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Are you a planner? We may do it differently and use various methods, but in one way or another we all like to have a plan. We set reminders on our phones and mark appointments on our calendars. We have retirement plans in order and college funds funded. We are planners. But, how do we as Christians approach planning? Does God have anything to say about our plans and how we make them? How does our faith interact with our desire to plan?

We have all experienced conflict in many areas of our lives. Be it at home within the family, with your spouse, on the job, or with friends, it is a reality that we live with. All too often, we experience conflict within the church too. These conflicts do not represent Christ well. So, how do understand conflict and what hope do we have of reducing it? Listen in as we continue in the book of James in our series, "Putting your Faith to work."

Have you ever said something that made someone's day? Or uttered some misplaced words that led to bad consequences. Our words are more powerful than we realize. Our tongues are a small part of our physical body, but has incredible control over all aspects of our lives through what we say. So how do we maintain control over our tongue before it controls us? How do we live lives where our words bring God glory and not dishonor? In the book of James, he addresses the relationship between our words and our faith. Join us as explore what he has to say, in our sermon series on the book of James.

What's more important to you? What people say or what they do? How does it play out in your own life? Do you put more emphasis on what you believe or on how you live out what you believe? Listen in as we look at the book of James, in our series Putting Your Faith to Work.

Have you noticed that you become more like those you surround yourself with? Maybe you find that you think very much like your friends, or that you finish your spouse's sentences, or you speak like the people in the town to which you moved. That's because we shape our relationships and our relationships shape us. So if our relationships shape us, how do you know which relationships help us become more like Christ? What does Scripture have to say about who we choose to be in relationship with? Join us as we wrap up our sermon series, RelationSHAPE, in which we explored how God shapes our most important relationships.

Listen in as Kristen Anderson shares her compelling story and takes questions on the topic of suicide

Listen in as Heidi St. John shares during the Sunday Morning Worship session.

Listen in as Heidi St. John shares during the Saturday Evening session.

Listen in as Heidi St. John shares during the Saturday Morning session.

What defines your relationship with your children? What gives them meaning? What does God desire out of your relationship with them? God has a purpose for this relationship shared by parents and children. In our new series, RelationSHAPE, we will explore how God shapes our most important relationships.

For those of us that are married, it is the most important relationship we have outside of the one we have with God. How did your marriage start? Was it because you fell hopelessly in love? or was it because you finally found someone who was perfectly compatable with you. Maybe you found someone who was very much like you or maybe even unlike you. While all these reasons are good, how do you keep your marriage going? Will these be enough to sustain your marriage? If not, what defines the SHAPE of your marriage? Listen in as we begin our new series, RelationSHAPE, where we look at how God defines the shape of our most important relationships.

If you have ever flown anywhere, you've probably stood in a line where the first class, business class, and about three other boarding groups boarded the aircraft before you did. While these experiences take place for a variety of reasons, they often leave the person frustrated, slighted, and disheartened that they do not belong, or that they are not in the "in-crowd." How does we as Christians measure up against the world when it comes to playing favorites? Tune in to this week's installment of our sermon series "PUTTING YOUR FAITH TO WORK," as we listen to James' advise on the matter.

If you have ever flown anywhere, you've probably stood in a line where the first class, business class, and about three other boarding groups boarded the aircraft before you did. While these experiences take place for a variety of reasons, they often leave the person frustrated, slighted, and disheartened that they do not belong, or that they are not in the "in-crowd." How does we as Christians measure up against the world when it comes to playing favorites? Tune in to this week's installment of our sermon series "PUTTING YOUR FAITH TO WORK," as we listen to James' advise on the matter.

As Christians, we take care to listen to the Word of God. We listen to sermons at church, podcasts, conferences, and a myriad of other ways. But what do we do with this Word? James has a caution for us in James 1. Listen in as we explore what James has to say to us today.

We have all at some point been tempted to take a shortcut in life. Whether that's on the road, in our relationships, or at work, we've been there. Where does such temptation come from and where does it lead us? James give us an answer in our series "Putting Your Faith to Work."

How do we live our best life now? Well to answer that, we ought to ask what the "best life" entails. Is the "best life" one full of happiness and good things and with the absence of hardship or trials? So often our lifes seem to consumed by tough moments. Is there a place for the rough things in life? How does God use these moments to enable us to live our best lives now. Join us as we look at the Book of James in our new series "Putting your Faith to Work."

Have you ever said, posted, texted something that was taken the wrong way? You were misunderstood, causing a conflict to arise. When we do not know the intent behind something heard, seen, read, or experienced, a misunderstanding arises. We have come to the last sermon in our series in the book of John. As we do, we ask the important question of why John wrote the book and how it applies to us.

You and I have had moments where things just do not go our way. How do you respond in such moments? Today, we'll look at Jesus' approach to this question. Join us as we continue our sermon series, Believe, on the book of John.

Have you ever started working towards a goal and somewhere along the way found yourself drifting away from it? More often than not, it happens to all of us. It happens especially in our relationship with God and our call to serve Him. Sometimes we drift away from what God has called us to do. How do we overcome such moments? Let's take a look at what Jesus has to say about this as we continue in our sermon series, "Believe."

Have you ever heard a truth about yourself that you did not like? How do you handle such a moment? Join us as we consider Jesus' final words to His disciples before his death. We're continuing in our Sermon Series on the book of John.