Episodes

  • Annual Celebration: "We Sow, God Grows!"

    Annual Celebration: "We Sow, God Grows!"
    Nov 18 2024

    November 17, 2024

    Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker

    (Interview with Katy Kaakestadg from Intended Hope) Matthew 9:35-38 "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." -Chinua Achbee "God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." -Augustine "Without worship, we go about miserable." -AW Tozer

    "When we worship together as a community of living Christians, we do not worship alone, we worship 'with all the company of heaven.'" -Marianne Micks

    1 Corinthians 3:6-8 (NET)

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    54 mins
  • in search of CHURCH: how does God Build a Body: "Core Value #3: Generosity"

    in search of CHURCH: how does God Build a Body: "Core Value #3: Generosity"
    Nov 16 2024

    November 10, 2024

    Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker

    Core Value #3: Generosity We can't out give God. He is far more generous than we can imagine. In fact, He did not even withhold Jesus from us! It all belongs to God, and we in return desire to be generous with our time, talents, and resources for advancing the Kingdom of God by making a tangible difference in people's lives. "Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can." -John Wesley GENEROSITY REFLECTS JESUS John 3:16 Romans 5:8-9 Matthew 8:1-3 "Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." -Simone Weil "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." -John Bunyan GENEROSITY BENEFITS THE GIVER Proverbs 11:25 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 GENEROSITY MAKES AN ETERNAL IMPACT 2 Corinthians 9:12-13 GENEROSITY BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS 2 Corinthians 9:14-15 (NET)

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    33 mins
  • in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #2: Community"

    in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #2: Community"
    Nov 4 2024

    November 3, 2024

    Associate Pastor Eric Burch

    Summit Ridges Values:

    Grace

    Community

    Serving

    Generosity

    We Value Community

    We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ.

    We were Created to be in Community

    Genesis 1:26-27

    What does it Mean to be in Community?

    Leviticus 26:11-13

    Leviticus 4:13-14

    Ezra 3:10-11

    Acts 2:42-47

    We Value Community

    We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ.

    How do we live in Community?

    Matthew 5:16

    Matthew 7:12

    Galatians 5:22-26

    Hebrews 10:24-25
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    32 mins
  • in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #1: Grace"

    in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #1: Grace"
    Oct 28 2024

    October 27, 2024

    Associate Pastor Louise Waller

    What is God’s Grace?

    Romans 3:10-18

    Romans 5:8

    How do we receive Grace?

    How do we extend Grace?

    Attitude

    Practice

    2 Corinthians 9:8

    2 Corinthians 12:9

    Grace = Agape Love

    Grace is Holy

    (NIV)
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    25 mins
  • in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Our Mission"

    in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Our Mission"
    Oct 21 2024

    October 20, 2024

    Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker

    Jeremiah 29:11 Jeremiah 32:19 Psalms 33:11 Romans 8:28 Ephesians 2:10 Mark 10:45 Mission of Summit Ridge Community Church: To make disciples who Serve Christ by Serving People. Matthew 28:16-20 "It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says." -Dallas Willard “If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.” -Mike Breen "Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” -Dietrich Bon Hoeffer “The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.” -Paul David Tripp Matthew 22:36-40 "You cannot obey the Great Commission until you obey the Great Command" -Al McKay "It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about" -Rick Warren (NET)

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    47 mins
  • Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "The Great Equalizer"

    Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "The Great Equalizer"
    Oct 14 2024

    October 13, 2024

    Associate Pastor Eric Burch

    Galatians 3:26-29

    We are a New Creation

    2 Corinthians 5:17-18

    Philemon 4-7

    Philemon 10-14

    We have a Alternative Way to Act

    Romans 8:28-29

    Matthew 5:13-15

    Philemon 20-25

    Philippians 2:5-8

    5 Ways to be Like Christ in this World

    Matthew 28:18-20

    (NASB 2020)
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    36 mins
  • Western Regional Gathering: Phillipine Global Update

    Western Regional Gathering: Phillipine Global Update
    Oct 7 2024

    October 6, 2024

    Scott Soden, Global Partners Coordinator, Brethren Church National Office Staff

    Pastor Gary Castro, Philippine Brethren Church
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    5 mins
  • Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "Give Thanks"

    Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "Give Thanks"
    Sep 30 2024

    September 30, 2024

    Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant

    Associate Pastor Louise Waller

    Associate Pastor Eric Burch

    Philemon 1: 1-7

    (NKJV)
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    38 mins