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What Does Jesus Smell Like?
03/17/2024 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Crowded Table by Highwomen Father, Let Your...
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Taste & See
03/10/2024 Exodus 12:1-20 Kendall Vanderslice Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Open Unto Me by Thurman/Chambers Centering Prayer by...
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To Hold and Be Held
03/03/2024 John 13:18-30 Ty Wrage Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This is My Father’s World by Babcock Leaning...
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Finding God in the Sound of Silence
02/25/2024 1 Kings 19:9b-18 Toph Banke Playlist from February 25, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Amazing Grace...
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The Difference Between Looking and Seeing
02/18/2024 Mark 8:22-25 Chris Breslin Slides from February 18, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering From the Dust...
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Wildflowers & Everything All At Once
02/11/2024 Mark 9:2-9 Chris Breslin Slides from February 11, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Crowded Table by...
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Robots & Root Canals
01/28/2024 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin Slides from January 28, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Centering Prayer by...
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God is Already at Work (and so are you)
01/21/2024 Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin Slides from January 21, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering All Shall Be...
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Cold Coffee, Kitchen Tables, & Being Known Before You Even Knew It
01/14/2024 John 1:43-51 Chris Breslin Slides from January 14, 2024 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering In Christ There...
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(Dis)located Love
12/24/2023 John 1:14 Chris Breslin Slides from December 24, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Silent Night by...
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That Ancient Joy
12/17/2023 John 1:9-13 Ty Wrage Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Simeon by The Jonah Project Hark! The Herald...
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Advent’s Pointing Finger
12/10/2023 John 1:6-8; 29-34 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering He Comes by Porter’s Gate Worship Canticle...
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To Cast Away the Works of Darkness
12/03/2023 John 1:1-5 Toph Banke Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Shepherds & Angels by The Jonah Project Sing...
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Muir Christianity (St. John Muir)
11/26/2023 Psalm 31:1-8 Ty Wrage Slides from November 26, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering New Wonders by...
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Coming to Life (St. Ignatius of Loyola)
11/19/2023 Psalm 139 Chris Breslin Slides from November 19, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Centering Prayer by...
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Follow the Child (St. Maria Montessori)
11/12/2023 Isaiah 11:1-9 Meg Hoffman Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Peace Like a River by Traditional Great is...
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The Price of Liberty (St. Ida B. Wells)
11/05/2023 Esther 4:4-17 Toph Banke Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Have Mercy by Paper Horses Canticle of the...
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Pastor Meg Ministry Transition Announcement
11/05/2023 Pastor Meg announces her transition into a new ministry with Lilly Endowment’s Christian Parents and Caregivers Initiative. We’ll...
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Love, Actually
10/29/2023 Matthew 22:34-40 Chris Breslin Slides from October 29, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come All Ye...
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The Difference Between Paying & Praying
10/22/2023 Matthew 22:15-22 Chris Breslin Slides from October 22, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Take It Easy...
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Pilgrimage of Pain & Hope Testimony: Anna & Toph Banke
10/22/2023 Anna & Toph Banke Consider being a part of Oak Church’s Pilgrimage on November 10-12, 2023 (in...
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A Crowded Table
10/15/2023 Luke 14:7-24 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Crowded Table by The Highwomen All Ye Refugees...
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Vines, Stones, & Fruit
10/08/2023 Matthew 21:33-46 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Our God is Present by White All Ye...
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Holding it Together
10/01/2023 Colossians 1:15-23 (the Message) Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering All Things New by Red Mountain...
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Season of Creation Testimony: Josh Cadorette
10/01/2023 Josh Cadorette Sharing experiences of encountering God through Creation.
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The Grace of Time
09/24/2023 Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Ty Wrage Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Take it Easy by Porter’s Gate Worship Bring...
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Season of Creation Testimony: Elizabeth Christenson
09/24/2023 Elizabeth Christenson Sharing experiences of encountering God through Creation.
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Hallelujah, y’all!
09/17/2023 Psalm 148 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Let Them Praise the Name of the Lord...
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Season of Creation Testimony: Natasha Arnold
09/17/2023 Natasha Arnold Sharing experiences of encountering God through Creation.
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Human Propensities & Good Bones
09/10/2023 Genesis 2:25-3:7 & Romans 8:18-25 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering A Way to You (Isaac...
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Season of Creation Testimony: Janna Starr
09/10/2023 Janna Starr Sharing experiences of encountering God through Creation.
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The God of Creation, Labor, & Rest
09/03/2023 Genesis 1:1-2:9 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering All Creatures of Our God & King by...
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The Subversive Act of “Knowing”
08/27/2023 Exodus 1:8-2:10 Toph Banke Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Jesus Loves the Little Children/He’s Got The Whole...
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Dogs are Sheep Too
08/20/2023 Matthew 15:21-27 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Breastplate of St. Patrick by Porter’s Gate Worship...
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(Not Quite) Walking on Water
08/13/2023 Matthew 14:22-33 Hannah Wheeler & Justin Farmer Music for Sunday’s worship gathering In Christ There is No...
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Saved By Grace (& Potlucks)
08/06/2023 Matthew 14:13-21 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Earth is Yours by Gungor This is...
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A Church in This Place
07/30/2023 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin Slides from July 30th. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Peace Like a...
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Liminal Space & Agreeing In Spirit
07/23/23 Romans 8:12-25 Meg Hoffman Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Your Love Is Strong by Foreman Take It...
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Growing & Sowing
07/16/2023 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Thomas Kortus Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Slow Me Down by Porter’s Gate Worship...
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Paradoxology
07/09/2023 Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Restore Us Again by...
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Peace That Surpasses Understanding
06/25/2023 Matthew 10:24-39 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering All of Your Ways Are...
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Our New Ordinary
06/18/2023 Romans 5:1-8 Meg Hoffman & Brodie Heginbotham Music for Sunday’s worship gathering You Hold it All Together...
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But Sick People Do
06/11/2023 Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Joy by Caesar...
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Welcome to Ordinary
06/04/2023 Matthew 28:16-20 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Slow Me Down by Porter’s Gate Worship Project...
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Wayfarers, Truth-tellers, Vivifiers
05/28/2023 Acts 2:1-13 & Galatians 5:13-26 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Flourishing by McCracken This Joy...
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Oak Folk Testimony: Nicole Kamrass
05/28/2023 Nicole Kamrass Sharing experiences of encountering Jesus.
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Light, Both Visible and Invisible
05/21/2023 Matthew 5:14-16 Mark Acuff Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Little Light of Mine by Traditional The...
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Vulnerable, Fed, & Led
05/14/2023 John 21:12-19 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Breastplate of St. Patrick by Porter’s Gate...
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Chosen, Blessed, Broken, Given
05/07/2023 Luke 24:28-35 Justin Farmer Music for Sunday’s worship gathering A Way to You (Isaac of Nineveh) by...
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Deep Roots & Strong, Weird Networks
04/30/2023 Ephesians 3:16-19 & 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin Slides from April 30, 2023 Music...
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Oak Folk Testimony: Hannah Wheeler
04/30/2023 Hannah Wheeler Sharing experiences of encountering Jesus.
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A Good Gate Makes Good Neighbors
04/23/2023 Romans 12:9-21 Chris Breslin Slides from April 23, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Fifty Miles of...
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Oak Folk Testimony: Justin Farmer
04/23/2023 Justin Farmer Sharing experiences of encountering Jesus.
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Resurrection is a Team Sport
04/16/2023 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin Slides from April 16, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Open Unto Me...
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Oak Folk Testimony: Nicole Kallsen
04/16/2023 Nicole Kallsen Sharing experiences of encountering Jesus.
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The Clap & the Clasp (Easter)
04/09/2023 John 20:1-18 | John 11:17-27 Chris Breslin Easter Baptism Worship Gathering
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Through Eyes That Have Cried (Easter Vigil)
04/09/2023 John 20:1-18 | John 11:17-27 Meg Hoffman Easter Morning Vigil
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A Holy Intersection (Good Friday)
04/07/2023 Curt Lowndes Stations of the Cross with the Gathering Church View stations program
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The Doorway to Salvation
04/02/2023 John 12:12-18 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Daughters of Zion by Porter’s Gate Worship Project Hail...
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Vine, Vinter, & Wine
03/26/2023 John 15:1-8 Chris Breslin Slides from March 26, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Brother Sun by Porter’s...
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An Extraordinary Shepherd
03/12/2023 John 10:1-21 Meg Hoffman Slides from March 12, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Slow Me Down by...
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An Illuminating Presence
03/05/2023 John 8:1-12 Chris Breslin Slides from March 5, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering I Want to...
