New Heights Church: Recent Episodes
New Heights Church Mission
As we continue to walk through our Life Plan process, we look this month at our vision and what we've been hearing so far.
Learn now God guides us to reframe the old, recognize the new, and respond with purpose and a plan.
Greg talks about the value of honest prayer along with a panel talking about their experience with prayer.
Greg teaches us how to leave our troubles behind and step into hope based on the story of God's people.
Peter is given a vision to welcome the Gentiles into the way of Jesus. This is all about that experience and what it means for us today.
Greg talks about the healing of Tabitha (Dorcas) and what it means for us today to believe in God's kingdom breaking into earth.
Bishop Cliff from the Free Methodist Church in Canada visited New Heights last Sunday and talked about "The Blessing". [Numbers 6:22-26]
Greg Elford talks about what Easter means to us as a community and how we can live into the new life Jesus has for us.
From the series "The Handoff" (Acts 8). In this teaching, Greg Elford takes a deeper look into how we operate by the spirit vs being in the spirit.
From the series "The Handoff" (Acts 7). In this teaching, Greg Elford talks on how self-preservation is an important aspect to protect and look inwardly but that it can easily become a selfish act. As followers of Jesus we want to look outwardly and become a church that is built for its non members and a place where people can come and feel welcome.
From the series "The Handoff" (Acts 6:1-7). In this teaching, Ben Abercrombie and Cam Taylor tag team the topic of conflict resolution in the community of Jesus.
From the series "The Handoff" (Acts 5). In this teaching, Ben Abercrombie speaks on Acts 5 and how the temple of the Old Testament takes place in a new bodily form through the Holy Spirit's dwelling place.
From the series "The Handoff" (part 3). In this teaching, Greg Elford speaks on Acts 4:13 and the person of Jesus and how he operates and gives us the invitation to die to our old self and create a new life in Him.
From the series "The Handoff". In this teaching Greg Elford speaks on Acts 2:42-47, the Fellowship of the Believers. The early church, what it means to be a community and how it can influence the way we do church here in Mission.
Greg Elford introduces our new series; The Handoff. Greg looks at how the life and legacy of Jesus shaping our life as followers of Jesus on the ground.
Luke 24: 45-53
Acts 1:1-11
Cam Taylor shares the importance of what it means to live an undistracted life by finding meaning in purpose in a life of apprenticeship to Jesus.
Proverbs 4:20-27
Nehemiah 6:2-4
3 ways to think of living an undistracted life:
- You need a purpose that’s big enough to actually live for
- Focus your attention on the people and the activities that actually matter
- Anticipate the joy and satisfaction that comes from living undistracted
This week Greg Elford closed out the Creative Minority series by discussing our participation. As Christians, we are members of a deeply intertwined network, dedicated to living in the way of Jesus and bringing forth renewal in our world.
Greg reminds us that our participation ultimately means we are responsible for being fully vested in our community, not withdrawn or separate from those going against God's will. Just as Jesus called upon the ordinary to push for transformation in the world, we do the same and show up for the vulnerable by using the resources and privileges we carry.
[Matthew 13]
Ben Abercrombie shares the formation of an alternative humble allegiance.
Daniel 9:1-19
Ben Abercrombie continues the series with a talk on ethics and influence in our cultural moment.
Daniel 1:1-8
Jeremiah 29:1-11
A talk on covenantal community, missional communities, HUBS, and huddles. A facilitated conversation with guest speakers, questions and answers.
Ben Abercrombie and Greg Elford take on a talk introducing what a creative minority is. The talked is based off the book "A Creative Minority" by Jon Tyson and Heather Grizzle.
John 10:1-11
Greg Elford shares with us what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, and how we submit and surrender as people of faith.
Romans: 7,8
Ben Abercrombie discusses what it means to be a friend of Jesus to becoming a follower. Why would someone even submit to Jesus? What biblical examples do we have of that? Service, submission, surrender.
Luke 5:1-11
Cam Taylor shares what it means to be a friend, to become a friend, and to live as a friend in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Mike Abercrombie shares about how we can grow roots with our kids and how we can be children of God.
Mark 10:13
Greg Elford shares what it means to be baptized and our new identity in Christ, dying to oneself and being in the spirit.
Cam Taylor and Carrie Prentice team up and share the story of Zaccheus and give personal testimony.
Brett Mathews speaks on justice, covenant, transition, blessing, and actions of worship.
