South Bend City Church: Recent Episodes
SBCC
Jason Miller - We're living in a moment that one journalist described as "The Anti-Social Century." And whether you feel the consequences of our growing disconnection or not, the decline in community and belonging is causing real problems for all of us. But what if this modern problem can be addressed by an ancient solution - a practice that has always been within reach for the Church?
If you're interested in joining a local Table this fall but have questions, stick around after either gathering on August 16th for an interest meeting. If you're a long-distance community member and want more information on our Table via Zoom, email Becky Ykema.
What's Happening
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on August 23 at 12:15p.
- Send a note of gratitude and encouragement to our lead pastor, Jason Miller, by Sunday, August 16th, as we celebrate 10 years of his vision and work with SBCC.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Beth Graybill - What happens when old identities get stripped and restored to something new? As we wrap up our Jesus Stories series, Beth Graybill explores the story of the bleeding woman and her life-changing energetic exchange with Jesus. And how the same exchange can be true for us, too.
What's Happening
- Interested in learning more about local Tables? Join us on August 16th after either of our gatherings to learn more
- Long-distance community interested in a Table via Zoom? Email info@southbendcitychurch.com
- Sign up to volunteer
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema - This is the story of Zacchaeus encountering Jesus, and the invitation for all of us to climb down and be with Jesus and among others in community. Seeing can only do so much. Being WITH, is where real formation occurs.
What’s Happening
- Sign up to volunteer on our greeter and hospitality teams. Questions? Email us!
- Join us on Discord!
- Make sure to create an account or sign in with your full first and last name as well as a picture of yourself to help keep our server safe.
- If you are on our server, but can't see the collective, forum, care, etc. make sure to check your messages!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Sean Palmer - What would you do if you believed you could not fail, that God and God's kingdom was always near you, especially after failure? In our second week of Jesus Stories, Sean Palmer asks if it could be that God is inviting you to step into a new venture, new season, or new identity and promises to be with you.
What's Happening
- Sign up to volunteer on our band or tech teams. Questions? Email Becky Ykema.
- Join us Contemplative Prayer, happening every Wednesday at noon at the Community Learning Center at the SJCPL. And check out the #contemplative-prayer channel on Discord for updates on schedule and location.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mike Goldsworthy - Our origin stories shape us more than we know, and not always in ways that serve us. As we kick off our Jesus Stories series, Mike Goldsworthy explores the moment Nathanael nearly dismissed Jesus based on his hometown, and what that reveals about the internalized assumptions we carry about ourselves and where we come from.
What's Happening
- Sign up to volunteer in SBCC Kids. Questions? Email Karen Grant.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Becky Ykema - As we come to the end of our series exploring the Psalms, we're taking note of the invitation to bring everything forward in the presence of God. Click here to download a digital copy of A Blessing While on the Journey.
What's Happening
- We're pleased to share that we recently received the 2026 Partners for Clean Air Award from the Michiana Area Council of Governments in recognition of our sustainability efforts at The Tribune. We're grateful that our efforts save $6,000 a year which can be used in other areas of need.
- Join us in observing a Sabbath Sunday on July 5th. For more information about why we take a Sunday off, and other details, head to our website.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - If the Psalms give us an anatomy of the soul, then we should figure out what to do with its prayers of penitence. Is "sin" a concept that still matters, and if so, how should we think about it when it's been used in such harmful or unhelpful ways?
What's Happening
- Join our Discord and check out the care channel for Meal Train opportunities or volunteer on the care team.
- Join us in observing a Sabbath Sunday on July 5th. For more information about why we take a Sunday off, and other details, head to our website.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Shannon Cullinan - You may have seen the news about our new neighbors in downtown South Bend. The University of Notre Dame is undertaking a major redevelopment project, and the other South Bend Tribune building just to the south of our home is at the center of that project. Our lead pastor, Jason Miller, sat down with the University's executive vice president, Shannon Cullinan, to talk about the origin of the project, the vision for the neighborhood, and the concerns that some may have as changes come to downtown.
To learn more and see renderings of the work, visit https://www.colfaxcorner.com/.
Becky Ykema and Jason Miller - Our very own Becky Ykema has gathered up years of experience from different church contexts to write a book that's full of wisdom. Her new work, Composing Church, encourages us in what can happen when we leave behind the image management and performance pressure and reclaim a space to be with God and one another. In our gatherings this week, our lead pastor, Jason, sat down with Becky to draw out the stories and insights she shares in her book. If you'd like to get a copy, find it on Amazon.
What's Happening
- Listen to the conversation between Jason and Notre Dame Executive Vice President Shannon Cullinan about the developments downtown. You can find it on Tuesday, June 16, on our website or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
- Join us in observing a Sabbath Sunday on July 5th. For more information about why we take a Sunday off, and other details, head to our website.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Like many of the prayers in the book of Psalms, Psalm 24 speaks of the longing to be with God. But it offers both a warning and a hope for all of us who would respond to that desire.
What's Happening
- Join us in observing a Sabbath Sunday on July 5th. For more information about why we take a Sunday off, and other details, head to our website.
- Join our neighbors at the Cathedral of St. James for their Pride Eucharist on June 27th or check out more resources during this Pride Month.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Sean Palmer - Psalm 90 is Moses, the greatest leader in Israeli history, looking back on life, meaning, and how to live well. The psalm invites us to take every day for the gift it is.
You can find a written version of the prayer from John Ortberg HERE.
What's Happening
- If you’re a student (grades 6-12) and student family, sign up for the potluck on June 7th from 12:30-2p.
- Interested in our fall Ireland/Northern Ireland Pilgrimage trip? Fill out the interest form before June 5.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Psalm 82 is unique in the book of Psalms. Its conception of the gods, and God's own speech in the poem, invite us to consider the problem of injustice and our part in bringing about change.
What's Happening
- Join us for our Spring Picnic on May 24 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Sign up to give blood with the SBMF at our picnic from 10:30a-1p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving. This week we shared a Quarterly Financial Update for Q3 and you can find the text version of that report, on our website.
Jason Miller - The spiritual genius of the Psalms isn't found only in individual prayers, but in observing the larger movements of life and spirit attested to in this collection. This week in our gatherings, we spent time not just observing this wisdom, but practicing it together.
Songs for Reflection:
1) O Magnum Mysterium by the Nordic Chamber Choir and Nicol Matt
2) On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter
3) Sonho Dourado from the Friday Night Lights Soundtrack
What’s Happening
- If you're a student (grades 6-12) and student family, sign up for the potluck on June 7th from 12:30-2p.
- Join us for our Spring Picnic on May 24 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Sign up to give blood with the SBMF at our picnic from 10:30a-1p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Lament is the most frequent form of prayer in the Psalms, but those laments typically end in praise. How do we allow these turns from protest to praise to inform our own prayers without settling for something performative?
What’s Happening
- Join us for our Spring Picnic on May 24 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Sign up to give blood with the SBMF at our picnic from 10:30a-1p.
- Let us know you’re interested in our pilgrimages by filling out this form (local and long-distance community welcome!).
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - A poet celebrates the glory they find in the skies above and reminds us of how little time we spend out there under those skies these days. But there's more going on in Psalm 19, including a warning about idolatry, a longing for right paths, and a revelation about how it is that we give glory to God.
What's Happening
- Join us for our Spring Picnic on May 24 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Sign up to give blood with the SBMF at our picnic from 10:30a-1p.
- Join us on May 3 at 10:15a for a quick interest meeting about the Ireland/Northern Ireland Pilgrimage.
- Let us know you’re interested in our pilgrimages by filling out this form (local and long-distance community welcome!).
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We live in a world with seemingly endless needs and towering injustices, all begging for a response. And we each have gifts and energies to offer in making beautiful things. With all that's in front of us, and all that's within us, how do we discern what is ours to do? It probably begins by hearing the deep conversation that's always happening between our lives and the Giver of our lives. The Book of Psalms will help us enter that conversation with honesty and hope. John Calvin said these prayers show us the anatomy of the soul, and we'll be taking notes on the things we've always had within us.
What’s Happening
- Interested in our fall Ireland/Northern Ireland Pilgrimage trip, but have more questions? Join us on April 26 or May 3 at 10:15a for a quick interest meeting.
- Let us know you’re interested in our pilgrimages by filling out this form (local and long-distance community welcome!).
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table, happening on April 26 at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In our final week with John's gospel, we're looking at the story Peter and the other disciples might have been telling themselves about everything that had happened, and the way Jesus helps them find a new story.
What's Happening
- Interested in our fall Ireland/Northern Ireland Pilgrimage, but have more questions? Join us on April 26 or May 3 at 10:15a for a quick interest meeting.
- Let us know you're interested in our pilgrimages by filling out this form (local and long-distance community welcome!).
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table, happening on April 26 at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
This Easter, as we continue our journey through the Gospel of John, we're celebrating the creative power of God. When it seems like we've completely unmade all that is good or beautiful, God is just getting started.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table, happening on April 26 at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Each year on Good Friday, we gather at noon to give witness to Jesus as he willingly gives his life away. This simple gathering includes songs, a brief reflection, a Gospel reading of the story of Jesus' death, and invitation to the table for Eucharist.
Jason Miller - When the crowds rally around Jesus as he enters the city of Jerusalem, what expectations did they bring? Did they hope for a vision of power that He had given them, or did they simply hope that He would occupy the same, tired visions of power that keep breaking the world?
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table, happening on April 26 at 12:15p.
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year, including Baptism.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or signing up to volunteer. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As Jesus prepares his friends to deal with his departure, he warns them to not have troubled hearts. But what about all of the things that are so troubling in the world? How do we allow ourselves to be moved by brokenness and suffering while remaining rooted in a deeper peace?
What's Happening
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year, including Baptism.
- Register for South Bend Pilgrimage or join the waitlist
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or signing up to volunteer. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema - Today's teaching comes from John 13, when we see Jesus choose to wash the disciples' feet in one of his final remaining acts before he goes to the cross. We explore what Jesus has to teach us in both giving and receiving an act of embodied love.
What's Happening
- Join us for Stations in the Street.
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year, including Baptism.
- Register for South Bend Pilgrimage or join the waitlist
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In John 10, Jesus is concerned about people who may try to lead his sheep astray. 2,000 years later, we're still learning to discern the sound of his voice from other voices that may claim to speak for him or represent his agenda, especially at a time when warfare is portrayed as the means by which God's kingdom will arrive.
What's Happening
- Register for South Bend Pilgrimage or join the waitlist
- Register for Baptism
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In John 9, Jesus's disciples ask a question that so many of us ask when someone suffers or something goes wrong - whose fault is it? But rather than satisfy our desire for an answer, Jesus seizes the opportunity for healing and glory, and the man's healing disrupts the expectations of the people around him.
What's Happening
- Register for Baptism
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema, Zach Gillis, and the SBCC Team - During this first Sunday of Lent, our community entered into a liturgy that reminded us of what this season is about and offered us the opportunity to respond through the practice of singing.
What’s Happening
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year.
- Check out our volunteer opportunities.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Throughout the gospel of John, Jesus' identity and authority are challenged by others and reasserted by him. But maybe the important question isn't simply whether Jesus has authority, but what he does with it.
What's Happening
- Join us for some special gatherings and practices during Holy Week this year.
- Find the text version of our Quarterly Financial Update on our website.
- Check out our volunteer opportunities.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
David Armstrong, Daniel Saunders, John Herron, Jason Miller - From the beginning of SBCC’s story, a friendship has been growing with the people of Redeemer Central Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This weekend, we had the privilege of a visit from seven of Redeemer’s leaders who made the trip across the pond to be with us. In our gatherings, we explored the ways Redeemer holds space for doubt and faith; the power of Redeemer’s practice of prayer; and the wisdom they’ve gained in the context of a post-conflict society.
What's Happening
- Join us in reading James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree and RSVP to the roundtable discussion.
- Head to our website to find a list of Black History Month events happening in our city.
- Register for our Lent Workshop or listen to our conversation with our guide, Dr. Macie Sweet.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Karen Grant, Zach Gillis, and team - In this special gathering, we celebrated the vulnerability and power of love and the meaning of family, with some of our parents coming before the church to dedicate themselves as they raise children.
What's Happening
- Register for the St. Margaret's House Winter Walk.
- Join us in reading James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree and RSVP to the roundtable discussion.
- Head to our website to find a list of Black History Month events happening in our city.
- Register for our Lent Workshop or listen to our conversation with our guide, Dr. Macie Sweet.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
We continue our series in John looking at John chapter 6 where Jesus declares to the crowd that he is the bread of life. Together we explore what it means to fed by the one who calls himself our daily bread, and how this feeding forms us. This teaching references Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
What's Happening
- Join us in reading James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree and RSVP to the roundtable discussion.
- Head to our website to find a list of Black History Month events happening in our city.
- Register for our Lent Workshop or listen to our conversation with our guide, Dr. Macie Sweet.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Dr. Macie Sweet and Jason Miller - This year during Lent, we're offering a workshop with Dr. Macie Sweet, a scholar of medieval theology at the University of Notre Dame. For two thousand years, depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus have been portrayed through art. Age by age, artistic relics have given historians a glimpse into both cultural and theological focuses by how the cross and Jesus are represented. To register for the workshop, head to our website.
This episode includes a discussion of three historical depictions of the cross. Check out the images for yourself with these links:
- Palatine graffito
- 4th century sarcophagus with scenes from the passion
- Man of Sorrows, Geertegen tot Sint Jans
Jason Miller - As we face the world with all of its pain, fear, and violence, we might feel some common ground with the disciples of Jesus who find themselves in dangerous waters. The Gospel of John, with its interest not merely in the events of Jesus' life, but the meaning of Jesus' life, invites us to a practice of the presence of God that can help us bring peace to others.
The Substack written by Nadia Bolz-Weber, and referenced throughout today's teaching, can be found here: Dear Nadia, I'm struggling with the world's weight.
What's Happening
- Find more info or register for our Lent Workshop, “The Cross Through the Ages: Artistic Shifts that Inform Our Faith” guided by Dr. Macie Sweet.
- Join our Discord!
- Join us for Family Dedication on February 8th at our 9a + 11a gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - When Jesus and his disciples face a situation of scarcity, Jesus ratchets up the tension with a question to Philip. The scene is set with important details, and the action has some surprises.
What's Happening
- Save the date for our Lent Workshop "The Cross Through the Ages: Artistic Shifts that Inform Our Faith" guided by Dr. Macie Sweet. This workshop will happen on Thursdays (2/26, 3/5, 3/19, 3/26) from 7-8:30p.
- Join us for Family Dedication on January 25th at our 9a + 11a gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - When religious leaders confront Jesus and Jesus condemns them, is their failure a failure of doctrine? Should we easily condemn them, too? Or are they showing us a liability we share with them, and inviting us into a braver posture in the world?
This weekend, in response to the grief that we carry in our own lives, the lives of our neighbors, and after the events of the past week, we spent time in the practice of Prayers of the People.
What’s Happening
- Register your family for Family Dedication happening on January 25th
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table happening on January 11th
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We're returning to our walk through the Gospel of John, with the story of a man in search of healing, a community that failed to help, and the resistance he faced once he had been healed.
What's Happening
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table happening on January 11th
- Register your family for Family Dedication happening on January 25th
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Zach Gillis, and team - The arrival of God comes not with shock and awe, not with the overwhelming power of morning, but with the subtle, even vulnerable presence of a candle flame in the darkness. But together, as we carry that light, may it fill the world. We pre-recorded our Christmas Eve gathering so that, wherever you are, you can sing, pray, celebrate and reflect, lighting candles with us as we welcome the advent of Christ this Christmas.
What's Happening
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Reminder that there will be no gatherings or podcast this weekend, December 28th.
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on January 11.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema - On the shortest day, or "longest night", of the year, our local and long-distance community joined together on Zoom for a guided time of reflection, song and prayer as we held space for grief and longing, in a season often marked by joy and celebration. This liturgy was also pre-recorded for those that couldn't join us and for those that want to revisit it throughout the year.
You can find the digital liturgy guide in our website library.
Jason Miller - As we begin our Advent path, walking together toward Christmas, we’re celebrating the good news that God’s love isn’t love in the abstract; it’s love in the neighborhood. This last week of Advent, we're looking at a subtle feature in Luke's story of Christmas, one with powerful implications for where and when we expect to meet God.
What's Happening
- Join us on Christmas Eve at 4p or 11p.
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Find the rest of our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miler and Dave Armstrong - As we pursue a vision of love in the neighborhood, we've been continually inspired by a kindred community in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The people of Redeemer Central Church are following Jesus and stewarding a sacred space in the heart of their city, and as we've taken on the call to reactivate the Tribune as a place for the people of South Bend, their story is encouraging us in ours. Our lead pastor, Jason Miller, was with Redeemer in Belfast this week, and he and David Armstrong from Redeemer sat down to share the story of how these two communities are walking together.
To give to the Christmas Offering, which will, in part, go to Redeemer Central Church, click here.
Mark Waltz, Grace Baker, Pam Blair, and Marty McIntosh - As we begin our Advent path, walking together toward Christmas, we’re celebrating the good news that God’s love isn’t love in the abstract; it’s love in the neighborhood. This week, we're hearing from members of SBCC's American South delegation who recently traveled to New Orleans, Selma, and Montgomery to learn more about our complicated and often unjust history, and to be challenged and inspired by modern day peacemakers who are working for something better.
What’s Happening
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Join us for The Longest Night Liturgy on Zoom (December 21 at 6p)
- Register your family for Family Dedication, happening on January 25, 2026.
- Find the rest of our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Beth Graybill, TaKisha Jacobs, and Corrie Commisso - As we begin our Advent path, walking together toward Christmas, we’re celebrating the good news that God’s love isn’t love in the abstract; it’s love in the neighborhood. This week, as we light the Advent candle for peace, we're sharing the story of TaKisha Jacobs and her work to intervene in the face of gun violence in South Bend, and the way that Corrie Commisso came alongside Takisha to turn that story into a memoir. To learn more about TaKisha's forthcoming book, visit takishajacobs.com.
What's Happening
- For more info on the South Bend Pilgrimage, or to sign up for the waitlist, head to our website.
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- View our Advent Art Guide online, or stop by in person for a physical copy.
- Find our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As we begin our Advent path, walking together toward Christmas, we're celebrating the good news that God's love isn't love in the abstract; it's love in the neighborhood.
What's Happening
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- View our Advent Art Guide online, or stop by in person for a physical copy.
- Find our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - To celebrate Thanksgiving, we took a few minutes to consider the reasons it’s good to give thanks, and then members of our community shared some of the things they’re thankful for.
What's Happening
- View our Advent Art Guide online, or stop by in person for a physical copy.
- Find our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Reach out to Karen Grant if you need more information about Kids Sing.
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Michael Hidalgo - Many of us struggle with the faith we were handed earlier in life. We find it too narrow or exclusionary or harmful. But how to do we pass on something better.
Michael is a trusted friend of SBCC, was the pastor of Denver Community Church for 18 years, and joined us this week to share a teaching on how we can give something better to the world.
What's Happening
- Join our Discord! If you need help getting your account set up, head our website for video and text tutorials.
- Check out and sign up for our Listener Map.
- Check out our Advent Art Guide with art and reflections from SBCC community members, friends of SBCC, and historical sources. Or join us in person to pick up a physical copy.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Jesus chooses to enter Samaria and meet with a Samaritan woman in an act of cultural subversion. While there, his strange conversation with the woman illuminates the surprising ways God might be speaking to us as we seek the beautiful life to which God calls us.
What's Happening
- View our Quarterly Financial Report (Q1)
- Check out our conversation with Becky Ykema, our new full-time staff member with a focus on worship and formation.
- Join our Discord!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Becky Ykema - As SBCC's staff leadership grows, we're excited to welcome Becky Ykema to our team full-time, focusing on the areas of worship and formation. Becky sat down with our lead pastor, Jason Miller, to share some of her story, and for the two of them to think out loud together about the ways SBCC worships and is formed.
Sean Palmer - John the Baptist is confronted with the growth of Jesus' ministry and baptisms, raising questions about John's significance and our relationship to humility.
Sean Palmer is the author of Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors, and Communicators (IVP 2022) and 40 Days on Being a Three (Enneagram Daily Reflections). He is also the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, one of America’s most innovative and vibrant multi-site churches, serving a predominance of Millennials and young adults. Sean and his wife, Rochelle, have been married for over 25-years and are parents to two adult daughters. He is also a long-time friend of SBCC, and we’re thrilled to have him back.
We were also joined by Sharon Irving, a new friend of SBCC. Sharon Irving is a singer, songwriter, worship leader, poet, rapper, actress, and voice over artist. She is an inspiring ‘voice for the voiceless’, a passionate wordsmith spewing truth and inspiration, singing songs of life and love motivated by her personal experiences and undergirded by her Christian beliefs.
What's Happening
- Find our Holiday schedule on our website!
- Get tickets for INKSTORIES at Stockroom East on November 8th at 7p
- RSVP to the next New to SBCC Table, happening on November 9th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - A religious leader whose world has just been threatened by Jesus' cleansing in the temple comes to Jesus in the night in curiosity and confusion. Jesus has a lot to say to Nicodemus, including that he must be "born again". What might Jesus have meant, and what does it mean for us today?
What’s Happening
- RSVP to the next New to SBCC Table, happening on November 9th at 12:15p.
- Get tickets for INKSTORIES at Stockroom East on November 8th at 7p or submit your storyteller application
- RSVP to Student Friendsgiving on November 2nd at 5:30p (for students in grades 6-12 and their families)
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema - We are continuing the sermon series looking at the life of Jesus through the gospel of John. Today's teaching is from John 2:13-25 where Jesus turns tables and opens doors.
What's Happening
- Get tickets for INKSTORIES at Stockroom East on November 8th at 7p or submit your storyteller application
- RSVP to Student Friendsgiving on November 2nd at 5:30p (for students in grades 6-12 and their families)
- Join our Discord! Having trouble? Head to the following links for a video tutorial or a text tutorial on how to get set up.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In what the gospel writer calls the first sign of Jesus' glory, Jesus responds to a shortage of wine at a wedding. It's a beautiful story with plenty of meaning at the basic level, but what happens when we also understand its symbolic levels of meaning?
This week's gatherings also featured an interview of Prashan De Visser, founder and president of Global Unites. To learn more, visit globalunites.org.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our Student's Friendsgiving happening on November 2nd.
- Submit an application to share your tattoo story at INK STORIES, happening on November 8th at 7p at Stockroom East.
- Join us for our Fall Picnic at Leeper Park on October 12 from 11a-1p or sign up to donate blood at the SBMF mobile unit.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema, Beth Graybill, and team - This Sunday, we took an intentional pause from diving into one particular passage in the book of John and hosted a DTR or “define the relationship” with Jesus. The sermon includes three reflection points: noting when we first encountered Jesus in our own lives, when it got complicated, and finally what what we are seeking after in our relationship with Jesus now.
