Ekklesia After Hours

Join the intern team as they talk about how they are encountering God's voice in the scriptures.

Listen in as Emily and Jared describe the new daily practice for this week!

A full Schedule of the daily practices can be found at ekklesiabellingham.com

Find the full schedule of our daily praises here: http://www.ekklesiabellingham.com/daily-practice

Listen to our friend, Dejah, speak from her experience as a biracial person of color.

Listen to what a few of our friends have to say about the recent events and share their experiences.

As a community and as a nation, we are experiencing a lot of pain. We are grieving racism, experiencing anger and desperation over continually opened wounds, looking to carry the hurt with our black community, and experiencing the conviction of our sin, our past and current missteps and ignorance and passivity. It can be difficult to know how to bring these emotions to the Lord, so we have created this guided practice through Psalm 44, a Psalm of Communal Lament, to help you pray and connect with God in whatever you're experiencing.

The team talks about the heaviness our country is facing and how we can start to advocate for change.

The team interviews former Ekklesia leader Cory Cesario as he shares his experience transitioning from one season to another

Hear what the team has to hare about what it means to take next steps and navigate the difficulty it takes to transition into a new season.

Join the team as they talk about how to connect with others as one season of life closes another opens up

Part 1 Scripture: Proverbs 5, John 4:1-38 Part 2 Prayer: Prayer of Examine Part 3 Record a takeaway from today's Daily Practice Part 4 Go to the “Serve with us” page on our website and download the PDF

Here are some questions to help you think through any life transition.

This week we made this walk through with Boulevard park in mind but feel free to listen just at your house or on a walk of your choosinghttps://www.cob.org/services/recreation/parks-trails/Pages/boulevard-park.aspx

Catch us next week as we go live on Facebook Thursday afternoons!

This weeks guided practice is designed around Whatcom Falls Park. But like always you can just follow along in your house or on your own walk.https://www.cob.org/services/recreation/parks-trails/Pages/whatcom-falls-park.aspx

We have started recording After Hours Every Moment Holy live! Catch us live next Thursday afternoon on Facebook live.

If you want to do the same walk that we did here is a link to the park! However, you can still follow along as you walk around your neighborhood or even just sitting in your living room. Link to Tenn ant Lake Park: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g58472-d8113980-Reviews-Tennant_Lake_Park-Ferndale_Washington.html

Our Bodies Play an important roll in worship. Join the team as we talk about the ways they do. We did this podcast live a few weeks ago. Join us every Thursday afternoon on facebook. And feel free to ask some questions! Like how in the world did Josh get into a class called "Advanced P.E.?"

If you want to do the same walk that we did here is a link to the park! However, you can still follow along as you walk around your neighborhood or even in your living room. Stimpson Family Nature Reserve:http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/2180/Stimpson-Family-Nature-Reserve

The idea for the podcast was inspired by this fantastic book. Go take a look and if you find it helpful go buy it.https://www.everymomentholy.com

Here are some of the resources the crew mentioned during the podcast:The Time Management Matrix that Garret mentioned.Making a rule of life. Here is a step by step resource to make a rule of life.If you want a bit of an explanation on what a rule of life is check this video out from Jon Mark Comer.

Join us for Ekklesia On-Line April 1st @ 8pm

Here are some helpful resources we found to help us navigate the corona virus. Some Visual DataWhy so many things are getting canceled and why it is a good thing.

Remember to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. And as always you can connect with us on social media @ekklesiabham. Well … if you are gaining too much self worth from social maybe don't connect with us there. Just come hang out with us Wednesday nights at 8pm @ Norway hall in Bellingham, WA.

This week we had some incredible questions:Yo. Tonight I really felt an emphasis that it is not religion and bible reading and podcasts that should be followed but a direct relationship with God. I agree with this 100%, relationship with God is awesome and it's what I base my whole worldview on. However I think that all of those other things are absolutely crucial in understanding how to live. I think I'm just confused as to why "religion" is being painted in such a negative way. Like Christianity is a religion! At the core it's a relationship but it's still a religion. Where is the balance here? I am just confused on what religion is and whether or not it's the enemy. What are soul ties exactly in regard to sex? Is sex the only way they are formed? I have a tough time fully understanding this, because every resource I look to, seems to approach it from a place of shame and judgement? What does the Word say about "soul ties" (not people), and most importantly how can they be broken apart? Hi! What do you guys think of the biological/evolutionary development of sex (aka how this type of reproduction evolved in mammals and then humans) and how that plays into the story of how it relates to God? Please do a podcast or lecture about sex from the perspective of each gender. Like all the struggles and overall understandings of it depending on your gender growing up. For example, I often hear that porn for men is simply unavoidable or something that is needed to be able to masturbate so they can be less distracted overall etc. it seems just accepted rather than fought and seen as bad. And for women I feel the connotation of sex is a lot more negative than for men growing up and how that affects sexual relationships.How do I set or keep boundaries when I feel like my boundaries have never been respected in the past? How do I keep my ground when my ground has been wrongfully taken so often in my past?What happens when people have sex before marriage?Does porn count as infidelity to your partner?How does a couple go from having sex with one another to being abstinent, like how do you keep each other from falling back into having sex?I may be jumping the gun because my questions may get answered tonight, but at what point do you share your sexual history and does sexual assault have different rules?Can y'all talk about how to navigate a conversation with a future significant other when your previous relationships have gone too far. I live fearful and anxious that one day I'll have to tell someone "I've done blah blah blah”Soul ties article: https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/2019/11/what-are-soul-ties-how-to-break-soul-ties/

