Michael J. Chanley Teachings

This special message was recorded at our 2023 Annual Christmas and Thanksgiving Party. We took advantage of this gathering to launch some important changes for our church family.

Specifically, we announced:

• Our new vision statement (see below)
• A new church logo
• An updated church directory
• The new church website - tunnelhillchristian.church

It is provided here for those who were unable to attend the event.

---------- Vision Statement Notes (adapted from the handout provided at the event) ----------

Tunnel Hill Christian Church has a vision to grow in faith, share hope, and love one another as followers of Jesus.

Our new vision statement is anchored in 1 Cor. 13:13, the conclusion to the Apostle Paul's chapter defining love. It says:

"... And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Our new vision statement highlights our biblical focus on Jesus Christ, gives us direction to become more outward focused, and emphasizes our efforts to teach the Word of God every time we gather.

In more detail, it helps to look at the vision in reverse to see how it builds on itself to point us upward towards God.

1. As followers of Jesus - The final part, or first step, of our Vision Statment reminds us of the root source of our faith, hope, and love. It reminds us that all we do builds on our efforts to serve Jesus and not ourselves
2. Loving one another - Encourages us to be an outpouring of the love Jesus Christ has shown us and a reflection of the New Testament commandments. Love is how we are to treat one another.
3. Sharing hope - Reminds us that we exist in the community as a local New Testament church, devoted to fulfilling the Great Commission. Hope is love from Jesus shared with others.
4. Growing in faith - Wherever you are on in your faith journey, we are always growing in the Way of Jesus. Growing in faith means we more completely embrace Him in all we say and do. At Tunnel Hill, we are built upon the faith, hope and love of Jesus Christ.

NOTE: this message was recorded in the CAC and the audio is not excellent. If you have any questions, please contact the church office: [email protected].

Joseph is favored by his father and then abused by his brothers. He is sold into human trafficking and eventually wrongfully imprisoned. However, he never seems to give up hope that God will provide and fulfill the dreams he was given as a child.

Today, we learn from Joseph's hope-giving example by considering if the things meant to create the greatest harm in our lives may, in fact, be exactly what allows us to point others to Jesus.

About This Series

The Gift of Family is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores several examples of families in the Bible to extract lessons of faith, hope, peace, love, and joy.

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• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
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Abraham and Sarah are given a unique blessing from God designed to bless them. However, they mess it up in a terrible way by taking things into their own hands. Later in life, Abraham is tested by God and, lessons learned, he gets it right.

Today, we can learn from Abraham's example of faith and extract from it a gift of faith that we too may pass on to others.

About This Series

The Gift of Family is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores several examples of families in the Bible to extract lessons of faith, hope, peace, love, and joy.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Biblical hope is not hope casually tossed at the lowest common denominator. Nor is it hope in a possible good outcome. Certainly, it is not "I hope so… rolling-of-the-dice-type of hope."

• It is hope that is grounded in generations of faithfulness.
• It is hope proven by the fulfillment of prophecies.
• It is hope connected to faith and the demonstrated love of God; a gift of hope, fulfilled in the name of Jesus!

As followers of Christ, we need not say, "I hope so…" regarding our eternal destination. We have the distinct blessing of true hope, with the assured confidence of the One who is always faithful, perfectly just, and unendingly filled with love and mercy.

Our God's love is the perfect, hope-giving gift, freely given to all.

When we accept His free gift, we are indwelled by His Spirit.

We become born of hope.

We become hope in action.

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

If honey is the final sweet harvest of beekeeping, then the ultimate reward (of our faith-filled hope in God) is the perfect sweetness found in the promise of eternal life. Our harvest is knowing there is a future and final destination in which we will walk hand in hand with the Lord and with one another.

Jesus has gone ahead of us to prepare a place in which our hope will live for all eternity. It will be unending and everlasting.

That ultimate harvest of our hope is will be perfect in every sense of the word. To get there, we must live and breathe and walk in the Way of Jesus Christ.

