Have you asked yourself that question as we’ve been going through our Renaissance series? What would the future look like, for the Church, for Encounter, for yourself even if we were open to change? If we were open to confronting the hurt, the ugly, the sin and allow God to work through it to reveal His glory through what His intention for the Church was in the first place?

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What Could A Renaissance Look Like? - Renaissance, Week 5

At the start of this sermon series we talked about how the main metaphor the writers of the New Testament use to describe the Church is that of a body. This means that Church is not something you do, or something you attend, it is something you belong to. That the proper way of engaging in the Church is not as an external entity or as an event, but as a collective that you become a part of. A lot of the unhealthy or dysfunctional ways we engage with church are a result of making church into something other than what it is supposed to be. In this sermon, we look at 3 of those ways:The SpectatorThe ConsumerThe Consumed

How Do I Fit In? - Renaissance, Week 4

The Writing on the WallGuest Speaker, Austin Hedge, from our sister church, The Foundry Church in Baltimore speaks on Daniel Chapter 5 and the mysterious "writing on the wall."

The Writing on the Wall - Austin Hedge Guest Speaker

If the church is ultimately the body of Christ, what should the church do? The Ecclesial minimum is the irreducible minimum of the church, but what is it? There are four aspects to it:1. Worship2. Formation3. Community4. Mission

What Are We Trying To Do? - Renaissance, Week 3

What is church?A concert and a TED talk…? For the most part, it is something you attend, and if you’re special you get to perform at it or if you are a volunteer, you get to be involved.It&apos;s meant to do something for me… made me learn something or feel something. Or it&apos;s a means to meet and connect with people.Somehow, church helps my walk with God; it gets God off my back, or is meant to make following God in my personal life easier.Believe it or not, a lot of these things are true, in part.. But at the same time, they are not that compelling.A concert and a TED talk can be delivered online, there’s a ton better preachers and singers/musicians out there…The church is known for its abuses or its hypocrites or its entanglement with politics or the culture wars. To be honest, who wants to be a part of that?In this message, Pastor Joel attempts to help you expand your vision for what this thing called church is and consider why it matters and why we shouldn’t give up on it.

Why Does The Church Matter? - Renaissance, Week 2

There is something that happens in the moments of profound crisis that reshape so many things; from how we see the world to how certain things work to our priorities, it exposes what is not working which creates the ground in which the next thing can flourish.This is a principle that you see all over the Scriptures, particularly in the stories of the people of Israel in exile.

Can These Bones Live? - Renaissance, Week 1

Have you noticed that almost everyone feels exhausted and weary these days? Even if we were able to get a vacation of some sort? What if the reason for that is that maybe we need a deeper kind of rest that we cannot manufacture ourselves?What if the reason we feel so exhausted and worn out is because we need a type of rest and refreshment that comes from outside ourselves. In this sermon, we take a look at a Bible story that is precisely about that. A prophet on the run for his life who is absolutely exhausted and doesn’t think he can go on… that is until he meets someone who gives him the strength to continue.

The Journey is Too Much for You

In the last sermon of the Summer Fruit series, guest speaker, Sean Cronin from Passion for Planting speaks on Self Control.

Self Control - Summer Fruit, Week 10

Sunday talks from Encounter Church in Washington, DC. We are a community of followers of Jesus with one main goal, to create the environment where anybody, regardless of their background would be able to encounter God. For more information visit encounterdc.com

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