This week Pastor Eric Hedberg recaps some of the wonderful Navigate experience, and explores the need for reliance on the Holy Spirit. We looked at the Evangelical Covenant Church's Affirmation of a Conscious Dependence on the Holy Spirit... And we talked quite a bit about geese.
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Brady Josephson, a non-profit professional working right now with Chimp in the charity relationship, helps us explore James chapter 3. One of the ways he helped unpack it is by looking at an organization called charity:water.
Pastor Eric looks at three chunks of the book of James, exploring what James has to say about living an authentic faith, the role of works in faith, and the works that are expected to be the natural outpouring of a genuine faith.
We're starting a series on the fascinating book of James. In this first week, Pastor Eric Hedberg gives some background and context and digs in to the first section of the book of James. We begin to look at what it means to live an authentic faith.
This Sunday we spent a little bit of time looking at some Scripture that helps us remember to be thankful in all circumstances, for all things that are from God.
We also opened up the opportunity for folks to Pray. …
Pastor Eric Hedberg wraps up the New Beginnings series looking at the conversion of Saul. We see throughout Scripture God making incredible New Beginnings in peoples lives that affect individuals, groups, towns, huge cities, and even the world.
Pastor Eric Hedberg continues the New Beginnings series looking at the fascinating book of Jonah. Jonah had some incredibly dramatic New Beginnings in his life. Those were a wonderful opportunity for him to get to know God better. Sometimes New Beginnings in our lives help us to understand God better.
In this second week of the New Beginnings Series, Pastor Eric looks at the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. It is a story of a real New Beginning for the woman, one that she cannot not achieve on her own, but only through Christ, the source of living water.
Some men from BC Teen Challenge came and shared with us some stories of what God is doing in their lives through this wonderful organization.
We'd invite you to check out their website if you'd like to learn more about this fantastic organization.
Pastor Eric dives in to the story of the man who lay by the healing pool for 38 years, and Jesus asking the man for an answer out loud, in clear words, to the question "Do you want to be made well?" There is something very different about saying something out loud. It changes our level of commitment, to Jesus, to one another, and to ourselves.