Central Community Church

Creation itself, the morning stars and divine beings and whatnot – they were celebrating the foundations of the world itself before humans were even a thing. God and nature itself celebrated and called things good before human beings were even here. There’s a bigger picture here that requires removing ourselves from the center of our small, individ…

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Pursuing Friendship in Christ is not just a Convenience. It’s a Command, but what does true biblical friendship look like?Tyler Gorsline

Central Community Church

Cultures and traditions - including religions - all have multiple creation stories. Today we hear one from our scriptures told in Genesis, and our sermon shares another one - in the form of the children’s book “Big Momma Makes the World” by Phyllis Root. Sermon begins at minute marker 8:32 Genesis 1:1-2:4a Resources Image: https://www.thriftbooks.c…

Greg Di LoretoGreg Di Loreto

Central Community Church

Pentecost Sunday: Transformation by God’s Power is Possible. Pastor Tyler shares Three Upper Rooms found in scripture, one of fear, one of faith, and one filled with God's Power.Tyler Gorsline

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Ascension Sunday: What Was I Made For – Pastor Alex Early by Redemption Church Seattle

Central Community Church

Paul binds the physical body with resurrection, a holistic change from life as we have structured and understood it to that which is eternal as Jesus' life, death and resurrection gifted us. Our faith is intricately tied to a belief in the unbelievable while living and loving as Jesus did, attending to the needs of bodies in the here and now. Bodie…

Rich SclafaniRich Sclafani

Who most provokes you to anger? What do you do when someone angers you? How do you respond to being provoked? With our Anger, we are faced with choices between Life and Death. Retaliation or Redemption, Frustration or Forgiveness. Groupthink or Growth. David's Choices in 1 Sam 24 Point Us to Christ's Forgiveness Grace is what David modeled. What Je…

There is one church for every prisoner in Washington State. Chris Hoke from One Parish One Prisoner brings reflections on the challenges and blessings of working with churches and prisoners. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:16 John 11:33-44 Resources One Parish One Prisoner Image: Christ standing on the gates of hell Hymn: Voices Together, 348 Come…

Greg Di LoretoGreg Di Loreto

Tyler Gorsline

Easter Season: The Spirit Is Your Strength – Pastor Alex Early by Redemption Church Seattle

Recorded 4-28-2024 - Nehemiah 1:1-4

Relationships are a primary nourishment and fuel for a transformed community. Paul wrote letters only AFTER he engaged in relationship making. His work was able to flourish because he seeded intentional relationships with people that developed trust. How might we choose to nourish relationships in our lives, with our neighbors, with our community? …

What are you hyper-focused on? What is the soundtrack of your life? Problem isn’t that God isn’t speaking, but that we don’t have the capacity to notice.Tyler Gorsline

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Easter Season: The Good Shepherd – Pastor Alex Early by Redemption Church Seattle

Just as the Jewish community at Thessalonica was disrupted by the arrival and teachings of Paul and Silas, so, too, are we disrupted by things we often don’t feel prepared for. What does it mean to look disruption in the eye and experience it as an opening for Jesus to enter our lives anew? Sermon begins at 5:03 Acts 17:1-9 Hymn: Voices Together, 5…

Rich SclafaniThe Way: A Study In The Gospel Of Mark

Passivity is Easier….For Me, For You, For Now... But when God is calling us to take full responsibility for our life and faith and the communities, he has called us to lead and serveTyler Gorsline

The crippled man and the disciples both experience surprise and interruption in the norms of what they think might happen for them this day. The man expected the same - people offering him coins or ignoring him. It has been the same day in and day out for years. Peter and John expected to continue in their grieving and confusion at the loss of thei…

Hannah's trust in God's bigger and greater plan despite her immediate pain is worth considering. Where could we live like she embodied Christ's trust in the Father.Clair Deidda

Greg Di LoretoGreg Di Loreto

In the aftermath of Jesus’ death and resurrection, Jesus offers comfort and presence to his disciples. He continues to remind them he has not come to establish a nation state, rather that the disciples would be the ones to carry forward Jesus’ mission. Requirements for this include more waiting, receiving the power of the Holy Spirit. Devotion to p…

Greg Di LoretoGreg Di Loreto

Tyler Gorsline

Rich SclafaniRich Sclafani

Thanks for joining us this morning, we’re so glad you’re here!New here? We want to pray for you, and get you connected to our community! Connection Card: https://aseattlechurch.com/connectAre you in the Seattle area? We’d love to meet you in person at one of our gatherings at 9 or 11AM each Sunday. Visit https://aseattlechurch.com for more informat…

Palm Sunday: A King in the Temple – Pastor Alex Early by Redemption Church Seattle

Jesus lives an increasingly life of truth-telling to civic and religious authorities. All the while he enfolds the marginalized and oppressed into a just and merciful embrace of care and love, calling disciples to do the same. Up to his impending death disciples cannot grasp what this will cost him. A woman enacting honor and love provides Jesus’ f…