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A Significant Journey
02/26/2023 John 14:1-8 Chris Breslin Slides from February 26, 2023 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering From the Dust by...
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Sowing Seeds of Transfiguration
02/19/2023 Matthew 17:1-9 Natasha Arnold Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Transfiguration by Stevens Come Thou Fount by Robinson The...
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The Keys to the Kingdom
02/12/2023 Matthew 5:21-37 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Your Love is Strong by Foreman Just a Closer...
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Tasting & Seeing the Kingdom
02/05/2023 Matthew 5:13-20 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering In Christ There is No East or West by...
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Anticipating the Kingdom
01/29/2023 Matthew 5:1-12 (The Message) Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Blessed are the Merciful by the Porter’s...
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Confessions of Love (St. Augustine of Hippo)
01/22/2023 1 Corinthians 13 Wilco de Vries Music for Sunday’s worship gathering They Will Know We Are Christians...
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Reflections from Pastor Meg’s Staybatical
Testimony by Pastor Meg Hoffman after her Winter 2022 Sabbatical.
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The Unassuming, All-Consuming Kingdom of God
01/15/2023 Revelation 5 Natasha Arnold Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Hope of the Poor by Kimbrough Father, Let Your...
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Kings & the God of Gifts (Tres Reyes Magos)
01/08/2023 Matthew 2:1-12 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Joy by Caesar Peace Like a River, traditional...
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Anticipating the Unexpected
12/18/2022 Isaiah 7:10-16 Natasha Arnold Slides from December 18, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Silent Night by Mohr...
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Joy Springs Up
12/11/2022 Isaiah 35 Chris Breslin Slides from December 11, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Psalm 126 by Bifrost...
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Life in the Peaceable Kingdom
12/04/2022 Isaiah 11:1-10 Chris Breslin Slides from December 4, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come All You Weary by...
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Life is Advent
11/27/2022 Isaiah 2:1-5 Chris Breslin Slides from November 27, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Lo How A...
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The Kingdom of God is a Neighborhood (St. Fred Rogers)
11/20/2022 Mark 10:13-16 Natasha Arnold Slides from November 20, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Brother by The...
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The Saving Blood of Jesus (St. Julian of Norwich)
11/13/2022 Hebrews 10:19-24 Meg Hoffman Slides from November 13, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering It Is Well...
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Upside Down & Backwards (St. Libba Cotten)
11/06/2022 Matthew 13:44, 51-58 Chris Breslin Slides from November 6, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Freight Train...
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A Great Cloud & Tiny Drops
10/30/2022 Hebrews 12:1-2 Chris Breslin Slides from October 30, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering When the Saints...
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A Parable for the Powerful
10/23/2022 Luke 18:9-14 Justin Farmer Music for Sunday’s worship gathering They Will Know We Are Christians by Scholtes Come...
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The Ministry of Needling
10/16/2022 Luke 18:1-8 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering How Long? by Bifrost Arts What a Friend We...
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A Well-Making Faith
10/09/2022 Luke 17:11-19 Chris Breslin Slides from October 9, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Open Unto Me...
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Resting in the God of Naps
10/02/2022 Exodus 20:8-11 Natasha Arnold Slides from October 2, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come Light Our...
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Parables of Redemption
09/25/2022 Luke 16:19-31 Jesse Rudy (Redeem International) Slides from September 25, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This...
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How to Win Friends and Influence People?
09/18/2022 Luke 16:1-13 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Little Light of Mine by Folk Standard Peace...
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Celebrating with the God Who Loses
09/11/2022 Luke 15:1-10 Chris Breslin Slides from September 11, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Father, Let Your...
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Introducing Oak Pastoral Intern: Natasha Arnold
09/11/2022 Testimony: Natasha Arnold Get to know Natasha: I am originally from Olathe, Kansas and it is considered part...
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…lose it, all, right away, every time…
09/04/2022 Luke 14:25-33 Chris Breslin Slides from September 4, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Woke Up This...
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Feasting This Fall (Blessing of the Books)
08/28/2022 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Chris Breslin + Blessing of the Books testimony panel (Charlotte Ellison, Sara Baker, Stephanie Holmer,...
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A Good Day To Be Set Free
08/21/2022 Luke 13:10-17 Chris Breslin Slides from August 21, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Restore Us Again by...
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The Weather & What God Is Up To
08/14/2022 Luke 12:49-56 Chris Breslin Slides from August 14, 2022 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Enclosed by You by...
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When & How God Arrives
08/07/2022 Luke 12:32-40 Chris Breslin Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Oil in My Vessel by Traditional arr. Thompson Just...
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Breslin Sabbatical Recap
08/07/2022 Pastors Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin share a Q&A about the Breslin’s summer sabbatical.
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We Are the Body
07/31/2022 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Meg Hoffman Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Leaning on the Everlasting Arms by Showalter/Hoffman Peace...
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Human Bricks
07/24/2022 Nehemiah 8 Brodie Heginbotham Music for Sunday’s worship gathering How Long? by Bifrost Arts No Not One (Trad. Arr....
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Standing In The Right Place
07/17/2022 Nehemiah 5 Natasha Arnold Music for Sunday’s worship gathering In Christ There Is No East Or West (Trad....
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Climate and Community [Avery Davis Lamb]
07/10/2022 Nehemiah 2 Avery Davis Lamb Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Little Light of Mine (Traditional) All Creatures of...
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Chivalry Is Dead
07/03/2022 Ezra 10:1-6 Brodie Heginbotham Music for Sunday’s worship gathering God So Loved by We The Kingdom No Not One (Traditional)...
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The Wall In Your Head [Dr. Stephen Chapman]
06/26/2022 Ezra 9 Stephen Chapman Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This Joy by Shirley Caesar Be Thou My Vision...
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How To Have An Enemy
06/19/2022 Ezra 4:1-5 Brodie Heginbotham Music for Sunday’s worship gathering In Christ There Is No East or West (Traditional...
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Repairing & Remaining
06/12/2022 Ezra 3 Sabrina Chan Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Jesus Lifted Me by Elizabeth Cotten Praise to the Lord,...
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Inauspicious Beginnings
06/05/2022 Ezra 1:1-5 Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube Music for Sunday’s worship gathering They Will...
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Trust in the Slow Work of God
05/29/2022 Ephesians 1:15-23 Chris Breslin Slides From May 29, 2022 Music for Sunday’s Worship Gathering: May the Mind...
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Where Pentecost Happens (St. William Seymour)
05/22/2022 Acts 2:1-13 Justin Farmer Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Woke...
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Where We Start From
05/15/2022 Revelation 21:1-6 Chris Breslin Slides from May 15, 2022 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music...
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2022 Oak Graduate Blessing
05/15/2022 Testimony Short recognition and testimonies from 8 graduates in our church community.
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The Tunic Maker & the Tanner [Kaitlyn Schiess]
05/08/2022 Acts 9:36-43 Kaitlyn Schiess Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering This...
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The Kingdom Work of Play
05/01/2022 Matthew 18:1-5 Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Slides from May 1, 2022 Music...
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The Confusing New Newness of It All
04/24/2022 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Slides from April 24, 2022 Music...
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From the Depths
04/17/2022 – Easter Sunday Psalm 130 & Luke 24:1-12 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. ...
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Those Who Hate Peace
04/15/2022 – Good Friday Psalm 120 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube.
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A Borrowed Donkey & a Weeping Messiah
04/10/2022 – Palm Sunday Psalm 126 & Luke 19:28-44 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. ...
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God Surrounds Us
04/03/2022 Psalm 125 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Enclosed...
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Flourishing on the Way
03/27/2022 Psalm 128 Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Take...
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When We Get There
03/20/2022 Psalm 122 Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Fifty...
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Building the House of Tomorrow
03/13/2022 Psalm 127 Meg Hoffman Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Kingdom...
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Cultivating a Quieted Heart
03/06/2022 Psalm 131 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Leaning...
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A Feature, Not A Bug
02/27/2022 Luke 9:28-36 Chris Breslin Slides from February 27, 2022 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music...
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Of Good Measure
02/20/2022 Luke 6:27-38 Chris Breslin Slides from February 20, 2022 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgroves’s Y’all Saints sermon on Ann Atwater Watch...
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A Level Place
02/13/2022 Luke 6:17-26 Brodie Heginbotham Slides from February 13, 2022 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music...
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The Fellowship Haul
02/06/2022 Luke 5:1-11 Chris Breslin Slides from February 6, 2022 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music...
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Some Great Thing vs. A Local Gospel
01/30/2022 Luke 4:21-30 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Peace...
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Jesus’ One Sermon
01/23/2022 Luke 4:11-21 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Hail...
