Artisan Church's weekly message and other audio content. We're a new church in Rochester, NY, seeking to creatively live out the mission God has given us to "encounter God, embrace people, and engage culture, in the way of Jesus." We hope you're encouraged (and often challenged) by our weekly bible messages, music, interviews, and more. Enjoy! "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." -- The Apostle Paul (Ephesians 2:10)
Prayer is one of the main access roads to our spiritual life, but for many it presents daily challenges. As we prepare for the Pentecost, we dust off our prayer life in order to stay awake to the presence of God's activity in our lives. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Eastertide”
When Jesus gives a new commandment, it is not complicated. It is, however, challenging. Calling others to love one another, Jesus reorders how we relate to others, God, and ourselves. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Eastertide”
Julia shares a story of what's saving her faith. Speaker: Julia Detmer Part of the series “Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith): What's Saving My Faith”
From the time of Jesus's earthly ministry, there have been questions about his intention and purpose in the world. We should not be surprised to find that these questions persist in our day (and into our visions of the last days), but it does leave us with a choice: which version of Jesus will shape our choices, our attitudes, and our interactions with our world? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Eastertide”
Life on our High Horses leads us further and further from Jesus. When we dismount from our strengths and live from our actual selves that's the place where God can meet us. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Eastertide”
As the disciples sought to live out the Gospel in their world, they received both threats and peace. Their choice, and ours: how to respond in the way of Jesus, the “firstborn from the dead.” Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Eastertide”
Rebecca Taylor shares her "Agents of Hope" message with us.Rebecca is a wife of 29 years, mom to four grown children, and a lifelong learner—mostly because she's committed to not making the same mistake twice. She went to Northeastern Seminary in search of answers and came away with a master's degree, more questions, deeper compassion, and a bigger, more resilient faith. With over 20 years of experience in churches and Christian higher education, she brings a love for people, purpose, and a strong cup of coffee. Rebecca is passionate about helping others live as everyday agents of hope. Speaker: Rebecca Taylor
The oppressed Jewish minority in Rome were hopeful that Jesus would be a conquering king, but he disappointed them by submitting to his own execution. It would be easy for us to point the finger at modern believers who align with political power, but what if there is a message for those of us who wish to be saved from all that? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Walking Toward the Garden”
Where can we find hope when we feel vulnerable to events, both global and private, that sap our strength? Tapping into the Apostle Paul's letter to the Church in Philippi, we'll investigate, together, how to move forward in difficult seasons. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Walking Toward the Garden”
Once again, this time in one of his most famous parables, Jesus disrupts our expectation of judgment, punishment, and consequences. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Walking Toward the Garden”
There are those who believe that every unfortunate event is the result of a particular sin. While there are passages in scripture that might tempt us toward that belief, Jesus explicitly rejects it—and offers a beautiful alternative vision of the role our actions play in our circumstances. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Walking Toward the Garden”
Pastor Jae concludes the series and explores an alternative route to rethinking how we deal, collectively, with the inevitability of darkness around and within us. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
Before we conclude our overview of Learning to Walk in the Dark, we pause to check in as a community. What has resonated with us? What questions do we have? How has our perception of darkness changed, and what will we do with it? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
Many of us rely heavily on our sense of sight to inform our sense of truth. Pastor Jae explores how allowing our other senses to inform our self-reflection can help us to find more rest and make more gains toward our own shalom. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
Sometimes, the darkness is an emptiness, an absence, that threatens to consume us. Where is God when we perceive nothing at all? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
How can we bring the wholeness of our emotional being to God? In what ways does our "darkness" reveal what is true and holy? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
Pastor Jae explores the core idea behind our Artisan Read, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and begins our deep dive into coded language, fear, and how we can keep our nerve in difficult seasons of our lives. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Learning to Walk in the Dark: Artisan Winter Read 2025”
We welcome Artisan's founding pastors, and Pastor Jason Condon shares about the building and protecting of beautiful things. Speaker: Pastor Jason Condon Part of the series “Coming Home: Revisiting Our Values”
Dr. Doug Cullum, Pastor at Community of the Savior, visits to share a message on nurturing our roots within the community where God plants us and fosters our growth. Speaker: Dr. Doug Cullum Part of the series “Coming Home: Revisiting Our Values”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Coming Home: Revisiting Our Values”
Dr. Marlena Graves visits Artisan Church. Speaker: Dr. Marlena Graves Part of the series “Coming Home: Revisiting Our Values”
Our contemplation of Awe continues as Pastor Jae attempts to point us toward the very real presence of God in our world today. Can we, even in our trials and distress, glimpse that God is in our midst? Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Immersed in Awe: An Advent Sereis”
One of the great mysteries of our faith is that it is lived out and shared through particular people and people groups but is available to and intended for ALL people. How can it be true that we receive and pass on a universal salvation while still being a set apart, holy people? Talk about awe-inspiring! Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Immersed in Awe: An Advent Sereis”