We used 3 songs in our reflections, which solely belong to the artists below:
Atlantic - Sleeping at Last
Moon - Sleeping at Last
Ascent, Pt 1 - Hymns for the Architect
What’s Happening
- Submit an application to share your tattoo story at INK STORIES, happening on November 8th at 7p at Stockroom East.
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, October 5 at 12:15p.
- Join us for our Fall Picnic at Leeper Park on October 12 from 11a-1p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Our journey through the Gospel of John continues with the question of John the Baptist and the calling of the first disciples.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, October 5 at 12:15p.
- Join us for our Fall Picnic at Leeper Park on October 12 from 11a-1p.
- Register for the South Bend Pilgrimage happening October 31-November 1.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As we enter the fall season, we’re also beginning a new project together: following Jesus through the gospel of John. We begin with the prologue to the gospel, where the writer re-tells the creation story and includes within it a vision of the Word of God that calls us forward to our own best selves.
What’s Happening
- Register for the South Bend Pilgrimage happening October 31-November 1.
- Join us for our Fall Picnic at Leeper Park on October 12 from 11a-1p.
- Find more information about, or register for, Raising Kids With a Faith of Their Own While Working Out Your Own Faith with Karen Grant.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As we enter the fall season, we're also beginning a new project together: following Jesus through the gospel of John. Before we begin in earnest, we took a week to explain why this text might be important for our community right now.
What's Happening
- Find more information about, or register for, our two Fall Workshops: Recovery from Distorted Images of God, Self and Others with Dale and Juanita Ryan and Raising Kids With a Faith of Their Own While Working Out Your Own Faith with Karen Grant.
- Check out this year's annual report.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Kierre Bjorn Lindsay and Karen Grant - On Sunday, August 31st our community took some intentional time to pray for the start of the school year. This is a two-fold community prayer that begins with praying over students of every age and stage as they begin their studies. It concludes with an intentional prayer over all educators, administrators and other support staff within the education system as they enter into a new year of teaching, leading and supporting.
We had the opportunity to welcome back our friend, Kierre Bjorn Lindsay, as he led us this weekend. Kierre is the Central Worship Pastor at Celebration Church and a singer-songwriter who has worked with Common Hymnal, Housefires, Maverick City Music, and more.
Jason Miller and Karen Grant - Many of us grew up in one faith tradition or another, and some of us with no church background at all. We have ideas of what we don’t want our kids to hear or experience as it relates to God, church, or the Bible. Yet, we want our kids to know God and develop a faith in God. We just need some help.
Karen Grant, our Director of Kids and Families, is here to help! Karen has served in a variety of children’s ministry settings over the past 18 years and has a B.A. in Bible & Ministry from Bethel University. She is also a freelance artist and has called SBCC home since 2019.
In this episode, you'll hear some of Karen's story, and you'll learn more about the vision she leads for kids and families at South Bend City Church. It's an approach that centers the character of God, ensures kids feel seen, safe, and loved, and that sends them home with curiosity and a growing faith.
Karen is also offering a fall workshop for parents, beginning Thursday, September 18. This workshop will include a variety of contemporary voices, a little bit of paint, and group conversations, to explore how to talk about God, and to God, with kids. We’ll explore ways to celebrate Christmas and Easter that are meaningful for the whole family. We’ll learn ways of reading the Bible that are appropriate for kids of all ages. We’ll also talk about SBCC’s approach to communion and baptism. You’ll go home with some simple tools and reminders -created with your own family in mind- that can encourage a child’s faith journey.
Jason Miller - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives. In our final week, we're talking about bringing those real world experiences back to our intentional spiritual practices.
What's Happening
- Find more information about, or register for, our two Fall Workshops: Recovery from Distorted Images of God, Self and Others with Dale and Juanita Ryan and Raising Kids With a Faith of Their Own While Working Out Your Own Faith with Karen Grant.
- RSVP for the Student Kickoff, happening September 7 from 6-8p (students in grades 6-12 only)
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Dale and Juanita Ryan - The biblical story, including what we see lived out in the life and teachings of Jesus, is this: God is love, we are loved, we are capable of loving others and we are called to a life of love. Participating in this story is, however, not always easy for us. Instead of welcoming the love of God, we sometimes find ourselves afraid that God is angry, distant, displeased, uncaring, or impatient. Instead of celebrating that we are loved, we sometimes fear that we are not lovable, not enough, or not measuring up. Instead of rejoicing in our calling to love others, we sometimes see other people through the distorting lens of our fears and judgments.
This fall, we'll be hosting a workshop led by Dale and Juanita Ryan to explore these dynamics in community. Whether you're able to join us in person for the workshop or not, this episode will help you get to know Dale and Juanita, and to hear the heart behind their work.
Until his retirement, Dale Ryan was a member of the faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary where he taught pastoral care classes about addiction, abuse and trauma. Currently Dr. Ryan is the executive director of the National Association for Christian Recovery, which he founded in 1990. He has earned a PhD (UCDavis, Biochemistry) and an M.Div. (Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN). Juanita Ryan is a mental health clinical nurse specialist. She has had a private counseling practice for over 35 years. Because she writes and speaks about spirituality and trauma, many of the people she works with are seeking help in these areas. To learn more about her you can visit her website.
Dale and Juanita have been married for 55 years. They have two sons and four grandkids. Most of what they know about distorted images of God, of self and of others comes from personal experience.
Jason Miller - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives. This week, we're talking about money.
What's Happening
- Find more information about, or register for, our two Fall Workshops: Recovery from Distorted Images of God, Self and Others with Dale and Juanita Ryan and Raising Kids With a Faith of Their Own While Working Out Your Own Faith with Karen Grant.
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, September 7 at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Beth Graybill and Duane Wilson - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives.
This week, we learn from the embodied journey of Duane Wilson, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Indiana Corridor (BGNIC). Duane and his team at BGNIC share physical space with SBCC in the Tribune Building as an afterschool club and summer camp site.
Beth Graybill, who facilitates this conversation, is not only a part of the South Bend City Church community, but is also a collaborative consultant and storyteller that currently works as the Director of Academic Advancement for Mendoza College of Business & Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate at the University of Notre Dame.
What's Happening
- Find more information about, or register for, our two Fall Workshops: Recovery from Distorted Images of God, Self and Others with Dale and Juanita Ryan and Raising Kids With a Faith of Their Own While Working Out Your Own Faith with Karen Grant.
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, September 7 at 12:15p.
- RSVP for the Student Kickoff, happening September 7 from 6-8p (students in grades 6-12 only)
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives. This week, we consider the power of nature to help us connect.
What's Happening
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, September 7 at 12:15p.
- Keep an eye out for more information on our Fall Workshops, happening on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 later this fall.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Dr. Angela Logan - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives. Through the use of the Parable of the Sower, along with quotes from Pope Leo XIV, Thomas Merton, and Octavia Butler, Dr. Angela shares how she, and we, can reconnect with our spirituality, and God, through a container garden.
What's Happening
- Join us on Discord! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an “avatar” (profile picture). If you can’t see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Check out our volunteer opportunities, ranging from hospitality to communion to Kid’s Ministry to safety and everything in between.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives. This week, we consider the power of reclaiming out attention in the digital age.
This teaching included some reflection questions:
- How would you describe your current relationship with your smartphone or other digital devices?
- Are you happy with the amount of time you spend on your phone or other digital devices?
- Do you think others ever feel that they’re competing with your devices for your presence and attention?
- What’s one structural change you could make this week to make it easier to disconnect from the digital crowds and reconnect with God, others, and yourself?
Benediction:
So, beloved friends—
May the Lord bless you and keep you, and may the Divine’s face shine warmly upon you.
In the same way that you have been a refuge for me—a place of safety and truth.
May you know that same safety in one another’s arms, and may you offer it freely to all who enter through these doors.
In the same way that you gave me the freedom to be wholly myself—questioning, becoming, belonging.
May you continue to be a place where freedom is not feared but nurtured, and where becoming never ends.
In the same way that you showed me the goodness and faithfulness of Love—embodied, mysterious, divine.
May you carry that good and faithful Love into the world.
And may you know this:
I have seen the face of God in each of you.
I have seen more of God in myself because of you.
I leave more healed and whole because of you.
May grace and peace be with you,
Amen.
What’s Happening
- Join us on Discord! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an “avatar” (profile picture). If you can’t see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Check out our volunteer opportunities, ranging from hospitality to communion to Kid’s Ministry to safety and everything in between.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mike Goldsworthy - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This week we hear from Mike Goldsworthy about how working with our hands could be an act of prayer and meditation.
Mike is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective. He is also a long time friend of SBCC and currently serves on our board.
What’s Happening
- Join our Listener Map. This new tool is intended to help our long-distance community members find others close to them and the opportunity to message and meet up. Make sure to read the details for rules and guidelines.
- Join us on Discord! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an “avatar” (profile picture). If you can’t see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Check out our volunteer opportunities, ranging from hospitality to communion to Kid’s Ministry to safety and everything in between.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mike Goldsworthy - Is your spiritual life too spiritual? If the incarnation of Jesus means anything, it’s that we don’t become holier by being less human. And the abundant life that Jesus came to share with us is one that involves our whole selves as we heal, grow and learn how to flourish. This series will explore some specific examples of a real world spirituality, shared from the experiences of our teachers who are working these things out in real time in their own lives.
Mike Goldsworthy is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective. He is also a long time friend of SBCC and currently serves on our board.
What’s Happening
- Join our Listener Map. This new tool is intended to help our long-distance community members find others close to them and the opportunity to message and meet up. Make sure to read the details for rules and guidelines.
- Join us on Discord! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an “avatar” (profile picture). If you can’t see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - This month, we’re responding to your questions! These teachings are in response to questions submitted by the members of South Bend City Church. Today's questions come from both kids and adults in our community, and cover everything from church and heaven to play and love.
What’s Happening
- Sabbath Sunday on July 6 (offices are closed June 30-July 6)
- Find more information about, or fill out the interest form for, the Telos American South Pilgrimage.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - This month, we’re responding to your questions! These teachings are in response to questions submitted by the members of South Bend City Church. Today we’re responding to questions about sex and abortion.
Resources
After Evangelicalism by David Gushee
Beyond the Abortion Wars by Charles Camosy
What's Happening
- Sabbath Sunday on July 6 (we are closed June 30-July 6)
- Find more information about, or fill out the interest form for, the Telos American South Pilgrimage.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Mariah Keener - Here at South Bend City Church, we take our cue from Scripture which calls us as a community to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. As we gathered on Father’s Day, we took time to acknowledge the spectrum of experience in the room when it comes to this day and for all that's going on in the world around us.
The breath prayer prompts and closing prayer were written by or based on the writings of Cole Arthur Riley and can be found on her Instagram, @blackliturgies. The song Lean Back is by Amanda Cook and can be found here.
Jason Miller - This month, we’re responding to your questions! These teachings are in response to questions submitted by the members of South Bend City Church. Today, we’re responding to questions about hell and salvation.
Resources
Four Views On Hell edited by Preston Sprinkle
That All Shall Be Saved by David Bentley Hart
The Great Catechism by Saint Gregory of Nyssa
What’s Happening
- Register for the Art for Everybody Screening and Panel happening on June 19 at 6:30p.
- Sabbath Sunday on July 6 (church is closed June 30-July 6)
- Join us at the Telos American South Interest Meeting on Sunday, June 22 at 10:15a.
Jason Miller - This month, we're responding to your questions! These teachings are in response to questions submitted by the members of South Bend City Church. Today, we're responding to questions about the Bible.
Resources
Bible Translations:
NIV, NLT, NRSV, The Message, Hebrew Bible (Robert Alter), and The New Testament (David Bentley Hart)
Podcast: The Bible for Normal People
Online resource: Bible Gateway
What's Happening
- Register for the Art for Everybody Screening and Panel happening on June 19 at 6:30p.
- Sabbath Sunday on July 6 (church is closed June 30-July 6)
- Join us at one of the Telos American South Interest Meetings on Sunday, June 15 or June 22 at 10:15a.
Jason Miller and Zach Gillis - The resurrection stories in the New Testament offer a particular vision of hope, and they suggest some possibilities for how we may find our way to that same hope. For five weeks after Easter, we’re exploring those possibilities. This week, we consider wounds, healing, and love.
If you want to join us in the art practice, check out this supplies and instruction guide.
What’s Happening
- Join us for our picnic on June 1st from 11a-1p or find more information.
- Register for the Art for Everybody Screening and Panel.
- Submit your question for Ask Me Anything!
- RSVP to our Student Family Potluck happening on June 8th after the 11a gathering.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mariah Keener and Jason Miller - We're dropping a special episode of the SBCC podcast to share some news about an upcoming change for our community. We also wanted to make sure the news is paired with the heart and story that's at work behind the change.
Becky Ykema - The resurrection stories in the New Testament offer a particular vision of hope, and they suggest some possibilities for how we may find our way to that same hope. For five weeks after Easter, we’re exploring those possibilities. This week, the experience of Mary Magdalene and the change that comes with resurrection.
What’s Happening
- Save the date for our SBCC Spring Picnic happening on June 1 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Register for the Art for Everybody Screening and Panel.
- Join us on Discord and submit your question for Ask Me Anything! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an “avatar” (profile picture). If you can’t see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving. For a text version of the Quarterly Financial Update, head here.
Mariah Keener - Here at South Bend City Church, we take our cue from Scripture which calls us as a community to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. As we gathered on Mother's Day, we took time to acknowledge the spectrum of experience in the room and to remind us that God reveals Godself to us as Mother.
The breath prayer prompts and closing prayer were written by Cole Arthur Riley and can be found on her Instagram, @blackliturgies. The song I Am is by Jill Phillips and can be found here.
Jason Miller - The resurrection stories in the New Testament offer a particular vision of hope, and they suggest some possibilities for how we may find our way to that same hope. For five weeks after Easter, we’re exploring those possibilities. This week, we explore the strange, beautiful story of two men walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, and the hope that Christ might meet us even as we walk away.
What's Happening
- Save the date for our SBCC Spring Picnic happening on June 1 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Join us on Discord! Make sure that your display name is your first+last name and add an "avatar" (profile picture). If you can't see the collective and forum channels, you have not been verified. If you need help, email mariah@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - The resurrection stories in the New Testament offer a particular vision of hope, and they suggest some possibilities for how we may find our way to that same hope. For five weeks after Easter, we’re exploring those possibilities. This week, with the help of a character named Thomas, we consider the surprising relationship between doubt and belief.
What's Happening
- Find out more, or register for, our South Bend Pilgrimage coming up May 16-18.
- Save the date for our SBCC Spring Picnic happening on June 1 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - The resurrection stories in the New Testament offer a particular vision of hope, and they suggest some possibilities for how we may find our way to that same hope. For five weeks after Easter, we're exploring those possibilities. This week, we consider the relationship between fear and hope.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, May 4 at 12:15p.
- Find out more, or register for, our South Bend Pilgrimage coming up May 16-18.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Zach Gillis, Mariah Keener, and team - This Easter, as we conclude our journey through the Lord's Prayer, we wrestle with the confrontation between darkness and light, and we search for the hope of the kingdom of God.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our upcoming New to SBCC Table on Sunday, May 4 at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Mariah Keener - Join with us in spirit as we mark the story of Good Friday, reflecting on the encounter of our broken world being met with the mercy and love of God. In South Bend, we're gathering for a brief noon reflection to hear the words of Scripture and to come to the table of Jesus. Wherever you are, we invite you to remember Jesus' gift of himself, and to receive the elements of the Eucharist.
What’s Happening
- Join us on Easter at 8:30, 10, or 11:30a.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Sean Palmer, Pam Blair, Zach Gillis, Jason Miller - On March 28th and 29th, we gathered at the Tribune to watch three films that explore dynamics of race in modern America, and to hear from some thoughtful panelists reflecting on the films. Here on the podcast, we’re releasing the panel discussions for those who weren’t able to join us. We encourage you to first watch the film, and then listen in.
Our third film was BlacKkKlansman. This 2018 film from Spike Lee combines drama, comedy, and satire in the creative retelling of a surprising true crime story that reveals much about our country and its ongoing struggles around racism and equality. Our host through the weekend was Sean Palmer, and our panelists for this film were Pam Blair, Zach Gillis, and Jason Miller.
Some Ways to Watch BlacKkKlansmanRent or Buy on Apple TV
Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime
Rent or Buy on YouTube
Jason Miller - Lent is a season that helps us wake up and shake off the inertia of our lives. But how do we do that? The prayer that Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 offers some possibilities. This week, we hear the invitation to embrace both resistance and surrender.
What’s Happening
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Take part in Stations in the Street from April 17-19.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Sean Palmer, Juan Constantino, Susana Diaz, and Jason Miller – On March 28th and 29th, we gathered at the Tribune to watch three films that explore dynamics of race in modern America, and to hear from some thoughtful panelists reflecting on the films. Here on the podcast, we’re releasing the panel discussions for those who weren’t able to join us. We encourage you to first watch the film, and then listen in.
Our second film was The Infiltrators. This experimental film combines narrative storytelling with documentary footage to portray a true story of creative resistance to the detention and deportation of undocumented people in the US. Our host through the weekend was Sean Palmer, and our panelists for this film were Juan Constantino, Susana Diaz, and Jason Miller.
Some Ways to Watch The InfiltratorsRent or Buy on Apple TV
Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime
Rent or Buy on YouTube
Jason Miller - Lent is a season that helps us wake up and shake off the inertia of our lives. But how do we do that? The prayer that Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 offers some possibilities. This week, we wrestle with the practice of seeking and giving forgiveness. This teaching drew heavily from the work of Dr. Everett Worthington. Learn more about his REACH method HERE.
What's Happening
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Take part in Stations in the Street from April 17-19.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Sean Palmer, Will Larry, Dr. Taylor Nicoletti, and Jason Miller - On March 28th and 29th, we gathered at the Tribune to watch three films that explore dynamics of race in modern America, and to hear from some thoughtful panelists reflecting on the films. Here on the podcast, we're releasing the panel discussions for those who weren't able to join us. We encourage you to first watch the film, and then listen in.
Up first, we watched the 2014 film Selma. Our host through the weekend was Sean Palmer, and our panelists for this film were Will Larry, Dr. Taylor Nicoletti, and Jason Miller.
Some Ways to Watch Selma
Rent or Buy on Apple TV
Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime
Stream on Paramount
Sean Palmer - This week, we’re taking a break from our Lent series on the Lord’s Prayer (Interrupting Our Inertia) to hear from Sean Palmer. Through scripture and the story of To Kill a Mockingbird, Sean helps us consider the consequences of love, for better and for worse.
Sean Palmer is the author of Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors, and Communicators (IVP 2022) and 40 Days on Being a Three (Enneagram Daily Reflections). He is also the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, one of America’s most innovative and vibrant multi-site churches, serving a predominance of Millennials and young adults. Sean and his wife, Rochelle, have been married for over 25-years and are parents to two adult daughters. He is also a long-time friend of SBCC, and we’re thrilled to have him back.
What's Happening
- Register for Baptism, happening on Easter (April 20).
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Becky Ykema - Lent is a season that helps us wake up and shake off the inertia of our lives. But how do we do that? The prayer that Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 offers some possibilities. This week, we wrestle with what it means to ask God for daily bread, and to live the life imagined by this prayer.
What's Happening
- Register for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Register for Baptism, happening on Easter (April 20).
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Lent is a season that helps us wake up and shake off the inertia of our lives. But how do we do that? The prayer that Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 offers some possibilities. This week, we explore the meaning of the kingdom of God.
What's Happening
- Register for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Register for Baptism, happening on Easter (April 20).
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. Or view our quarterly financial update here. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Lent is a season that helps us wake up and shake off the inertia of our lives. But how do we do that? The prayer that Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 offers some possibilities.
What's Happening
- Register for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Register for Baptism, happening on Easter (April 20).
- Find more information about our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter gatherings.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. Or view our quarterly financial update here. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Dr. Angela Logan - Whether personally or on a global scale, in this season, we are all longing for something. This weekend, we unpack the story found in Luke 8 of the woman who was hemorrhaging, who boldly came to Jesus for help. Through this story, we reflect on our own longings, and consider what will we do in the waiting season.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunities are March 9 (in-person) and March 10 (via Zoom).
- Register for one of the two upcoming Lent Workshops or for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Join us for our phase 1 Ribbon Cutting on Friday March 7 from 11:30a to 1p.
- Find more information about Ash Wednesday with our neighbors, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mike Goldsworthy - In the moments when we’re feeling overwhelmed by things that are happening that we can’t fix or control ourselves, perhaps there is a way we can ground ourselves and move beyond the reactionary response. This weekend we consider the encounter Jesus and the disciples have in John 9 with a man born blind, as they pose the question of who is to blame.
Mike Goldsworthy is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective. He is also a long time friend of SBCC and currently serves on our board.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunities are March 9 (in-person) and March 10 (via Zoom).
- Register for one of the two upcoming Lent Workshops or for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Join us for our phase 1 Ribbon Cutting on Friday March 7 from 11:30a to 1p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Chad Meister - This spring, one of our workshop offerings, The Heart of Christianity, will explore the roots, stories, and practices of Christian faith, and we wanted to introduce its teacher and preview its content. Participants will gain a greater understanding of 2,000 years of Christian history, with an expansive view of various traditions within the larger Christian world. Themes include core Christian beliefs, the early Church, monastic spirituality, the Reformation, the relationship between science and Christian faith, and personal and communal spiritual practices. It's also a good companion experience for those preparing for baptism on Easter, but it's not a requirement to be baptized.
Enjoy this conversation between our lead pastor, Jason Miller, and workshop teacher Chad Meister. Chad is a scholar of world religions, a prolific author, an affiliate of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at Notre Dame, and a founding board member of SBCC.
Registration is now open through March 5th!
Jason Miller and Juan Constantino - Loving our neighbors is at the heart of what Jesus calls us to, but it’s hard to love our neighbors if we don’t know our neighbors. So for three weeks, we’re hearing from partners who can help us understand what others are facing, whether here in the neighborhood, or in the global community. These conversations will give us the chance to grow in empathy and become more educated about what some of the most vulnerable people in our world are experiencing, and what we can do to help.
This week, we talked with Juan Constantino, CEO of La Casa de Amistad, a youth and community center that's been around since 1973. Their mission is to empower our Latino, Hispanic, and immigrant community throughout the entire region with educational programs, social services, legal services, and advocacy support.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunities are March 9 (in-person) and March 10 (via Zoom).
- Register for one of the two upcoming Lent Workshops or for the Race and Film Weekend.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Todd Deatherage, and Corrie Commisso - In early December, members of South Bend City Church traveled to Ireland and Northern Ireland on a pilgrimage. We went to learn more about history and conflict, and to be inspired by the healing work of individuals, organizations, and communities. One of the features of our time there was the chance to see the work of our friends at Redeemer Central Church in Belfast. The point of the trip was to bring these lessons home as we continue our journey as a community of grace and peace for our city and the world. Hear about our experience from our lead pastor, Jason, our partner and trip leader from the Telos Group, Todd Deatherage, and trip participant Corrie Commisso.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join our Discord! Having issues with Discord? Can’t see the collective or forum? Check out this video or email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Add yourself to our listener map and opt-in to getting connected to other long-distance community members.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Todd Deatherage - Loving our neighbors is at the heart of what Jesus calls us to, but it’s hard to love our neighbors if we don’t know our neighbors. So for three weeks, we’re hearing from partners who can help us understand what others are facing, whether here in the neighborhood, or in the global community. These conversations will give us the chance to grow in empathy and become more educated about what some of the most vulnerable people in our world are experiencing, and what we can do to help.
