NewChurch Live

Balancing It All Part 1

6/6/21

Balancing It All Part 1: A Look Back And A Look Forward
Join us both online and in-person as we pull everyone together for this special service.  We want to reflect on this past season of COVID, and all the experiences we were forced as a global community to navigate – the blessed and the broken.  God’s singular vison is forever one of unwavering love, a love that seeks to open the eyes of our heart, as we move forward, as a congregation, through and with life’s challenges.

The Wise Child

5/30/21

Is pursuit of the good life about going backward or forward? Jesus tells us that we have to become like a little child to enter the kingdom of heaven, and this Sunday join Curtis Childs as we are going to look at how we can combine a state of childlike innocence with the wisdom of a full life lived.

Learning to Live Gracefully

5/23/21

The Gospel of John begins with an almost annoying repetition of the word “grace.” Part of the good life is undeniably filled with grace-full moments. When God arrives in our lives, no matter how broken we are, apparently so does grace.

Living Your Best Life

5/16/21

There are many paths to “the best life,” and only one that ultimately becomes ours. Along the way we have to balance the demands of that individual pursuit with our connections to our families, communities, churches and the world. The path becomes clearer if we can learn to listen for “the sound of the genuine” in ourselves and others, which we all have the capacity to recognize from God.

We Can Be Unhappy Anywhere

5/9/21

It should bring a knowing smile to recognize that we can make ourselves miserable any time, any place.  Much of that unhappiness grows when we fail to differentiate between living A good life, as God defines it, and living THE good life, as culture defines it. When we focus on attaining THE good life, experience shows that we may never be satisfied because the rules change over time, along with our perspective. Usually we can find more contentment in the long run by just doing the right thing.

Humility as a Way of Life

5/2/21

While it may not sound that exciting, humility actually has immense potential. It's the key to allowing God to bring us into heaven, and is the only truly accurate way to see life. Join Curtis Childs for a discussion about the benefits of bringing humility into our daily routine.

The Territory of Our Kindness

4/25/21

We can often fall into extremes in our relationships with other people where we either put them on a pedestal to be worshiped, or on the stand to be judged. Neither of these options is good for either them or us, but looking for the wider vistas in the space between these extremes expands the territory of our kindness.

To move into that space, we need to choose community over anger as we reclaim "us".

Embracing Our Chance

4/18/21

Sin is not exclusively about weak people who give in, but far more about strong people who refuse to be bothered. How do we allow ourselves to be “bothered” by a chance to do good?

There Is A Hunger In Us, Isn’t There?

4/11/21

Our lives can be guided either by our phobias or our philias; our fears or our connections. People hunger for connection, and this week we will take a look at where God is guiding us in that very direction.

Easter Sunday! : Join Us to Celebrate Life

4/4/21

Join in as we celebrate Easter Sunday with a highly interactive, family service to inspire us to move the joy we feel into the lives we live. In this way, life can begin again right here!