Narrate Church

We were very happy to have Brad Swope visit us from Sacramento a few weeks ago. Brad is the Cannon for Church Planting within the C4SO Anglican diocese and he pastors a church in California that recently made the transition into the C4SO diocese. He sat down with Adam to discuss all things Anglican, C4SO, their church's discerning process, his role in the diocese and the "why" behind the "what" of his spiritual journey for the Kingdom. 

This week's scripture: 
Psalm 19 
1 Corinthians 12

Like Narnia and the items Father Christmas gives to the children, God gives us gifts for the sake of others. 

"Beyond Sunday" are episodes from Adam and Narrate staff that dive deeper into our life with Christ.

Being a portable church means Narrate relies on a community of people who show up to make the church gathering a reality whether that's with set-up, making coffee, greeting, singing in the band, or attending the service. We call these people "owners". Hear owner Celena Murphy's story of her faith journey and how she found Narrate community. 

This week's scripture: Ephesians 2v1-10

Brad Swope is visiting us this week from Sacramento, California! Brad is the Deacon of church planting for C4SO and we were glad to spend a few days with him. Listen to him speak on Jesus' grace versus our works and how we can find a better way of developing our own identity. 

"Beyond Sunday" are episodes from Adam and Narrate staff that dive deeper into our life with Christ. 

This week Adam digs into the term "ancient faith" that he has often used. What is it about ancient faith, specifically eastern orthodox faith that animates him. What aspect of this may be helpful for you to consider in your faith walk. 

This week's scripture: Psalm 29, John 18v28-37

This is the first week of our series; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe where Adam explores the question, is the world enchanted? Is there a realm, a world, a domain more real than the one we now occupy? This week we'll explore how Narnia invites us to consider if the world is enchanted, what do we do with that?

"Beyond Sunday" are episodes from Adam and Narrate staff that dive deeper into our life with Christ.

Being a portable church means Narrate relies on a community of people who show up to make the church gathering a reality whether that's with set-up, making coffee, greeting, singing in the band, or attending the service. We call these people "owners". Hear owner and newest Narrate council member, JoLin Poppler's story of her faith journey and how she found Narrate community. 

This week's scripture: Psalm 147v12-20, Luke 3v21-22

This week Adam explores the idea of what God was doing before creation and the importance of the trinity as we think about Theophany.

"Beyond Sunday" are episodes from Adam and Narrate staff that dive deeper into our life with Christ.

Being a portable church means Narrate relies on a community of people who show up to make the church gathering a reality whether that's with set up, making coffee, greeting, singing in the band, or attending the service. We call these people "owners". Hear owner Cameron Sapp's story of his faith and what led him to the reaffirmation of his baptism in 2024.

There were no gatherings this Sunday, but here is Adam's message for the new year. 

How do we define success? Why is it difficult to find a person in the Bible whose "success" looked anything like what we define success as today? Adam discusses how if left to our own devices, we typically attach the idea of our being faithful to God as deserving success or recognition. How might God be inviting us to faithfulness even if the outcomes aren't what we had planned for our lives?