Memorial Baptist Church Jefferson City

What does a healthy church look like? Acts 6 gives us some blueprint. This week, Pastor David unpacks how disciples, deacons, and shepherds serve different roles but share one mission, so the Word increases, disciples multiply, and Jesus is exalted 🔥 In this message, you’ll learn: ✅ How God uses ordinary people for extraordinary mission ✅ Why deacons “lead by serving” and pastors “serve by leading” ✅ How unity and mission thrive when each part of the body serves together ✅ Why Jesus is the meaning behind the mission, ministry, and church leadership- Jesus is everything!   📖 Key Scriptures: Acts 6:1–7 • John 15:1–6 • Mark 1:15 • John 14:6   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook 🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean Apple Podcasts Spotify

Have you ever considered prayer as an act of love and war/resistance? This week, Pastor David walks through Ephesians 3 and 6, showing how Paul begins with prayer for love and ends with prayer as warfare. We stand together as one body in Christ—rooted in His love, resisting the powers of darkness/evil, and declaring that Jesus is everything. 🔥 In this message, you’ll explore: ✅ Why prayer begins in love before it moves to resistance ✅ How Paul calls the church to “stand firm” in Christ’s victory ✅ What it means to wear the armor of God ✅ How prayer unites us as one family against spiritual darkness ✅ Where idols, ideologies, and false loves demand our allegiance—and how Christ sets us free   📖 Key Scriptures: Ephesians 3:14–19 • Ephesians 6:10–20    🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook   🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean Apple Podcasts Spotify

What if rest wasn’t just about slowing down—but about worship and resistance? In this week’s sermon, Eric opens Isaiah 61, Mark 2, and Psalm 46:10 to remind us that Sabbath is more than a day off—it’s a declaration that we trust God, not our to-do list.   Discover: 🔵 Why Jesus declared “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” 🔵 How the “year of the Lord’s favor” points to freedom in Christ. 🔵 What it means to resist Babylon’s pattern of busyness and live in God’s provision.   📖 Scriptures: - Isaiah 61:1–2 - Mark 2:23–28 - Psalm 46:10   --- 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 getconnected@memorialchurch.net 💬 Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   ---   🎧 Listen on the go on your favorite platform: ▶️ Podbean — https://memorialchurchjc.podbean.com/ ▶️ Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 ▶️ Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH    

You were made for joyful delight, not anxious striving. In this week’s message, Pastor David unpacks Isaiah 58, Psalm 92, John 15, and Romans 5 to show how the Sabbath points us to the complete joy we can only find in Jesus Christ. Week after week, sabbath calls us to remember the gospel! Stop. Rest. Delight. Worship. In Christ alone.   📖 Key Scriptures: Isaiah 58:13–14 • Psalm 92:1-4 • John 15:9–11 • Romans 5:1–11   📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook 🎧 Listen on your favorite platform: Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city-mo/id1507430298 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3zCJvq5Zs7T4B5GbB3cV6Y 🔍 #SabbathRest #JoyInChrist #Isaiah58 #John15 #CompleteJoy #StopRestDelightWorship #GospelRhythms #InChristAlone

We live in a culture that celebrates busyness, praises production, and pushes us to keep going, but God offers something radically different: rest. Not just physical rest, but the deep soul rest found in Him.   From creation in Genesis to the promise in Hebrews 4, God built rest into the fabric of His world and invites us to trust Him enough to stop striving.

Jesus didn’t just teach about Sabbath—He is our Sabbath. In this message, Pastor David explores the deep, transformative rhythm of Sabbath, not as a rule to follow but as a weekly invitation to Stop, Rest, Delight, and Worship. More than a break from work, Sabbath is a holy protest against the lies of busyness, productivity, and self-sufficiency—and a return to the truth that Jesus is Lord, and we are not. 📖 Key Scriptures: Mark 2:23–3:6, Genesis 2:1–3, Exodus 20:8–11, Isaiah 58:13–14, Matthew 11:28–30, 1 Peter 2:24, John 14:6 🔥 You’ll hear: ✅ Why Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath ✅ How Sabbath is healing, salvation, and communion ✅ What it looks like to stop striving and trust God ✅ Why Sabbath is a weekly act of resistance and worship ✅ How to begin practicing Sabbath with joy and freedom   🙌 Weekly Practice: This week, block time to STOP and REST—not just physically, but spiritually. Reflect on what keeps you from resting. Let go of control and trust the One who holds it all together. 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Email: Facebook 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast app: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify

