In a continued effort to equip our leaders and keep you updated with where God is leading us as a Faith Family, we would like to invite you to engage with our monthly Leader Equipping Podcasts called “Unveiled Faces”, which is based on a foundational Scripture to Sanctuary, 2 Corinthians 3:16-18.
AUG/SEPT 2020
SEEKING GOD ABOVE THE OUTCOME
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There is so much freedom in seeking God simply to be with Him and receiving the peace and assurance of His presence. Often we find ourselves seeking Him for an answer or a way, but to seek Him for Him, there comes a rest and a restoring of our souls that is far greater than the outcome we are longing for. Matthew 6:25-34, Jermiah 29:11-14 , and Psalm 27 will be our guide.
JULY 2020
RETURN TO ME
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In this podcast we discuss the invitation of God all throughout Scripture to return to Him. Whether it is returning from sin, wondering, straying, or simply returning from the distractions of everyday life around us, there is freedom and life breathed into us in the return. That freedom translates directly into those we do life with and shepherd. Jeremiah 24:7, Joel 2:12, Psalm 51, Zechariah 1:3
JUNE 2020
FAITHFUL TO ONE
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In this podcast we discuss a general weariness that is happening in many believers in this season of uncertainty and instability. We will address what it looks like to be faithful to One, in spite of all the distractions and noise around us, causing feelings of “I am over it” and/or “I feel myself drifting”. Focusing us back to our invitation to living in and leading from the Spirit of God within us. Galatians 1:10, Proverbs 9:10, and Isaiah 55:8-9 will be our guides.
MARCH 2020
GOD, YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION!
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Our friends from Ransomed Hearts Ministries, led by John & Staci Elderedge, lead us to turn our hearts and minds to rest in Jesus in a time of anxiety, confusion, and uncertainty. God is speaking, He is moving, He is at work. “Speak Lord, your servant is listening” What do you want to say to me? How do you want me to respond to you?
FEBRUARY 2020
REMAIN IN ME
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Dan Sartor leads us beautifully in what Jesus famously teaches his disciples in John 15, right before their lives are turned upside down by His impending death. Growing in this way of life is essential to transformation both individually and in our groups. John 15 & John 17 are our guides. Suggestions to supplement this topic are the books, “The Good and Beautiful God”- James Bryan Smith and “In the Name of Jesus” – Henri J.M. Nouwen.
JANUARY 2020
OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST
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Tony and Dana Dodd help lead a beautiful discussion on what it looks like to remain in who we already are in Christ, and learning to lead and love from that posture. Learning how to live daily in the freedom of an exchanged life, trading our life for the one that is freely given to us through His Spirit. John 15, Romans 5, & Galatians 5 will be our guides. Who Am I? and What Happened to Me? supplements can be found below.
NOVEMBER 2019
LOVE THROUGH HOSPITALITY
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Welcoming others into your life, to know and be known, is one of the ways we can show the same hospitality to others that God has shown us. Teri Cress leads us through a journey of Spiritual hospitality that reminds us that all are welcome at God’s table, to be seen, heard, and understood, and He is inviting us to be that same avenue of love for others.
OCTOBER 2019
CULTIVATING MUTUALITY
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Cultivating Mutual relationships while facilitating can be vulnerable and often feel out of place for those of us that have been leading for some time. We have a guest speaker this month sharing her recent growth in Christ and the atmosphere that helped facilitate her growth in Christ.
SEPTEMBER 2019
CULTIVATING MATURITY
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What are the practices and who are the people that help us cultivate spiritual maturity in our own lives and help us grow as leaders? It starts with a Kingdom mindset. We will use Matthew 6:33 & Philippians 4:4-9 as our guides.
AUGUST 2019
MATURITY & MUTUALITY
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At our Canvas Leader Equipping Event, Craig shared our vision as a church for equipping our Faith Family through the various leadership roles within the church. Ephesians 4:11-16 makes it clear that we are to equip towards maturity in Christ, so that “the body builds itself up in love”. We grow best when there is mutuality in relationship, each desiring to grow closer to the image and character of Jesus, until we all “attain to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ”.
JULY 2019
FAITH, HOPE & LOVE
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These three remain, and the greatest of these is love. We will dive into these three foundational words and how they are always at play in our own spiritual journey, and those we are shepherding. Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 13:12-13, will be our guide.
MAY 2019
UNDERSTANDING OUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS
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How we can better understand our own Spiritual gifting, and help others in our group understand theirs…for the Glory of God, the abundance of our own lives, and for the sake of others. We will use Matthew 28, 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4:11-16 as our guide.
APRIL 2019
AWAKENING
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We are expectant for this next season in the life of our church. Never in the history of our Faith Family have we had such a call to prayer. Never have we needed prayer more than now, and never have the members of our Body experienced the expectancy and dependency upon the way and the will of God as we are today.
FEBRUARY 2019
CONFORMITY WITHIN COMMUNITY
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Conformity Within Community talks through what it looks like being committed to conforming to the image of Christ above all else as we gather together in groups (Ephesians 4:11-16).
JANUARY 2019
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
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Spiritual Formation is centered around spiritual formation and what it looks like for us as a church to conform to the image of Christ together (Galatians 4:19).
