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DateOctober 4, 2020SynopsisDuke Intern, Jordan Czichos, brings the good news this week in the fourth installment of our fall sermon series, "This Is (Still) Fine." It's all about community.ReferencesScripture: Psalm 133; Matthew 18:18–20Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateSeptember 27, 2020SynopsisOur fall sermon series on the means of grace — “This Is (Still) Fine” — continues with a message on fasting.ReferencesScripture: Philippians 2:1-13Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateSeptember 20, 2020SynopsisThis week, our deep dive searching for God in the dumpster fire that is 2020 continues. It’s a series on means of grace, and this week, we’re talking about searching the scriptures.ReferencesScripture: Isaiah 55:6–11; Luke 4:16–30Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.Join TLC+ and the "church. but better." movement here.
DateSeptember 13, 2020SynopsisWe’re starting a new(ish) sermon series to coincide with the launch of our TLC+ movement! This week: Prayer as a way of encountering God in the dumpster fire that is 2020...ReferencesScripture: Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 12:12Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.Join TLC+ and the "church. but better." movement here.
DateSeptember 6, 2020SynopsisThe pressure is off a bit as Brent wraps up our “The Gospel According To” series with a reminder about who’s actually building the church.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 16:13–20Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.TLC+ starts next Sunday! Join now at www.thelocalchurch.plusTo invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateAugust 30, 2020SynopsisThe Rev. Jerry Herships from Denver, Colorado offers his spin on the good news with wit, wisdom, and a whole lot of love.ReferencesScripture: Romans 8:38–39Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateAugust 23, 2020SynopsisKatie Barnett brings the good news this week, sharing her story of identity, faith, struggle, and peace.ReferencesScripture: Lamentations 3:22–24; Isaiah 43:1–2; Isaiah 54:10; Zephaniah 3:17Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateAugust 16, 2020SynopsisThis week, we continue our new series, “The Gospel According To,” about how the good news comes alive in our lives. Zach Horner shares about how not having all of the answers is good news.ReferencesScripture: Proverbs 3:1–8Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateAugust 9, 2020SynopsisIt’s the first week of our new sermon series, “The Gospel According To,” and this week, we’re joined by Dr. Sonny Kelly who performs an excerpt of the play he wrote: The Talk.ReferencesScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; John 8:31–32Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateAugust 2, 2020SynopsisWe’re wrapping up our “Are We There Yet” sermon series this week, wondering what you’ll carry with you now to remind you where we've been and where we're headed...ReferencesScripture: Exodus 33:7–11; Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJuly 26, 2020SynopsisIt’s week seven of our road trip-inspired summer sermon series, “Are We There Yet,” and this week, we talk about the paradox of faith, learning to walk, and the most honest, real, and raw confession in the whole bible.ReferencesScripture: Mark 9:14–29Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJuly 19, 2020SynopsisOur road trip rolls on, but this week, Jesus takes the wheel — through you! The theme is generosity, and this episode offers you the chance to hear how generous God is through the gifts, words, melodies, and love of this community.ReferencesScripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJuly 12, 2020SynopsisWe’re talking about God’s dream and how we get there. This week: Grace and discovering God’s power at work in our lives.ReferencesScripture: Luke 17:11–19Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJuly 5, 2020SynopsisIt’s Part 4 of our “Are We There Yet?” choose-your-own-adventure summer sermon series, and this week, William Kendust shares about holy boldness, divine resistance, and doing the things that give you chills...ReferencesScripture: Exodus 1:6–21Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJune 28, 2020SynopsisWe continue our choose your own adventure summer sermon series, Are We There Yet, by exploring the superpower of listening well — and thinking about why we do it.ReferencesScripture: Genesis 16:1–16; James 1:19–21Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Episode NotesIn this episode, Brent talks with Karinda Roebuck and Stephanie Terry from Chatham Organizing for Racial Equity (CORE) about the organization's work of education and action to dismantle racism and how anti-racist work best happens locally and in the context of relationship.This conversation was recorded on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.You can learn more about CORE and get involved on their Facebook Page here.Intro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateJune 21, 2020SynopsisIt’s week two of our brand new choose-your-own-adventure sermon series, and we’re taking a road trip together! This week, Brent talks about the importance of connection and how we weren't made to be alone.ReferencesScripture: Revelation 7:9–12; Matthew 14:22–33Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJune 14, 2020SynopsisIt’s the first week of a brand new choose-your-own-adventure sermon series, and we’re taking a road trip together! This week, Brent talks about where we’re headed. Next, you get to decide how we