Jesus often withdrew to lonely places—and so should we. This message from Nathan challenges us to meet God in solitude, not just when it’s easy, but especially when we feel overwhelmed, tempted, or weak. In the quiet, God doesn’t shame our weakness — He strengthens us with grace. 🔑 Sermon Highlights: • Jesus shows us the rhythm of retreating to the Father • Weakness is not failure — it’s the doorway to divine strength • God is not glorified by your exhaustion, but by your surrender 📖 Mark 1 • Matthew 26 • John 6 • 2 Corinthians 12 • Philippians 2 📍 Sundays @ 9:15 AM – 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 getconnected@memorialchurch.net 🎧 Also available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean

🎧 Note: We experienced some audio issues during the recording of this message. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Should be back up to normal next week. :-)  --- We’re living in the age of noise, distraction, and digital overload—and our souls are starving for real presence. In this message, Pastor David invites us to rediscover the practice of solitude: not escape or isolation, but time alone with God to be fully known, fully loved, and fully at home in Christ. 🔥 You’ll hear: ✅ Why silence is spiritual warfare ✅ What solitude really is—and isn’t ✅ How to return to the presence of the Father ✅ Why Jesus still says: “Come away with Me and rest” 📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 3:16-4:1 • Mark 6:30–46 • John 15 🙌 Join us this Sunday @ 9:15 AM 📍 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen and subscribe: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify

What do your words, reactions, and desires reveal about your formation? This sermon from Pastor David explores what comes out of us when life presses in—and how Jesus invites us to be formed by His Word, filled by His Spirit, and set free by His truth. 🔥 In this message, we unpack: ✅ Why memorizing Scripture is about formation, not information ✅ How Jesus responded to temptation and suffering—with Scripture ✅ What neuroscience says about spiritual habits and heart transformation ✅ Why abiding in the Word brings freedom, peace, and life   Let the Words of Christ dwell richly within you. Jesus is everything. — 💒 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 📍 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Email: Facebook 🎧 Subscribe on: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify

The Bible is not just a manual or collection of facts. It is the very breath of God—alive, active, and personal. In this sermon, we learn from Jesus’ example how to handle Scripture with reverence, wisdom, and real-life application. We’re reminded that we grow not by knowing more, but by letting God’s Word change us. ✅ Learn how to observe, interpret, and apply God’s Word ✅ Understand why Scripture is central to transformation ✅ Be equipped to study in community and in personal devotion 📖 2 Timothy 3:16–17 · Matthew 4:1–11 · Luke 2:46–52 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM – 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net | 💌 getconnected@memorialchurch.net 🔍 #StudyTheBible #JesusAndScripture #GodsWord #BibleTransformation #MemorialChurchJC

Meditation isn’t about mastering information—it’s about meeting with God. In this week’s message, Pastor Nathan unpacks what it means to meditate on God’s Word—not to prove a point or gain head knowledge, but to be with the Living Word and be transformed. 🔥 In this episode, you’ll explore: ✅ What Scripture truly is and what it’s for ✅ How Jesus fulfilled the Word and invites us to abide ✅ Why meditation is key to spiritual formation ✅ How to practice meditating on Scripture like Jesus did 📖 Key Scriptures: Luke 4:14–30 • 2 Tim. 3:14–17 • John 1:1–5 • Jer. 31:33 • Matt. 11:1–6   📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify  

What story are you living in—and is it true? In this week’s message, Pastor David explores how the Bible is more than information. It’s the true story of reality that restores us in Christ and re-stories how we live, think, and love together. We don’t just need more content or information—we need a new map. One that leads us to Jesus. 🔥 In this episode: Why everyone lives by a story (whether they realize it or not) The false gospels shaping us through culture and performance How Scripture forms us in community, not just individually- FAMILY Why Jesus is the Hero of the story—not us How to start reading the Bible together in your home 📖 Key Passages: John 8:31–32, Colossians 3:16, Proverbs 2:6, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:21, John 14:6   🙌 Don’t miss this call to live the true story—centered on Jesus, shaped by grace, and empowered by the Spirit.   — ▶️ Listen now on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify 📩 Need prayer? Email: memorialchurch.net    

