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Resurrection Happens
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 27th, 2016 about resurrection’s role in nature, in life, and in the plan of God in Jesus. Death is not the end, and we welcome all to journey with us together to see new life built in situations and circumstances where we may have previously thought all hope was gone.
Read along in Philippians 2:5-8 (The Message)
Read the Growth Group Discussion questions.
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Children’s Sermon
Bonus: hear the Children’s Sermon by Amy Mark.
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Suffering as Gift?
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 20th, 2016. He explains that Paul has learned to ‘surrender the outcome’ while he shares with the other Christians at Phillipi. Suffering that seems like what will lead to our destruction, leads to our salvation. Have courage, stand strong & tell the truth when nobody else will. Live with more generosity, compassion and conviction. Genuine Christianity is not shiny and comfortable, it involves sacrifice, pain and suffering. Who is the competing ‘Niro’ who is asking for your allegiance?
Read along in Philippians 1:27-30, Acts 16:12.
Read the Week 8 Growth Group Discussion Questions.
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Taking the Yes Position To Life
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 13th, 2016. Paul shares the same resolve as Jesus to do the will of the Father, despite his pain and struggle. Jesus often flips things upside-down, challenging the assumptions we previously held onto as beliefs, so we can take part in His perfect plan.
Read along in Philippians 1:20-26, Matthew 16:15-24, Ephesians 3:14-19
Read this week’s Growth Group Questions.
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Feelings and Core Beliefs
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 6th 2016 about Paul’s choice to rejoice despite the dire circumstances he found himself in, and thanked his friends for their prayers of support while encouraging them.
Read along in Phillipians 1:18b-26
Check out the Growth Group Questions also.
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Losing The Plot
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday February 28th about being faithful and having joy while remaining in suffering. As Paul writes:
“Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.” -Philippians 1:18b-19 (NIV)
Read along in
Philippians 1:18-19, Job 13:15-16,18, & Psalm 34:1-7,
Read the Growth Group Discussion sheet.
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No Limits
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, February 21st of 2016. Paul wishes for love to abound and overflow in remarkability and in excellence. Knowing God’s love, and our response to that love while near people who are hard to love.
Read along in Philippians 1:9-11,
Read the Week 4 Growth Group Discussion Notes.
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Creating Space for Mercy and Grace
Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, February 14th about knowing grace, being grace in the flesh, and living into the Christ pattern of death followed by replenishment and resurrection.
Read along in Phillipians 2:5, Phillipians 1:7-8, Galatians 2:20, and Colossians 3:1-17.
Read the Growth Group Discussion notes too.
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Saying Yes To Life (Even the Hard Parts)
Listen to Jonathan Woolner walk through the book of Philippians on Sunday, February 7th of 2016. God is faithful to complete the good work He started in you. Are you open to that? We have to let some parts of us die to allow God’s resurrection power to replace them.
Read Philippians 1:1-6, Genesis 1:1-2:1,
Review the Growth Group notes.
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