Vineyard Altoona Podcast

Today Jeri continues our series in Nehemiah. Anytime we try to do what God invites us into, we are going to face opposition. Jeri explains how God designs us to break through opposition.

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This week Derek continues our series in Nehemiah. Everyone has a role to play, and nobody plays alone. As we head toward our September 26th Grand Opening in our new building, it will take everyone operating in their God-given role and assignment.

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If you're interested in the Working Genius assessment that Derek mentioned in his introduction, that can be found here: https://www.workinggenius.com/

In our first week in the new building, Derek calls us to remember what God has done, recommit ourselves to serving the Lord, and lay down the idols that we have.

Today we finish our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity".

Last week, Derek talked about how the first step in our pursuit of wholeness is worship. When we begin our pursuit of the Kingdom of God, we begin by worshiping Jesus. What follows worship is serving. Greatness in the Kingdom looks like serving those around you.

Today we are continuing our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity".

After defining what we mean by pursuing wholeness and authenticity, it is helpful to take a look at how wholeness comes in our lives. There are many ways we can get off track if we don't do the first things first. This week Derek talks about worship as the critical first step toward wholeness.

Today we continue our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity".

Authenticity is one of our culture's core values. So much so that one of the greatest things you can be in our culture today is completely authentic. That has become our cultural goal. For followers of Jesus, though, we understand that the ultimate goal is the Kingdom of God. We will not stop in our pursuit of the Kingdom until everything in and around us reflects God's rule and reign. But authenticity in our pursuit is actually helpful. Authenticity is the mechanism that humbles us and magnifies Jesus as we pursue the Kingdom. Today, Derek talks about why we don't just pursue wholeness, we pursue wholeness with authenticity.

Today, we are beginning a new series on our third core value: "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity". One of the ways we frequently fall short in life is we don't have the right measurement of success. We measure success by what we are comfortable with or by what we can conceive of. But as followers of Jesus, our measurement of success is nothing short of the Kingdom of God. Today Derek talks about the measurement of wholeness we pursue is the Kingdom of God.

As we wrap up our series on highly valuing outsiders, Jeri talks about the value of investing in children, who are often outsiders in our culture.

Taking a week break from our core value series, Derek brings us a Father's day message.

We are continuing our series on our second core value as a church "We Highly Value the Outsider".

When we think of highly valuing the outsider, we may have thoughts about people who want to be included but aren't. But what about those people who don't want to be included? How do we love those who actively oppose us? Today, Evan talks about loving our enemies.