3/7
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Leave a Mark: Perspective is Important
One mark Jesus left on the world was a change of perspective. Pastor Stacy Sublett shares his perspective from Mark 2:18-28.
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2/27-28
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Leave a Mark: A Party for Jesus
How did proclaiming good news get such a bad rap? When evangelism became all about goals and projects instead of caring for people. Dan Nold shares the story of Levi, in Mark 2:13-14, a tax collector who left much behind to throw a party for Jesus.
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2/20-21
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Leave a Mark: The Fellowship of the Mark
What mark are you leaving on your world...community...neighborhood? Dan Nold looks at the "Fellowship of the Mat" in Mark 2:1-17 and our call to stand and join the fellowship.
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2/13-14
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Leave a Mark: Untamed Warrior
Often, Jesus is viewed as meek and mild. But He is more than that... and really, not so mild. Check out what Dan Nold has to say about the Untamed Warrior based on Mark 1:21-45.
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2/6-7
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Leave a Mark: Follow Me
Jesus didn't call you to a life of comfort. You are called, rather, to repentance with an invitation to life... a life that leaves a mark. What does repentance look like? What will that life following Jesus be marked by? Pastor Dan Nold looks at Mark 1:14-20 and the call Jesus gives.
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1/30-31
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Leave a Mark: On Your Mark
We sometimes mistakenly picture Jesus as a wimp, snuggling with bunnies and dancing through fields of daffodils. But bunny-snuggling doesn't get people killed. Dan Nold teaches us from Mark 1:1-13 that you can't wussify the wilderness, and we shouldn't wussify Jesus.
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1/23-24
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Leave a Mark: A Really Good Story
We just began a sermon series on the Gospel of Mark. But what is a gospel? Etymologically, a gospel is simply good news or a good message or a good story. In this case, it's a good story about Jesus. Dan Nold asks us to consider what our story is, in light of His story.
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1/16-17
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Leave a Mark: Markology 101
Leave a mark. Get on your mark. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. We're all about the word Mark right now. We'll be studying the Gospel of Mark this spring, and Pastor Dan introduces the sermon series as well as the theme verse for the year.
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1/9-10
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Definition 2010
When we all have computer chips implanted in our brains within this next decade and we can send emails and text messages just by thinking them, what will anchor us? Vic King suggests that God's definition (of Himself and of us) should be our anchor.
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1/3
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Remember and Believe
Gathering Pastors share reflections on the holiday season, the church and the new year.
Stacy Sublett (Classic and Midtown) Listen Online
Vic King (Gray's Woods)
Bruce Eveleth (Encore)
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12/24
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Christmas Eve Service - ONE Christmas: Come Home!
Home for the holidays has a new meaning when looking at the Christmas Story through the lens of adoption. Dan shares what it means to belong to a family - and not just any family, but the family of God.
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12/19-20
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ONE Christmas: Throw a Party
Dan preaches from Luke 14 to help us understand how to throw a Christmas party. Apparently, most of us aren't eating nearly enough carp!!
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12/12-13
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ONE Christmas: Missing Jesus
Is your focus on doing good or loving Jesus this Christmas? Dan Nold dives into Matthew 25:31-46 in relation to our devotion to Jesus.
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12/5-6
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ONE Christmas: Unwrapping Heaven
If an angel-drawn sleigh stopped in front of our homes and offered us a one-way trip to heaven under the condition that we had to leave right now, would we accept that ride? If not, what does that suggest about our understanding of heaven? Dan Nold preaches from Malachi to challenge us to unwrap heaven this Christmas.
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11/29
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Are We Really Asking for Harvest Workers?
Dr. George Murray, Chancellor of Columbia International University, asks what ties our stomach in knots and suggests that billions of people in the world who don't know Jesus ought to do just that - tie our stomach up! Since God promises that the harvest is plentiful, will we pray earnestly for more workers?
Dr. George W. Murray (Classic and Midtown) Listen Online
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11/21-22
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UNchristian: A Stockpile of Grace
For the past six weeks, we've examined and apologized for the places where we don't live more like the Jesus we claim to follow. This sermon wraps up the UNchristian series with the grand finale of apologies...and the call for a re-Brand of Christian.
