Elm City Vineyard Church Talks

If resurrection has the power to transform death to life, shame to honor and forgiveness, isolation to community, and scarcity to abundance, then how might living in light of that kind of resurrection change us?

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In this series, Resurrected Lives, we explore what it means to live post-Easter lives in light of Jesus’ resurrection. If Jesus has been raised, so can we. But sometimes, it takes more than three days to believe that for us. For the first two weeks of our series, we will look at what kind of lives are possible through the story of Acts. Then, as a Church, we will walk through several hot-button topics like money, sex, parenting, and power to see what kind of difference resurrection makes for these areas in our lives. Come and see!

Each week, we have looked through chapter ten of Mark's Gospel. Today, we'll explore the beginning of the eleventh chapter -- the story of Jesus walking to Jerusalem. Given the prediction of Jerusalem as the site of Jesus' death, how will this go? Shouldn't Jerusalem be menacing, awful, and a place of terror? We'll see together as Asha Evans leads us in our Palm Sunday service. Join us!

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

This Sunday, we continue our Lenten series, Walking with Jesus, with a reflection on Jesus’s encounter with Bartimaeus, a blind beggar who models what faith looks like in practice. Tina will be teaching on the role hunger plays in the life of faith, and how desperation, urgency and desire can help shake us out of our worry over reputation, our passivity and our numbness to lead us closer to the heart of Jesus. Come and see.

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

Last week, we talked about what it looks like to live with an expectation of the Cross. Join us today as we look at what it means to be great.

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

Last week, we talked about the cost of following Jesus and what we were willing to pay to respond to Him. Join us today as we look at what it looks like to live with an expectation of the Cross.

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

In the last episode, we talked about how the Kingdom of God belongs to children - folks without status who model dependence. Today, we’ll look at someone who is attached to many riches. How will Jesus respond to him? Hear more about the cost of following Jesus.

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

This week, we’ll look at Mark 10:13-16 where Jesus blesses little children that folks brought to him. However, his disciples rebuke Jesus for this act of care and compassion. Jesus said to his followers, “let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” What does it mean that Jesus prioritizes child-likeness? Do you come to Jesus like a child?

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This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.

This Sunday, in the last installment of our three-part sermon series on Home, Shirley will be sharing about how we can make Homes with Jesus even while not yet in our eternal Home. Join us as we continue to discover God's heart for home with us.

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What does that home feel like? Are we returning there or heading home for the first time? In this teaching series called Home, we explore God’s big picture of Home throughout the scriptures. Along the way, we will navigate the tensions of the now and not yet of wanting home while not fully being at home. Lastly, we will learn how this God of ours, ultimately, wants us to prepare for a home that is coming and that is here. 

This Sunday, in the second installment of our three-part sermon series on Home, Tina will be sharing Scripture’s mysterious call for us to live as foreigners and strangers here on earth, tethered to a Kingdom not of this world. While the logic of American citizenship would have us fight for belonging in an established place within set borders, the Kingdom of God invites us into a different Way - following Jesus as immigrants here while we hold fast to our citizenship in heaven. As we journey with Jesus as aliens and nomads among the empires of this land, there is beautiful freedom and home in store for us. Come join us this Sunday to hear more.

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What does that home feel like? Are we returning there or heading home for the first time? In this teaching series called Home, we explore God’s big picture of Home throughout the scriptures. Along the way, we will navigate the tensions of the now and not yet of wanting home while not fully being at home. Lastly, we will learn how this God of ours, ultimately, wants us to prepare for a home that is coming and that is here. 

Matt kicks us off this new series in Genesis and ends in Revelation to discover God’s heart for home and God’s plan for us.

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What does that home feel like? Are we returning there or heading home for the first time? In this teaching series called Home, we explore God’s big picture of Home throughout the scriptures. Along the way, we will navigate the tensions of the now and not yet of wanting home while not fully being at home. Lastly, we will learn how this God of ours, ultimately, wants us to prepare for a home that is coming and that is here. 

This Sunday, Josh talks about the psalmist's odd claim that we can find pleasant places within boundaries. How do spiritual practices, commitments, and our devotion to Jesus constrain us in ways that are life giving? When are limits actually obstacles we need to overcome? Come hear God's invitations out of the Psalms and be challenged and assured.

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The spiritually grounding language of the Psalms can inspire fresh rhythms and habits for this new year. Blending scriptural invitations with the practice of crafting a rule of life, Josh will invite us to consider how understanding existing practices and committing to new practices - not necessarily making resolutions - can transform our lives.

We can be planted by lifegiving streams, find pleasant places amidst boundaries, and have goodness and mercy follow us in all we do. On the eve of MLK Day, we'll even see how this kind of life can impact the world around us. Come hear God's invitations out of the Psalms and be refreshed.

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The spiritually grounding language of the Psalms can inspire fresh rhythms and habits for this new year. Blending scriptural invitations with the practice of crafting a rule of life, consider how understanding existing practices and committing to new practices - not necessarily making resolutions - can transform our lives.

Our lives are shaped by the voices we allow to speak into us. As we enter the new year, let's examine what voices we're listening to—that of friends, family, Godly counsel, social media, news, etc.—and intentionally choose with which voice we are responding. Charissa dives into how what and whom we worship impacts our worldview and shapes our every movement.

Liz Moore reflects on the story of the magi and what it means to follow and proclaim God's story when it appears in the world.

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Together, we'll look at the story of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus to see how God is at work close to us, far from us, and everywhere in between.

This week, Tina reflects on the story of the shepherds and what it means to follow and proclaim God's story when it appears in our neighborhoods.

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Together, we'll look at the story of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus to see how God is at work close to us, far from us, and everywhere in between.

This Sunday, Shirley reflects on the story of Mary & Elizabeth and what it means to follow and proclaim God's story when it appears in our homes.

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Together, we'll look at the story of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus to see how God is at work close to us, far from us, and everywhere in between.

What does it mean to be sent out? Do we have to leave where we're from or can we be sent out right where we are? In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus sends out his disciples to experience welcome and rejection. There's something about embracing the possibility of both that requires trusting the words of Jesus and the presence of the Spirit. Come learn more as Josh shares about God's heart for everyday mission with the help of some special guests who God has sent out over the years.

Patrick Dunn continues our Allegiance series with a message on the allegiance of heart.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vying for our attention, fidelity, and energy. As people reading a church newsletter, we can give a Sunday school answer to this question of commitment: Jesus! Or we can also examine our mind, citizenship, resources, and heart. With that more careful study, where does our allegiance truly lie and how do we put our trust - and our everything - more faithfully in the hands of the Lord?

Shirley Kuang continues our Allegiance series with a message on the allegiance of our resources.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vying for our attention, fidelity, and energy. As people reading a church newsletter, we can give a Sunday school answer to this question of commitment: Jesus! Or we can also examine our mind, citizenship, resources, and heart. With that more careful study, where does our allegiance truly lie and how do we put our trust - and our everything - more faithfully in the hands of the Lord?

This week Matt continues our Allegiance series with a discussion of our allegiance of citizenship.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vying for our attention, fidelity, and energy. As people reading a church newsletter, we can give a Sunday school answer to this question of commitment: Jesus! Or we can also examine our mind, citizenship, resources, and heart. With that more careful study, where does our allegiance truly lie and how do we put our trust - and our everything - more faithfully in the hands of the Lord?