In Columbia As It Is In Heaven

The church is comprised of people following Jesus together. And while it’s easy to turn church into simply creating compelling events, Jesus reminds us that the church is about creating compelling people - people who follow Jesus and do the things Jesus did. This is Jesus’s means to bring His Kingdom to Earth.

For this series, we want to equip our church to be compelling Jesus-centered people who look more like Him because when we do, Columbia looks a little more like Heaven.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Bringing Heaven to Earth (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Abide (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Fellowship (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Confession and Repentance (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: Mission (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: Generosity (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: Serve (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 8: Gather (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

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As God’s people, we want to be guided by His Word and empowered by His Spirit to fuel us to be a Jesus-centered family on mission. Our reading plan will help ground you in God’s Word and give you daily prayer prompts to better prepare your heart for the teaching you’ll hear on Sundays.

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Worthy | There Is None Like Him

Everybody worships. The question is, “What do we worship?” Some of us worship our jobs, worship our families, worship our significant other. Some of us worship more obscure things like control, power, or comfort. And whatever we worship is what we will pour all our time, attention, and affections into.

So the question becomes, what is actually worthy of our worship? In this series, we’ll take a look at how God, above all things, is ultimately worthy.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: He is Worthy Part 1 (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: He is Worthy Part 2 (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: He is Sovereign (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: He is Eternal & Immutable (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: He is Omnipresent (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: He is Omniscient (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: He is Omnipotent & Self-sufficient (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

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Stand-Alone | The Father Heart of God

Sermon by Brandon Clements on Friday, June 16.

Stand-Alone 2019 | Good Friday

Sermon by Adam Gibson on Friday, April 19.

Work

Work is more than your 9-5. It’s everything that God calls you to do.

Whether it’s clocking in at the office, attending classes, raising children, managing your budget, all of it falls under the category of “work.” And this work is actually all part of God’s plan to redeem all of creation.

Our aim for this series is to see our work as part of God’s bigger story. We want to see our work as actively partnering with God to help accomplish what He’s doing throughout the world.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: You Need A Story (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: You Need A Calling (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: You Need A Sabbath (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: You Need A Stable Identity (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: You Need A Mission (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: You Need Meaning For Your Frustrations (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: You Need Your Work (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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1 Corinthians | Part 2

In 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses the brokenness within the church at Corinth and how only the good news of Jesus can unify and restore. We want this series to be an opportunity to celebrate all the goodness and beauty of the church while also being honest about the struggle and difficulty of being the church.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Flee From Idolatry (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: 5 Meals that Changed the World (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Gospel-Centered Ethics (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Haircuts and Head-Coverings (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: Build Up the Body in Love (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: No Seriously, Build Up the Body in Love (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: A Loving Community (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 8: Supernaturally Life-Giving Words (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 9: Supernaturally Life-Giving Words Part 2 (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 10: The Reminder We Need (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 11: Our Resurrection (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 12: Change the World with People You Love (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Serve the City

One of our favorite ways to kick off a new year is to rally our family toward Serve the City Weekend. To do that, we’re spending these first two weeks focused on understanding why we serve. We want to learn from Scripture and see how God first served us. Our goal is that the ultimate act of service, the Cross, would motivate us to sacrificially love and serve the people around us.

LISTEN TO SERMONS & DOWNLOAD LIFEGROUP RESOURCES.

Week 1: Count Others as More Significant - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Death Defying Compassion - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Jesus for Shalom - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

SIGN UP FOR SERVE THE CITY WEEKEND

The gospel transforms us to be generous with not only our finances, but our time and energy as well. We are coming together to serve our six partner organizations and their clients at Serve the City Weekend from January 18-21, 2019.

RAISE $21,000 FOR OUR SERVE THE CITY PARTNERSHIPS

We want to fund Serve the City events throughout the next year and continue to do things like feeding Epworth students each Wednesday night at Student Groups.

Stand-Alone 2018 | An Unthinkable Descent

Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 16, 2018.

|giv| 2018

Every year, we take 3-4 weeks to intentionally focus on growing in generosity. We take this time to think about how God has given us undeserved grace while we were still sinners and continues to grow us as his people. We like to call it our |giv| series.

1. Start Tithing

We want our first step of ongoing generosity to be towards the mission of our church. By financially supporting our church together, we set ourselves up for a stable and sustainable ministry for years to come.  We are encouraging our family to set up a recurring tithe because the gospel transforms us not just to be generous around the holidays, but during all seasons of our lives.

