Invitation Church Podcast

God Encounters You

This week Richie Hutchinson shared a message with our community about encountering God and God encountering us.

White Washed Walls

This weekend Dave continued our study through the book of Acts.

We looked at how taking up the way of Jesus draws us into the burdens of Jesus. If we are going to have burdens on this side of resurrection, why not be united with Jesus in what burdens him? 

Life By the Spirit

This weekend we welcomed Brent Eliason to Invitation as he encouraged us to embrace life by the spirit! 

Finding Beauty in your Frustration!

This week, Jaden unpacked Acts 16-18 and looked at several frustrations that Paul and Silas were confronted with in the midst of their second missionary journey. Even though these situations left them frustrated, it didn't stop them from eventually seeing the beautiful plan of God that was unfolding in front of them. 

UNLESS YOU ARE....

In the final section of the year-long study in the book of Acts, Dave unpacked a moment between Barnabas, Paul, Peter, and James, helping us understand that grace helps us not get lost in the wrong story. 

If you’re going to wrap your life around ANYTHING ...wrap it around GRACE

Quack Quack, Spot Back!

This weekend we unpacked Acts chapter 12! 

» You can be deeply committed to being a Christian WITHOUT being deeply formed by Christ 
 
» WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? Someone who pursues living INSIDE of, instead of UP TO, God’s standard.

EASTER SUNDAY: The Good News of Resurrection [Pastor Matt Styles]

For Easter this year, we had a combined worship gathering as we celebrated resurrection together.

Clean & Unclean

This weekend we unpacked Acts chapter 10! 

» HEAVEN is not an ADDRESS but a FORCE

» WE WANT TO MAKE SURE that we're not gathering around what Jesus can do FOR us; we want to make sure we gather around JESUS

Yes, And

This weekend we welcomed Mikaela Campbell to help us walk through the conclusion of Acts 9! 

But Barnabas

This weekend we unpacked Acts chapter 9:19-31! 

 » In Saul's 5th decade of life, he writes a letter to a church stating, "that if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a NEWcreation, the old has GONE and the new has COME." He writes those words to the church because of his intense and personal struggle of seeing himself in light of God's grace. 

 » Saul does not write 1 Corinthians 13: love as protecting, trusting, hoping, persevering, and never failing, in a vacuum; he writes it out of an experience of being forgiven.