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Our apologies for the poor audio quality this week, we were experiencing technical difficulties and this is the best we could do with what was available to us. To open this week, Pastor Keith Lawler shares the ministry of Father’s House Fellowship in Cambodia that he leads and all the God is accomplishing through him there. Then, Pastor Brian shares a very apt message about missions in the early church.
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Remember “What Would Jesus do Bracelets”? More like “Jesus would not have got himself into this situation in the first place,” am I right? We often find ourselves in difficult situations that we didn’t intend to be in. Thankfully, we serve a God who’s bigger than those situations. Pastor Brian shares a message about how we can change the world through God’s calling.
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It’s the Thrive Podcast! On this episode, AP is joined by Chase to discuss our current message series in the book of Acts. Happy Independence Day everyone!
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This message, we are blessed to have Pastor Brian and Angela preach together. When it comes to ministry, there are people who breathe life into it, those that struggle who do so, and those that just kill it. It should be our goal to bring that life to ministry to lead more to Christ, let’s listen to this blessed message together.
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It’s Father’s Day! What a better day to talk about our commitments. In Acts 5 it speaks about that living up to the commitments that we make, let’s listen to the Word that Pastor Brian share from God’s heart.
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There are times we are defiant, we push the line. Beliee it or not, sometimes it’s Godly to do so! Pastor Brian shares a great message about Acts 4 where the early church pushes the line.
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When we come to God in prayer, we should come to Him in expectation. Maybe it is a desire you have based on how things have been going, better yet, maybe it’s one that God put in you; either way, it is good to seek after, pray for, and anticipate God’s Will when we come to Him in prayer. Pastor Brian shares a great message about how the early church did this. “Somethin’s bout ta happen!”
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It’s the week after Pentecost. Not that exciting, but this is life. What matters is that when life seems mundane, our faith in Christ is immovable. Pastor Brian shares a message about how, in Christ, we are NEVER alone.
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It’s Pentecost everyone! Pastor Brian shares a great message about the birth of our church, and the history of our ancestors.
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There is sometimes that one moment in our life that just defines a season in our life. Pastor Brian shares a message about how something huge can come from something that seems small, but in God’s economy of faith, isn’t at all.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all of our amazing moms! Pamela Picard joins us to share a message about overcoming the adversities of life through Christs. She is the director of Keep Growing Ministries and owner of House of Life, a counseling service. We pray you are blessed by this message she shared!
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It’s the best promise of them all, God is with us. The world may throw “joy” our way and what it is perceived to be, but this is what joy truly is; God is always with us. Pastor Brian shares an awesome message this week that, even when we don’t feel it, even when the emotional high of a retreat ends, even when calamity comes our way, He is right there with us.
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This week special guest Pastor Billy Willis is joined by his wife Katy to preach a message about compassion on the people of our broken world. They are missionaries with Youth Alive Ministry; if you feel led after this message, please reach out to them and donate to the amazing work they are doing for Christ!
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God promised the gift of faith. It might not sound like a gift but it is something that becomes very tangible when we face difficult trials in our lives. Pastor Brian shares an awesome message this week of what that can look like.
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On the same day as Easter, two of Jesus’ followers were on the road. Jesus appeared to them after the resurrection, but He kept who He was from them. They asked themselves, “didn’t our hearts burn with passion when He spoke the scripture to us?” When was the last time our hearts were on fire for God? Pastor Brian gives a message about our hearts being on fire for Christ.
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He is risen indeed! Pastor Brian shares this year’s Easter message!
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What’s incredible about the betrayal of Jesus, is that He already knew it happened before the guards came for him. Jesus still died on the cross for everyone, including Judas. If Jesus is willing to go that far for someone who will betray Him, it’s a promise He will go that far for you too. Pastor Brian preaches a POWERFUL message about the victory on the cross at this year’s Good Friday service.
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We might not always understand God’s promises that He makes to us, and that’s okay. It can be a hidden promise; this week, our brothers Jeese and Chase give a great message about God’s hidden treasures and how exciting it can be to find those treasures.
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We serve a good God that keeps His promises. Life can get difficult, and we may lose our focus at times. We need to remember, don’t let the devil steal your song! This week Pastor Gary Grogan, but we call him Papa G, shares a blessed message about enduring. Remember, don’t quit!
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It’s easy to be impatient, trusting is difficult. The good news is we have a God that we can trust. We can trust God’s promises He makes, and even remind Him of these promises. Pastor Brian shares a message about trusting God in hard times, or even silence in the second week of this series.
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God always fulfills His promises, but the catch is they are often conditional; though His Will isn’t. Welcome to week 1 of our next series. This week, Pastor Brian kicks it off with a message on how big God’s promises can be.
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The world is in so much need of the Church, the church is in so much need of the Church. Pastor Brian shares a message on the importance of sharing the Gospel and how He can use all of us, even the Apostle Peter.
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In this week’s message, Pastor Brian shares a message about discipleship. So, what is that? It means to be a student, and in our case, a student of Jesus Christ.
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In this week’s message, Pastor Brian shares a message about our great commission; for us to share the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, to the entire world. So, let’s all be the small woodland creature that removes the dirt of sin we are all covered in.
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Discernment. A topic the world seems to lack, or even modern mainstream Christianity at times. In this episode of the podcast, Pastor Brian and A.P. delve into the subject of Godly Discernment, a gift from God that needs more attention brought to it.
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What is The Church? Well, it’s God’s Bride, it’s Christ’s Body, it’s a great place to fellowship, it’s a place and who we are all at the same time. What is it not? Alone. Pastor Brian shares a message about being plugged into a local church, not just the Big C church.
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It’s an interesting world we live in right now, but we serve a God that is bigger, and more loving, than it all. In this episode, Pastor Brian and A.P. tackle the complexities of loving in a hostile world while still upholding the law, but trying to filter through God’s Law vs. the law of the land.
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This week, special guest Pastor Joel Labertew joins us to share a message and encourage us as part of the network of churches we are blessed to be a part of. What does it mean to be on mission for God? Also, God wants us to thrive, what does it mean to thrive? Pastor Joel has a lot of great things to share with us about it!
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This week, special guest Ted Gerry joins us to share a message. What good news does he bring? A message about the fact that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God. Stand firm. Stay encouraged. Walk boldly in His love.
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Welcome to week 3 of the series about the Mosaic tabernacle, this is our final week here. Pastor Brian explores the depths of intimacy in what is called the Holy of Holies. Sometimes, people bounce from church to church, experiencing the weekly Holy Place. God calls us to enter the Holy of Holies with Him, in our own lives. God has gifted us with the blessing of no need to do this in a building; wherever we are with Christ, that is our tabernacle.
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Welcome to week 2 of the series about the Mosaic tabernacle. This week, the Holy Place which is also called the inner courts. This is where we are cleansed in the pool before we enter the Holy of Holies.
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Welcome back and Happy New Year! This is week 1 of a new series about the tabernacle, the Israelites mobile church (something Thrive sure can appreciate). There are three main areas to it; on this first week, we explore the outer court yard.
Kutless has a great song about this called Take Me In from their first worship album called Strong Tower, it’s a great listen!
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“Something is happening and we are going!” Have you felt God call you? Have you ever felt compelled to do something? A lot of us have; it’s big, it can be scary, it can be confusing, but God will lead the way on the adventure He has for our lives. Are you ready for the journey? Pastor Brian shares a message about the “Wise Men” that went to see Jesus after he was born, Merry Christmas everyone!
Important reminder! There will be no service this upcoming weekend (Sunday, December 28th, 2025). We look forward to seeing you all again Sunday, January 4th, 2026!
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Have you ever felt looked over? Just strong enough that people think you don’t need help? Just weak enough to stay put and never exceed? So average it makes like difficult? Joseph sure could have. What a good God we have to know that He will always see, always be proud of us when we succeed, always there to pick us back up again when we need that help; praise God. Pastor Brian shares a message of hope at this year’s Christmas Extravaganza!
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Sometimes it’s hard to trust God, especially when we are let down by those who are supposed to love us. Don’t worry, God’s got this. Let’s hear about what Pastor Brian has to share with us!
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It’s the first week of our new series! Were you ever caught off guard? Well, going from the book of Malachi to Matthew, God seemed to be silent for about 400 years; but then he spoke again. Let’s hear about what Pastor Brian has to share with us!