This week, we talked with Todd Deatherage, executive director and co-founder of the Telos Group. Telos's mission is to form communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference, and equip them to help reconcile seemingly intractable conflicts at home and abroad. We've worked with Telos since the earliest days of South Bend City Church as they've helped us to understand the role of American Christianity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as they've helped us become more educated in America's own history and current realities of racial injustice, and as we've developed a local pilgrimage to deepen our awareness and relationships in South Bend.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunities are March 9 (in-person) and March 10 (via Zoom).
- Register for one of the two upcoming Lent Workshops.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Beth Graybill and Dr. Katie Elliot - Loving our neighbors is at the heart of what Jesus calls us to, but it’s hard to love our neighbors if we don’t know our neighbors. So for three weeks, we’re hearing from partners who can help us understand what others are facing, whether here in the neighborhood, or in the global community. These conversations will give us the chance to grow in empathy and become more educated about what some of the most vulnerable people in our world are experiencing, and what we can do to help.
This weekend we talked with Dr. Katie Elliot, Executive Director at St. Margaret’s House. St. Margaret's House is day center for women in downtown South Bend that seeks to affirm the dignity of women and children by providing a safe space and meeting essential needs through the healing power of a loving community. To watch the video shared in this gathering, click here.
Beth Graybill, who facilitates this conversation, is not only a part of the South Bend City Church community, but is also a collaborative consultant and storyteller that currently works as a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant at the University of Notre Dame.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunity is February 9th in person, with other in-person and digital options taking place in March.
- Register for one of the two upcoming Lent Workshops.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC makes the move to a weekly practice of the Eucharist, we're exploring the things that this sacred meal tells us about God and about who we can be. This week, we consider the creative power on display at the table, and the way that power works through us.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunity is February 9th in person, with other in-person and digital options taking place in March.
- Join our Discord! Having issues with Discord? Can’t see the collective or forum? Check out this video or email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Add yourself to our listener map and opt-in to getting connected to other long-distance community members.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC makes the move to a weekly practice of the Eucharist, we’re exploring the things that this sacred meal tells us about God and about who we can be. This week, we consider the fellowship of failure that makes our belonging possible.
If you'd like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and some form of juice or wine close by.
What's Happening
- RSVP to one of our upcoming New to SBCC Tables. The next opportunity is February 9th in person, with other in-person and digital options taking place in March.
- Join our Discord! Having issues with Discord? Can’t see the collective or forum? Check out this video or email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Add yourself to our listener map and opt-in to getting connected to other long-distance community members.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC makes the move to a weekly practice of the Eucharist, we’re exploring the things that this sacred meal tells us about God and about who we can be. This week, we consider the power of memory at the table.
What’s Happening
- Join our Discord! Having issues with Discord? Can’t see the collective or forum? Check out this video or email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC makes the move to a weekly practice of the Eucharist, we're exploring the things that this sacred meal tells us about God and about who we can be.
What’s Happening
- Give to our 2024 Christmas Offering or read more information.
- RSVP to the in-person New to SBCC Table happening on January 12 at 12:15p.
- Join our Discord! Having issues with Discord? Can't see the collective or forum? Check out this video or email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Sign up to volunteer as a communion server (or any other serving opportunity).
Jason Miller, Mariah Keener, and Zach Gillis - This year, we gather for our first Christmas Eve at the Tribune. But wherever you are, you’re invited to join us in this special gathering as we welcome the arrival of God in Christ. Grab a candle to light and enjoy this special liturgy of songs, Scripture, and teaching, as we celebrate Christmas.
What's Happening
- Give to our 2024 Christmas Offering or read more information.
- RSVP to the in-person New to SBCC Table happening on January 12 at 12:15p.
- Join our Discord!
Jason Miller - The stories of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels are given to us for more than sentimental Christmas tales. They're the narrative expression of the deep wisdom of our faith. The arrival of God in the life of Jesus can teach us how to look for and welcome of the arrival of God in our world right now. This year, we're bringing that wisdom forward into our own lives by not just hearing the stories, but by embodying the practices inherent in the stories. This week, we’re reminded of the power of showing up, and the deep work of becoming fully present.
What’s Happening
- Join us for Christmas Eve at 4p or 11p, or through the podcast, and please note that there will be no gatherings or podcast on December 29th.
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Check out this years Annual Report.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Jacqueline Kronk, and Rima Bahradine-Bell - The stories of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels are given to us for more than sentimental Christmas tales. They're the narrative expression of the deep wisdom of our faith. The arrival of God in the life of Jesus can teach us how to look for and welcome of the arrival of God in our world right now. This year, we're bringing that wisdom forward into our own lives by not just hearing the stories, but by embodying the practices inherent in the stories.
This week, we’re taking notes on generosity from our partners at the Boys and Girls Clubs. We had the opportunity to sit down with Jacqueline Kronk, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Northern Indiana Corridor, and Rima Bahradine-Bell, the 2024 Midwest Youth of the Year, to talk about how generosity has shaped their work and life.
What’s Happening
- Join us in person to grab your physical Advent Art Guide (1 per household while supplies last) or visit the library page on our website and scroll down to the documents section.
- Join us for Christmas Eve at 4p or 11p, or through the podcast, and please note that there will be no gatherings or podcast on December 29th.
- Give to our Christmas Offering.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Becky Ykema - The stories of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels are given to us for more than sentimental Christmas tales. They’re the narrative expression of the deep wisdom of our faith. The arrival of God in the life of Jesus can teach us how to look for and welcome of the arrival of God in our world right now. This year, we’re bringing that wisdom forward into our own lives by not just hearing the stories, but by embodying the practices inherent in the stories. This week, we’re exploring the word “adoration,” discovering where it is found in the Christmas story, and where it can be found all around us.
This weekend we had the chance to be led by our friend, Becky Ykema. Becky is a worship leader living in the Denver area that we have the joy of joining in community with several times as year.
What's Happening
- Join us in person to grab your physical Advent Art Guide (1 per household while supplies last) or visit the library page on our website and scroll down to the documents section.
- Join our friends at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art on Sunday December 15 from 2-2:30p for a reflection on the piece they contributed to our Advent Art Guide.
- Check out the rest of our Holiday Schedule and Christmas Offering opportunities.
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table happening at 12:15p on December 15.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mark Waltz - The stories of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels are given to us for more than sentimental Christmas tales. They’re the narrative expression of the deep wisdom of our faith. The arrival of God in the life of Jesus can teach us how to look for and welcome of the arrival of God in our world right now. This year, we’re bringing that wisdom forward into our own lives by not just hearing the stories, but by embodying the practices inherent in the stories.
This week, we're inspired by the Magi to look for God in the unexpected and "wrong" places.
Mark Waltz is an author, leadership coach, guest experience expert, and the Executive Director at A Rosie Place for Children. When he’s not doing any of those things, he’s most likely with his wife, Laura, his daughter, Liv, and his grandkid, Arlo. If you’ve been around SBCC in person, you’ll most likely recognize him as the head of our greeters team.
What's Happening
- Join us in person to grab your physical Advent Art Guide this weekend (1 per household) or visit the library page on our website and scroll down to the documents section.
- Check out the rest of our Holiday Schedule and Christmas Offering opportunities.
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table happening at 12:15p on December 15.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Kelli Bowser - In a world with so much to grieve, we gathered today to say thanks. This isn't a naive exercise in false optimism, but a deep encounter with Reality.
What’s Happening
- Keep an eye out for our Advent Guide, released on November 24th. Join us in person to grab your physical book this weekend (1 per household) or visit the library page on our website and scroll down to the documents section.
- Check out the rest of our Holiday Schedule and Christmas Offering opportunities.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Karen Grant, and Zach Gillis - This week, our community gathered in support of families of all kinds. We gave witness to the commitments of parents and guardians who will raise the kids in their care to know the love of God and the good news of Jesus, and we renewed our commitment to walk with these families.
What's Happening
- RSVP to the Refugee Assistance Lunch and Learn, happening on November 24th at 12:30p.
- Keep an eye out for our Advent Guide, to be released on November 24th. Join us in person to grab your physical book (1 per household) or visit the library page on our website and scroll down to the documents section.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In this tense, difficult political moment, we’ve spent weeks drawing wisdom from the Hebrew prophets and the prophetic voice of Jesus. This week, in the wake of the US presidential election, we did our best to apply that wisdom.
What's Happening
- Join us for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th or if you’re a student grade 6-12 (or family of a student), register for the Friendsgiving Dinner. Gifts towards this dinner can be made by emailing students@southbendcitychurch.com.
- RSVP to the Refugee Assistance Lunch and Learn, happening on November 24th at 12:30p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In this tense, difficult political moment, we're drawing wisdom from the Hebrew prophets and the prophetic voice of Jesus. this week, we consider the creative power of the prophetic act. This teaching references Picasso's Guernica painting.
If you would like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and juice or wine.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th or if you’re a student grade 6-12 (or family of a student), register for the Friendsgiving Dinner. Gifts towards this dinner can be made by emailing students@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Find our Prophetic Resources for a Political Moment and drop in to our reflection space during Election Day between 8a-8p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving. To view the written version of our Quarterly Financial Update, head to our website.
Jason Miller and Becky Ykema - In this tense, difficult political moment, we’re drawing wisdom from the Hebrew prophets and the prophetic voice of Jesus. This week, we consider the paradox of prophetic hope.
This weekend we also had the chance to be led by our friend, Becky Ykema. Becky is a worship leader living in the Denver area that we have the joy of joining in community with several times as year. At the end of the teaching, we will have the chance to enter into some reflection through songs, readings, and the Eucharist.
If you would like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and juice or wine.
What’s Happening
- Join us for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th or if you're a student grade 6-12 (or family of a student), register for the Friendsgiving Dinner. Gifts towards this dinner can be made by emailing students@southbendcitychurch.com.
- Find our Prophetic Resources for a Political Moment and join us for our reflection space this Tuesday, October 29th, from 6-8p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - In this tense, difficult political moment, we're drawing wisdom from the Hebrew prophets and the prophetic voice of Jesus. This week, we consider the convictions of the prophets.
What’s Happening
- Join us or register your family for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th before October 27th.
- Find our Prophetic Resources for a Political Moment.
- Get connected through our digital community tool, Discord!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Please note: we do not own the audio from the Zoolander clip used in this teaching. All rights belong to Paramount Pictures.
Jason Miller - In this tense, difficult political moment, we're drawing wisdom from the Hebrew prophets and the prophetic voice of Jesus. This week, we wrestle with the temptation of power and the power of our ultimate allegiance.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table happening in-person on December 15.
- Join us or register your family for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th.
- Get connected through our digital community tool, Discord!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - On the eve of the one year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks, South Bend City Church joined kindred churches across the US in a Sunday focused on the dream of mutual flourishing for Israelis and Palestinians.
This teaching included references to the following resources and opportunities:
- Across the Divide Podcast explores the intersection of the Christian faith and social justice in Palestine-Israel and its relationship to the church in the West.
- Giving to The Telos Group's Peacemakers Fund allows you to directly support Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers and their organizations.
- Our South Bend Immersion allows you to learn about principles and practices of peacemaking in our local context.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table happening in-person on November 3.
- Join us or register your family for Family Dedication, happening on November 17th.
- Get connected through our digital community tool, Discord!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC grows and evolves, we want our strategies and structures for church life to grow and evolve, too. This is the second half of our new vision for our life together.
What’s Happening
- Join us for the SBCC Picnic at Leeper Park on September 29 from 11a-1p. For more information, or to give towards the cost of lunch, head to our website. After the picnic, head over to the NNN for the Art’s Cafe!
- RSVP to one of our next New to SBCC Tables happening via Zoom on October 7 at 8:30p ET or in-person on November 3.
- Check out our new website or get connected on Discord!
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As SBCC grows and evolves, we want our strategies and structures for church life to grow and evolve, too. This week and next, we’re sharing a fresh vision for our life together.
What’s Happening
- Join us for the SBCC Picnic at Leeper Park on September 29 from 11a-1p. For more information, or to give towards the cost of lunch, head to our website. After the picnic, head over to the NNN for the Art's Cafe!
- RSVP to one of our next New to SBCC Tables happening via Zoom on October 7 at 8:30p ET or in-person on November 3.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mariah Keener, Zach Gillis, and Kelli Bowser - After spending four weeks being reminded of our mantras, we spent some time in intentional practice. We encourage you to join us in this hour of reading, singing, art, and more, even if it's a bit outside of your normal, and we hope that by the end you feel more connected to these mantras, to yourself, and to the Divine.
If you want to participate in the time of art, make sure to have some art supplies nearby. And if you are joining us in the Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and some form of juice or wine with you.
What's Happening
- If you have a student in grades 6-12, you can register them, and your family, for the Student Kickoff happening on September 15 from 5-8p.
- Join us for the SBCC Picnic at Leeper Park on September 29 from 11a-1p. For more information, or to give towards the cost of lunch, head to our website.
- RSVP to one of our next New to SBCC Tables happening in-person on October 6 or via Zoom on October 7.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We’re returning to our community mantras. These four portable prayers describe what we’re learning from Jesus about how to be human and how to be a church. This week, we talk about simplicity, focus, excellence, and beauty.
What’s Happening
- If you have a student in grades 6-12, you can register them, and your family, for the Student Kickoff happening on September 15 from 5-8p.
- Join us for the SBCC Picnic at Leeper Park on September 29 from 11a-1p. For more information, or to give towards the cost of lunch, head to our website.
- RSVP to one of our next New to SBCC Tables happening in-person on October 6 or via Zoom on October 7.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We’re returning to our community mantras. These four portable prayers describe what we’re learning from Jesus about how to be human and how to be a church. This week, we talk about the calling on all of us to bear the image of God, and to honor the image of God in ourselves, our neighbors, and even our enemies.
This weekend we also had the chance to see this mantra in action as we celebrate a project we've been supporting for a couple of years. The Book of Belonging is a book of diverse Bible stories for kind and contemplative kids that focus on wonder, contemplation, and identity; because everyone belongs. To learn more about this incredible resource, we had the chance to sit down and talk with the author, Mariko Clark, before the teaching.
Resources
- Pre-order The Book of Belonging by Mariko Clark.
- Order the SBCC Mantras print from our friend Scott Erickson.
What’s Happening
- RSVP to one of our next New to SBCC Tables happening in-person on October 6 or via Zoom on October 7.
- If you have a student in grades 6-12, you can register them, and your family, for the Student Kickoff happening on September 15 from 5-8p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We’re returning to our community mantras. These four portable prayers describe what we’re learning from Jesus about how to be human and how to be a church. This week, we talk about performance pressure, having nothing to prove, how curiosity makes failure useful, and the importance of showing up.
Further ReadingThe Holy Longing (Rolheiser)
Unspeakable Joy (Holmes)
Celebration of Discipline (Foster)
Sacred Rhythms (Barton)
What’s Happening
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table happening in-person on October 6.
- Save the date for our SBCC Picnic happening on September 29 from 11a-1p at Leeper Park.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We’re returning to our community mantras. These four portable prayers describe what we’re learning from Jesus about how to be human and how to be a church. Up first, we’re talking about the recovery of an ecological imagination for our life with God and each other.
What’s Happening
- Sign up for a time to donate blood with the South Bend Medical Foundation. We will be partnering with SBMF on August 18th where they will have their mobile unit in our courtyard from 9a-1p.
- RSVP to our next New to SBCC Table happening in-person on September 1st at 12:15p.
- For the text version of our Quarterly Financial Update, head to our website.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Zach Gillis and Beth Graybill - In a world with so much relational strife, we are spending time talking about how to know when it’s time to bring that relationship to an end or, in some cases, when to lean in to restore and reimagine the relationship. This weekend, we take these ideas from the abstract and listen in on a conversation about how one beloved member of our community has had to lean in and out of different relationships in his life.
CONTENT WARNING: This conversation tackles some difficult topics such as addiction, abuse, and marginalization. As always, please care for yourself well while listening, consider processing this conversation in community, or skip it until you can do either or both of those things.
Beth Graybill and Zach Gillis both call South Bend City Church home and are actively involved in the greater South Bend community. Beth, who facilitates this conversation, is a collaborative consultant and storyteller that currently works as a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant at the University of Notre Dame. Zach, who shares some stories from his life, is the Care Pastor and Worship Associate at South Bend City Church, is the Dean of Students at The Portage School of Leaders, and pops up around South Bend to lend his voice to a variety of music experiences.
What’s Happening
- Sign up for a time to donate blood with the South Bend Medical Foundation. We will be partnering with SBMF on August 18th where they will have their mobile unit in our courtyard from 9a-1p.
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Mike Goldsworthy - In a world with so much relational strife, we are spending time talking about, how to know when it’s time to bring that relationship to an end or, in some cases, when to lean in to restore and reimagine the relationship. This weekend, we reflect again on an instance of this happening in the early church when two leaders chose two different approaches to this question, and explore a framework for how we might think about the way we reimagine how we reengage relationships that have changed.
Mike Goldsworthy is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective. He is also a long time friend of SBCC and currently serves on our board.
What’s Happening* Help us partner with La Casa de Amistad to distribute backpacks with school supplies through financial support or sign up to volunteer for their event on August 3. The fund will be open until July 31st and every cent will be given to La Casa. * Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind. * Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Mike Goldsworthy - In a world with so much relational strife, we are spending time talking about how to be in relationship with those that we disagree with or, in some cases, how to know when it’s time to bring that relationship to an end. This weekend, we explore an instance of this happening in the early church when two leaders chose two different approaches to this question, and we explore a framework for how we might think about the level of access and vulnerability we give to the different people in our lives. You can find the visual for this framework here.
Mike Goldsworthy is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective. He is also a long time friend of SBCC and currently serves on our board.
What's Happening
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Last week, Brit Barron joined us. In case you missed it, you can pre-order Brit’s book Do You Still Talk to Grandma?
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Brit Barron - In a world with so much relational strife, we are spending time talking about how to be in relationship with those that we disagree with or, in some cases, how to know when it’s time to bring that relationship to an end. This weekend we heard from Brit Barron as she challenged us in the importance of remembering where we have each been in our journeys and how to sit with ourselves, and others, in the nuance.
Brit Barron is a co-pastor of New Abbey in Los Angeles as well as a speaker, teacher, and author. Her upcoming book Do You Still Talk to Grandma? invites readers to imagine the world beyond cancel culture and is an invitation to nuance. Both in our gatherings this weekend, and in her everyday life, Brit offers a path to holding onto our deepest convictions without losing relationships with the people we love.
What's Happening
- Pre-order Brit's book Do You Still Talk to Grandma?
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Jason Miller - We’re spending a few weeks recapturing the power of an ancient Christian calling, exploring hospitality as the act that creates the conditions for someone else’s experience of belonging. In our final week, we’re learning to see hospitality as an act of faithful resistance against whole systems that war against the safety and belonging of people.
To view the lyrics of the song North by Sleeping At Last, head to our website.
Ways to Get Connected
- We will be having a Sabbath Sunday on July 7th and, while we won’t have in-person gatherings or a podcast on the 8th, we hope you will join us in entering into seasons of rest.
- For more information on The Telos Group, head to their website.
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Give to our Care Fund or our Refugee Assistance Fund. You can also continue to give to our general fund as we wrap up this fiscal year.
Mark Waltz - We’re spending a few weeks recapturing the power of an ancient Christian calling, exploring hospitality as the act that creates the conditions for someone else’s experience of belonging.
In week 2 we’re exploring the human need for belonging and how each of us has opportunity and responsibility to invite those around us to belong. We’re unpacking a few hospitality best practices to help us move from theory to living it out.
Mark is an author, leadership coach, guest experience expert, and the Director of Strategic Initiatives at A Rosie Place for Children. When he's not doing any of those things, he's most likely with his wife, Laura, his daughter, Liv, and his grandkid, Arlo. If you've been around SBCC in person, you'll most likely recognize him as the head of our greeters team.
Ways to Get Connected
- We will be having a Sabbath Sunday on July 7th and, while we won’t have in-person gatherings or a podcast on the 8th, we hope you will join us in entering into seasons of rest.
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Give to our Care Fund or our Refugee Assistance Fund. You can also continue to give to our general fund as we wrap up this fiscal year.
- Join the South Bend City Church Collective on Facebook.
- Express your interest in volunteering at SBCC.
Matt Graybill and Jason Miller - As we've watched and learned more about the experience of Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land, (including our church's own pilgrimage trip there two years ago), we've developed relationships with people there whose suffering we lament, and whose peacemaking work inspires us. Because of those relationships, we were recently asked to show up again in an act of solidarity, and Matt Graybill, our executive pastor, went on our behalf. Matt sat down with Jason, our lead pastor, to share his experience and help us all continue to pay attention to what's happening, and to do our part in the work of peace.
To learn more from our partners at The Telos Group, check out their podcast channel.
Jason Miller - We’re spending a few weeks recapturing the power of an ancient Christian calling, exploring hospitality as the act that creates the conditions for someone else’s experience of belonging. It’s a calling on us as individuals and as a community, and it’s one that can make a difference in the world right now.
Ways to Get Connected
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- We will be having a Sabbath Sunday on July 7th and, while we won't have in-person gatherings or a podcast, we hope you will join us in entering into seasons of rest.
- Give to our Care Fund or our Refugee Assistance Fund.
- Keep an eye out for the conversation between Jason and Matt about Matt's solidarity trip to Israel and Palestine through The Telos Group.
- Help us finish our fiscal year strong by supporting the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Mariah Keener - For our final week in Romans, we take time to reflect on some of the themes we've been exploring since the Fall. We are reminded that sin and death is at work in the world around us and within us, but that there is something even more powerful at work in the world: liberation. And in a world where relationships are fracturing and fraying, the power of this gospel is that we have been reconciled to God and each other and that we are called into community and belonging with one another, in spite of the differences that might keep us apart.
We explore these themes through the practices of singing, reading, personal reflection, open floor, and Eucharist with excerpts from Romans. We would love for you to join us in these practices, so feel free to grab materials that help you in your personal practice. If you want to join us for Eucharist, make sure to have some form of cracker or bread and some form of juice or wine.
For the songs and readings from today, please head to our website.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for our weekly Contemplative Prayer Meeting on Wednesdays from 12-12:30p. Keep an eye out for the location on the South Bend City Church Collective on Facebook.
- Get more information or submit your art for our Advent Guide. Submissions will be accepted from now until August 11 and is open to our local and long-distance community members who are artists or creatives of any kind.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Jason Miller - At the end of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome, he concluded with a long list of greetings for people there. What does this list of people have to do with us today?