Vic King (Traditions, Classic) Listen Online
Bruce Eveleth (Table, Midtown, Encore) Listen Online
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11/14-15
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UNchristian: Sorry for Being So Judgmental
Type the word "judgmental" into Google, and "Christians" will be one of first words automatically filled in to complete the search. This is fundamentally problematic. Dan Nold challenges us to heed Jesus' warning against throwing the first stone.
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11/7-8
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UNchristian: Sorry for Being Too Political
Donkey? Elephant? No, we worship the lamb of God. But all too often, that's not apparent to the watching world. Dan Nold challenges us to get our priorities straight, not to remove ourselves from the political world but to remember that our ultimate allegiance is to God.
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10/31-11/1
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UNchristian: Sorry for Being Afraid
In a time eerily reminiscent of our current financial climate, President Roosevelt suggested that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. But Christ-followers are a bunch of scaredy-cats, as much as anyone else. Pastor Dan preaches from Matthew 14:22-33 to help us apologize for being afraid.
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10/24-25
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UNchristian: Sorry for Our Anti-Attitudes
All too often, we as Christians are known to be bitter, angry, and against everything in the world. Dan Nold helps us understand from the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 that instead of being so much like the older brother, we need to remove the limits of our love, just as God has done, and be willing to celebrate and embrace the younger brother (even if he's covered in pig slop).
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10/18
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UNchristian: Sorry for Missing the Party
Joint worship gatherings at State College High School, 9am and 11am Midtown.
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10/10-11
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UNchristian: Sorry for Selling You Religion
Jesus didn't come to set up a marketing plan for conversions. Instead of "conversion projects" what is it that we really HAVE to do? Dan Nold takes a look at what Jesus does in John 4:3-34.
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10/3-4
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UNchristian: Sorry for our Hypocrisy
Are we prepared to turn in our rags - our righteous acts and our deep afflictions for a new, enlarged heart? In the context of Luke 7:36-50, Pastor Dan Nold explores the marks of hypocrisy and the steps to truly living like Jesus.
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9/26-27
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poiema: mission
Gathering Pastors explore what it means to live on mission with God based on Ephesians 2.
**Vic King (Gray's Woods, Encore) Listen Online
**Dan Dorsey (Traditions, Classic) Listen Online
**Stacy Sublett (Table, Midtown) Listen Online
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9/19-20
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poiema: creation
You are the art of God. The questions is, will you let God continue to sculpt you? Pastor Dan Nold continues the poiema series from Ephesians 2.
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9/12-13
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poiema: resurrection
It isn't Easter season, when we typically hear the word "resurrection," but Dan Nold teaches from Ephesians 2 that resurrection is what God does, and it applies to us!
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9/5-6
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RECALCULATING: God-Stories of Recalculation
Gathering Pastors and guest speakers share how God has Recalculated their lives this summer through the book of James. Recalculating doesn't have to mean a completely new life path... it could be a new attitude or prayer. | Sermon Notes
**Vic King (Table, Gray's Woods) Listen Online
**Bruce Eveleth (Traditions, Classic, Encore) Listen Online
**Stacy Sublett (Midtown) Listen Online
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8/29-30
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RECALCULATING: Together
The Turtles wrote in their #1 hit in 1967, "So happy together. How is the weather? So happy together. We're happy together," because they knew that together is better. Similarly, Pastor Dan Nold preaches from James 5:13-20 and guides us in "Recalculating Together."
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8/22-23
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RECALCULATING: Patience
Though waiting may seem like a chore, it can produce patience ... among other fruits. Stacy Sublett looks at James 5 to recalculate our view of patience and what we can do while we wait.
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8/15-16
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RECALCULATING: Wealth
The true American Idol has nothing to do with Simon Cowell and everything to do with our assignment of far too much value and power to our wealth. Vic King offers us idolatry insurance from James 4:13-5:5.
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8/8-9
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RECALCULATING: Judgment
I've got a log. You've got a speck. We all need some serious spiritual Visine. Vic King preaches from James 4:11-12 to see how God wants to help us recalculate our understanding of judgment.
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8/1-2
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RECALCULATING: Prayer
The first rule of real estate is location, location, location, but what about the first rule of prayer? Pastor Dan Nold offers us the first three rules of prayer, coming out of James 4:1-10.
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7/25-26
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RECALCULATING: Wisdom
Need some wisdom? Pastor Dan Nold opens up to James 3:13-18.
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7/18-19
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RECALCULATING: What's at the Source?