get there.ReferencesScripture: Revelation 21:1–6Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJune 7, 2020SynopsisDuke Intern, Zari Wilson, offers a sermon for Trinity Sunday about how the Holy Spirit works to bring about restoration.ReferencesScripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11–13Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateMay 31, 2020SynopsisIt is Pentecost Sunday which is a disorienting and de-centering experience, one that also shows us another side to the Holy Spirit. And this side meets us in our present reality amidst Covid-19, racism, white supremacy, and protests. What might the Spirit be stirring up in you? How will you carry the breath of God into the world?ReferencesScripture: Acts 2:1–21Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateMay 24, 2020SynopsisOn this Ascension Sunday, Jesus starts working from home and we consider the move from looking up to stepping out as witnesses of what God is doing.ReferencesScripture: Acts 1:1–11; Luke 24:44–53Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateMay 17, 2020SynopsisIt’s week four of our sermon series, “The New Normal,” and Brent shares about the third-quarter phenomenon, considers how we might be feeling orphaned, and to whom, exactly, the Spirit is advocating.ReferencesScripture: John 14:15–21Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Episode NotesIn this episode, Zachary Horner, who asks questions for a living, interviews Brent Levy, pastor of The Local Church, about how the times are changing and what it's like to be a pastor in the midst of a global pandemic. This conversation was recorded during Holy Week on April 6, 2020.Connect with Zach at on Twitter here, and you can subscribe to the Chatham News+Record here.Intro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateMay 10, 2020SynopsisIt’s week three of The New Normal, and our former intern, Stephan Margeson, returns to bring a good word about heaven, hospitality, and hope.ReferencesScripture: John 14:1–14Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateMay 3, 2020SynopsisContinuing our sermon series for Eastertide, “The New Normal,” Brent invites us to consider what’s holding us back on the way to experiencing abundant life and the practices that help us live into it.ReferencesScripture: Acts 2:42–47 and John 10:1-10Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateApril 26, 2020SynopsisWe begin a new sermon series called “The New Normal” that not only connects with our current reality but is also fitting as we celebrate Easter.ReferencesScripture: Luke 24:13–35Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateApril 19, 2020SynopsisBrent invites his friend Jennifer for a deep dive into the story of “Doubting” Thomas.ReferencesScripture: John 20:19–31Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateApril 12, 2020SynopsisYou can’t cancel a lot of things due to COVID-19, but you can’t cancel Easter. It comes anyway.ReferencesScripture: John 20:1–18Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
In this episode, Brent has a conversation with Zachary Horner on the power of the question, "What's going on right now?" Zach is a reporter at the Chatham News+Record, an avid reader, a curious questioner, and a natural storyteller.Connect with Zach at on Twitter here, and you can subscribe to the Chatham News+Record here.Books referenced: Beads by Rachael Brooks; Abba’s Child by Brennan ManningIntro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateApril 5, 2020SynopsisIt’s Palm Sunday and week six of our Wilderness series for Lent. This week, we find ourselves in the middle — between palm and passion, and we wonder where we go from here.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 21:1–11; Matthew 27:11–32Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Back with a new format for Lent, we hope that Ten Minutes Or Less is a faithful companion as you find yourself in the wilderness. May this scripture, reflection, and song help you experience the abiding presence of God — trusting that there is love where you are.Scripture: John 11:1–6Song: "Come to the River" by HousefiresFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.Want to invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts? Give online here.
In this new podcast, Brent has a conversation with Tracy Wilson on the sustaining practice of gratitude. Tracy is an award-winning writer, a former journalist and broadcaster, and someone who has a knack for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.Tracy shares with Brent about how grateful living can be a sustaining practice in times of anxiety and uncertainty.Connect with Tracy at her website here, and you can download her Gratitude Quick Start Guide here!Intro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateMarch 29, 2020SynopsisIt’s week five of our Wilderness series for Lent. This week, we hear the story of the raising of Lazarus and consider the ways this story speaks to our current experience in the time of COVID-19.ReferencesScripture: John 11:1–45Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Episode NotesBack with a new format for Lent, we hope that Ten Minutes Or Less is a faithful companion as you find yourself in the wilderness. May this scripture, reflection, and song help you experience the abiding presence of God — trusting that there is love where you are.Scripture: Psalm 23, featuring the voice talent of Tracy Wilson GibsonSong: "House of God, Forever by Jon ForemanFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.Want to invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts? Give online here.