If you or anyone you know is dealing with sexual assault or intimate partner violence please contact the wonderful people over at https://www.dvsas.org or call them 1.877.715.1563If you have any questions about the Theology of Sex series, feel free to anonymously text us at (720) 336-0585 and we will do our best to answer them on a Question and Response episode in our last Q and R podcast next week.This week we get to these questions:What was in the kit you gave to the girls who were getting married?How can I forgive myself if I don't know if I was sexually assaulted or not because of intoxication? Like I was blacked out drunk and woke up in a guy's room the next day.I understand that Gods love is never ending and how perfect it has to be to love us as sinners. I can't get my head off the topic of wearing out his hand... in the story from John 8:1-11 where she looks up to Jesus's hand with people surrounding her about ready to throw the rock. If I were to put myself in her situation, I feel sometimes I am undeserving of his hand, and keeping my head staring at the ground is more what I deserve. I believe that his hand is always there waiting for us, but I feel if I keep coming to him for the same sins it almost makes him upset with me. I guess I don't have a clear question but things I need to better understand. Thank you ekk!Advice on how to support a significant other who carries a lot of weight in the "forgive yourself" category. Basically how do you communicate that you value and care about them as the person they have grown into now without implying that you want to breeze over their past because you know that it had been a journey & hard place for them.What are some ways I can work to run to God with my assault. I've been searching for a rescuer in every other person but I know I need to run to God as my rescuerQuestion for Melissa: can you elaborate on how/why you should forgive someone who has assaulted you? It seems like the "Jesus thing" to do, but it's hard to let go of when someone has caused you so much pain/traumaI'm a virgin and my boyfriend is not. I don't condemn him for it but I can't help but feel hurt and jealous still. It's hard knowing that this is such an intimate experience I'll only be sharing with him (assuming we get married) but I won't be the only one he's shared it with. How do I move past the jealousy?

If you have any questions about the Theology of Sex series, feel free to anonymously text us at (720) 336-0585 and we will do our best to answer them on a Question and Response episode in a next week.

If you have any questions about the Theology of Sex series, feel free to anonymously text us at (720) 336-0585 and we will do our best to answer them on a Question and Response episode in a few weeks.

If you have any questions about the Theology of Sex series, feel free to anonymously text us at (720) 336-0585 and we will do our best to answer them on a Question and Response episode in a few weeks.

Here are some of the resources we talk about in the episode:fightthenewdrug.orgxxxchurch.comIf you have any questions about the Theology of Sex series, feel free to text us at (720) 336-0585 and we will do our best to answer them on a Question and Response episode in a few weeks.

Here are some of the resources we talk about in the episode:fightthenewdrug.orgxxxchurch.comIf you have any questions about the “Theology of Sex” series, feel free to text us at (720) 336-0585‬ and we will answer them on a Question and Response episode in a few weeks.

if you have any questions about our “Theology of Sex” series feel free to text us at (720) 336-0585‬ and we will answer them on a Question and Response episode in a few weeks.

Cancel culture is ruining an opportunity for us to enter into some of the most important part of building friendships. The team discusses how we can enter into conflict with our friends and come out closer on the other side. We had some technical difficulties on this one so thanks for sticking with it.

New Years is coming up, and before you dive into the festivities have you thought about partying? How does it interact with image of Christ that dwells with in us? Also... did you know that Molly started a riot in Bellingham?

We are about to enter into Christmas "vacations" but as a culture we are reporting being more stressed out and higher levels of anxiety and often our "vacations" are anything but relaxing. In the midst of all this there is lots of conversation about taking care of ourself during the hectic holiday season. Today we talk about how we take care of ourselves and get real rest during this season that is supposed to be reflective and restful.

Here are the articles and websites referenced in this episode: https://adventconspiracy.orghttps://blog.mass.gov/blog/consumer-advice/think-local-7-reasons-why-supporting-local-business-is-good-for-your-community/

The Advent Conspiracy (https://adventconspiracy.org) is a fantastic resource that the Ekklesia staff is using as a resource for many of these podcasts.

How do Christians thoughtfully engage with popular culture and media? Join us this week as we definitely figure it all out (this is sarcasm).

Today we're talking about friendships. They are arguably the most important relationships in our lives as young adults and often our friends are referred to as chosen family. So, how do we become good friends?

Today we're talking about calling and the ever-elusive idea of “finding your passion”. We'll be unpacking how to figure out what we were made to do and what it looks like to consult God on your vocation or family.

A few new voices. A new vision and but similar shenanigans. Come and check out the new after hours podcast and find out where this new podcast is headed.