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Sermon series wrap up?! Sweet! On this episode of the podcast we discuss the sermon series Pastor Brian just finished about family and how it relates to our last sermon series on the Fruits of the Spirit. Family can be messy, and at time we let find it easiest to be "ourselves" around our family, but we are still there to be fruitful. Pastor Brian and AP are here to share!
It’s the final week of the Family Reset sermon series! Have you ever heard from your parents, “because I said so”? It can be a surprisingly loving thing to hear from them, why do they say it? Because your parents have your best interest at heart. Pastor Brian shares a great message about these parallels to God.
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If you want a Godly family culture, it starts with you in your home. Last week we learned about the tone of our home, now we learn about the culture of our home. Pastor Brian shares a great message about how that culture can change the world by letting love abound in our homes. Let’s dive in!
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Are you reading the room? In our homes, we need to set the tone. A tone of grace, of love, of security, of Godliness. Pastor Brian shares a wonderful message about making our homes a place of peace, we God’s love abounds. Let’s dive in!
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Family is such a blessing from God, it isn’t always as depicted though. For some of us, it can be difficult; others, the best thing ever. One thing that makes is good? Being present. Pastor Brian shares a great message about being present in the lives of the ones we love. Let’s dive in!
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We sure do compartmentalize things in lives, don’t we? If God is only a part of your life, we are missing something. God can’t be one part of our life; He needs to be the foundation of our lives. Pastor Nate shares a great message about putting God first. Let’s dive in!
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We sure do compartmentalize things in lives, don’t we? If God is only a part of your life, we are missing something. God can’t be one part of our life; He needs to be the foundation of our lives. Pastor Nate shares a great message about putting God first. Let’s dive in!
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The 80’s and 90’s was a unique time to grow up in the Church, it was such a special era of togetherness. This is what God desires for us, it is Holy to be together. Pastor Brian shares a message about this blessing God has made for us. Let’s dive in!
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Scripture may have been physically written by man’s hands, but it is inspired and written by God Himself. The word Nooma means “the breath of God.” Man was the pen, but God was the author. How incredible is it we get to communicate right with God?! Pastor Brian shares something incredible this message. Let’s dive in!
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Episode 3!? What!? On this podcast, Pastor Brian and AP talk about the series that has just been wrapped up, Being a Servant. It may be difficult in our day and age, but what a good God that we serve!
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“The greatest among us are the ones who aren’t even trying to be great, they’re just trying to serve.” It’s difficult to not be offended, isn’t it? This message is a “we” message, not a “you” message. This message is for ALL of us, and one God wants us to hear. Pastor Brian shares something incredible this message. Let’s dive in!
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Often times, we tell ourselves that life isn't fair. Well, we're not entirely wrong, are we? The reality is, everything stopped being fair when God stopped being first in our lives. Let's dive into this great message from Pastor Brian together!
"The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair." ~ Reliant K
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We live in a cutler, even a modern Christian one, where there is so much emphasis on “leadership.” Well, in the New Testament the word leader is used only 2 times, the work servant is used over 200! A true leader serves those they are around, Jesus was the perfect example of this. Who else is excited to start this series on being a servant?! Let’s dive in!
Also, this Sunday is Pack the Place Sunday! Please feel free to invite all of your friends and family you believe you are led by God to invite!
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Here it is! Episode 2! On this podcast, Pastor Brian and AP discuss the current happenings of today's culture and how it all relates to the Fruits of the Spirit. What a great way to wrap our current sermon series up and prepare our hearts for what God will be sharing with us next at Thrive!
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There is a saying that a lot of counselors have, "feelings are information, not direction." Grief makes us irrational, but the Holy Spirit can convict us to guide our actions. Let us all display self-control in the gentleness that we treat others with. Pastor Brian share a powerful message that the whole world needs to hear right now.
R.I.P. Charlie Kirk (1993-2025)
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Live to give, strong words from a faithful man of God. It is made clear in Scripture that the world will know us by the fruits we produce which is a reflection of our heart. What is a true sign of this? Our ability to be good to one another, even those who wrong us, and the consistency to which we do it (faithfulness). We hope this message blesses you this week.
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Welcome to the Thrive Church Podcast! This is Episode 1 - As a prelude to Pastor Brian's Message on the fruit of the spirit, kindness, he sits down with AP to discuss.
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We may not have service this Sunday but Pastor Brian has a very special announcement to share!
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It sure is difficult to realize that you lack patience for others but expect it from them at the same time; I know I, as the one writing this, have this realization of myself almost daily. Sometimes God has to hit the brakes in our own lives. God, who loves us, is not in a hurry. God knows what He’s doing, when He’s doing it, and why He’s doing it. Let’s dive into the fruit of patience with Pastor Brian.
Also, an important message to our kind listeners, there will be no service Sunday, August 31st, 2025, we’ll be back to our regular schedule the week after.
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Peace, something that tends to elude those of us who live in and near big cities. This week, we have the opportunity to learn how important peace truly is for us. Pastor Brian explains the difference between having gifts of the spirit, versus fruits of the spirit, which extends from a peace that surpasses all understanding. We hope this message blesses you this week.
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Joy is something that can grow out, it’s contagious among people. It’s hard to really lean into and experience that joy sometimes in this fallen world we live in. Some days we’re feeling it, some days it feels impossible. So how do we live out that joy the Holy Spirit bestows upon us? Let’s dive into this with Pastor Brian!
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The podcast is back Thrive! Sorry for the absence, we had some technical difficulties that have been worked out. What a week to be back too, we are in a new series on the Fruits of the Spirit. Has anyone ever told you judging someone is wrong if you are a Christian? Well Jesus says we can judge a tree by its fruit? How can those two ideas line up? Let’s dive into this with Pastor Brian!
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Have you ever been humbled my something rather minor? Have you ever had an idea that people just were not on board with? Well don’t worry, we serve the most humble King ever, and he’s here to be with you. Welcome to Palm Sunday, we hope to see you all on Easter!
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Life cycles and routines. Monday, mundane; that might not be a coincidence. Sometimes life isn’t very exciting or just plain difficult, and that’s okay! Often, the life of a believer can be described in mountain tops and slow walks through the wilderness. We don’t always want to go through the wilderness, but we get to go through that with Christ. Let’s dive into the story of when Christ was tempted in the wilderness together.
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Our final week in Nehemiah! We might go through cycles of highs and lows in our lives, that’s okay. Not everything is awesome all of the time, but we do live in a fallen world, though things are always surrounded with despair. We have a God that is bigger than all of that and can help us break these cycles and help us truly live our lives, especially for Him!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Welcome to the key verse of Nehemiah; the Israelites are faced with massive amounts of opposition. They are trying to re-build their wall while in exile, and others keep telling them or even attacking them, but Nehemiah keeps building the wall around their city for projection anyways. Will you keep building that wall of God’s Word in your own life? I know I’m convicted to also, let’s dive into Chapter 6 with Pastor Brian!
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Our enemy hates when we submit our lives to God and live in-line with his Will. When you want to grow in the Lord, adversity will come our way. Let’s dive into Nehemiah with Pastor Brian to learn how to stand firm against the schemes of our enemy in Christ!
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What well are you drinking from? Are you drinking from the Well of Life? God is the Well of Life in our lives. Let’s learn about entering the fountain gates together.
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Turning of the tide. When the King asks, “How can I help you?” the king’s favor is over Nehemiah’s life. Likewise, God’s favor is over us, which comes from great faithfulness. If you want God’s favor, we need to be faithful. Let’s explore faithfulness with Pastor Brian!
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In God, we have authority, we have freedom, we have responsibility. Sometimes it’s joy, sometimes it’s hard. This is exactly what Nehemiah had to implement in Chapter 2. Let’s explore this text together with Pastor Brian.
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This week, Kimmy Zwartz shares her testimony and all the great things God has done in her life through RFK! If you believe God is calling you to donate to this special cause, please do so on our website! It has touched countless lives and truly spreading the Gospel to children in need.
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Pastor Brian begins our next series in Nehemiah! With Israel in exile, over 1,000 miles away from their homeland, they feel the call to re-ignite the fire of passion for God. Are you on fire for God? Let’s pray that fire rages again if it has been dwindling!
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Pastor Ed Ainsworth is fired up from the Men’s Conference! He shares his message When the Light Goes on, the Fight Goes on! Let’s enjoy what God shares through him together.
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Pastor Brian and Angela tag team the message this morning. Let’s keep moving forward! What’s a great way of doing so? Pressing forward when it seems like there’s no path. Serving God when it seems like no one else wants to. Let’s be a part of the moving forward club!
