The Local Church

December 6, 2020

This week: on Spotify Wrapped, looking back, looking ahead, and becoming people of peace.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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November 29, 2020

It’s week one of our Advent series: Those Who Dream. This week: Mark’s little apocalypse, a dream during the Liberian civil war, and signs of hope.

Scripture: Mark 13:24–37
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

All week long on TLC+, we're taking part in a Week of Gratitude. For Day 3, Brent talks with Tracy Wilson Gibson, an expert on gratitude, about one way to actually give gratitude on Thanksgiving Day. Here's a practice you can do around your tables — whatever they look like. This episode is great to listen to as you're preparing your meal or getting some fresh air.

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

November 22, 2020

We wrap up our Family Portrait series with a call to action and realize that if we’re asking questions about who’s a sheep and who’s a goat, we’re missing the point.

Scripture: Matthew 25:31–46
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

November 15, 2020

It’s week three of our Family Portrait series, and this week is all about sibling rivalry, offering ourselves fully, not holding back... and Ted Lasso.

Scripture: Genesis 4:1–16
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

November 8, 2020

Duke intern, Rajeev Tiwari, brings the good news in the second week of our “Family Portrait” series.

Scripture: Luke 8:43–48
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

November 1, 2020

It’s week one of our new sermon series, “Family Portrait: Snapshots of Life in God’s Family.” We’re looking at what it means to be a part of the family of God and considering how Jesus redefines our understanding of family.

Scripture: Matthew 12:46–50; Romans 5:1–5
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

October 25, 2020

It’s week two of our two-part series on generosity and stewardship: Everybody In. This week, Brent shares about Everybody In as a call to worship and the impact of a yes. Also inside: Hear stories from friends at The Local Church sharing about what this community has meant to them.

Scripture: [John 1:43-46](URL here)
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.

To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

Rev. Charles Mathews, pastor of Union Grove AMEZ Church in Bear Creek, NC, and Rev. Brent Levy, pastor of The Local Church in Pittsboro, NC are coming together for a conversation about race, friendship, and other hard things. Together, they'll explore the responsibility of the church toward anti-racism, what the Bible says about reconciliation, and consider how we move forward as followers of Jesus.

October 18, 2020

It’s the first of our two-part series on Everybody In. This week: Identity

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27; 1 Thessalonians 2:9–13, 17–20
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

For more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at [email protected].

To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts, give online here.