What if the Bible is not just a textbook to conquer or a rulebook to fear… what if it’s an invitation? An intimate invitation to a person and presence- truth and reality? In this message Pastor David explores how the Bible is not merely a book of information, but a divine invitation into spiritual formation and transformation through Jesus Christ. The stories we believe shape the lives we live—and Scripture invites us into the true story/reality 📖 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable… so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." — 2 Timothy 3:16–17   💬 In this message, Pastor David explores: ✅ Why the Bible is more than information—it's formation ✅ How Scripture confronts and reshapes our identity ✅ Why Jesus is the center of the whole biblical story ✅ How to resist false stories by living in God's true story     📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 Email: Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify   📩 Need prayer or questions? 📬 Email: getconnected@memorialchurch.net     🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship the Lord passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeper in our faith 🌍 Go and share the Gospel boldly   📢 Maybe the Lord brought you to this message for a reason. 📖 “He himself bore our sins… that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.” — 1 Peter 2:24   🔍 #WhatIsTheBible #SpiritualFormation #JesusTransforms #BibleTruth #ChristianLiving #ComeAndSee

In a world of noise, distraction, and pressure—prayer is resistance. Not resistance by might, but by presence. It’s how we push back against isolation, performance, and spiritual drift. This message from Pastor David walks through John 15 and 2 Corinthians 3 to remind us that Jesus doesn’t just call us to obey—He calls us to abide. To look, behold, remain, and live. Prayer is not a performance—it’s a relational, transforming presence. 🔥 In this message, you’ll learn: ✅ What is means to be PRESNT ✅ Why we are formed by what we behold ✅ How prayer is resistance to the world’s noise and performance ✅ What it means to be fully known and fully loved in Christ ✅ How beholding the glory of Jesus transforms us into His image   📖 Key Scriptures: John 15:1–11 2 Corinthians 3:16–18 John 14:6, 16–17 Matthew 28:20 Hebrews 12:2   📍 Sundays @ 9:15 AM | 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Podbean ▶️ Apple ▶️ Spotify   We exist to: 🔥 Worship God passionately 🤝 Connect with each other authentically 📖 Grow to know God deeply 🌍 Go declare the Gospel boldly 

God is speaking—are we listening? In a world full of noise, distraction, and distortion, Jesus calls His sheep to know His voice and follow Him (John 10). 👂 Hearing is biological. Listening is relational. This message from Pastor David invites us to quiet the noise, open our ears, and tune our hearts to the voice of the Shepherd. Just like a guitar drifts out of tune over time, so do our hearts. But the grace of Christ retunes us—again and again—to hear, know, and follow Him. 🔥 In this sermon, you'll discover: ✅ Why hearing and listening are different—and why it matters to your soul ✅ How Jesus, the Good Shepherd, still speaks and calls you by name (John 10:27) ✅ How the enemy distorts our identity through lies and distraction ✅ What it means to tune your heart daily to Christ’s voice like a guitar ✅ Why Scripture, Holy Spirit, and community are essential to test what we hear ✅ How to practice spiritual rhythms that lead you into relational listening   📖 Key Scriptures: John 10:10–11, 14–18, 27–3 John 10:27 Deuteronomy 6:4–9 John 14:26   📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Podbean ▶️ Apple ▶️ Spotify   🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeply 🌍 Go boldly with the gospel

Jesus carries our burdens—and calls us to carry the burdens of others. Through His perfect intercession, we’ve been invited into a holy priesthood, standing in the gap on behalf of those in need. This week, Pastor Nathan teaches us that intercessory prayer is not a task for the spiritually elite—it’s a call to love others with compassion, to pray like their pain is our pain, and to trust in the mercy of God.   🔥 You’ll be challenged to: ✅ See intercession as a priestly calling (Hebrews 7:22–25) ✅ Pray with the heart of Christ, not just for outcomes ✅ Make others’ burdens your own, just as Jesus made yours His ✅ Believe that God moves through His people’s prayers ✅ Pray for healing and trust in the healing through Christ alone   📖 Key Scriptures: Hebrews 7:22–25 Daniel 9:1–19 Exodus 32:13 2 Corinthians 12 James 4:3 John 14:8–14 Philippians 2:3–8 1 Corinthians 13:1–3 Luke 22:42 2 Peter 2:4 📍 Sundays @ 9:15 AM | 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify 🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeply 🌍 Go boldly with the gospel

