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Leadership = Followership

• Risk Taking Love (Ruth 1-4) Ian Swyers (May 19) — Notes [pdf]
• Skating on Giftedness (Judges 13-16) Eric Simpson (May 12) — Notes [pdf]
• Pressing on in Subtraction (Judges 6-7) Eric Simpson (May 5) — Notes [pdf]
• Making A Decision (Joshua 24) Eric Simpson (April 28) — Notes [pdf]
• Know Who You Are (1 Peter 1-2) Jon Rich – C&MA District Superintendent (April 21)
• Confronting What’s Wrong (Joshua 7) Eric Simpson (April 14) — Notes [pdf]
• Thriving In Uncertainty (Numbers 13 & Joshua 14) Eric Simpson (April 7) — Notes [pdf]

Break Free

• The Power to Be Free (Romans 6) Eric Simpson (March 31) — Notes [pdf]
• The Vocabulary of the Free (Exodus 33) Eric Simpson (March 24) — Notes [pdf]
• Reaching For A Quick Fix (Exodus 32) Eric Simpson (March 17) — Notes [pdf]
• Fences and Freedom (Exodus 19-20) Ian Swyers (March 10) — Notes [pdf]
• Why Is It Taking So Long? (Exodus 13-14) Eric Simpson (March 3) — Notes [pdf]
• Groaning In Bondage (Exodus 1-3) Eric Simpson (February 24) — Notes [pdf]

How God Guides Lives

• The Times When It All Makes Sense (Genesis 50) Eric Simpson (February 17) — Notes [pdf]
• The Crossroad of Surrender (Genesis 22) Eric Simpson (February 10) — Notes [pdf]
• The Divine GO! (Genesis 11-21) Eric Simpson (February 3) — Notes [pdf]

Building a With-God Family

• What Are We Supposed To Do With These Kids? (Genesis 6-8) Eric Simpson (January 27) — Notes [pdf] Identity Letters
• Why Is It So Complicated? (Genesis 3) Eric Simpson (January 20) — Notes [pdf]
• Whose Idea Was This Anyway? (Genesis 1-2) Eric Simpson (January 13) — Notes [pdf]
• Marriage Survey Video

Prayer Week 2013

• Kingdom Come (Luke 11:1-13) Ian Swyers (January 6) — Notes [pdf]

Light of the World

• Jesus, the Man for All Seasons (John 15:1-8) Eric Simpson (December 30) — Notes [pdf]
• Joy (Luke 1:46-55) – Missing first few minutes Hunter Smith (December 23)
• Love (Luke 2:1-20) – Reduced quality due to technical issues Ian Swyers (December 16) — Notes [pdf]
• Peace (John 14:27) Eric Simpson (December 9) — Notes [pdf]
• Hope (Matthew 1:18-25, 2:1-16) Ian Swyers (December 2) — Notes [pdf]

NT Journey

• Some Encouraging News (1 Peter 1:3-9) Eric Simpson (November 25) — Notes [pdf]
• Search and Rescue (James 5:19-20) Ian Swyers (November 18) — Notes [pdf]
• Faithfulness or Faithlessness (Hebrews 3) Eric Simpson (November 11) — Notes [pdf]
• A Diamond and Spiritual ADD (Hebrews 1-2) Eric Simpson (November 4) — Notes [pdf]
• History With God (2 Timothy 4:6-8) Hunter Smith (October 28)
• A Letter From Death Row (2 Timothy 2:1 – 3:9) Eric Simpson (October 21) — Notes [pdf]
• Dying To LIve (Colossians 3) Ian Swyers (October 14) — Notes [pdf]
• Holy Amnesia and Sacred Memory (Philippians 3:7-14) Eric Simpson (October 7) — Notes [pdf]
• Living “Axios” (Ephesians 4:1-6) Eric Simpson (September 30) — Notes [pdf]
• When The Ground Shifts (Nehemiah 1-2) Eric Simpson (September 23) — Notes [pdf]

Women’s Retreat

• What Shows God I Love Him Marcy Mays
• Loving God Heart and Soul Marcy Mays
• Loving God Mind and Strength Marcy Mays
• Loving Others Marcy Mays
• Retreat Journal [pdf]