Join us as we learn about the ultimate harvest from the three gardens found in the Bible.

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

To be a honeybee is, literally, to exist dependent on one another. In the truest sense, each individual bee exists for the good of the other bees in their family. Apart from the mutual support of the community, the entire colony will cease to exist.

In this senese, churches and families can learn from the example of the humble honeybee. They become a powerful example of collaboratively working together for a common purpose.

The bees provide a cohesive model of family because they are a superorganism.

They exist in harmony.

They live in unity.

Join us as we explore some biblical examples of unity and take into consideration whether or not we too, as churches and families, can truly experience unity while living in such a divisive time.

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Honeybee reproduction includes a fascinating process that includes swarming. Seeing how the bees move together as part of their reproductive cycle can teach us much about the process of disciple-making.

Both include duplication and replication.

While bees share their genetic material through a complex process that includes creating a new queen and splitting their existing colongy, the church also has a type of DNA that makes up our core values. It directs us and provides purpose.

Discipleship, therefore, is a type of reproduction on a spiritual level.

When we get fully connected and trained up in the Lord, we too move like a type of swarm. We go out en masse, sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and it stems from the hope-filled knowledge of a God that loves us completely.

Join us as we learn how the knowledge of His love compels us to action, moves us to tell others, and to complete the Great Commission.

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The Biblical account of the enemy gives us insight into knowing his motivations. It teaches us to be on alert against attacks on any front. The writer of 1 Peter 5:8 urges us to "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."

Like the numerous threats facing honeybees, our soul faces a plethora of challenges. Our spiritual enemy, seeking to cause despair, is always on the attack.

He seems to be everywhere. So we must be ready. We must know the enemy and his attacks.

In his classic book, The Strategy of Satan: How to Detect and Defeat Him, Warren Wiersbe summarizes the Biblical explanation of the evil one. Wiersbe outlines how Satan acts as the:

• Deceiver
• Destroyer
• Tempter
• Accuser

Join us as we explore the despair as the absence of hope and seek ways to overcome in our faith!

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The beatitudes are amongst Jesus' most famous teachings. However, if you are new to the faith, or just need a reminder, it is worth asking:

What are The Beatitudes?

The Beatitudes are not just a fun pun (bee-attitudes) for a series where we have been talking about honeybees. No, they summarize Jesus' way of living in opposition to this world. They are His TedTalk addressing life with God. In these teachings, we see an answer to seeking the values Jesus so convincingly explained to His followers. We learn how His hope for us can turn this broken world, filled with despair, back to the love of our Creator.

Join us as we compare the purpose filled life of honeybees to the purpose giving words of Jesus Christ, the Keeper of our souls!

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

From the very beginning, our God set the stage for us to live a life full of hope. He created us with hope-filled intentions of community and love.

The Book of Genesis tells the story of how God created the world. Later, John references this moment as he connects for us the existence of Jesus. The truth and grace of God was planned for us from the start.

Join us as we compare the intentional way a beekeeper creates a safe place for honeybees to thrive with the loving hope of the Keeper of our souls!

About This Series

Hope & Honeybess is an original sermon series recorded live at Tunnel Hill Christian Church in Georgetown, Indiana. This series explores the biblical message of hope from Genesis through Revelation. It also covers material from Michael J. Chanley's book: Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper. In this new book, Michael applies lessons he learned as a beekeeper and extracts a powerfully, inspirational analogy of the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

You can buy Hope & Honeybees: Lessons of Faith From a Local Beekeeper almost everywhere. A list of vendors and ordering options can be found here: find Hope & Honeybees.

Resources and Links

If this content has been a blessing to you, please leave a review.

Additional resources and opportunities to connect are available at the following links. Send me a message or a friend invite. I love to connect with people and hear their story!

• You can find my books and other resources at michaeljchanley.com
• For additional podcast content, navigate to michaeljchanley.com/teachings
• Find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.