Access Church Sunday Messages: Recent Episodes
Access ECC
This podcast broadcasts the Sunday messages given at Access Evangelical Covenant Church in Houston, TX.
Many of us long for a deeper prayer life, but aren’t quite sure how to pray. What words do we use? How come prayer often feels rote or empty? Join us as we look afresh at the ways the Scriptures gently usher into communion with God. We’ll explore prayers of meditation, confession, worship, thanksgiving, healing and forgiveness.
This is a series where we’re tracing some of the important milestones in the life of Peter, one of Jesus’ earliest followers and who became one of the most influential figures in the early church. From his story, we’ll see how the steadfast love of God was present in his highs and lows and ultimately inspired him to become one of the great examples in the Bible of how our life with God leads us to participate in God’s redemptive work in the world. We hope this series speaks to you and prepares us as a church to live out our vision of “empowering people on mission.”
This week, Pastor John continues our sermon series, Formation of a Missional Leader as he talks to us about Peter walking on water. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Pastor Ted starts our new sermon series, Formation of a Missional Leader as he talks to us about Peter. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Pastor John talks to us about our Vision of empowering people on a mission. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Pastor Ted talks to us about our Vision of striving for unity in diversity. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Pastor Ted talks to us about our Vision of growing as a faith village. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Pastor Ted talks to us about our Vision of developing a deep life with God and others. Thanks for joining us!
This week, Ted starts our new sermon series, In The Word. This week, he gives us an overview and introduction to this series to help us get started getting into His Word.
This week, Ted wraps up our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about recentering worship.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about recentering gratitude.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about the blessedness of serving others.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about recentering hospitality.
This week, we welcome a special guest speaker from Plant With Purpose, Will Scheel. He continues our series, Spiritual Recovery.
This week, Grace continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week she talks to us about practical steps to praying through and dealing with stress.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about re-centering our purpose in Christ.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Spiritual Recovery. This week he talks to us about re-centering our identity in Christ.
This week, Ted begins our new sermon series, Spiritual Recovery and gives us an introduction to the topics we’ll be discussing.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, Life in the In-Between and talks about Hope.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Life in the In-Between and talks about Loss.
This week, John starts our sermon series, Life in the In-Between and talks about Change.
This week, our special guest speaker, Dieula Previlon, continues our sermon series, Failing Forward. This week she talks to us about Sarah. How can we learn from Sarah's oppression and privelege?
This week, Josh continues our sermon series, Failing Forward. This week he talks to us about David. How can we learn from David's abuse of his position of power?
This week, Grace continues our sermon series, Failing Forward. This week he talks to us about the story of Jonah. How can we learn from Jonah's failures?
This week, John starts off our new sermon series, Failing Forward. This week he talks to us about the story of Moses and the Rock. How can we learn from Moses' failures?
This week, Ted talks to us about our fathers and father figures, and we get the special opportunity to hear Father's Day testimonies from members in our community.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Calling. Today we focus on the Apostles and what it means to be an apostle. Apostles are excited to start something new, and many of us today still have apostolic gifts.
TThis week, John continues our sermon series, Calling. Today we focus on the prophet, Isaiah. How does the glory of God fit into who He's calling us to be?
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, Calling. Today we focus on the story of Esther. Like Esther, are there things in your life that God may be nudging you to do?
This week, Grace continues our sermon series, Calling. Today we focus on David. How do we know when God is calling us to serve and focus on things that may seem unimportant or insignificant? How do we engage in lament?
This week, Ted starts our new sermon series, Calling. Today we focus on Ephesians 2:10, and talk about what it means to be God's handiwork.
This week, John is continuing our sermon series, The Connected Life. He will talk to us about what it looks like to live and remain in Christ from John 15.
This week, Ted is starting off our new sermon series, The Connected Life. He will talk to us about what it means to be connected to God and what it looks like to be fruitful.
Thank you for joining us this week for our special Easter service! Today, Ted will talk to us about the beauty of the cross, and why today is so important to our faith.