• Generosity (2 Corinthians 8) Ian Swyers (September 9) — Notes [pdf]
• Looking At What We Can’t See (2 Corinthians 4) Eric Simpson (September 2) — Notes [pdf]
• Jesus’ Roster (1 Corinthians 12) Eric Simpson (August 26) — Notes [pdf]
• Becoming Who We Already Are (Romans 7-16) Eric Simpson (August 5) — Notes [pdf]
• The Jersey Effect Hunter Smith (July 29)
• Getting “Right” With God (Romans 1-6) Eric Simpson (July 22) — Notes [pdf]
• Ignite Sunday Johnny V (July 15)
• Leveraging Our Limitations (Acts 28) Eric Simpson (July 8) — Notes [pdf]
• Radical Outreach (Acts 17) Greg Lex (July 1)
• True Identity (Acts 11) Ian Swyers (June 24) — Notes [pdf]
• Eyes To See (Acts 9) Eric Simpson (June 17) — Notes [pdf]
• Freedom Under Arrest (Acts 4) Eric Simpson (June 10) — Notes [pdf]
• Small Screen Living in a Big Screen World (Acts 1-2) Eric Simpson (June 3) — Notes [pdf]
• A Good Good-bye (John 16:1-14) Ian Swyers (May 27) — Notes [pdf]
• When Jesus Stirs Things Up (John 9) Eric Simpson (May 20) — Notes [pdf]
• Spartans, Mustard Seeds & Turkey Eric Simpson & Hunter Smith (May 13) — Notes [pdf]
• In the Beginning (John 1:1-18) Ian Swyers (May 6) — Notes [pdf]
• Journey Ahead With Jesus (Luke 24) Hunter Smith (April 29)
• Climbing Trees and Meeting Jesus (Luke 19:1-10) Eric Simpson (April 22) — Notes [pdf]
• Lost At Home (Luke 15:28-32) Eric Simpson (April 15) — Notes [pdf]
• The Pathway Home (Luke 15) Eric Simpson (April 8) — Notes [pdf]
• What About You? (Luke 9:18-27) Ian Swyers (April 1)
• 20th Anniversary Celebration Kerry Bowman (March 25)
• A Distressed Jesus (Mark 14:32 – 42) Eric Simpson (March 18) — Notes [pdf]
• From the Inside Out (Mark 12:28-34) Kerry Bowman (March 11)
• Abide and Abound (Mark 1:29-39) Eric Simpson (March 4) — Notes [pdf]
• Dying to Live (The Life of Adoniram Judson) Eric Simpson (February 26) — Notes [pdf]
• As You Go (Matthew 28:18-20) Kerry Bowman (February 19)
• Is There a Final? (Matthew 25:1-13) Eric Simpson (February 12) — Notes [pdf]
• The New Math of Grace (Matthew 20:1-16) Eric Simpson (February 5) — Notes [pdf]
• Moving From Conflict to Forgiveness (Matthew 18:21-35) Eric Simpson (January 29) — Notes [pdf]
• Soil Analysis (Matthew 13:1-23) Eric Simpson (January 22) — Notes [pdf]
• The Root of the Fruit (Matthew 7:15-23) Eric Simpson (January 15) — Notes [pdf]
• The Forgotten Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11) Kerry Bowman (January 8)

• Interview with Carl Ralston (Remember Nhu) (March 4)
• David Mays Memorial Service (January 7)

Prayer Week 2012

• Life … Make It Count (Psalm 1) Eric Simpson (January 1) — Notes [pdf]

Experience the Wonder

• Christmas … What a Story! (Matthew 1) Eric Simpson (December 18) — Notes [pdf]
• Christmas … What a God! (John 1) Eric Simpson (December 11) — Notes [pdf]

• Just Like Jericho (Joshua 6) Hunter Smith (December 4)

In the Beginning (series on Genesis)

• Ahhh, That Makes Sense Now! (Genesis 42) Eric Simpson (November 27) — Notes [pdf]
• When Life Goes From Bad to Worse (Genesis 39) Ian Swyers (November 20) — Notes [pdf]
• God, How Can This Be Your Plan? (Genesis 37) Eric Simpson (November 13) — Notes [pdf]
• When Things Start Changing (Genesis 32) Eric Simpson (November 6) — Notes [pdf]
• Courtship – God’s Way (Genesis 24) Eric Simpson (October 30) — Notes
  
