Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

Annual Celebration: "We Sow, God Grows!"

November 17, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
(Interview with Katy Kaakestadg from Intended Hope)
 
Matthew 9:35-38
 
"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." -Chinua Achbee
 
"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." -Augustine
 
"Without worship, we go about miserable." -AW Tozer
 
"When we worship together as a community of living Christians, we do not worship alone, we worship 'with all the company of heaven.'" -Marianne Micks
 
1 Corinthians 3:6-8
 
(NET)
 
 
 

in search of CHURCH: how does God Build a Body: "Core Value #3: Generosity"

November 10, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
Core Value #3: Generosity
 
We can't out give God. He is far more generous than we can imagine. In fact, He did not even withhold Jesus from us! It all belongs to God, and we in return desire to be generous with our time, talents, and resources for advancing the Kingdom of God by making a tangible difference in people's lives.
 
"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can." -John Wesley
 
GENEROSITY REFLECTS JESUS
 
John 3:16
Romans 5:8-9
Matthew 8:1-3
 
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." -Simone Weil
 
"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." -John Bunyan
 
 
GENEROSITY BENEFITS THE GIVER
 
Proverbs 11:25
2 Corinthians 9:10-11
 
 
GENEROSITY MAKES AN ETERNAL IMPACT
 
2 Corinthians 9:12-13
 
 
GENEROSITY BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
 
2 Corinthians 9:14-15
 
(NET)
 

in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #2: Community"

November 3, 2024
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
Summit Ridges Values:
Grace
Community
Serving
Generosity
 
We Value Community
We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ.
 
We were Created to be in Community
Genesis 1:26-27
 
What does it Mean to be in Community?
Leviticus 26:11-13
Leviticus 4:13-14
Ezra 3:10-11
Acts 2:42-47
 
We Value Community
We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ.
 
How do we live in Community?
Matthew 5:16
Matthew 7:12
Galatians 5:22-26 
Hebrews 10:24-25
 

in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Core Value #1: Grace"

October 27, 2024
Associate Pastor Louise Waller
 
What is God’s Grace?
Romans 3:10-18
Romans 5:8
How do we receive Grace?
How do we extend Grace? 
Attitude
Practice
2 Corinthians 9:8
2 Corinthians 12:9
Grace = Agape Love
Grace is Holy
 
(NIV)
 

in search of CHURCH: how does God build a body: "Who We Are: Our Mission"

October 20, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
Jeremiah 29:11Jeremiah 32:19Psalms 33:11 Romans 8:28Ephesians 2:10Mark 10:45
 
Mission of Summit Ridge Community Church: To make disciples who Serve Christ by Serving People.
 
Matthew 28:16-20
 
"It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says." -Dallas Willard
 
“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.” -Mike Breen
 
"Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” -Dietrich Bon Hoeffer
“The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.” -Paul David Tripp
 
Matthew 22:36-40
 
"You cannot obey the Great Commission until you obey the Great Command" -Al McKay
 
"It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about" -Rick Warren
 
(NET)
 
 
 

Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "The Great Equalizer"

October 13, 2024
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
Galatians 3:26-29
 
We are a New Creation
2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Philemon 4-7
Philemon 10-14
 
We have a Alternative Way to Act
Romans 8:28-29
Matthew 5:13-15
Philemon 20-25 
Philippians 2:5-8
 
5 Ways to be Like Christ in this World
Matthew 28:18-20 
 
(NASB 2020)
 

Western Regional Gathering: Phillipine Global Update

October 6, 2024
Scott Soden, Global Partners Coordinator, Brethren Church National Office Staff
Pastor Gary Castro, Philippine Brethren Church

Being the Church: The Book of Philemon: "Give Thanks"

September 30, 2024
Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant
Associate Pastor Louise Waller
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
Philemon 1: 1-7 
(NKJV)

This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: Serving"

September 22, 2024
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
We serve Christ by Serving People
Colossians 4:7-8
Romans 1:1 
1 Timothy 1:1-2 
Colossians 4:9-13
 
Serving Christ by Serving People Takes Many Forms
 
1 Peter 3:15 
Colossians 4:14-15 (NET)
Romans 12:9-13
Colossians 4:16-18
1 Peter 4:10-11
 
(NASB)
 
 

This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: Prayer"

September 15, 2024
Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant
 
(There were intermittent audio issues with this recording.  Sorry for the inconvenience.)
 
Colossians 4:1-6
Daniel 6:10
Luke 18:1-8
Matthew 7:11
 
(NKJV)