The Local Church Podcast

DateJanuary 3, 2021Synopsis“Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.” - Alice WalkerAbout 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 this movement, give online here.

DateDecember 27, 2020SynopsisIt's low key liturgy Sunday as Brent, Alli, Rajeev, and Jordan share in a conversation about Anna and Simeon.About 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 this movement, give online here.

DateDecember 24, 2020SynopsisThis Christmas, the God of the universe comes local. Where are you in the story?About 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 this movement, give online here.

DateDecember 20, 2020SynopsisJordan Czichos preaches for the fourth Sunday of Advent.About 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, give online here.

DateDecember 14, 2020SynopsisWe spend some with Mary for Advent III and think about anticipatory joy.ReferencesScripture: Psalm 126; Luke 1:46–55Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

DateDecember 6, 2020SynopsisThis week: on Spotify Wrapped, looking back, looking ahead, and becoming people of peace.ReferencesScripture: Mark 1:1-8Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

DateNovember 29, 2020SynopsisIt’s week one of our Advent series: Those Who Dream. This week: Mark’s little apocalypse, a dream during the Liberian civil war, and signs of hope.ReferencesScripture: Mark 13:24–37Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

All week long on TLC+, we're taking part in a Week of Gratitude. For Day 3, Brent talks with Tracy Wilson Gibson, an expert on gratitude, about one way to actually give gratitude on Thanksgiving Day. Here's a practice you can do around your tables — whatever they look like. This episode is great to listen to as you're preparing your meal or getting some fresh air.About 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.

DateNovember 22, 2020SynopsisWe wrap up our Family Portrait series with a call to action and realize that if we’re asking questions about who’s a sheep and who’s a goat, we’re missing the point.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 25:31–46Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.

DateNovember 15, 2020SynopsisIt’s week three of our Family Portrait series, and this week is all about sibling rivalry, offering ourselves fully, not holding back... and Ted Lasso.ReferencesScripture: Genesis 4:1–16Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2021 initiative, click here.