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Whatever He Tells You
01/16/2022 John 2:1-11 Rev. Dorothy Clark Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Music for Sunday’s worship gathering...
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Seeing and Praying in the New Year
01/02/2022 Visio Divina with Matthew 6:9-15 Chris Breslin Slides from January 2, 2022 Watch the whole worship gathering...
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Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols with the Gathering Church
12/24/2021 Genesis 1:1-5 | Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 | Luke 1:26-38 Curt Lowndes, Brodie Heginbotham, & Elizabeth Swett Order...
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A Promise & A Calling
12/19/2021 Luke 1:39-55 Brodie Heginbotham Slides from December 19, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. ...
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Instead of Armoring Up
12/12/2021 Luke 3:6-18 Chris Breslin Slides from December 12, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. ...
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A Cosmic Christmas (Oak Kids Christmas Pageant)
12/05/2021 Communion homily by Chris Breslin Slides from December 5, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube....
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Always Only Advent
11/28/2021 Luke 21:25-36 Chris Breslin Slides from November 28, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. ...
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Strange Birds & the God of ‘Extra’ (St. Flannery O’Connor)
11/21/2021 John 6:1-16 Dr. Dan Train Slides from November 21, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube....
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The Lord is With You (St. Harriet Jacobs)
11/14/2021 Luke 1:26-38 Brodie Heginbotham Slides from November 14, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch...
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Creating a Durable Life Together (St. Benedict of Nursia)
11/07/2021 Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Breslin Slides from November 7, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch...
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Y’all Saints: Communion of Saints
10/31/2021 Hebrews 12:1-2 Meg Hoffman Slides from October 31, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch...
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Agents of Instead-ness
10/24/2021 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Fruitful Self-Control
10/17/2021 2 Peter 1:1-9 Chris Breslin Slides from Sunday October 17, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via...
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Fruitful Gentleness
10/10/2021 Titus 3:1-7 Brodie Heginbotham Slides from Sunday October 10, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube....
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Fruitful Faithfulness
10/03/2021 Romans 1:13-17 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Repost: Kate Bowler at Oak Church
To celebrate Kate’s new book, No Cure for Being Human, listen in to this archived unedited version of The Road...
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Fruitful Goodness
09/26/2021 Genesis 1 Meg Hoffman Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Fruitful Kindness
09/19/2021 Romans 2:1-4 Chris Breslin Sermon slides Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak...
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Fruitful Patience
09/12/2021 Romans 5:4-6 Brodie Heginbotham Sermon slides Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak...
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Fruitful Joy & Peace
09/05/2021 Romans 15:13 Chris Breslin Sermon slides Meet Pastoral Intern Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via...
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Fruitful Love
08/29/2021 Romans 8:35-39 Chris Breslin Sermon slides with Blessing of the Books Prayers. Watch the whole worship gathering...
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A Cure for Face-Blindness
08/22/2021 Acts 9:1-22 Stephanie Holmer Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Money, Magic, & ‘Illegitimi Non Carborundum’
08/08/2021 Acts 8:4-25 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Can I Be a Witness?
08/01/2021 Acts 6:8-15 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Fragments of Heaven
07/25/2021 Acts 6:1-7 Andre Franklin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Everything About This New Life
07/18/2021 Acts 5:17-32 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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The Currency of a New Kingdom
07/11/2021 Acts 4:37-5:16 Brodie Heginbotham Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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The Just One Justices
07/04/2021 Acts 4:5-22 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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The Good Shepherd & the World Communion
06/27/2021 John 10:1-18 Meg Hoffman Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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“But This is How God…”: Peter & the Spirit’s Jazz
06/20/2021 Acts 3:17-4:5 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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We Give What We Have
06/13/2021 Acts 3:1-16 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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We Are How We Eat
06/06/2021 Acts 2:42-47 Justin Farmer Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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This is That
05/30/2021 Acts 2:22-41 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Gardens, Grenades, & Google-Translate
05/23/2021 Acts 2:1-21 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Considering the Lilies
05/16/2021 Matthew 6:16-34 Meg Hoffman Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Learning to Talk and Listen to God [Will Willimon]
05/09/2021 Matthew 6:1-15 Will Willimon Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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New Plans for the Nonviolent Kingdom
05/02/2021 Matthew 5:38-48 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Concrete Good News
04/25/2021 Matthew 5:17-20 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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This Little Light of Mine
04/18/2021 Matthew 5:13-16 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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The Sermon on the Parking Lot
04/11/2021 Matthew 5:1-12 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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The Beautiful/Terrible Resurrection
04/04/2021 John 20:1-18 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Descending Theology: The Resurrection by Mary Karr
From the far star points of his pinned extremities, cold inched in—black ice and squid ink— till the hung...
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The Beautiful/Terrible Cross (Good Friday)
04/02/2021 with the Gathering Church Psalm 22 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this...
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What Do I Do with this Anger?
03/28/2021 Psalm 94 Sabrina Chan Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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The Poet Thinks About the Donkey by Mary Oliver
On the outskirts of Jerusalem the donkey waited. Not especially brave, or filled with understanding, he stood and waited....
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Who Gives You Thanks from the Grave?
03/21/2021 Psalm 6 Yudai Chiba Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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VI. Domine, Ne In Furore by Malcolm Guite
Whose mercy wakes me at the break of day? I feel my weakness, all my bones are vexed And...
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What Keeps You Up At Night?
03/14/2021 Psalm 4 Charlene Brown Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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Epilogue by Christian Wiman
The more I think the more I feel reality without reverence is not real. The more I feel...
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Teach us to Number our Days: A Story of Pandemic Parenting in 3 Acts
03/07/2021 Psalm 90 Chris Breslin Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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Bright Field by R.S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way...
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Our Last Words and the Words After That
02/28/2021 Psalm 61 Chris Breslin Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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How I Talk to God by Kelly Belmonte
Coffee in one hand leaning in to share, listen: How I talk to God. “Momma, you’re special.” Three-year-old touches...
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It’s Both Better & Worse Than We Thought
02/21/2021 Psalm 51 Chris Breslin Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch...
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Late Results by Scott Cairns
From 02/21/21 (Lent 1) worship gathering. Paired with Psalm 51. We wanted to confess our sins but there were...
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Ash Wednesday Evening Prayer
02/17/2021 A collaborative worship gathering with the Gathering Church Curt Lowndes Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube....
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An Outward-Facing Intimacy (St. Valentine)
02/14/2021 1 John 4:7-21 Meg Hoffman (Godly Play lesson) & Chris Breslin (homily) Watch the whole worship gathering...
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Healing Power with & from Intimacy
02/07/2021 Mark 1:29-45 Chris Breslin & Calvin Gross (testimony) Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this...
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The Ministry of Bear-poking & Tooth-extraction
01/31/2021 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin Slides from January 31, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch...
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Kitchen Tables & Sea Shores
01/24/2021 Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin Slides from January 24, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch...
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God Knows Us
01/17/2021 John 1:43-51 Yudai Chiba Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Epiphany Means Revelation
01/10/2021 Mark 1:4-11 Chris Breslin Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly...
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Los Tres Reyes Magos (testimony by Pastor Ricardo Correa)
On this Epiphany Sunday, we were joined for a brief testimony by Pastor Ricardo Correa (CANU) as he shares...
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Son of God & Son of Mary
12/20/2020 Luke 1:26-38 Yudai Chiba Slides for December 20, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Hark the Herald...
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Hope & Joy Collude (Advent 3)
12/13/2020 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin Slides for December 13, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Angels We Have...
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The 3mph Kingdom Coming (Advent 2)
12/06/2020 Mark 1:1-8 Chris Breslin Slides for December 6, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Lord is...
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Staying Awake for a Change (Advent 1)
11/29/2020 Mark 13:24-36 Chris Breslin Slides for November 29, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come, Thou Long...
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No Mechanic of the Flesh: Suffering with & for Nagasaki (St. Takashi Nagai)
11/22/2020 John 16:32-17:5 Yudai Chiba Takashi Nagai (永井 隆) was a Catholic physician specializing in radiology, an author,...
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A Ministry of Stirring the Pot (St. Pauli Murray)
11/15/2020 Matthew 12:1-14 Meg Hoffman Pauli Murray was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, a women’s...
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A Deliberate & Liberative Rest (Oak Church 6th Anniversary)
10/25/2020 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin Oak Folk Testimonies by Brynn Pendrak, Joey Morningstar, & Carolina Kammel Slides from October...
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A Fellowship For All People (St. Howard Thurman)
10/18/2020 Philemon 4-11, 17 Byron Cogdell Howard Thurman was an African-American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader....
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Never Alone
10/11/2020 John 14:15-29 Yudai Chiba Godly Play at Home Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Pass Us Not...