Is prayer really worth it? What’s the point if God already knows everything—or when it feels like He isn’t answering?   In this message, Pastor Adam helps us reframe prayer not as performance or obligation, but as an honest, ongoing conversation with a relational God- The Father. Through Psalm 73, Philippians 4, and James 5, we learn that sometimes the most powerful prayer we can pray is: “God, change my heart.” 🛐 This message will encourage you to: ✅ Talk to God with raw honesty ✅ Keep praying even when it feels like nothing is happening ✅ Trust that sometimes prayer changes you before it changes your circumstances ✅ Believe again that prayer actually matters   📖 Scriptures: Psalm 73 Philippians 4:4–6 James 5:13–18 1 Kings 17–18 (Elijah) Psalm 139 James 4:2 John 15:5 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Podbean ▶️ Apple ▶️ Spotify 🔥 We exist to: 🔥 Worship passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeply 🌍 Go boldly with the gospel

When you think about God, what comes to mind? A distant judge? A cosmic boss? Or a compassionate Father who longs to be with you?   In this message, Pastor David opens our new series on prayer by showing how Jesus invites us not into performance—but into presence. Through the aching words of the disciples, “Lord, teach us to pray,” we discover that prayer isn’t a skill to master—it’s a relationship to practice.   🔥 In this message, you’ll learn: ✅ Why prayer begins with longing, not technique ✅ How Jesus models a daily rhythm of abiding with the Father ✅ What the Lord’s Prayer teaches us about identity, dependence, and trust ✅ Why the torn temple curtain means you are welcome, not rejected ✅ How prayer is the gift of returning home again and again to God’s heart   📖 Key Scriptures: Luke 11:1–4 John 3:16 Hebrews 4:14–16; 10:19–22 Matthew 27:50–51 Exodus 26:31–33 Psalm 23, 5, 63   💒 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 📍 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 Visit our website   📱 Stay connected: 👉 Follow us on Facebook   🎧 Listen to the podcast: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify   📩 Need prayer or support? 📬 Email us at getconnected@memorialchurch.net     🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship the Lord passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeper in our faith 🌍 Go and share the Gospel boldly   📖 “Lord, teach us to pray…” — Luke 11:1

Jesus didn’t just die for Barabbas—He died for us. In our place. And because He rose, the story doesn’t end at the cross—it begins there. This Easter message, preached in two parts by Pastors David and Adam, begins with the sobering weight of our sin and ends with the living hope of the resurrection. Through the story of Barabbas, the cross, and the empty tomb, we are invited to surrender to the only One who holds the keys to death and life.   🔥 In this message, you’ll hear: ✅ Why Jesus died “in our place” (Matthew 27) ✅ What Barabbas teaches us about grace ✅ Why the resurrection is more than a happy ending—it's a new beginning ✅ What it means for Jesus to hold the keys to death and Hades ✅ Why hope in anything else will fail—but hope in Jesus transforms everything   📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 27:15–26 Romans 6:23 Revelation 1:17–18 1 Peter 1:3 2 Corinthians 5:17 John 11:25 Acts 2:38   💒 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 📍 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 Visit us online   📱 Stay connected: 👉 Facebook   🎧 Listen on: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify   📩 Need prayer or questions? 📬 Email: getconnected@memorialchurch.net     🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship the Lord passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeper in our faith 🌍 Go and share the Gospel boldly   📢 Maybe the Lord brought you to this message for a reason. 📖 “He himself bore our sins… that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.” — 1 Peter 2:24

What does a Jewish festival, a Seder meal, and the Last Supper have in common? Everything. In this message, Pastor Adam brings the Passover to life, showing how Jesus redefined it to form a new covenant for all who believe.   🔥 In this message, you'll learn: ✅ Why rhythms, rituals, and remembrance matter ✅ How God used the Passover to form His people ✅ How Jesus transforms Passover into Communion (Luke 22) ✅ What it means to live in spiritual rhythm today ✅ Why remembering is more than thinking—it's practicing   📖 Key Scriptures: Luke 22:7–20 Exodus 12 Exodus 1:11–12 Psalm 113 1 Thessalonians 5:18     💒 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 📍 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 Visit us online   📱 Stay connected: 👉 Facebook   🎧 Find us on: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify   📩 Prayer or questions? Email: getconnected@memorialchurch.net   🔥 In all we do, we seek to: 🔥 Worship the Lord passionately 🤝 Connect authentically 📖 Grow deeper in our faith 🌍 Go and share the Gospel boldly   📢 Maybe the Lord brought you to this message for a reason.   📖 “Do this in remembrance of Me.” — Luke 22:19