Ways to Get Connected
- If you’re looking for help to sort through questions surrounding the Bible and theology related to LGBTQ+ identity and inclusion, we encourage you to explore the two teachings we’ve had to explicitly talk about these topics: A Sacred Conversation: Sexuality, and Male and Female God Created them…. Or listen to the Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ People Panel that we had last year.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Jason Miller - As Paul begins to wrap up his letter to the Christians in Rome, he reiterates his plea for them to accept one another as Christ has accepted them. What would happen if we took as seriously as Paul does the picture of God revealed in Jesus?
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to a New to SBCC Table happening on June 2nd (12:15p in person) or June 3rd (8:30p EST via Zoom).
- Learn more or sign up for Student Tables (6th-12th grades)
- Join the South Bend City Church Collective on Facebook
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Jason Miller - In chapter 14 of Romans, Paul address head-on the differing convictions of two groups within the church. He charts a course for unity without agreement, and even if we may not be dealing with the same differences they were dealing with, his letter might offer us a way forward for the disagreements that threaten our unity, too.
This weekend, we joined together at the table through the practice of Eucharist. If you'd like to join us, grab
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to a New to SBCC Table happening on June 2nd (12:15p in person) or June 3rd (8:30p EST via Zoom).
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Mariah Keener - This weekend in our gatherings, we took some time to reflect on the lament of Psalm 130 and the laments in our community. As a community that holds tension, we balance the hope some of us have while honoring the pain and journeys of others. Whether you're near or far, we hope this time offers a chance for you to breathe, lament, and be held by this community.
Follow along with the transcript HERE
For those who want to connect with our care team, please email care@southbendcitychurch.
Jason Miller - In Romans 13, we’re confronted with a challenging passage. After spending most of the letter calling his readers to a radical, subversive way of being in the world, he then calls them to submit to the governing authorities. How do we wrestle with the questions this raises, and what’s our way forward in a world where God’s kingdom is so clearly at odds with all the other kingdoms we inhabit?
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to a New to SBCC Table happening on June 2nd (12:15p in person) or June 3rd (8:30p EST via Zoom).
- Join us for our work day on Saturday, May 18th from 9a-12p at the Tribune (adults only).
- Listen to the Mother's Day Reading written by our community.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving
Jason Miller - Paul begins to describe patterns of love and hospitality that are challenging enough when we build a community with people like us, but that become radical and revolutionary when we consider their impact for our relationships across lines of difference.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to a New to SBCC Table happening on June 2nd (12:15p in person) or June 3rd (8:30p EST via Zoom).
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mariah Keener - In our gatherings on April 28, we took some time to enter into the practices of singing, reading the Lectionary text, and we opened up the two practice spaces in the Tribune. Using 1 John 4 as a guide, we centered ourselves on the love of the Divine and how that should compel us to be love in the world.
Dr. Angela Logan - After wrestling with Paul in chapters 9-11, this week we shifted our attention to one of the most well-known and beloved passages in the Bible, chapter 12. Here, Paul shares with the community in Rome what he believes it means to be a true human being, offers wisdom on how to become a community, and how to use their uniqueness to support that community. As SBCC continues to grow and flourish as a community, we are called to move from the theoretical to the practical, and to reflect upon what are we uniquely created to do, and how are we using our uniqueness to practically impact ourselves, our city, and the world.
To view the Reindeer Cyclone video referenced in the teaching, head HERE. And to take any of the steps mentioned, sign up to volunteer, join our Facebook group, or give.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to a New to SBCC Table happening on May 5th (12:15p in person), June 2nd (12:15p in person), or June 3rd (8:30p EST via Zoom).
- Follow along with our Quarterly Financial Update and support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Mariah Keener - This weekend, before continuing our series in Romans, we took some time to engage in some practices during our liturgy. We sang together, entered into a breath prayer together, and prayed a Prayers of the People together; honoring the loss and emptiness of Winter and the hope that comes with Spring.
Follow along with the transcript on our website.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We're still in Romans 9-11, where Paul wrestles with questions about his own Jewish people's place in the ongoing story of God's faithfulness.
Before the teaching, you'll hear Jason share about the Post Evangelical Collective, a gathering of kindred leaders and communities that we're a part of. In his introduction, he shared this manifesto from the PEC:
"We are church leaders, artists, and other stakeholders who find ourselves estranged from the dominant expressions of American Christianity. We feel homeless in the larger church landscape because: While Evangelicalism is the theological and cultural tradition that formed many of us, and while we’re grateful for the gifts that we received from that lineage, we find its boundaries too narrow for our experience of God and its politics corrupted by an un-Christlike vision We believe that every person is made in the image of Christ and have found that calling forth each person’s inherent worth has led to our own loss of belonging We seek a more just and inclusive expression of faith, but we reject the temptation to trade one exclusionary stance for another in the effort to address the need for justice and inclusion We see the Spirit moving through new ideas and theological and liturgical visions, but we also embrace the depth and breadth of historical faith and worship We believe that art and beauty are essential for vibrant spiritual community, but have also seen how highly performative expressions of church can inadvertently diminish the space for authenticity, humanity, imperfection, and honesty and distract from the attention we pay to the fruit of the Spirit growing in the lives of everyday people who follow Jesus together We believe in the importance of deconstruction, but we also believe in rebuilding faith as followers of Jesus, and we’re excited about inviting others into this way of life We don’t just want to take our cue from national church trends; we take our cue from our local contexts. We believe our churches should look and sound and taste more like the neighborhoods they serve than the latest church trends emerging from high profile places. We believe a too rigid faith fails to acknowledge the mystery of God, but also believe mystery doesn’t make God unknowable, but rather endlessly knowable."
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on May 5th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - After celebrating the power of the love of God in Romans 8, Paul goes on to a complicated wrestling match in chapters 9-11 about the fate of his own people and the faithfulness of God. If you've ever tried to read these chapters, you may have been tempted to skip through them because of how technical they are. But this is one of the places in Paul's work where people have looked to answer big questions about blessing and curse, chosen-ness, who's in, who's out, and the nature of God's character in these things. So in this gathering, we decided to get into it.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on May 5th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - We're jumping back into Romans, this strange, stirring letter from the first century, to learn more about the ways a church can root itself in a gospel that calls us toward each other across lines of difference.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on May 5th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Mariah Keener, and Zach Gillis - The events of Holy Week plunge us into questions about the power of evil and the foolishness of beauty, but the resurrection of Jesus gives us a revolutionary response.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on April 7th or May 5th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
This Good Friday, we invite you to join us to reflect on the gift of God's love for us and for the world. This brief episode offers the same songs and readings that we shared when we gathered in person in South Bend. You may want to grab some bread and a cup of juice or wine before you listen - we'd love to share this Good Friday Eucharist with you, wherever you are.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Good Friday (March 29 at 12p) or Easter (March 31 at 8:30, 10, or 11:30).
- Participate in the Stations in the Street throughout Downtown South Bend. For a map and more information, head to our website.
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on April 7th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Palm Sunday is more than a pageant - it’s the performance of a confrontation between different visions of power. Two different visions of God. If we receive the revelation of this day and take seriously what Jesus did, it could transform our relationship with God, our relationships with each other, and even our politics.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Good Friday (March 29 at 12p) or Easter (March 31 at 8:30, 10, or 11:30).
- Participate in the Stations in the Street throughout Downtown South Bend. For a map and more information, head to our website.
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on April 7th at 12:15p.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
After years of dreaming, discerning, planning, and giving, we celebrated our first Sunday at The Tribune.
If you would like to join us in the Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and some form of juice or wine with you.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to the New to SBCC Table happening on April 7th at 12:15p.
- Learn more about Holy Week gathering schedule.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or another fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
On our last Sunday at Studebaker 112 before moving to the Tribune, we told stories, thanked God for the blessing of this place, and received the Eucharist.
Ways to Get Connected
- Learn more about our move to the Tribune and our Holy Week gathering schedule.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or another fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As we approach our move to Tribune, we took a Sunday to consider why any of this matters, what’s at stake, and how we can help. With so many reasons to give up on church, why invest in it?
Ways to Get Connected
- Learn more about our move to the Tribune, work days, and our Holy Week gathering schedule.
- Share your gratitude for our time in Studebaker 112 through email.
- Contact us if you're a long-distance community member wanted to be involved in the move through sponsoring a work day or other opportunities.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or another fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - After a long hiatus, we're back to Romans. In the first few chapters of the letter, Paul takes on an accusatory tone that leaves many of us feeling uncomfortable. But what happens if you have enough context to understand what he's doing with this strange argument? You might find a very relevant word for all of us in this current cultural moment.
Ways to Get Connected
- Learn more about our move to the Tribune and our Holy Week gathering schedule.
- Share your gratitude for our time in Studebaker 112 through email.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or another fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jacqueline Kronk and Jason Miller - As we prepare to move to the Tribune and pursue our vision of creating a place for the people, we've curated four weeks of conversations with local leaders and experts about different needs and experiences that shape the people of our city.
This week, we learned from Jacqueline Kronk, CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Joe County. Not only did we learn more about the challenges facing K-12 kids and their families, but we also announced a new partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs, with programs for kids launching at the Tribune this summer.
Learn more about the Boys and Girls Clubs or take a step into volunteering with them.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join one of our new neighbors for Ash Wednesday on February 14th (The Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian) or, if you're a long-distance community member, join our friends at Good Shepherd New York online.
- Listen to the conversation between Ken Oakes and Jason Miller about “God, Suffering, Evil”.
- For all of the important dates around our move to the Tribune, including work days, head to our website.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Ken Oakes and Jason Miller - As Lent leads us into Holy Week, we prepare for a fresh encounter with the paradox of a God who suffers with us. This year, Ken Oakes (SBCC member and Professor of Systematic Theology at Notre Dame) will be teaching a Thursday night class called "God, Suffering, Evil." The class will include an exploration of the book of Job, James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree, the movie Inside Out, and Nicholas Wolterstorff's Lament for a Son.
To learn more about the class, check out this conversation with Ken and our lead pastor, Jason. The class will meet from 7-8:30pm on Thursday nights during Lent (2/15-3/28) at Studebaker 112.
Registration for the class is now open!
Willow Wetherall and Matt Graybill - As we prepare to move to the Tribune and pursue our vision of creating a place for the people, we’ve curated four weeks of conversations with local leaders and experts about different needs and experiences that shape the people of our city.
This week, we heard from Willow Wetherall, Executive Director of DTSB (Downtown South Bend). DTSB is a non-profit organization solely dedicated to the advancement and enhancement of our city’s economic and cultural center. Their hyperlocal focus ensures the continued growth, belonging, safety, and prosperity of Downtown South Bend while partnering with people and organizations who love the city.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join one of our new neighbors for Ash Wednesday on February 14th (The Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian)
- Register for "God, Suffering, Evil" (Class with Ken Oakes)
- Keep an eye on our social media for our Black History Month resources
- Join us next week as we talk about our move to the Tribune
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Juan Constantino and Jason Miller - As we prepare to move to the Tribune and pursue our vision of creating a place for the people, we’ve curated four weeks of conversations with local leaders and experts about different needs and experiences that shape the people of our city. This week, we learned from Juan Constantino, Executive Director of La Casa De Amistad. La Casa is a community center that empowers the Latino/Hispanic community within Michiana by providing educational, cultural and advocacy services in a welcoming, bilingual environment.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join the South Bend City Church Collective Facebook group to see the most recent refugee needs or give to our Refugee Fund.
- Attend the New to SBCC Table, if you registered, on February 4th. Otherwise, keep an eye out for future tables in the coming months.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Beth Graybill and Carl Hetler - As we prepare to move to the Tribune and pursue our vision of creating a place for the people, we've curated four weeks of conversations with local leaders and experts about different needs and experiences that shape the people of our city. This week, we learned from Carl Hetler, Director of Homelessness for the City of South Bend.
In the conversation, Carl references a map of South Bend's Resources for the Homeless which you can find HERE.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our in-person New to SBCC Table on February 4th. There will be no childcare, but your children are welcome to join us.
- Get more information about our Quarterly Financial Update.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - As we enter the new year, how do we set an intention for our lives that's worthy of our vision? And how do we respect the terrain we're walking on that path?
This teaching includes an audio excerpt from Howard Thurman's Baccalaureate ceremony speech at Spelman College from May 4, 1980. You can hear the whole thing here: https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/838
Ways to Get Connected
- Give to our Christmas Offering. Or head here for more information on how the money will help the organizations we're giving to.
- RSVP to our in-person New to SBCC Table on February 4th. There will be no childcare, but your children are welcome to join us.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund or the Tribune Project. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller, Mariah Keener, Zach Gillis, and SBCC Band - For the past few weeks, we've held the paradox of waiting and waking up: naming the deep, unfulfilled longings that we don't have the power to satisfy for ourselves, and recognizing our power to act. This year, the fourth Sunday of Advent occurs on Christmas Eve. So in this special episode of the podcast, we're sharing with you in real time the same songs, prayers, reflections, and teachings that will accompany our gatherings in South Bend today. In order to more fully participate in this experience, you may want to have an unlit candle nearby as you listen.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller - Advent poses a question for us: what are you waiting for? But hidden in that question is a paradox, because sometimes it confronts us with the powerlessness we face in our unfulfilled longings, and sometimes it calls us to step into our power and make a difference. This week's gatherings focused on the second half of that paradox, inviting us to step into a creative stance and do something.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 at 11a or 11p
- Listen to our Christmas Offering podcast for more info on the organizations that will benefit from these gifts.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Kierre Bjorn Lindsay - During this season, we are taking some time in our gatherings to follow the liturgical calendar and spend some time in the traditional themes of Advent. This weekend we centered ourselves on the theme of peace through song, reading, and candle lighting. Wherever you are over the next month we hope that this liturgies offer the time to pause and reflect this holiday season.
We had the opportunity to welcome a new friend, Kierre Bjorn, as he led us this weekend. Kierre is the Central Worship Pastor at Celebration Church and a singer-songwriter who has worked with Common Hymnal, Housefires, Maverick City Music, and more.
Jason Miller - Advent poses a question for us: what are you waiting for? But hidden in that question is a paradox, because sometimes it confronts us with the powerlessness we face in our unfulfilled longings, and sometimes it calls us to step into our power and make a difference. This week's gatherings focused on the first half of that paradox, inviting us into a deeper wanting and waiting.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 at 11a or 11p
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
During this season, we are taking some time in our gatherings to follow the liturgical calendar and spend some time in the traditional themes of Advent. This weekend we centered ourselves on the theme of hope through song, reading, and candle lighting. Wherever you are over the next month we hope that this liturgies offer the time to pause and reflect this holiday season.
To follow along with the transcript, head to our website.
Jason Miller - Advent poses a question for us: what are you waiting for? But hidden in that question is a paradox, because sometimes it confronts us with the powerlessness we face in our unfulfilled longings, and sometimes it calls us to step into our power and make a difference. During this season of Advent, we'll lean into that paradox through teaching and practice.
Ways to Get Connected
- Join us for Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 at 11a or 11p
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to the general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Since the founding of South Bend City Church, we’ve focused on the practice of generosity as one way of celebrating Christmas, with gratitude for God’s generosity to us in the gift of Jesus. This year’s practice includes three invitations to give: (1) to support the church’s general fund and sustain our regular ministries, (2) to give to the Tribune project to ensure that we are able to cross the finish line on the phase 1 renovation, and (3) a special Christmas offering. As with past years, this Christmas offering goes to support objectives in line with our calling as a community of grace and peace for our city and the world.
In this episode, we speak with leaders and stakeholders who represent the causes we'll be supporting this Christmas. To give to our Christmas Offering, The Tribune Project, or our general fund, click below and make sure the correct fund is selected.
Give to the Christmas Offering
Give to the Tribune Project
Give to our general fund
Matt Graybill and Jason Miller - In the last few months, we've made major progress on the Tribune Project. We're not just talking about the building renovation, though. We've also been in conversations with our downtown neighbors and other city stakeholders about the future of downtown. Catch this update with Matt Graybill, our executive pastor, and Jason Miller, our lead pastor, about where the project stands.
Ways to Get Connected
- Head to our website for our holiday schedule.
- Listen to tomorrow's podcast interviews to hear more about this year's Christmas Offering.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund, the Tribune Project, or the Christmas Offering. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Make sure to select the correct fund when giving.
Jason Miller and Mariah Keener - In this third week of series on gratitude, we bring the two weeks of teaching into practice. In this gathering, instead of hearing a teaching, we spent some time in three movements — Notice/Capture, Reflect, and Express — in an effort to practice gratitude individually and collectively.
If you’re a long distance community member, or a local one who wasn’t able to join us, we hope that you jump in to these practices with us. Our time will culminate with the practice of Eucharist so make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and wine or juice with you.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
- Join us next week as we offer an update on The Tribune Project.
In this weekend's liturgy, we offered time to offer gratitude to the Divine as well as get honest about the ways in which gratitude might be counterintuitive to our current circumstances. We hope that this time of reflection, reading, and singing offers a space to get honest and, if it's aligned with our hearts, to be moved to gratitude.
To follow along with the transcript, head to our website.
Mike Goldsworthy - While many of us recognize that cultivating a posture of gratitude is beneficial for us and our lives, it isn’t our natural response and can oftentimes feel like a tiring burden to try and live into. Using Psalm 126 as a guide, we’ll consider what it looks like to reframe the way we narrate and interpret our past stories, the implications that has for how we imagine our future and live with gratitude in the present. Finally, Mike offers us a simple practice to try this week in order to cultivate gratitude as a more normative and less burdensom posture.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
- Let us know that you’re interested in volunteering or, if you’re a long-distance community member, start a conversation with us about how to jump in from afar.
Beth Graybill - This week we kicked off a 3-part series on Gratitude. We talked about what gratitude is, what it isn’t, and how we can use gratitude as our guide this holiday season.
Much of Beth’s description of gratitude comes from the work of Brother David Steindl-Rast and Dr. Robert Emmons. And the list of questions near the end is from a recent social media post by Onsite Workshops on “9 Questions To Ask Yourself to Start Planning For The Holidays Today” (Oct 28).
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Raising kids is beautiful and hard, even on the best days. But how do we think about the privilege and challenge of raising kids in a world that feels sometimes like it's burning to the ground? This week in our gatherings, we considered this question, and we celebrated with families as they dedicated themselves to the holy work of raising kids to know the love of God and the good news of Jesus. We also renewed our commitment as a church to walking with those families.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on November 5
- Register your family for or get more information on Family Dedication.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Barbara Jung and Jason Miller - Starting on November 1, we'll begin hosting a space for contemplative prayer in South Bend on Wednesdays at noon. These brief, 30 minute sessions are for anyone who would like to participate in a gently guided practice of prayer. Barbara Jung, a member of SBCC and retired pastor, will be leading these sessions.
Check out this conversation between Barbara and our lead pastor, Jason, describing the nature of contemplative prayer and the benefits it offers.
If you want to join us on Wednesday's, make sure to head to the second floor of the Community Learning Center wing of the SJCPL Main Library. The entrance can be found at 305 S Michigan St. South Bend, IN 46601.
Jason Miller - As much as Paul sees sin and death as powerful forces with a life of their own, he sees something else with a life of its own - the Spirit. How does Paul explain the Spirit in Romans, and what does it mean for the things we're suffering?
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on November 5
- Check back tomorrow for the conversation about contemplative prayer that Jason mentions in today's teaching.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - This week, we paused our series on the book of Romans to reflect on the suffering of our Israeli and Palestinian brothers and sisters, and to consider our response. Please consider our partners at The Telos Group as a valuable resource for learning in this difficult time.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on November 5
- Register your family for or get more information on Family Dedication.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Meredith Miller - At the end of August, we offered a parenting workshop with Meredith Miller, the author of "Woven, Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Need to Heal From", after our gatherings. We talked about what parenting a child's faith journey can look like when parents are still figuring out what faith looks like for them. If faith is new to you or if you've spent time deconstructing and/or are reconstructing your faith, we hope that this will be a valuable tool for your family moving forward.
If you have any questions about kids and faith or how South Bend City Church shows up for our kiddos on a Sunday morning, you can reach out to Karen Grant, our Director of Kid's Ministry.
Jason Miller - If Romans 5-8 expresses the heart of Paul's message for the followers of Jesus in Rome, then it's clear that sin is an important part of that message. But how does this text describe sin, and what could it mean for us today?
At the end of this week's teaching, we reflected on these questions:
Where do I feel like I'm up against something bigger than me that takes me in the direction of death, not life, for myself or others?
What does my conscience tell me about my life?
What does the Spirit grieve in my life?
Where are WE up against something bigger than us that takes us in the direction of death, not life?
What does my conscience tell me about our world - about the environments I participate in and shape, about the systems that affect those who live within them?
What does the Spirit grieve in our world?
Ways to Get Connected
- Register your family for or get more information on Family Dedication.
- View our 2022-2023 Annual Report (click here for the mobile version)
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekend's liturgy, we brought one of our commitments to life: "South Bend City Church is a place for believers, doubters, and those who are a bit of both". We explore this spectrum through readings of the Psalms, reflecting on a song called Citizens, by Jon Guerra, and singing other songs together as a community.
If you want to follow along with the transcript, you can do so by following along on our website.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - As Paul helps the community in Rome understand the message that binds them together, he speaks of sin, law, and death. What do those words mean for us today?
Ways to Get Connected
- Register your family for or get more information on Family Dedication.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We know, you might be a little confused if you look at the flow between week 2 and 3. We've gone from chapter 1 to chapter 5. But that's because it might be easier to understand Romans if you get to the heart of it and discover what Paul's fighting for before you work through the way he fights. He's defending a gospel that speaks of the expansive, inexhaustible love of God, and he begins to speak at length of that love in chapter 5.
Ways to Get Connected
- Check out all of our Tables
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
Jason Miller - Paul begins his letter to the Christians in Rome with some big words: apostle, gospel, grace and peace. But those words may have meant something different for his original audience than they mean for us today. Let's spend some time recovering the unexpectedly radical energy of these ideas.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Virtual Tableon October 2 at 8:30p EST via Zoom
- Join us for our Open Table on September 24
- Check out all of our Tables
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by givingto our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - One of the most talked about, preached about, regularly-studied texts in the New Testament is the book of Romans, a letter written by the Apostle Paul to a community of Jesus’ followers roughly three decades after Jesus. It’s been especially prominent in Protestant and Evangelical spaces. But what if the way it’s usually talked about misses the point?
The early church was an impossible community. People somehow found a radical capacity for belonging with one another across every imaginable line of difference. And the letter Paul wrote to this early church shows his own wrestling with how the experience of Christ makes this impossible community possible. What if this text that’s been centered in so many religious spaces is talking about not just our own personal reconciliation with God, but also the ways that we can belong to each other? Between now and next spring, we’ll take a path through Romans that might be unfamiliar for those who have walked the “Romans road”, but with a desire to recover the radical message of this powerful text.
This week, as we considered our approach to the letter, Jason also proposed a handful of principles for us to keep in mind as we proceed:
Paul isn't a systematic theologian. He's a practical theologian.
It's hard to know what it means if you don't know what it meant.
Knowing what it says doesn't matter if you don't what you don't know what it did.