This week, Jessica wraps up our sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week we talk about forgiveness. How can we show kindness, compassion, and forgiveness to our friends?
This week, Pastor John continues our sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week we talk about emotions and how they impact our relationships--especially anger. How do we respond with our emotions as Christians?
This week, Pastor Ted continues our sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week we talk about how our words affect the people around us, and how important it is to make sure each word we say is a gift to the person receiving it.
This week, Pastor John continues our sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week we talk about work and how that intersects with our relationships and the Kingdom of God.
This week, Pastor Grace continues our sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week we talk about how we show up for one another and how we can address the false narratives we believe.
This week, Pastor Ted starts our new sermon series, Spiritual Friendship! This week is our introduction to the series themes and topics. In this pandemic, isolation had been hard for everyone, so how do we address this?
This week, Pastor John starts finishes our sermon series, Fall Afresh! This week we discuss the concept of Self-Discipline. He talks about how fear distorts key aspects of who we are and how that can twist our habits into unhealthy things. What habits and practices can we work on to live into what God has for us?
This week, Pastor Ted starts continues our sermon series, Fall Afresh! This week we discuss the concept of Love. Specifically, how hard it is to love our enemies, and how the Holy Spirit can empower us to do so.
This week, Pastor John starts continues our sermon series, Fall Afresh! This week we discuss the concept of Fear and Power. What fear grips our hearts, and how can we depend on the Holy Spirit through our fear?
This week, Pastor Ted starts off our new series for the new year, Fall Afresh! This week we discuss 2 Timothy 1:7 and what it may look to like to have "Faith for a New Day." Are there areas in our lives that could use a sense of refreshing from God's Holy Spirit?
This week, Pastor Ted continues our advent series and focuses this week on Love. How do we experience God's humble love, and how can we apply God's perfect love to those around us?
This week, Pastor John continues our advent series and focuses this week on Joy. What does it mean to be joyful--even, and especially, amidst crisis? How can we find joy as we attend to the spirit of God in our lives?
This week, Pastor Ted continues our advent series and focuses this week on Peace. He leads us in examining questions: When do we experience anxiety? Is it difficult for us to ask God for help? And, how can we find peace through all our troubles?
This week, Pastor Ted continues our sermon series, Kingdom Stories. Ted talks to us about the parable of the Unforgiving Servant. What does it mean to truly forgive from the heart, and what does Jesus ask of us when he tells us to forgive others?
This week, our special guest, Emily Isbell, continues our sermon series, Kingdom Stories. Emily talks to us about the parable of the Good Samaritan. How do we define our "neighbors" and how might God be calling us into mercy and faith?
This week, we are doing something a little different with our morning service as we host a special Renewal Service. We will be hosting this service focused on the greater vision of God’s Kingdom. It is our prayer that God’s will be done and that He would renew us inside and out, and we want to take time that Sunday to come before God and lift up our prayers.
This week, Grace starts our new sermon series, Kingdom Stories. Grace talks to us about the parable of the talents. She shares with us how God has uniquely made us to be who we are and how that affects where He wants us to be.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, God and Me, with the second part of a two-part sermon on the Temple of God. He talks about what the Temple of God is, and how that impacts ourselves as His temple.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, God and Me, with the first part of a two-part sermon on the Temple of God. He talks about what the Temple of God is, and how that impacts ourselves as His temple.
This week, we have a special guest speaker, Dr. Willie Peterson, to continue our series, God and Me. He shares with us about how as disciples of Christ, we have gained a new identity that allows us to erase the lines that would divide us.
This week, Grace continues our sermon series, God and Me. We talk about Isaiah 43 and how we are created uniquely by God, and how that allows us to live into the freedom that we have been given.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, God and Me. We talk about our relationship to God as our Heavenly Father and what that means for our personal identity and self-value.
This week, Ted starts our new sermon series, God and Me. We talk about the phrase "new creation" and what that means with regard to our identity as individuals and in Christ.
