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This week Pastor Dale wrapped up the series answering the question: What does a resurrection culture look like? Ultimately, because of the resurrection and Spirit living inside us, a resurrected culture is a community of Kingdom carriers.

This week Kristi continued the Resurrection Culture series by exploring how resurrection culture is a culture of power. The same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. In the midst of all the noise, the Spirit continues to remind us of the truth of the Father. We can partner with the Holy Spirit by listening, testing, and practicing, choosing in faith to act in the Spirit and not the flesh.

As we continued the Resurrection Culture series this week, Govind invited us to live out a culture of reconciliation.

This Sunday, Pastor Dale reminded us that Resurrection Culture is a culture of wonder, living open to the possibility of amazement. Without wonder, we are pone to disengagement and settling for less, convinced there's nothing worth pursuing. But true wonder is rooted in curiosity and the courage to take risks, knowing the resurrection secures our identity as a child of God. It frees us to move from skepticism to awe.

This Sunday, Pastor Dale continued the Resurrection Culture series by addressing the cycles of fear we often find ourselves stuck in. We begin guarding our hearts for protection, but over time, this defense can distort our perspective. The stories we tell ourselves grow louder and more convincing, leaving us anxious and isolated. Jesus invites us into a cycle of peace: through compassion, curiosity, communing, and empowerment. If the resurrection is true, what do we have to fear?

This Sunday began the new series Resurrection Culture. Pastor Steve talked about how Resurrection Culture is a culture of change. When life gets stressful, it's easy to slip back into autopilot and old habits, our default mode. This shapes the stories we tell ourselves about what has happened and reinforces the narrative that we are stuck and broken. But the power of the resurrection steps in and breaks that cycle. It reminds us that failure doesn't get the last word—forgiveness does.

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Dale walked us through the unexpected responses to Jesus' resurrection and what He invites us into.

This week, Danny spoke about worship. While there are many different ways to worship, we focused specifically on worship through song. It is praising God simply for who He is and profoundly for what He's done. Biblical worship is loud and passionate, unashamed, joyful and embodied, truly reverent, powerful, communal, and eternal. It's not just something we do, it's something we're invited into. A song that's already being sung by all of creation.

This Sunday, Danny spoke about the burdens we carry in our fast-paced culture and how we spend our time. As Dallas Willard put it, "Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life." Jesus invites us to live differently. His life was full, but He was never in a hurry. You cannot live the life you were created for when something other than the Creator determines the pace at which you live.

This week, Kristi Gill talked about the things we are carrying that we put in our packs to quench the thirst for meaning, where we find our identity and where our value comes from. God created us in His image, giving us identity and purpose. God put it there, but we put other things in its place. We carry God's image. He put it there and we cannot take it out. It is our job to fully step into God's image as our identity. When we put things in our pack that try to sooth the longing, we find it to be meaningless. The longing is not fulfilled.

This week, Pastor Dale continued The Things We Carry by exploring the things we've inherited from previous generations, whether we asked for them or not. The blessings, sins, and patterns of our families, going back generations, can profoundly shape who we are today. At the same time, following Jesus well means putting off the sinful patterns of our family of origin and relearning how to live in God's way as part of His family.

This Sunday, Pastor Dale kicked off The Things We Carry by unpacking the Biblical idea of nasah: to take with us, pick up, lift, or carry. Along the way, we all pick up things—some inherited, some chosen, and some absorbed from the world around us. Whether it's generational burdens, attempts to satisfy deep longings, the relentless pace of Silicon Valley, or the tension between fatalism and faith, these things shape what we carry. But to move forward, we must assess what is in our pack, letting go of what weighs us down so we can nasah the name of God well.

As Pastor Dale wrapped up the Rescued series, we reflected on the end of Moses' life and the legacy he left behind. In his final message, he challenged us with a question: What do we do when we feel deep disappointment and resentment? The good news is that even in our disappointment, we can find peace through Jesus. No painful circumstance in this life can compare to the weight of an eternity without Him. Yet, God meets us in our pain and invites us forward, saying, "Let's go for a walk."

This week, Govind Prabhu continued the Rescued series, exploring how God moves and shapes a people, and how He invites us into that same story. He challenged us to consider the Israelites' response to God's invitation to experience Him up close. Rather than drawing near, they chose to keep their distance, outsourcing their relationship to Moses. Will we do the same, settling for distance out of fear or comfort? Or will we step into the invitation to know God personally?

Pastor Rob Robinson continues teaching in our Rescued series.

This Sunday, Pastor Dale spoke to us about Moses' staff, a symbol of divine presence and authority. God asks us to throw it down, letting go of what we have been relying on and then pick it up again, raising God's power against those in opposition to Him. Ultimately, God works through people who are willing to be held up and who are willing to hold up another.

This Sunday, Pastor Dale spoke about walking through the Wilderness. As he reminded us, God doesn't just want to bring His people out of Egypt, He wants to get Egypt out of His people. That's why He leads us through the Wilderness. In the Wilderness, God uses daily rhythms to heal us, feed us, and set us free—but we have to step out and gather.

