College View Church Audio Podcast

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. Jesus is a true prophet, but He also gives the gift of prophecy through His Spirit. We often do not understand the purpose of prophecy or how it works. The gift of prophecy is speaking the words of God to another person. The gift of prophecy functions like other spiritual gifts; it is intended to bring people closer to Jesus.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. Jesus tells the parable of the workers in the vineyard to help us understand that He calls each person to be involved in ministry. But, all have difference callings. In the story, we see three ways I can allow God to shine in me. 1. Relax. It's God's vineyard. 2. Respect. Each gift and calling is valuable. 3. Respond. I live from the grace I have been given.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. Jesus tells a parable of a wedding banquet in Matthew 22, where He invites everyone. Jesus wants everyone to respond, but they don't. Responding, though, means I don't just show up; I take the robe of righteousness Jesus freely offers. This is similar to what happens when I am baptized. Baptism is a continual gift of God's spirit, and a reminder God invites me to ask Him to do something amazing.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor, asking "Who Is My Neighbor?" In Luke 10, Jesus sends out His disciples after being with them. Intimacy, then independence. In this experience, He teaches them how to love God and their neighbor as themselves. In this process, we experience unity. Oneness in Jesus...as we are one in His passion, one in His power, and one in His purpose.

Speaking this Sabbath is Dexter Thomas, President of Christian Record Services.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. In Matthew 25, Jesus tells a parable about ten virgins waiting for the bridegroom to come. They are all prepared and waiting, but they all fall asleep. Jesus wants His followers to be prepared in the last days. In this story we find three things Jesus wants us to know: Jesus desires for all His children to be with Him forever. Jesus empowers all His children for a life filled with His Spirit. Being prepared for Jesus' coming is primarily about understanding Jesus' love for His kids.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. Jesus invites His disciples into communion. This focused attention is a gift to them...and to us. Today Jesus invites us into communion with Him. This communion with God reminds me I have a choice. This communion with God gives me my value. And this communion with God invites me into His story.

Speaking this Sabbath is Mollie Dupper, UAU Chaplain. In 1 Samuel 3, God speaks - and He's closer than expected. What happens to prayer when we believe God is already with us?

Speaking this Sabbath is our Lead Pastor. In the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, Jesus helps us understand the importance of the church...the body of Christ. We find that Jesus loves all His children and gives gifts to each one to build up the body. Jesus trusts and expects His children will use their gifts, but this is part of a spiritual battle for the hearts of each person. God invites us to understand what He is doing and join Him in that battle.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Children's Pastor! This weekend at College View Church, we pause in the "in-between" season - after Christmas but before the New Year - to reflect on a question that shapes our lives: What do you really want? Through the story of the Prodigal Son, the Psalms, and the rhythms God gives His people, we'll explore how our hearts, often restless and searching, can be re-oriented toward home in Jesus. Join us as we discover how prayer, community, and service gently guide our hearts to their true North.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Family & Women's Ministries Pastor. At the heart of Christmas is a God who chose presence over power and love over offense. Come be reminded how His grace frees us to release control, forgive deeply, and live unoffended.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. In Jesus' parable of the unmerciful servant, He invites us into a life of grace. Living in grace requires being connected to the Vine, vulnerability, and bravery. If we are willing to live in this kind of grace, it transforms our hearts. Many of us struggle with good things that take hold of our hearts, but Jesus invites us to the one thing that matters...HIS heart.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. In Jesus' parable, the Pharisee got his identity from his actions and comparing himself with others. The tax collector knows he has nothing to offer except his need. Jesus says he goes home justified. Jesus is our Savior, but it is hard to keep our eyes on Him. Three things can help us: to know that focus on Jesus is not weakness but strength, salvation is not weakness but strength, and humility is not weakness but strength.

Speaking this Sabbath is our Youth Pastor. We tell ourselves stories all day long. Stories about our value, our failures, our future, and even God. But not every story we repeat is true. This week we'll explore how the stories we tell about God can blind us or set us free.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. In John 10, Jesus takes a common understanding of a good shepherd and adds a big surprise...not only will the Good Shepherd die for His sheep, but He will rise again to give them abundant life. In this parable, we consider three reasons Jesus says He comes to earth: to reveal God and His truth, to offer life through His death, and to build the kingdom of God through His resurrection life.

Speaking this Sabbath is Cameron Fitzgerald, our Young Adult Pastor. This Sabbath, we'll continue our Found & Formed weekend series with a message from 1 John 3:2. When we truly see God for who He is, it changes how we see everything, including ourselves. The same God who began the work is still shaping, still refining, still revealing His image in us. We may feel unfinished but the Artist has already signed His name. Join us as we slow down long enough to behold Him and, in doing so, begin to become like Him.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. As Jesus tells the parable of the weeds, He reveals some things about the Kingdom of Heaven: we have an enemy (but he is not the only enemy); we are in a battle (but our part of the battle is to reflect our Maker); and we know God wins (but we do not know all the details). Jesus invites us to see His great controversy with Satan but to not fear it, because God wins.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. In Luke 15, Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep, illustrating His love for His lost children. In this story, we also understand three characteristics of humanity: God made humans in His image. We still bear His image but because of sin, our nature is sinful. Through His love, God restored humanity into relationship with Him and invites us daily to live in the image in which He made us to live. Too often we try to make God in our image, while God desires to remake us in His image.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. Being connected with Jesus brings joy! Jesus is connected with His Father, and now shares His joy with us through His Spirit. Just as David danced before the Lord, we see Jesus become vulnerable as He takes off His outer coat to wash His disciples' feet. Like David, Jesus also knows He is chosen and loved and that He has an audience of One - His Father. Joy is found as He shares that intimate moment with others.

Speaking this Sabbath is Simon Liversidge. This week, Jesus invites us to see His plans for His kingdom to grow. In Mark 4:26-34, Jesus shares two parables about how His kingdom grows mysteriously, progressively, and expansively. God is at work in us whether we see it or not. But He invites us to not only invite Him to grow us, but to be a part of His growth plan for others.