The Local Church Podcast

DateMay 24, 2020SynopsisOn this Ascension Sunday, Jesus starts working from home and we consider the move from looking up to stepping out as witnesses of what God is doing.ReferencesScripture: Acts 1:1–11; Luke 24:44–53Intro/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 2020 initiative, click here.

DateMay 17, 2020SynopsisIt’s week four of our sermon series, “The New Normal,” and Brent shares about the third-quarter phenomenon, considers how we might be feeling orphaned, and to whom, exactly, the Spirit is advocating.ReferencesScripture: John 14:15–21Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.

Episode NotesIn this episode, Zachary Horner, who asks questions for a living, interviews Brent Levy, pastor of The Local Church, about how the times are changing and what it's like to be a pastor in the midst of a global pandemic. This conversation was recorded during Holy Week on April 6, 2020.Connect with Zach at on Twitter here, and you can subscribe to the Chatham News+Record here.Intro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" 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.

DateMay 10, 2020SynopsisIt’s week three of The New Normal, and our former intern, Stephan Margeson, returns to bring a good word about heaven, hospitality, and hope.ReferencesScripture: John 14:1–14Intro/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 2020 initiative, click here.

DateMay 3, 2020SynopsisContinuing our sermon series for Eastertide, “The New Normal,” Brent invites us to consider what’s holding us back on the way to experiencing abundant life and the practices that help us live into it.ReferencesScripture: Acts 2:42–47 and John 10:1-10Intro/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 2020 initiative, click here.

DateApril 26, 2020SynopsisWe begin a new sermon series called “The New Normal” that not only connects with our current reality but is also fitting as we celebrate Easter.ReferencesScripture: Luke 24:13–35Intro/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 2020 initiative, click here.

DateApril 19, 2020SynopsisBrent invites his friend Jennifer for a deep dive into the story of “Doubting” Thomas.ReferencesScripture: John 20:19–31Intro/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 2020 initiative, click here.

DateApril 12, 2020SynopsisYou can’t cancel a lot of things due to COVID-19, but you can’t cancel Easter. It comes anyway.ReferencesScripture: John 20:1–18Intro/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, give online here.To make your commitment to The Local Church through our Everybody In 2020 initiative, click here.

This is an audio accompaniment for Scott Erickson's Stations in the Street artwork presented here.Narration by Tracy Wilson and Brent LevyMusic by Alli BurksStations in the Street is a modern take on a traditional Good Friday Stations of the Cross experience. The Stations of the Cross began as a remembrance that pilgrims had when they were retracing Jesus' final steps in Jerusalem up to the hill where he was crucified. Wanting to share that experience with those who couldn't make the trip to Jerusalem, they created these local stations of meditation.Between each scripture reading, you'll find a very brief interlude to allow the words to linger and invite reflection. It's a natural place to pause the audio should you need more time before moving to the next station.We hope that this audio leads you toward reflection, meditation, and prayer — as we remember Jesus' betrayal by a friend, conviction in an unjust political system, and his execution at the hands of the state.May this experience be a blessing to you as you lean into the heartache and hope of Holy Week.To learn more about The Local Church, visit thelocalchurchpbo.org.

In this episode, Brent has a conversation with Zachary Horner on the power of the question, "What's going on right now?" Zach is a reporter at the Chatham News+Record, an avid reader, a curious questioner, and a natural storyteller.Connect with Zach at on Twitter here, and you can subscribe to the Chatham News+Record here.Books referenced: Beads by Rachael Brooks; Abba’s Child by Brennan ManningIntro/Outro Music: "Wingspan" 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.