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Introducing Nate Hood (Oak Church Resident Artist)
Alexandra Burchette introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Nate Hood is from Matthews, NC, the home of the...
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A People Who Bear the Kingdom’s Fruit
10/04/2020 Matthew 21:33-46 (Proper 22) Chris Breslin “It is very easy to be servants of the word without...
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Introducing Bethie Figgie (Oak Church Resident Artist)
Pastor Chris introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Bethie Figgie is from Bellingham, WA, the home...
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Don’t Call Me a Saint (St. Dorothy Day) [D.L. Mayfield]
09/27/2020 Psalm 126 D.L. Mayfield Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a...
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Introducing Sayde Anderson (Oak Church Resident Artist)
Congregational liaison Alexandra Burchette introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Sayde Anderson is from Denver, Colorado...
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Confusing Grace: God’s Vast Conspiracy of Enoughness
09/20/2020 Matthew 20:1-16 (Proper 20) Chris Breslin “All my stories are about the action of grace on a...
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Never Forget Mercy
09/13/2020 Matthew 18:21-35 (Proper 19) Chris Breslin Testimony and introduction of Yudai Chiba (2020-21 Pastoral Intern) “Through my memory...
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Like the Gentiles & Tax Collectors
09/06/2020 Matthew 18:15-20 (Proper 18) Justin Farmer Godly Play at Home Practical Tips and Resources for Hand Copying...
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God Loves You & Has a Cross Planned for Your Life
08/30/2020 Matthew 16:21-28 (Proper 17) Chris Breslin “Jesus gives his disciples a new barometer.” Whereas the God’s people’s...
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The Cross & the Mustard Seed (Blessing of the Books)
08/23/2020 Matthew 13:31-33 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin Godly Play at Home Practical Tips and Resources for Hand...
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A Persistent Prayer for Humble Access
08/16/2020 Matthew 15:21-28 (Proper 15) Chris Breslin We do not presume to come to this your table, O...
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God Moves on the Water
08/09/2020 Matthew 14:22-33 (Proper 14) Chris Breslin “Faith is not a characteristic. Faith is not a personality trait....
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The Ordination of Meg Hoffman
08/02/2020 Psalm 68:4-6a Rev. Meg Hoffman & Rev. Chris Breslin Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Nothing to Fear...
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The Resurrection & the Life: Jesus & Vacant Tombs [Andy Byers]
07/26/2020 John 11:14-44 Rev. Dr. Andy Byers Slides for July 26, 2020 Godly Play at Home More...
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Forgiven-ness & Sheep-Feeding
07/19/2020 John 21:9-19 Chris Breslin “Kichijiro who has been the Judas figure throughout, turns out to be Fr....
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More Than What It Currently Is
07/12/2020 Ephesians 3:10-21 Charlene Brown “The “rulers and authorities”— both the earthly authorities and their shadowy heavenly counterparts—...
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God’s Breath in Breathless Times
07/05/2020 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin “Hope sounds like a song in a weary throat.” -Pauli Murray Slides...
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The Restorative Judge
06/28/2020 Acts 10:34-43 Chris Breslin “In his appearing we find neither a dualist rejection of the present world nor...
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The Gifts of the Ever-Present Christ
06/21/2020 Ephesians 4:1-16 Chris Breslin “ stripping off garment after garment, making himself naked, then flashing...
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Jesus Grabbed Me By the Wrist
06/14/2020 John 11:1-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears. Jesus’ wasteful tears.”...
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The Healing Wounds of Jesus
06/07/2020 Isaiah 53 Chris Breslin “God’s ‘yes’ will always have the final say over our ‘no.’ God’s justice...
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The Imitation of Mary [Chris E.W. Green]
05/31/2020 Passages from Luke 1 & 2 Dr. Chris E. W. Green Slides from May 31, 2020 Godly...
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Walk This Way: Resurrection, Scripture, and Eating with Jesus by Fr. Mike Boone
Fr. Mike Boone passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday May 26, 2020 at his home in Bremerton, WA. He was...
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Lord, Teach Us To Follow
05/24/2020 Mark 8:27-35 Joe Longarino Godly Play at Home More resources on Faith and the Apostles’ Creed:...
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This Is My Father’s World
05/17/2020 Luke 15:11-32 Chris Breslin “It’s the unlimited power to be there, to be faithful to and for...
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Beautiful, Credible Friends
05/10/2020 1 Peter 2:2-10 Chris Breslin Slides from May 10, 2020 Godly Play at Home More resources...
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Intense, Immersed, Intimate, & In Awe
05/03/2020 Acts 2:42-47 Dr. Linda Gorham Dr. Linda F. Gorham is the President and Founder of Spring in...
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The Stranger on the Road
04/26/2020 Luke 24:13-35 Christian DaPonte Godly Play at Home Download Songs for Good Friday by Oak Music ...
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Peace, Even in Lockdown
04/19/2020 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin “When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man....
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[Repost] Slow Church w/C. Christopher Smith
Five years ago (4/16/15) we hosted C. Christopher Smith for a talk and potluck conversation (sponsored by Duke Divinity...
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Do Not Be Afraid
04/12/2020 Matthew 28:1-10 Chris Breslin “I’m neither an optimist nor a pessimist, Jesus Christ is risen from the...
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Love So Amazing (Good Friday audio version)
Video version available via Youtube Slides of Featured Artwork Presentation Song: “Daughters of Zion” By Isaac Wardell, Erin Rose...
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Worshipping the God Who is Working Even When We Can’t See It (Palm Sunday)
04/05/2020 John 12:12-19 Kurt Bubalo Testimony by Jessica Farmer Godly Play at Home More resources for the...
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The Fast We Didn’t Choose
03/29/2020 Isaiah 58:5-10 Chris Breslin “The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up...
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Lament in a Time of Coronavirus [Amy Peterson]
03/22/2020 Lamentations 1 Amy Peterson Amy Peterson is a writer, teacher, and postulant living in Durham, NC. Her...
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The Language of Community [Richella Parham]
03/08/2020 1 John 1:1-9 Richella Parham “The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive...
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Hammer is the Prayer
03/01/2020 Philippians 4:4-9 Chris Breslin “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against...
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Transfigurate
02/23/2020 Psalm 99 & Matthew 17:1-9 Chris Breslin “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and...
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Discipleship for Losers*
02/16/2020 Psalm 119:1-9 & Matthew 5:21-37 Chris Breslin “Only the cross as God’s truth about us makes us...
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Kingdom Values and the Valuable Cross
02/02/2020 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 & Matthew 5:1-12 Chris Breslin “To be a Negro in this country and to...
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An Extraordinary Call
01/26/2020 Psalm 27 & Matthew 4:12-23 Chris Breslin “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us...
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The Mindset of Christ
01/19/2020 Genesis 1:26-27 & Philippians 1:27-2:12 Stephanie Holmer Sermon Resources Slides for January 19, 2020 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond...
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Ecclesia Network National Gathering 2020 Update
01/19/2020 Testimony Christian DaPonte Ecclesia Network
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Open Eyes & Open Ears
01/12/2020 Psalm 29 & Matthew 3:13-17 Chris Breslin “Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of...
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The Bread of Tears
12/22/2019 Psalm 80 Dave Crispell This Sunday’s Songs Do You Hear What I Hear? by Regney/Baker Little Drummer...
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Songs of Hope & Joy
12/15/2019 Songs of Hope & Joy Matthew 11:2-11 Chris Breslin “Joy builds on the past and borrows from...
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In the Days to Come
12/01/2019 Isaiah 2:1-5 Chris Breslin “To practice Advent is to lean into an almost cosmic ache: our deep,...
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Imaging the Invisible God (St. Macrina)
11/24/2019 Colossians 1:15-20 Chris Breslin Macrina the Younger (c. 330 – 19 July 379) was a nun in...
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Learning to Love Like Jesus Loved (St. Rich Mullins)
11/17/2019 Philippians 2:5-11 Christian DaPonte Rich Mullins was a Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana....
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Crucified with Christ in Community (St. Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
11/10/2019 Galatians 2:20 Chris Breslin Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor, theologian, underground seminary-founder, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member...
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Praying Times (St. Ann Atwater) [Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove]
11/03/2019 Luke 18:1-8 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Ann Atwater was an American civil rights activist in Durham, North Carolina. She became an...
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Another Ring (5th Anniversary)
10/27/2019 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin “Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally...
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Peace Within Your Walls
10/20/2019 Psalm 122 Christian DaPonte Christian DaPonte is Oak Church’s Pastoral Intern for the 2019-20 academic year from...
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A Home for God
10/13/2019 Psalm 132 Chris Breslin “You have formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they...
