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INTRODUCTION    A  Last week, we looked at what a healthy church is?  How would we/should we define “healthy church”?  … According to the GCI Equipper … A healthy church is focused on Jesus and is being led by him in the Great Commission of loving our neighbors, sharing the teachings of Jesus, and growing

    Discussion QUESTIONS    What does “healthy church” mean to you?  What are some of the traits of a healthy church?  What are some of the indicators that a church is healthy?   What would make you return to a church that you’ve visited?   What are some of the traits of a toxic church?  What

A Message from Our Home Office   … by GREG WILLIAMS, President of GCI  Program Transcript … +   Have you ever been accused of being stubborn?  I’m sure we’ve all had our moments.  My wife and I sometimes joke around about which one of us is more stubborn.  Truth be told, it’s me.   Stubbornness often gets

A Message from Our Home Office  … by Heber Ticas In our mission to engage with the world, we must remember that we don’t “take” Jesus to places.  Rather, we join Him where He already is.  Just as God was present in Jacob’s ordinary place, Jesus is already at work in our neighborhoods.  Knowing all

    The Gospel in Peas A Gospel presentation, based on five words that begin with the letter ‘P” … Purpose, Problem, Provision, Potential and Promise. Purpose … God’s Purpose  … Relationship made in God’s image Our Father Our God, His people live forever Problem … Man’s Problem … Separation Isaiah 59:1-3 Ezekiel 18:4,20 Romans

A Message from Our Home Office     Michelle tells the story of Doubting Thomas, who needed physical proof to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.  When Thomas finally met Jesus, he believed and acknowledged Him as Lord.  Learn how we can relate to Thomas’s doubts and ask Jesus for help, and discover how doubt can be overcome

    Holy Saturday places us in an uneasy but honest space. After observing Good Friday and revisiting Jesus’ crucifixion and death, we naturally begin to anticipate Easter and the celebration of resurrection. Yet Holy Saturday interrupts that movement. It asks us to pause between what has ended and what has not yet begun. This

A Message from Our Home Office …   Program Transcript … +     Good Friday   Some stories break our hearts.  Some stories hold our hearts.  But there are a few stories, like this one, that change our hearts forever.  On Good Friday, we gather at the foot of the cross, where the depth of human suffering

OPENING SONG OPENING PRAYER   OPENING COMMENTS WELCOME and THANKS for joining us. Tomorrow is Good Friday — the day many Christians use to remember the day Jesus Christ suffered and died for us … on our behalf. So … Today is Maundy Thursday — the day we remember and reflect upon what happened, and

PLEASE NOTE:  The article below was copied from the Grace Communion International website (gci.org).  Some words and sections of the text have been highlighted for emphasis.   Incarnational Trinitarian Theology: A Brief Outline We believe that theology should be rooted in the Bible, especially the New Testament.  We see a reliable theology articulated by Irenaeus, Athanasius,