DateMarch 22, 2020SynopsisIt’s week four of our Wilderness series — this week, digging into Psalm 23 and finding fresh meaning in familiar words.ReferencesScripture: Psalm 23Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
In this new podcast, Brent has a conversation with Dr. Aaron Schott, assistant professor and attending physician at the UNC Medical Center, about the coronavirus, how he talks to his parents about it, the importance of social distancing, what his new normal is, and other things you need to know about COVID-19.The UNC Coronavirus Hotline is 1-888-850-2684.Intro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
Episode NotesBack with a new format for Lent, we hope that Ten Minutes Or Less is a faithful companion as you find yourself in the wilderness. May this scripture, reflection, and song help you experience the abiding presence of God — trusting that there is love where you are.Scripture: John 4:7–26Song: "Front Porch" by Joy WilliamsFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.Want to invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts? Give online here.
DateMarch 15, 2020SynopsisIt’s week three of our Wilderness series — this week, journeying with the woman at the well into the wilderness of isolation and social distancing...ReferencesScripture: John 4:5–42 Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateMarch 8, 2020SynopsisIt’s week two of our Wilderness series — this week, journeying with Nicodemus into the wilderness of night, of questions, of being upended and opened...ReferencesScripture: John 3:1–17Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Episode NotesBack with a new format for Lent, we hope that Ten Minutes Or Less is a faithful companion as you find yourself in the wilderness. May this scripture, reflection, and song help you experience the abiding presence of God — trusting that there is love where you are.Scripture: John 3:1–17Song: "Dark Night of the Soul" by COR Worship CollectiveFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.Want to invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts? Give online here.
DateMarch 1, 2020SynopsisThe Rev. Kristen Hanna fills in for Brent to kick off our Wilderness series for the season of Lent.ReferencesScripture: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
Back with a new format for Lent, we hope that Ten Minutes Or Less is a faithful companion as you find yourself in the wilderness. May this scripture, reflection, and song help you experience the abiding presence of God — trusting that there is love where you are.Scripture: Genesis 2:15–17; 3:1–7Song: "Below My Feet" by Mumford and SonsFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.Want to invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts? Give online here.
DateFebruary 23, 2020SynopsisOur ministerial intern from Duke Divinity, Maggie Thomas, wraps our sermon series called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new. This week, we’re exploring the Transfiguration.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 17:1–9Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateFebruary 16, 2020SynopsisWe continue our sermon series called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new. This week, we’re considering what it really means to be blessed.ReferencesScripture: Genesis 12:1–3; Matthew 5:1–12Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.
DateFebruary 9, 2020SynopsisWe continue our sermon series called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new. This week, we’re considering Jesus’ invitation to come and see and exploring our purpose to become more like him.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 28:16–20; John 1:35–46Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateFebruary 2, 2020SynopsisWe continue our sermon series called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new. This week, we're talking about prayer, alignment, paying attention, and how we see the world.ReferencesScripture: Luke 11:1–13; Romans 12:1–2Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJanuary 26, 2020SynopsisWe continue our new sermon series this week called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new. This week, Jay Horton brought the good news. Jay is a student at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia.ReferencesScripture: Psalm 30; Mark 2:1–12Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJanuary 19, 2020SynopsisWe begin a new sermon series this week called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new.ReferencesScripture: John 2:1-11 Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJanuary 12, 2020SynopsisIt’s Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and we’re talking about names we're given, names we've been called, names that describe us, and the name that defines us.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 3:13–17Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
DateJanuary 5, 2020SynopsisIt’s Epiphany Sunday, and we’re talking about light and darkness and light in darkness and what the story of the three wise men tells us about God’s kingdom.ReferencesScripture: John 1:1–5, 10–18; Matthew 2:1–12Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.
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