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The Holy Everywhere and the Holy Here
10/06/2019 Psalm 48 Chris Breslin “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”...
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The Hope of the Poor Will Not Die
09/29/2019 Luke 16:19-31 Chris Breslin I say móre: the just man justices; Keeps grace: thát keeps all his...
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Gotta Serve Somebody
09/22/2019 Luke 16:1-13 Chris Breslin “he unjust steward is nothing less than the Christ-figure in this parable, a...
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Homecoming
09/15/2019 Luke 15 Chris Breslin “I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where...
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Counting the Cost in the Kingdom
09/08/2019 Luke 14:25-33 Chris Breslin “Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Pragmatism, legalism,...
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[Repost] Jeremy Begbie at Oak Church
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Duke Initiatives in Theology and Arts, we’re revisiting this sermon by Jeremy...
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The Kingdom of God Has Come Near
09/01/2019 Luke 10:1-20 Yucheng Bai Yucheng Bai is a doctoral student in World Religions in the Duke University...
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Teach & Establish (Blessing of the Books)
08/25/2019 Psalm 90 Chris Breslin “Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come,...
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The End is Where We Start From
08/11/2019 Revelation 22 Chris Breslin With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling ...
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Here and Now
08/04/2019 Revelation 21:1-22:5 Mindy Erdmann Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room by McGhee Your...
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Enemies, not Rivals
07/28/2019 Revelation 20 Chris Breslin “There are two angels with a (hu)man—one of righteousness, and the other of...
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Hallelujah Anyhow
07/21/2019 Revelation 19:1-10 Chris Breslin “For us, refers to something much more like the human tendency, the...
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The Apocalyptic Ordinary
07/14/2019 Revelation 17:3-18 Sarah Neff Behold the Lamb collage artwork by Chris Breslin (2019) Songs for Today’s...
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Follow the Lamb Wherever He Goes
07/07/2019 Revelation 12:1-17 Chris Breslin “Jesus was faced with these same questions, but when he was asked to...
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The Art of the Interlude
06/30/2019 Revelation 10-11 Andre Franklin Andre Franklin is the pastor and planter of Vinea Church. The Franklins (wife...
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Songs, Scents, & Silence
06/23/2019 Revelation 8:1-5 Chris Breslin “Hope is a song in a weary throat.” -Pauli Murray “I wanted...
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The Lamb Will Be Their Shepherd
06/16/2019 Revelation 6-7 Chris Breslin “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic...
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Gathered Around the Throne
06/09/2019 Revelation 4&5 Chris Breslin “Christians worship with a conviction that they are in the presence of God....
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Identity Crisis
06/02/2019 Revelation 2 & 3 Jeremiah Dodson “Revelation is not about the antichrist, but about the living Christ....
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Past, Present, & Future
05/26/2019 Revelation 1:12-20 Chris Breslin “Christ is the center and at the center.” -Eugene Peterson “Jesus is...
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Can I Get a Witness?!
05/19/2019 Revelation 1:1-11 Chris Breslin “The imagination is our way into the divine Imagination, permitting us to see...
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A Magnifying Life
05/12/2019 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin “My mother and grandmother taught me to ignore Mother’s Day (a commercial gimmick)...
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What’s So Great About This Commission?
05/05/2019 Matthew 28:16-20 Chris Breslin “Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were...
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Scary Good News
04/28/2019 Matthew 28:1-10 Chris Breslin “Those who had thought they were alive now discover that what they took...
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Evergreen (Easter Sunday)
04/21/2019 Isaiah 11:1-10 Chris Breslin “Resurrection means the worst thing is never the last thing.” -Frederick Buechner ...
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Walk With Me (Good Friday)
04/19/2019 Chris Breslin “The symbol of the cross in the church points to the God who was crucified...
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A House of Prayer
04/14/2019 Matthew 21:1-17 Matthew Rehnborg (Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues...
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Eternity Already
04/07/2019 Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Breslin (Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues...
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The Unfamiliarity of the Christian Life
03/31/2019 Matthew 25:10-13 Andre Franklin (Bumper music:God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues featured...
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Everything is on the Table
03/24/2019 Matthew 22:1-14 Chris Breslin (Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues...
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Insouciant Grace
03/17/2019 Matthew 20:1-16 Chris Breslin (Bumper music:God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues featured...
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As You Forgive Those
03/10/2019 Matthew 18:15-35 Matthew Rehnborg (Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues...
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
03/03/2019 Luke 9:28-36 Chris Breslin “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” -Elvis Costello (maybe, or David...
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Farm Faithfulness
02/24/2019 Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 Chris Breslin “The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often...
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A Gospel Economy
02/17/2019 Luke 6:17-26 Matthew Rehnborg “The situation of the soul in contemplation is something like the situation of...
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The Pains of Being Pure of Heart
02/10/2019 Isaiah 6:1-11 Chris Breslin “Holy ground is dangerous ground. The holy is never, never something of God...
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Instigators of Jubilee
02/03/2019 Luke 4:21-30 John Chandler John Chandler is the Marketing and Communications Director for Help One Now, an...
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Epiphany & Jubilee
01/27/2019 Luke 4:14-21 Chris Breslin “A Sabbath is a weekly Jubilee during which the powerful are humbled and...
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New Year, New You…Same God
01/20/2019 Isaiah 30:1-5, 12-22 Charlene Brown Season Resources: Joy is for Epiphany, tooby Miroslav Volf (Christian Century) Living...
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Through Waters
01/13/2019 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Sarah Neff “The Epiphany story that most tempts my memory is the story of...
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Feast of the Three Kings (with CANU)
01/06/2019 Matthew 2:1-12 Carolina Kammel & Ricardo Correa A special collaborative Epiphany celebration with our friends from Centro...
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Holy Shift
12/23/2018 Luke 1:39-55 Mindy Erdmann (Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010)) Mindy...
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Hope in the Wilderness
12/16/2018 Luke 3:1-6 Carolina Kammel (Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010)) Christmas...
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Stories of Freedom: A Conversation on Race and Place with Natasha Sistrunk-Robinson & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Our conversation took place at Oak Church on December 13, 2018. Margot Starbuck facilitated the conversation in partnership with DurhamCares(directed by...
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It’s the Start of the World as We’ve Never Known It
12/02/2018 Luke 21:25-36 Chris Breslin (Bumper music:Because the Night is Long by Music from the Gathering Church (2010)) “Advent...
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The Not-From-Around-Here King (Christ the King Sunday)
11/25/2018 John 18:33-38a Chris Breslin “A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a...
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Two Sides of the Same Coin
11/18/2018 Micah 6:1-8 Stephanie Holmer “Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me....
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What She Needed to Live On
11/11/2018 Mark 12:35-44 Chris Breslin “The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what...
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Just the Way the World Works
11/04/2018 Luke 13:10-17 Matthew Rehnborg “When the prophet dares to expose to the light the congregation who is...
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A New Life Burgeons
10/28/2018 Isaiah 60:15-22 & Revelation 21:1-5 Chris Breslin “What we call the beginning is often the end. And...
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God’s (Vulnerable) Person
10/21/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin “ThroughAbraham and his family, God will bless the whole world. Shimmering like a...
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God’s (Vulnerable) People
10/14/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin “The church is a countercultural community of discipleship, and this community is the...
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Our Wicked Problem
10/07/2018 Genesis 2:25-3:7 Chris Breslin “Genesis 3 paints the scenario that is the hinge point of history. Humanity...
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Introducing & Blessing New Steering Group Members & Pastoral Intern
We introduced and blessed three new members of our Steering Group: Bettejean Cramer, Carolina Kammel, and Sarah Neff. We...
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Created to Eat [Kendall Vanderslice]
09/30/2018 Genesis 2:4-25 Kendall Vanderslice Kendall Vanderslice is a graduate of Wheaton College and Boston University (MLA Gastronomy). She...
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Re-Placing Friendships
09/23/2018 Acts 16:13-34 Chris Breslin “It’s easy for us to see what our church or neighborhood or city...
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A Tale of Two Tables
09/16/2018 Acts 2:42-47 Chris Breslin “After I gazed for a long time at Rublev’s Trinity these words spoke...
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Reconstructing the Gospel: an evening with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Our conversation took place at Oak Church on September 9, 2018. Tammy White Rodman (Pilgrimage Coordinator for DurhamCares) was...
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The Roots of Shalom
09/09/2018 Jeremiah 29:4-9 Reynolds Chapman Reynolds Chapman is Executive Director of DurhamCares, whose mission is to mobilize Durham...
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Who is My Actual Neighbor?
