What is The Church? Well, it’s God’s Bride, it’s Christ’s Body, it’s a great place to fellowship, it’s a place and who we are all at the same time. What is it not? Alone. Pastor Brian shares a message about being plugged into a local church, not just the Big C church.

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It’s an interesting world we live in right now, but we serve a God that is bigger, and more loving, than it all. In this episode, Pastor Brian and A.P. tackle the complexities of loving in a hostile world while still upholding the law, but trying to filter through God’s Law vs. the law of the land.

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This week, special guest Pastor Joel Labertew joins us to share a message and encourage us as part of the network of churches we are blessed to be a part of. What does it mean to be on mission for God? Also, God wants us to thrive, what does it mean to thrive? Pastor Joel has a lot of great things to share with us about it!

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This week, special guest Ted Gerry joins us to share a message. What good news does he bring? A message about the fact that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God. Stand firm. Stay encouraged. Walk boldly in His love.

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Welcome to week 3 of the series about the Mosaic tabernacle, this is our final week here. Pastor Brian explores the depths of intimacy in what is called the Holy of Holies. Sometimes, people bounce from church to church, experiencing the weekly Holy Place. God calls us to enter the Holy of Holies with Him, in our own lives. God has gifted us with the blessing of no need to do this in a building; wherever we are with Christ, that is our tabernacle.

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Welcome to week 2 of the series about the Mosaic tabernacle. This week, the Holy Place which is also called the inner courts. This is where we are cleansed in the pool before we enter the Holy of Holies.

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Welcome back and Happy New Year! This is week 1 of a new series about the tabernacle, the Israelites mobile church (something Thrive sure can appreciate). There are three main areas to it; on this first week, we explore the outer court yard.

Kutless has a great song about this called Take Me In from their first worship album called Strong Tower, it’s a great listen!

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“Something is happening and we are going!” Have you felt God call you? Have you ever felt compelled to do something? A lot of us have; it’s big, it can be scary, it can be confusing, but God will lead the way on the adventure He has for our lives. Are you ready for the journey? Pastor Brian shares a message about the “Wise Men” that went to see Jesus after he was born, Merry Christmas everyone!

Important reminder! There will be no service this upcoming weekend (Sunday, December 28th, 2025). We look forward to seeing you all again Sunday, January 4th, 2026!

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