our own, which will happen at some point, we need a community to help us carr...
In this series, we're covering everything that makes up The Project's DNA - Who We Are. Every week we'll be going through one of our foundational goals and giving you practical steps on how to live that out in your community. This week it's about alleviating suffering and injustice in our city and the world around us. We also have our friends from Youth Rise, Adeara Recovery Centre and Shiloh share about the work they're doing in the city and how we can help make Edmonton a better place. Chapter...
In this series, we're covering everything that makes up The Project's DNA - Who We Are. Every week we'll be going through one of our foundational goals and giving you practical steps on how to live that out in your community. This week it's about increasing the number of young adults in Edmonton who know Jesus. Chapters: 0:00 - Pre-show 6:44 - Worship 18:33 - Message (pre-message video: "March Again" ft. John Legend (Beauty and the Beast Parody) | The Tonight Show" - https://youtu.be/uni-PJVW45g...
Your relationship could suck and you wouldn’t even know it. Relationships – all of them – are risky. But, there are some things we can learn to pay attention to so we can limit the risk of unnecessary pain, hurt, disappointment, and/or regret 0:00 Worship 6:57 Message 1:01:10 Pastor Tomas' Farewell 1:15:17 Worship 1:30:56 Credits
A Jesus based life is always worth it, but it's not always easy. Because while we are always forgiven, the standard of forgiveness changes for us as well.
If you want to date well - date in community. Because your closest friends are crucial to the health of your single and dating life. 0:00 Pre-show 6:05 Worship 13:42 Message 43:31 Worship 54:35 Credits Disclaimer: It's been brought to our attention that some devices have trouble playing the audio in this video. We've found that changing the device's sound output (ex: listening through headphones or a separate speaker) has helped with this issue.
Sex is easy, being vulnerable is hard.
You need someone and someone needs you.
To be courageous is a reality that’s developed inside of you when no one is asking you to save them. Here are a series of questions to ask yourself that'll help you develop your heart to be courageous when it counts.
Not paying attention to your thoughts and how you think is one of the worst things you can do. Here are 3 simple steps you can take to ensure you develop a healthier mind this year. Mental Health Resources: hcc.by/mentalhealth Words To Live By Statements: hcc.by/wordstoliveby
Here are some practical steps to help you rediscover hope for your life in 2021.