09/02/2018 Luke 10:25-37 Chris Breslin The missionary must be the salt which dissolves in the meat, disappears and...
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Prayer & Work & Presence
08/26/2018 Prayer & Work & Presence Psalm 46 Chris Breslin “Every step an arrival.” -Eugene Peterson “Instructions...
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Circle of the Church Year
08/19/2018 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Meg Hoffman Oak Kids Website Godly Play Foundation Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Turn!...
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The Spirit and the Bride Say, “Come!”
08/12/2018 Revelation 22:16-21 Chris Breslin “I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from...
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Hidden in Plain Sight
08/05/2018 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin “…the Holy Spirit takes the ‘givenness’ of what has happened in Christ, and...
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Two Laws and the Gospel [Jeff McSwain]
07/22/2018 Romans 8:1-11 Jeff & Susan McSwain Jeff & Susan are the founders of Reality Ministries, a community-based non-profit that...
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The Renaissance Spirit
07/15/2018 John 3:1-21 Chris Breslin “I am a child of God, one in whom Christ dwells, and I...
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The Spirit, Poured Out
07/08/2018 Joel 2:28-32 & Acts 2:1-21 Meg Hoffman Powerpoint Slides (July 8) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 ...
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Hope-filled & Peace-able, Imagine That
07/01/2018 Isaiah 11:1-10 & Jeremiah 37:1-14 Chris Breslin “A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God...
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Illuminating Light: Worship & Work in the Spirit
06/24/2018 Exodus 31:1-11 Sarah Neff “We are holy creatures living among other holy creatures in a world that...
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A Prayer for Our Immigrant Sisters & Brothers
Our 06/24/18 Call to Worship: Bendito eres Tú, Señor Jesucristo. Cruzaste todas las fronteras entre la divinidad y la humanidad para hacer...
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That Fitful, Fluent Spirit
06/10/2018 Psalm 51 Chris Breslin Incurable and unbelieving in any truth but the truth of grieving, I saw...
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Fill Your Horn with Oil and Get Going
1 Samuel 16:1-13 & Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin “The strength or weakness of means is neither the spur nor...
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Over the Bent World Broods
05/27/2018 Genesis 1:1-2 & Genesis 2:5-9 Chris Breslin The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It...
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Breathing Forgiveness
05/20/2018 John 20:19-23 Chris Breslin “The convex (outward tilted) of the concave (inward tilted) Resurrection is mission, and...
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God as Our Witness
05/13/2018 1 John 5:9-13 Chris Breslin “How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people...
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The Water and the Blood
05/06/2018 1 John 5:1-6 Chris Breslin “If we ask the question, ‘Where might you expect to find the...
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This is How We Know
04/22/2018 1 John 3:16-24 Chris Breslin Slides from April, 2018 Scripture: John 3:16 Matthew 25:40 1 John 4:19 Romans...
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Ecclesia Network National Gathering Testimonies
04/15/2018 Testimony Katie DeConto, Jeremiah Dodson, Matt Hoffman, Meg Hoffman Ecclesia Network
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Called What We Already Are
04/15/2018 1 John 3:1-7 Chris Breslin “In the New Testament, there is an ongoing ministry of reminding.” –Bruxy Cavey...
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A Sensible Life
04/08/2018 1 John 1:1-2:2 Chris Breslin “The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless...
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Mourning into Dancing (Easter Sunday)
04/01/2018 John 11:17-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears. Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...
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Baptismal Testimonies (Gary Davis & Matthew Fox)
Baptismal Testimonies and Liturgy Gary Davis & Matthew Fox April 1, 2018
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Conversion at the Cross (Good Friday)
03/30/2018 Isaiah 52:14 & 53:1-6; John 18-19 Chris Breslin “Like the lynching tree in America, the cross in the...
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Behold Your King
03/25/2018 Matthew 21:1-11/John 9:1-14; 35-41 Joe Longarino Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken Hosanna...
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On the Water, Through the Storm
03/18/2018 John 6:15-21 Chris Breslin “Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each...
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“Five Barley Loaves and Two Fish”
03/11/2018 John 6:5-14 Sarah Neff “It is not easy to offer the world to each other and to God....
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“Pick Up Your Mat & Walk!”
03/04/2018 John 5:1-15 Charlene Brown Rev. Charlene Brown is the National Director of Black Campus Ministries for Intervarsity Christian...
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“Go. Your Son Lives!”
02/25/2018 Sermon John 4:46-54 Chris Breslin “Jesus peculiarly dramatizes the dynamics of grace: what is needed by humans is...
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Everything Happens for a Reason: a Conversation with Kate Bowler & Bob Crawford
An archived unedited version of The Road to Now (RTN Theology #3) episode. Pastor Chris Breslin recently invited Bob...
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A Vintage Richer for the Keeping
02/18/2018 John 2:1-11 Chris Breslin Here’s an epiphany to have and hold, A truth that you can taste upon...
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Listen Up! (Transfiguration Sunday)
02/11/2018 Sermon Mark 9:2-13 Chris Breslin “Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one in the world who is...
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The Kingdom of God Comes Home (Epiphany 5)
02/04/2018 Mark 1:29-39 Matt Hoffman Sermon Resources: Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard The Spirit of the Disciplines:...
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We Should All Be Wearing Crash Helmets (Epiphany 4)
01/28/2018 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin “…carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all...
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Hooked (Epiphany 3)
01/21/2018 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 & Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin “The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice, it’s...
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Nazareth?! (Epiphany 2)
01/14/2018 John 1:43-51 Chris Breslin “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” –Wendell...
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The Voice of the Lord (Epiphany 1)
01/07/2018 Psalm 29 & Mark 1:4-11 Chris Breslin “This is the Epiphany’s first lesson about joy: to rejoice in...
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Advent 4 – Directions For Singing
12/24/17 Psalm 96 Chris Breslin “Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were...
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Advent 3: Lying at Rest & Letting the Pieces Fly
12/17/2017 Psalm 126 & Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Chris Breslin “And I knew that the Spirit that had gone forth...
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Advent 2: Landscaping for Peace (and Kissing Babies)
12/10/2017 Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2; 8-13 Sarah Neff “The peace between God and man and the salvation which comes...
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Advent 1: Seeing God’s Face
12/03/2017 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Isaiah 64:1-9 Curt Lowndes Rev. Curt Lowndes is the Associate Pastor of the Gathering Church....
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Get Your Hopes Up
11/26/2017 Romans 15:3-11 Chris Breslin “Advent is an invitation to plunge into the deep, dark waters of our...
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The Practice of Welcoming Children
11/19/2017 Mark 9:36-37; 10:13-16 Meg Hoffman ‘Welcome’, the word is always on your lips, Each welcome warms another...
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Simply Sit Among the Shards
11/12/2017 Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Breslin “When we allow ourselves to be disarmed, we become both vulnerable and strong. The...
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Just as Long as I am in this World…
11/05/2017 John 9:1-17 Chris Breslin “To proclaim the Gospel is to proclaim that it is at last possible to...
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Praying in the [King]dom
10/29/17 Matthew 6:1-13 Kate Hamman “The Lord’s Prayer, along with the Eucharist, forms the liturgical equivalent to what...
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The Hospitality of God [Norman Wirzba]
10/22/2017 Luke 14:12-24 Norman Wirzba Dr. Norman Wirzba was raised on a farm in Southern Alberta, and went on...
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Our Gifts Combined: the Fullness of Christ in Our Midst
10/15/2017 Ephesians 4:1-16 Chris Breslin “Being a Christian was always about living by faith in Jesus’ sovereign Lordship in...
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Be Reconciled: Peace-making as Ecology, Geology, & Hydrology
10/01/2017 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Sarah Neff “When God sets out to embrace the enemy, the result is the cross.”...
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Presence Takes Practice (& vice versa)
10/1/17 Psalm 46 Chris Breslin “Silence is not the absence of something, but the presence of everything.” –Gordon Hempton...
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The Floor & the Ceiling
09/24/2017 Philippians 4:10-23 Chris Breslin “’This present world is a perfectly safe place for us to be.’ That certainly...
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Incarcerated Joy
09/17/2017 Acts 16:16-28 Dewey Williams Rev. Dewey Williams is a minister at Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church in Durham,...
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The Lord is Near!
09/10/2017 Philippians 4:1-9 “Thanksgiving means giving God the glory in everything, making room for him, casting our care on...
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Third Culture Kids
09/03/2017 Philippians 3:17-21 Chris Breslin Testimony by Bryan Diver & Blake “Slowly, I started to enter more fully into...
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Humility, Even Unto Death
8/27/2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Charlene Brown Rev. Charlene Brown is the National Director of Black Campus Ministries for Intervarsity Christian...