This week in the Rescued series, Pastor Dale asked: What does it tuly mean to be free? Freedom is a journey, requiring us to leave something behind. God was not just getting the people out of Egypt, but getting Egypt out of the people, showing us that freedom from something opens the door to freedom to something greater.

This week, Danny continued the Rescued series. In this section of Exodus, we see how every revelation of God's holiness is also a revelation of His nearness. He offers us an identity rooted in who He is, freeing us from the pressure to self-create or self-define. And He invites us into purpose, allowing Him to do through us what He has done in us.

This week, Pastor Dale walked us through the beginning of the Exodus story, reminding us that God's methods often surprise us. It's easy to focus on when God will move and miss the how. In the opening of Exodus, we see that God works in unpredictable and comprehensive ways, often using unexpected people and circumstances to fulfill His mission. Pastor Dale encouraged us to let go and trust, giving ourselves a front-row seat to God's work. As you take faithful steps forward, you can trust Him to handle the rest.

This Sunday kicked off the new series, Rescued. Over the next nine weeks, Pastor Dale will walk us through the story of Exodus, a beautiful rescue story from the Old Testament. And one that is our story as well. This week, he provided an overview of what lies ahead, highlighting how Exodus is the story of humanity, intimacy, and freedom.

As we approach the new year, it's natural to reflect on where we've been and where we're headed. As we consider resolutions and goals of who we want to be in the new year, Pastor Danny Busch invites us to consider a fundamental truth: we are not self-made, but intentionally created by God. What shapes your identity, that deep sense of who you are? And how do we recover the fullness of what God intended for us? We encourage you to take a moment to hear Danny's insights as you step into this season of reflection and renewal.

On the final Sunday of Advent, Steve Dang concluded the Waiting Here for You series with a powerful reminder: while we wait on God, He is also waiting on us. In the wild and awesome nature of His love, God pursues us relentlessly. His love isn't transactional, it's rooted in relationship. And all are invited to the table.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In this third Sunday of Advent, Kristi spoke to us about hope. Hope is more than wishful thinking; it's an expectant anticipation—a passion for the possible. Yet, hope can only exist in partnership with waiting. The two go hand in hand. We can wait with hope because the end of the story has already been written. Our hope isn't just in what could be but in what we know will be.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This Sunday, as we continue in Advent, we reflect on waiting with God while we wait on God. What are we waiting for? Pastor Danny walked us through the story of God, from the perfection of Genesis' Eden to the restoration promised in Revelation. The good news is that because of Jesus, the kingdom is already here—eternal life has begun. Danny reminded us to actively engage in this waiting, holding onto the hope of complete restoration and living in the wonder of God's presence now.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Each weekday during this advent season we will have a few minutes together to read, listen and anticipate together the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent, a season of anticipation and preparation. Pastor Dale encouraged us to embrace the spiritual discipline of waiting. While waiting can be the anticipation of something arriving, it is also the space between, the emptiness. It can be full of pain and longing, where we are tempted to pursue things that look good in the moment but ultimately do not fulfill. Our daily rhythms of waiting on God as He waits with us invite us to find His presence in the midst of longing.

This week we concluded The Stories We Tell by hearing a powerful story from Josh & Tara, a family in our Calvary Church community while Pastor Dale encouraged us to tell our own stories.

This Sunday, we heard from Govind Prabhu, a missionary to Silicon Valley and part of the Calvary Church community. Govind encouraged us to own our stories, even the unsavory and messy parts, because God can use our story to draw others into His story.

This week, Pastor Dale continued the series by exploring the untrue stories we sometimes believe. While Jesus is the ultimate storyteller, the enemy is also skilled at weaving narratives that aim to isolate and disconnect us from the truth. Whose story are you listening to?

This week begins the series The Stories We Tell. Pastor Dale discussed the power of story telling and the importance of telling God's story in our own lives to impact the lives of others.

This week begins the series The Stories We Tell. Pastor Dale discussed the power of story telling and the importance of telling God's story in our own lives to impact the lives of others.

This week wraps up the Pastoral Residency on Peace & Politics with Dr. Rick Langer. Today, Dr. Langer encouraged us on the topic of gentleness.

In today's midweek lecture on Peace & Politics, Dr. Langer guided us through how we develop, fully form, and understand our own convictions, with the goal of fostering healthy, peaceful and grace-filled conversations with others.

This week marks the start of a two-week Pastoral Residency with Dr. Richard Langer, retired professor and cofounder of the Winsome Conviction Project. In today's divisive cultural climate, how can we stay true to our convictions while maintaining peace and grace? Today, Dr. Langer explored the root of many conflicts and shared encouragement on how to navigate them.

In this final week of Formation, we talked about being apprentices of Jesus by doing what He did. In this episode, Pastor Dale talks to Govind Prabhu, a pastor, missionary, and member of the Calvary community, as he shares an amazing part of his story.

This week, Pastor Dale concluded our series, Formation, by talking to us about becoming apprentices of Jesus by doing what He did.We have resources designed to help you dive as deep as you'd like into the topic from each week. The resources for Week 6 can be found at www.calvarylg.com/formation.