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Overlake Young Adults
Weekly messages from Overlake Young Adults -- the young adult ministry of Overlake Christian Church. New messages uploaded every Tuesday!!
Our vision is to see young adults, everywhere, experience and be transformed by the Love of God. We hope you're encouraged by this podcast and would one day love to meet you on Sunday nights 6PM at Overlake Christian Church.
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This week, we're considering our purpose during this season. Purpose brings meaning, and we all are looking for meaning in the middle of what's happening around us. However, we always find that true meaning and purpose only comes from having an identity rooted in Christ.
This week we're kicking off a new collection of talks titled The Quarantine Collection!! We believe that in the midst of this pandemic, the Gospel is still good news and that Jesus came so we could put our trust in Him and be with Him forever. Today, we consider the most important question we could ask: Who is Jesus to you?
Connor reminds us of the fruit that comes when we as Christ followers place our hope in something greater than ourselves.
Connor looks at a passage from 2nd Chronicles and reminds us that when we don't know what to do, we turn our eyes to Jesus.
Continuing our look at relationships this week, Pastor Connor Takata walks us through a Christ-honoring response to hurt and heartbreak.
We kick off a series of talks on relationships this week with a deeper look at the honest answer to a question: what do we find our contentment in?
Guest speaker Josh Hebert stops by to share his own personal story and underscore the weight behind declaring Jesus as Lord of your life.
Wrapping up our series, Pastor Pat Swanson walks through Galatians 5 to remind us that true freedom as disciples of Jesus looks like embodying Him through love.
This week, Jesus' temptation in the wilderness is a model for us when we're going through our own wilderness seasons - that we come in a certain way and leave completely changed.
This week, Connors look at a moment in Jesus' time on earth & challenges us to develop a life rhythm of spending time with God in silence daily.
The process of becoming a disciple is not solitary. We need to go on that journey in community. Connor talks about the characteristics of a healthy community of disciples - a community that encourages each other from a place of vulnerability and trust.
What does becoming a disciple of Jesus truly look like? This week, we begin by talking about discipleship as a lifelong process that comes at a cost to us - trusting that what God has for us is far better than the thing we have planned for ourselves.
Pastor Connor brings us into 2020 with a vision for the type of growth we're striving for as followers of Jesus this year - a growth into something that will sustain us through everything else.
We walk into a new series on Rest with a challenge to answer the invitation that Jesus extends to us in order to find the rest that we so desperately need.
Connor speaks to the abundant life that God has for us that only comes from us placing value on things that really matter - our need for Jesus.
Pastor Neely McQueen returns to teach us about hearing the voice of God in the stillness.
We finish our series with a reminder of the calling we have as a Church - to live on mission by loving the people around us in our own community.
Connor breaks down the biblical concept of Unity this week, what it means to be united corporately and congregationally under Jesus, and what the personal process of unification looks like.
As followers of Christ, we cannot grow unless we are planted somewhere. This week, we explore what it means to root yourself and participate in the local Church.
What does it mean to be a part of a Church? We start our four week series with a foundational reminder that building the Church means active personal participation in something that is bigger than any one of us.
We wrap up our Pressure series with a reminder that prayer is our answer in pressure to peace - prayer should be our first response, and not our last resort.
This week, Connor reminds us that God is constantly using our circumstances to do something greater inside of us.
The story of Job reveals something very important about the character of God - that He wants us to wrestle with the truth of who He is; and not miss His character and His will in our pursuit of finding answers for ourselves.
Over the next four weeks we'll be taking a look at how we deal with pressure as Christ followers - today, we walk through Psalm 23 and its reminder that God prepares us a table in the presence of our enemies. Do we believe that God can do it, or do we trust that He will?
As we wrap up our series on Hebrews, Pastor Cara Iwasaki shares a piece of her own faith journey and shows us the importance of faith and always fixing our eyes on Jesus.
Pastor Neely McQueen stops by to give us a timely reminder that the decision to declare Jesus as Lord is a radical one that comes with consequences and responsibility.
How do we grapple with the heavier passages in the Bible that speak of death and punishment? Sachin walks us through Hebrews 6 and talks about the good fear that spurs us to action and pushes us closer to God's heart for redemption and grace.
We begin our journey through Hebrews with Pastor Brandon Barcelona walking through Hebrews 4, showing us that Jesus has a better plan for us when we break our patterns.
