Carrying Capacity part 2: Sermon # 11
The Church is a gathered to be scattered community. Spirit empowered and anointed ministry to one another…produces fruitful mission to others. We are called to the community of Christ, the called out ones, who find our place and purpose within the building up of the body of Christ. The body of Christ is like a garden, the better the soil, place and elements that are within and about it, the healthier and more fruitful the harvest. The activation of the gifts, the healthy of each member is a sustaining, nourishing, spread out labor of Divine fruitfulness. Bad garden conditions leads to pitiful and pathetic harvests.
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Sue Beck
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Carrying Capacity: Sermon # 10 part 1
1 Corinthians 12 & Spiritual Gifts and the Continuous Flowing Oil of The Church. God has ushered in through Pentecost an outpouring of oil that is designed to empower the church in witness, worship and work. A continuous flow from the olive trees of heaven as the open vision of Zechariah reflects. The people of God, enveloped, empowered and engaged in Spirit activated ministry leads to fruitful mission.
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Bob Griffing
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Ghost Stories: Sermon #9 Dreaming the Dreams of God
The trials and triumphs of dreamers: Acts 2:17-18 ‘In the last days, God says “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.” Dreaming the dreams of God is a process of transformation that almost always involve a journey from the receiving of the Divine plan, to proclamation, to the pit, to the prison and then to the palace and then onto a fuller understanding of the Divine purpose of the dream.
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Ghost Stories: Sermon #8 Samson & the necessity of Spirit-Filled Youth
We continue our series: Ghost Stories: Uncovering the truth about the Presence & Power of the Holy Spirit. This message “Samson and the necessity of Spirit-Filled Youth” is an intense and prophetic appeal for God’s people to see that in the last days the Spirit is poured out on “young men and young women”. The Spirit anoints and indwells the young, the immature, the unexpected, as Samson perfectly represents. This message is not for the persnickety religious types but for those who have felt left out, too odd, too young or too wild for God, the church or even families.
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Special Guest: Rodney McAuley
Rodney oversees Church and Community Engagement responsibilities for the Hillyard Youth For Christ. He is also a leader and active in the Spokane community as a ministry bridge builder, a well recognized voice for racial reconciliation, church unity and regional spiritual awakening. He’s invested his gifts, talents and time into the work of the kingdom of God of many years in the NW.
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Ghost Stories: Sermon #7: There’s Still a God in Gaza
The Holy Spirit comes upon us by grace as the story of Samson, the Harlot and the Gates of Gaza show us. This message is a stirring prophet word of encouragement for those who think God only moves among, within or upon super saints.
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Ghost Stories: Samson: #7 The Spirit-filled Life for the rest of us
Looking at the life of Samson and the refreshing, restoration and regeneration work of the Holy Spirit in the life of an unlikely saint.
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Ghost Stories:: Sermon #6: Power to the Powerless
This is sermon 6 in our series: Ghost Stories: Uncovering the truth about the Presence & Power of the Holy Spirit.
This is a message about how the Holy Ghost brings power to everyday people and the common day to day life. Too often people’s sidestep the person of the Holy Spirit because the stories told often revolve around supernatural activities that seem inaccessible or irrelevant to the duties of everyday life. The power of the Holy Spirit is for everyone, especially those who think or feel they are the “weakest and least” in the community. This sermon is shaped a bit for Father’s Day, but the content is true for all.
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