Speaking of Life 5032 | Therefore… This week we’re sharing a Speaking of Life message from our archive as a supplemental resource. We encourage you to use this for reflection and preparation, or small group discussion. For your worship gathering, consider how a call to worship from a local voice or contextualized introduction to the … Continue reading "Sermon for June 28, 2026 — Proper 8" Read the article
Speaking Of Life 5031 │ Dead to Me This week we’re sharing a Speaking of Life message from our archive as a supplemental resource. We encourage you to use this for reflection and preparation, or small group discussion. For your worship gathering, consider how a call to worship from a local voice or contextualized introduction … Continue reading "Sermon for June 21, 2026 — Proper 7" Read the article
Speaking of Life 5030 | Calling 911 This week we’re sharing a Speaking of Life message from our archive as a supplemental resource. We encourage you to use this for reflection and preparation, or small group discussion. For your worship gathering, consider how a call to worship from a local voice or contextualized introduction to … Continue reading "Sermon for June 14, 2026 — Proper 6" Read the article
Watch Listen Download/Subscribe Download Audio Download Video Low Res Video Thumbnail Watch on YouTube Program Transcript + Discussion Watch video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5mXo52zhuM Program Transcript Romans: New Life Through Christ Most people know what it feels like to wrestle with change. We recognize the gap between the life we hope for and the life we … Continue reading "Sermon for June 7, 2026 — Proper 5" Read the article
Last year, we introduced a new resource to help you prepare for the time of giving and taking communion in your Hope Avenue. These are meaningful formational practices that we can plan with care and intentionality. The Communion and Offering Starters are posted a month ahead, like the sermon resources. Below are the June starters. … Continue reading "Offering and Communion Starters | June" Read the article
Jesus promised to send the Helper who will be with us forever Pentecost is the day on which we move from spectators in the gospel story to active participants in Jesus’ mission. It is the day the Church, the Body of Christ, was born. Meditate on this GCI “Sixty Second Sermon” about Pentecost before moving … Continue reading "Formation—Pentecost" Read the article
The development of leaders starts with seeing people and inviting them into the journey. This Church Hack introduces a simple apprenticeship pipeline to help your church engage, equip, empower, and encourage. Take a step by identifying someone to walk alongside. Read the full Church Hack here. Read the article
The fruit of discipleship is observable fruit. Kingdom Culture involves keeping discipleship at the forefront. Below are some key questions for your leadership. They are summarized from Rev. Dr. Eun Strawser’s interview, Part 2. Listen to the full GC Podcast here. Join the self-paced book club based on Strawser’s book, Centering Discipleship. A discipleship pathway … Continue reading "Discipleship Takes a Shape" Read the article
Left-handed power is the strength of God revealed in Jesus. By Anthony Mullins, Church Planter Durham, North Carolina, US “Left-handed power,” is a phrase promoted by Robert Farrar Capon, an American Episcopal priest. It describes the surprising way God works in the world, not through domination, coercion, or spectacle, but through humility and self-giving love. … Continue reading "Left-handed Power" Read the article
We are learning to rely on the Holy Spirit. By Barry Robinson, Deputy National Ministry Leader, UK and Ireland. Over the past few years, GCI congregations in the United Kingdom and Ireland have had a renewed emphasis on mission — not as merely business to be managed but as the Spirit-empowered presence of Jesus in … Continue reading "Missional Presence" Read the article