As we prepare our minds and hearts for Advent, members of the Staff and Leadership Team will share experiences ranging from being new to being more introverted at Artisan. This panel will seek to offer safe, authentic connection, and discuss some strategies to overcoming some of the barriers that often hold us back from feeling like we belong. Speaker: Staff and Leadership Team Members
What we can learn from other nations about owning the past. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “With God On Our Side?: An election season series about America and what it means to be the people of God”
Regardless of the results of this election, our country is broken. How can the Church be a part of rebuilding, reconstructing, and re-forming? Where and how do we begin? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “With God On Our Side?: An election season series about America and what it means to be the people of God”
How poets are today's Prophets. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “With God On Our Side?: An election season series about America and what it means to be the people of God”
We begin with a selection of American songs—including the "title track" of the series—that use satire and symbolism to inspire and challenge us. Each song will be paired with scripture passages and a brief pastoral reflection. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “With God On Our Side?: An election season series about America and what it means to be the people of God”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Steeped in Wisdom: The Challenges Peacemakers Face”
Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Steeped in Wisdom: The Challenges Peacemakers Face”
James cautions against losing control of the words we use—especially when it comes to judging others. While it is possible to choose to say nothing, it is even more important to do the inner work of addressing the judgmental heart. This sermon concludes with a guided reflection. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Steeped in Wisdom: The Challenges Peacemakers Face”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Steeped in Wisdom: The Challenges Peacemakers Face”
The tension between faith and good works is well known in church history and theology. But in the book of James, there is a third concept that interacts with faith and works: wisdom. What does it mean to have the wisdom of non-duality? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Steeped in Wisdom: The Challenges Peacemakers Face”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Artisan Summer Read: Long Way Home”
Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Artisan Summer Read: Long Way Home”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Artisan Summer Read: Long Way Home”
A Long Way Home depicts a moment when Saroo is not sure he finds that remembering his early childhood is painful, yet he can't help but continue to remember it because it is all he has. We turn to the scriptures to find God's people being called both to remembrance and to embracing new life in Christ. How do we keep these in balance? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Artisan Summer Read: Long Way Home”
Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Artisan Summer Read: Long Way Home”
If we read Jesus's life well, we should be able to recognize where and how our societies continue to produce scapegoats; then, we can stop the cycle of violence and blame because we know the truth. Speaker: Jennifer Bradshaw
In the famous sand unsettling Bible story of David and Bathsheba, a powerful man commits a grave sin against a powerless woman, and then covers his actions with violence. Then a prophet calls the powerful man to account. But who are WE in this story, and where does Jesus fit in? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
Deanna shares a story of what's saving their faith. Speaker: Deanna Part of the series “Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith): What's Saving My Faith”
In this sermon, Pastor Jae explores the dangerous intersection of kingship and power. Jae examines how both David and Jesus exert influence in the solving of problems around them with different goals with the hope that we can learn from both perspectives. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
A guided, communal experience of lectio divina with the Artisan community. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
As the book of Lamentations shows us, people of faith have been grappling with the problem of human suffering for centuries. But as the Gospels show us, Jesus is always ready to receive our suffering and offer healing—even when others might deem us unworthy. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
Pastor Jae explores the foundations of our faith that allow us to be bolder in standing up for the things God values. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
The story of the people of Israel demanding a king so that they can be like their neighbors is a pivotal moment in the history of God's people, and it offers us ways of thinking about the integration of faith and politics in our own time. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Ordinary Time 2024: A sermon series for ordinary time”
Pastor Jae prompts us to consider how hearing God often occurs in quiet, everyday moments. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Ordinary Time: A sermon series for ordinary time.”
A sermon of lessons that Pastor Scott learned while walking the Camino de Santiago over the past two weeks Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Ordinary Time: A sermon series for ordinary time.”
An Artisan Church tradition: Pentecost readings from the Bible in many languages, plus devotional reflections from several different Artisan members! Speaker: Various
Pastor Jae explores how Psalm 1 sets a narrow path for believers and how we view Jesus is everything in how we process "crossroad" decisions in our faith. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Eastertide 2024”
The way of Jesus is centered on loving others, which was his consistent commandment. We are told in scripture that his commandments are not burdensome, but what about when we need to love someone who is unlovable? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Eastertide 2024”
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