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Listen to our Sunday Sermons, Bible classes, and more. This podcast exists as another resource for you and your family. For more information, please visit our website at montereychurch.com Thanks for listening!

Monterey Church of Christ


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    Latest episodes from Monterey Church of Christ

    Living the Resurrection: Walls of Hostility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 35:04


    Today we explore how Jesus has torn down walls that have separated us and how he is rebuilding a new house, a new dwelling within the church.

    Living the Resurrection: Death to Life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 35:40


    Ephesians 2:1-10 helps us recognize who we WERE so that we can lean into and give thanks for who we ARE in Christ!

    Senior Sunday 2025: New Doors Opening

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 30:22


    This is our annual Sunday where we celebrate our graduating high school seniors!

    Living the Resurrection: Every Spiritual Blessing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 30:20


    Ephesians 1:3-14 gives us a big picture of what God is calling His people into.

    Seeing Jesus: Resurrection Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 25:06


    Seeing Jesus: A Tale of Two Parades

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 21:52


    Palm Sunday is the story of two kings — one who rides into Jerusalem on a war horse, and one who rides in on a colt of a donkey.

    Seeing Jesus: The Aroma of Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 28:28


    What does extravagant worship "smell" like? Mary (John 12) gives us a great example.

    Seeing Jesus: Welcome in the Parable of the Lost Sons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 27:54


    Hudson Hutchinson, our Connection Minister, challenges us to extend the unconditional welcome of God to those around us, just as He has extended that welcome to us.

    Seeing Jesus: The Fox and the Hen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 25:58


    Luke 13:31-35 gives us a short but interesting story of Jesus and his idea of what kingdom looks like.

    Seeing Jesus: The Temptation of Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 29:40


    In this story found in Luke 4, Jesus shows us that he engages the world as both fully God AND fully human.

    Witnesses: Acts 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 37:50


    The early church didn't have a road map for handling big decisions back then any more than we do now. But we still have Holy Spirit even today.

    Witnesses: Missions Sunday 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 31:06


    The story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10 shows us that God is doing something new in the world, and our invitation is to be a part of it. How is God calling you to be a part of a new thing today?

    Celebrating 40 Years in Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 20:10


    Today we honor Jim & Phyllis Beck who have spent the last 40 years making disciples in Kenya! They did not take Jesus anywhere -- they joined him where he already was, just like we are called to do each and every day.

    Witnesses: Philip & the Eunuch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 29:10


    Because of Jesus and the willingness of Philip, a man who finds himself on the fringes finds that he is welcome in the kingdom of God — just like all of us.

    Witnesses: Family Commitment Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 29:56


    Today is our annual Family Commitment Sunday! It's a day where we celebrate the new babies that have been added to our church family and commit as a church family to be a part of discipling each other's lives and walking with one another toward Jesus! Small matters MATTER!

    Witnesses: No Needy Persons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 32:28


    The story of Ananias and Sapphira is not one that you will find in most children's stories and flannel graphs, but it holds a key message of creativity for how the church can live in generosity to those around us.

    Witnesses: A Different Kind of Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 32:34


    Where does the power that we have come from? We continue to explore this question as we wrestle with the book of Acts.

    Witnesses: Poured Out On All Flesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 36:08


    What happens at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit comes on the people marks a significant change in how Jesus interacts with all people!

    Witnesses: Witnesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 25:52


    Our first sermon in our series on the book of Acts invites us to bear witness to what God is doing, just as the apostles did centuries ago. God moves, we bear witness.

    Hope Has A Name: Here I Am

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 24:42


    Joey Drumright, our Congregational Life Minister, shifts our focus from Hope as something meant ONLY for Jesus to something that we can all carry into the world in the name of Jesus.

    Hope Has A Name: Emmanuel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 13:14


    Join us for our annual Christmas Eve service!

    Hope Has A Name: Prince of Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 33:18


    Our idea of peace and God's idea of peace often come into conflict with each other. What does Jesus mean when he is called “Prince of Peace?”

    Hope Has A Name: Everlasting Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 30:02


    Through Jesus, God gives us a picture of the kind of eternal care-giving and providing that He does for His people. This is our Everlasting Father.

    Hope Has A Name: Mighty God

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 30:19


    Through Jesus, God redefines "might."