• When Knowing & Seeing Don’t Match Up (Genesis 22) Greg Lex (October 23)
• Famine Frustrations (Genesis 12-16) Eric Simpson (October 16) — Notes [pdf]
• Settling and Leaving (Genesis 11-12) Eric Simpson (October 9) — Notes [pdf]
• First Steps and Question Marks (Genesis 6-7) Eric Simpson (October 2) — Notes [pdf]
• The Art of the Back Mask (Genesis 4) Eric Simpson (September 4) — Notes [pdf]
• The Sweat of Your Brow (Genesis 3) Eric Simpson (August 28) — Notes [pdf]
• God & Mondays…The 83,000 (Genesis 1) Eric Simpson (August 21) — Notes [pdf]

The Relational Way

• Shrink Wrap and Great Stuff (Luke 10:25-37) Kerry Bowman (September 25)
• The Presence and the Power (Matthew 16:13-20; 18:15-19) Kerry Bowman (September 18)
• Fast Food, Bones & the Love of Jesus (Ezekiel 37, John 14 & 15) Kerry Bowman (September 11)

A Holy Must

• Surrender to Love (Romans 8:35-39) Eric Simpson (August 7) — Notes [pdf]
• True and False Burdens (Matthew 11:27-30) Kerry Bowman (July 31)
• Letting Your Soul Catch Up With Your Body (Isaiah 55) Eric Simpson (July 17) — Notes [pdf]
• A Holy Must (Luke 4:42-43) Eric Simpson (July 10) — Notes [pdf]
• Renewable Joy (Philippians 3:1-11) Kerry Bowman (July 3)
• The Way Kerry Bowman (June 26)
• Fathering like the Father Eric Simpson (June 19) — Notes [pdf]

What Happened To That Guy? (series on the life of Peter)

• Oars, Escalators, and Grace (2 Peter 1:1-8) Eric Simpson (June 12) — Notes [pdf]
• Who Are You? (1 Peter 2:1-12) Kerry Bowman (June 5)
• Transforming Conversations (John 21) Kerry Bowman (May 29)
• The Pentecost Pulpit (Acts 2) Eric Simpson (May 22) — Notes [pdf]
• Never Will Hill (Matthew 26:69-75) Eric Simpson (May 15) — Notes [pdf]
• Water Walking (Matthew 14:25-33) Eric Simpson (May 8) — Notes [pdf]
• BYSSIW (Luke 5:1-11) Eric Simpson (May 1) — Notes [pdf]

The Passion

• A Stone Is No Match For God (Mark 16:1-8) Eric Simpson (April 24) — Notes [pdf]
• Living A Life Of Worship (Matthew 21:1-11) Ian Swyers (April 17) — Notes [pdf]

Integrate (series on book of James)

• Hurry Up and Make Me Patient! (James 5:7-18) Eric Simpson (April 10) — Notes [pdf]
• Why Can’t We All Just Get Along (James 4:1-10) Eric Simpson (April 3) — Notes [pdf]
• Taming the Tongue (James 3:1-12) Kerry Bowman (March 27) — Notes [pdf]
• Saving Faith Works (James 2:14-26) Eric Simpson (March 20) — Notes [pdf]
• You Know You’re A Christian When … (James 1:19-27) Eric Simpson (March 13) — Notes [pdf]
• When Both Shoes Drop (James 1:1-18) Eric Simpson (March 6) — Notes [pdf]

• From Cannibals to Christians (John G. Paton) Eric Simpson (February 27) — Notes [pdf]
• Follow Me Ian Swyers (February 20)

The Art of Marriage

• The Sex and Sexuality Talk (Song of Solomon) Eric & Kendra Simpson (February 13) — Notes [pdf]

- Prayer For Sexual Healing [pdf]

• Why Does It Have To Be So Complicated? (Colossians 3) Eric Simpson (February 6) — Notes [pdf]
• Who Came Up With This Idea? (Ephesians 5) Eric Simpson (January 30) — Notes [pdf]

Maximize

• Eternal Investments (Luke 12:22-34) Kerry Bowman (January 23)
• A Disciple’s Challenge (Luke 12:13-21) Kerry Bowman (January 16)
• Gratitude, Hope & Generosity Kerry Bowman (January 9)

• A New Year of Sowing and Reaping Eric Simpson (January 2) — Notes [pdf]