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In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare beckons women to “sigh no more” over deceitful men but instead to give themselves over to blithe and bonny (i.e. Happiness and Cheer). Amidst the countless sighs of our lives, is that what Jesus calls us to—sigh no more, just be happier? In this message we look at two specific sighs of Jesus and how they point us to a deeper, stronger, more enduring, and more satisfying brand of blithe and bonny than Shakespeare offers! Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Philemon 17-25, Morning WOrship, Leader: Revd Ian Tomkins, Preacher: Helen Aberdeen

If you've ever felt like an outsider or wondered if you're too far gone for a second chance, this message explores how Jesus consistently shows up in unexpected places to embrace the very people society rejects. By looking at why Jesus chose to share a table with those considered "sinners," we are challenged to trade a comfortable, easy faith for a brave faith that loves others right where they are. Learn why the heart of Jesus' mission isn't about being perfect, but about finding hope and belonging in the middle of life's mess.

A mother crosses every barrier to fall at Jesus' feet, believing that even a crumb of his power can rescue her helpless child. How profound that it was not through the religious leaders or even his own disciples but through an “outsider” that Jesus is correctly identified as the deliverer! This is good news for us: deliverance comes to the helpless through faith in another, namely Jesus Christ. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Philemon 8-16, Holy Communion, Leader & President: Revd Ian Tomkins, Preacher: Revd Juliet Dellow

Series: The Gospel of the KingdomService: Sun PMType: SermonSpeaker: Bob McPherson

Series: The Gospel of the KingdomService: Sun AMType: SermonSpeaker: Bob McPherson

Continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark, Kale Courtright examines the challenging story of a man with leprosy, an illness that brought not just physical pain, but total exclusion from community and God. Discover what Jesus' shocking encounter with this marginalized man reveals about his identity, his kingdom, and God's call for radical inclusion in every generation.

Why does it feel so good to point out what's wrong? In Mark 7, the Pharisees find fault while standing in front of a miracle. Jesus responds with unsettling clarity. The real problem is not out there but in here. Beneath our criticism lies a craving to be right, and beneath that, a heart that cannot fix itself. This week we will see why self-improvement cannot save us and how only the cross can wake us up and set us free from the exhausting cycle of accusation. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

In this series opener on the Gospel of Mark, Kale Courtright explores how Jesus arrived not just as a religious figure, but as a subversive king bringing a radical new kingdom. Discover why this fast-paced story of "good news" was a bold challenge to the status quo and why it calls for an urgent, life-changing response from us today. It is an invitation to look past your assumptions and see the real Jesus clearly.

What do you do when you're certain you can handle it on your own—only to have that certainty upended? The disciples were in such a spot. Then Jesus showed up and said, “Do not be afraid, I will carry you through.” When overwhelmed by life's storms, are you prone toward self-reliance like the disciples? If so, this message will point you back to Jesus who is faithful to carry you through. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

It's easy to glaze over the feeding of the five thousand. But in Mark 6, Jesus is showing us what his kingdom is like. He meets real need, confronts our instinct to control, and invites us to keep coming back with empty hands to the only one who can truly satisfy. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Here in our city, these are some of the most trying times in the last 50 years. Does Jesus have a word for us as we are so burdened by all that is going on? This week we look at how a very hard day in the ministry of Jesus can actually minister to us as well. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Jesus returns home but doesn't experience the type of homecoming one might expect. It could be said the townspeople are out of joint. Those we'd expect to greet him with adulation instead take offense at him. But it's not just them who is out of joint—so are we and so is our city. Oh, how we need the Lord to draw near us in this time. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Jordan Anderson Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

In Mark 5, everything people are afraid of actually happens... and Jesus is still there. He slows the story down, treats death like something temporary, and refuses to let fear have the final word. What if the good news isn't that fear goes away, but that it no longer gets to be in charge? Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Mark chapter 5 has been named “The St. Jude chapter” as he is the patron saints of lost causes. In Mark 5 we meet 3 people who are at the very end of their rope. In this week's message, we'll take a dive into how Jesus bring amazing order out of utter chaos. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Aaron Robertson Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Most of what we call “faith” turns out to be little more than vague sentiment once life actually hits us. At the end of Mark 4, we find a violent storm, seasoned sailors unraveling, and Jesus… asleep. But what first looks like indifference becomes a doorway into who God really is as He meets the storm around us, the storm within us, and the ultimate storm that brings us home. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Jesus described the kingdom of God by comparing it with common agricultural realities. While the illustrations are clear, it's not immediately obvious how such things illustrate the kingdom of God. And it's those opaque pieces which are intended to draw us in, induce more questions, and encourage us to seek the meaning of such things. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Whenever you hear an inside joke that you don't get, how does that make you feel? Isolated, alone and dumb? For sure! How about when you are in on it? Feels like you are included, knowledgeable and smart, huh? Discover today about the greatest inside joke ever told, and how we can always be on the inside of it!! Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

In our study of Mark so far, we have seen a variety of responses to Jesus and his teaching. This week in the Parable of the Soils, we'll see Jesus unpack what is actually going on behind the scenes of this different reactions to him. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights Discussion Guide For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

In this passage Jesus engages with both his family and the religious leaders. The differences between those two groups are stark. But they are paired together through story due to a similarity. What is that commonality and why might we struggle in the same way? That's the key to understanding what it means to be a part of God's family. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

This message from Pastor Scott addresses an important aspect of Biblical sexuality - how a Christian understands gender confusion and God's redemption available to all of us who were born in opposition to his law in our hearts.We hope you are encouraged by this truth from the Bible and want to continue to have meaningful conversations about sexuality with our congregation and gospel seekers. If you have questions, please reach out to one of our elders or pastors! The Oasis Church exists to glorify God through exegetical preaching, deep, relational community, and outreach to the world. Learn more about The Oasis Church at:https://www.theoasischurch.net/about-us

The twelve disciples are a unique group of individuals. In this sermon, we look at what Jesus called the twelve to, and the ragamuffin group that they were that become a united team for Christ. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Jesus heals a man. That should be the end of the story but it's not. The religious leaders take offense that he did so on the Sabbath. That breaks the rules. Well, that breaks their rules. How does the rest of the account go? That's what we explore in this message. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Jesus Christ is a surprising Savior to many who were looking for a different kind of king. He is the just as surprising today. How we respond to this Jesus, who cannot be put in a box of our own making, is what it is all about. We see this in four ways in this week's passage. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

We live like the world is our movie and wonder why we are exhausted. In Mark 2:1–12, Jesus goes beneath the surface and heals the real injury; he forgives before he fixes, proves it in public, and pays at the cross as the scarred Lamb who went down so we could rise. This is not another self improvement strategy; it is the end of auditioning. Discover how to trade your "main character energy" for God's invitation to come home. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.