Sure, sticks and stones will break your bones, and words... words can break more than bones. Pastor Dan Nold takes a look at James 3:1-12 and the power of the tongue.
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7/11-12
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RECALCULATING: Faith that Works
Show me the ... faith! Pastor Vic King examines the tension between "just doing" and "just believing" in James 2:13-26. Where do you land? Where should you land?
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7/5
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RECALCULATING: A Higher Call
Fencing for freedom: the duel between mercy and judgment. Find out which wins according to Pastor Dan Nold as he unpacks James 2:1-13.
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6/27-28
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RECALCULATING: The Untraveled Path to God
Two roads diverged in my wallet, and I - I took the one less traveled by, the one called poverty, and that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost, paraphrased by Dan Nold, through the lens of James 2:1-5.
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RECALCULATING: Real Religion for Real Men
What does a real man look like? On Father's Day, Pastor Dan Nold explores what real religion means according to James 1:26-2:5 and what it means to be a Dad and to know your Dad.
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6/13-14
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RECALCULATING: Just Do It
Chad Oberholtzer suggests that James1:19-27 teaches us not to engage in coupon fraud ... among other things. Bruce Eveleth asks, "can we be believers and not doers?" James is not adding to your to-do list but rather asking you to pursue the essence of the word "faith." Sermon Notes
**Chad Oberholtzer (The Table, Traditions, & Calvary Classic) Listen Online
**Bruce Eveleth (Gray's Woods, Midtown, & Encore) Listen Online
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6/6-7
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RECALCULATING: Miscalculated Path
When the going gets tough, the tough get ... pure joy? James 1:1-17 helps us recalibrate our attitude about suffering.Notes **Pastor Dan Nold Listen Online **Pastor Vic King (Gray's Woods) Listen Online
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RECALCULATING: Finding Our Way
Pastor Dan Nold introduces us to James the Just, “Old Camel Knees,” the author of the book of James that we’ll be studying throughout the summer.
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RECALCULATING: My Journey
Gathering Pastors share from their journeys and thoughts from various Scriptures. God has a best pathway in mind for each of our lives. That pathway might not take you exactly where you imagined it would, but with the proper perspective and a willingness to follow God, it will ultimately prove to be the best pathway for life. [Sermon Notes]
**Pastor Dan Dorsey (Traditions & Calvary Classic) Listen Online
**Pastor Vic King (Gray's Woods) Listen Online
**Pastor Stacy Sublett (The Table & Midtown) Listen Online |
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RECALCULATING: Your Final Destination
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun'. Oh, hear the word of the Lord. Pastor Dan preaches out of Ezekiel 37:1-17, that our final destination is not dem dry bones.
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| 5/9-10 |
Expectations of Glory
Be an "Ezer." Save a life. Pastor Dan Nold challenges us from Mary's example in Luke 1:26-38 to be expectant of God's glory.
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5/2-3
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LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: All-Out for Life
Pastor Dan Nold teaches from 1 Chronicles 28-29. Rather than bloody days filled with thumb wounds and split chins, our days with God can be the type that we never want to end if we go all-out for life and for God.
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| 4/26-27 |
LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: 100x Heart
Pastor Dan Nold uses Luke 8:4-15 (The Parable of the Sower) as a spiritual stethoscope to check the condition of our heart, to challenge us to increase our heart capacity to have a heart without walls.
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| 4/11-12 |
LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: Broken Tomb - New Life
Pastor Dan Nold presents the Easter story from John 18-21, describing how a rabbit and our Rabbi both died but didn't seem to stay that way (and One changed history forever).
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| 4/4-5 |
LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: Just a Donkey
Pastor Dan Nold teaches from Luke 19 and Matthew 20-21 about Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, challenging us to participate in CityServe and live a Life Without Walls. Then, we can say, 'I've had the time of my life, and I owe it all to...Jesus.'
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| 3/28-29 |
LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: Just a Lunch
Bagels, bass, and bountiful food for a crowd of thousands--Pastor Dan Nold shares that we have all that we need to impact this region for God, as we learn from Matthew 14:13-21 and John 6.
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| 3/21-22 |
LIFE WITHOUT WALLS: Just a Touch
Pastor Dan Nold shares from Mark 5:21-34 how the touch of Jesus can help the walls of our lives to come a-tumblin' down, to allow us to truly live a Life Without Walls.
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