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It’s a new year! It’s a new building! It's a new town! God is good! Let’s move forward together!
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God wants to be the general contractor for our lives. God is over the grand scheme of all things, especially your life. What is God’s goal? You. Showing you what your true identity is, showing you His perfect will, showing us all that God is in charge and gets it. Let’s Dive into Daniel 7 together and put our hope in God and God alone!
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Our brother Chase shares a message from Daniel 4. We may have the head knowledge of Scripture, but do we have the heart knowledge and desire to carry out God’s Word?
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By nature, we as humans raise things up to be worshiped: idols, money, celebrity, ourselves. God desires for us to lift Him up to be worshiped though through that burning passion within us that only comes from Him. Let’s dive into Daniel 3 with Pastor Brian! Are you on fire for God?
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This week Pastor Brian shares with us how Daniel, when faced with a request of King Nebuchadnezzar, was able to tell the king what a dream meant. He not only did Daniel interpret the dream, he even explained what the dream was without experiencing what the king had dreamt! How, Daniel was constantly seeking guidance from God. Let us not be spiritually numbed to the Spirit of God by culture, media, and whatever else may distract us. Are you in tune with the Spirit of God?
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Pastor Brian shares a message about how special of a place Israel is. There’s a lot of eyes on this small country all the time, but maybe not for the reason most think. Israel is a place that can be called “Holy,” set apart from the world for God. How is God calling you to be holy today?
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Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This final week, we complete the series with our spirits. Is your spirit healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This week, we explore the body portion of our being. Is your body healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
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Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This week, we dive to the mind portion of our being. Is your mind healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
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Pastor Brian shares a brief history of the beginning of the Church but leads us into a message about allowing the Spirit of God to move in our lives. This means, putting God’s Will first in our lives, even if it leads to putting ourselves in harm’s way. Let’s dive into 3 John together!
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The Love of Believers, the Love of God. Pastor Brian shares a message about what love truly is, per God from 1 John 4.
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Pastor Brian shares a message to us about the gift of prophesy and how God speaks to us through His word from 1 John 4. What is the Lord speaking to you today? God is for you, not against you!
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Pastor Brian continues our series, Grace Awakening, and speaks on the three types, or levels, of grace.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. We're having our Youth Group Pie Smash Fundraiser! Your donation gives you the opportunity to smash a pie in a leader's face! Hope to see you there!
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Pastor Brian leads our Father's Day service talking about our Abba and His unending grace.
Join us next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Live from Dellwood Park Bandshell, our first of two scheduled outdoor services this summer! Pastor Brian continues our series Grace Awakening. With God, Jesus eliminates the middleman to get to God.
Join us for our Father's Day service next Sunday. We'll be back at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Come for coffee at 9:30! Service starts at 10:00am. Connect at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher returns to teach on Grace in our first week of our new series Grace Awakening. In today's message, Pastor Brian compares the power of God's grace to the oil needed to run the engine of your life.
Audio clip courtesy of The Bible Project, "The Law."
https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/law/
Join us at the Dellwood Park Bandshell in Lockport, IL, for a fun outdoor service next Sunday, June 9th. Find more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Dave and Bobbie Ebert are US Missionaries that minister to survivors of sex and human trafficking. Their ministry uses improv games and exercises to help survivors develop communication skills, find their voice and confidence, and tap into their creativity, ultimately leading to finding their identity in Christ. Today, they share on JOY and how we can always choose joy!
Find our more about Dave and Bobbie's work at improvmissionaries.com.
No service next week, Sunday, May 26th, Memorial Day Weekend.
Today we dive into Proverbs 31 with Ximena Jensen for this special Mother's Day Message.
To all the Moms, grandmoms, stepmoms, adoptive moms, and spiritual moms, from us at Thrive, Happy Mother's Day!!!
Pastor Brian Bougher shares on trusting in God and building faith in times of struggle. We begin in Proverbs 16:9.
Join us for a special Mother's Day message next week. We'd love to see you in person Sunday at 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series through Proverbs. Pastor Brian admonishes us to strive to always be teachable and be willing to take correction.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars for our RFK Fundraiser Comedy Night and Silent Auction. More at rfklockport.wellversedcomedy.com
We pick back up our Proverbs series beginning in Proverbs chapter 6. Today's message is titled Lessons on Evil and Deception vs. Wisdom and Flourishing.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars for our RFK Fundraiser Comedy Night and Silent Auction. More at rfklockport.wellversedcomedy.com
On a day where we celebrated Baptisms, we continue our Son of God series with Pastor Brian. We dive into the story on The Road to Emmaus.
Join us for services next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Thrive's annual Easter-palooza is celebrated with the honoring of Jesus's victory over sin and death. Join us for our Easter/Resurrection Sunday message from Pastor Brian Bougher.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Next Sunday is BAPTISM SUNDAY! Let us know if you want to join in this public declaration of what Jesus has done in your life! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
We honor and remember what Jesus experienced in His final hours of His natural life on earth. Let us never get bored with the message of the Cross. Let us never not be in awe of what Jesus went through for us.
Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on the meaning of Palm Sunday and Jesus's stating His Kingship.
Join us for Good Friday on Friday, March 29th, at 7pm. Then, come out for Easter-Palooza next Sunday as we celebrate our Risen King! Find more at encounterthrive.com/easter.
Who do you say Jesus is? We begin our series in preparation of Easter with the Son of God.
Make plans to join us for Good Friday Service, Friday, March 29th, 7:00pm at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Then, celebrate the risen King with Easterpalooza on Sunday, March 31, also at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Royal Family Kids Camp is a camp for abused and neglected kids in the foster care system. It's a week where kids are loved and treasured and introduced to the love of Christ. Kimmy Zwartz is the director of Royal Family Kids - Lockport. She shares the story of camp and the need for volunteers and support to be able to bring 20 kids to camp this year.
Follow RFK - Lockport at www.facebook.com/rfkLockportIl
Find more at www.encounterthrive,com/camp
Pastor Brian Bougher opens up our new series on Proverbs, and the wisdom of the man considered the wisest ever, King Solomon. Today, our focus is the Fear of God.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian concludes our series on Culture Deconstruction. We begin with Jeremiah 1:4, and break down 3 lies, or false gods, that today's society pushes on us all.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian continues our brief series on Culture Deconstruction. Pastor Brian tells us about 4 reasons our society is deconstructing at a rapid pace is Darwinism in Academia, a skewed view of the concept of Separation of Church and State, Marxism in Academia, and Moral Relativism and Progressivism. Despite society's bent towards its own deconstruction, we have hope.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher leads us in the first of our new series called Culture Deconstruction: Tearing Down Our Age of Lies. This first message focuses on the origins of the feminist movement and how the movement became corrupted.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Ed Ainsworth concludes our Warrior Men's Retreat on Saturday, January 27th, confronting shame head on. Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.
Pastor Ed Ainsworth opens our Warrior Men's Retreat on Saturday, January 27th, confronting shame head on. Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.
Pastor Ed Ainsworth opens our Warrior Men's Retreat on Friday, January 26th, confronting shame head on.
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.
After teaching our men at the Warrior Men's Retreat this weekend, Pastor Ed Ainsworth speaks with us today. He shares on the importance of being plugged in to the next generation, and to reach those that are lost and hurting.
Recordings of Pastor Ed's teachings at the men's retreat will be available later this week on this same platform.
We'd love to see you in person this Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian returns to share our new series RESTORE in 2024. Today, we focus on rest and how God ordained a time of rest for us. A day to be kept holy and to RESTORE.
Join us in person next Sunday, 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on the Love of God as we step closer to Christmas. We start in John 3:16.
Join us Saturday, December 23, at 6pm. Celebrate Christmas by candlelight with our family night service at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com/christmas.
Merry Christmas from all of us at Thrive Church! May you and yours be blessed this holiday season.
Pastor Brian brings a shorter message on a jam-packed Christmas Extravaganza! If you'd like to see the extras from the kids and a special Drummer Boy performance, watch the livestream on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/encounterthrive) or subscribe and click the bell on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@encounterthrive/videos).
Join us December 23rd, 6pm, at the Dellwood Park Community Center, for our Candlelight Service.
More: https://www.encounterthrive.com/christmas/
We are one week away from our Christmas Extravaganza! This week we focus on the Peace from the Prince of Peace, Jesus!
