Napoleon Church of the Nazarene

Pastor Ben Hartford leads us into week four of our Portraits and Profiles series, with the story from the life of King Jehoshaphat. He takes us into 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 where we learn how God fought the battle for the Israelites through their obedience and humility towards Him. They simply declared God as the victor and went out into the front lines singing praises to Him; when God took over and turned the enemies against one another to defeat themselves. Ben teaches on how King Jehoshaphat's story shows multiple aspects of worship and how it becomes a battle ground in spiritual warfare.

In week three of the series, Portraits and Profiles, we dive in a little deeper into the life of Joseph. Pastor Chip reads through the accounts found in Genesis chapters 37-45 of Joseph's undeserving setbacks. However, through the life and example of Joseph, we learn that we can be reminded that God has a plan and can use these setbacks for His purposes and glory!

Our second week into the series, "Portraits and Profiles" takes us deeper into the life of Jacob; reading from Genesis chapters 25-32. Pastor Chip talks about how Jacob was a deceiver of sorts and not perfect by any means. But we can relate to the fact that even when we are faithless, God is still always faithful. He ends with an amazing application of Psalm 46:11, "The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."

We are beginning a new series called, "Portraits and Profiles" where we take a closer look into the lives of people in the Bible. This week we look closer at the life of Abraham and know why he was called a friend of God. He wasn't perfect by any means but he showed tremendous faith in God and what He said. Pastor Chip walks us through his story to encourage us and teach us more about faith.

We conclude our SENT series with Pastor Ken teaching on how we are living for something bigger! As we go through verses in 1 Corinthians, Pastor Ken shares 5 point on how to live for something bigger than ourselves. We all have different gifts to be used for the kingdom of God for His glory!

In week 3 of our series, "Sent", we hear a testimony from one of our staff members who has an amazing gift of serving in all different aspects. He uses his many skills in maintanance for the church and shares how his heart has changed and grown in the way he serves. Pastor Chip then teaches on how Jesus modeled His life here on earth for us to follow. Chip references back to scripture to point out 9 different ways Jesus lived out a servant lifestyle. What does the Jesus Lifestyle look like?

We continue on with week two of the series, "Sent: A Hands and Feet Lifestyle". Pastor Chip teaches from Romans chapter 12, talking about the different gifts distributed to each and every one of us by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We start off with another testimony from one of our lead members of the worship team, and how he uses his gifts and talents for God's kingdom and how his gifts developed over the years for God's glory! We each have a gift, when we find what that is, we are called to use them and live out God's purpose for our lives.

We start off our new series, "Sent", with a personal testimony of an art teacher who found her purpose and calling in life using the gifts and talents God has given her. In this new series, Pastor Chip will walk us though scripture, teaching on the great commission and what it means to be sent; living a hands and feet lifestyle. This week, Chip highlighted some key verses in the New Testament that talk about the Holy Spirit energizing us to live out our purpose as God has called us.

Pastor Chip Bullock concludes our Rooted series with week four, "Growth in Community". We look at Romans 12:1-21 talking about the body of Christ and how we are to act toward one another. Pastor Chip begins to elaborate on having real, authentic relationships with other believers in all sincerity and love. Having the right people around you, can help you be encouraged to grow in Christ.

We continue on with week three of the series Rooted: Foundations of a Christ-Follower. Pastor Ken Behrens teaches on the importance of continual growth in Christ. He goes through scripture as well as teachings from Bible scholar, John Wesley, to show us how we are to mature in our faith and relationship with Jesus. Being rooted in Christ makes it possible for us to mature and grow in Him!