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Renouncing Our Righteousness
08/20/2017 Philippians 3:1-16 Chris Breslin “Faith in its decisive act is the collapse of every effort of our own...
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REI Groundwater Testimony
8/20/2017 Stephanie Holmer, Joe Longarino, Nate Hood, Erin Victor, Elizabeth Christenson & Chris Breslin
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A Family on Mission
08/13/2017 Philippians 2:19-30 Chris Breslin A Congregational Prayer for Churches after Charlottesville by Rich Villodas (Missio Alliance) “Hitherto I...
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Fear and Trembling…and Joy?!
8/6/2017 Philippians 2:12-18 Chris Breslin “Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though...
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Everything that Converges Must Kneel
07/30/2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Chris Breslin “We can increasingly resemble Christ in character and in power by following him in...
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The Impeded Stream Sings
07/23/2017 Philippians 1:27-30 Chris Breslin It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have...
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The Gospel in Chains? [Richard B. Hays]
07/16/2017 Philippians 1:12-26 Dr. Richard B. Hays Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Leave it There by Tindley Rejoice...
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Of Slaves & Saints…
07/09/2017 Philippians 1:1-11 Chris Breslin “All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer...
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A Little Lower; Just Right
06/25/2017 Psalm 8 Chris Breslin “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” -Frederick...
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“and the Lord for the body?”
06/18/2017 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Joe Longarino “In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much...
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Here We Go
06/11/2017 Matthew 28:16-20 Matt Hoffman Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Take to the World by Tate/Webb I Saw the...
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Ascension Ora et Labora
05/28/2017 John 17:1-11 Chris Breslin “The glory of God is humanity fully alive.” –Irenaeus “To embrace the ascension is...
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Believe into God, Believe into Me Also
5/21/17 John 14:1-21 Chris Breslin “These chapters have often rightly been seen as among the most precious and intimate...
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2017 Ecclesia Network National Gathering & Missio Alliance Reflection
Rachel Breslin, Stephanie Holmer, Sarah Neff, & Nate Hood reflect about their week in Alexandria, VA at the Ecclesia...
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He Calls His Own Sheep by Name & Leads Them Out
05/07/2017 John 10:1-15 Chris Breslin Scripture: Ezekiel 34 John 1:4 John 3:16 John 11:25 John 17:3 John 20:31 Psalm...
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These Things
04/30/2017 Sermon Luke 24:13-35 Jeremiah Dodson “We do not gain a grasp of Scripture’s significance solely through lectures...
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Still Easter
04/23/2017 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin “The church exists for mission as a fire exists by burning.” –Emil Bruner...
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Easter: Why Are You Weeping? Who Are You Looking For?
John 20:1-18 Chris Breslin “The Word through whom all things were made is now the Word through whom all...
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Good Friday 2017: “Save Yourself!”
04/14/2017 Luke 23:35-43 Mark Acuff Call to Worship: Lamentations 3:40-57 Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Lamb of God by...
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A Weeping Messiah & A Hidden Peace
04/09/2017 Luke 19:28-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears. Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...
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Silent God, Dissonant Prayer
04/02/2017 Lamentations 5 Sarah Neff “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...
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Calamities & Good Things
03/26/17 Lamentations 3 Meg Hoffman “Lament allows for the fullness of emotions to be expressed. Worship should not operate...
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Sharing Our Words & Wounds
03/19/2017 Lamentations 4:17-22 Chris Breslin “What house is it to which the Bible is the door? What sort of...
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The Fast I Choose
03/12/2017 Lamentations 2:6-9, 14 Chris Breslin There is no consolation in the thought of God, he said, slamming another...
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Freedom Through Awareness & Repentance [Christena Cleveland]
03/05/17 Psalm 32:1-7 Dr. Christena Cleveland Dr. Christena Cleveland is an Associate Professor of the Practice of Leadership, Spirituality,...
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Lent’s Third Effect
Lamentations 1 2/26/17 Chris Breslin “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...
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Beautiful Feet & Where to Find Them
02/19/2017 Acts 16:16-36 Sarah Neff “For there is the more excellent way of love and nonviolent protest.” –Rev. Dr....
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Preach the Gospel at All Times
02/12/2017 Acts 3:1-16 Chris Breslin “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary use words.” –St. Francis of...
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Restorying Our Lives
2/5/17 Acts 17:16-34 Chris Breslin “Be missionaries cleverly disguised as good neighbors.” –J.R. Briggs “Christ plays in...
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Hospitality: A People Blessed by the Lord
01/29/2017 Isaiah 61:5-11 Chris Breslin “For most of the church’s history, faithful believers located their acts of hospitality...
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Healed People, Healed City
01/22/2017 Isaiah 61:1-6 Sarah Neff “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”...
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Ordinary Hope
01/15/2017 Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin “The calling of a prophet is to bring the world into divine focus.”...
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An Advent Adventure: Mary
12/24/16 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin “My mother, my daughter, life-giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve....
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An Advent Adventure: Bathsheba
12/18/2016 1 Kings 1:11-31 Chris Breslin Scripture John 1 Matthew 1 Hebrews 4:15 This Sunday’s Songs...
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An Advent Adventure: Ruth
12/11/2016 Ruth 4:5-22 Sarah Neff This Sunday’s Songs Singing in the Land arr. by Mitchell/Littleton Higher Ground by...
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An Advent Adventure: Rahab
12/04/2016 Joshua 2:4-21 Chris Breslin “The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness, not a...
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An Advent Adventure: Tamar
11/27/2016 Genesis 38:11b-26a Chris Breslin “When God’s righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God’s action of...
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“Thine Is The Kingdom,” by Malcolm Guite
The kingdom and the power and the glory, The very things we all want for ourselves! We want to...
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The Power and Glory of the Kingdom [Richella Parham]
11/20/2016 Ephesians 3:14-21 Richella Parham The kingdom and the power and the glory, The very things we...
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Lead Us, Deliver Us
11/13/2016 Luke 4:1-15 Chris Breslin God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks...
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Forgive as We Forgive
11/06/2016 Acts 9:1-21 Joey Morningstar Repentance, to be sure, but of a species far less likely to...
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“On Belief in the Physical Resurrection of Jesus” by Denise Levertov
It is for all ‘literalists of the imagination,’ poets or not, that miracle is possible, possible and essential. Are...
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Give Us the Bread We Need for Today
10/30/2016 Isaiah 55 Chris Breslin (with artists and creatives from the Communion Arts Project: Alexandra Harper, Jessina Leonard,...
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“Hidden City” by Scott Cairns
And now I think Jerusalem abides untouched, the temple yet intact, its every cornerstone in place, its vault...
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On Earth as it is in Heaven
10/23/2016 Revelation 21:1-7 Chris Breslin (with DurhamCares’ Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope Participants: Stephanie Holmer, Sabrina Bowyer, Gary Davis,...
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“The Bright Field” by R.S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way...
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“Our Father” by Malcolm Guite
I heard him call you his beloved son And saw his Spirit lighten like a dove, I thought his...
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Our Father Who Is in Heaven
10/9/2016 Matthew 6:1-14 Chris Breslin I heard him call you his beloved son And saw his Spirit...
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To Call & to be Called
10/02/2016 Genesis 4:1-12 Chris Breslin “If a is called to be a street sweeper, ...
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Introducing 2016-17 Pastoral Intern: Sarah Neff
Sarah is excited to be this year’s intern from Duke Divinity School where she is a second year dual MDiv/MSW student....
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Called to a Place: Living as Blues Singers, Resident Aliens, & the Creative Minority
9/25/2016 Chris Breslin Jeremiah 29:4-14 “This is kind of how blues began — out of feeling misused, mistreated....
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Making Good: Biblical Principles of Creative Work
9/18/2016 Matthew 25:14-30 Alexandra Harper Alexandra Harper is the Creative Director and Founder of Culture Care RDU. A Ministry...
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Called to Work: Purpose, Perseverance, Presence
9/11/16 Gen 1:26-28, 2:15, 3:17-19 & Rev 21:1-5, 22:26, 22:1-5 Chris Breslin Scripture 1 Peter 5:7 John 20:19-31...
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God Gets Mad Sometimes (and it’s worth writing a song about)
9/4/2016 2 Samuel 22:1-31 Chris Breslin “The single most characteristic thing about David is God. David believed in...
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At the Gate of Our Hearts
8/28/16 2 Samuel 14:25-26; 15:7-14 Rev. Matt Orth Matt Orth lives in NC with his wife, his two...
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Take Us, O Lord. Break Us, O Lord.
8/21/16 2 Samuel 11:1-17; 12:1-7 Chris Breslin “…to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost...