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL, at 10am each Sunday! Find more, including details on our Christmas Extravaganza on December 10th, at encounterthrive.com.
We begin our Advent series, Behold: He is Christ the Lord, today. Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on Hope.
It's officially Christmas season! Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL, at 10am each Sunday! Find more, including details on our Christmas Extravaganza on December 10th, at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher closes out our series on the Book of James. We begin in James 5:7, with James' final Godly wisdom for the church.
Join us for our Christmas Extravaganza on Sunday, December 10, at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher leads us into James 4, where we get some strong warnings from the half-brother of Jesus.
Join us in person next Sunday, 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our walk through the book of James. We start in James 3:13-18.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher gives us our message from James 2 and 3, on our Pastor Appreciation Sunday. James instructs the early church to "Act like it and Talk like it."
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am! Find more at encounterthrive.com
Ted Gerry comes to share on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their relevance in today's world.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am! Find more at encounterthrive.com or Like us at www.facebook.com/encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on James. Today, we're in James 2. We are talking about avoiding favoritism and walking in humility.
Join us for service next Sunday at 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Mark your calendars for some special events! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
We continue our series on the Book of James, picking up in James 1:19, with instructions for living.
We hope to see you at church! We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center Sundays at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher shares our first message in from the Book of James. We start in James 1, as the younger brother of Jesus shares the wisdom he learned as the brother of the Messiah, as a pastor, and surviving times of persecution.
Join us in person next Sunday! We'd love to see you at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 S Lawrence Ave , Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am.
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Dr. Pruitt is the Director of the Illinois District's Called College, an accredited college program for young men and women called to ministry.
In today's message, Dr. Pruitt challenges us to let go of the burdens and chains that we let get in our way.
Join us in person next Sunday. Find more info at encounterthrive.com.
Interested in more about Called College? Click on calledcollege.org
Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on the faith it took to take on Goliath, and how Thrive has been slaying giants for 7 years!
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian and his wife Pastor Angela share on Ephesians, the family, and the war we are in against the Spirit of the Age. It's a war Jesus won, but isn't over until He returns.
NOTE: Due to the Labor Day Holiday weekend, Thrive will not meet on September 3. We will return with our 7th Anniversary Celebration on September 10th!
Join us for Thrive Fest!
Details:
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Pastor Brian speaks to the church on the importance of UNITY within the Body, as our series in Ephesians continues.
Mark your calendars and make plans to join us at Thrive Fest, as we celebrate our 7th Anniversary! For more, click on https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/133874753
Pastor Brian continues our series in the book of Ephesians. Our main verse is Ephesians 3:20, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"
Mark your calendars for our 7th Anniversary on September 10th. We look forward to seeing new and old friends at the Dellwood Park Community Center on the 10th at 10am! More at encounterthrive.com.
This week's message is about making Jesus the Cornerstone of our lives. Is your life built on sand or a firm foundation?
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more details at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian continues our dive into the Book of Ephesians. Pastor Brian talks about getting stronger in the Word and growing in faith.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian returns from he and his wife's trip with CUFI, Christians United for Israel, to Washington, D.C.. This week we dive into a new series on the book of Ephesians.
Join us in person for this powerful series. We currently meet in the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am. Find more at www.encounterthrive.com
Cassidy Novak speaks today on Surrender. She encourages us to surrender to God the one thing that's keeping us from freedom in Him. Cassidy is the author of "I Can I Have I Will," and is joined by husband Clif toward the end of today's message.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am.
Pastor Brian wraps up our sermon series entitled, "It Gets Better Tho." In this week's message, we are reminded that following Jesus doesn't prevent struggles all the time, but it prepares us to go through them.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. For more, visit online at encounterthrive.com
Pastor Wayne Northup, who planted Saints Community Church in New Orleans, joins us today to speak on planting seeds and to encourage the Thrive Family.
Join us next week in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect on social media at @encounterthrive.
Guest Speaker Pastor Jim Nickols speaks today on Psalm 1, and happiness in Jesus.
Join us next weekend for Church on the Farm at the Novak Farm. Find more at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive,
Pastor Brian continues our series on the Thrive motto: It Gets Better Tho.
Following Jesus is not easy, but it gets better tho. Sometimes when you least expect it, much like the beggar at the Beautiful Gate in Acts 2.
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Join us next week back at the Dellwood Park Community Center.
This week, Thrive celebrated our graduates, whether graduating kindergarten, 8th grade, or high school. Nate Bougher graduated from high school this spring and from Thrive's Internship Program as well. In this week's message, he continues our theme on It Gets Better Tho.
Join us this Sunday, June 11th, at City Hall in Lockport, IL, at 9:30am, as part of Canal Days. Find more at enounterthrive.com.
We are continuing our series It Gets Better Tho with Pastor Brian Bougher. We start in Acts 1 and the choosing of Matthias to replace Judas in the Disciples. The message: God sees you. You may serve behind the scenes and in obscurity, but God sees it.
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Pastor Brian invites members of the Thrive Church family to come up for a special Mother's Day Panel for our celebration of the gift of Motherhood this Mother's Day.
We hope you'll join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL. Service starts at 10am. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series It Gets Better Tho, as we dive into the moment Jesus ascended into Heaven, leaving the 11 Apostles staring into the clouds. What did that moment mean? What came next? How often are we paralyzed to do what we're called to do?
Join us next Sunday for our in-person service at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL. Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram @encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian shares on our continued series It Gets Better Tho.
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Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. Join us next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL.
Pastor Brian brings us a message on how Jesus seeks to restore relationship with us, even when we fall. We look at the story of Peter as he fails, but is restored by Jesus.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Easter is the party, but the bill was paid on Friday. Join us for Pastor Brian's message on the day Jesus was beaten, mocked, scourged, tortured, and killed...for you and for me.
Pastor Brian discusses the story of Jesus raising Lazarus as we enter into Easter season and celebrate Palm Sunday. Our text is John 11:38-43.
We also hear a special testimony about how God moved during prayer for one of our brothers in Christ.
Join us next Sunday for Easter as we celebrate Easterpalooza!
Egg Hunt + Face Painting + Jump House + Games + FoodMore at encounterthrive.com/easter
Pastor Brian brings us our last message, until next fall, on the Corinthian Letters. In this week's message, Pastor Brian teaches on the importance and rightness of Reverence.
Join us for our annual Easterpalooza on Sunday, April 9th. Find out more about the celebration of Jesus's Victory at www.encounterthrive.com/easter.
Pastor Brian continues our journey through Paul's letter to the church at Corinth. Today, we're diving into Chapter 10.
Join us for Easter at Thrive! We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am. Join us Easter Sunday for fun and celebration of Christ's Resurrection! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher returns this week with a powerful message from the last section of 1 Corinthians 8 and the beginning of chapter 9. Today's message talks about the freedoms and the responsibilities we have in Christ when it comes to the influence we might have on fellow believers.
Make plans to join us for our annual Easter Extravaganza on Sunday, April 9th, at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/encounterthrive or at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Jim Nichols is our guest speaker as he shares a message entitled "Conversations with Yourself."
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Pastor Brian returns after being on a missions trip to New Orleans last week. He continues our deep dive into Paul's first letter to the church at Corinth. Today's message comes from 1 Corinthians 7.
NOTE: Topics discussed include the gift of sex for a husband and wife. Discretion is advised for smaller ears.
Thrive Church Elder Alan Linnemann presents the next installment of our Corinthian Letters series. Alan includes the story of his testimony of faith.
NOTE: Some mature subject matter is referenced as a part of Alan's powerful testimony.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Welcome to our annual RFK Sunday, where we celebrate the ministry of Royal Family Kids Camp and our Lockport, IL, chapter. RFK Lockport is entering it's 4th camp this year under Kimmy Zwartz, the first ever RFK Camper to become director of a camp.
Today, we hear from Missionary Mark Haney and his story of how he entered the mission field, Then, we hear from Kimmy and her mentor Pastor John Schwider and how what the enemy, Satan, intends for harm, God can use for good.
If you are interested in supporting RFK-Lockport, you can give through the Thrive Church website and designate for RFK. (https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/giving) Contact us if you'd like to serve our amazing kids at camp this summer!
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series in 1 Corinthians as we dive in to chapter 4. Today, friend of Thrive Church Timothy Beloved brings a small furnace used for refining metals for a powerful demonstration of the kind of fire needed to refine metal. Are we willing to let God put us in that refining fire? Or are we comfortable with the slag in our lives?
