

The Local Church Podcast
The Local Church
This is the home of The Local Church Podcast. Featuring sermons from our Sunday Liturgy, interviews, and more, we hope this audio affirms you, anchors you, and empowers you to love where you are. The Local Church is an unapologetically inclusive,Jesus-centered faith community.
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Oct 24, 2021 • 23min
Sermon: TBD 6: We Serve in Solidarity
DateOctober 24, 2021SynopsisThis week, we're unpacking the third of three core practices at The Local Church: "We serve in solidarity."ReferencesScripture: Luke 4:16–21Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Oct 17, 2021 • 28min
Sermon: TBD 5: We Get Together to Grow Together
DateOctober 17, 2021SynopsisThis week, we're unpacking the second of three core practices at The Local Church: "We get together to grow together."ReferencesScripture: John 13:1–17Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Oct 10, 2021 • 24min
Sermon: TBD 4: We Create Space for Connection
DateOctober 10, 2021SynopsisThis week, Catherine Neal helps us continue our TBD series with a look at our first of three core practices: We Create Space for Connection.ReferencesScripture: John 5:1–9 Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Oct 3, 2021 • 24min
Sermon: TBD 3: With & For
DateOctober 3, 2021SynopsisWe continue our new series: TBD: A Series About Us digging into the second two core values of The Local Church. It’s who we are because it’s who God is.ReferencesScripture: Acts 9:10-20Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Sep 26, 2021 • 24min
Sermon: TBD 2: Bold & Inclusive
DateSeptember 26, 2021SynopsisWe continue our new series: TBD: A Series About Us digging into the first two core values of The Local Church. It’s who we are because it’s who God is.ReferencesScripture: Ruth 1:1–18Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Sep 12, 2021 • 26min
Sermon: "Knowledge is Power" is a Lie
DateSeptember 12, 2021SynopsisA story about a lesson from Brent's driver's ed instructor that brings new understanding to Jesus' teaching to his disciples about what it means to be the Messiah.ReferencesScripture: Mark 8:27–38Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Sep 5, 2021 • 18min
Sermon: Jesus Gets Up
DateSeptember 5, 2021SynopsisThis week, interim creative partner for in-person worship, Rajeev Tiwari, preaches a word of comfort and hope when the ocean of a world feels like it's raging.ReferencesScripture: Mark 4:35-42Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Aug 29, 2021 • 37min
Sermon: A Conversation with Rev. John Rogers
DateAugust 29, 2021SynopsisThis week, Brent welcomes friend and colleague Rev. John Rogers, director of Peterson House. Peterson House is a gathering place where the doors are open for friends to come together in hospitality to read the Bible alongside people from different Christian traditions, honoring the lens of one another, benefiting from shared reading, and giving way to the text speaking for itself.ReferencesScripture: James 1:17–27Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Aug 22, 2021 • 18min
Sermon: A Letter to Students
DateAugust 22, 2021SynopsisWe mark the return to school (and some for the first time!) with a back-to-school-centered message. Brent channels his inner Paul and offers a pastoral epistle to all students.ReferencesScripture: Ephesians 6:10-20Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

Aug 15, 2021 • 25min
Sermon: Camp Local 5 - Home
DateAugust 15, 2021SynopsisIt’s Week 5 of Camp Local, and this week, we're thinking about all of the ways this experience has changed us and how we have returned home... but different.ReferencesScripture: Exodus 3:1–15Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.