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The Grove Community Church Podcast PodPoint
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- Religion & Spirituality
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Welcome to The Grove Community Church (formally known as Lake Cities Community Church). We are a nondenominational Christian church in Rowlett, TX.
This podcast is a place where you can listen to our sermons and other content. We pray it will be an encouragement to you and your walk with Jesus Christ.
Our mission is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus.
We hold tightly to what we believe, but we will not let grey issues define us as a people.
That means wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are welcome here.
Ephesian 4:4-5 "There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope when you were called, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
Our desire is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus.
We believe that as we fulfill our mission, we will move closer to our vision:
To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us
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to be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean.
To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us: We are in the middle of building a new facility on what once was a field next to our current building. This new facility, combined with the current building will allow us to expand our ministry capabilities by partnering with two for-profit companies to invite the community into our facility every day of the week. We believe God is leading us to expand to a church of 300-400 people.
This growth will allow us to better serve Rowlett and the surrounding community.
To be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean:
We have a passion and love for all ages and demographics at The Grove. We truly desire to be a multigenerational and multicultural church and we believe we can best do this by leaning toward the next generation. What this means is that we use accessible language, music, graphics, and outreach events that we feel will be appealing and attractive to the current generation. As we do this, we are committed to holding tightly to the truths found in the Bible and to loving all of our members equally, regardless of age, race, or gender.
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Christian Leadership - 1 Peter 5:1-4
As Peter starts to wrap up his first letter to the church, he gives special instructions to the Elders of the church. These instructions lay out how an elder is supposed to lead the body of Christ. However, these principles can be applied to other positions of leadership within the church. Listen along to hear Peter's message, what should motivate leaders, and three leadership contrasts that shed light on the meaning of leadership.
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Easter Evidence - John 20:1-16
He is Risen! Many of those in Jesus' life did not expect for him to rise from the grave. However, once they saw the evidence, it was undeniable. God asks each one of us, "Will you believe?"
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Misunderstanding Jesus - John 12:10-35
We have all experienced a time in our life where we have misunderstood a message. As Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, during his last week before his death, every single person in the crowd misunderstood the message Jesus was trying to deliver to them. This Palm Sunday, tune in to hear about the crowd misunderstood Jesus, and how we can correctly apply the message Christ has for us.
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A Plan for Pain - 1 Peter 4:12-19
So far in 1 Peter we have talked a lot about suffering, but we haven't focused yet on how we should feel about suffering on an emotional level, or what to then know about suffering in that context. Listen along to find what we should feel about suffering, and how we can then do about it.
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Spiritual Gifts & Our Future - 1 Peter 4:10-11
When it comes to the body of Christ, we all have a spiritual gift given to us from God. Building on the previous verses talking about our need for urgency, Peter now tells us how we can accomplish the things we need to; through our spiritual gifts.
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Eat. Pray. Love. - 1 Peter 4:7-9
As Christians we should have a strong sense of urgency because we know this world will not last forever and that it is not our home. But what should we feel urgency for? In these three verses Peter says that we should be urgent in praying, loving, and hospitality. Listen along as Pastor Craig fleshes out how we can have a sense of urgency in these three areas.