ReaLife Assembly: Recent Episodes
ReaLife Assembly of God
Pastor Jim introduces our new sermon series all about Heaven, what we can expect and the importance of living our lives NOW in preparation for an eternity with Christ.
As we conclude our "I Love My Church" series, Pastor Jim shares his heart on the vision for ReaLife as we move forward into year 14. We believe the best is still ahead for us!
This Sunday we celebrate 14 years of ReaLife and all the goodness God has done in and through our church during those years. Pastor Jim is joined by his wife Debbie and daughter Jocelyn to share what ReaLife means to them and what their hearts are for the future of this church.
Our Sour Subjects series comes to a close this week as Pastor Jim answers questions sent in by people within our church.
Pastor Jim continues our Sour Subjects series this week with a message entitled "Up In Smoke", discussing the rising popularity of marijuana products in society today. He is also joined by Doctor Cary Peterson & Sergeant Anthony Attalla who shared how these products are effecting the medical field and our local Erie community.
This week's Sour Subject was a continuation of our "MIND your business" message, expanding more on the topic of mental health and how we as believers in Christ should understand and respond to it.
This Sunday we continue our conversation on "Live & Let Live" and are joined by Pastor Vince Smith to talk about his ministry, the Pennsylvania Orphan Care Alliance. We break down the idea that if we, the Church, believe in the value God has placed on the lives of children both born and unborn, what are we doing to provide the best care and opportunities for those lives?
This week's Sour Subject focuses on mental health, and we hear from both Pastor Jim & Doctor Lydia Travnik as they discuss what practical steps we can take to care for our minds and those around us who may be struggling.
This week, Pastors Bailey & Caitlyn Giesbrecht discuss the topic of abortion and the controversy it has become in our society today more than ever before. We'll look directly to the Bible on how God views human life and how we as Christ followers are to love and offer tangible resources to women that are grappling with pregnancy next steps or abortion. We were also joined by former Executive Director of the Erie Women's Care Center, Brenda Newport, who shared with us all the incredible work they are accomplishing in our community and how we can help.
In our second week of the new Sour Subjects series, Pastor Jim Grove shares with us what the Bible says about gender identification, how science defines gender in our world today, and perhaps most importantly, how we as followers of Jesus are to show love to those in our lives that struggle with their identity.
This Sunday we start our summer series entitled "Sour Subjects", where each week we'll tackle a different "hot topic" within the Church world. Pastor Jim Grove gives a brief introduction on what subjects to expect over the next two months and speaks with us about the value in taming our tongue and it's importance in our Christ-centered lives.
Pastor Bailey takes on week two of our Mission: imPOSSIBLE series and shares on the importance of leading the new generation of young people in the Church. The youth are not the Church of tomorrow, they are the Church of TODAY!
We were honored to have Pastor Eric Hoffman, the national Speed the Light Director for the Assemblies of God, with us to share a powerful word on the importance of the next generation and how vital they are to the future of the Church.
In this weeks message, Pastor Jim speaks to us about being on mission, and that no mission is impossible when we have God to make it possible!
This Mother's Day we hear from our Service Coordinator, Jocelyn Grove, on the importance of leaving a godly legacy. She shares practical ways to set a spiritual course for your life that will not only impact those in your life today, but those that are to come.
Hear from a few in our ReaLife family about how they have seen God do the miraculous in their lives this past year.
Pastor Jim closes out our two month long series, The Choice, by sharing with us the importance of PAYING ATTENTION when determining our direction.
In this week's message, Pastor Jim shares how our emotions can impact our decision making and how we can position ourselves to better hear the voice of the Lord in difficult seasons in order to avoid emotional decision making moments.
In this week's message, Pastor Jim Grove teaches us about the importance of having a Navigator in our lives in order to get from where we are to where we need to be. Ask yourself: Who is in control of your journey? Who is the Navigator of your life?