Special guest speaker Taylor Ford drops by to challenge us in our relationships: do we operate in isolation without a community? What would it look like to have a tight-knit safety net of mentors and friends to hold us accountable and walk with us in relationships?
When anxiety hits in seasons of loneliness, Jesus promises something different for us as His children.
This week, we walk through the story of the woman at the well and talk about the importance of understanding your identity in Christ outside of a relationship.
We're launching into a four week series about what it looks like to pursue healthy, biblical relationships - to start, Connor shows us that without a clear vision, people and relationships perish.
Looking at the story of Elijah and his fearful struggle in trusting the Lord - even after witnessing His power firsthand - is a timely reminder to us that He is always faithful.
It's easy to get caught up in the momentum of what God's doing through the church, but Connor reminds us this week that we can't lose sight of the essential community building practices that God has called us to do in our relationships with each other.
Pastor Neely McQueen addresses the reality of living in the empty Saturday between the loss of Good Friday and the hope of Sunday.
Jesus calling Himself the Vine is a reminder to us that bearing spiritual fruit comes from abiding in Him.
Continuing our look at Jesus' I Am statements, Connor reminds us that Jesus is our present hope for heaven.
This week, Sachin walks us through the fourth I Am statement and reminds us that when we take God's story for granted, we miss out on the abundant life He has for us.
What did Jesus mean when he called himself the "door"? Connor continues our walk through Jesus' seven I Am statements and talks about the truth this passage reveals - that true freedom comes from following Jesus.
Connor shows us that Jesus calling Himself the Light of the World is an important statement that not only contextualizes and reinterprets other passages in the Bible, but reveals a simple truth that allows us to live in freedom. Kiernan later teaches on the importance of serving the world and gives practical next steps for our community.
We're spending the next 7 weeks unpacking all of Jesus' "I Am" statements and what they mean for us. This week, Connor teaches us not to settle for temporary pleasures when Jesus wants to give us eternal joy.
This week, Sachin shares his heart on authentic worship that comes from a knowledge of who God is.
Connor walks us through the spiritual practice of tithing as an act of denying ourselves and trusting God - regardless of our financial situation.
As we continue our look at healthy spiritual practices every believer should have, Connor talks about the importance of spiritual mentorship.
Pastor Neely McQueen shares the importance of rooting our walk with God in intentional fellowship with other believers - that community and spiritual growth are both intertwined, and one cannot happen without the other.
As followers of Jesus, how do we become active participants in our spiritual growth? Connor speaks on the importance of spiritual disciplines in every believer's life and sets the stage for a few important practices we'll be walking through over the next few weeks.
This Christmas season gives us a chance to reflect on who we worship - are we worshipping a King that grants all of our requests, or the baby in a manger? This week, we look at the shepherds to remind us that Jesus is inherently worthy of our worship.
How do you trust that God has something good for you when you don't feel Him near you? Connor looks at a few passages in the Bible and illustrates what we are called to do when we feel lost and alone, especially in this Advent season.
When the Bible commands us to stand with the oppressed and the destitute of our world, what does that mean for us right now? This week, Amy Biemeck shares from her experience in the foster care system and opens up about the responsibility that white brothers and sisters have to stand in the gap and advocate for people of color and other people groups that are victims of racial discrimination.
The message of Jesus throughout the gospel begs this question: what will you do with your power and privilege? This week, Gary Hale returns to YA to challenge us in our allyship with the powerless and the voiceless.
This week, Pastor Mike Howerton sits down with the YA community to share five unique thoughts on what he believes we should be going after together - not just as young adults, but as Jesus followers.
Pat Swanson uses the parable of the two sons to illustrate the heart of the Father for us.
As we wrap up our series on the Apostle's Creed, Connor talks about our belief in Eternal Life - not as something in the future, but as something that starts right now.
Special guest speaker Neely McQueen drops by to talk about the importance of our belief in the Church and belonging to the local body, continuing our walkthrough of the Apostle's Creed.
Connor Takata walks us through the third Apostle's Creed - our belief in the Holy Spirit.
As we continue our dive into the Apostle's Creed, Connor Takata speaks on our belief in Jesus.
As we launch into a new season at YA, we start by taking a look at the Apostle's Creed - a series of statements made by the early Church on what we believe. This week, Connor Takata walks us through the first one, "I Believe in God the Father", and the implications it has for our lives.