Isaiah 58:6-10
Matthew 3:13-17
Mike Abercrombie talks about the baptism of Jesus and how we can find peace in transition.
Brett Matthews (our summer intern) shares about the people being delivered from Egypt Finding stillness in the chaos and trusting in the deliverance of Yahweh!
Exodus 14
1,2 Samuel
Ben Abercrombie shares the transition of David from Shepherd to King and parts of his life that required healthy transition.
Jess Stefick shares a talk on transition amidst crisis.
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Becoming familiar with Ruth and Naomi's story
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What Ruth and Naomi's story suggests about Gods character in the midst of great crisis and transition
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Prompts to reflect us on your life with God in loss, transition and change
Greg Elford shares the introduction to our new Summer series; Finding Your Sea Legs.
Matthew 14:22-33
Greg Elford shares the last talk from our 6-month series – The Good Story (Gospel and Mission).
Jeremiah 29:1-14
Ben Abercrombie shares about culture, what that means to us and what Jesus' recipe was to change a culture.
Zach Wallace speaks about what it means to live on mission, seeking and saving the lost, and being ready to listen and participate in living to the missional calling God has given each one of us.
Acts 10; 1-48
I am Second Film: https://www.iamsecond.com/film/kathie-lee-gifford/
Greg Elford shares with us the canvasing the apostles’ rendering/experience of the gospel. Specifically looking at Paul, John, and Peter.
Ben Abercrombie teaches about Peter's angle of the gospel story.
Matthew 16:17-18
Matthew 16:23
Acts 4:5-12
1 Peter 2:4-10
1 Peter 1:3-4
Greg Elford shares a message of the good news of Jesus death and resurrection and what that means for us.
Cam Taylor shares with us a way to look at how Jesus presents Himself in relationship to the Good Story?
Matthew 5:17-18
Matthew 21: 1-11
Greg Elford brings us to understand how Jesus is part of the gospel story. Weather of not Jesus understood the gospel? Did Jesus know the gospel? Was everything before the cross the gospel? Did Jesus know he was preaching the gospel? Those are questions we are diving into this next month as we enter the Jesus series.
[Matthew 26:6]
Zach Wallace brings us a message about how we find the gospel of Jesus in the Old Testament. We are looking at Exodus 19:5-6 as the grounding message. Zach speaks about the theme of covenant with the Israelites and how that contrasts to the New Testament of the life, death, resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Greg Elford shares the gospel and mission of Paul's life. We look at the time frame of Acts 17 where he travels through Greece to teach about Jesus the Messiah.
As part of the Good Story Series, Greg Elford shares about salvation culture verses gospel culture. Greg asks the question; does gospel culture serve as an umbrella for salvation culture, or does salvation culture become gospel culture? We look at how Paul describes some of the oral traditions of what the people that were around in his time passed on to him and called "gospel". 1 Corinthians 15, Romans 1:1-7, Romans 10.
From the Series "The Good Story". Ben Abercrombie goes into more depth about who Paul is and what Paul's gospel was. [Luke 1:1-4] [ 1 Corinthians 15]
Cam Taylor and Zach Wallace share with us to see three ways God guides us as we live in the kingdom of God. With direction, correction, and invitation.
Isaiah 9:1-7
Matthew 4:12-17
Ben Abercrombie invites us into considering the placement of your intellectual furniture when we consider what the good story is, and to posture our hearts more deeply to Jesus and to come with questions to scripture. [Luke 3: 1-9]
The application questions for the week:
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Did Luke's story of the Good News story challenge your understanding of what you know and understand of the gospel to be?
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Could learning more about the story of Jesus foster a more lively encounter with him?
Part One is the Series of "The Good Story." This is a 6-month series where we'll be looking at different angles of mission and gospel throughout the Old and New Testament. In this episode Greg kicked the series off with Psalm 42, 43, and Luke 24:13-32.
Ben Abercrombie and Cam Taylor ask the question: "how is God inviting you to grow and serve in 2022?"
Passage is from Philippians 3: 12-16
Cam Taylor shares with us the peace that rules in us with through the power of Jesus. He wants to be with us, around us, and live in us. Our anchor verse for this week is John 1: 14 MSG.
From the series "Outfitted," a talk from Greg Elford on a life devoted to prayer. This was the last talk from the book of Colossians.
From the series "Outfitted," a talk from Ben Abercrombie on spiritual fullness in community. Looking at Colossians 3.