Just because an interpretation is the only one you've heard, that doesn't mean it's the most well-founded, historically corroborated, widely held Christian view.
We're looking for God, love, belonging, community, and possibility.
Ways to Get Connected
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Virtual Table on October 2 at 8:30p EST via Zoom
- Join us for our Open Table on September 24
- Check out all of our Tables
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekend's gatherings we had the chance to slow down and breathe. We did this by singing some songs and entering into a breath prayer. This was all supported by Cole Arthur Riley's work, both on her Instagram and from her book "This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us".
If you want to follow along with the transcript, you can do so by following along on our website. Our hope is that wherever you are, you're able to take a second to breathe deep and rest today.
Ways to Get Connected
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In John 21, we see Jesus trying to have a conversation with one of his followers about the calling on his life, but that disciple is distracted by the fate of someone else. As we expand our circles of concern with a faith that includes our neighbors, strangers, and enemies, how do we stay committed to the lives we're called to?
Ways to Get Connected
- Check out all Tables opportunities or let us know if you’re a long-distance community member that wants to create community in the digital space.
- RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on September 10
- Register for Student Tables or let us know if you’re interested in being an adult mentor.
- Let us know that you’re interested in volunteering or, if you're a long-distance community member, start a conversation with us about how to jump in from afar.
- Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we had the opportunity to enter into practices of joy as a community. We encourage you to join us by listening to this liturgy in a place that brings you joy or to have something nearby that you enjoy doing or looking at.
During this episode, there will be an opportunity to pause and do something that brings you joy. In our gathering space, we had art from our kiddos on display and supplies that allowed us to do the same art projects. CLICK HERE to view the art during that time or feel free to enjoy your own practice of joy today.
Ways to Get ConnectedSupport the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Meredith Miller - In John 2 we are invited to a wedding, and watching Jesus' actions there reveal something critical about the nature of the reign of God that Jesus is declaring has arrived. What's more, it sheds light on a sometimes overlooked attribute of our God--as one who is joyful. Together, we'll consider the roles of fun, celebration and joy in our lives with God.
Ways to Get Connected Let us know that you’re interested in volunteering. RSVP to our New to SBCC Table on September 10 Register for Student Tables or let us know if you’re interested in being an adult mentor. Check out all Tables opportunities or let us know if you’re a long-distance community member that wants to create community in the digital space. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we joined our Catholic brothers and sisters in readings from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States). We spent time, through these readings and through a few songs, reflecting on stillness, peace, and waiting.
Ways to Get Connected Take a the morning to rest on August 20th as we observe our Sabbath break. No gatherings or podcast. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Mallory Wyckoff - In Luke 13:10-17, we read a story about a synagogue leader’s criticism of a woman being healed on the Sabbath. As we imaginatively engage the text, we find ourselves in the story and sense an invitation to healing being extended to us—including our own critical parts—so that every system—internal and external—can be set free.
If you would like to join us in the Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and some form of juice or wine with you.
Ways to Get Connected Register for the Parenting Workshop with Meredith Miller on August 27th from 12:30-3p. Take a the morning to rest on August 20th as we observe our Sabbath break. No gatherings or podcast. Read more about our Quarterly Financial Update. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekend's gatherings, we centered ourselves on a Lectionary Reading as found in Psalm 145; focusing ourselves on the joy and the glory of the Divine.
To follow along with the transcript, head over to our website.
Ways to Get Connected Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Mike Goldsworthy - In Matthew 26, when a woman performs an act of needless beauty on Jesus and the disciples react against it, wondering about the pragmatic good that could have been done instead, it forces us to enter into the tension of beauty and pragmatism. Could it be that in our particular context we need to create more space to pursue and allow for more beautiful ways of being in the world?
Ways to Get Connected Register for the Parenting Workshop with Meredith Miller on August 27th from 12:30-3p. Take a the morning to rest on August 20th as we observe our Sabbath break. No gatherings or podcast. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekend's gatherings, our liturgy was created around and centered on the Revised Common Lectionary (Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)). We spent time reminding ourselves and focusing on thankfulness, praise, and love through the Lectionary readings and songs that help us further reflect.
Follow along with the transcript on our website.
Ways to Get Connected Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Dr. Angela Logan - Jesus' interaction with Martha and Mary has been one that has confounded people for centuries. When taken in the context of the laws of his time, Jesus was wrong. And yet, when we look at the text in the context of the text, we see the surprisingly subversive way Jesus was right, calling Martha, and us, into a life of radical self-care and a deeper understanding of what matters most.
Ways to Get Connected Donate to the Jefferson Uniform Fund before August 1st. For all information about uniforms head to our website. Register for the Parenting Workshop with Meredith Miller on August 27th from 12:30-3p. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller and Beth Graybill - This week we kicked off a series of teachings where we interact with peculiar moments in the life of Jesus from the Gospels. We're asking teachers to take us into a moment with Jesus where his words and actions are working on them, in the hope that they can work on us. This week had an added layer as we celebrated the release of the first book from our lead pastor, Jason Miller, called When the World Breaks.
Ways to Get Connected Donate to the Jefferson Uniform Fund or you can bring new items to directly donate when you attend a gathering between now and July 30. For all information about uniforms, including colors and sizes needed, head to our website. Listen to our conversation about Jason’s book. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller and Matt Graybill - This Sunday, we shared an emerging vision for downtown South Bend. The Tribune Project (our efforts to secure a new home for our church in the old printing press building of the South Bend Tribune) has drawn us into unexpected collaborations with other downtown stakeholders, dreaming together to reimagine downtown.
Ways to Get Connected Donate to the Jefferson Uniform Fund or you can bring new items to directly donate when you attend a gathering between now and July 30. For all information about uniforms, including colors and sizes needed, head to our website. Listen to our conversation about Jason's book. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller and Principal Chiquita Adams - This Sunday we began a brief series on loving our neighbors well, and we were briefed on an opportunity for us to serve the students of Jefferson Traditional Middle School. This gathering also included time to engage in some practices and, when we get there, we would love for you to join us in the ways in which you can.
Ways to Get Connected Donate to the Jefferson Uniform Fund or you can bring new items to directly donate when you attend a gathering between now and July 30. For all information about uniforms, including colors and sizes needed, head to our website. Post in the South Bend City Church Collective on Facebook about the ways in which you're showing up in the community around you. Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekends gatherings, we centered our liturgy on the Lectionary Reading from Psalm 69. We heard the personal story of our Director of Worship and Arts, Mariah, as she shared moments that she has felt like an outsider and she shared her new song, Jesus-Loving Queer Kid. We then took some time to encourage ourselves and each other with singing and opened up the table for all of our community to share in the Eucharist together.
If you would like to join us in the Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread or cracker and some form of juice or wine with you.
Earlier this month, we hosted a night for members of SBCC and the broader community who want to learn more about creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people. The event featured a panel of SBCC members telling their stories as LGBTQ+ people and followers of Jesus, and as a parent to a gay son, navigating the complicated and often painful experiences of exclusion and harm in religious communities, and the ways their faith has sustained them. The panel also responded to questions from those in attendance.
Want to know more about historic and progressive understandings of sexuality, the Bible, and Christian theology? Check out these reads:
Historic View: Washed and Waiting, by Wesley Hill People to Be Loved, by Preston Sprinkle What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung
Progressive View: God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines Changing Our Mind, by David Gushee Bible, Gender, Sexuality, by James Brownson
Jason Miller - In the past year, we've seen the rapid acceleration of publicly available AI technologies like ChatGPT. Along with this acceleration, we've seen growing warnings about the dangers of AI. In our final week of Idols, Icons, and Tech, we considered a framing theological story to help us make sense of where all of this might be headed.
Ways to Get Connected Save the date for our SBCC Picnic on July 2 and, if you want, give towards making the morning happen Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In spite of the dangers we've been learning about regarding the negative impact of digital devices and social media, it turns out there are clear, positive ways to reverse the effect. This week, we learn that the spiritual problems and the spiritual possibilities of technology are related.
Ways to Get Connected RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Table (June 27th) Save the date for our SBCC Picnic on July 2 and, if you want, give towards making the morning happen Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekends liturgy, we centered ourselves on the Lectionary Reading of Psalm 33. South Bend City Church proudly calls itself a place for believers and doubters and those that are a bit of both, but this liturgy specifically lands on the belief side of things. We spend time thanking, praising, and proclaiming the greatness of God through song and reading. If this liturgy doesn't resonate with you today, that's okay, and we hope that you can still walk away feeling supported and seen by our community.
Follow along with the transcript on our website
Jason Miller - Many of us are aware that our increasing exposure to social media and other digital entertainment isn't entirely good for us. Today we explored a spiritual perspective on why that may be the case, and we offered a challenge for a practice this week.
Ways to Get Connected Register for our Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Panel Night (June 13th) RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Table (June 27th) Save the date for our SBCC Picnic on July 2 Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we were led through a meaningful liturgy of rest including songs, readings, and the opportunity to hear from some of our community in an open floor time. Our hope for this episode of the podcast is that, wherever you are in the world, you're able to take a minute to disconnect from distractions and take a real rest.
Ways to Get Connected Register for our Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Panel Night (June 13th) RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Table (June 27th) Help us write our Father’s Day Reading by submitting before June 14th Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Technologies are advancing at a swift rate, bringing with them profound possibilities and alarming liabilities. For the next four weeks, we'll explore some big questions, theological frameworks, and practical approaches to our relationship with technology.
Ways to Get ConnectedRegister for our Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Panel Night (June 13th)
RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Table (June 27th)
Help us write our Father's Day Reading by submitting before June 14th
Find more information or support The Tribune Project
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller, Mariah Keener, and Zach Gillis - In our final week of Old Creed, New World, we came to the final "amen" after reflecting on the story the Creed tells and the joy of finding our place in it. This episode includes teaching, reflections, prayers, and songs.
Songs and Readings Included:
At the River Clarion by Mary Oliver
Writing #6 from the enfleshed Weekly Lenten Prayers
This I Believe by Ben Fielding and Matt Crocker
So Will I by Benjamin Hastings, Joel Houston, and Michael Fatkin
Jesus Is A Friend of Mine by Rev. Timothy Wright
The Doxology
Ways to Get ConnectedCome to the Tribune Consecration on Thursday nightRegister for our Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Panel Night
RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Table
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - When the Creed looks ahead to the future it teaches us to expect, it speaks of the resurrection of bodies. If our bodies are so beloved by God that God will raise them up in the end, then how should we honor them right now?
If you would like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of bread and juice with you.
Ways to Get ConnectedCheck out the Student Tables Summer Schedule
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Can violence and vengeance really build the world we want? And if not, how do we sustain a posture of mercy in world with so much harm? This episode also includes a time of reflection and a prayer of confession and absolution borrowed from our Anglican sisters and brothers in the Book of Common Prayer.
Ways to Get Connected:
Join the South Bend City Church Open Forum and Collective on Facebook.
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller, Matt Graybill, and Kem Meyer - Our lead pastor, Jason Miller, announced this week that his first book will be released in August. We wanted to take a moment to celebrate the book and hear the heart behind it. SBCC celebrates the work our team does in the world when it’s aligned with our message and mission.
We’ve also seen too many examples of this being done badly, where potential conflicts of interest are ignored and accountability is lacking, so we wanted to offer some transparency about the process and plan we've pursued to do this in a way that honors our values.
In this conversation, you'll hear Jason, our executive pastor Matt Graybill, and board member Kem Meyer sharing the story behind the book, the questions we've wrestled with as it's being promoted and released, and the plan for SBCC's relationship to the book.
If you have any further questions, please email info@southbendcitychurch.com.
Jason Miller - The gift of the Holy Spirit was meant to give birth to a church that carried on the work of Jesus. So what do we do with a church that so often betrays Jesus? At the end of this weekend’s gatherings, we were reminded that each of us shares in the communion of saints and we got to celebrate the baptisms of 6 of our community members.
Ways to Get Connected:
Sign up for our Work Day at the Tribune on May 13th.
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Sean Palmer - What does it mean to believe in the Holy Spirit? And what should we expect from the Holy Spirit? When so many of us have seen so many questionable claims about the Spirit, what if the real promise of this line of the creed is in the kind of community the Spirit births?
Ways to Get ConnectedRSVP to either our in-person (May 7th at 12:15p) or virtual (May 8th at 8:30EST) New to SBCC Table.
Join the South Bend City Church Open Forum and Collective on Facebook.
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - What does it mean to believe that Jesus will return and judge? And when judgement so often evokes fears of punishment, shame, and exclusion, are their other ways of understanding it? After we explore these questions, we spend some time reflecting on, praying through, and meditating on the questions we have and the hopes we have for the world. The reflections and prayers from this time were written by Cole Arthur Riley and published through her Instagram, @blackliturgies.
If you would like to donate to help us provide comfort food to the 6th graders at Jefferson Traditional Middle School, after the tragic loss of their classmate, T'yon Horston, you can visit our give page and make sure to designate it to the Jefferson Traditional fund. The money donated to this fund will help purchase the Chick-fil-a lunches and any money that surpasses that cost will be given directly to the school to be used at their discretion. As always, we have strict guidelines in place that our care funds cannot be accessed for other needs besides what they are designated for.
At the beginning of this episode, we gave an update on The Tribune Project as we reached the half-way point in the commitment period. If you would like to join us for our next work day, you can let us know by filling out this form.
Other Ways to Get Connected
RSVP to either our in-person (May 7th at 12:15p) or virtual (May 8th at 8:30EST) New to SBCC Table.
Let us know that you're interested in baptism.
Help us write our Mother's Day Reading.
Jason Miller - When the Apostles' Creed talks about Jesus ascending, how do people with a modern understanding of the universe imagine this moment? Is this just an embarrassing scene for people who know that God isn't dwelling in some finite place just above the ozone layer?
Ways to Engage with Our Community
Sign up for a New to SBCC Table
Let us know if you are interested in baptism
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - There's a tragedy in the story of Jesus' crucifixion. It's found in the life and death of Judas, but the tragedy we're talking about may not be what you think. What happens to our hearts when we retreat into hopelessness, and how might the resurrection of Jesus actually lead us back to hope?
If you'd like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of cracker or bread and some form of wine or juice.
Ways to Get ConnectedSign up for a New to SBCC Table
Let us know if you are interested in baptism
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This Good Friday, we invite you to join us to reflect on the gift of God's love for us and for the world. This brief episode offers the same songs and readings that we'll share when we gather in person in South Bend. You may want to grab some bread and a cup of juice or wine before you listen - we'd love to share this Good Friday Eucharist with you, wherever you are.
You can always support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In a week where many of us have been weeping over the violence committed against the vulnerable in a school in Nashville, we take a minute to acknowledge the grieving and broken-heartedness in our lives and in the world around us. If possible, we encourage you to listen in a quiet space as we sing together, take some time for personal reflection, and have the chance to hear some vulnerable stories of how members of our community are processing.
Follow along with the transcript.
Jason Miller - In a week where many of us have been weeping over the violence committed against the vulnerable in a school in Nashville, we also find ourselves turning to the Palm Sunday story of Jesus weeping over Jerusalem. This story includes an implicit confrontation between two very different visions of how to hold the world together, and it brings a challenge for all of us.
Ways to Get ConnectedLet us know if you are interested in baptism
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
During this fifth week of Lent, we join in with the rest of our community as we focus ourselves what it means to be determined in hope, to be messengers of belonging, and to be seeds of peace in the world.
Our weekly Lent readings were written by Rev. M Jade Kaiser and found through the resources at enfleshed.
Follow along with the transcript.
You can always support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - What do we take from the Apostles' Creed when it gives so much language to the death of Jesus? Is this a story primarily about our failure? What if there's something other than shame that we can receive from this story?
Today’s gathering includes the practice of Eucharist. If you would like to join us in this practice, make sure to have some form of cracker or bread and wine or juice.
Ways to Engage with Our Community:
Sign up for a New to SBCC Table
Let us know if you are interested in baptism
Support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
During Lent, we're reflecting on the ways that life often calls us to let go. Relationships. Visions of our future. Old ways of doing things that aren't fruitful anymore. In this weekend’s gatherings, our friend, Becky Ykema, led our community in some practices to reflect on and engage our own stories of letting go. Sometimes letting go of these things can feel a bit like dying, but that's why Lent is a good time for this reflection. And as we make our way to Good Friday and Easter, we remember Jesus' death and resurrection, knowing that he walks with us in those small deaths.
Today’s gathering includes the practices of singing, breath prayer, communal reading, open floor, holy space, and the Eucharist. If you would like to join us in the practice of Eucharist, make sure to have some form of cracker or bread and wine or juice.
If you consider yourself to be a part of South Bend City Church, you can always support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
During this third week of Lent, we join in with the rest of our community as we focus ourselves on the small whispers of care that we hear in the midst of all the world's noise.
Our weekly Lent readings were written by Rev. M Jade Kaiser and found through the resources at enfleshed.
Follow along with the transcript HERE
Beth Graybill with John and Lynn Peisker - During Lent, we're reflecting on the ways that life often calls us to let go, which can sometimes feel a bit like loss or dying. We're on our way to Good Friday and Easter, remembering Jesus' death and resurrection, knowing that he walks with us in those small deaths.
This weekend we heard from a couple in our community who has been with us since they beginning. John and Lynn Peisker shared their stories of love, loss, and faith over the course of a lifetime.
Ways to Get ConnectedRSVP to the New to SBCC Table (April 2 at 12:15p)Sign up to host or join a Table groupGive to SBCC (South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible)
During this second week of Lent, we used the practices of prayer and singing to engage our hearts with Creator God and our constant Friend, Jesus.
Our weekly Lent readings were written by Rev. M Jade Kaiser and found through the resources at enfleshed.
Follow along with the transcript
You can always support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - The Apostles' Creed gives a few short words to the event at the center of so much Christian teaching: the death of Jesus. What does Jesus' death mean for us, and how has it been understood through history? To jump directly to the teaching, scrub over to the 14 minute mark.
This weekend we also gave an update on The Tribune Project. If you want to watch the video version of this announcement, you can head over to our website. Want to learn more or make a financial commitment to the project? Head to thetribuneproject.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
During this first week of Lent, we used the practices of prayer and singing to remind us that in the midst of brokenness, Love is ever-present.
Our weekly Lent readings were written by Rev. M Jade Kaiser and found through the resources at enfleshed.
Follow along with the transcript.
You can always support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - As we enter Lent and return the Apostles Creed, what's Pilate doing in the story? And how do we find ourselves in this story with him?
This week we enter into the practice of Eucharist. If you would like to join us, please have some sort of cracker or bread and juice or wine with you.
Ways to Get InvolvedRSVP to a New to SBCC TableSupport the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Join us as we gather on Ash Wednesday and turn the page to the season of Lent.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Miche van Essen and Jason Miller - In our most recent Sunday teaching, we explored gender as a theological category and a personal experience. One part of that teaching included a consideration of transgender identity. In this episode, we wanted to have a conversation with a transgender person who could speak from their own experience. Miche van Essen is a Trans, AAPI, Jewish woman that is thinking & writing about inclusive leadership in faith organizations.
You can learn more about Miche and her work at: Website: jointheresonance.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michevanessen/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michevanessen Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-models-we-live-by
To listen to this weekend's teaching, "male and female God created them...," head to our website or to your preferred listening platform.
Jason Miller - We’re living at time where conversations about gender are everywhere. The subjugation of women in the world and in the Church is being called out. The harmful power of toxic masculinity is being confronted. And the visibility of transgender and nonbinary people is increasing. Alongside all of this, we’re seeing new clashes in matters of public policy. This teaching is an exploration of these conversations, and the questions they raise, within a theological frame.Suggested Reading List/Resources Referenced:The Hebrew Bible (translated by Robert Alter) The Making of Biblical Womanhood (Beth Allison Barr) Jesus and John Wayne (Kristin Kobes Du Mez) From Wild Man to Wise Man (Richard Rohr with Joseph Martos)Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians (Austen Hartke) Paul Among the People (Sarah Ruden)
-
Ways to Engage with Our Community:Sign up for a New to SBCC TableSupport the ongoing work of SBCC by giving. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we focused on the dignity and respect of all humans; ourselves included, using music and a practice called Prayers of the People.
Follow along with the transcript.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
As we honor Black history this month, join Zach Gillis and Jason Miller for an honest conversation about Black experience in spaces like SBCC and the importance of understanding the complex realities of people who are marginalized.
You can join our community in local learning opportunities or access further resources HERE.
Jason Miller - We're returning to a conversation we began back at the beginning of South Bend City Church, wrestling the tension of an ancient faith in a modern world. To view the visuals referenced in the teaching, click HERE.
Ways to Engage with Our CommunityView our Black History Month resourcesJoin our Facebook group, the South Bend City Church CollectiveSubmit a "Letting Go Story"Sign up for an in-person or virtual New to SBCC Table groupBecome a Communications volunteer
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent some seeking hope in stillness and in the faithfulness of God through the practices of singing and breath prayer.
Follow along with the transcript
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In our final week on money, we're talking about the ways we become disempowered in our relationship with it, and ways to reclaim our creativity and power.
Head to our website for more information on how to engage with our Black History Month learning opportunities from South Bend or from afar.
As always, you can support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent time reminding ourselves of the themes and ideas held in the beatitudes. Following the Lectionary schedule, we read from the text found in Matthew, we sang together, and we joined in a prayer of blessing for ourselves and our community.
Full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Dr. Angela Logan - We jumped back in with our series on money, as we focused on Money Possibilities. Because we are icons made in the image of God, we are called to be generous, both individually and collectively, because God is generous. But what does generosity look like, and how can we live in the currents of generosity? This week, we reflect on "The 4 Ts" (Time, Talent, Treasure, and Testimony), to learn from Scripture how God shows up in those areas, and how we can challenge ourselves to show up for our city and the world.
This weekend, we got to hear from Dr. Angela Logan. Dr. Logan is an Associate Teaching Professor and the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, race, and nonprofit and philanthropic leadership. She is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and this past week she was recognized as one of the two inaugural recipients of the Notre Dame Black Excellence Faculty Award.
You can support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We're taking a quick break from our money series. The SBCC family has lost a couple of beloved members through death this week, and so many of us have lost something or someone we cherished over the last few years. Beyond the personal stories of loss, we keep waking up to news like the headlines describing a mass shooting in Monterey Park, CA on Sunday. This weekend, we talked about loss, grief, and hope.
CONTENT WARNING: This teaching includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know are at risk of self-harm, please call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. If you are in a medical emergency or suicidal crisis and you cannot connect through 988, please call 911.
As always, we encourage you to process the teaching in community. Our team is also available by reaching out to care@southbendcitychurch.com.
Ways to Get Involved at SBCCRSVP for our in-person New to SBCC Table (Sunday, March 5 at 12:15p)RSVP for our digital (Zoom) New to SBCC Table (Monday, March 6 at 8:30p EST)Give to SBCC (South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible)
This weekend in our gatherings, we centered ourselves on good news and goodness through song, through Prayers of the People, and through a practice we call open floor. We hope you join us in celebrating the good news in our community, by reflecting on the good news you see in your own life, and that you find the opportunity to share that goodness with those around you.
