Evangelical Community Church (ecc)

We wrapped up our Life in the Kingdom series this past Sunday with a message from Josiah titled "Faith and Finances" (or, "Everything I wish I knew about money when I was in college."). Listen as we dig into Christ's teachings on possessions and wealth and consider their implications for this phase of your life.

As part of our April missions focus on ministry to those in extreme poverty, our speaker Jack Larson comes to us from Mission Emmanuel, a cross-cultural, relational, Christian ministry in the Dominican Republic. Sound familiar? Some of our youth and college students have helped them out!

Connexion is back this Sunday evening @ 6:00 as Pastor Bob joins us to share a message titled "Life in the Holy Spirit: Thinking Beyond Sensationalism." Bob will share insight from scripture on the Holy Spirit and will focus on the role of the Spirit, the nature and practice of spiritual gifts, and the concept of baptism in the Holy Spirit.

William Larkin wrote, "The most important event in human history, apart from the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, is the conversion to Christianity of Saul of Tarsus." Okay, so that's probably a bit of an overstatement (but not by much). Paul's Damascus Road experience changed his life; in fact, it changed the world and the whole course of human history, making it one epic road trip! Come discover with us what Paul discovered two millennia ago - these truths still have power!

Can you relate to Peter, Thomas, and Paul in their interaction with Jesus? Their stories offer encouragement as we seek to follow our risen Lord.

Good Friday service

Journey with us on Sunday as we follow Jesus and the disciples on the last leg of the road to the cross.

We often ask others to pray for us and it is always encouraging to hear that they do. However, the reality that Jesus Christ is praying for us...now that takes encouragement to another level! Take heart friends, Jesus is praying for you.

We are glad to have had Pastor Dale Beaver of Christian Fellowship Church in Evansville, IN as our special guest this week. Pastor Beaver has served at CFC for the past 10 years and prior to that was a chaplain on the NASCAR race circuit. He will share with us insight from scripture and his own life experiences on living in faith in Christ during your young adult years.

While on their final journey to Jerusalem, Jesus reassured the disciples by saying, "You will not be alone because I am sending the Holy Spirit." Sometimes our circumstances leave us feeling worried, confused, or even alone. But Jesus still speaks – you are never alone. The Spirit of God is always present with the people of God, comforting and guiding us.

We resumed our Life in the Kingdom series with a message from Josiah called "The Lost Sons" on the parable Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson called "the greatest story ever told." Join us as we consider the transforming truth that Jesus' Prodigal Son parable displays about our basis for relationship with God.

Food and water are absolutely essential ingredients for physical life. However, when it comes to spiritual life, there is another essential ingredient. Jesus teaches in John 15 that in order to "stay alive" you must "remain in the vine," because "I am the vine and you are the branches."

We've assembled a great panel of couples to discuss love and marriage, respond to questions and give their insights into relationships.

Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus to come and help their brother, Lazarus, but Jesus did not come until it seemed there was no hope left. Do we trust Jesus when he doesn't come through as we expect?

Why did Jesus curse the fig tree when it wasn't the season for figs? Why did Jesus clear the temple of the moneylenders, dove sellers, and those who used these services--services which were necessary for some to worship at the temple? To what does Jesus point us in these stories?

Jesus' introduction of the Passover meal was an epic moment--he was about to predict his death and provide the definitive explanation of his earthly existence. The disciples did not understand this moment, but the rest of the New Testament (written by the disciples) provides us with the meaning behind this remarkable episode. Let's consider the eternal consequences of this one moment in time.

Have you ever struggled with uncertainty, fear, or worry when thinking about the future? Sunday evening Josiah helped us consider Jesus' teaching on what we are to do with those concerns in light of the Good News of God's reign. Josiah shared this message as part of our Life in the Kingdom series from Matthew 6:25-34 titled "Trusting in God's Provision."

“In order to be great you must be a servant. Those who are first will be last…” This was the consistent message of Jesus, but the disciples didn’t understand. Everything about their environment suggested that greatness was associated with power, wealth, and fame. Isn’t this still the problem? As we consider Crossroads on the journey to the cross, let’s refocus on Jesus’ teaching about servanthood.

How are followers of Jesus Christ called to live in the world in light of the way God has worked in our lives? Listen as Josiah considers that question in a message in our new “Life in the Kingdom” series titled City on a Hill. We'll focus on Matthew 5:13-16.

Here is a picture of a woman who expressed extravagant love for Jesus without regard for cultural protocol or what people around her might think. Her gaze was upon Jesus and nothing else mattered. Because of her passionate love, Jesus predicted that her story would be told to the whole world. Here we are 2,000 years later, on the other side of the world, learning from her story.