2. SIGN UP FOR SERVE THE CITY WEEKEND

The gospel transforms us to be generous with not only our finances, but our time and energy as well. We are coming together to serve our six partner organizations and their clients at Serve the City Weekend from January 18-21, 2019.

3. RAISE $21,000 FOR OUR SERVE THE CITY PARTNERS

We want to fund Serve the City events throughout the next year and continue to do things like feeding Epworth students each Wednesday night at Student Groups.

4. ATTEND THE PERSONAL FINANCE SEMINAR

We want to equip our church family to be spiritually healthy by stewarding the financial resources that God has entrusted to us. On Saturday, January 26 from 9:00am-3:00pm at our Downtown church, we’re hosting a seminar that consist of practical training to manage your finances, pay off debt, invest well, and practice biblical generosity.

LISTEN TO SERMONS & DOWNLOAD Resources

Week 1: Mercy - Its Source & Motive - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Grace Givers - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: A Test of Genuine Faith - (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Celebration Sunday 2018

We did not have a sermon during our city-wide Celebration Sunday Gathering on November 18, 2018, but you can grab the LifeGroup Guide and watch all of the baptism videos that played during the Gathering by clicking the buttons below.

1 Corinthians | Part 1

In 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses the brokenness within the church at Corinth and how only the good news of Jesus can unify and restore. We want this series to be an opportunity to celebrate all the goodness and beauty of the church while also being honest about the struggle and difficulty of being the church.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Dissonance Theory (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: Unity Without Uniformity  (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: Silly Church Kids (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: Spirit-Led Maturity (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: Build So You Don’t Get Burned (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 6: Self-Forgetfulness (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: Covenant Breaking and the Sin of Tolerance (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 8: Death by Drama (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

3-Week Mini-Series “Sex, Marriage, & Singleness”

Week 9: Nothing Is Just Physical, Especially Sex (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 10: Acting Out Your Wedding Vows
(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 11: Different Paths of Devotion
(Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 12: The Demands of Love Pt. 1 (Sermons) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 13: The Demands of Love Pt. 2 (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Stand-Alone 2018 | State of the Church

Sermon by Brandon Clements on July 15, 2018. 

I Am God | A Study of the "I Am" Statements in the Gospel of John

Throughout the book of John, we see Jesus making claims about His identity. He say's things like "I Am the bread of life" or "I Am the good shepherd", but are these "I Am" statements just nice reminders about Jesus? What if He was inviting us into the fullness of His character? What if He was using ordinary everyday objects to point us to His supernatural nature? Join us for this 7-week series called "I Am God".

LISTEN TO SERMONS & DOWNLOAD Resources

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series. Homelinks are a tool used to connect parents and their children by helping them review what's being taught on Sundays - we'll be posting one for each week of the series. 

Week 1: I Am (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 2: I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 3: I Am the Resurrection and the Life (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 4: I Am the Light of the World (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 5: I Am the Bread of Life (Sermon) (LifeGroupGuide)

Week 6: I Am the True Vine (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Week 7: I Am the Good Shepherd (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide)

Stand Alone 2018 | Every Group Around the Pool

The Bible calls us to grow in wisdom and knowledge of God's Word, encourage one another, form friendships, and live on mission. Admittedly, being on mission is something most of us struggle with, so we will be providing resources and opportunities to invite others into our rhythms and Jesus-filled lives.

Our goal is to see "Every Group Around the Pool". As we faithfully invite and build with people, our prayer is that the Holy Spirit would work in their lives and that they would come to know Jesus and publicly proclaim Him through baptism.

As God has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus, let us take on our calling as the church to see others reconciled to Him.

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Personal Liturgy

All of the pictures of an abundant, joyful, others-centered, and God-ward life that we see throughout the pages of the Bible often feel far from reality in the hustle and bustle of 21st century existence. Apathy, distraction, self-reliance, cynicism and self-absorption steal our joy and rot us from the inside out. 

So we are taking 5 months to fight these things with everything we have--to fight for our joy and peace and vitality and flourishing as humans made to image and be filled by the God who created us. 

The things you do do things to you, so join us in taking a deeper look at the things we do.

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LISTEN TO SERMONS & DOWNLOAD Resources

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion we'll be posting resources for each week of the series. Homelinks are a tool used to connect parents and their children by helping them review what's being taught on Sundays - we'll be posting one for each week of the series. 

Intro

Week 1: The Life You Were Made For (And the Things that Ruin It) (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Apathy

Week 2: The Things You Do Do Things to You (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 3: The Things You DON'T Do Do Things To You (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 4: Lay Aside Every Weight (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Distraction

Week 5: You Were Made to Behold (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 6: Be Still and Know that I Am God (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 7: Redeeming the Time (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Self-Reliance

Week 8: Pray Like Jesus - Part 1 (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 9: Pray Like Jesus - Part 2 (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 10: Pray Like Jesus - Part 3 (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Cynicism

Week 11: The Doubting Thomas in All of Us (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Week 12: Why "Parakletos" Should be Your Favorite Word (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Week 13: A Spirit-Filled Life (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Self-Absorption

Week 14: Freedom from a Life-Long Temper Tantrum (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Week 15: A Blueprint for Biblical Encouragement (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Week 16: The Joy of a Life Not About You (LifeGroup Guide) (Homelink)

Jesus-Centered Family on Mission

What do you think of when you hear the word church? 

A building?
A weekly habit?
A place to celebrate Easter and Christmas?

What if we told you that the church is supposed to be nothing less than God's plan to change the world? For 11 years, we have strived to be a Jesus-centered family living on mission with God in our city of Columbia. We believe we're called to be a city on a hill. A community of transformed lives that testify to the power and promises of God Himself. Join us as we study Romans 12 to recapture a picture of God's vision for His people: a Jesus-centered family on mission.

STUDY GUIDES & KIDTOWN HOMELINKS

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion we'll be posting resources for each week of the series. Homelinks are a tool used to connect parents and their children by helping them review what's being taught on Sundays, we'll be posting one for each week of the series. 

Week 1: Transformation (Study Guides) (Homelink)

Week 2: Belong like parts of a body.  (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 3: Participate like parts of a body. (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 4: What genuine love looks like. (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 5: Winsomely weird. (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 6: Overcoming evil. (Study Guide) (Homelink)

You Are Here

We are constantly being preached to. Everywhere we look, we are being told what’s true
about who we are and how the world works:

“You need to find yourself.”
“Do whatever makes you happy.”
“Follow your heart.”
“If you do good things, good things will happen to you.”
“Everyone has to decide for themselves what is right and wrong.”
“Eliminate negative people from your life.”
“One day you will find the one.”
“You only live once.”

But have we ever stopped to ask ourselves if these common cultural phrases actually make
sense? Join us on an eight-week study as we examine why these phrases may not be as
helpful as we think.

STUDY GUIDES & KIDTOWN HOMELINKS

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion we'll be posting resources for each week of the series. Homelinks are a tool used to connect parents and their children by helping them review what's being taught on Sundays, we'll be posting one for each week of the series. 

Week 1: "You need to find yourself." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 2: "Do whatever makes you happy." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 3: "Follow your heart." (Study Guide) (Leader Guide) (Homelink)

Week 4: "Everyone has to decide for themselves what is right and wrong." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 5: "If you do good things, good things will happen to you." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 6: "Eliminate negative people from your life." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 7: "One day you'll find 'the one'." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 8: "You only live once." (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Stand-Alone 2017 | State of the Church

Sermon by Brandon Clements on August 6, 2017.

Proverbs

The book of Proverbs is a collection of wisdom one-liners, with the goal of repetitively hammering on foundational truths for how to live a well-lived life. We’ll spend the last two months of the summer diving into selected proverbs that teach us how to live winsomely and wisely with God, with others, at work, at home, and throughout everyday life.

STUDY GUIDES & KIDTOWN HOMELINKS

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion we'll be posting resources for each week of the series. Homelinks are a tool used to connect parents and their children by helping them review what's being taught on Sundays, we'll be posting one for each week of the series. 

Week 1: Invitation to Wisdom (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 2: The Pathway to Wisdom (Homelink)

Week 3: Wisdom and Words (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 4: Wisdom and Community (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 5: Wisdom and Decision Making (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 6: Wisdom and Sloth (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 7: Wisdom and Wealth  (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 8: Wisdom and Sex (Study Guide) (Homelink)

Week 9: Wisdom and Pride (Study Guide) (Homelink)