Celebration Community Church Podcast

Today, Nathan is joined by two couples responsible for fostering a group for young adults at C3. They talk about how their group has transformed, and some of the reasons they continue to plan for the group to meet. Part 2 will be uploaded next week.

Today, Nathan discusses a couple of tools for better communication in a variety of contexts. One of the great things about communication is that it is a group of skills that can be learned in order to enrich our lives and to increase the feelings of connection between the folks and spaces we value most. While difficult to learn new skills, when we start where we are and gradually shift into utilizing more adaptive strategies, we learn new ways of being in the world, as the Kingdom of God within us transforms who we are and how we live. I pray that this is useful for you in developing ways to foster the relationships you care most about. For scheduling counseling at C3, please follow this link. For a list of local counselors to Hays, please follow this link. If listening elsewhere, the American Psychological Association has a great tool for finding therapists. Check it out here. 

Derek and Nathan summarize the Sticks and Stones Series and talk about how we practically live out the imperatives discussed in the series. The 2023 Discipleship Initiative is discussed shortly, with the promise that Pastor Brant will be on soon to flesh out more of the details.

Today, Nathan is joined by Natalie and Jordan Klima as they discuss how to become better stewards of money, and how to be conscious of where money is going in order to connect with God and others.

We welcome back Matt Dreiling to the podcast to discuss his sermon on the topic "Christians Believe a Fairy Tale". Skip to 5:55 if you want to listen to the main portion of the episode without all the nerdy Star Trek and Star Wars discussion, and dad jokes.

For this season of the podcast, we've decided to take an approach supplementing what is heard on the weekends and add some practical steps forward for those seeking this. For videos, bible references, resources and show notes, please use the following link! SHOW NOTES

A huge thank you to Natalie Klima for being on this episode! After Pastor Brant's message on the Bible, I thought it might be pertinent to have this episode come out-- not necessarily covering the same material, but a personal anecdote about how the Scriptures might inform how we live and grow. I hope you find this meaningful!

Thank you a ton to Matthias Carter for tackling this episode with me! Today, we discuss Salvation: what is it, who is the active agent in salvation, can we lose our salvation? It is our hope that this is a springboard into investigation, conversation, and discovery for you! C3's Statement of Faith: www.c3hays.com/about

A light topic to listen to today! In all honesty, we struggled with publishing this episode. We don't claim to have a full understanding of how all this works, but we discuss who humans are, who they were intended to be, and some of the disconnect between those two things. While contentious, this conversation is important to come to a faithful approach to living on Earth. Statement of Faith on website: https://celebratejesus.org/about/

In this second episode on the Trinity, Nathan and Derek talk about a couple heresies that still make their way into our midst today. Episode one is a good pre-cursor to this episode; if you haven't listened to it, we encourage you to do so as a reference point. Enjoy!

One of the most misunderstood components of our faith is really an important one to attempt to get right-- How do we explain who God is? For almost 2000 years, believers have struggled to explain God's Triune Nature. Nathan and Derek also struggle with the ways to explain God, but introduce the three components of the Godhead in this first episode on the Holy Trinity.

Many people have experienced baptism, whether as a child or an adolescent. Derek and Nathan talk about why we practice a believer's baptism at C3, and also are a bit vain in the intro. I'm certain you'll forgive us.... hopefully. Enjoy! Questions, comments, concerns, complaints? Let us know here: https://forms.gle/jjbsNqMpfezbwbKN8

The Lord's Supper, The Eucharist, Communion-- Many different names for the way we remember God's sacrifice. How do we support the way we practice communion at C3? Derek and Nathan talk a little music, a little bible, and a little practice this week.

Welcome back to the C3 Podcast-- Derek and Nathan will be going through the church's Statement of Faith this season, found here: https://celebratejesus.org/about/ We're excited to have you along! Questions, comments, concerns, gossip? Let us know here: https://forms.gle/VH483M48GDUvAFUv5

This week, Nathan reflects a bit after Annika's interview on what surrender may look like on our lives. As it is Holy Week, we took a passage from the narrative leading up to Jesus's betrayal (Matthew 26:6-16) and examined how that narrative may help us to frame in how we should behave in relation to what God calls us to do. We hope you enjoy this episode!

This week, we were fortunate enough to have Annika Carter, the Assistant of Encounter and co-host of the Encounter YA Podcast to discuss her story and what ministry looks like in her current setting. We hope that her story is an encouragement to you! Thank you, as always, for listening. To support Annika, visit the following link: https://www.dealinghopeinc.org/donate (select CARTER Fund).

Nathan is back for another TL;DL. Today, he reviews some of the aforementioned Missions that C3 supports financially, and also how we might remember the practicality of a life on mission. Thanks for listening!

As believers, we are instructed to live on Mission for God, thought it may not be stated explicitly like that in the Scriptures. Today, Nathan and Derek talk about what Missions looks like at C3, from both an abstract conceptual lens and from a practical lens. We also talk about Derek's aphantasia and Nathan's trouble with lyrics. Enjoy! 

Today, Nathan talks about a portion of Pat's Interview where he mentioned, "It's about how His (His being Jesus) Story interacts with your story." How does the story of Jesus impact us?  Thanks for listening!

Today we have Patrick Turley, the newest addition to the C3 Staff on the podcast. Patrick is a prolific drummer as well as a fantastic youth minister, and we dive into his story as a touring musician, the journey from musician to youth ministry, and his vision moving forward. Nathan also scares Derek with a harshly worded intro question. We hope you enjoy!