    Hope Has A Name: Wonderful Counselor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 31:52


    Sometimes it's easier to trust in the problem that we see, rather than the wisdom and counsel of a God that we often cannot see.

    Hope Has A Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 34:06


    This week Doug kicks off our Advent series "Hope Has A Name."

    The Lord's Prayer: Kingdom, Power & Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 29:58


    Jesus gives us the Lord's Prayer as a starting point for how to have a relationship with our Father. Today we spent time in prayer over several specifice areas affecting our lives and the world right now.

    The Lord's Prayer: Deliver Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 29:06


    "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:13)

    The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 26:44


    Often we think that holding grudges hurts others more than it hurts us, but that's not true.

    The Lord's Prayer: Daily Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 37:34


    In a society obsessed with abundance, can we trust that God's idea of “enough” is enough?

    The Lord's Prayer: Your Kingdom Come

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 26:18


    Hudson Hutchinson, our Connection Minister, offers a reflection on the part of the prayer that Jesus prays, "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." So often we pray that part of the Lord's Prayer with our own desires and imagination of God' kingdom in mind, rather than His.

    The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 27:52


    Jesus's opening words in his prayer teach us something about the very character and nature of God, moving Him from this impersonal deity to a very near, personal, and intimate Father.

    The Lord's Prayer: When You Pray

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 31:00


    Doug kicks off a new series on the Lord's Prayer and begins by reminding us that the purpose of prayer is to be properly formed in the presence of our Heavenly Father who desires relationship with us.

    Living Like Jesus In An Election Year (Or Any Year): Peacemakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 34:56


    This sermon explores the difference between "cease-fires" and "peace-making."

    Living Like Jesus In An Election Year (Or Any Year): Witnesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 30:00


    As a people who follow Jesus, we ought to be so sure about where we are headed that it shapes how we live right now.

    Living Like Jesus In An Election Year (Or Any Year): Servants

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 29:40


    What would it look like if Christians everywhere made the decision to elevate others over themselves?

    Living Like Jesus In An Election Year (Or Any Year): Strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 33:20


    In this first sermon in this series, we're reminded that we should never feel at home in this world.

    Jesus Stories: The Sinners

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 29:03


    The parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector reminds us that God desires humility when we approach Him in prayer.

    Jesus Stories: The Persistent Widow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 31:36


    Through this story, Jesus is saying, "Even when I'm not with you physically anymore, keep praying. Keep following. Keep trusting that I'm still with you."

    Jesus Stories: The Invisible Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 24:24


    Today we focus on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The way we live in eternity is to die to ourselves -- before we die.

    Jesus Stories: The Rascal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 26:42


    This teaching (Luke 16:1-9) is arguably one of the most complicated parables of Jesus.

    Jesus Stories: Hide & Seek

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 24:46


    Luke 15 gives us the parable of the lost son...but which son is really lost?

    Jesus Stories: Table Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 24:30


    While at a dinner party, Jesus confronts the leaders of his day about humility and pride.

    Jesus Stories: Manure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 26:30


    What does manure have to do with resurrection? God is patient with us -- maybe we should be patient with others.

    Jesus Stories: The Barn-Builder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 29:18


    Where do you store your treasures? And what do you value most in this life? Jesus has a lot to say about how what we value TODAY impacts our eternity.

    Jesus Stories: Midnight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 34:36


    In Luke 11, Jesus shares the Lord's Prayer with his followers. Is this a prescriptive way to pray, or is it about something else?

    Jesus Stories: Jump!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 28:32


    Our new Preaching Minister, Doug Page, begins his first sermon series! He invites us to explore the parable of the minas (Luke 19).

    Preaching Minister Commissioning Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 37:44


    Today we commission Doug Page, our new Preaching Minster at Monterey!

    Anchored

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 31:52


    What do we anchor ourselves to? And who SHOULD we be anchored to? Preachers and teachers are great, but they're not meant to be anchors -- they're sign posts that point us to the One who is.

    Life Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 26:20


    Today we commission 12 new Stephen Ministers. Stephen Ministry is a ministry designed for one-to-one care, walking alongside people in grief and struggle.

    The Family of God

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 29:16


    Mother's Day is a joy for some and a challenge for others. How is the church called to live in that tension?

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