A series where we try to answer questions like these: - What is God trying to do in my life? - Why is that so hard sometimes? - What is Christian character and do we cultivate it? Video MessageResourcesWeek 1: Of Flesh, Spirit, and FruitMonday Memo notesWeek 2: Monday Memo notesWeek 3: Monday Memo notesWeek 4: Monday Memo notesWeek 5: Monday Memo notesWeek 6:...

2025 Lenten series spending time with Jesus by going through the Gospel of Mark. Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:The Beginning of the Good NewsMonday Memo notesMore this Week1. This week, live the "gospel" as the "beginning" of new creation by... - Speak up about the deficient norms of your little part of our world - Reaffirm your chief or top allegiance to Jesus as Lord...

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Six week series that seeks to answer the following set of questions by learning from the very first Christians as they made their way in the Roman Empire: In a nonChristian culture, how can we live faithfully and boldly, how can we be distinctive, and how can we best represent and proclaim Christ? Video MessageResourcesWeek 1: Fear God and Honor the EmperorMonday Memo n...

Advent 2024 series Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:Be on Guard (Luke 21:34-36)Monday Memo notesMore this Week1) Want to read all of Luke 21 and see all of the vivid poetry and imagery Jesus uses about the destruction of the Temple and the fall of Jerusalem? it's a great example of "apocalyptic literature" in the New Testament, not unlike the strange book we know as R...

Series studying the Psalms of Ascent in the Old Testament. Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:A Specific Kind of DistressMonday Memo notesMore on Psalm 120Want to dig a little more into the topics we found in Psalm 120?: - An illustrated guide to four most common kinds of liars: 4 Types of Liars and How to Handle Each Effectively - Here's a quick dive into why we're dishonest...

Three week series kicking off KirkWood's 2024-2025 programming year by studying the governing dynamic presented in Philippians 3:12-14. Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:Forgetting What Lies BehindMonday Memo notesFor This Week1) The most consequential thing you can do this week is live with those questions on the back of the cards we distributed yesterday during the w...

Nine week summer series addressing questions from the KirkWood family. Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:Tradition Isn't the TruthMonday Memo notesExplore More This Week1. Here are some scripture reading suggestions for the week:  - The Gospel of Mark's version of the story we looked into yesterday, which is a little longer: Mark 7.1-23 NRSVUE - Matthew 15 isn't the f...

Six week series exploring together the six core values for KirkWood that our Session (church board of elders) has been working on for six months now. These values expand upon our mission statement, lean into our identity as a PCUSA congregation by pulling directly from our Book of Order, and paint a picture both of who KirkWood is becoming in the present and who we feel Go...

2024 Lenten series reflecting on the book Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter Scazzero. Video MessageResourcesWeek 1:Heart CheckMonday Memo notesMore on Your Heart this Week- Want to focus your personal Bible reading on the heart this week, if nothing else to see the breadth of the concept in scripture? Try reading through the use of the term in Psalms (click here...