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On Sunday, Pastor Eric shared with us from Phillipians 3:20,"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,"While Paul was imprisoned in Rome writing this letter to the church in Phillipi, he gets a revelation that as followers of Jesus we are not only citizens of a nation we are also citizens of Heaven. We are Dual Citizens. This reality is a game changer for each of us who follow Jesus.The greek word for Citizen implies you “can tell what citizenship someone has by how they act”. The idea is people can tell where you are from by how you live your life. What Paul is emphasizing is since your citizenship is in Heaven, there is a way to act and live your life that is in accordance with the culture of Heaven. Listen to the talk to learn 6 keys to being a citizen of Heaven.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

This past Sunday, Pastor Shayna did a talk titled “When Two Worlds Collide”. She asked the question “What did it look like when Jesus walked this earth?” He was the perfect model for walking in two worlds at one time. He was the fusion of both the spiritual and physical world. It looked like - He ate with the sinners and healed the sick, He served, washed his disciples feet, fed the hungry, and then would go by himself and connect with His Father. It was so simple, it was so fluid. He walked in and out of the spiritual realm bringing heaven to earth with such ease because he was the perfect model of walking in both worlds.This is how you were designed to be… like Jesus! All of humanity was created, shaped and molded to walk in unison with access to both realms. Humanity was created as a NEW CREATION. One that didn’t just exist in the spiritual, but a physical being as well that could rule, tend, and steward this earth from a connection to the eternal. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

This past Sunday, Pastor Eric shared part of the journey of following Jesus is that we are actively engaged in a conflict of two kingdoms...good and evil, light and dark. We as humans are interconnected to the spiritual dimension and what happens there has an affect on us in the natural dimension. We are in a spiritual war. He encouraged us to first recognize that some of the gripping fear, irrational thoughts, anxiety, laziness, apathy and boredom could be a result of a spiritual battle. We read in Ephesians 6, where Paul not only makes us aware of this reality but teaches us what to do about it. In verse 13:Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Paul teaches us to put on Truth, Peace, Faith, Salvation and the Word of God. Doing this will move you from defense to offense. Move you from being driven by fear to being driven by love. Take you from apathy to being filled with life. Listen to this week's talk to learn more about putting on the Armor of God.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

We know so many of you from our community sowed into this team financially and in prayer so it felt important to share about what God did through this team. Team member after team member got up and shared how special and impactful their experience in Romania was. The testimonies of friendship, bonding and team were so encouraging. One team member summed it up saying, “We’re just scratching the surface of what we can do as a community,”. One thing we love about The Mission in Romania is how well they marry ministry and practical support. Over the 10 days we were there, our team was able to install a commercial dishwasher (The Mission serves large numbers of kids daily), and help with plumbing, electrical and building projects on top of ministry. This team was incredibly hard working and flexible, sometimes working late into the evening. At the end of the week, one of the missionaries who oversees the facility said, “I feel like I could move mountains with this team.” It felt the same to us. We pray that the impact that was made in Romania and in each team member's heart will only deepen and expand. Thank you, again, to everyone who invested into this team and into Romania through prayer and financial support.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

In life waiting is inevitable. We find ourselves waiting in many places and in many seasons of our lives. Martin Manser said waiting is “Being prepared to patiently look towards God for his guidance and accepting the timing he proposes. Waiting on God can lead to an atmosphere of expectation and confidence in God and a realization of the unreliability of one’s own judgment.” Pastor Rheva walks us through the popular verse found in Isaiah 40:31:“they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”This verse shows us what happens to us while we wait. In this talk, she encourages us as followers of Jesus to regain our strength by learning to wait on the Lord filled with hope and expectancy. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

This Sunday, Pastor Eric went through two passages in scripture, both in Acts and Luke, exploring some of the dynamics of the early church. Sometimes we fantasize how the early church grew and how it functioned and operated. What we may not realize is the same challenges we face today the early church faced as well when it came to growth and the vision that Jesus put before them and us. In a growing and thriving spiritual community there is a dance between pioneering and building. There are things we dream about and have vision for, however it's another thing to build it. The thing that validates the pioneering and the dreaming is the building of those dreams and visions. Studio is in a season where, we hold onto the spirit of pioneering, but where we want call us all to get in the trenches to see those visions become tangible and real. It's an invitation to participate in what God is doing around us. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

On Sunday, Candace shared that our minds are like gardens, they need tending to, they need the weeds to be pulled and they need cultivating. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7 When we recognize that when we experience life it creates thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It’s in this process that we can choose which thoughts take root and which ones we need to discard. We don’t need to believe every thought that goes through our brain. Listen to this week's talk to learn more about having a Sound Mind. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Have you noticed God can be easy to find as well as hard to find? Following Jesus is an amalgamation of clarity and mystery. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.Proverbs 25:2There are things we see and experience and there are things we don’t see and don’t experience, yet in order for us to realize what God intends for us, it is essential to embrace both of these dimensions of God. In other words - God is with you and there is more of him somewhere else.Pastor Eric in his talk encouraged us to not push the cruise control but rather for us to be intentional about growing as people who are following Jesus. To be a people who pursue and be hungry for more of Him.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

We had a special Sunday this past weekend, we had our dear friends, Jimmy and Genea Horner, with us,Jimmy Horner shared with us this past Sunday about the Simplicity of the Missions Lifestyle. In the talk Jimmy referenced how Jesus, in the Gospels, was given eyes to see need and He then moved towards it, allowing Himself to be the solution. Jimmy says this is all a lifestyle of missions is: having a need highlighted to you and then moving towards it, allowing your day and life to be altered, trusting Jesus in you to be the solution. Jimmy suggests that when God highlights a need to you, it’s the same as receiving a word from Him. A powerless church points a finger, but a powerful church who knows who they are takes ownership and moves towards need with simple trust in Jesus to be who He is. Missions is not complicated, we can all be living this in our own communities - you don’t have to be a person of great resources or have the ideas for change. It’s an honor and a privilege to turn towards people and see God move through you; stepping into ownership before knowing what will happen, leaves room for the miraculous. May we all grow in becoming people who are moved with compassion into ownership and action to become a part of the solution for our families, neighborhoods and communities. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Pastor Eric and Candace tag teamed for a talk to champion and celebrate Moms. They both shared personal stories about their moms and grandmas that helped shaped and formed who they are today. They shared stories about a few Moms in the Bible and what we can learn from their tenacity, creativity and ingenuity. It was because of them that some of the most remarkable stories in the Bible exist. Join us as we celebrate all the Moms in our lives. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. We are also on YouTube. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!