Join us next Sunday, February 12, for RFK Sunday! Bring your cash to support our Bake Sale!
We hope to see you in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Following Thrive's men's retreat, Pastor Gary Grogan, aka Papa G, speaks on the love of the Father, God. We explore God's Father Heart with a powerful message from our guest speaker.
We'd love to see you in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Join us for coffee at 9:45am, stay for service! Connect at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars: RFK Sunday is February 12. We'll have a bake sale to raise money for RFK Lockport's 2023 summer camp.
Pastor Brian Bougher leads us through 1 Corinthians chapter 3, as we continue our series on the Corinthian Letters. This week we talk about growing up in our walk with Jesus.
MEN: Join us this Friday-Saturday in Downers Grove, IL, for our men’s retreat featuring Pastor Gary Grogan, aka Papa G. Find more information and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our dive into The Corinthian Letters from Paul. We begin with a reminder of the folly of worldly wisdom when compared to Godly wisdom. In 1 Corinthians 1:18, we hear Paul tell us that those who are perishing, the message of the Cross is foolishness.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
MEN – Join us for the Men’s Retreat on Friday, January 27-Saturday, January 28. https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1522963
Pastor Brian Bougher starts our new series on the Corinthian Letters. We start in 1 Corinthians to start the new year.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
MEN - Our annual Men's Retreat is happening January 27-28, in Oak Brook, IL. More and register here: https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1522963
Pastor Brian leads us in a unique service asking us, and challenging us, to have a vision, determine what we're believing God for, and who we are believing God for. Pastor Brian lays out a vision and what Thrive is believing for and who Thrive is believing for.
Where there is no vision, the people perish;
Proverbs 29:18a ESV
Join us in these three questions. Seek God's counsel and direction.
What is your vision?
What are you believing God for?
Who are you believing God for?
Pastor Brian continues our advent series Miracle with the topic of LOVE. Join us Friday at the Dellwood Park Community Center for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7pm, where we will wrap up our advent series focusing on Christ.
Find out more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
Thrive's Christmas Extravaganza!
Today's message is from Pastor Brian Bougher on Joy! This message concluded our Thrive Christmas Extravaganza!
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center for our final Sunday of 2022. Our final service of the year will be Friday, December 23, for our candlelight service at 7pm. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher presents our second message of Advent in our Miracle series. Today, we talk about Prophecy, including what it is, what it isn't, and how New Testament and Old Testament Prophecy differs and how it is similar.
Join us in person next Sunday for our Christmas Extravaganza! Info: https://fb.me/e/3bYPIXm6i
We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center. For more information, visit us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
Dave Ebert presents our first message of Advent in our Miracle series. Today, we talk about hope. We read from Isaiah 9 for this message.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. For more information, visit us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
Pastor Brian wraps up our Family Matters series with a message on Family Function. Sometimes things go wrong. Pastor Brian unpacks the story of Esau and Jacob and how they, unlike most divided families in the Bible, are eventually reconciled. What can we learn from this brotherly reconciliation? Can God restore our families? Do we really believe He can or not?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am as we begin our Advent series with a message on Hope.
Connect with us on Facebook @encounterthrive or at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian continues our series into God’s design for the family. As a part of that, we should not focus on the material, the world definition of success, or our own design for success. We should seek to live well in God’s design for our lives.
Connect with us at @encounterthrive on Facebook or at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL.
We begin our new series called Family Matters. (Which kicks off with the best sermon bumper video ever...but you have to come in-person to see it!!!)
Pastor Brian Bougher takes us into Genesis 1:26-28, to show from how from the beginning, God was showing His design for the family.
Join us in-person next Sunday at 10am at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL, and come to check out the great sermon bumper!!!! Connect with us at encounterthrive.com!
Pastor Brian continues our series Darkness and Light by talking about the call and the importance of being the light in a dark world. We discuss how Jesus gives us His light to bring the light into the world.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Details at encounterthrive.com
As we enter the Halloween season, we begin our new series Darkness and Light acknowledging the reality, power, and lack-there-of, of the real enemy. As Ephesians 6:12 reminds us, For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. (NLT)
This week we talk about the real enemy and the authority given the Believer by Jesus over him.
Join us next week for our next message focusing on the Light, and stick around for some fun with our Trunk or Treat. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
We conclude our series on the book of Titus in chapter four. Pastor Brian takes us through chapter four with this message, Church Disease and the Antidote.
Join us for Trunk of Treat immediately after service on Sunday, October 30th. Find more on our website enounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our journey through the book of Titus as we dive into Chapter 3. We learn from this chapter how to live submitted to God and human authority, until that human authority tries to replace God.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL, every Sunday at 10am CST. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
We continue our series from the book of Titus, coming from chapter 2:2-15. In this chapter, we can see the importance of sound doctrine and the value of the confidence it brings.
Join us in person at Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am. Find out more at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian opens our new series on the book of Titus with our message Titus - The Measure of a Man and Woman of God. We start in Titus 1:1-16, and dive into what it looks like to be mature in faith.
Join us next Sunday, October 2, for a special Sunday! Thrive Throws: Disc Golf Doubles Tournament. Find more details here: https://fb.me/e/1BQuP5hy3
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Pastor Ed Ainsworth from Generations Church, Lubbock, TX, wraps up our series on Fast Forward. Pastor Ed talks about how we are the missing piece to the growth of our church, as well as the Kingdom of God.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook at @encounterthrive. We'd love to see you next week in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL.
Mark your calendars for Thrive Throws on October 2, a day of worship and then Thrive's first ever disc golf tournament on the #8 Disc Golf Course in America at Dellwood Park. Then, Trunk or Treat returns on Sunday, October 30.
Pastor Brian continues our series Fast Forward, as the Thrive family continues our 21 days of fasting. In this week's message, Pastor Brian challenges us to go, and make disciples, thus fulfilling The Great Commission. We read from Matthew 28:16-20.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com, where you can sign up for Circles, the Dream Team, prayer requests, and more!
Pastor Brian Bougher kicks off our new series Fast Forward. This series coincides with Thrive's 21 Days of Fasting to not only FAST, but to move FORWARD. Pastor Brian's message, and this series, will challenge us to get out of our comfort zone and move forward for the Kingdom.
We'd love to connect with you! Connect at encounterthrive.com, on our Facebook and Instagram pages @encounterthrive, and in person at our 10am Central, Sunday services!
Illinois Student Ministries Director Chris Stanley is our guest speaker as we celebrate Youth Sunday. In today's message, Pastor Chris shares about the importance of modeling for our children.
Join us in person next Sunday, 10am Central, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. For more information, connect with us at www.encounterthrive.com or www.facebook.com/encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian Bougher concludes our series, Under Authority, with a message comparing the lives of Saul, David, and Absalom.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Ted Gerry visits us to continue our series Under Authority. He challenges us to let God clean some of the barriers that may keep us from fully accepting and surrendering to God's Authorirty, those to whom God has delegated authority, and, most importantly, receiving the truth that God loves you because God loves you because God loves you.
Join us in person every Sunday at 10am. Thrive Church currently meets at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Connect with us at www.encounterthrive.com and on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Pastor Brian kicks off a new series for August called Under Authority. What does being under authority mean, Biblically, and how living under authority looks in our lives?
Join us each Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Evangelist Scott Hinkle brings a powerful message to get our Reach Our City day of worship, revival and baptisms going.
Find more on our guest speaker at https://www.scotthinkle.org/
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Pastor Brian Bougher shares the meaning and the hope we have in Christ and His return. It's encapsulated in the word Maranatha.
Join us next Sunday for our special service and all day worship service at City Hall. Connect on Facebook @encounterthrive or at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher takes us into Elijah's prayer for fire on the altar. This is the incredible showdown between the prophets of the false god Ba'al and the one true God, YHWH, and His Prophet Elijah. Read Kings 18.
Summer at Thrive continues:
Sunday, July 24th: Royal Family Kids Camp Send-Off
We'll be blessing and sending off our staff for RFK camp, a camp for foster kids in our region. Join us at Dellwood Park Community Center.
Sunday, July 31st: Reach Our City at Lockport City Hall (No Service at DPCC)
We'll have RFK testimonies, Baptisms (if you would like to be baptized, sign up at encounterthrive.com), special speaker Scott Hinkle, BBQ outdoors, jump houses, and more w/ evening services.