This week, Garth continues our sermon series, Amazing Grace. Garth leads us in a discussion about communion and how this sacred act allows us to enter into worship with God.
This week, John continues our sermon series, Amazing Grace. This week we talk about Scripture and our relationship to it. What the differences are between receiving a gift, and using it.
This week, Ted continues our sermon series, Amazing Grace. This week he talks about the different ways that we can express worship to the Lord, and why our new songs matter.
This week, Ted kicks off our new sermon series, Amazing Grace. This series is meant to help us explore different expressions of worship and why worship is an integral part of our walk with God.
This week, John continues the conversation in our series, Waves & Anchors, on the Church's values and how that relates to joyful service. How do we commit to joyful service in the context of our God?
This week, Ted continues our sermon series: Waves and Anchors. This week we talk about what it means to receive people as they are. How do we make room for other people, and how might we bring God's love to more of our relationships?
This week, Grace continues our sermon series: Waves and Anchors. This week we talk about our some of our core values as a church. What does it look like to be the kind of friend who carries their friend through the roof to meet Jesus?
This week, John continues our sermon series: Waves and Anchors. This week we talk about our mission and what it looks like to live out our lives as the Church.
This week, John starts off our new sermon series: Waves and Anchors. He helps define and talk to us about the vision for what our church aims to be.
This week, Ted wraps up our series: The Church and Culture. Ted casts vision for what the church can be as we continue to pursue justice and racial righteousness.
This week, John talks to us about The Church and Culture: Politics. How do we engage with the world and its politics, and what does it look like to be agents of God’s kingdom? What is our response to being the hands and feet of Jesus?
This week, Ted continues in our new series, The Church and Culture. We continue what we started last week and delve further into justice and what that looks like for the Church.
Continuing the series on Church and Culture, Ted talks on the topic of what and why we are seeing racial injustice today, God and justice, and guest speakers Pastor Dieula Previlon and Pastor Rodney Gadsden share their experiences and how to practice solidarity.
John invites us to think about what we consume. The murder of George Floyd and the resulting outcry has awakened us to our unwitting consumption of racism and anti-blackness. We must consume culture with greater awareness to conscience and Jesus.
This week, Ted discusses the role of mental health in the life of disciples. We hear reflections from three mental health professionals about how their faith intersects their work in mental health.
This week, Ted introduces us to our new series, The Church and Culture. He shares with us how we are made for more.
Pastor John finishes the "Lessons on Courage" series and shares what it means to live a courageous life.
This week, Ted shows us how open, honest, and vulnerable prayer helps us lean into the courage that God has and wants for us.
This week, Ted discusses fear and courage. Where do we find courage when we are filled with fear?
Today Pastor Grace shares with us how our relationships, primarily our one with God, gives us courage and strength to shape our future.
Today, John shares with us how our walk with our faith is not always straight-forward or easy, but that it's okay to lament, and that God has better planned.
We also apologize in advance--there are a few audio/video syncing issues, but hopefully that will be fixed in the future. Thanks for being patient as we explore new terrain!
Today, Ted helps walk us through some considerations for keeping a healthy spiritual life in the midst of the chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused.
John shares with us the realities that have become apparent in the face of our current pandemic, and shares how we can model Christ in the midst of that.
Our first full livestreamed Sunday! Thanks for being patient with us as we work out the kinks! Ted continues in Acts as he talks about idols and the things that we worship.
In a time of fear, God comes to us and says: Don't be afraid, I am with you. That's the basic promise that we come back to over and over again. Whether we're facing persecution as we declare God's love for all or we're dealing with a new viral strain.
Ted brings us to Athens in Acts 17. How can we, like Paul, build bridges of communication with the world that we live in? How can we speak to the unknown gods of our day? How can we, as Access, be on mission with God and share these things?
John dives into Acts 17 and discusses with us what it looks like to give our allegiance to something, and how that can affect our ability to accept what may be different.
Jovin Adjeitey speaks on Acts 16 and encourages us in ways that we can let God, the author of diversity, to let us live in freedom.