New Community Church of Tacoma

Bo Noonan teaches through 2 Timothy 2:3-8, where Paul encourages Timothy to endure. Endurance is a call on the lives of those apprenticing to Jesus, and in these verses Paul does two things for Timothy's (and our) benefit: 1) he paints a picture of true apprenticeship to Jesus, and 2) he shows the purpose of true apprenticeship to Jesus.

Bo Noonan teaches on the amazing truth that Jesus, fully God for all eternity past, became flesh - fully human - so that humanity could become part of his family for all eternity future. This is the story of Christmas, and God's amazing gift to all of humanity.

Andy Cooley teaches through 2 Timothy 1:8-2:2 in our series Joyful Endurance. In these verses, Andy builds on three points in regards to Paul's encouragement to Timothy concerning the gospel of Jesus: 1) The gospel is true and of extreme and ever-deepening worth. 2) The gospel and our faith in it are entrusted to us by God and need to be guarded. And 3) The gospel needs to be passed on to others. 

Bo Noonan teaches from 2 Timothy 1:6-12, where Paul encourages Timothy to "fan into flame" the Holy Spirit's presence and purposes in his life through diving into the gospel and being with God's people. In Paul's day, and in ours, there is a call to give our lives to SOMETHING. Paul's encouragement to Timothy is to spend his life, not on himself, but on the gospel of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. To fan God's purposes into an all-consuming fire that allowed him (and us) to burn in community with others, keeping each other set alight, so that many may come to know the grace of Jesus.

Bo Noonan teaches from 2 Timothy 1:1-5, where we begin with a story of deep friendship, joy, and generations of faith. Paul then charges Timothy to give himself to a life well-lived, as he follows Paul's example. That said, Paul's definition of a life well-lived flies directly in the face of what culture might expect. Paul's life included difficulty, prison, beatings, rejection, and much lack of physical things - but it was soaked in the gospel, the grace of Jesus, and passion for Jesus and his ways to be made known to all. We are faced with the question: are we pursuing a life a life well-lived according to the Bible's standard, or our culture's?

Bo Noonan kicks off our new series, Joyful Endurance, which will be a walkthrough of the 2 Timothy - Paul's letter to his faithful apprentice, Timothy. In this overview of the letter, we find out that Timothy is in the city of Ephesus doing his best to equip the church, lead himself, and point people to Jesus. It has been a hard go for Timothy...and for Paul, who is in prison has he writes this letter. As we work through each verse of this letter we will find Paul encouraging Timothy to do four things: guard the good news of Jesus, share in Paul's sufferings, continue in the good news of Jesus, and engage in preaching the good news of Jesus. As a church, we need this encouragement too, and will dig into it through this series.

Carl Medford teaches about becoming a community who wars, not against other people, but against the things the Bible calls us to war against. The good news is that Jesus has won the ultimate war, allowing us to be brought back into an eternal and loving relationship with our Father. As a result, we now battle against spiritual enemies that would try to hijack that relationship for us and for others whom God is drawing to himself. Ultimately, the church is victorious because the One who began a good work in us will be faithful to complete it in Christ Jesus!

Bo Noonan teaches on the counter-cultural type of leadership that Jesus calls his followers to. Throughout scripture we see the complimentary roles that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have played throughout eternity past and into eternity future - they are fully equal in standing, yet they play different roles. It is the same in the church. We are all equal in standing because of the work of Jesus, yet as we grow in leadership of ourselves and others, we learn to lay down our rights more and more and take on differing roles and responsibilities. According to scripture, our character must come before our giftings and abilities as we lead through serving one another.

Bo Noonan teaches on the importance of being both a Word and Spirit community. We believe that the Bible is fully true and points us to God's order, way of life, and his love. We also believe that we fully need the empowering presence and the seal of adoption that the Holy Spirit gives us, which allows us to know God intimately as Father. We are a both/and church that is learning to give ourselves fully to the ways of Jesus and the power and presence of his Holy Spirit, so that we can be equipped for the mission he has called us to.

Bo Noonan teaches about remembering the benefits we have as followers of Jesus - especially the presence of God in healing. As we pray for others and trust God in his work of healing, we see in his word that we should pray with authority, with compassion, and with great faith. May we be a church that believes God, prays for others to be healed, and begins to act on every nudge from the Holy Spirit to pray for healing!