The Local Church

January 19, 2020

We begin a new sermon series this week called Upcycle: How God Takes Our Junk and Makes it Better. It’s about the ways we experience conversion through our journeys of life and faith and how God is making all things new.

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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January 12, 2020

It’s Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and we’re talking about names we're given, names we've been called, names that describe us, and the name that defines us.

Scripture: Matthew 3:13–17
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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January 5, 2020

It’s Epiphany Sunday, and we’re talking about light and darkness and light in darkness and what the story of the three wise men tells us about God’s kingdom.

Scripture: John 1:1–5, 10–18; Matthew 2:1–12
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

The Local Church celebrated the birth of Christ — the moment loves comes local — at The Barn of Chapel Hill. The service featured a spontaneous Christmas pageant, Christmas carols that help tell the story, Holy Communion, and singing by candlelight. Here’s the brief homily for the evening.

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Sunday, December 22, 2019

Advent is a season to stop and listen and watch and wait. But there are some things that God cannot wait for. During this season, we're exploring the things that can't wait — that require action and movement now — even as we wait for the coming of the Christ child and the arrival of God's promised day.

Week 4: Love Can't Wait

Scripture: Matthew 1:18–25
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

Advent is a season to stop and listen and watch and wait. But there are some things that God cannot wait for. During this season, we're exploring the things that can't wait — that require action and movement now — even as we wait for the coming of the Christ child and the arrival of God's promised day.

Week 3: Joy Can't Wait

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1–10; Luke 1:46–55
Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Advent is a season to stop and listen and watch and wait. But there are some things that God cannot wait for. During this season, we're exploring the things that can't wait — that require action and movement now — even as we wait for the coming of the Christ child and the arrival of God's promised day.

Week 2: Peace Can't Wait

Scripture: Isaiah 11:1–10; Matthew 3:1–12
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].

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Sunday, December 1, 2019

Advent is a season to stop and listen and watch and wait. But there are some things that God cannot wait for. During this season, we're exploring the things that can't wait — that require action and movement now — even as we wait for the coming of the Christ child and the arrival of God's promised day.

Week 1: Hope Can't Wait

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1–5; Psalm 122
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 2020 initiative, click here.

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Today in the church calendar, it's Christ the King Sunday — the last Sunday of the liturgical year. This week, the Rev. Kelli Hitchman-Craig helps us reflect on what it means for Jesus to be Lord and Christ to be king of our hearts, our lives, and the world. And it may not be what we expected...

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1–6; Luke 23:33-43
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 2020 initiative, click here.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

There's a popular app used to meet new people. Maybe you've heard of it. The premise is simple. You're presented with someone you could meet, and you could swipe left for a new option or swipe right to say, "I'm intrigued and would be willing to know more." But for a connection to be made and channels to become open, both people have to swipe right.

Our journeys of life and faith are similar, but here's the thing: God has already swiped right on you. In this series, we'll meet people who have responded to God's "swipe right" with a "swipe right" of their own, along the way discovering our story in the story of God.

We're wrapping up with Lydia.

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15
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 2020 initaitive, click here.

Do not let your hearts be troubled... Our flagship podcast, Ten Minutes Or Less, will return later this fall. We've simply consolidated the feed to include both TMOL, as well as sermon audio from Sunday mornings.