This Week at New Spirit: July 22-28

This Week at New Spirit Bring Your Stone July 22-28, 2026 Pastor’s Reflection We reached the end of our core values series on Sunday. Then, almost in the same breath, we realized we were standing at a beginning. For seven weeks, we named the commitments that shape New Spirit: Grace Comes First. Belonging Matters. Faith
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Bring Your Stone: How God Builds a Community of Grace

Sermon Reflection | July 19, 2026 Bring Your Stone God builds something beautiful through ordinary people who show up with what they have. 30-Second Sermon Summary New Spirit’s core values are not slogans. They are gospel-shaped promises about how we will live together. Like stones in a mosaic, every person’s presence, gift, and act of
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This Week At New Spirit: July 15-21, 2026

This Week at New Spirit July 15-21, 2026 Pastor’s Reflection There are moments when we know what love requires, but we still wish it required something easier. Speaking up can carry a cost. Showing up can interrupt our plans. Paying attention to another person’s pain can make it harder to keep pretending everything is fine.
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Courageous Love: Practice Faith Until Love Becomes a Reflex

Sermon Reflection | July 12, 2026 Practice Love Until It Becomes a Reflex A sermon reflection on courageous love, justice, and the life we practice together 30-Second Sermon Summary The prophets and Jesus refuse to separate worship from care for people who are poor, oppressed, or overlooked. We are saved by grace, not by our
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This Week at New Spirit: Love Shows Up

This Week at New Spirit June 30-July 6, 2026 Pastor’s Reflection This week’s message stayed with the simple and challenging truth that love does not stop with words. We were reminded that grace always comes first, and that grace changes us into people who show up for the neighbor in need. Love shows up. This
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Love Shows Up: Faith in Action

30-Second Sermon Summary Jesus does not separate faith from visible love. In Isaiah, 1 John, and Matthew 25, God calls people to show up for the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the sick, and the imprisoned. Grace always comes first; we do not earn God’s love by serving others. But grace changes us. Faith turns
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This Week at New Spirit: God Is Not Done With You

This Week at New Spirit: God is Not Done With You June 24-30, 2026 Pastor’s Reflection This week’s sermon reminded us that faith changes us by helping us step back and make room for God. We live in a world that pushes us to make life about achievement, recognition, and personal preference. But grace gives
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Faith Changes Us: God Is Not Done With You

Faith Changes Us: Getting Out of the Way So God Can Work Sermon Thread: God is not done with you. 30-Second Sermon Summary: Faith changes us by teaching us to step back, loosen our grip on ego, and make room for God to work. In a culture that celebrates individual achievement, Jesus calls us toward
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This Week at New Spirit: There Is a Seat for You Here

Pastor’s Reflection This week we continued our core values series with Belonging Matters. In Matthew 12, Jesus shows us that people matter more than religious gatekeeping. He feeds the hungry, heals the hurting, and refuses to let religious systems decide who deserves mercy. This message also connected with Pride Sunday and New Spirit’s identity as
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Jesus Says You Can Sit Here: Why Belonging Matters in Faith

In today’s world we see more and more division and exclusion. On Sunday, June 7th we explored our next core value: Belonging Matters. Throughout the gospels Jesus chooses mercy over religious rule-keeping. The church must do the same! Jesus says you can sit here! 30-Second Sermon Summary In Matthew 12, Jesus meets hungry disciples and
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