Full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - New year, same old money problems. At least that's how a lot of us feel. Anxiety, fear, and shame characterize the relationship so many of us have with money, but there are other possibilities for our relationship with it. We're taking three weeks to talk about money problems, money plans, and money possibilities.
This week's episode also includes our Quarterly Financial Update and an update on The Tribune Project.
There's one more week to give to the Christmas Offering and you can give to that, to any of our other funds, or to our general fund at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
If you’re interested in coming to the New to SBCC Table on February 5, you can RSVP here!
This Christmas Eve, we wanted to make sure the whole SBCC family -- local and long distance, in-person and digital -- would have the chance to share a time of reflection, songs, prayers, teaching, and candle-lighting as we welcome Christ and celebrate the gift of his life. The volunteers on our worship team came together earlier this week to record a podcast version of our gathering to so that we could share this moment together.
If you want to give to our Christmas Offering, head to our website and select the "Christmas 2022" option. Reminder, we will not be meeting in-person until January 15th, but if you want to join a pop-up brunch on January 8th, you can do so HERE.
These four weeks, we’re exploring the traditional themes of Advent through our liturgies. This week we join with our global community as we root ourselves in love. We explore this theme through Scripture, song, and reflection.
Sign up for text updates by texting “SBCC” to (866) 397-2089 or by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Sign up for a pop-up brunch table on January 8th.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Daniel Bannoura - As we enter the season of Advent, we’ll spend four weeks exploring the implications of a God who locates Godself in the womb of a young woman. This week we heard from Daniel Bannoura, who reflected on Mary's song (the Magnificat).
Daniel is a PhD student in theology at Notre Dame, a Palestinian Christian theologian, and along with his wife Shannan, a member of the South Bend City Church family.
To join a pop-up brunch table on January 8th, either in person or online, head over to our website to search for the one that best suits your needs. To give to the Christmas Offering this year, the Tribune Project, or our general fund, go to our give page and select the appropriate fund from the drop down menu.
Over these four weeks, we’re exploring the traditional themes of Advent through our liturgies. This week we join with our global community in the joy of knowing that justice, freedom, and love is on the horizon. We explore this theme through Scripture, song, student and kid-led readings, and by welcoming our kiddos up on stage to lead us in a song.
Follow along with the full transcript
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Mallory Wyckoff - As we enter the season of Advent, we’ll spend four weeks exploring the implications of a God who locates Godself in the womb of a young woman. This week we heard from Mallory Wyckoff, who brought a teaching that considers Mary’s experience in the Christmas story.
Mallory Wyckoff is a writer, speaker, spiritual director, and peacemaker. She serves as key relationships officer with Preemptive Love, a global community of peacemakers working to end war and stop the spread of violence. Having completed her dissertation on the impact of sexual trauma on survivors’ theological perception and spiritual formation, Mallory has a DMin in missional and spiritual formation. In all her work, Mallory is a trusted voice for people seeking to navigate their spirituality with curiosity, honesty, and courage.
But before we heard from Mallory, we also heard from Willow Wetherall, Executive Director of Downtown South Bend, about our partnership to support a social outreach ambassador position. This is one of the objectives funded by this year’s Christmas offering. To make a gift, head to southbendcitychurch.com/give and select the Christmas 2022 fund option.To sign up to host an in-person or online brunch on January 8th, CLICK HERE
Over the next four weeks, we’ll explore the traditional themes of Advent through our liturgies. This week we join with our global community in longing for peace in our lives and in the world through song, Scripture, meditation, and prayer.
Follow along with the full transcript
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - As we enter the season of Advent, we’ll spend four weeks exploring the implications of a God who locates Godself in the womb of a young woman. What if her experience isn't just something for us to revere from a distance, but a pattern for us to follow as we, too, allow God to bear God's life in us?
If you would like to share in the Eucharist meal with us, go ahead and grab some form of cracker or bread and some form of wine or juice.
Ways to Engage:1) Contribute to the Christmas Offering by going HERE and selecting the Christmas 2022 fund. For more information on the recipients of this offering, head over to our website.2) Sign up to host a pop-up brunch (either in person or online)3) Check out the rest of our calendar HERE
Over the next four weeks, we’ll explore the traditional themes of Advent through our liturgies. This week, we join with our global community in hoping for restoration and unity through song, Scripture, and communal response.
Follow along with the full transcript
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - As we enter the season of Advent, we’ll spend four weeks exploring the implications of a God who locates Godself in the womb of a young woman. If you’re looking for God, don’t run away from your humanity.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In today’s gathering, we focus ourselves on gratitude by exploring the good out in the world and the good within our own lives. Instead of listening to a teaching today, we ask that you join us in practices intended to center ourselves on a spirit of thankfulness and that lead us to the Eucharist table together.
Resources mentioned in the gathering: Good News Network (articles referenced) Some Good News (Youtube) UnderTheDeskNews (TikTok)
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Join us as we enter into a time of prayer and reflection based on Psalm 27. Using resources from the Book of Common Prayer and the New Zealand Book of Prayer, we center ourselves in the here and now with new language intended to expand our experience of the Divine Mystery at the center of the Universe.
Find the full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
As we work our way through the Apostles' Creed, we've been reminded that the story it tells is a story we carry together as a church. This weekend, we're continuing to hear stories from the people who put the "We" in "We believe..."
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent some time with the idea that stories are meant to be shared. We began our time this weekend with some songs and a poem, written by one of our community members, that reminds us of the importance of the stories in our community.
Find the full transcript HERE
To hear more stories from our community members, head over to Monday's episode of the podcast.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In the Tribune Project update we shared two weeks ago, increased costs for Phase 1 renovations had created a gap of roughly $1.5MM between our project resources (giving commitments, grant funding, and mortgage) and our renovation costs. This weekend, Jason gave an update on the project and what we’ve been able to accomplish over the last few weeks - spoiler alert: it’s good news. For more information on the project, to revise a commitment, or to make a new one, head to thetribuneproject.com.
If you are looking for the full gathering you can head over to Monday's episode, which also includes this update.
As we work our way through the Apostles' Creed, we've been reminded that the story it tells is a story we carry together as a church. This week and next, we're hearing stories from the people who put the "We" in "We believe..."
Before we get to that, Jason gives an update on The Tribune Project and what we've been able to accomplish over the last few weeks. For more information on the project, to revise a commitment, or to make a new one, head to thetribuneproject.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving to our general fund at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this Sunday’s gatherings, families of all kinds came forward to dedicate themselves in the sacred work of raising kids, and we as a church affirmed them and committed ourselves to walking with them. We culminated our time with the Eucharist, so if you’d like to join us in that practice, feel free to grab crackers and juice of some kind.
Tribune Project Update Recap - 1:59 Family Dedication - 13:25 Eucharist - 36:03
Ways to Connect Register for New to SBCC Digital Table - https://forms.gle/kLj2PhovUuxMs3d87
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - What do you do when you look at tomorrow and see what it will demand, and then look at today and the resources you have, and realize it's not enough? This is an experience we can all relate to. It's also a fitting question for us as we continue our work on the Tribune Project, and this episode contains an in-depth update on the project.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - What do we do with a creed that speaks of Lordship at a time when so many of us are reckoning with destructive and abusive visions of power?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent time in practices to point us towards gratitude and hope. Between singing songs, reading from the Lectionary, and listening to each other during an open floor, we celebrated with thankful hearts and hoped for future moments of gratitude.
Find the full transcript HERE Register for the New to SBCC Online Table HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We're still exploring the particularity of the creed, discovering the personal and political implications of Jesus as son of God. If you want to jump straight to the teaching, scrub over to 11:06.
Register for New to SBCC Digital Table, sign your family up for one of our in-person Family Dedication gatherings, and/or check out Student Tables. If you're interested in the Quarterly Financial Update, head over to our website and scroll down to the "What's Happening" section!
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent some time grounding ourselves in the present moment by engaging in a practice called breath prayer and by listening to a song that speaks to presence, rest, and peace. Full transcript can be be found HERE
Register for New to SBCC Digital Table Sign your family up for one of our Family Dedication Gatherings.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - A teaching on the scandal of the particular, and the beauty of finding God in the details of Jesus.
At the end of the teaching, we were led through a practice called Lectio Divina which focuses on scriptural reading, meditation, and prayer. Our time together then concluded with a song led by our worship team, called "Jesus at the Center" by Israel Houghton.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend, instead of a new teaching, we entered into some practices to further reflect on God as Creator. Based off of the challenges we received from Jason in last weeks teaching, we spent some time reflecting on creation and in the practice of creating. If you want to join in with us in these practices, you can use the resources below. And if you want to engage in the Eucharist with us, grab some form of bread and juice.
Link to Spotify Playlist
Link to Nature Reflection
Link to Origami Instructions
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend, instead of a new teaching, we entered into some practices to further reflect on God as Creator. Based off of the challenges we received from Jason in last weeks teaching, we spent some time reflecting on creation and in the practice of creating. If you want to join in with us in these practices, you can use the resources below. And if you want to engage in the Eucharist with us, grab some form of bread and juice.
Link to Spotify Playlist
Link to Nature Reflection
Link to Origami Instructions
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This liturgy, which was paired with this week’s teaching on God as Creator, explores the relationship with the world around us and the Divine. We spent some time reflecting through song, through reading, and by centering ourselves back on the Apostle’s Creed as we continue in our series Old Creed, New World. Music recorded live at Studebaker 112 and spoken word recorded separately.
Follow along with the full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This liturgy, which was paired with this week’s teaching on God as Creator, explores the relationship with the world around us and the Divine. We spent some time reflecting through song, through reading, and by centering ourselves back on the Apostle’s Creed as we continue in our series Old Creed, New World. Music recorded live at Studebaker 112 and spoken word recorded separately.
Follow along with the full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Since the 19th century, the story of creation has been complicated by another story about the biological processes that led to the diversity of life we see on our planet. Are these competing stories? Or is it possible that God is showing us something beautiful in the story that Darwin tells?
Check out the James Webb Space Telescope images HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Since the 19th century, the story of creation has been complicated by another story about the biological processes that led to the diversity of life we see on our planet. Are these competing stories? Or is it possible that God is showing us something beautiful in the story that Darwin tells?
Check out the James Webb Space Telescope images HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This week in our gatherings we introduced a new song that is based on the Apostle's Creed and we entered into a practice called Prayers of the People. We felt it important to pray for the Church at large, individual needs, and remembrance on a day such as September 11th, as well as center ourselves on the faithfulness and love of God through all seasons of life.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This week in our gatherings we introduced a new song that is based on the Apostle's Creed and we entered into a practice called Prayers of the People. We felt it important to pray for the Church at large, individual needs, and remembrance on a day such as September 11th, as well as center ourselves on the faithfulness and love of God through all seasons of life.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Of all the things a creed could say about God, the first thing the Apostles' Creed says is that God is Father. What does that do in a world with such complicated experiences around gender, patriarchy, parenthood, and faith?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Of all the things a creed could say about God, the first thing the Apostles' Creed says is that God is Father. What does that do in a world with such complicated experiences around gender, patriarchy, parenthood, and faith?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - At a time when belief is more complicated than ever, what purpose does a creed serve? We're starting a new series on the Apostles' Creed, and before we get into the story it tells, we're asking some questions about what it does.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - At a time when belief is more complicated than ever, what purpose does a creed serve? We're starting a new series on the Apostles' Creed, and before we get into the story it tells, we're asking some questions about what it does.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Some tensions aren’t meant to be resolved, and Christian theology has other language for that kind of thing. Today we consider the role of paradox in life and faith.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In this week’s gatherings, we processed some difficult decisions regarding SBCC’s general fund and staff.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In this week’s gatherings, we processed some difficult decisions regarding SBCC’s general fund and staff. This episode has the full teaching, which includes some thoughts about the tensions that shape our church life before explaining those decisions.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we asked for an influx of joy into our lives. Whether we are greatly celebrating or greatly hurting, we centered ourselves on a hope for a better tomorrow through a few songs and a practice called “Prayers of the People”.
Transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Our lead pastor returned from sabbatical this week, and after an extended open floor reflecting on the last few months of our life together as a church, he shared some of the unexpected lessons he learned while he was away.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
There was not a new sermon this weekend at South Bend City Church, but we instead took some time to reflect, meditate, and engage in a gathering designed to lead us to the table. We had the opportunity to have kids in our gatherings and for them lead us in different ways. Over 50 kids created art based on our four mantras and those pieces were displayed during a liturgy centered on those binding values that we hold. We also heard two spoken word pieces created by elementary aged students and had the opportunity to respond to the same prompts. We would love for you to join with us in this gathering by looking at a few pieces of the art, grabbing markers and paper, and engaging however best speaks to you. Our time together culminates with the Eucharist so feel free to grab crackers and juice and join us at the table.
Full transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
What is really going on in the story that seemingly signals the beginning of differing languages and the migration of civilization? In Genesis 11, we hear about the tower of babel and are left with the question: what is this about? Is it simply a story told out of order or is there a deeper lesson to be learned?
Sean Palmer explores these questions and more as he joins us via video from Houston, Texas. He is the teaching pastor at Ecclesia Houston and is the author of Unarmed Empire. He's also a contributing writer to The Voice Bible and serves as the vice-chair of the Missio Alliance board.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
After the teaching, in which we talked about Mark 8 and stages of faith, we engaged in a practice that contained prayer, reflection, and song to help us open ourselves to movement and growth in our own faith journeys. To hear Mike Goldsworthy's full teaching that led up to this practice, check out the last episode of this podcast.
You can follow along with Mariah, our Director of Art and Worship, and Amina, a SBCC community member, as they guide us through this progression with this transcript.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Sometimes in our faith journey we need to see, but not clearly before our eyes can be opened to see clearly and in focus. Like the blind man who experiences a two part healing in Mark 8, our faith often progresses through stages that grow and expand. And the places where we have grown from were often necessary pieces to help bring us to where we are today. Part 2 of this gathering is a practice that helped us open ourselves up to this movement in our own faith journeys and it can be found as a separate episode.
Today’s teaching comes from Mike Goldsworthy, long time friend of SBCC. Mike is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective which met here at SBCC last fall.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
To start our gatherings this weekend, we centered ourselves on the faithfulness of God. While we recognize that there's a wide variety of experiences and feelings that come up when the "faithfulness of God" is mentioned, we hope to see goodness and faithfulness manifest in our lives and in the life of our community.
Find the full transcript HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Mike Goldsworthy - Perhaps the American success ethos that drives us to do more, achieve more and work harder as we defy our limits is actually not the best way to live. And perhaps there is a gift and a unique grace that we receive in the recognition, embrace and acceptance of our limits. We look at this through the lens of Hebrews 2:14-15, Matthew 5:3, and some thoughts from Richard Beck in his book Slavery of Death.
Today's teaching comes from Mike Goldsworthy, long time friend of SBCC. Mike is a speaker, resourcer, and guide with a passion for connecting like-minded churches and leaders. He also has a podcast, space for faith: re-imaginging the church for our current moment, and started the Post-Evangelical Collective which met here at SBCC last fall.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In last week’s gatherings, we engaged in some practices to help us reflect on what we’ve discussed over the last four weeks. We continued to look at what it means for us to see everyone as an icon specifically in the areas discussed by our teachers this month. We reflected on the series by using the Scriptures we explored each week, followed by some questions, and a prayer.
Full transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Today at SBCC we did not meet in person, but, instead, took this Sunday as a Sabbath. This allows staff, volunteers, and our community as a whole to rest — in line with our Fields, not Factories mantra. We have compiled a list of “essential” sermons — teachings that heavily influence our life together as a community — and some liturgies for you to listen or process through, in case you were looking for resources to accompany your Sabbath.
Teachings A Different Kind of Conversation About Church and Giving A Sacred Conversation: Rooted Faith, Changing World A Sacred Conversation: Sexuality Bible Rehab: Jesus Centered Book (start at 11:12)
Liturgies Our First Experimental Gathering The Lord's Prayer Liturgy
Bonus (Studebaker Talk) Welcoming Newcomers with Friendship by Andrea Cramer
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel - We concluded our series on our "Everyone an Icon" Mantra by looking at the complexity and redemption built into the story of Egypt. (Matthew 2:1-14)
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we took some time in our gathering to recognize Juneteenth. While this day can carry tension for a variety of reasons for a variety of people, we joyfully celebrated this historic day of freedom through Scripture and song.
Transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Dr. Angela Logan - This week in our 4-week series looking at our mantra. "Everyone An Icon," we reflect on the question "What happens when you don't see yourself as an icon?" For some of us, it's easier to see the icon-ness in others than it is to see the icon-ness in the face that greets us in the mirror every morning. Looking at the story of the Apostle Peter, we will reflect on the ways we can learn to see the goodness and Godness in ourselves.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this weekends gatherings, before jumping in to week 2 of our “Everyone an Icon” series, we spent some time centering ourselves of the image of God within us. Before we can see the “icon” in others we must first seek to see it within ourselves. Through several songs, a personal story, and Psalm 8 we sought to remind ourselves of who we are in light of the inherent dignity of being human.
Full Transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel and David Cramer - Last week we asked the question, "What difference does 'Everyone an Icon' make?" This week we learn through a practical interview about the Christian tradition of nonviolence through with David Cramer, the Pastor of Keller Park Church in South Bend and co-author of "A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace".
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This weekend we spent time reflecting on what it means to live out our Everyone an Icon mantra. Specifically, we think through what this looks like when it comes to those that are different than us or those who we could consider enemies. We do this through quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Loving Your Enemies" sermon, a few songs, and Prayers of the People written for our community.
Transcript can be found HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel - This week we start a 4 week series looking at our mantra: Everyone an Icon. Today we start with the question, "What difference does it make?", especially as we face a world that presents true evil and oppression at times. We will look at the lives of Jesus followers that lived life in radical ways as a result of their Everyone an Icon convictions and we will dive into the foundations for those beliefs found in Genesis 1 and Matthew 5. Finally, we will reflect on the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his sermon "Loving your Enemies".
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this week’s gatherings, we engaged in some practices to help us reflect on what we’ve discussed these last six weeks. We continued to look at what it means for us to live as neighbors by paying attention to those around us, leaning in when it’s hard, listening well, being present and hospitable, and by seeking empathy and connection. We reflected on these things by using the Scriptures we explored each week, followed by some questions and a prayer.
Transcript can be found: HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Shannan Martin and Beth Graybill - Week 6 of a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. We close out this series by talking about how important it is to take action along with our thoughts and prayers. And we explore the idea of everyday activism against the backdrop of the story of the Hebrew midwives from Exodus 1:15-22.
This series is based on an upcoming book by author Shannan Martin titled, “START WITH HELLO: And Other Simple Ways to Live As Neighbors.”
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Beth Graybill and Kathy Burnette - Week 5 of a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. In a season when we’re all wondering how to be human while living as neighbors, we talk about what it means to practice empathy and build connection by acknowledging the personhood of those around us. And we explore this idea against the backdrop of the story of Paul and his scribe, Tertius, from Romans 16:17-27.
Then we get to hear from a member of the South Bend community, Kathy Burnette, who owns Brain Lair Books. Kathy shared her mission of building empathy one book at a time while uplifting marginalized voices. You can find out more info and browse the bookstore HERE.
This series is based on an upcoming book by author Shannan Martin titled, “START WITH HELLO: And Other Simple Ways to Live As Neighbors.”
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In a morning where we explored what it looks like to be present with others, we thought we should put presence into practice by grounding ourselves in the current moment. So we spent time during our liturgy being present with ourselves and with God through Scripture, song, and breath prayer.
You can find the transcript at HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Shannan Martin - Week 4 of a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. What if living like a good neighbor is a two way street? This weekend we talked about being present, sharing in the ordinary, and why those two things made food so important to Jesus. We explored these thoughts through the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus found in Luke 19:1-10 and we finished our time by sharing in the Eucharist together. If you'd like to participate in the Eucharist with us, have some kind of bread or crackers and wine or juice ready.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In a gathering focused on listening well, we took time in our liturgy to listen to members of our community. We are lucky enough to have some brilliant artists in our midst, ranging from art to music to poetry to spoken word and we got to bear witness to their gifts this weekend. Join us as we listen to the stories of El Matteson, Seth Creekmore, Pam Blair, and Amina Cavallo through their original pieces.
Take a look at the art pieces HERE Find the lyrics and words HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Shannan Martin and Judge Stephanie Steele - Week 3 of a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. In a time, and world, that has become increasingly polarized and complicated, we talk about what it looks like to listen well. And we explore this idea against the backdrop of the story of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman from John 4:1-30.
Then we get to hear from a member of our own community, Judge Stephanie Steele, who recently made history by becoming the first Black Woman appointed to the St. Joseph County Superior Court. She ended our time by sharing some of the wise practices she has adopted in hopes of listening well in her role as judge and in her everyday life.
This series is based on an upcoming book by author Shannan Martin titled, “START WITH HELLO: And Other Simple Ways to Live As Neighbors.”
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This past weekend in our gatherings, we spent time reflecting and singing though a reading and two songs. Before we did so, we thought it important to share why we do church the way we do church and how that influences our gathering planning. Join in as Mariah, our Director of Art and Worship, talks us through what it looks like to plan gatherings through our four mantras and leads us through a liturgy specifically crafted for this series on How to Live as Neighbors.
For a full transcript click HERE
For more information on our mantras click HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Beth Graybill - Week 2 of a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. We talk about how to lean in as neighbors even when it’s hard. And we explore this idea against the backdrop of the story of The Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-37.
This series is based on an upcoming book by author Shannan Martin titled, "START WITH HELLO: And Other Simple Ways to Live As Neighbors."
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Shannan Martin & Beth Graybill - This week we're starting a 6-week series on How to Live As Neighbors. We talk about how to pay attention to the people in our proximity, and ask ourselves: What does it mean to be a good neighbor? We'll explore these ideas within the context of Jeremiah 29:5-7 and John 20:11-18.
This series is based on an upcoming book by author Shannan Martin titled, "START WITH HELLO: And Other Simple Ways to Live As Neighbors.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. To stay up to date on all things Tribune Project or to make a contribution directly to the project, head to southbendcitychurch.com/pursuing-our-new-home/. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We are living in a time in which a lot of questions are being asked - questions centered around a seemingly broken world. Is this actually the way things are? Is evil the strongest, most powerful resource? Or does love truly win in the end? This Easter, we explore some of those questions and how they might actually be answered in the resurrection.
At the beginning of today’s podcast, you will also hear some updates on our life together as a community. From the Tribune Project to our lead pastor’s sabbatical, we celebrated and prayed over our community and for the months and years ahead.
If you'd like to make a commitment to give to the Tribune Project over the next two years, head to https://southbendcitychurch.com/pursuing-our-new-home/.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
As we remember the love of God revealed in the death of Christ this Good Friday, we invite you to join us in this reflection. This podcast was recorded live at Studebaker 112 during our Good Friday gathering. If you would like to participate in the Eucharist with us - in solitude or with others - feel free to gather elements of bread and cup.
In this week’s gatherings, we engaged in some practices to help us reflect on what we’ve discussed around Matthew 7. We continued to look at what it means for God to live God’s life through us through these texts that tackle judging, prayer, following the path, bearing fruit, and minding the gap.
Transcript can be found: HERE
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
As we come to the final week of commitments for the Tribune Project, we're at a fork in the road, with a a couple of different possible futures ahead for the project. If you'd like to know where we stand and how you can help, check out this brief update from our lead pastor, Jason Miller. If you'd like to make a commitment to give to the project over the next two years, head to southbendcitychurch.com.
Jason Miller - In the final words of the sermon on the mount, Jesus tells us that he actually intends us to apply the things he said. But why trust a vision of life that runs so counter to our instincts for safety, security, and self-preservation?
At the beginning of today’s podcast, you will also hear some updates on the Tribune Project. As we come to the final week of commitments for the Tribune Project, we're at a fork in the road, with a a couple of different possible futures ahead for the project. If you'd like to know where we stand and how you can help, check out the brief update from our lead pastor, Jason Miller. If you'd like to make a commitment to give to the project over the next two years, head to southbendcitychurch.com.
Finally, near the end of the podcast you’ll hear Jason invite our community to the table. If you'd like to participate in the Eucharist with us, have some kind of bread or crackers and wine or juice ready.
During this weeks gatherings we spent some time singing together and reflecting together. We took some time before Jason’s teaching to be reminded of the importance of rest. Join us as we slow down through a prayer for rest and a song that speaks to the whisper you might find in the silence.
For a transcript click HERE
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Over the next few weeks we will have conversations with members of our SBCC family and community leaders about the Tribune Project, as well as provide updates on the financial commitments made so far. This weekend, we had the chance to hear a conversation between Jason and Willow Weatherall. Willow was instrumental in bringing SBCC to our current home at Studebaker. Today she serves as Executive Director of Downtown South Bend, Inc, and she shared a unique perspective with us on our move to the Tribune.
To learn more about the Tribune Project or to make a financial commitment, head to southbendcitychurch.com. If you have any questions, concerns, hopes, or dreams for the building, email info@southbendcitychurch.com - we would love to hear from you.
Jason Miller - After spending the last several months hearing Jesus describe what the life of God actually looks like as we've studied the sermon on the mount, it's not hard to realize that some of the voices who talk the loudest about Jesus are far from the life he describes. But let's not be surprised by that - Jesus actually anticipates this in his teaching.
At the beginning of today’s podcast, you will also hear some updates on the Tribune Project. This weekend, we had the chance to hear a conversation between Jason and Willow Weatherall. Willow was instrumental in bringing SBCC to our current home at Studebaker. Today she serves as Executive Director of Downtown South Bend, Inc, and she shared a unique perspective with us on our move to the Tribune.
To learn more about the Tribune Project or to make a financial commitment, head to southbendcitychurch.com. If you have any questions, concerns, hopes, or dreams for the building, email info@southbendcitychurch.com – we would love to hear from you. Or to go directly to the teaching this weekend, skip to 24:50.
Over the next few weeks we will have conversations with members of our SBCC family and community leaders about the Tribune Project, as well as provide updates on the financial commitments made so far. This weekend, we had the chance to hear a conversation between Jason and Dr. Angela Logan. Dr. Logan is the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration at the University of Notre Dame and is also a member of the SBCC community. She and Jason talk about joyful giving as well as her personal discernment process when it came to contributing to this project.
To learn more about the Tribune Project or to make a financial commitment, head to southbendcitychurch.com. If you have any questions, concerns, hopes, or dreams for the building, email info@southbendcitychurch.com - we would love to hear from you.
Beth Graybill - Toward the end of his sermon, Jesus warns against false prophets. But how do we discern the voices we should trust in the modern world?
At the beginning of today’s podcast, you’ll hear more about the Tribune Project. Jason and Dr. Angela Logan talk about joyful giving and her personal discernment process when it came to committing to the project. (Dr. Logan is the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the SBCC community.) You’ll also hear an update on our project commitments.
To learn more about the Tribune Project or to make a financial commitment, head to southbendcitychurch.com. If you have any questions, concerns, hopes, or dreams for the building, email info@southbendcitychurch.com - we would love to hear from you. To go directly to the teaching this weekend, skip to 16:28.
Jason Miller - This week we're taking a big step toward the purchase and renovation of our future home in the heart of downtown South Bend. You'll hear the heart behind the project, some honest talk about churches and giving, the plan for how we'll make it happen, and an invitation to be a part of it. To learn more about the project, head to southbendcitychurch.com, or head to YouTube to see the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Q9l3oJyEM
Near the end of today’s episode, there’s time to share your hopes, dreams, questions, and concerns about the project. To do so, fill out this google form and it’ll get directly to our team: https://forms.gle/4zNw5Y9oeTf5Hp678. To view the fly-through Jason mentioned and to have a visual of the space as you reflect, head to the website and click on “see the building”.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Sean Palmer, teaching pastor at Ecclesia Church in Houston, TX, and author of Unarmed Empire, shared a challenge for us to come to the table in a worthy manner. How do people formed for individualism and independence experience communion?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - As we turn toward the last teachings in Jesus' sermon, he begins to give us warnings about the consequences of not following the path he lays out. How do we reconcile this with the earlier things Jesus said about the expansive, inclusive nature of God and God's kingdom?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
There's a lot going on in the world around us and in the world within us. In our gatherings this weekend, we spent time praying in two different forms: Prayers of the People and breath prayer.
Full transcript and resources HERE
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Jesus tells us to ask and expect good things in response. But a lot of us have done a lot of asking for good, important things, and it seems like the answer was "no." How do we interpret Matthew 7:7-11 without being naive?
At the beginning of today's podcast, you will hear Jason open the floor for response to moments of prayer in our gathering. These moments, a prayer for Ukraine and time for individual breath prayer, will be available on the podcast on Thursday.
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - When Jesus tells us not to judge, does he mean we can't ever call out what's wrong? And what should we make of his strange image of someone with a plank in their eye?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this week's gatherings, we engaged in some practices to help us reflect on what we've discussed around Matthew 6. We continued to look at what it means for God to live God's life through us through these texts that tackle giving, prayer, and worry.
Transcript can be found HERE
Song Credit: At the Table by Common Hymnal
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - When Jesus tells us not to worry, is this just a command that adds shame to our struggles with anxiety? Or does he give us wisdom for how we can become more aware of the care and competency of God?
Song: Jireh by Maverick City Music
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - This week we look at a short collection of teachings on the things we treasure, the spiritual consequence of how we see, and a practice for people who want to lead their hearts into wise investments.
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donation are tax-deductible.
This past weekend we spent our time together learning about, praying through, and meditating on the Lord’s Prayer as it’s found in Matthew 6. We hope that this liturgy serves as a tool that breathes new life into this well known prayer.
Full Transcript HERE
Resources: The Lord’s Prayer - Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV) The Disciple’s Prayer - https://enfleshed.com/liturgy/the-disciples-prayer/
Song Credits: At the Table by Common Hymnal Great Are You Lord by All Sons and Daughters It Is Well by Horatio Spafford Sufficient For Today by Maverick City Music Out of Hiding by Steffany Gretzinger Steady Heart by Steffany Gretzinger and Amanda Cook
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - At the center of the sermon on the mount, we find the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray. How do we approach prayer as something other than a lever to pull to make things happen, or a duty to perform to earn divine approval?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Jesus continues his warnings against public displays of religiosity when he talks about prayer and fasting. What is his concern and what does it mean for those of us who no longer find ourselves in a world with religious expectations? This week's episode also includes an important update on our future church home.*
*The pictures referenced in this important update can be found HERE
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In our gatherings this weekend, we took time before jumping back into the Sermon on the Mount to reflect on and respond to the last few weeks. Sometimes we can feel alone in whatever we're going through, whether it's the deep pain of life not being what we thought it would be or experiencing a season of great joy in the midst of everyone else's chaos. We hope that this liturgy serves as a reminder to everyone in our community that "you are not alone".
Full Transcript HERE
Song: I Am Not Alone by Kari Jobe CCLI SONG #7007821
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Jesus tells us to give in secret, without "trumpeting" the gift or letting one hand know what the other is doing. Why does giving in secret matter? And what do we do with the apparent contradiction between this teaching and his instruction in chapter 5 to let people see our good deeds?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - When things are hard, like they are right now, we find all kinds of ways to try to escape. Some of those paths are more destructive than others, but they all take us further away from hope.
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible
Jason Miller and Daniel Bannoura - If Advent is a time to explore the meaning of hope in the face of dark realities, we should talk about injustice. Daniel Bannoura is a Palestinian Christian and a member of our SBCC family who shared with us about the experience of violence and injustice in his homeland and the ways he seeks hope.
Books Referenced: The Other Side of the Wall by Munther Isaac
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller and Jim Stump - If Advent is a time to explore the meaning of hope in the face of dark realities, we should talk about one of the most difficult things we're facing in this era: climate change. Jim Stump is the Vice President of Programs at Biologos, an organization that explores the intersection between science and Christian faith. He joined us for a conversation about science and faith, creation care and climate change, and hope in the face of daunting challenges. To learn more about Biologos, head to their website for a rich archive of resources from theologians, scientists, and other thought leaders. Jim also hosts Biologos' podcast, The Language of God, and we highly recommend it.
You'll also hear a brief conversation at the beginning of the episode with Andrea Cramer, Executive Director of Neighbor to Neighbor, explaining how our Christmas offering will support the work they're doing to welcome refugees arriving in our area.
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - What does real hope look like, and where does it come from?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Thanksgiving doesn't exactly show up on the church calendar, but it does have a place for us. This week we look at the pattern throughout scripture of God asking God's people to remember experiences of goodness with physical, tangible markers.
Referenced Texts: Exodus 12-13
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
In this week's gatherings, we engaged in some practices to help us reflect on what we've discussed around Matthew 5 and God wanting to live God's life through us.
Read along with the transcript
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller- When Jesus speaks to people in abusive situations and tells them to turn the other cheek, is he prescribing passive acceptance? Or is he teaching something more subversive?
If you're a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the "podcast" option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you're participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Beth Graybill - Jesus warns us about taking oaths, and instead, challenges us to tell the truth. Why would he make this kind of comparison? And what makes it so hard for us to tell the truth?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We're taking a break from our series on the Sermon on the Mount to have a candid conversation about church and giving. This is a teaching probably unlike ones you've heard before about church and money, and it includes a bit of a mythbuster on tithing and the local church. It includes reference at the end to a work of art called "Tethered Sky" by Robert and Shana Parkeharrison. If you'd like to see the image, it's easily found through a web search.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In September, we began a process of communal discernment and feedback as we prepare for the end of our current lease at Studebaker 112 and consider some new possibilities for where we'll call home. Our lead pastor, Jason, took some time in this week's gatherings to report back to the community the feedback we've heard, and to let you know where things stand.
Jason Miller - Jesus warns against lust and divorce. Are these matters of purity, or is something deeper going on?
Jason Miller - As Jesus begins to give us pictures of the life of God in the sermon on the mount, he takes the prohibition against murder and stretches it to include a condemnation of anger. Why does he do that? Is this just a heavy burden, or a new possibility?
Jason Miller - Right after telling people that the kingdom of God is theirs, regardless of any aspect of their circumstance, Jesus speaks of being salt and light. What could these images mean for us, and what purpose do they serve?
Jason Miller - This week we opened up an important conversation about the place SBCC calls home. We moved into Studebaker 112 in 2017 as renters, and while we have loved our home and flourished here, we've also begun evaluating the wisdom of renting versus owning. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about those questions and share a possibility that we've been exploring that would allow us to own a building. As you listen, you'll notice that we shared some visual resources during the gathering to help illustrate the possibilites we're considering. If you'd like access to a video version of the presentation that includes those resources, email us at info@southbendcitychurch.com and we'll share the link. We also invited feedback on this conversation, and we'd love to hear from you. You can email the same address with any thoughts, concerns, hopes, or questions you have.
Jason Miller - We're beginning a new focus on Jesus' sermon on the mount, the picture of the kingdom of God that he teaches in Matthew 5-7. This week we explore the second half of the blessings, or Beatitudes, that begin the teaching.
Jason Miller - We're beginning a new focus on Jesus' sermon on the mount, the picture of the kingdom of God that he teaches in Matthew 5-7.
Jason Miller - We often use the things we can see to describe the things we can't see, but what happens when our imagination for the spiritual life is shaped by the factory instead of the field?
Documentary Film: The Biggest Little Farm
John 15, Matthew 13
This Is My Father's World - A New Liturgy; You Deserve the Glory by Juanita Bynum; Never Lost - Elevation Worship featuring Tauren Wells
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC.
South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - We have nothing to prove and failure isn't fatal. Instead of trying to perform, we're invited to practice.
Jason Miller - As we revisit our church mantras, we wanted to have an honest conversation about the tensions that surround Everyone an Icon.
Jason Miller - We're returning to our mantras for a renewed vision of our life together. This week's mantra is a reminder that not every need is a calling and an invitation to intentional simplicity.
Mark 1:34-38 Luke 12:13-15 Giro Dreams of Sushi - Netflix documentary
We Are the Love of Jesus - Paul McClure and Bethel Music Steady Heart - Steffany Gretzinger Your Peace Will Make Us One - Audrey Assad
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel - This week, we recognize the depth of love that comes when we allow ourselves to see & respond to the needs of others as deeply invested neighbors. We are guided by the narrative of God's love revealed to the world by investing in a chosen people. [Gen 17, Exodus 3, John 1, Hebrews 4]
Ryan Yazel - The call to love our city well can play out in a variety of ways. But the primary vision from Jesus is to simply be a good neighbor -- to see & respond well to the world around us. This week we follow the story of Jesus & the woman who had been subject to bleeding to look at what it means to see & respond to the urgent things pulling at our attention. - Luke 8, Mark 5
Jason Miller - In our final practice of this series, we celebrate the Eucharist as we discern the Body of Christ.
Jason Miller - As we put our lives back together in the wake of the pandemic, does church have a place in that new life?
Jason Miller - In this week's gatherings, we used some practices to help us welcome our bodies into prayer and encounter with God.
Jason Miller - The Psalms often speak of prayer and worship as highly embodied experiences, but Christian spaces haven't always been great in their respect for the body. What if we could reclaim prayer as a space where our bodies are as welcome as our minds and our words?
Jason Miller and Daniel Bannoura - In light of the recent escalations of violence in the Holy Land, our podcast this week features a special learning opportunity. Our Lead Pastor, Jason Miller, sat down for a conversation with Daniel Bannoura, a Palestinian who is attending grad school here in South Bend and a member of our SBCC family. Daniel shares his perspective on the conflict and an encouragement for followers of Jesus who want to serve the cause of peace.
Jason Miller - In our next cycle of Psalms and Practices, we're studying Psalm 1 and considering the different trajectories our lives can take.
Jason Miller - As we return to in-person gatherings, we're also returning to one of our mantras: practices, not performances. This week we begin with a teaching from Psalm 30 about the healing, clarity, and empowerment we can gain from narrating our past, and we're invited into a practice for next week's gatherings.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - The early followers of Jesus believed that his resurrection had given birth to a new world in the midst of the old one, and we're eager for a new world, too. So how do we follow Jesus into the new creation? This week: what does the Church have to do with the new world?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - The early followers of Jesus believed that his resurrection had given birth to a new world in the midst of the old one, and we're eager for a new world, too. So how do we follow Jesus into the new creation? This week: design, intention, and habits.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - The early followers of Jesus believed that his resurrection had given birth to a new world in the midst of the old one, and we're eager for a new world, too. So how do we follow Jesus into the new creation? This week: letting go.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller and Dr. Angela Logan - During Lent, we've been reflecting on our own capacity to work against God's kingdom. We've also been reading Jemar Tisby's "The Color of Compromise" to reflect on the American Church's complicity in racism as an application of this big idea. As we celebrate Holy Thursday and approach the events of Jesus' passion, our lead pastor, Jason, sat down for a conversation with Dr. Angela Logan to discuss their experiences reading the book.
Jason Miller - Judas is one of the more difficult characters in Scripture to relate to. But what if we share his capacity for infidelity? And even if we do, is betrayal the thing that makes Judas tragic?
Shannan Martin - Is the book of Jonah a simple story about the consequences of disobedience? Or is there a deeper message there about our contempt for others and the difficulty of loving our enemies?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
Ryan Yazel - There seems to be something about being human that makes it difficult to handle power well. In what ways might we be tempted to use our power to force forward our goals at the expense of others? In the third week of our Lent series, we consider the stories of the empires of the Bible.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - How does a hero fall? Is it a sinister turn, or is something more common and relatable? What happens when we can't let go of the ego projects that we were building? In the second week of our Lent series, we consider King Saul in the book of 1 Samuel.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - It’s inspiring to look to the heroes of Scripture and imagine what we might have in common with them. But what about the villains? When we see characters in these stories who rebel against God, who work against love, who resist the truth, or who participate in injustice, should we stand at a distance and judge them? Or could we identify with them? And if so, could we learn to leave some bad patterns behind and get on with the way of living that Jesus calls us to? This week, we consider Cain, the first mention of "sin" in Scripture, and the problems we face when someone else has the blessing.
As we prepare for Holy Week and Easter, the season of Lent invites us to reflect and confess. We don’t do this to shame ourselves or hang our heads. We welcome the conviction that comes from Love. This episode includes music, guidance, questions, and Scripture and is meant to accompany you in times of reflection as often as you’d like to use it.
Jason Miller - What does the appearance of Jesus with Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration say about what God is up to?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Beth Graybill - What does the sacred sense of Simeon and Anna, as they meet Jesus at the temple, say about God in the life of Jesus? And what does their sacred sense mean for us?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - How does wonder work when we see Jesus performing miracles? Does admiring him lead us into imitation?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Ryan Yazel - What does Jesus' invitation to the disciples change about how we see God? And what does it say about who we choose to value and how we see value in ourselves? It's week three of our Epiphany series, and we're exploring the surprise of finding God in Jesus.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - What does the baptism of Jesus say about God? And what does it say about us? It's week two of our Epiphany series, and we're exploring the surprise of finding God in Jesus.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We’re starting the new year by observing the season of Epiphany. It’s about discovering the divine life of Jesus (and because of that discovery, finding God in our neighbors, our enemies, and ourselves).
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - If Advent invites us to wait and watch for God, then how do we make sure our expectations help us discover God, rather than getting in the way?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give (Select "Christmas 2020" to donate toward our Christmas offering.)
Scott Erickson - This Advent, we’re partnering with our friend Scott Erickson to help us pray and reflect through the season. Christmas, as well as spirituality, comes with many assumptions. We'll consider the anecdote to those assumptions that are keeping us from the wonder of this season: surprise.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can find out more about Scott and his work here.
Jason Miller - If vulnerability is the avenue to our participation with God, what does it look like to take off our armor?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Scott Erickson - This Advent, we’re partnering with our friend Scott Erickson to help us pray and reflect through the season. He brings the teaching this week, pointing out that the Holy Mystery incarnated into our world, just like we all have, through human vulnerability. Today, we can find that Incarnate Christ in the same place - our own vulnerability.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can find out more about Scott and his work here.
Jason Miller - Through the centuries, the Church has regularly returned to the songs and prayers of the Psalms not just to express how we feel but to let ourselves be moved by the perspectives and experiences of others in their pursuit of God. In this series, we will consider and pray through a Psalm each week to see how it forms us. This week, we consider a Psalm of Thanksgiving: Psalm 30. What are the moments you feel stuck in, and what are the before-and-after stories you’ve already lived through? And what do those stories reveal?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - Through the centuries, the Church has regularly returned to the songs and prayers of the Psalms not just to express how we feel but to let ourselves be moved by the perspectives and experiences of others in their pursuit of God. In this series, we will consider and pray through a Psalm each week to see how it forms us. This week, we consider a Psalm of Lament: Psalm 13. Why would we pray these prayers of suffering and grief? And how do they form us and grow us up?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Ryan Yazel - Through the centuries, the Church has regularly returned to the songs and prayers of the Psalms not just to express how we feel but to let ourselves be moved by the perspectives and experiences of others in their pursuit of God. In this series, we will consider and pray through a Psalm each week to see how it forms us. This week, we consider a Psalm of praise: Psalm 146.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - How do we ground our hope in something that can't be held hostage by our circumstances, while still hoping for the system to improve? In our final week of the Soul and the System, we explore the difference between hoping in and hoping for.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - In all this talk about the soul and the system, what is the role of the Church?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - Why is Jesus tempted when he's offered the kingdoms of the world? And why is it important for him to say no? This week we're talking about the relationship between power and the world we want.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We're exploring the inner experience of faith and our public life together, and this week we're talking about identity, group membership, fear, and love.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - In this new series, we'll explore the soul and the system. We'll talk about the inner experience of faith, our public life together, and how the kingdom of God shows up in both.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we turn to a question about the law of Love, compassion fatigue, and participation, with a teaching from Luke 10.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we turn to the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus' teaching on worry.
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we find ourselves in the story of Job, a character who experiences trauma stacked on top of trauma. Rather than accepting the tidy solutions of his friends who are convinced that suffering and sin are always connected, he confronts God directly, and God raises his level of consciousness by asking him, Where were you when I created the earth?
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Beth Graybill - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we find ourselves in the story of Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, in Mark 10 as Jesus asks him, What do you want?
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Ryan Yazel - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we find ourselves in the story of the Exodus, where God asks a discouraged Moses "What is in your hand?"
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
DESCRIPTION: Jason Miller - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we find ourselves in the gospel of John, where Jesus asks someone "Do you want to get well?"
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - We're returning to one of our communal practices: letting ourselves be drawn out by the questions God asks in Scripture. This week we find ourselves in the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3. They're hiding in shame and fear, and the voice of love calls them out by asking, "Where are you?"
This teaching was recorded at Four Winds Field, where we're holding outdoor Sunday night gatherings instead of our regular gathering schedule at Studebaker 112, which has been suspended due to COVID-19. You'll hear an audio glitch for the first minute or so, but then it clears up.
___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This week, instead of pressing forward with new teaching via video and podcast, we wanted to pause to take the time to remember some of the things we have learned together that have been most influential to who we are as a church.
This may be an opportunity to reinforce some learning from the past, or it may be the first time you'll hear some of these ideas that have shaped our church.
Here is a curated selection of past teachings we’re recommending this week. If you get a chance, listen to one or more of these podcasts from past gatherings:
7.2.17 [TEACHING] - Bible [rehab] - Context 7.9.17 [TEACHING] - Bible [rehab] - Community 7.16.17 [TEACHING] - Bible [rehab] - Tension in the text 7.23.17 [TEACHING] - Bible [rehab] - Jesus-centered book 8.26.18 [TEACHING] A Sacred Conversation: Sexuality 1.13.19 [TEACHING] - Mantra - Sushi, Not Fish Stew 1.20.19 [TEACHING] - Mantra - Everyone an Icon 1.27.19 [TEACHING] - Mantra - Practices, Not Performances 2.3.19 [TEACHING] - Mantra: Fields, Not Factories
Ryan Yazel - We continue in 1 Corinthians 13 as we see there's more to a chapter often just reserved for weddings. This week, as we examine the conclusion of both the chapter and epistle, we see Paul exhorting the young church to stay focused on the mission as they move forward together. ___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Ryan Yazel - We continue in 1 Corinthians 13 as we see there's more to a chapter often just reserved for weddings. This week, as we examine the middle of both the chapter and epistle, we see Paul correcting a couple of ways people misunderstand love in community. ___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Ryan Yazel - This week we turn our attention to 1 Corinthians 13 as we see there's more to a chapter often just reserved for weddings. Over the next 3 weeks we will track Paul's advice to the young church in Corinth as they figure out how to keep moving forward together. We begin by looking at verses 1-3 and some of the divisions that are creeping up in the Corinthian community. _____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This is the final teaching in the series, with a calling to bravery and prayer.
___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This week's teaching considers the challenge to abandon perfection and embrace the pursuit, or as we often say it at SBCC, practices, not performances.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This week's teaching wrestles with how faith can matter when the world is breaking.
___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This week's teaching considers two different visions of unity and the example of Christ who gave up his privilege. If you'd like to watch, rather than just listen, you can view this teaching film here.
___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This week's teaching explores the real meaning of Gospel and Christ as realities that relativize the pursuits of the ego, and as mandates for the pursuit of justice in a world that is aching with the pain of racial oppression. If you'd like to watch, rather than just listen, you can view this teaching film here.
___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During COVID-19, we’re turning to the text of Philippians for a new teaching series meant to help us consider the possibility of God that meets us in this difficult time. This week, Jason introduces the letter and teaches Philippians 1:1-11. Beginning this week, you can also watch these teachings on Vimeo - find this week's here. ___ If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Dr. Jessica Hughes - In the weeks after Easter, we're finding ourselves in stories of Jesus from the Gospels. This week we consider His interaction with Peter in John 21.
___
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Melissa Marley Bonnichsen - This Mother's Day, Melissa Marley Bonnichsen helps us consider the experience of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Melissa is the director of leadership formation at Notre Dame's Center for Social Concern and a member of the SBCC family.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel with Michael Yoder - In the weeks after Easter, we're finding ourselves in stories of Jesus from the Gospels. This week we return to some of the Sermon on the Mount.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In the weeks after Easter, we're finding ourselves in stories of Jesus from the Gospels. This week it's the story of a paralyzed man whose friends bring him to Jesus for healing, which is for all of us who find ourselves carrying burdens of empathy and compassion, and feeling some of the helplessness that comes with those burdens. Mark 2:1-12 and Matthew 9:8
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we’re bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This episode features responses to Beth Graybill's April 19 teaching about Jesus and our grief.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Beth Graybill - In the weeks after Easter, we're finding ourselves in stories of Jesus from the Gospels. This week, Beth Graybill takes us into Luke 24. At the end of Beth's teaching, she asks these questions for our Open Floor:
How are you making meaning in the midst of your grief? What practices, old or new, do you find comforting and healing in this season? How has Jesus made himself real to you in the midst of your grief right now?
If you'd like to share with us, please call 574-387-2151 and share a response to one of those questions. Then, on Thursday, April 23, we'll include some of your messages in our Open Floor episode. _____
We also released our 2019 annual report this week, and you can find it online here. If you have any questions about the information in the report, contact our executive pastor, Matt Graybill, at matt@southbendcitychurch.com.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
This Easter, we're celebrating resurrection in our homes, socially distant but together in spirit as our world faces COVID-19. We've released a special Easter 2020 film, shot in Studebaker 112, that you can view anytime here: https://vimeo.com/406564098. This podcast episode features the teaching from that film. He is risen!
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we’re bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This is a special Holy Week episode, and we asked the members of South Bend City Church to be our preachers by talking to us about how they have known or experienced Love or Forgiveness in their lives.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - On Palm Sunday, Jesus wept for the city that didn't know what makes for peace. And in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're finding out that the world we've built is broken in more ways than we realized.
This week, we'll release another [OPEN FLOOR] episode on Thursday, but since it's Holy Week, it'll be a special Maundy Thursday Open Floor. We'd like you to be one of our Maundy Thursday preachers by calling 574-387-2151 and sharing one clear picture of forgiveness or love that you have seen in your life.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we’re bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This episode features responses to our March 29 teaching on holiness, picking up the theme “set apart” and asking ourselves “for what purpose?” and “to what extent?” The prompts offered for response were:
Consider how you can create some beauty or goodness for the world in this unsettled time, let us know what you did and how it went.
Return to some practices this week: prayer, meditation, almsgiving, the examen, or another favorite. Let us know how that goes.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Ryan Yazel - Matthew 8, Matthew 5:13-16
As we continue our lenten series on holiness, we pick up the theme "set apart" and begin to ask ourselves "for what purpose?" and "to what extent?" The church has taken many approaches through the centuries, regarding how distant or engaged it has been with the world around it, with some approaches looking more like the example of Jesus than others.
At the end of this week's episode (and future episodes while our gatherings are suspended), you'll hear some questions for response. Call 574-387-2151 and leave a voicemail response. Then, on Thursday, April 2, we'll release an [OPEN FLOOR] episode featuring your responses. Here are those questions:
Consider how you can create some beauty or goodness for the world in this unsettled time, let us know what you did and how it went.
Return to some practices this week: prayer, meditation, almsgiving, the examen, or another favorite. Let us know how that goes.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we're bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This episode features responses to our March 22nd teaching on holiness as a communal project, along with a general check-in on how people are coping with everything surrounding the pandemic.
Jason Miller - In this unexpected moment of social distancing and quarantines, we're considering the power of holiness as a communal project. It's not just a private, personal thing. It's an "us" thing. In that spirit, we're also bringing one of our favorite features from our in-person gatherings to the podcast -- the open floor. At the end of this week's episode (and future episodes while our gatherings are suspended), you'll hear some questions for response. Call 574-387-2151 and leave a voicemail response. Then, on Thursday, Mar 26, we'll release an [OPEN FLOOR] episode featuring your responses.
How are you doing with all the COVID-19 disruptions? What's been especially difficult with everything going on? What's helping you adapt to this unexpected season? How are you coping?
Where in your relationships have you seen holiness as a communal project? Where have you known the presence of God in the space between people?
Who in your life has helped you grow in holiness, wholeness, or being present to the presence of God? How have they done that?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - Our in person gatherings are suspended in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, but we're continuing our Lent teaching series on holiness. You might have heard the word holy defined as being "set apart", but that raises all sorts of questions. Set apart from what? For what? And what could it possibly mean when God is described as set apart, if God also fills everything everywhere?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible
Jason Miller - This week we explored holiness as being present to the presence of God. Ephesians 5, Matthew 25, Matthew 5, Galatians 3
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - During Lent this year, we'll be considering the problems and power of holiness. This pre-lent introduction raises some questions about the word "holy" and sets a trajectory for our journey through this season.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller and Josh McManaway - Bonus episode! In the last week of our series on The Anatomy of Spiritual (R)Evolution, we looked briefly at the kenosis hymn in Philippians 2. In this conversation, Jason talks with SBCC community member and theologian Josh McManaway for a deeper dive into the meaning of the hymn.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In the conclusion of our series about spiritual growth, we considered the challenge of being a community for people in different places or stages of faith. It’s a conversation for our church, but also any marriage, family, or friendship where people are growing in their own ways. Philippians 2
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Shannan Martin - This week we heard from author Shannan Martin on the power of living close to the ground and close to our neighbors, following Jesus by loving the people and places in our ordinary, every day lives.
She closed our gatherings with this moving benediction:
May you go out into this cold day warmed by the fire in your own bones. May you come to see walking shoes, soup spoons, mini vans, and wrinkled hands as worthy tools for the kingdom. May you crave low places—the messy, the boring, the overlooked, the complicated. May you grow comfortable with grit in your teeth. May you see God’s presence in the moon, God’s glory in the clouds, and God’s goodness in the faces around you. And may you find your shelter in the untamable garden of community, God’s kingdom on earth, right where you are planted. Grace and peace be with you.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In the past few days, our community has faced some pressing questions about faith, politics, and the kind of church we want to be. Our lead pastor took a quick break from our current series - The Anatomy of Spiritual (R)Evolution - to address some of those questions this week.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Beth Graybill - In week three we look at our own narrative journeys through stages of faith, including the liminal spaces between each stage. Beth also gives an encouraging word to those parenting through the order, disorder, and re-order stages of our spiritual journeys.
Parenting Resources:
BOOKS: The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith by Janet O. Hagberg and Robert A. Guelich
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James W. Fowler
Faith Shift: Finding Your Way Forward When Everything You Believe is Coming Apart by Kathy Escobar (parenting section in the back)
PODCAST EPISODES:
The Bible for Normal People: Episode 40: Richard Rohr--a Contemplative Look at the Bible Another Name for Everything with Richard Rohr: Parenting great additional resources included in the show notes for this podcast
The song at the end of this episode is Please Be My Strength by Gungor. _________
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In week two, we looked at some of the stages and disruptions that often characterize the spiritual life.
_____
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - It’s a new year, and we’re talking about growth. How do we keep going when the things that brought us this far can’t take us further? (John 20, Hebrews 5, and Philippians 1)
We close by reflecting on our own spiritual journeys. Here are some of the questions from the guided meditation.
Movement 1: What are some beliefs or experiences that marked the start of your spiritual journey?
Who are some people that impacted your journey at the time?
What were some of the emotions, positive or negative?
Movement 2: What did your faith look like as you grew and matured?
What are some beliefs that were really important to you back then?
What are some beliefs that have changed since then?
Movement 3: Was your faith ever challenged or broken?
What questions were you asking God, or about God?
Did your faith eventually go back to the way things were or are things forever different on this side?
Movement 4: What are some things we can learn from the people who have helped us along our spiritual journey?
Are there any habits or practices or postures that would be good for us to try?
What are some ways we help others on their journey?
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In week 4 of Advent, we considered Isaiah 7, King Ahaz's problems, and Simeon's vision in Luke 2. We also introduced a new component of our global strategy - partnering with The Telos Group for peacemaking pilgrimages in 2020-2021.
________
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
A conversation between Jason Miller and our friend Dave Armstrong, pastor of Redeemer Central Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Dave closes our gatherings with this benediction, an adaptation of the Prayer of St. Patrick:
May Christ protect you today
Against anger, against jealousy,
Against fear, against timidity,
So that His justice may flow through you
and you may share in its reward.
Christ with you,
Christ before you,
Christ behind you;
Christ within you,
Christ beneath you,
Christ above you;
Christ to the right of you, Christ to the left of you;
Christ in your lying,
Christ in your sitting,
Christ in your rising;
Christ in the heart of all who think of you,
Christ on the tongue of all who speak to you,
Christ in the eye of all who see you,
Christ in the ear of all who hear you.
And may grace and peace be with you
[all together]
And also with you.
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In week 3 of Advent, we studied one of Isaiah’s texts of return, considered the sometimes inconclusive nature of the arrival of God, and wrestled with the temptations of politics and hope.
________
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - This Advent, we’re learning to wait and hope with the prophet Isaiah. The text this week promises the peaceable kingdom, where the most vulnerable are made safe, but not without a prophetic disruption.
In this recording you'll catch the end of Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child and a refrain of Come Thou Long Expected Jesus. Find them both songs our growing Advent Playlist.
________________
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - This Advent, we're learning to wait and hope with the prophet Isaiah, who calls us to a future where our instruments of violence and destruction are transformed into instruments of peace.
To close the gathering, Zach sings Your Peace Will Make Us One by Audrey Assad. Find it on our growing Advent Playlist.
___________
If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Jason Miller - In our final week of To Build an Altar, we hear from members of our community who have created tangible memorials to the goodness of God in their lives.
Jason Miller - When you build an altar to recognize the gift you've received, the next question you might ask is: is this altar calling me to stay here, plant some roots, and resist the temptation to keep moving? Or is it compelling me to keep walking forward, trusting that the God who was good to me here can be good to me anywhere?
Ryan Yazel - In week two of To Build an Altar, we find goodness in the mundane.
What are some ways we can challenge ourselves to recognize the goodness in the simple, unremarkable things around us?
James 1:17; Acts 17:24-29
Music for reflection: Ascent, Pt 1 by Hymns for the Architect
Jason Miller - In the month of November, SBCC is building altars. We’ll be creating tangible memorials to the goodness of God in our lives. This week’s teaching explores the meaning of an altar. (Genesis and James)
Ryan Yazel - In this gathering we check in with local community leaders to hear how our neighborhoods and schools are doing and how we can continue to become a community of grace and peace for our city.
Kathy Schutch - Executive Director of the Near Northwest Neighborhood Kareemah Fowler - Former South Bend City Clerk, CFO of South Bend Community Schools Dr. Todd Cummings - Superintendent of South Bend Community Schools
Jason Miller - In week six of our Everyone an Icon series, we asked again what is the God like whose image we bear. We also celebrated baptisms.
Song from this gathering: Will We Ever Rise by The Brilliance
Beth Graybill - In week five of Everyone an Icon, we paused to reflect on the tradition of baptism. We heard stories from a few friends in our community regarding their own baptism experiences, and reflected on how we can identify with the life of Jesus through baptism.
Jason Miller - In week four of Everyone an Icon, we asked where our anxiety about God comes from. We turned to Exodus 20, Matthew 2 and 3, and Ephesians 1 and considered whether Jesus is an exception to the character of God or a revelation of the character of God.
Jason Miller - In week three of our conversation about bearing the image of God, we’re continuing to ask what we know of the God whose image we bear. We consider the implications of a God who is 3-in-1. If God is a community, then we cannot bear the image of God alone.
Jason Miller - This is week 2 in our exploration of one of SBCC's core mantra's - Everyone an Icon. We're asking, what does it mean to bear the image of God? We looked at Genesis 1, Sirach 51, Matthew 11, and Ephesians 2, and considered the creative calling on every human life to get our hands on the raw materials of the world and make something beautiful. This week's episode also features performances from guest artists Eric Marshall (Young Oceans) and John Tibbs, who joined us in our Thursday night gathering.
Jason Miller and Beth Graybill:
One of our SBCC mantras is “Everyone an Icon” - every human being is a bearer of the image of God. Our new series will explore the meaning of this radical claim over the next several weeks. To begin, Jason Miller and Beth Graybill shared a conversation about Jesus and the ways that he calls out the dignity of the people around him, and the limiting beliefs we hold that keep us from realizing our own sacred story.
Jason Miller - In our final week of Sacred Questions, we considered fear and its consequences for the lives we lead and the world we’re creating, through the lens of Jesus’ interactions with his friends in Luke 24 and Mark 4.
Jason Miller - This week’s teaching wrestles with the complicated nature of desire, focusing on Jesus’s surprising interaction with a beggar in Mark 10.
Jason Miller - We begin a new series this week, hearing some of the sacred questions that are asked in Scripture.
Spencer French - In this week’s message, we continue to investigate the ways the body has been marred by bad theology. Then, we attempt to recover a proper understanding of the body-centered on the Christian teaching of the Imago Dei, divine empathy in Christ, and the eventual restoration of all things. Genesis 1:26-27, John 1:14, Revelation 21:1-4
Haleigh Smith - This week we continue the conversation we sparked before our week-long break. During this “prayers of the people” practice, we engage with poems, communal prayers, and teaching that grapple with the difficulties of living an embodied life as those created in the image of God when messages we’re given often disregard that truth.
Sometimes on the open road we find what we need, not necessarily what we want. We close our How To Wander series at the Communion Table, a meal of belonging, and ask: how do we become a community of radical belonging-- a kind of belonging nomads and wanderers share with one another?
A look at two characters from Scripture who wandered far from home. One was called out. One was kicked out. And both have something to teach us about the power of what can happen when we wander.
A conversation between our lead pastor and Dave Armstrong, team leader at Redeemer Central Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland
We began a new conversation this week about the inevitable experience of leaving home and wandering. Home may be geographic or theological. It may be your family of origin or your spiritual community. Sometimes we're called out. Sometimes we're kicked out. But wandering isn't all bad, and we're looking at the way the Bible narrates that journey.
For our final week in Colossians, our pastor, Jason, was joined by Jessica Hughes for a conversation about the household code in chapter 3. What do you do with a text that calls for wives to submit to their husbands when we know that so many women are abused? What do you do with a text that calls for slaves to obey their masters? And how do these teachings relate to the big, hopeful idea of Colossians - that God has chosen to live God's life in flesh and blood?
What if the resurrection of Jesus isn’t just about Jesus? What if evil is a limited resource? Easter 2019 at South Bend City Church
"I had hoped for something else."
Matthew 27:15-17 // Luke 24:17-21, 31
May all your expectations be frustrated. May all your plans be thwarted. May all your desires be withered into nothingness. That you may experience the powerlessness and the poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God the Father, the Son and the Spirit. (Blessing given to Henri Nouwen by his mentor)
In week 5 of our Lenten series, we looked at anger and asked if anger, which is so often a bad thing, might sometimes be a sign that we're waking up. We also reflected on these questions: * ARE YOU CARRYING ANY ANGER RIGHT NOW? * IS IT COMING FROM IMMATURITY OR AN OFFENDED EGO? BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ANGER THAT’S NOT? IS ANY OF IT ROOTED IN LOVE? * COULD YOUR ANGER MAKE YOU BETTER OR MORE AWAKENED? MORE COMMITTED TO HEALING OR JUSTICE? * IS GOD SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH YOUR ANGER AND INVITING YOU TO RESPOND?
This week in our Lenten series, we considered the pain we experience in betrayal - when people who should have been safe for us turned out to be the ones who hurt us. Psalm 55, Luke 23, Luke 17.
In week 3 of our Lenten series, we explore the realization that comes from time to time that leads you to say, "I'm wrong." We also reflected on these questions: Is there anything in your life right now that invites you to say, “I’m wrong?” Any pattern that needs to end? Anything wrong that you’re a part of, even if you didn’t actively choose the wrong? Any hurtful or unhelpful act that needs to be acknowledged? Any relationship that needs to be reconciled?
In week 2 of our Lenten series, we consider the pain and power of doubt and unknowing. Matthew 27-28, John 20. We also took time in this gathering to pray for our Muslim neighbors in the wake of the horrific violence perpetrated against them in New Zealand, and that prayer is included in this episode.
In week 1 of our Lenten series, we’re confronted with the awareness of our mortality. Genesis 3, Matthew 16, Galatians 2, Philippians 2
Guest teacher Lisa Sharon Harper, the author of The Very Good Gospel, joined us to teach a biblical gospel that's good news for people suffering injustice.
Ryan Yazel - James 1:19, Acts 10:34-35, Hebrews 13:3, Galatians 6:2, Proverbs 27:14, Proverbs 25:20
Our pastor, Jason Miller, interviews visual artist Scott Erickson about the role of images in prayer and spiritual formation.
Genesis 1, Colossians 1 and 3
SBCC sexuality suggested reading list:
Want to know more about the historic and progressive understandings of sexuality, the Bible, and Christian theology? Check out these reads:
Historic View:
Washed and Waiting, by Wesley Hill
People to Be Loved, by Preston Sprinkle
What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung
Progressive View:
God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines
Changing Our Mind, by David Gushee
Bible, Gender, Sexuality, by James Brownson
Last year, our pastor, Jason Miller, sat down with Dr. Jessica Hughes, a member of our community, for a conversation about Advent. They discuss its historical development, theology, and practice.
Aaron Niequist joined us to share his vision for a practice-based faith, and to lead us in a prayer practice known as the Examen.
A conversation between our pastor, Jason Miller, and writer Jonathan Merritt, exploring the themes of Jonathan’s new book, Learning to Speak God from Scratch.
Jason Miller - Genesis 19, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 6, Matthew 7, Luke 4, Matthew 1
SBCC sexuality suggested reading list:
Want to know more about historic and progressive understandings of sexuality, the Bible, and Christian theology? Check out these reads:
Historic View:
Washed and Waiting, by Wesley Hill
People to Be Loved, by Preston Sprinkle
What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung
Progressive View:
God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines
Changing Our Mind, by David Gushee
Bible, Gender, Sexuality, by James Brownson
Sam Centellas (La Casa de Amistad); Michelle Artley (Hope Ministries); Kory Lantz (Transformation Ministries)
Our pastor, Jason Miller, and Mark Waltz, a trained crisis counselor and pastoral care practitioner, shared a conversation about mental health, depression, suicide, and finding help.
Our pastor, Jason Miller, and Sarah Bessey sat down for a conversation about the evolution of faith, deconstruction, grief, and rebuilding.
Jason Miller and Jessica Hughes - A conversation between our pastor, Jason Miller, and a member of the SBCC family, Jessica Hughes, about the Advent themes and practices.
Jason Miller - Luke 22:14-20 (to watch the short film that followed Jason’s message, follow this link: http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/bread-and-wine )
1 John 2: 9-11 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. In the name of Jesus, we stand against hate. We stand against white supremacy and racism. We stand against torches and fear and domestic terrorism. We stand against the silence and complacency that let this cancer thrive. In the name of Jesus, we stand against hate.
1 John 3:15-16 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. In the name of Jesus, we stand with our brothers and sisters. Those of us who are white and have experienced a very different version of America, we stand with you, our brothers and sisters of color, who are targets of this hatred. We stand with those wounded and afraid and angry. We stand with those who aren’t shocked in the least by the images coming from Charlottesville, but are weary and horrified. We stand knowing we haven’t done enough to dismantle the systems of oppression hardwired into our society since before its founding. How do we know we haven’t done enough? Because it’s 2017 and torch-wielding lynch mobs still roam our streets. We stand begging for forgiveness from you and from God. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.
1 John 4:20-21 We love because God first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And God has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. In the name of Jesus, we stand for love. We stand for grace and peace - shalom - not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice and restoration. We stand for the thriving and healing of all of God’s children. We stand and pray and march and petition and raise our voices because to be silent is to side with the oppressors. In the face of unimaginable hate, we stand unafraid and unwavering, strengthened by the resurrected Christ. In the name of Jesus, we stand for love.
Audio from our Jan. 18 gathering, where we heard from our own Dr. Angela Logan on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and her perspective on racial diversity (Acts 11 & 13)
As we continue our study on the book of Acts, we took a night to talk about the election that just happened, what it means to live in a poltiical world, and whether Jesus has anything to say to us in moments like this. Audio from our November 9 gathering
On Wednesday, October 19, we continued our study by turning to chapter 2 of the book of Acts.
On Wednesday, October 12, we began weekly gatherings to help us grow into a church together! We also began a study on the book of Acts.
For our October 5th experimental gathering, we turned our attention to listening to our neighbors.
For our second experimental gathering, we welcomed Peter Rollins, who helped us explore doubt and faith, and the unexpected ways they work together in the Jesus story.
For our first experimental gathering, we welcomed Aaron Niequist, who helped us explore some of the ancient patterns of prayer, worship, meditation, and practice that have helped followers of Jesus align their hearts with God's dream for the world.