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Can God Set a Table in the Wilderness?
8/14/16 2 Samuel 9 Suvya Carroll & Greg Little “Francis, at the time or somewhere about the time when...
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Dancing, Disappointment & the Second Person God
8/7/14 2 Samuel 7:18-29 Chris Breslin “Consider that the first time someone spoke of God in the third...
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A Weak King
7/31/16 2 Samuel 3:17-39 Chris Breslin “True greatness and true power is faithful all the way down, including...
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Sad, Sad Song
7/24/16 2 Samuel 2:17-27 Chris Breslin “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely,...
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Unreasonable Generosity
7/17/16 1 Samuel 30 Stephanie Holmer Scripture Psalm 22 Psalm 23 1 Samuel 22:2 MSG This Sunday’s...
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A Frayed Bundle of the Living
1 Samuel 25:23-35 Chris Breslin “Abigail on her knees, put David back on his knees.” –Eugene Peterson ...
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Warning: Wilderness Ahead
7/2/16 1 Samuel 24:1-16, 22 Dave Crispell, Executive Director of Jubilee Home Rev. David Crispell is a Durham native...
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How the Mighty Has Fallen
6/19/16 1 Samuel 17:1-51 Chris Breslin “Darkness can’t drive out darkness, only light can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin...
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Better Call David
6/12/16 1 Samuel 16:14-23 Chris Breslin “A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do...
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Sandcastles & Paper Tigers
6/5/2016 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Chris Breslin Scripture 1 Samuel 2:10 Luke 15:11-32 Matthew 26:39 1 Samuel 10:6 Philippians 3:7-8...
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Psalm Sunday: Creation and the Coming King
5/29/2016 Austin Wilson Psalm 96 “God will cheat no one, not even the world of its triumph.” –W.H. Auden...
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The God of Peace (Trinity Sunday)
5/22/2016 Chris Breslin 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 “An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying...
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The Friendly Ghost (Pentecost)
5/15/2016 Chris Breslin John 14:15-31 “The Spirit is the shy member of the Trinity. He always points to Jesus.”...
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The Gift-giving King (Ascension)
5/8/2016 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:7-13 “Being a Christian was always about living by faith in Jesus’ sovereign Lordship in...
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Psalm Sunday: How to Live in a Cave & How Not to Have to
5/1/2016 Matt Hoffman Psalm 70 The aim of every and indeed the perfection of his heart amounts to this...
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Psalm Sunday: Riffing on God’s Love
4/24/2016 Joey Morningstar Psalm 136 Resonant Witness ed. Jeremy Begbie & Steven Guthrie Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie Creator...
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Walk this Way: Resurrection, Scripture and Eating with Jesus
4/10/16 Mike Boone Luke 24:13-35 “You’re pretty good with words, but words won’t save your life.” -Craig Finn from...
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Can These Bones Live?
4/3/16 Chris Breslin Mark 16:1-8 “We interpret Scripture rightly only when we read it in light of the resurrection,...
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The Once & Future Gardener
3/27/16 Chris Breslin John 20:1-18 “Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward...
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Blessings On The Coming Kingdom
3/20/16 Chris Breslin Mark 11:1-11 The Donkey G.K. Chesterton When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew...
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Looking to the Kingdom
3/13/16 Joe Longarino Mark 13:1-27 The Coming R.S. Thomas And God held in his hand A small globe. Look...
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Ecclesia Network National Gathering Reflection (Rachel Breslin & Meg Hoffman)
3/13/16 Rachel Breslin & Meg Hoffman reflect about their week in Newark, DE at the Ecclesia Network National Gathering.
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(Not) Far From God’s Kingdom
3/6/16 Chris Breslin Mark 12:28-44 Flickering Mind Denise Levertov Lord, not you, it is I who am...
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To God What is God’s
2/28/16 Joey Morningstar Mark 12:13-17 From Thee to Thee Solomon Ibn Gabirol When all within is dark,...
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Teacher, I Want To See
2/21/16 Chris Breslin Mark 10:32-52 Lightenings (xii) Seamus Heaney And lightening? One meaning of that Beyond the usual...
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The Impossible Good News
2/14/16 Chris Breslin Mark 10:17-31 The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai From the place where...
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Sabbath : Feasting
2/7/16 Chris Breslin Exodus 16 “Sabbath” by Amy Imbody Sabbath: You make demands upon my heart, upon my hands,...
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Sabbath: Embracing
1/31/16 Joey Morningstar Ezekiel 20:10-17 “Embrace” by Gregory Orr With their embrace They chose Each other, Which is...
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Sabbath: Resting [J.R. Briggs]
1/17/16 JR Briggs Exodus 20:1-17,Hebrews 4:1,6-9 J.R. Briggs of Ecclesia Network & Renew Community J.R. Briggs serves as Cultural...
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Sabbath: Ceasing
1/10/16 Chris Breslin Genesis 2:1-4, Exodus 5 Testimony by Nate Hood (27:50) “God rested! God enjoyed a work...
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A New Year’s Rest-olution
1/3/16 Chris Breslin Psalm 23 “It takes a long time to ruin a life. It all starts with the...
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Praying Twice : O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Christmas Eve)
12/24/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2 “Love achieves its creativity by being perceptive.” –Oliver O’Donovan Advent Resources Light Upon...
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Praying Twice: Do You Hear What I Hear?
12/20/15 Joey Morningstar Psalm 29 Noise. It radiates from Tobacco Plus, the busstop and the 5-stop sign free for...
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Praying Twice: Joy To The World
12/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 98, Luke 2:10-11 “The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger...
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Praying Twice: Go Tell It On The Mountain
12/6/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2:8-20 Go Tell it on the Mountain by Jane Schroeder (First Things) Advent Resources...
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Praying Twice: O Come Emmanuel
11/29/15 Chris Breslin Isaiah 11:29 “He who sings, prays twice.” –Saint Augustine “To listen seriously to music and to...
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The Risk & Reward of The Kingdom
“God gives so that we can exist and flourish, but not only for that, God gives so that we...
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The Kingdom Is Like…A Well-Built House
11/15/15 Chris Breslin Luke 6:46-49 “To build your house well is, ironically, to be nudged beyond its doors.”...
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The Kingdom Is Like…Good Soil
11/8/15 Matt Tintera Mark 4:1-20 “There is an entire ecosystem in a handful of soil: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes,...
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God’s Kingdom is for His Kids (The Kingdom is Like… )
11/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 18:1-17 “You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.” –St. Teresa of...
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The Kingdom is Like…the Biggest, Tackiest Party Yet Thrown
10/25/15 Chris Breslin Luke 15:1-32 “Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets...
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The Kingdom is Like…A Rejected Cornerstone
10/18/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe...
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The Kingdom is Like…a Treasure, a Pearl
9/27/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “What do we really believe? I mean, believe in such a way that our...
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The Kingdom is Like…a Mustard Seed
9/20/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:21-24 Oak Church’s First Anniversary “Parables are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. They...
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Psalm Sunday: God-craft on Exhibit
9/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 19 Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver...
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Psalm Sunday: Never Shaken, Lasting Forever
9/6/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 125 “All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are...
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Dress You Up In My Love
8/30/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 6:10-24 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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Home Economics
8/23/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 5: 21- 6:9 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Jesus Feministby Sarah Bessey...
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Vacation Bible School Reflection
8/16/15 Chris Breslin Checkout the slideshow with sights and sounds from this year’s VBS!
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Walk In The Way Of Love
8/9/15 Matt Hoffman Ephesians 5:1-20 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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The One and the Many
7/26/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in...
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Knowing The Love Of Jesus
7/19/15 Joey Morningstar Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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God’s Open Secret
7/12/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 3:1-13 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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Sledgehammer Christ; Peace Reimagined
7/5/15 Mike Boone Ephesians 2:11-22 Rev. Michael Boone The Rev. Michael Boone is an ordained priest in the Anglican...
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Gracecraft
6/28/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 2:1-10 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Union with Christ by J. Todd...
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Growing Further Up & Further In
6/21/15 Dave Crispell Ephesians 1:15-23 Rev. David Crispell, Executive Director of Jubilee Home Rev. David Crispell is a Durham...
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A Lament for Mother Emanuel
6/21/15 As a community, we linked with hundreds of other church communities around the country to share in onechurchliturgy.com...
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Father & Children
5/31/15 Chris Breslin Romans 8:12-17 Sermon Notes “God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn’t just love. God is...
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Presence = Absence = Presence
5/17/15 Chris Breslin Luke 24:44-53 “His ascent to heaven, like his ascent to the cross, is a journey undertaken...
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Psalm Sunday: 139
5/10/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 139 “We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses...