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Renewal 4: Renewing All Things

We wrap up our series on Renewal this week by looking at the words of Jesus in Matthew 19, where Jesus speaks about the palingenesia (or, renewal) of all things. We’ll look at the fact that the Gospel is not just an internal message that changes each of us individually, but also is a message of Good News for the entire world.

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Renewal 3: Renewing the City

This week, we welcome Eric Jacobsen as our preacher.Eric has much to teach us about how the church, even the bricks and mortar of the church facility and campus, can contribute to the flourishing of the city. 

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Renewal 2: Renewing the Church

Join us this Sunday to see how God wants to renew us as Third Church. We’ll share about this vision for us broadly, but also share concrete ways we hope to live out this vision in the way we structure our church, and the way we organize our community and facilitate leadership.

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Renewal 1: Renewing the Person

We all have habits, character flaws, and negative patterns in our lives that we wish were different, and the new year seems like a good time to address them. But somehow we always end back in the same place again. Why? We'll kick off our new Renewal series this week looking at a passage from Titus, where we find the ultimate transformation we seek. 

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Lo, He Comes! - The Sign

Join us for the fourth Sunday of Advent, as we look at the imagery of the sign in Isaiah. This is the unexpected sign and gift of God to the world at Christmas. The baby. Emmanuel. God with us.

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Lo, He Comes! - The Stream

As we continue to look at the images of the Messiah described in Isaiah, this week we’ll looking at the Messiah as The Stream. We'll look at how this stream reminds us of hope in the midst of the deserts of our life. 

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Lo, He Comes! - The Branch

Join us for the second week of Advent as we prepare our hearts for the coming King by looking at the Old Testament book of Isaiah. This week, we'll look at Isaiah 11:1-10, and "the shoot that will come from the stump of Jesse."

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Lo, He Comes! - The Mountain

This Sunday we enter Advent, a season of preparation for welcoming the Christ Child at Christmas. During the four Sundays of Advent and on Christmas Eve we will meditate on passages from the prophet Isaiah. This Sunday we focus on “the mountain,” an image that points to God and His revelation. 

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Just Like the Book of Acts: Sasan Tavassoli

One of the pillars of Third Church is local and international missions. This Sunday we have the privilege of hearing from one of the missionaries we help support through The Outreach Foundation, Dr Sasan Tavassoli. Dr. Tavassoli is a former Shi’ite Muslim from Iran. 

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Explore God 6: Is the Bible Reliable?

We'll continue our Explore God series this week by looking at the question: is the Bible reliable? In many ways, the question of Jesus’ divinity is contingent on this question. Can this book be trusted? Can we believe what it’s saying about Jesus, about God, about the world?

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