Pastor Brian Bougher returns from a much deserved vacation to bring our message as we continue our series (Re)Purposed Prayers. Starting in Exodus 33:12-23, we explore prayers seeking God's Presence.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am.
July 31st is Thrive's Reach Our City service. We'll have Scott Hinkle speaking, Baptisms, and more! Find out more at encounterthrive.com, including letting us know if you'd like to be Baptized!
Today's message comes from the Novak's farm as we celebrate Independence Day weekend on the farm! Clif and Cassidy Novak present today's message about prayers of boldness.
Join us next week in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook at @encounterthrive.
Ximena Jensen presents today's message based on the story of King Solomon. Solomon started out well, praying for the wisdom and heart to lead God's people, but how did he finish?
Join us for Church on the Farm next week at the Novaks'! For directions for more information, visit encounterthrive.com.
Youth Pastor Jesse Sault gives us our Father's Day message focused in on Jesus's prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane.
We hope you had a great day of celebrating the father(s) and The Father in your life.
Have a great week and we'll see you Sunday at 10am at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us on Facebook at @encounterthrive
Today, Thrive opened service with a memorial dedicated to our sister Brittney, who suddenly passed away early last week. Today's message is inspired by this celebration of life and the passage known as The Lord's Prayer. The Lord's Prayer can be found in two of the four Gospels: Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4).
Join us next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL, at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian continues our series entitled (Re)Purposed Prayers and how we should trust and lean even further in to a powerful God in Perilous Times.
We start in 2 Chronicles 20, and the story and prayer of King Jehoshaphat.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am. Come earlier for coffee and treats! Connect with us @encounterthrive or www.encounterthrive.com.
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In a special Sunday, Thrive was recognized by Shine.FM as their Church of the Week.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on (Re)Purposed Prayers from the Bible. Today we study Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians in Ephesians 1:17-21 and Ephesians 3:16-21.
REMINDER: No service next week, May 29th.
Join us June 5, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Associate Pastor Reichert Zalameda ends his tenure at Thrive with our message entitled "Search for Happiness." Pastor Reichert starts us off in Psalm 1.
Join us next week in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL, as Shine.FM will be joining us! Find more at encounterthrive.com or facebook.com/encounterthrive.
Happy Mother's Day!
Pastor Brian leads us into our new summer series (Re)Purposed Prayers, Discovering Real Prayers from the Bible.
We start this series with Hannah’s Prayer for a Son (And Thanking God for a Son) – 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Join us in person every Sunday at 10am, currently meeting at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect and find updates at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook at @encounterthrive.
Illinois District Assistant Superintendent Pastor Roy Rhodes visited Thrive Church to share with the Thrive family.
We begin in Genesis 1:26.
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Join us in person on Sundays at 10 at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL.
The tomb is still empty and Jesus is still on His throne! Pastor Brian Bougher continues are series on the Gospel of Luke, a non-religious Gentile who's jouney to find the truth about Jesus led the the crafting of two of the most important books of all time: The Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Find out more and connect at EncounterThrive.com
HAPPY EASTER/RESURRECTION SUNDAY!
Pastor Brian continues our journey through Luke, talking about the power of God to resurrect Jesus and why Easter is the biggest celebration...it's the day we remember Christ's victory over sin and death!
Join us in person each week at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more details and information at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian continues in our series from the Gospel of Luke, but in terms of what Jesus went through for us when He was betrayed, deserted, abused, beaten, and then crucified.
Pastor Brian continues our series on the Gospel of Luke and framing the story of Jesus around Palm Sunday and Holy Week.
Join us at Dellwood Park Community Center Friday at 7pm for Good Friday Service.
Join us Sunday for Resurrection Sunday and EASTERPALOOZA! Sunday, April 17th.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our deep dive into the Gospel of Luke, and describes the paradigm shift Jesus came to make in His time on earth, which is the same one He's here to make in our lives today.
Join us for Easterpalooza as we celebrate our Risen King! April 17, Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport. More at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher takes us through the remainder of Luke 1.
Join us for Easterpalooza! on Sunday, April 17, at Dellwood Park Community Center. Details here: https://fb.me/e/4RJAOYInS
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. This week, we meet the father of John the Baptist, Zechariah.
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Make plans to join us for our annual Easterpalooza on Sunday, April 17th. Find out more at www.facebook.com/events/310602590989367
Pastor Brian opens up our new series on The Gospel of Luke.
Join us for Easterpalooza! April 17th at the Dellwood Park Community Center! Lots of fun and activities for the whole family as we celebrate our risen King!
More at encounterthrive.com!
We celebrate Church together as one Thrive Family! We open with our Children's Pastors Dave and Bobbie Ebert leading a game of Zonk!, the review game for our kids. Chase Ahfeld then brought a word, followed by Associate Pastor Reichert Zalameda.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. See you next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL.
This special Sunday was dedicated to House Church. Several Thrive Families hosted members of Thrive for House Church Sunday. This was a powerful service with Communion. So, grab your Communion Elements and join Pastor Brian for this message about Church!
Next Sunday we're back at Dellwood Park Community Center for Family Service.
Pastor Brian Bougher finishes our two-part series on judgement. Are we as Christians really called to NEVER use judgement? Aren't we called to use judgement to determine if a tree is producing good or bad fruit?
Reminder, next Sunday, February 27th, we will be having In-Home Church. Stream the service online. Several Thrive families will be hosting In-Home Church in their homes, if you would like to find one, email hello@encounterthrive.com for details on who and where.
Kimmy Zwartz is the first RFK Camper to become a director of a Royal Family Kids Camp. Her first camp as director happened in October 2020, in the middle of a pandemic. Her second camp was less than 9 months later, and her third camp in 2 years will happen this July. Listen to her story and the story of RFK Lockport.
Please connect with RFK Lockport, especially if you have a heart to serve and are willing to be a counselor this summer. Men, we need you!
Facebook: @rfklockportIL
Instagram: @rfklockport
Email: kimmyzwartz@gmail.com
Pastor Brian starts our two-part series from Matthew 7. Next Sunday is Royal Family Kids Sunday.
Join us in person each Sunday at 10am in Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Brian Bougher wraps our series, Faith That Brings Freedom, with this message from Galatians 5 and 6. Join us for a time of Communion at the end with your juice and bread.
Join us next week live on Facebook or in-person at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence and 18th in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
After leading Thrive's Men's Retreat, Papa G. visits Thrive to bring a powerful message. Acts 4:23-25, is our opening Scripture.
Join us live, either in person or on our Facebook page, Sundays at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
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Papa G completes our Men's Retreat weekend challenging the men to avoid distractions. The distracted warrior is going to miss his true calling.
Join us in-person in Lockport on Sundays at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
Pastor Dave "Pig Pen" Reece shares some of his testimony and passion for Jesus to open our second session. Then, Pastor Gary Grogan, Papa G, continues our journey through our second session of Thrive's Men's retreat.
Join us this Sunday in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport at 10am.
Pastor Gary Grogan, Papa G, starts our first of three sessions at the Thrive Men's Retreat. This weekend is about encouraging the God-designed warrior in each man.
We'll share the final two sessions from this weekend as well.
Join us this Sunday in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport at 10am.
Pastor Brian continues our journey through Galatians and Paul's message to the church at Galatia, and to us today.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you next Sunday at 10am!
CALLING ALL MEN: The Branded Warrior Men's Retreat is this coming weekend. Find out some details at https://fb.me/e/4qVR4KDdW or contact us with any questions.
Pastor Brian continues our journey through Galatians and Paul's message to the church at Galatia, and to us today.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you next Sunday at 10am!
We open the new year picking up with part 3 of our series, Faith the Brings Freedom. Pastor Brian continues our journey through Galatians and Paul's message to the church at Galatia, and to us today.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you next Sunday at 10am!
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our Advent Series entitled Wonder. This week, we focus on joy.
Join us for our annual Christmas Extravaganza on Sunday, December 19, at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL, or watch live on Facebook @encounterthrive.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our Advent Series entitled Wonder. This week, we focus on faith. God loves someone who is faith-filled, like Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Mark your calendars and join us for our Christmas Extravaganza on December 19th! Thank you to purple-planet.com for our bumper music!
We begin our Advent Series called Wonder this week. Pastor Brian Bougher leads us into the Advent season with a message called Hope.
We'd love to see you at our services on Sundays at 10am. Find details at the all new encounterthrive.com.