Pastor Jim is back and continuing our series on the importance of direction in our lives. We can't get where we want to be without FIRST understand where we are!
Pastor Bailey Giesbrecht shares with us the importance of being prudent in the decision making moments of life in this weeks message from our series "The Choice: Direction Leads to Your Destination".
In this second week of our new sermon series, "The Choice", our Service Director Jocelyn Grove shares practical ways to identify disconnects in our lives and how they impact our ability to choose the correct path or direction God has intended for us.
Pastor Jim begins a new eight week series entitled "The Choice", where we will learn to navigate the many choices in life and how to best listen for God's voice of direction along the way.
We're continuing our Limit Less series this week by looking at what in our lives is holding us back from living a truly LIMIT LESS and healed life in Christ. It takes continued belief, even when the going gets tough, to set the groundwork for limitless living!
We continue our Limit Less series this week by looking at how Scripture says we are to build a Godly lifestyle.
Pastor Jim introduces our new series entitled "Limit Less", where we will discover what is holding us back from living a limit-less life.
On the 13 year anniversary of ReaLife, Pastor Jim concludes our Retro ReaLife series sharing how in order for us as believers to be fully transformed, we need the power of the Holy Spirit working in us and through us.
As we prepare to celebrate 13 years of ReaLife next Sunday, Pastor Jim walks us through the history and values of who we are as a church and where God is leading us.
Pastor Jim is continuing our "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" series and tackling topics such as cancel culture and racism, while sharing the truth of the Gospel on how we as believers are to love others.
This Sunday Pastor Jim introduced our new three-week mini series entitled "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" and gives us a brief synopsis of what each week will focus on. This series will tackle some of the cultural "hot topics" like cancel culture, racial tension, gender neutrality, and remind us where the line is defined for believer's biblically.
Pastor Jim is back in the house and wrapping up our Jehovah series and gives a preview of what our next series will cover.
This Sunday we had Pastor Steve Rhoades in the house sharing a special message on how to be a good worker in Christ.
Pastor Jim conclude's our Jehovah series by studying the name Jehovah Tsidkenu, "The Lord our righteousness".
We continue our July Jehovah series with Jehovah M'Kaddesh, "The LORD my sanctifier" (Leviticus 20:8)
This week Pastor Jim teaches another name of God, Jehovah Rapha, "the LORD who heals". We also hear a special testimony from Adriel & Martha Caraballo and their miraculous journey of healing in their son's life.
Pastor Jim continues our Jehovah series by breaking down the name Jehovah Rohi, "The Lord is my Shepard".
Pastor Steve Rhoades shares a special Father's Day message as we continue our Jehovah sermon series.
Pastor Jim kicks off a new eight week series entitled "Jehovah", that will take us through the different names of God.
We closed out our Game Changer series with guests Mike & Polly Brown, Assemblies of God missionaries to Bolivia. Mike shares a great message about their ministry and the calling God has placed not just on their hearts to reach the lost, but on all of us at believers in Christ.
Pastor Jim & Debbie Grove are joined by their two children for a special Mother's Day message as they discuss pivotal moments in their lives that they first believed in the power of Jesus.
Join Pastor Jim as we continue through our Game Changer series with guest Officer Tom Lennox of the Erie Police Department as he shares with us the impact the Erie Police Athletic League (PAL) is having on the children throughout our community.
Pastor Jim is back to share part two of our Game Changer series. Joining him for the later portion of the message is Jon and Amy Frano, directors of Erie's only Teen Reach Adventure Camp (T.R.A.C), a camping program geared for at-risk youth, who have been abused, abandoned or neglected.
Pastor Matt Travnik kicks off our new series, Game Changer, with guest David Bongiorno of WorldServe International to share the mission of the ministry and how clean water can bring life change to those around the world. We also hear from Mary Ann Komar and Debbie Thompson, two members of our ReaLove outreach ministry, on how we can make a difference locally in the Erie community.