Renaissance Celebration Messages

"A Creative Minority is fueled, driven, and framed by a compelling counter narrative – the full, Biblical story of God’s loving relationship with His people."   What does it look like to understand this? What does it look like engage culture around us in a healthy way? In this Celebration, Robert Meyer continues our "A Creative Minority" journey at Renaissance.

“A Creative Minority is a Christian community in a web of stubbornly committed relationships, knotted together in a living network of persons who are devoted to practicing the way of Jesus together for the renewal of the world.”  What does it look like to understand this? What does it look like engage culture around us in a healthy way? In this Celebration, Drew Thurman kicks off our "A Creative Minority" journey at Renaissance.

“Revelations are deep spiritual insights, offered by God, that usually bring clarity or a fresh understanding to whatever the recent circumstances you've been going through."   

What does it look like to understand this? What does it look like to experience revelation on the road of faith? In this Celebration, Joe and Lauryn Carr continue our "From Here to There" journey at Renaissance.

“Struggling is a doorway. When we struggle we discover our weakness, but we also get to discover God’s strength. We discover that we follow a God who meets us where we hurt the most. We discover it is in God’s character to find those who are hiding and to sooth those who feel lost and shame. That’s who he is.”  

What does it look like to understand this? What does it look like to feel the struggle in our faith? In this Celebration, Christine Lee continues our "From Here to There" journey at Renaissance.

“This is the kind of change we should experience when we first encounter the church. The church is such a radically different community, that lives by such radically different values, that by choosing to be a part of it we have to restructure everything in our reality.”  What does it look like to embody this? What does it look like to learn new things as a Christian? In this Celebration, Robert Meyer continues our "From Here to There" journey at Renaissance.

“Calls are invitations from Jesus for everyone to trust him and follow him in bringing the Kingdom."  What does it look like to hear God and follow his call? How can we discern his voice and help others do the same? In this Celebration, Jacob Vangen continues our "From Here to There" journey at Renaissance. Plus, we hear a story from Brittany Hakenjos. 

“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.” - Dallas Willard  

But what does that process look like and how do we know change is occurring? Well, 2022 is all about us unpacking these questions for our microchurches. In this Celebration, Drew Thurman kicks off the journey and looks at Luke 5. Plus, we hear a story from Jace Rasche. 

C.S. Lewis famously stated, “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” In other words, growth in the Christian life is about reorienting our lives around the values embodied in the life and teaching of Christ. At Renaissance, we want to discover Jesus in new ways and become intimately knowledgeable of what it looks like to live in his love. In our November Celebration, Drew Thurman looks at Jesus' encounter in John 20. (Plus an interview with Brian Bethke)

C.S. Lewis famously stated, “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” In other words, growth in the Christian life is about reorienting our lives around the values embodied in the life and teaching of Christ. At Renaissance, we want to discover Jesus in new ways and become intimately knowledgeable of what it looks like to live in his love. In our October Celebration, Jace Rasche looks at Jesus' encounter in John 11. 

C.S. Lewis famously stated, “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” In other words, growth in the Christian life is about reorienting our lives around the values embodied in the life and teaching of Christ. At Renaissance, we want to discover Jesus in new ways and become intimately knowledgeable of what it looks like to live in his love. In our September Celebration, Christine Lee looks at Jesus' encounter in John 4. (Please note due to technical difficulties this is just a small clip of the message).