Join us for our Christmas Extravaganza on December 19.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on Faith That Brings Freedom, as we explore further how we tend to not fully accept the freedom from the cages of sin, failure, and religion.
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We dive into Galatians 1, as Pastor Brian Bougher shows us how we all are sometimes guilty of putting ourselves back in the cage, despite the freedom God has given, and the fact God broke the locks and the door is open.
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Pastor Brian Bougher finishes our series entitled Strange Fire.
Join us each week at 10am Central, live on our Facebook Page, or in-person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 S Lawrence Ave, Lockport, IL 60441.
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Reminder: No Service on 11/7/21.
Our Strange Fire series continues with Pastor Brian Bougher.
It is also Pastor Appreciation Sunday as we honor our lead Pastor and his wife, Brian and Angela, and our Associate Pastor and his wife, Reichert and Hannah, for their love, leadership, and service.
Join us next Sunday for service and then Trunk Or Treat 2021.
Remember: No service November 7.
Evangelist Scott Hinkle is our guest speaker this week. His message of identity will, we hope expectantly, bless and challenge you!
Join us in person or online Sundays at 10am Central. Connect at encounterthrive.com or Facebook @encounterthrive.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series entitled Strange Fire, a series based on two Biblical accounts: the Old Testament story of Aaron's sons who brought the wrong incense into the Tabernacle and were punished with death, and Ananias and Sapphira lying about their offering to the church and trying to lie to the Holy Spirit.
In this week's message, Pastor Brian compares Islam and Christianity, and warns against mixing or confusing the two, thus bringing a strange fire to the altar.
Join us each week at 10am Central, live on our Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/encounterthrive, or in-person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 S Lawrence Ave, Lockport, IL 60441.
Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
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Pastor Brian Bougher leads us into a new season in a new location with a new sermon series. Be blessed by this message referring to the Strange Fire that Aaron's sons brought into the temple, only to pay for their disobedience with their lives, and know what that story means to us today.
Join us each week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 S Lawrence Ave, Lockport, IL 60441
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Guest speakers Billy & Katy Willis, Youth Alive Ministries, Illinois. Follow their work at Youth Alive Illinois
NOTE: As of October 3, we will be in our new location at Dellwood Park Community Center. Join us each Sunday for Worship at 10am. You're also welcome to come earlier to help with setting up! (And later for tear down). Blessings, Thrive Family!!
Pastor Brian Bougher completes our series on God of This City with a powerful message to remind us in Whom our hope is.
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Thrive Fest - 5th Anniversary Celebration! We are so glad you are joining us for this service as we are excited to share the baptisms of several amazing people, celebrate God's goodness and provision for 5 years as a church plant, and welcome our wonderful guest speaker, Pastor Phil Schneider, Superintendent of the Illinois Assemblies of God (idcag.org).
Watch the full service on our Facebook Page Videos or subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series "God of this City," and teaches about taking possession of what God has promised.
Thrive Fest is NEXT WEEK! Bring the entire family for a day of fellowship, fun, and celebration! Pastor Phil Schneider will be visiting from the Illinois District to give the message. Find more at the Thrive Fest 2021 Event Page. https://fb.me/e/Eup2VR8e
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Pastor Brian Bougher is back as we begin a new series, God of this City. Listen to this powerful service, which includes two amazing testimonies from Angela Bougher and Ximena Jensen. Listen to this service and be blessed.
Video clip used in service comes from Francis Chan's The Big Red Tractor. Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-4IsinRI0
Join us for Thrive Fest 2021! September 12, with guest speaker Pastor Phil Schnieder, Illinois District Superintendent.
Find out more: www.facebook.com/events/876325506299780
Associate Pastor Reichert Zalameda brings our message as we conclude our journey through the book of Colossians. We read through Colossians 4:7-18. to start.
Mark your calendars for September 12, as we celebrate our 5th anniversary with Thrive Fest 2021: Celebrating 5 Years! Thanks to purple-planet.com for our bumper music!
Pastor Reichert Zalameda takes use further into our deep-dive into Colossians. We being with Colossians 4:2-6.
Make plans to join us Sunday, September 12, for Thrive Fest! We'll be celebrating 5 years! Find out more on our Facebook Event page (https://fb.me/e/Eup2VR8e)
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Pastor Brian continues our journey through Colossians. We dive into the marriage relationship and how God designed marriage.
Mark your calendar for our mega celebration of our 5th Anniversary! Join us in Lockport for Thrive Fest on September 12. Find out more at encounterthrive.com or Facebook @encounterthrive.
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Pastor Brian Bougher teaches a powerful message from Colossians 3, including a much needed reminder of our need to turn our focus on Jesus, on the eternal, and not as much on the present.
Mark your calendars to join us for the 5th Anniversary Celebration of Thrive! September 12, 2021, 10am, Lockport City Hall. Details at encounterthrive.com.
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Associate Pastor Reichert Zalameda continues our series in Colossians called Colossal. Our message starts in Colossians 2:4-23.
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Mark your calendars for Thrive Fest! September 12, 2021, at 10am.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series called “Colossal.” We focus on the important aspects of faith and our beliefs from which we never deviate. We start in Colossians 1:23.
Mark your calendars now and make plans for our huge celebration of ThriveFest on September 12, 2021. It will be a special celebration including the commemoration of Thrive’s fifth birthday! All are welcome! Follow us on Facebook @encounterthrive or at encounterthrive.com.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series into Colossians, as we explore the importance of making it ALL ABOUT JESUS.
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Encounter God. Love People.
Happy 4th of July to all of our Thrive Family! We pray today is a joyous, fun day of celebration of freedom as purchased by the brave men and women who have faithfully served to protect our freedom, but also celebrating and reveling in the freedom bought by the blood of Jesus!
Our series is from the book of Colossians because God does BIG THINGS, bigger than just material things. Join us for this series each week, either right here on your favorite podcast platform, live Sundays at 10am CST on our Facebook page (@encounterthrive), or in person this summer at Lockport City Hall.
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The final installment of the series, "The Remnant." Pastor Brian Bougher teaches about the fact that throughout the Bible we see, over and over, that when hope is seemingly lost, there remains a remnant.
This installment focuses on Nehemiah and the Remnant that rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.
Thank you to Mayor Steven Streit and the City of Lockport for hosting Thrive Church at the Lockport Town Hall.
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Our series The Remnant continues as we honor and encourage our men who are fathers, step fathers, adoptive fathers, and spiritual fathers. Most importantly, we honor Our Heavenly Father. Happy Father's Day!
REMINDER: Next week (6/27) we are at the Lincoln Landing in downtown Lockport. Thank you to purple-planet.com for the bumper music!
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on The Remnant, as we continue to see that when all hope seems lost, God is working. And He is working through the remnant of faithful, Bible-believing Christ followers.
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Pastor Brian Bougher begins our new series called The Remnant in today’s message. We focus on the life, ministry, and martyrdom of John Rogers, and about how important that faith and faithfulness is in these times.
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Pastor Brian Bougher speaks about the importance of Peace as we conclude the Shuffle Playlist series, and we open up in our summer home at the Lockport American Legion.
Today's focus: Colossians 3:15
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Pastor Brian Bougher closes our time at the Moose in Lockport with a message reminding us of the simple Gospel, and the importance and blessing of doing our part in the Great Commission...or the Great CO-Mission with Christ.
From Matthew 28:16-20.
Join us next week at The American Legion, 15052 Archer Ave, Lockport, IL 60441
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Happy Mothers Day from Thrive Church to all the Moms, Grandmoms, and Moms to be!!! Thank you all for all you are and all you do!
Today's Message is delivered by Angela Bougher to celebrate this special Mother's Day.
Pastor Brian Bougher talks on the blessings of, and also the pain of, being pruned by God. There is blessing, growth, and awe when we submit and let the loving, skilled hand of God prune us for His good work!
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Today is Royal Family Kids- Lockport IL Sunday! Special guest Kimmy Zwartz, Director of RFK Lockport, and the first RFK Camper to become a director, shares about Royal Family Kids and her testimony, which is heavily influenced by her experiences at camp!
Find more at lockport.royalfamilykids.org or on their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/rfklockportIL
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Pastor Brian Bougher is joined by a panel of leaders within Thrive Church to touch on some important questions within the big "C" Church.
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Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on spiritual warfare and recognizing just who our enemy is.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our The King is Coming Series with our celebration of Jesus's Resurrection this Easter Sunday. Join us for this powerful message and reminder of God's love through His Son Jesus.
