Rethinking Dating / It's Complicated / Week 3

Why does finding love seem to be so difficult? Even the apps and advice from our friends don't seem to make it any easier! For most of us, dating and drama seem to be two sides of the same coin, but does it have to be that way? What can we do to make our dating relationships and overall better experience.  

Speakers: Pastor Steven Lucas accompanied by his wife Devonne Lucas

Text: Ephesians 5:21-29

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Waiting For The Right Person / It's Complicated / Week 2

Are you still looking for Mr / Mrs Right? Maybe you thought you found them, but after some time it doesn't feel that way anymore. Despite what our culture says, finding love isn't as easy as swiping right. So what are we supposed to do while we wait to find the right person? How can we make this less complicated? Let's talk about it!

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

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Is God's Way Really Better? / It's Complicated / Week 1

There are things Jesus said that we like, but there are also things He said that we don't like. What happens when the things we want and the choices we make are at odds with what the Bible says? Well, we're left with a choice. Often a difficult choice! But the choices we make all come down to one simple thing and that's what we're talking about this week! 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

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Navigating The Hard Times / Prayer And Fasting / Week 4

Disappointment. Hurt. Pain. Discouragement. No matter how hard we try to avoid them, we ALL face hard seasons in our lives. And these difficult times can derail our good intentions and discourage us in our faith. So how do we navigate these times well? Do we wait until our circumstances get better or does God have something in these seasons that can help us grow? Let's talk about it! 

Speaker: Pastor Sean Sears of Grace Church Avon

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The Mindset Of Fasting / Prayer And Fasting / Week 3

What's the difference between fasting for your health and fasting as a spiritual discipline? Because just like any diet or fast, after a while, it can feel like something you HAVE to do and not something you WANT to do. What are the benefits and mindset of spiritual fasting that can help you keep this a regular habit? Let's talk about that this week!

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Text: Zechariah 7:1-14

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Creating More Space For God / Prayer And Fasting / Week 2

Working to build a relationship with someone takes time and effort and our relationship with God is no different. We want God to be a part of our lives, but it doesn't seem like we have enough time! There's always something to distract us. So how do we go about creating more space for God in our lives? Let's talk about it! 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Text: 2 Peter 1; Acts 11; Acts 13

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Why Christians Fast / Prayer and Fasting / Week 1

You might have heard of the physical benefits of fasting from your fitness trainer, a friend, or maybe even your doctor. But did you know that fasting can have spiritual benefits as well? In fact, fasting is probably the MOST OVERLOOKED spiritual practice in the lives of Christians, and we are missing out on some major benefits because of it! So what exactly does spiritual fasting look like and what are these benefits? Let's talk about it!

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Text: Matthew 6

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Taking Your Faith To The Next Level / Kickstart

What if this year, your main goal wasn't about dropping weight, getting in shape, saving more money, or eating better. What if this year, you decided not to settle for just knowing about God, but this year you decided to discover the kind of peaceful, hope-filled, and abundant life that He had planned for you? But where would you even start? That's what we're talking about this week! 

Speaker: Youth Director Emmanuel Sutka   

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What Christmas Means For You / Christmas With Grace

We know the Christmas story. We hear it every year. We all know the characters and the setting. It's a great story, but what does this mean for us living 2000 years after this first Christmas? Because while Christmas is supposed to be full of hope and peace, our world doesn't feel anything like that, and neither do our lives! What if the Christmas story wasn't just a story to tell, but an opportunity for us to claim hope, joy and peace for our own lives.

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Text: Luke 2 

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Hope For All People / The Line / Week 3

We know the Christmas story. We know the nativity scene. It's a beautiful story to tell, but it can also seem so far from our reality. Often, our lives feel anything but full of hope, joy, love and peace. Why is that? Maybe we're relying on the wrong things? Maybe it's not about how religious we are, but about grasping something else. That's what we're talking about this week!

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

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When I feel Insignificant / The Line / Week 2

Do you ever have times when you don't feel like you matter all that much? Like you're not that valuable? Of course you do! We all do. You see we all go around looking for things that prove we matter. And we spend much of our lives not only trying to prove our stats to others, but to ourselves, and to God! But what if stats don't matter to God? What if the way He sees our value is nothing compared to how we see it? We're talking about that this week at Grace Church!

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

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Being Made Right With God / The Line / Week 1

There was a moment in time when a line separated everything before it, from everything that came after it. With one baby's birth our historical timeline changed from B.C. to A.D, but so did so much more. The Bible tells us that even today, there is a line that exists that causes us to feel like we're distant from God. Like He's on one side and we're on the other. So if we have the desire to get right with God, how is that line erased? 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas 

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