Countryside Covenant Podcast: Recent Episodes
Countryside Covenant Church
Sermons from Countryside Covenant Church located in McPherson, Kansas. Led by Pastor Jon Black, you can connect with Countryside today at www.csidecov.com or in-person at 940 E Northview, McPherson, KS 67460.
Pastor Jon explains the passages in Revelation where Jesus is addressing His churches through His servant, John. The question Pastor Jon addresses is, what kind of church are we, and how does Jesus see success versus the world's definition of success?To connect further with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit csidecov.com
This week, Pastor Don shares the tremendous efforts of World Vision, and how we as a community can better serve those suffering. He challenges us to address the physical need and to also affirm their God-given identity. To connect further with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit csidecov.com
Pastor Jon speaks on the importance of caring for the least of these, as if we were caring for Him. His heart is for the poor and needy, and Pastor Jon provides opportunites to shift our hearts to care for those in need.To futher connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com
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Our guest preacher today is RJ Bacani, Executive Director at Covenant Ceders Bible Camp in Hordville, Nebraska. To check out or support Covenant Ceders Bible Camp, please visit https://www.cedars.org/. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
If you would like to further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit our website at www.csidecov.com.
Today's sermon is offered by Countryside Church Member Tony Wedel. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Merry Christmas! To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Merry Christmas! To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to guest preacher and Covenant Pastor Abby Walker preach on the healing of the lame man in John 5. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to church member Tony Wedel dive into Galatians 4:8-20, following up last week's sermon focused on grace and truth. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower dive into John 8, looking at the story of the woman caught in adultry, and how his response of grace and truth should be our example of relating to one another. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower preach on how believers are to approach the issues of birth, adoption and abortion from a biblical perspective with compassion and grace. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower wrap up our sermon series on Creating a Posture of Rest, focusing on how we need to trust and depend on God in order to be able to truly rest. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Student Ministries Director Kelly Morrow preach out of Ecclesiastes 11:9-10. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
This week, church member and FCA Representative Aaron Glendening dives into Psalm 118:24, looking at how we might approach each day as faithful Christians. To further connect with Countryside, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower kick off our brand new sermon series focused on rest. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to this Easter message from Pastor Jeremy Bower as he dives into the story of the resurrection in John 20, focusing on the experience of Mary Magdalene as she moved from sorrow and dispair to being surprised by hope. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Countryside Member and Covenant Pastor Abby Walker preach on the story found in John 13, where Jesus shares his last supper with his disciples, washing their feet, sharing Communion with them, and instructing them to love one another as he loved them. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower preach out of Matthew 21:1-17, looking at the story of Jesus entering Jerusalm on a donkey while the crowds shouted "Hosanna to the Son of David!" What happened that caused those same crowds, only a few days later, to shout for Jesus' crucifixion? What does all of this have to do with the sacraments of Communion and Baptism? To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower dive into Colossians 3, looking at how we are to give up our old, broken ways of living and step into the new life that Christ offers us. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower dive into John 3, looking at how Jesus calls us to step out of the darkness and into the light. To further connection with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower dive into part 2 of the "Giving Up for Getting More" Lent sermon series, focusing on what it means to be a 'living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.' To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into the first Sunday of our Lent sermon series, "Giving Up for Getting More," preaching out of John 12:20-36 on Surrender. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black wrap up our Philippians sermon series by diving into Philippians 4, looking at how we are to find peace in Christ. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.org.
Listen to Tony Wedel, Countryside church member and seminary student, dive into Exodus 34:4-7, unpacking why it is important that we have a accurate understanding of who God is. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower preach on how to stay focused on the road ahead, instead of getting sidetracked by our past or distractions along the way. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.cisdecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower dive into Philippians 2:12-18, looking at how Christians are to live without grumbling or complaining. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into the second week of our Philippians series, looking specifically at the beginning of Chapter 2. What is required of believers in order to remain unified under Christ in the midst of differences? To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into our new sermon series centered around the book of Philippians. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower preach on how we are to move ahead now that Christmas morning has passed. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black preach this Christmas Eve message! To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into Luke 3, unpacking how John the Baptist's message of repentance fits in with the Gospel message the Christ was bringing into the world. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into Luke 2:8-20, looking at how Joy is made possible through the Christmas story. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower unpack what Peace on Earth means as we dive into Week 2 of our Advent themes, which focuses on the peace of Christ. To further connect with Countryside Covenant, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower unpack 2 Timothy 4, concluding our sermon series in 1 & 2 Timothy. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into 2 Timothy 3, looking at how Paul encouraged Timothy to carry on during trying times in Ephesus. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jeremy Bower unpack 2 Timothy 3, talking about how we are to live for Christ in the midst of suffering and pursuing maturity. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black's sermon based out of 2 Timothy 1. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black wrap up 1 Timothy by concluding on Chapters 5 & 6. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into 1 Timothy 4, outlining how we are to constantly preach, practice and progress in the Word together as believers in Christ. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to guest Pastor Abby Walker preach on how to live into a path of joy in our lives as believers. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into 1 Timothy 3, looking at how Christians are called to lead inside and outside the Church. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack 1 Timothy 2:8-15, looking at this passage in the broader context of scripture while explaining the theology behind Countryside's support for egalitarian marriage and the equal opportunity for both men and women to be called into all levels of leadership within the church. To further connect with Countyrside on this topic, or in general, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the first part of 1 Timothy 2, looking at how believers are called to live Godly lives through prayer in the world. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into 1 Timothy 1, looking at how the Gospel message and the Law are to be properly viewed and applied as Christians. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Lynn Black give an introductory sermon to our new sermon series focused on 1 & 2 Timothy. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black wrap up our "Freedom in Christ" sermon series by preaching on how to find freedom from fear of persecution and oppression as believers. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black continue in our 'Freedom in Christ' sermon series, unpacking Mark 6-10 and what a biblical picture of surrender should look like for faithful Christians. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black continue our "Freedom in Christ" sermon series, tackling what it means to walk in the truth as believers. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church or Pastor Jon Black, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black continue our Freedom in Christ sermon series, unpacking how our emotions can reveal to us our true intention and goals in any situation. When we our emotions reveal bad intentions or goals, we need to realign ourselves with God's goals. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black preach on the importance and significance of Baptism. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Guest preacher Aaron Glendening, FCA Central Kansas Area Representative and a member of Countryside Covenant Church, unpacks 1 Timothy 6, outlining who and what we are called to pursue as believers in Christ. For more information or to further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black give a shortened sermon on how to walk in the freedom that Christ has given each believer. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Tammy Swanson-Draheim, the Superintendent of the ECC Midwest Conference, preach on the love of God outlined in Ephesians 1, focusing on our adoption as children of God. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into this 4th of July sermon focused on freedom in Christ. This sermon includes a testimony from Tina Larabee, a congregant at Countryside. If you would like to further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
In this week's sermon, Pastor Jon Black wraps up our 10-week Colossians series by looking at all the people Paul references at the end of Colossians 4. Each of us, just like those named in passage, have a part to play in the larger Body of Christ! The back half of this sermon includes an elongated testimony given by congregant Don Bland on God's faithfulness within the McPherson Tiny Homes project. To further connect with Countryside, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack this passage in Colossians 4, discussing the role of prayer in the lives of Christians. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the last few verses in Colossians 3, which talk about appropriate Christian behavior for slave-master relationships in the first century. These first-century relationships and practices, as Pastor Black outlines, are most closely related to employee-employer relationships today, and do not support the slavery practiced in the history of the United States. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black dive into the back half of Colossians 3. He graciously unpacks why Countryside Covenant Church and the Evangelical Covenant Denomination hold to an egalitarian view in marital relationships. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Adult Ministries Director Lynn Black unpack the first half of Colossians 3, unpacking how we are to put on the "new self" and throw off the "old self." To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the first part of Colossians 3, outlining how we as Spirit-filled believers overcome the powers of darkness through Christ. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black continue in our "Colossians" series, which focuses on the centrality of Christ. To further connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black continue in his "Colossians" sermon series, as he unpacks biblical justification, sanctification, and glorification. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.org.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black preach on the supremacy and sufficiency of Christ. This is the first sermon in our new "Colossians" series, a book that focuses on the centrality of Christ in all things. To further connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the spiritual significance of homes, looking at different examples of where we experience home as believers. In the second half of this message, Jon interviews a panel of representatives affiliated with the McPherson Housing Coalition who are developing "Oak Harbor Cottages," which are stable, affordable houses designed for low-income families. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to lay preacher Tony Wedel unpack the story in John 20 about the disciple Thomas. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black communicate the Gospel in this Easter Sunday message! To further connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black's short Maundy Thursday message, based on Jesus' charge to his disciples to love one another, as He has loved them. To further connect with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the Biblical account of Palm Sunday, unpacking the Gospel-centered message around Christ and baptism. To connect further with Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack Mark 11:15-18, which is the story of Jesus clearing the temple courts. How are we to understand this passage, and what implications does this story have on our lives as Christians? Check it out! If you want to learn more or further connect with Countryside, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Hear Pastor Jon Black unpack the story of Jesus' annointing at Bethany. To further connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black wrap up our 8-week Immerse Poets sermon series, as he caps off the book of Job. To connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the first part of Job, unpacking the story and lessons found in this difficult but illuminating book of scripture. To further connect with Pastor Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black unpack the humbling wisdom found in Ecclesiastes, outlining how a relationship with Christ changes our meaningless wanderings into meaningful purpose. To further connect with Pastor Black and Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to Pastor Jon Black welcome us into the season of Lent, which are the 40 days of reflection, fasting, prayer and confession that lead up to Easter. To further connect with Pastor Jon Black or Countryside Covenant Church, please visit www.csidecov.com.
Listen to guest preacher Dr. Jacob Kaufman, an active member of Countryside, take us on a journey through Proverbs, interacting with such characters as the fool, the rich, the poor, and the wife of noble character. To learn more about Countryside, or to connect with the church, visit www.csidecov.com.