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Palm Sunday at Thrive Church. Service opened with Baptisms and then Pastor Brian Bougher brings us to the opening of Passion Week, the week leading to Calvary.
Join us for Good Friday Service this Friday at 7pm CST, Easter Service at 10am CST. More at: www.encounterthrive.com/easter
NOTE: The Baptisms and Testimonies are not included in this podcast. If you would like to view this special day's Baptisms, you can view our Live Stream here:
https://www.facebook.com/EncounterThrive/videos/352523242771711
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on The KING is Coming, our spring series leading into Easter. We talk about the King in our, as human beings, context.
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Christian version of the Cha Cha Slide! - The Bible Slide
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1dOc1_768
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Pastor Brian Bougher leads us through our journey through our series "The King is Coming." Today we talk about understanding the nature of the Father. We learn about the history of St. Patrick, who was not Irish. Video Clip: The History of Saint Patrick - a Short Story By YouTube User: jeremiahjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqWT2tk9Js
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series "The KING is Coming."
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Clip from video heard on message:
"Seven Way King" (aka That's My King) as spoken by Dr. S.M. Lockridge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqTFNfeDnE
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As we move into the Easter season, we dive into a series called "The King is Coming." Pastor Brian Bougher shares today's message as we await the King's Second Coming, and realize His first arrival was the plan from the beginning.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series, "The Love Series." We seek to answer the question, "What is God's definition of Love?"
The Scripture foundation for this series has been 1 Corinthians 13.
Clips from Friends used from Friends - Season 2, Episode 3
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series entitled "The Love Series." What is Love? Who defines it? Is it subjective? Let's dive in together! 1 Corinthians 13 is our source text.
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our Love Series, diving further into the "Love Chapter," 1 Corinthians 13, focusing on verses 4-5.
A clip from a movie appears in this message to help illustrate the point. Movie Clip Attribution is below.
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Movie Clip Attribution:
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Production Company: Apatow Productions
Distributed by: DreamWorks Pictures
All rights belong to the owners of the film. We claim no rights to the clip nor the film.
Celebrating the one year anniversary of Thrive being recognized as an autonomous church, we wanted to re-release this message from our Independence Sunday on February 2, 2020. In a year that became full of challenges and trials, 2020 was still a great year to Thrive!
Pastor Gary Blanchard from the Illinois District visited to bring a message to encourage Thrive Members to come expectantly and to be excited for what God is going to do in our THRIVEing church!
Pastor Brian Bougher returns to the pulpit to begin our Love Series. We open up with 1 Corinthians 13:1-3.
For more about Thrive Church, visit us at the all new encounterthrive.com.
Dr. Bob Eby is the Associate Professor and Director of the Burnett for Biblical Preaching at Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Dr. Eby gives our message today to speak about the importance of a name, and where names are changed in the Bible.
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Worship Pastor Reichert Zalameda concludes our 3 week series 21 for 21, a 3-week fast to "tithe" the new year to God.
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Worship Pastor Reichert Zalameda continues our 3 week series 21 for 21, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting for 2021. Pastor Reichert starts in Luke 5:12-26.
Join Thrive Church in Lockport, Illinois! We currently meet in the upper room of the Moose Lodge for in-person services at 10 on 10th. For those who are comfortable meeting in person, join us Sundays at the Moose Lodge, 118 E 10th Street, Lockport, IL 60441, at 10am. Connect with us at the all new encounterthrive.com or Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive.
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As we begin a new year, members of the Thrive Family are invited to join us in 21 days of fasting and prayer. Pastor Brian Bougher gives today's message to encourage us on this time of prayer and fasting for our church family, our church's future, our communities, our nation, and how each of us fits into God's plan.
We currently meet in the upper room of the Moose Lodge for in-person services at 10 on 10th. For those who are comfortable meeting in person, join us Sundays at the Moose Lodge, 118 E 10th Street, Lockport, IL 60441, at 10am. Connect with us at the all new encounterthrive.com or Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive.
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Please note there was no service on 12/27/2020.
In this week's message, we continue to study the story of The Advent with a message of love, presented by Pastor Brian Bougher.
Join Thrive Church in Lockport, Illinois! We currently meet in the upper room of the Moose Lodge for in-person services at 10 on 10th. For those who are comfortable meeting in person, join us Sundays at the Moose Lodge, 118 E 10th Street, Lockport, IL 60441, at 10am. Connect with us at the all new encounterthrive.com or Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive.
NOTE: Next week's Christmas Extravaganza cannot be shared via podcast. View the video here:
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Pastor Brian Bougher continues our celebration and study of Advent with a message of Peace.
Join Thrive Church in Lockport, Illinois! We currently meet in the upper room of the Moose Lodge for in-person services at 10 on 10th. For those who are comfortable meeting in person, join us Sundays at the Moose Lodge, 118 E 10th Street, Lockport, IL 60441, at 10am. Connect with us at the all new encounterthrive.com or Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive.
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Worship Pastor Reichert Zalameda opens up our Advent series with a message on Hope.
Join Thrive Church in Lockport, Illinois! We currently meet in the upper room of the Moose Lodge for in-person services at 10 on 10th. For those who are comfortable meeting in person, join us Sundays at the Moose Lodge, 118 E 10th Street, Lockport, IL 60441, at 10am. Connect with us at the all new encounterthrive.com or Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive.
In the first men's retreat for the men of Thrive, Pastor Brian Bougher shares the final of a 3 part message about a man's walk with Christ.
Part 2 of 3 from Pastor Brian Bougher about a man's walk with Christ. This series is part of Thrive's first men's retreat this fall.
In the first men's retreat for the men of Thrive, Pastor Brian Bougher shares the first of a 3 part message about a man's walk with Christ.
Pastor Brian Bougher wraps up our series on the end times. There is a new Earth, a New Jerusalem, and New Heavens to come.
We continue our 3 week study of the end times and the return of Christ with Pastor Brian Bougher.
Pastor Brian Bougher opens our new series, End of the World as We Know It. In part one, we start our exploration of the end times, what it means, what are the signs, and how should we live?
Pastor Gary 'Papa G' Grogan is our guest pastor for this week. In this message, he teaches on Real Freedom; not the kind we might enjoy in America, but the real freedom in Christ!
Pastor Brian Bougher finishes our series on Heart for the House. Here, we learn about the importance of finding a need in God's house and Kingdom and filling it.
In part three of our series on Heart for the House, Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on what it means to be a servant.
Pastor Brian Bougher opens our new series on Hope for the House. Today, we focus on The Church, God's house.
Pastor Brian Bougher completes our series Woke or Broke. as he challenges us to rise to the calling of being A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series about being Woke or Broke...are you awake in Christ? Or are you broke in the world? Are you taking Jesus to those who no one else would go to?
We hear from Joe S., who has been in Prison Ministry for over 30 years. He shares his powerful testimony and how he serves in prison, where he has many brothers in Christ who are more free in prison than many who live outside those walls.
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our series on Woke or Broke. The simple, powerful question is this: Why don't we tell them, all of them and any of them, Who Jesus is?
Pastor Brian Bougher reminds us: ALL of it, the Bible, life, the way to God...it is ALL about JESUS!
Pastor Brian Bougher begins our new series with part one of Heal Our Land. Pastor Brian invites Pastor Thaddeus Searcy, pastor at Freedom Church in Lansing, IL, to discuss the issues facing our country and the American Church. This was Thrive's first in-person service post lock downs as a drive-in service at Kelvin Grove.
Pastor Brian Bougher speaks about one of his favorite moments in the Bible, the road to Emmaus.
Our message this week for Palm Sunday will prepare our hearts for Passion Week and Jesus's sacrifice on the Cross for us.
Thrive member Kimmy Zwartz shares her testimony and the impact that Royal Family Kids Camp had in her life. Thrive Church helped Kimmy put on the first Royal Family Kids Camp for Lockport in October 2020. The second camp is scheduled for July 2021. Find out more at www.facebook.com/rfklockportil
Pastor Gary Blanchard from the Illinois District visited to bring a message to encourage Thrive Members to come expectantly and to be excited for what God is going to do in our THRIVE-ing church!
Pastor Brian Bougher continues our Best Year Ever series with a message entitled Under Authority.
In our third of four messages in our Best Year Ever series, Pastor Brian Bougher discusses the importance of Prayer.